meta-roj

i’ve heard the “bush was elected with more votes than any president in history” line just a few too many times today. nice statistic. nice spin to try to establish mandate from a 51% return. nice try. so i’m going to spin that top the other way.

in the 2000 race:
bush: 50,461,092
gore: 50,994,086
nader: 2,882,728
other: 1,039,754
gore + nader + other: 54,916,568

in the 2004 race:
bush: 59,056,036
kerry: 55,464,322
nader: 394,840
kerry + nader: 55,859,162

so, the counter-spin is….? bush was voted against by more people than any elected president in history too.