Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Dems' fuzzy math

Leaky Leahy said that it would be bad if a USSC nominee couldn't muster more than 51 votes for confirmation. Hmmmm...interesting how liberals view percentages, isn't it?

  • Bill Clinton wins in 1992 with a puny 43% of the popular vote. Libs claim mandate, point to importance of electoral vote and not popular vote.

  • Bill Clinton wins in 1996 with another sub-majority, 48% of the popular vote. Libs claim mandate, point to importance of electoral vote and not popular vote.

  • Al Gore in 2000 ekes out 49% of the popular vote, about 530,000 votes nationwide, but loses electoral vote 271-266. Libs impugn importance of electoral vote, and laud popular vote.

  • George W. Bush wins re-election with 51% of the popular vote, 3% more than John F'ing Kerry (who, by the way, served in Vietnam), by about 3.5 million votes nationwide. Libs impugn popular vote, dwell on alleged closeness of electoral vote (110,000 votes in Ohio), and spew drivel that 51% / 3.5 million / 286 electoral votes is no mandate.

    And now, Leaky Leahy wants us to believe that his math is somehow the final authority on Senate confirmation of a USSC judicial nominee. Here's guessing that the number 55-45 (Senate Republicans to Democrats) is another number lost on the left.

    • posted by Jonathan @ 10:13 PM   |