And, that we, the American public, had ushered in a revolution and granted the new Republican majority a mandate for the Contract for America. This analysis is odd in light of the facts. The truth is that less than 20 percent of the eligible voters even bothered to go to the polls. Consequently, the mandate granted to the Republicans was produced by a little over 10 percent of the voters. It is fascinating that this term is being bandied about so loosely.
Revolution is defined as a great or radical change.
Again, the media force-feeds us this notion of radical change when we have essentially gone from one party in power that is highly funded by big business to another party that receives even more money from corporate interests plus millions of dollars from religious extremists. We have hardly witnessed a radical social change. The truth is that most of us did not ask for the Contract. And now, the mainstream media, following the lead of talk radio, is now trying to convince us that we did.