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In reply to the discussion: I hate to be a wet blanket, but.... [View all]lamp_shade
(14,788 posts)16. So you hate to be a wet blanket, eh? Interesting.
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I Will Check Back In Here, Sir, when My Grandson is Done With 'World of Tanks'...
The Magistrate
Nov 2012
#1
you first say Obama did not win by enough and then say it's the end of the Republican Party
JI7
Nov 2012
#3
BS. Of course he has a mandate. His whole campaign was banking on taxing the rich & Obamacare
JaneyVee
Nov 2012
#6
Yes it was a mandate. It was a mandate against racism and sexism. It was also a mandate to
still_one
Nov 2012
#11
Don't sweat it. You wrote your honest opinion and that is what these boards are for.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#20
The three elections preceding were 2010, 2008, and 2006. I do think that those mandates
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#34
In our binary system we can only choose "I like how it's going" or "I don't".
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#37
Not going to waste more of my time on this. But Yeah.. it WAS a mandate.
progressivebydesign
Nov 2012
#23
If W wins by 500 votes, it is a mandate. If Obama wins by 3 million votes, it is not a mandate.
FSogol
Nov 2012
#27
The Reps themselves established that those electoral college numbers = landslide
Lucinda
Nov 2012
#45