In another time and place there was another president who also won 50.x-48.x but claimed a mandate!
Quote:
President Bush proclaimed his election as evidence that Americans embrace his plans to reform Social Security, simplify the tax code, curb lawsuits and fight the war on terror, pledging Thursday to work in a bipartisan manner with "everyone who shares our goals."
Bush staked his claim to a broad mandate and announced his top priorities at a post-election news conference, saying his 3.5 million vote victory had won him political capital that he would spend enacting his conservative agenda.
"I earned capital in this campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it," Bush told reporters. "It is my style."
In another time and place there was another president who also won 50.x-48.x but claimed a mandate!
Quote:
President Bush proclaimed his election as evidence that Americans embrace his plans to reform Social Security, simplify the tax code, curb lawsuits and fight the war on terror, pledging Thursday to work in a bipartisan manner with "everyone who shares our goals."
Bush staked his claim to a broad mandate and announced his top priorities at a post-election news conference, saying his 3.5 million vote victory had won him political capital that he would spend enacting his conservative agenda.
"I earned capital in this campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it," Bush told reporters. "It is my style."
Submitted by paulflorez on November 8, 2012 - 4:19pm.
AN wrote:
And we all know how that turned out.
Which is why the current President is in the process of bringing all of Bush's wars to an end as well as letting some of Bush's tax cuts expire. Neither of those things turned out that great.
Which is why the current President is in the process of bringing all of Bush's wars to an end as well as letting some of Bush's tax cuts expire. Neither of those things turned out that great.
So, this time, the "mandate" is different than the last "mandate"?
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Did Rush survive, got to imagine he's having a coronary.
I have long memory.
In another time and place there was another president who also won 50.x-48.x but claimed a mandate!
President Bush proclaimed his election as evidence that Americans embrace his plans to reform Social Security, simplify the tax code, curb lawsuits and fight the war on terror, pledging Thursday to work in a bipartisan manner with "everyone who shares our goals."
Bush staked his claim to a broad mandate and announced his top priorities at a post-election news conference, saying his 3.5 million vote victory had won him political capital that he would spend enacting his conservative agenda.
"I earned capital in this campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it," Bush told reporters. "It is my style."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/B...
I have long memory.
In another time and place there was another president who also won 50.x-48.x but claimed a mandate!
President Bush proclaimed his election as evidence that Americans embrace his plans to reform Social Security, simplify the tax code, curb lawsuits and fight the war on terror, pledging Thursday to work in a bipartisan manner with "everyone who shares our goals."
Bush staked his claim to a broad mandate and announced his top priorities at a post-election news conference, saying his 3.5 million vote victory had won him political capital that he would spend enacting his conservative agenda.
"I earned capital in this campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it," Bush told reporters. "It is my style."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Bush-claims-mandate-sets-2nd-term-goals-I-2637116.php#ixzz2BZrvbs22
And we all know how that turned out.
Which is why the current President is in the process of bringing all of Bush's wars to an end as well as letting some of Bush's tax cuts expire. Neither of those things turned out that great.
Which is why the current President is in the process of bringing all of Bush's wars to an end as well as letting some of Bush's tax cuts expire. Neither of those things turned out that great.