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Originally posted by scoreman
The title you chose for this thread says it all.
If you believe that an election that still cannot be called as of Wednesday at 9:30 AM is an overwhelming win you start this thread with damaged credibility.
Bush won last night because people are afraid. Fear was the driving theme of the Republican campaign and it looks like it won out. One thing that has become clear to me is that the USA looks to be a fractured country and the deeply divided lines will only grow more visible when Bush pushes his "mandate from the American Public" forward.
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I believe I said "appears" to be an overwheming win for the President though it is not official. The largest number of votes cast in the history of the USA for a Presidential nominee...winning the popular vote by a larger margin than Al Gore had in 2000...winning the overwhelming majority of the States...and apparently is going to end up with 286 electoral votes...appears to be pretty overwhelming to me. The President won because of the opponent he faced...and not for any other reason. Even the polls showed prior to...as well as exit polls...that a large percentage of those that cast a vote for Senator Kerry was not because they liked the policies and/or the qualities of the Senator but were simply casting a vote against the President.