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PianoGuy24
said, 7 months ago
If you LOOK at how close the actual votes WERE, there IS no mandate! The country’s CLEARLY divided on the issues! This ISN’T an Electorate mandate!
Sr NONliberal said, 7 months ago
A mandate for more freebies! After all, we are only 16 trillion in the hole.
fritzoid
said, 7 months ago
@PianoGuy24
I agree (for reasons I posted at length yesterday).
Mr. President, I voted for you and I’m glad you won, but don’t get cocky.
Fairportfan2 said, 7 months ago
Quote from another source:
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After the 2004 election with President Bush winning 286 to Kerry’s 251 electoral votes FOX News declared Bush having a “Mandate.” Fast forward to 2012, President Obama wins 303 electoral votes (FL still not called) to Romney’s 206 and the FOX News pundits call it a “squeaker.” Do you not love the irony of “Fair and Balanced.”
PianoGuy24
said, 7 months ago
@Fairportfan2
Again….I’ll say it slooowwwer so you can understaaannnndddddd…..
The total votes cast shows a nearly split down the middle vote when you consider the popular vote. That means he still has half the country to convince…and Obama’s doing a pi*s-poor job of it!
dtroutma
said, 7 months ago
Gee, remember when Fox News, LImbaugh, Robertson, Beck, and the righties demanded that SCOTUS (and “God”) gave Bush a “mandate” to lead?
coreman said, 7 months ago
they were not correct and neither is anyone who thinks obama has a mandate
- 50 % popular votes indicates different- spin any way you want to. time to dump this 19 century aspest of our democracy-popular vote should be the only critera for elected office.omQ R said, 7 months ago
@PianoGuy24
Fairportfan2 wasn’t disagreeing with you, just showing Fox News hypocrisy.
ConserveGov said, 7 months ago
Sorry Dems, O’s goody bag is empty now. Here comes the pain.
braindead08 said, 7 months ago
Tom, I’m an Obama supporter, but that is not a mandate, no matter what Fox said about Bush’s victory.
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Or did I misunderstand the point of the cartoon?
Radish
said, 7 months ago
The republicans were robbed. They bought and paid for the election.
ReFlex-76
said, 7 months ago
@Sr NONliberal
“A mandate for more freebies! After all, we are only 16 trillion in the hole.”
- Great, repeal the Bush tax cuts, then roll back the Reagan tax cuts. Watch the 16 trillion get whittled down to zero.
Uncle Joe said, 7 months ago
@Fairportfan2
I did better than Kerry? Gosh!
This election was mostly a referendum on whether we should return to Bush era polices. That’s what I really represented.
It was also a referendum on our social safety net. I suggested we change Medicare into a non-guaranteed benefit by giving vouchers that probably wouldn’t have covered the whole cost of health care for future retirees. I made overturning Obamacare a centerpiece of my campaign.
My policies were rejected. I can only hope future Republicans learn from this.
Machado
said, 7 months ago
Mandate? …LOL
Obama sneaked by a hair..if you add all votes not for Obama (including Romney’s) the country is divided down the middle.
I’m afraid is going to be a rough ride during the next 4 years with a President that can’t lead with half the country voting against him…
MortyForTyrant said, 7 months ago
Donald Trump has deleted some of his tweets from election night. That shows you how serious the situation is. I repeat: Donald Trump has taken back something he said! Prepare for the second coming of Jesus…