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Posted by Guest (Post 1008232)

Kudos on a good solid post

I have to second your Kudos!!!

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008224)

You're joking right? Look at the percentages of the last election and tell us what demographic is going to vote republican and for what reason?

President Obama won two back to back electoral landslides with over 51% of the vote both times.

Only six other presidents, in the history of this country, have done that...not Clinton, not Reagan. You have to go all the way back to Eisenhower to find the last time this happened.

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008286)

What math defines a "landslide" as 51%?

51% is ONLY one percent away from either man winning.

Yes it only takes one vote more to win.....but 51% is no landslide!

If you read my post again, you will see that I said electoral landslide. That final tally for 2012 was 332 to 206. President Obama, according to this Washington Post count, actually won 50.6% of the popular vote in 2012, compared to 53% in 2008.

On the electoral vote count that is a landslide.

2012 Presidential Election Results - The Washington Post

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Posted by Guest (Post 1008241)

If you believe what you see in many of these responses you could come to that conclusion. People seem to let their political slant conveniently overlook the root causes of the Great Recession and the War in Iraq.
I talked to a neighbor who was a sniper in Iraq. He said that for the most part Iraqi's want us to fight their fight. Remember Saddam had the conflict among Shiites and Sunnis under control.
I actually haven't seen this level of political fervor since the "McCarthy Era" when many were labelled "Communists". No internet and three TV channels tempered some of that.
Whatever happened to the "Peace and Love" generation of the 60's?
Perhaps they've grown old and angry.
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history." Wilhelm Hegel

My guess is that a lot of the naysayers here are not of the peace and love generation. You'll see them come into play more and more as the 1946 - 1964 baby boomers become a larger and larget presence.