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[derien]

I'm really confused as to how they say that this idiot Scott Brown, the Republican from Massachusetts "rode a wave of populist votes." He got 52% of the vote, his opponent got 47%. This is not a landslide, this is not the voice of the people saying he's wonderful, or that they're "sending a message to the Obama administration that they're too liberal." This looks a lot more, to me, as though the Democratic candidate was just not someone people wanted to vote for. If there had been an attractive Independent candidate to split the votes I'd bet Brown would not have won.

I have one coworker who's all delighted with this result. He thinks Dems and Obama are ruining the country, and the media is telling him that a lot of people agree with him.

I don't want to believe this is true.

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[cyberquail.livejournal.com]

It's all stupid neocon vomit, just like in 2004 when president Bush said his re-election was a "broad mandate from the people" or some such drivel. He only got 50.7% of the vote for chrissakes - puh-lease! And he wasn't re-elected anyway, because he wasn't really elected the first time, as he lost the popular vote by half a percent. Don't get me started!

[derien.livejournal.com]

I'll try not to! It's hard sometimes when I have to hear coworkers spewing this sort of thing in the breakroom. Raoul is firmly of the conviction that he should be able to talk about his opinions at work, even if those opinions offend people. He's happy to tell you that being gay is Against God's Will.