I'm fixing a hole...
where the rain gets in ...
and stops my mind from wandering ...
where it will go.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

 

A Little Known Fact

The election four days ago was the FIRST time in 32 years that a Democrat running for President has won a majority.

And what kind of majority was that?

Well, according to the people that you will hear comment on the news, they will tell you that Proposition 8 (the No Gay marriage proposal) won by a "slim majority", and they will tell you that Obama won by a landslide.

In truth, Prop 8 passed with voting percentage just under 52%, and Obama won the Presidency with a voting percentage just under 53%. Less than one percentage point difference between the two.

My challenge to the mainstream media is for them to make up their minds. Pick one, either one, I don't really care.

Even better yet, guess who was the last Democrat to win a popular vote majority?

Do you know?

Let's list all the popular vote losers in reverse chronological order: (going back in time)

Kerry
Gore
Clinton
Clinton
Dukakis
Mondale
Carter (vs. Reagan)

So, the last Democrat to win the popular vote in Presidential election would be ...

Carter, in 1976, when he ran against President Ford.

Good times.

Yeah, right.

(By the way, there is some really good stuff in the Ann Coulter article that I referenced in the title to this post.)

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