...and a few rights, too. And maybe a knee to the groin.
This LA Times piece made me feel better, especially after...
No single measure captures the extent of a presidential victory. The sheer number of voters that Bush inspired to turn out demonstrated impressive strength. But on several key indicators, Bush's victory ranks among the narrowest ever for a reelected president.Measured as a share of the popular vote, Bush beat Kerry by just 2.9 percentage points: 51% to 48.1%. That's the smallest margin of victory for a reelected president since 1828.
...stumbling across this editorial by Mark Hyman on TV this evening.
In a scathing post-election editorial, the Philadelphia Daily News wrote "a four-million-vote margin of victory ?[is not] an overwhelming mandate." Come again? Four million is equivalent to the populations of Delaware, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska and both Dakotas, combined.
Hello? Earth to Mark? Four million votes is NOT an overwhelming mandate, especially when it represents such a tiny fraction of the total votes cast.
Just tell those Four million people their votes didn't count. Four million people is a hell of a lot of people to me.
And after all, didn't Kerry say "every vote counts?" Well, 4 million reasons were given why Kerry shouldn't be president then.
Jake-
You miss my point entirely.
I'm not saying Bush didn't win - I'm saying that his victory in no way was overwhelming.
Are you saying it was?
Jeremy
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