A. G. Olphart Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Agreed 8) : Back to Z cars... I may have figured out a way to adjust camber wth cams at the lower control arm. lf it works out, I'll post it in a week or 3. However... before I can weld it all up, I've got to get my old Toyota pickup functional again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotter Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I think the most disappointing part of the election was that it wasnt even close Actually, it was. Compared to most elections in the past, it was razor-thin. From http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781450.html : (arithmetic mine, and please excuse the sloppy columns) Year___Candidates______Electoral College Votes__Margin Popular Votes 1960 Kennedy/Nixon/Byrd______303/219/15_______118,574 1964 Johnson/Goldwater_______486/52________15,951,296 1968 Nixon/Humphrey/Wallace__301/191/46_______510,314 1972 Nixon/McGovern/Schmitz___520/17/0______17,999,528 1976 Carter/Ford/McCarthy______297/240/1______1,682,790 1980 Reagan/Carter___________489/49_________7,417,813 1984 Reagan/Mondale_________525/13________16,877,890 1988 Bush/Dukakis/Bentsen____426/111/1_______7,077,023 1992 Clinton/Bush____________370/168________5,805,344 1996 Clinton/Dole/Perot_______379/159/0_______8,203,602 2000 Bush/Gore/Nader_________271/266/0_______-543,895 2004 Bush/Kerry/Nader________274/252/0_______3,543,662 So it wasn't as close as Kennedy/Nixon, Nixon/Humphrey or Carter/Ford, but it was pretty close. By the measure of the Electoral College, it was *really* close. A mandate? Yes. A landslide? Not even. A "landslide" is 500+ E.C. votes, not 22. Personally, I think the (soon to be, and not too soon) death of Yasser Arafat will have a lot more to do with our Middle-East policy than who just got elected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bastaad525 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 What would the death of Arafat change? Really, everything that's going to happen over there rests on two peoples shoulders, Bush and Sharon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotter Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 If it all rested on the shoulders of Bush & Sharon, there wouldn't be too much of a problem, would there? Arafat started his career as a terrorist of the most egregious type, took control of the Palestinian situation by hook, crook, and 9mm, and has kept a sore spot festering for the better part of forty years. With him gone, there's a chance - just a chance, but better than the nothing we've been living with - that cooler and more reasonable heads can prevail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 Just reported by CNN: Sen. John Kerry calls President Bush to concede presidential election' date=' CNN has learned.[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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