The 2008 presidential field at-a-glance

[DaemonSeid]

WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan and a one-time opponent of civil rights legislation, endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday.

Obama is vying to be the nation's first black president. (No DUH!!!...reaaaaalllly?)

Byrd's support comes almost a week after the Illinois senator's 41-point loss to Hillary Rodham Clinton in the longtime lawmaker's home state of West Virginia.

Byrd said he had no intention of getting involved while his state was in the midst of a primary. "But the stakes this November could not be higher," he said in a written statement.

Byrd said Obama has the qualities to end the Iraq war, which he has strongly opposed.

"I believe that Barack Obama is a shining young statesman, who possesses the personal temperament and courage necessary to extricate our country from this costly misadventure in Iraq, and to lead our nation at this challenging time in history," Byrd said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/...7auRFbkKGyFz4D


Further proof that politics makes stange bedfellows

[nate2512]

This country has gone 232 years without losing a war. I don't think we should let Hillary or Obama ruin that, which if we pull out early is what is going to happen.

[DaemonSeid]

Did you count Vietnam in those 232?

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by nate2512

This country has gone 232 years without losing a war. I don't think we should let Hillary or Obama ruin that, which if we pull out early is what is going to happen.

Korea-Never mind that was a "police action".

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Korea-Never mind that was a "police action".

Glad someone else said it...heh

We could include the Civil War in which we kicked our own @sses

But for one, that would be sadomasochistic.

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Glad someone else said it...heh

We could include the Civil War in which we kicked our own @sses

But for one, that would be sadomasochistic.

Let's see. I don't believe the South was at the time, a part of the United States, so you can't really say we lost that one now can we?

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by nate2512

Let's see. I don't believe the South was at the time, a part of the United States, so you can't really say we lost that one now can we?

Hmmm...uhhh...nate...so...errrrmm...BEFORE the South tried to secede...what was it...?

I got 5 dollars that sez he comes back with a cardboard answer....

[starang21]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Hmmm...uhhh...nate...so...errrrmm...BEFORE the South tried to secede...what was it...?

I got 5 dollars that sez he comes back with a cardboard answer....

northern mexico.

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Hmmm...uhhh...nate...so...errrrmm...BEFORE the South tried to secede...what was it...?

I got 5 dollars that sez he comes back with a cardboard answer....

The war didn't start until after secession of South Carolina, then after the shot at Fort Sumter, the other states then followed suit.

[Leslie Anne]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

We could include the Civil War in which we kicked our own @sses

But for one, that would be sadomasochistic.

Seriously LMAO!!!!

Poor Nate. : pats his little naive puppy head :

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by SECdomination

I voted for Romney, but I might be able to handle McCain if Huckabee was there too. Maybe...

I was the other end of the conservative spectrum....I voted for Huckabee, but I might vote for McCain if he chooses even Romney!

I am just praying he doesn't pick Crist.....

[shinerbock]

I'd prefer someone other than Pawlenty or Crist.

Romney would be good, but I'm worried about tarnishing him if McCain goes in the tank. I'd love a Romney/Jindal campaign in 2012.