I think Thompson will not only endorse McCain, I think he may run as his VP. That’s the vibe I am picking up right now. Since Thompsons out I have to do some serious reading and decide who my B choice is going to be.
M36,
That’s not party loyalty. McCain is, ostensibly, a republican and Hillary is a democrat. I also gave some justification for putting McCain at the absolute bottom of the list - He’s Hillary with male genitalia. They vote the same, they advocate similar political policies, they may as well be the same person. And if they are, in effect, the same person, and Hillary is an unabashed Marxist (she’s always talking about seizing large sectors of the public market and controlling it with the government, that’s about as marxist as you can get) then I think the title of the person who drags this country from it’s knees, face first into the mud and drowns us should have the title of Democrat, not Republican, on the off chance that a true Republican can get elected afterwards and pull us up out of the mud before our heart stops and we cease to exist.
McCain is against universal healthcare and he hates big government, and he’s socially conservative while hillary is not she’s a social liberal. are you getting this?
he also wont listen to UN and EU judges, while hillary said she would. he will cut pork which hillary will live off of favors to politicians amounting to lots of pork. and he will personally slap osama bin laden in the face.
Balung:
His actions speak so loudly, I cannot hear a word that comes out of his mouth.
@Cmdr:
Is the sub-prime debacle (the 5% of homes being fore-closed on) something we should bail people out on, or should we let the market correct itself?
can you please explain this little bit more
thanks
the wons gained in 1851 were bought outright and legitly. just like alaska.
well Alaska was bought
Mexican land conqured
cant see ˝the link˝ here
and Jen, how is McCain liberal when he is against abortion, pro Iraqi war…
he is not Bush, and its good he isnt,
he is smarter :mrgreen:
but he is a right winger, republican, conservative
i simply see him as that way
while Hillary, Obama and Kerry are so alike McCain and Bush arent
thats why McCain will win this elections, i think that even some democrats will vote from him
-i dont know your situation well, but i think he is your man, would you like him or not :mrgreen:
its called the gadsen purchase amon-sul. it was a legit deal between sovereign governments. and they cant have it back. secondly, texas wasn’t part of america after their war, it was its own republic. it decided to become part of america later. its not america’s fault for texas. same goes for california,…it was its own republic and then became part of america. america never took anything over, they came to america. but we did beat down the mexicans in the war in the 1840’s however.
its called the gadsen purchase amon-sul. it was a legit deal between sovereign governments. and they cant have it back. secondly, texas wasn’t part of america after their war, it was its own republic. it decided to become part of america later. its not america’s fault for texas. same goes for california,…it was its own republic and then became part of america. america never took anything over, they came to america. but we did beat down the mexicans in the war in the 1840’s however.
yes, but San Francisco
Los Angeles
those are Spanish names
and USA is a ˝pro-english˝ country
dont know the history well, but i know you ˝stolen˝ some lands to the Mexicans , and to Canada too, Alaskan-Canadian border treaty, it was against Canada, USA ˝stole˝ some of Canadian land
and i ve heard that in the constitution of USA isnt written that english is the official language, is this true or some noncense?
Actually Gadsen was a VERY small area of land that was bought. Most of it is extreme southern Arizona.
But the vast majority of the Southwest WAS seized after military conquest against Mexico.
And the US has maintained control over conquered territory in other places too over the years…
@ncscswitch:
Actually Gadsen was a VERY small area of land that was bought. Most of it is extreme southern Arizona.
But the vast majority of the Southwest WAS seized after military conquest against Mexico.
And the US has maintained control over conquered territory in other places too over the years…
- Our bases in Okinawa and Germany
- The US Virgin Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Most of the American Southwest
- Many Pacific Island groups that we only recently restored sovereignty to after controlling them for 50 years.
- Guam
- Some areas of upstate New York and the Canadian border in New England
thanks for this i found it valuable and interesting 8-)
you just forget Guantanamo Bay
i never mentioned those parts of new mexico and arizona…. :-D but texas and california chose to come here after they were their own country. and the purchase was small, and yes we did take parts of new mexico and arizona. but the mexicans were just taking that from the indians anyways.
to the primaries…who’s McCain going to run against. obama or hillary.
second, what are some good VP nominees for both parties?
Hillary has too many opponents in her own party. There are Democrats that honestly hate Hillary. Obama has no such animosity. He has people who disagree with him, but no outright hatred, mostly because he hasn’t been around long enough to screw things up.
Mitt Romney is going to run against Obama. Mitt has the most delegates and Obama has the most delegates. McCain is a fluke, he won’t carry enough delegates to get into the general election.
Anyway, he IS a liberal. He SAYS he is pro-life, but every vote has been pro-abortion. He is pro-sunsetting the tax cuts and pro-tax hikes, based on his voting. He supports the Fairness Doctrine (which is basically a gag order on conservative radio, but no effect on liberal television.) He is pro-Iraq, but so is Hillary, she always has been.
Take a look at just about any vote in the Senate. If McCain voted Yes, so did Hillary. iF Mccain voted no, so did Hillary. And McCain’s spent more time in Ted Kennedy’s office then any other Republican Office yet.
Sure, he wears the red name tag, he is counted as a republican during the roll calls, but he isn’t. Not really. He is only in name.
So far, for Illinois, the forecasts for the Republicans out of 185 possible delegates (that’s almost the most of any state, California has 441 and New York 281) have:
Huckabee: 1 Delegate
McCain: 62 Delegates
Romney: 102 Delegates
Too Close Too Call: 20 Delegates
There are 70 Delegates possible for the Democrat Side (I assume this is calculated somehow, dunno why Republicans have 185 and Democrats only 70, but who cares.)
Hillary: 33 Delegates
Obama: 33 Delegates
Edwards: 4 Delegates
No too close too call races for them.
I am not yet prepared to call a winner on the R side.
On the D side…
If Hillary is even CLOSE in SC, Hillary runs away with Super Tuesday… and gets the Nomination.
Running mate… Most likely Bill Richardson.
Nope, she made an under the table agreement with Edwards. He’ll be her Running Mate on the condition that he attacks Obama with her in a tag team event.
And from what I hear, Mitt may only have WON a single state, but so far he’s collected a LARGE margin of delegates to put him in the lead.
I don’t think all of the delegates currently determined are equal to just Florida’s delegates.
And on Super Tuesday, there are over 1000 delegates up for grabs. A lead of 10 delegates now means nothing once the polls close on Super Tuesday.
Kinda the point when I said that Illinois has the third most influence on who gets the nomination in the country.
States that waited until Feb 5 are getting Bonus delegates, so there’s a HUGE shift that can take place.
However, unbiased polling shows Mitt with a significant lead over McCain with Huckabee as barely a spoiler, mostly a comical figure to break up the monotony of a two person race.
Mitt seems to have 37%
McCain seems to have 31%
Huckabee seems to have 3%
With 29% too close to call. And with a swing of +/- 4%.
@Amon:
you just forget Guantanamo Bay
it’s rented from Cuba, Castro just don’t cash the checks. the lease ends though at some point, i can’t remember when though.
its called the gadsen purchase amon-sul. it was a legit deal between sovereign governments. and they cant have it back. secondly, texas wasn’t part of america after their war, it was its own republic. it decided to become part of america later. its not america’s fault for texas. same goes for california,…it was its own republic and then became part of america. america never took anything over, they came to america. but we did beat down the mexicans in the war in the 1840’s however.
The Gadsden purchase had nothing to do with Texas (Arizona & New Mexico), as Switch said.
Regarding Texas & Mexico: Texas at the time was Mexican territory, i.e., Mexico. There had been a boundary dispute between the US & Spain/Mexico concerning the Louisiana purchase that was never quite resolved. When Mexico gained independence, it gained Texas as well, and granted a lucky few from the US permission to settle there.
The border dispute continued, and the US Texans, which had a considerable population due to increased immigration - some granted, but much of them not - started to throw their weight around concerning Mexican policies such as slavery being banned and US immigrants being disarmed. Eventually, the US Texans revolted and created their own republic that was neither Mexico or the US.
Really, it was mostly a land grab, and the US Texans played it smart by claiming independence at a volatile time in Mexico’s history, when other states were revolting as well. But it isn’t very honorable as we make it out to be…
As far as the race, I wouldn’t mind voting for McCain. I don’t agree with him on many things, but I think he is admirable compared to his comrades, and I absolutely will not have another religious wacko like Huckabee or Romney. Please please please, republicans, I know you don’t like Clinton, but he wasn’t that bad and was only here for 8 years. We don’t deserve Huckabee or Romney after 8 years of Bush.
