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[QUOTE=Mpexy; 429197]Then your def matches exactly the Oxford definition, so your example above is right.
But with respect, the common usage of "mandate" is not just the simple definition of being given the authority to act. Obviously by constitutional powers any president has that even if they won by skin of their teeth. The common usage in both street vernacular and especially political vernacular is the implication of having the broad backing and 'will of the people'
IMO when the non-backers vs backers are so close to half, neither side has what politicos of both sides try to assume is a "mandate". Obama does not, Bush did not.
And yes. I've thought both parties, including Bush, were idiots for claiming mandate. Closest thing to a mandate as politicos define it I've seen was the very short period of time after 9/11 that Bush did indeed have a mandate to go after the 9/11 perpetrators. Which then fell apart shortly after based on differences of opinion of how we should and shouldn't act re that objective
Voting for a party doesn't mean you have to agree with their whole plank. Dems are idiots for not dropping the entitlement crutch. Republicans are idiots for mindlessly IMO refusing to allow stem cell and other regenerative research. Just two examples of many for both parties that I personally find as my swing issues. I vote with the party that pisses me off less. Currently that is repub, but has been dem before. Neither has had a mandate outside very specific one off or temporary issues.[/QUOTE]Mpxy.
Have you looked at the Libertarian Party, they are against the failed welfare (and warfare) state, and support privately finded stem cell research. Maybe you can vote FOR something instead of against what pisses you off the least.
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Facebook friends abandon Mitt Romney: It's been said that at times of adversity, you learn who your real friends are. Well, Mitt Romney doesn't have as many 'real' friends as he might have thought. On Saturday, the Daily Dot reported that GOP presidential candidate was losing Facebook friends at an incredible pace. Since he lost on election night. 86, 337 people have 'un-liked' Romney's Facebook page — that's an 'un-like' rate of almost 800 an hour. Oops! .
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[QUOTE=Member #3320;429210]Facebook friends abandon Mitt Romney: It's been said that at times of adversity, you learn who your real friends are. Well, Mitt Romney doesn't have as many 'real' friends as he might have thought. On Saturday, the Daily Dot reported that GOP presidential candidate was losing Facebook friends at an incredible pace. Since he lost on election night. 86,337 people have 'un-liked' Romney's Facebook page — that's an 'un-like' rate of almost 800 an hour. Oops![/QUOTE][blue]And on that "[i]Let's kick the man while he's down[/i]" note from Member #3320, I'm closing this thread.
Thanks,
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