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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan+Nov 10 2004, 04:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Displaced Flames fan @ Nov 10 2004, 04:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Flame On@Nov 10 2004, 03:14 AM
So the question is, did any of those leaders of the minimal mandates, actually make statements about them to the effect of "I've won political capitol and I'm going to spend it"? My guess is that for the most part they would have played it with a little more humility. Perhaps that's what is scary.
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Where's the statement you are referring to?
I've heard pundits make the statements, not the President himself. [/b][/quote]
"Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it," Bush said, asserting the power he holds after a decisive win.
In his victory speech.
Jimmy Carter's inauguration speech in 1976, coming out of the Vietnam era:
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/document.../inaugadd.phtml
Ronald Reagan's inauguration speech 1980, coming out of the helplessness of the Carter era:
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres61.html
Cowperson