John Gaquin wrote:

"bb" wrote in message

Ok, Bush won the Presidency. But, he certainly didn't win a mandate
for his extremist policies.
A) I never heard anyone claim that W received a mandate in the election of
2000.

B) W received his mandate on the morning of September 11, 2001.

Bull. No one gave Bush carte blanche to go crazy with his brand of
right-wing extremism.