Is there any chance that the 'mandate' is code?

[JPJones]

For 'mandate of the white people'?

It seems surprising to call a 51-48 win a mandate.  Or even a
mandate from the religious right, since they make up no more
than a third of the country.  However, considering the
inherent racism of their party, it wouldn't surprise me...

                        Bush    Kerry
White (77%)              58%    41%
African-American (11%)   11% 	88% 
Latino (8%)              44% 	53%
Asian (2%)               44% 	56% 
Other (2%)               40% 	54% 

[Huckebein the Raven]

1. That's what I consider the phrase: "Moral values or Family values"

put out by the fundies.

[eleny]

2. Yes

I believe that this administration panders to the homophobic white fundamentalist radicals. Radicals who go teaspoons as they ponder the inevitability of a world inhabited only by brown skinned people.

[dubyaD40web]

3. The closest thing to a Man Date that * got was hugging Gonzalas. n/t

[Zan_of_Texas]

4. He got a mandate from men. And from the wealthy.

Anybody ready to start a Women's Party?

[whistle]

5. The mandate Bush is referring to are the white fundementalists....

...all other ethnic groups voted for Kerry and democratic.


Percent Percent Percent Count for Count For
of Voters Count Bush Kerry Bush Kerry Total
White 77 86240000 58 41 50019200 35358400 85377600
Afro-Am 11 12320000 11 88 1355200 10841600 12196800
Latino 8 8960000 44 53 3942400 4748800 8691200
Asian 2 2240000 44 56 985600 1254400 2240000
Other 2 2240000 40 54 896000 1209600 2105600
100 112000000 57198400 53412800 110611200

Total 112000000


And let's not forget the 1.4 to 2.0 million who voted for Nader. Their vote was as much not for Bush as not for Kerry. So Bush got 51% of the popular vote of which 87.5% came from the white vote. That is very telling about who George Bush's real base of support is.

(Sorry that the Excel table transfers so bunched up, but thanks for that summary)

[Steven_S]

6. In Bronx vernacular.....

It's code for "Operation Ram Our Agenda Down Your Motherfucking Throats"

But "Manifest Destiny 2" is about right also.