Bush Claims Mandate for War, Tax Agenda

[deek]

President Bush (news - web sites) claimed a re-election mandate Wednesday after a record 59 million Americans chose him over Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) and voted to expand Republican control of Congress as well. He pledged to pursue his agenda on taxes and Iraq (news - web sites) while seeking "the broad support of all Americans."

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Bush didn't use the word mandate, but Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) did, and the president's intention was clear as he ticked off a familiar list of second-term goals: overhaul the tax code and Social Security (news - web sites) at home while waging war in Iraq and elsewhere to stem terror.


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None of that rancor was evident Wednesday, when Kerry called Bush to concede the race. He told Bush the country needed to be united, and Bush agreed. But the numbers suggest the country is deeply split.


Bush's victory ensures Republican dominance of virtually every quarter of the U.S. political system for years to come — the White House, Congress and the federal judiciary. Democrats pored over election results and sadly determined that the GOP base was bigger, more rural, suburban and Hispanic than they had ever imagined.


more at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=20&u=/ap/20041103/ap_on_el_pr/eln_campaign_rdp

Where's the similey (should it be called that?) that depicts "the scream"?

[Maat]

1. Oh, boy.

The Rethuglicans sure are patting themselves on the back, aren't they?

[Union Thug]

2. well, they can claim whatever the hell they want...

They'll get no "unity" from me. The war has been escalated.

[monster618]

3. "Bush got more votes than any other Pres. candidate"

I keep hearing that. Well, so did Kerry. Kerry got about a million votes over Reagan's totals in 1984, the previous high total.

The freepers have to reminded that there was this thing that happened called a "high voter turnout."

[monster618]

4. Bush had more votes cast AGAINST him than any other candidate in history

... That is the flip side of the story the Repubs keep gloating about.

If Bush thinks his base gave him a mandate, there is a mandate on behalf of the other side, too. I'm sure he'll ignore this. though.

[kgchis]

5. Not Suprised

I'm not suprised he thinks he now has a mandate. You are talking about the man who thought he had a mandate after losing the popular vote.

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