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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (181412)1/22/2004 8:14:18 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1574267
 
Ted, I was talking about his mandate or the lack there of.

I remember when conservatives were complaining that Bill Clinton never won majority votes in both the 1992 and 1996 elections. The insinuation, of course, was that Clinton didn't win decisively, therefore he shouldn't lead decisively. (Not that he did, but that's beside the point. <G>)

Now it's the liberals' turn to complain about mandates. Personally, if I'm elected to a position of high leadership, I'll do my job as if God himself appointed me. (No need to bring up church and state; I'm sure you get my point.) It doesn't matter if that election was a close one, or if I didn't win the popular vote, or even if I got elected on a technicality. Strong leaders don't castrate themselves based on the notion of a "mandate."

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