Al Franken has a greater mandate than George W. Bush did!

zbdent

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Tue Jan-06-09 07:07 PM
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Al Franken has a greater mandate than George W. Bush did!

I mean, Bush's 537 vote margin in Florida "gave" him the "mandate", despite actually losing the election (but winning the hearts of 5/9ths of the SCOTUS) ...

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earthlover

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Tue Jan-06-09 07:55 PM
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1. Franken won (barring a court reversal) by the slimmest of margins....

if 225 votes is a mandate....sorry....this would make the word totally obsolete.

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comtec

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Wed Jan-07-09 05:53 AM
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2. the op is being silly

but raw percentage wise the OP is correct :)

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