US Presidential candidates
Dec 13th 2007, 2:02 am
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Dec 13th 2007, 2:23 am
#49
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Re: US Presidential candidates
saying it for effect? or is he a mentalist?
Dec 14th 2007, 5:58 pm
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Re: US Presidential candidates
Not sure if this has been covered but what is this obsession with the candidates' religion. As an atheist I find this very irritating.
Dec 14th 2007, 6:17 pm
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Re: US Presidential candidates
And Clinton had no part in this?
Dec 14th 2007, 8:20 pm
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Re: US Presidential candidates
I`m an atheist also.
Is a politican`s religion always going to influence their policies?
Should a persons religious belief`s be a factor in whether we should vote for them or not?
Is a politican`s religion always going to influence their policies?
Should a persons religious belief`s be a factor in whether we should vote for them or not?
Dec 16th 2007, 1:22 pm
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Re: US Presidential candidates
I'm not sure you can really blame Reagan for this, after all, he didn't do these policies for a laugh. The mujahadeen was an expedient to counter a greater threat, and he was hardly the first to sell weapons to the Iranians. On top of that the problems with Iran predate Reagan by some margin. In addition to this, the issues in Nicaragua and Panama directly challenged the Monroe doctrine, which effectively left RR no choice.
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Dec 16th 2007, 2:23 pm
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Re: US Presidential candidates
Indeed - all the way back to the Eisenhower administration
How so? Unless you're saying that the USSR was trying to colonize those countries? And the Reagan administration had no choice but to break the law and lie to congress and the American people? Remember the Monroe Doctrine is not actually enshrined in US law.
How so? Unless you're saying that the USSR was trying to colonize those countries? And the Reagan administration had no choice but to break the law and lie to congress and the American people? Remember the Monroe Doctrine is not actually enshrined in US law.
Dec 16th 2007, 3:16 pm
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Re: US Presidential candidates
Indeed - all the way back to the Eisenhower administration
How so? Unless you're saying that the USSR was trying to colonize those countries? And the Reagan administration had no choice but to break the law and lie to congress and the American people? Remember the Monroe Doctrine is not actually enshrined in US law.
How so? Unless you're saying that the USSR was trying to colonize those countries? And the Reagan administration had no choice but to break the law and lie to congress and the American people? Remember the Monroe Doctrine is not actually enshrined in US law.
As for RR and the MD, my argument would be that presidential doctrines, while not enshrined in law, are seriously-followed guidelines in the manufacture of foreign policy and the consequent maintainance of continuity in it.
Also, you have to remember the broader context of Carter's foreign policy and the expectation of the public in terms of RR's commitment to protecting US interests and thwarting communism, etc. I'm not sure that the extra-legal status of FP doctrines has a lot to do with it because laws are for states, and the international system in a different kettle of fish.
Dec 18th 2007, 5:59 am
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Re: US Presidential candidates
Lieberman endorses McCain? 
Dec 18th 2007, 4:38 pm
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Re: US Presidential candidates
Zoroasterianism or Druidism or Bank of America. Or something.
Dec 18th 2007, 5:02 pm
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Re: US Presidential candidates
Why else would the repug candidates have to out-Jesus each other?