The President stunned his critics both home and abroad by getting re-elected. The guy many of them thought (and still think) is the biggest idiot on the planet managed to win the election - which spoke implied volumes about their candidate, sending the opposition into denial, fits of apoplexy and, and of course the inevitable chants of: “he stole it” - a chant which still persists in some circles today.
I remember holding my breath for a few seconds as the results from Ohio came in. There was some tight races in a few states, but W pulled it out - in spite of the massive amount of cash spent by not only the Kerry campaign, but his surrogates from MoveOn.org and other liberal groups.
Jason at Generation Why? asks: where were you when Kerry officially conceded and Bush was declared the winner? As to where I was, I was sitting here at my desk listening to the radio - and breathed a sigh of relief when Kerry made his gracious concession. I smiled, thinking, “he did it!” (Note: Thanks, Jason, for the graphic! Note II: Edited to move the graphic on the right … it seemed more fitting there 
Matt Margolis shares his memories of how it felt to find out Bush had been re-elected in spite of the deck stacked against him.
More thoughts on the one year anniversary: La Shawn, Don Surber, Brainster’s Blog, Randy Thomas, Alamo Nation, Ian at The Political Teen
Related: Michelle Malkin blogs about what she’s appropriately called the “Bush Derangement Parade” - which includes a parade of extremist anti-war Bush haters across the country who are using today’s anniversary to spread the ‘word’ about how ‘evil’ the Bush ‘regime’ really is.
I knew Ohio would be the Florida of the 04 election. The Guarian in Britain tried to influence the election by having its subscribers write voters in swing counties in Ohio to throw out Bush.
I also knew George Soros funded groups to go door to door to get votes for Kerry any way they could, which usually was lying to the person and fraudulently registering people, then going back to fill out absentee ballots for them.
Comment by PCD @ 11/2/2005 - 9:56 am
LOL I was sitting at my desk in my pjs waiting to hear the final word. It was so late when it finally did, I ended up sleeping in the next day. I was soooo Happy I couldn’t believe it. I knew there was going to be 1 fight after another over the thing, but that night I did sleep well.
Comment by Lorica @ 11/2/2005 - 1:37 pm
One Year Today, Lest We Forget
Theo van Gogh (July 23, 1957 – November 2, 2004)
Comment by Dan Kauffman @ 11/3/2005 - 12:01 am
The main reason Bush was re-elected had a lot more to with what Osama Bin Ladin did rather than anything President Bush did. The main reason so many people supported him is because we were attacked and the country rallied behind the president. By the end of 2001 his approval rating was close to 90 percent. By 2004 he was barely able to keep it above 50 percent. Now he’s having trouble staying above 40 percent. The only issues where President Bush was way ahead in the polls over his opponent was in fighting terrorism and keeping our country safe. If we weren’t attacked in 2001, these would have been non-issues. By most other measurements, his first term was unsuccessful.
Winning or loosing an election says nothing about the quality of the candidates. It only means one candidate got more votes than the other. In 1945 the British voted Winston Churchill out of office.
Comment by Brian @ 11/3/2005 - 1:54 am
Brian,
Boy, do you not get it. Bush won, period. You can kvetch all you want, but it isn’t going to change things. Kerry is a loser, period. Get used to it. Democrats, like yourself, are obstructionists to being anti-Americans.
Comment by PCD @ 11/3/2005 - 10:25 am