It certainly will by the end of the Obama Administration. People will be longing for the day...
On Nov 5, 2:32 pm, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > History will kind to George W. Bush (outside of the vacuum where we "live" > at this time.) I have no doubt. > > CW > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jgg1000a" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 04:10 > Subject: Re: Was this a tidal wave election? Or is the MSM and the Democrats > > just lying. > > I suggest that that is exactly how NON bi-partisanship starts... > Thinking "we won, you lose" is the problem here... This is the style > the Congressional Democrats and Obama have in fact practiced... To > become bi-partisan requires restraining your sides crazies in order to > get the support of the more moderate opposition, and this what FDR and > Reagan did... And this is in fact what GW Bush has done for the last > 2-4 years... I note that unlike FDR/Hoover, Bush took action before > the next President took office... FDR refused to take joint action > and prolonged the Depression... > > On Nov 5, 4:00 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jgg, > > > Only important word in your post was VICTORY. > > > On Nov 5, 2:54 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The answer is this is NOT a tidal wave election... Why? > > > > 1) the margin of victory is less than GHBush election in 1988, and far > > > less than the elections in 1984, 1972, 1964, 1956, 1952, for all of > > > FDR's terms... > > > > 2) The margin of victory between the PV of the two candidates is only > > > 5.5%, and when compared to the other change years of 1980, 1964, 1952, > > > 1932 the margin is only half of those years... > > > > 3) The change in Congress is moderate and NOT historic. Between 1929 > > > to 1933 ( by election and Presidential election) the Democrats picked > > > up 20 seats... Between 1959 to 1961 they picked up 15 senators.... > > > Between 1979 and 1981 the GOP picked up 12 seats... The Democrats in > > > the last two election have picked up 12. In the House the figures > > > are less impressive... For FDR the pickup was over 150... For > > > Eisenhower it was 50. For Kennedy it was 30 (gain 50 in 1958 lose 20 > > > in 1961. For Reagan it was 59. For Obama it has been 50... > > > > The real question here is can the Democrats and Obama restrain the LW > > > radical base??? If not, we will see a quick ebb tide reversal...- Hide > > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
