BBC: "Despite the Democrats poor showing in last November's elections..."

[theresistance]

See full report at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4194553.stm

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DEMOCRATS DEFIANT OVER BUSH TERM

Bush said in his speech he wanted to heal divisions
The US Democrats vowed to fight "extreme" Republican policies as George W Bush saw in his second term as president with a lavish inauguration.

Despite their poor showing in last November's elections, they said they would refuse to be sidelined.

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But some Democrats said they were heartened by the conciliatory tone of Mr Bush's inaugural speech.

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John Kerry, the Massachusetts senator who fought Mr Bush for the presidency last November, was more conciliatory.

"There has been a lot of talk over the last four years about uniting Americans. I hope now there will be a real effort to make true bipartisanship a priority. I'll be ready to reach across the aisle anytime we can work in good faith to make our country stronger," he said.

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Did the speech have a "conciliatory tone"? Were (some)democrats "heartened" by the speech? What the "poor showing" of the democrats in the election?

[cornermouse]

1. well.

1. No
2. Why would they?
3. In whose opinion was it was a poor showing?

[stewert]

3. Huh ?

Kerry got 56 million votes, that is 6 million more than Gore got in 2000, how is that a poor showing. On top of that, if Kerry had 60,000 more votes in Ohio he would be president right now.

[cornermouse]

6. Let's try this again.

In whose opinion was it was a poor showing?

[Obviousman]

2. Well, the poor showing was due to the fact

We lost the presidency, 4 senate seats, 3 house seats, and broke even on governorships. Not to mention all the ballot initiatives that were passed that we took oposition with. The road to victory means we have to admit we lost, and learn from it.

[sweetladybug]

4. Obviousman, I think we will continue to lose elections as long as the

Republicans OWN the voting machines, OWN MOST of the news media and talk radio and HAVE MOST of the money.

[DELUSIONAL]

5. Even the International press is afraid to report the truth

I'm overseas now -- and no one has heard about the Election Fraud or the role of Ohio -- the hacking of the central tabulators etc etc. This HAS NOT been reported in the International Press.

Here's my report from an earlier post:

DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-21-05

04:35 PM
Response to Original message 20.

Overseas -- this is the message that many non Americans got



I've overseas -- not in America -- right now.

I spent the morning talking to people to get reactions -- and the people I talked to understood bushitas message to be warning that
he would invade any country that was not "democratic" or "free". They also resented his "preaching".

Many countries consider themselves as "Christian" as bushie is -- or more so. "He's not a Christian -- he is HITLER."

All the locals must have been meeting in the rum rooms last night -- and talking to each other this morning because every single one called bushita HITLER. And yes they raised their voice and shouted "HITLER".

I knew something was up when the locals were quiet and their jaw was clinched -- so I said -- "I didn't vote for that idiot that was sworn in yesterday -- and by the way he didn't win this election either."

The International press is doing the world a disservice by NOT getting out the facts about the election fraud of the last election. But when I explained how this time it was Blackwell of Ohio -- who helped throw the election to bush.

Then I just shut up and let the person I am talking to vent about how much they hate bushita for what he is doing to the world -- all the people he is murdering -- and how he is going to invade Cuba next -- plus Iran & Syria and any other country he feels like.

People here are very pissed -- and they are representative of others in other countries that I spoke to just after the Nov. 2 election.

As Americans abroad we are now wearing targets on our backs -- several people pointed out to me that the world has become a dangerous place for Americans. They have the opinion that all Americans support the rat bastard -- thanks to US reporting.

How many International reporters remain in America -- remember the US government was forcing International reporters to leave the US and apply for a visa in their home countries? Did the US government only give visas to International reporters who will repeat the bushita propaganda -- could this be why the election fraud is NOT being reported in the International press????