Flashback 11/16/1992 - Clinton's "Mandate For Change" (So when does the MSM say this about GWB?)

Time Magazine ^ | Nov. 16, 1992 | Walter Isaacson

[zencycler]

A Time for Courage

If Clinton is to fulfill his mandate for change, he will have to be honest about uncomfortable truths and brave in making tough choices.

By WALTER ISAACSON

Nov. 16, 1992

CHANGE, BILL CLINTON SAID AGAIN AND again during his long trek to the White House, does not come easily. It will take courage, their own courage, for Americans to choose a new course. Now that they have made that choice, it is Clinton's turn to be courageous. With his computer-like mind and his joyous addiction to pressing the flesh, Clinton was a brilliant campaigner. Almost too brilliant: toward the end his biggest vulnerability was his reputation as a dexterous accommodator, the schoolboy politician perennially concerned about preserving his political viability. On one of his last nights on the trail,...

[zencycler]

Hmmm.. And just WHAT percent of the vote did Clinton get? BUSH HAS A MANDATE. Don't let anyone tell you differently.

[grey_whiskers]

and his joyous addiction to pressing the flesh,

Yes, Monica.

[BenLurkin]

Time -- part of the Democrat media.

Bush -- has a genuine mandate.

[Question Liberal Authority]

As I recall, 57% of the electorate voted against Clinton in 1992 and 51% voted against him in 1996.

[Steve_Seattle]

1992 was the year of Ross Perot, so I think Clinton won with less than 45% of the popular vote. Yet this gushy piece doesn't question whether Clinton has a mandate.

[Texas_Jarhead]

[Texas_Jarhead]

Nov. 16, 1992

[Alberta's Child]

We should thank the folks at Time Magazine, along with everyone else who wrote stupid articles like that back in 1992.

Clinton was so utterly convinced of this "mandate" that his first two years in office were an unmitigated disaster, resulting in a repudiation of historic proportions in the 1994 Congressional elections. It's been ten years since that election, and the Democrat Party still hasn't recovered from it.

[Kylie_04]

(So when does the MSM say this about GWB?)

About the same time he!! starts experiencing subzero temperatures? Do I win a prize??

;)

[Dont Mention the War]

Here's a bigger one:

[Dont Mention the War]

And just WHAT percent of the vote did Clinton get?

Clinton got a whopping 43% of the vote in 1992.

[airborne]

(So when does the MSM say this about GWB?)

You're just being sarcastic, right? Because we all know the answer. Never.

[weegee]

BLUE=REPUBLICANS (think true blue Americans)
RED=COMMIES ER DEMOCRATS

AMERICA 2004:

59,209,925 votes for George W.Bush (51.07% of votes cast)
55,638,551 votes for John Kerry (47.99%)

AMERICA 1992

Bill Clinton: 44,909,806 votes (43.01% of votes cast)
George Bush41: 39,104,550 (37.45%)
H.Ross Perot: 19,743,821 (18.91%)
Looks to me that America had a mandate AGAINST Bill Clinton but couldn't agree on who to go with.

AMERICA 1996

Bill Clinton fared better here (spinning against his critics with blame for talk radio provoking the Oklahama City bombing, half of America didn't buy it):
Bill Clinton: 47,400,124 (49.23%)
Robert Dole: 39,198,755 (40.72%)
H.Ross Perot: 8,085,402 (8.40%)

And they say we live in a "divided" America? More of the map (especially at the county level) is one color in the map of 2004.

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

[skinkinthegrass]

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[Alberta's Child]

"Mandate" nonsense ping.