Thursday, November 04, 2004
Clear Majority??
Bush (R) 58,978,616 51%
Kerry (D) 55,384,497 48%
Well, technically 51% is a larger majority than 48%. But where is the clear mandate here? I heard Bush "got a lot of capital from this election" and plans on spending it. It'd be nice if he really looked around. 51% to 48% isn't a great win; it's just squeaking by. We, as a country, are going farther in debt, the deficit being higher than it has for a long time, and he's going to cut taxes. Osama's still running around, remember when he was #1 bad guy, wanted dead or alive? Saddam is dumped in a cell someplace and Iraq is no nearer being a peaceful place than it was two years ago. Iran and North Korea are still rattling nuclear sabers and they don't seem to be on anybody's radar.
We've got ever bigger SUVs coming along, have you seen the converted semi-truck pickup, and we're soon to be wiping out the Alaska wildlife preserve for a few months of oil. And we've got another four years of this coming along...
