Not Your Sweetie

The Historic Delusion of the November 2002 Elections Spin
from Digby's blog


Ah, but it is an historic victory because the party
in the White House always loses in the first
midterm, right? And, they usually lose by more
than 25 seats in the House, too, so it was extra,
super-duper overwhelming. It's been more than 60
years since any President was so beloved by the
American people that they voted for his party in
the first election after his inauguration. Therefore,
George W. Bush achieved something that makes
him eligible for Mt. Rushmore if not canonization.

But...but...he didn't defy history at all. And why is
that?

Because he didn't win the election in 2000,
that's why. If Al Gore had been in office as the
voters wanted, there would have nothing
remarkable about the 2002 GOP gains at all,
except for the fact that they were so small.

Uncle Tony may have defied history, but Dubya
didn't.