The rethug talking points are already out NO MANDATE

[bigdarryl]

That's what you will be hearing on the rightwing talk today I hope President-Elect Obama changes the fairness doctrine

[Occam Bandage]

1. After doubling Bush's win margin? Laughable.

[havocmom]

2. If one hears that, one should smile to the faces of the stupid

and mention the point spread

[kennetha]

3. Mandates are oversold in politics

what matters is that you win the stage and when you win the stage, you have to perform. If you don't the next guy gets a try. We've won the stage. Now time to deliver. If we deliver what we promise to deliver and it achieves what we say it will achieve, we get to keep the stage the next time around.

Don't worry about mandates. Worry about getting what we want done while we have the stage.

[Frustratedlady]

4. What was George's mandate he touted after his 2nd theft?

I was too busy sobbing and can't remember.

[CANDO]

8. They gave us their Terry Schiavo freak show with Bush's "mandate".

Remember that? It was right after his second inaugural and they were damned determined to put on an ideological freak show about respect for life or some kind of horseshit.

[holiday]

5. wow they claimed Bush had mandate?? Obama pwned him

[Cass]

6. Oh, but Bush's 2% margin was a mandate?? LOL

Do they actually realize how stupid they sound when they say stuff like this??

:rofl:

[adamuu]

10. self-delete

sorry.

[smoogatz]

7. He won the popular vote by over 7 million and counting.

He mopped the floor with McCain in the electoral vote, and swept in big majorities (though not quite filibuster-proof, alas) in both houses of congress. I guess it depends what the definition of "mandate" is. (Oh, right--a "mandate" is whenever a Republican wins any elected office by even the narrowest of margins. I get it now!)

[adamuu]

9. If Bush 50.7% = Mandate then Obama 52.3% = Mandate

Obama has a mandate by the Яepublican definition. With a puny 50.7% popular vote, Bush declared a "mandate". Obama has 52.3%.

[bushisanidiot]

11. President Obama's mandate comes from his 52% majority of electorate

voting for him combined with all of the NEW dem senators who will be joining the already democratic majority senate. Democrats won up and down the ballots all over the country. The message to Barack Obama from America is: "We are sick and tired of republicans running the show, so show us what you can do.. we trust you to do it right!"