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I don't think Bush won the election at all, I think Kerry lost. The best I can say for Kerry is he really, really, REALLY wanted to beat Bush. Maybe it was the Republicans that were better able to frame the issues during the campaign, but if Kerry had a real plan, he could have pushed that, and made that the focus of the campaign, rather than spending his time responding to the Bush camp's attacks. The guy walked away with victories during the debates, but couldn't set the tone for the rest of the campaign, so either he wasn't as smart as he looked in the debates, or didn't really want to win.
Beating someone who wanted to win is one thing, but beating a guy who doesn't look like he wanted to win in the first place isn't a real victory, or any sort of mandate.
BTW, roachboy, the Spanish-American War was President William McKinley.
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