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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If you think this election was all about 'jesus freaks' who won it for Bush then you are ignoring most of the people who voted for him.
The moral issue concept is more of an excuse than a reality, even slate.com admits as much and there editorials are on par with democraticunderground.com.
Terrorism is why Kerry lost this election.
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Well... maybe. I would say that Bush's support came from people who think that he will be good for business, and, as you say, people who he has scared the bejesus out of who think against all evidence that he is competetant as a fighter of terrorism. That is the bulk of his vote. Turning out the nutjobs, so they will maintain, is what put him over the top, though. This may or may not be true, but, much like Revelations, the Jesus Freaks will insist it is, and it's the thought that counts. That's the problem, he is beholden to them (not that he wasn't already, buty now he gets to frame it in terms of payback.)
And what the heck is it with a Mandate? 51% is a pretty feeble mandate. More of a Boydate. Sure he got more votes than any other president. John Kerry lost with the most votes ever. That a lot of people turned out is irrelevant to the calculation that only slightly more (and at the numbers we're discussing, 3 million is not that big) support that the other fellow, and once again, half the country is screwed to the point where we have a semi serious thread about secession (a nice idea, but a silly one.)