2008 Woodie Awards
Bush's Success Sparks Political Debates
Jessica Havery
Issue date: 11/11/04 Section: News
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Last Tuesday the United States President George W. Bush won another four years in the White House, with nearly four million more votes than presidential candidate John Kerry.
While President Bush celebrated his victory, the Montclair State University community debated election results and campaign issues in, and outside of, the classroom.
In a nationally publicized press conference, Senator Kerry announced that he had conceded in the election.
"Earlier today, I spoke to President Bush, and I offered him our congratulations on his victory," Kerry said.
"When you win, there's a feeling that the people have spoken, and embraced your point of view," Bush said.
After winning last week's election, Bush retreated to Camp David before returning to his post in Washington to discuss strategies he plans to use during his second term, CNN reported.
Bush said that, although he had a decisive victory, he did not expect the American people to free him from his political constraints, CNN reported.
"I don't think that [Americans] will let me be too free," Bush said. "There is accountability and constraints on the presidency, as there should be."
"I know that most of the people who voted for [Bush] said they voted based on his 'morals,' " senior sociology major Laurel Ubinski said. "[Bush is] anti-abortion but he's pro-death penalty. I don't think people can call themselves pro-life if they are also pro-death penalty."
While some MSU students agree with Ubinski's opinions, other students trust that George W. Bush is the right man to run our nation.
"I believe that abortion is wrong and that the sanctity of marriage should remain between a man and a woman," sophomore Allen Fosmire said. "As a Christian, I trust him."
The dividing line between religion and politics is a line that some students, and nationwide voters, feel has become blurred in recent months.
In his address to the nation, Bush said that he had no plans to move the United States of America to a theocracy, CNN reported.
While President Bush celebrated his victory, the Montclair State University community debated election results and campaign issues in, and outside of, the classroom.
In a nationally publicized press conference, Senator Kerry announced that he had conceded in the election.
"Earlier today, I spoke to President Bush, and I offered him our congratulations on his victory," Kerry said.
"When you win, there's a feeling that the people have spoken, and embraced your point of view," Bush said.
After winning last week's election, Bush retreated to Camp David before returning to his post in Washington to discuss strategies he plans to use during his second term, CNN reported.
Bush said that, although he had a decisive victory, he did not expect the American people to free him from his political constraints, CNN reported.
"I don't think that [Americans] will let me be too free," Bush said. "There is accountability and constraints on the presidency, as there should be."
"I know that most of the people who voted for [Bush] said they voted based on his 'morals,' " senior sociology major Laurel Ubinski said. "[Bush is] anti-abortion but he's pro-death penalty. I don't think people can call themselves pro-life if they are also pro-death penalty."
While some MSU students agree with Ubinski's opinions, other students trust that George W. Bush is the right man to run our nation.
"I believe that abortion is wrong and that the sanctity of marriage should remain between a man and a woman," sophomore Allen Fosmire said. "As a Christian, I trust him."
The dividing line between religion and politics is a line that some students, and nationwide voters, feel has become blurred in recent months.
In his address to the nation, Bush said that he had no plans to move the United States of America to a theocracy, CNN reported.