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Obama Wins by Going Negative and Turning Out Base

poorgrandchildren.com2 Wrote: Nov 12, 2012 8:59 AM

This defeat started in the early 1900s when the regressive "Progressives" started selling us the lie that our republic is a democracy. "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."-- John Adams Americans have now accepted the lie that our republic is a democracy, and we just committed suicide. The takers now outnumber the workers and voted on November 6, 2012 to kill the goose laying the golden eggs. Enjoy the bread and circuses while they last.

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Obama Wins by Going Negative and Turning Out Base

Lukewarm. That's the feeling I get from the election numbers.

Turnout was apparently down, at least as a percentage of eligible voters. The president was re-elected by a reduced margin. The challenger didn't inspire the turnout surge he needed.

Every re-elected president since Andrew Jackson has won with an increased popular vote percentage. Barack Obama didn't. He won 53 percent to 46 percent in 2008. His numbers as I write are 50 percent to 48 percent over Mitt Romney. That could go up to 51 percent to 48 percent when California finishes its count, which took five weeks in 2008.

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