August 10, 2006

Another Tony snowjob

"But at least the lead that Mr. Lamont had went from 13 points to six to four on election day. That indicates that even in a fairly liberal state like Connecticut, where this is the one issue, where you had a well-financed candidate who had more money than the incumbent, that you still had a 50-50 split more or less within the Democratic Party on this issue."
Huh... really...

Election results, 2004: Bush 51% Kerry 48% = Bush "mandate"

Election results, 2006: Lamont 51.79% Leiberman 48.2% = a 50/50 race.
"President George W. Bush won the greatest number of popular votes of any presidential candidate in history," marveled Vice President Dick Cheney while introducing his boss. "President Bush ran forthrightly on a clear agenda for this nation's future, and the nation responded by giving him a mandate."

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