An Anti-War Senator (From antiwar.com)

[LastoftheMohicans]

http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/08/06/an-anti-war-senator/

I knew John C. Calhoun was a commie liberal pinko.;)

[BillyBeer]

John C. Calhoun was an American hero and the defintion of a patriot.

[DeadheadForPaul]

John C. Calhoun was an American hero and the defintion of a patriot.

Agreed. While his views on slavery were less than admirable...his other positions established his legacy as an American patriot.

PS: Did you guys know that Clemson University should be called Calhoun? It's on Calhoun's old land but the guy who sold the land (he had married Calhoun's daughter) to the government of South Carolina demanded that the town and the college be named after him (Clemson) rather than Calhoun

[1000-points-of-fright]

On the passage of the act recognizing the war, I said to many of my friends, that a deed had been done from which the country would not be able to recover for a long time, if ever....

....We begin now to find the misfortune of entering into war without a declaration of war—without a declaration setting forth to the people the causes of the war, and one upon which they may hold the Government responsible.

Yeah, well the thing is... there was a declaration of war on Wednesday May 13th 1846. There was some saber rattling and defensive posturing on both sides prior to that as well as some minor skirmishes and battles. But war was declared (http://www.sonofthesouth.net/mexican-war/polk-declares-war-mexico.htm), no doubt about it.

[IrrigatedPancake]

Digg it:
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/08/06/an-anti-war-senator/