On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:10:48 -0800 (PST) jk <jimi_ayler at yahoo.com> writes:
> >>Michael Pollak wrote:
>
> >>That's true. But 51% of the popular vote is more
> >>than any candidate has gotten since 1988 (thanks to
> >>third party candidates).
> >>
> >>Bush is the first candidate who's actually gotten a
> >>majority of the electorate since ... his Dad.
>
>
> >But here are some real landslides:
>
> >FDR, 1932 57%
> >FDR, 1936 61%
> >Ike, 1956 57%
> >LBJ, 1964 61%
> >RMN, 1972 61%
> >RWR, 1984 59%
>
> >Doug
>
> doug, didn't bubba win a plurality at or more than 51%
> in '96?
Nope. He only got 49%. His campaign people were desperate to break 50% but that didn't happen. He still got reelected quite handily though, since Dole only got 40%.
>
>
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> ________________________________james keepnews
>
> Come on guys, get real. Get real, these guys
> knew where it was and even if it was gone
> before, which I doubt that it was, ask them
> the question, you’re tough reporters, ask
> them the question, who did you have there
> guarding that facility? Why the hell didn’t
> they know it was gone back when we went in?
> This makes me angry. My kid and a lot of
> other kids might get their ass over there
> and get blown up by these because of their
> civilian incompetence. And they’re talking
> about John Kerry was somehow unreasonable
> suggesting that this is incompetence, come
> on. If you think I’m upset, I am.
>
> -- Sen. Joe Biden, on the 380 tons of
> explosives missing from the Al Qaqaa
> depot in Iraq
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