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Skriven 2004-11-07 15:44:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JOHN HULL
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Hello John,

>JB>With Ohio and the nation both voting 51% Bush and Kerry 48% (as I
>JB>predicted), and Bush getting 3.5 million more votes, will Kerry
>JB>admit defeat ?  The Republicans extend their majority and Daschle
>JB>gets tossed. What a wonderful morning.

>LL>Kerry called Bush this morning, conceding the election.
>LL>Now it's onward to 2008, for the coronation of Queen Hillary.

>GL>Lee, the Dems can forget about the WH  UNLESS  the USA has an
>GL>extremely bad economy that election year - like double digit
>GL>unemployment and/or double digit inflation.

>LL>Despite record job losses, folks in Ohio preferred to stick with
>LL>Bush.

>LL>What the Democrats need is not a bad economy, but rather a vision
>LL>for America.  The entire Kerry campaign was run using tactics.  No
>LL>strategy involved at all.  Just tactics.  And that dog don't hunt.

JH>Vision my ass.  They haven't had an original idea since 1932.

And what a great vision it was!  Sixty years of Democratic control of
both houses of Congress, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court!  Not only
that, but the Democratic vision for America gave us the presidencies of
FDR, Truman, JFK, LBJ, Carter, and Clinton!  And what a ride it was!
If only today's Democrats would embrace that vision, rather than
"apologize" for such success!

>LL>FDR won election in 1932 due to Republicans splitting their vote.

>LL>FDR won re-election in 1936 with a recovering economy.

JH>We were still deep in the Depression in 36.

And coming out of it fast, thanks to the economic policies of FDR.

>LL>FDR won re-election in 1940 with a good economy.

JH>The economy was barely on its feet, and only because of increased
JH>government spending on war materiel.

The economy was doing splendidly by 1940, with only remnants of the
Great Depression remaining.  Had it not been for WWII, the economy would
have done even better.

>LL>FDR won re-election in 1944 with a war economy.

JH>He won because he knew how to unify the people in the war effort,
JH>and because you don't change horses in the middle of a battle.

FDR won election to the presidency *four* times, all by large margins.
Why did people love FDR so much?  FDR created JOBS for people
everywhere.  And putting people back to work is what brought this
country out of the Great Depression.

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