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What Obama Mandate?

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Check reality by checking the numbers and you discover the truth.

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The nationwide number of votes for Obama equates to just over 30 percent of the total eligible voter population.

Why is that a mandate in a democracy?  When some 70 percent of the people chose NOT to vote for the president, he does NOT have a mandate.

 

Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government. His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the (more...)
 

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And the purpose of the image attached to this post by Robert Sargent on Friday, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:34:43 PM
This is an article? by Jeffrey Rock on Friday, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:54:19 PM
Diaries are not moderated. by Rob Kall on Saturday, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:28:11 AM
For the record by Joel S. Hirschhorn on Saturday, Nov 8, 2008 at 1:44:41 PM
Let's just say a mandate with a (*) next to it. by Alan Williams on Saturday, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:22:11 PM
fascinating exclamations by Tony Duncan on Saturday, Nov 8, 2008 at 7:02:22 PM