Comments on: Do the @#!$ Math http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/11/do-the-math/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Holding the Center | K-Squared Ramblings http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/11/do-the-math/#comment-12980 Holding the Center | K-Squared Ramblings Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:18:05 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2004/11/03/do-the-math/#comment-12980 [...] The Governator is talking about a mandate. Politicians always do that when they win. 55% is a bit shaky, but with ~15 percentage points between him and Angelides, he’s at least more justified in claiming it than a certain Republican winner two years ago who only had a three-point spread. [...] [...] The Governator is talking about a mandate. Politicians always do that when they win. 55% is a bit shaky, but with ~15 percentage points between him and Angelides, he’s at least more justified in claiming it than a certain Republican winner two years ago who only had a three-point spread. [...]

]]> By: Katie http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/11/do-the-math/#comment-977 Katie Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:42:51 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2004/11/03/do-the-math/#comment-977 They don't see it as being stupid. There are plenty of well-informed, well-educated people whose beliefs about, among other things, the role of government and the role of the US in the world, lead logically to a vote for Bush. There are also plenty of right-wing nutjobs who irrationally believe they will be trapped in a handbasket to suicide-bombed, drug-soaked and oversexed hell should a Democrat end up in the White House. To be fair, the left-wing hippie vegan mystics who stayed home and cried on Wednesday have none of my sympathy either. Kerry was gracious; his supporters should be too. You can't win a political contest unless you can convince people you're not out to get them, and you can't do that effectively if you're bitter. They don’t see it as being stupid. There are plenty of well-informed, well-educated people whose beliefs about, among other things, the role of government and the role of the US in the world, lead logically to a vote for Bush. There are also plenty of right-wing nutjobs who irrationally believe they will be trapped in a handbasket to suicide-bombed, drug-soaked and oversexed hell should a Democrat end up in the White House. To be fair, the left-wing hippie vegan mystics who stayed home and cried on Wednesday have none of my sympathy either. Kerry was gracious; his supporters should be too. You can’t win a political contest unless you can convince people you’re not out to get them, and you can’t do that effectively if you’re bitter.

]]> By: Kizi http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/11/do-the-math/#comment-976 Kizi Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:04:02 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2004/11/03/do-the-math/#comment-976 But how could 51% be so stupid? But how could 51% be so stupid?

]]> By: aeryncrichton http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/11/do-the-math/#comment-967 aeryncrichton Thu, 04 Nov 2004 01:22:52 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2004/11/03/do-the-math/#comment-967 Oh, and by the way, my French friend most decidedly did NOT want to see Bush win the election, so she was not looking at it from the victor's viewpoint.... Oh, and by the way, my French friend most decidedly did NOT want to see Bush win the election, so she was not looking at it from the victor’s viewpoint….

]]> By: aeryncrichton http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/11/do-the-math/#comment-966 aeryncrichton Thu, 04 Nov 2004 01:21:31 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2004/11/03/do-the-math/#comment-966 Um, yep. I and a bunch of my friends have been talking, whining, sniveling, bitching and threatening to hide under a blankie and suck our thumbs all day re: the election results, and the interesting thing is, one of our group is French. She lives in Paris, or near enough. And SHE looked at the results and saw them as being a significant margin of victory, indicating clearly that it was a vote of confidence for the Bush government's policies. We spent a long time trying to convince her that in fact the country is dramatically polarized, and a 3% difference was NOTHING. What scares all these thoughtful people I've talked to all day is the fact that most of us have no expectations -- or even hope -- that the Bush administration will, in fact, look beyond the "We won, nya, nya, nya" euphoria and address the fact that half the country in fact has serious issues with their policies.... Um, yep. I and a bunch of my friends have been talking, whining, sniveling, bitching and threatening to hide under a blankie and suck our thumbs all day re: the election results, and the interesting thing is, one of our group is French. She lives in Paris, or near enough.

And SHE looked at the results and saw them as being a significant margin of victory, indicating clearly that it was a vote of confidence for the Bush government’s policies.

We spent a long time trying to convince her that in fact the country is dramatically polarized, and a 3% difference was NOTHING.

What scares all these thoughtful people I’ve talked to all day is the fact that most of us have no expectations — or even hope — that the Bush administration will, in fact, look beyond the “We won, nya, nya, nya” euphoria and address the fact that half the country in fact has serious issues with their policies….

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