Re: President Obama won the Popular vote by 53%, yet Republicans say this was not a Mandate?

Clearly not.

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VT Sean Lewis <thevirtualtruth@gmail.com> wrote:

>Romney got the 47%
>
>That is a win of 6% points
>
>Bush said he had a mandate in 2004 because
>he won the electoral college 286 to 251, and
>he won the popular vote by 2.4 %
>
>However Republicans say President Obama DOES NOT have
>a mandate even though he had TWICE the margin of victory
>
>Obama won the electoral college 332 to 206, and
>he won the popular vote by 6%
>
>can anyone say and explain cognitive dissonance to the nutwing right?
>
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