Is Spain In Our Hemisphere?

OK, you're right, it doesn't matter if McCain thinks Spain is next to Mexico, or that he doesn't know who their Prime Minister is or if he's willing to meet with him if elected. You had to pick out the word hemisphere and try to belittle me for it. I guess when one is ignorant it's hard to tell when someone else is. Get over the 57 states crap, you know as well as anyone with even less than half a brain that it was a simple misspeak. I'd just love to know why you bother responding to discussions by people like me who are SOOOO far beneath you? It's certainly not like there aren't a huge number of members here who share you political views. Have a great night! Annie

When did McCain say that Spain is next to Mexico? Do you know what he's thinking now? And when did he "specifically mention the Western hemisphere? "You had to pick out the word hemisphere..." *It is in the title of your post, I thought it was the subject. "Get over the 57 states crap..." *Pot/kettle? It's not a "simple misspeak" That I would have made. But then again I didn't go to Harvard. I like how you always accuse Conservatives of defending McCain no matter what. When you don't even defend Obama, You just say "Get over it." But yet you come up with these petty allegations. I could come up with all the same excuses, "he was tired"."She had a heavy accent". "She was Jumping around mostly talking about South America." "She didn't specify North/South or East/West hemisphere." But it's unnecessary, this is a non issue.

Annie, don't sweat it. This person is defeated by his or her own definition. McCain had the option to define the half as divided by the Equator(north and South) or as divided by the Meridian(East and West). He mentioned the Western Hemisphere clearly. He was specific. Spain is not in the Western Hemisphere as defined by modern geography. The guy just had a senior moment. The name of the Spanish leader sounds a bit Latin-American so he was confused. It wouldn't have been necessary to talk about it if he hadn't made the same mistake in linking al qaeda to Iran, which is predominantly Shia and therefore an enemy of that particular terrorist organization. In the 57 states fiasco, Obama was referring to the number of primaries held and, unless you hate him or are yourself ignorant, you wouldn't be worried by it. The 'Spain in America' gaffe, however, is serious because it came from someone who thinks he knows more about foreign affairs than all the ambassadors of the world put together.

You know it stuck me, do you think he is trying to avoid the question so he doesn't associate himself with Bush since Bush has "been on the outs" with Spain since they pulled out of Iraq?

that should be struck me

The reporter was asking him about all these Latin American countries and then she busted out with a question about Spain. She talked extremely fast and with a very thick accent.

Thought: foreign policy is pretty much all McCain's had going for him in the general population than much else, maybe that's why people're cutting him alot extra slack for screwing up on knowing about so many countries?

*is shushed*

You'd better shush now because you're going to get it! Annie

I'm sorry, it's my fault for using the word hemisphere in the title at all, it probably confused everyone. (Note to my right-wing friends - there's no need to beat me up or correct me over it anymore, I got your point and I stand corrected...lol!) That isn't the point at all, the point is he's once again shown he hasn't got a clue when it comes to the foreign policy he claims to be such an expert in. The main thing is he seemed not to know the Spanish leader's name or whether or not he'll be willing to meet with him if elected. Spain is one of our allies and McCain seems to have forgotten that and, sorry, to me that's a big deal and his choice for V.P. does nothing to make me feel better. Annie

annie, please see my post above, I did go back and listen and read, and I'm even more confused than before about what the controversy is about. And I wasn't beating ya up over anything, lol, would I do that? **inocent blink**

Oh, I also had a great deal of difficulty understanding this woman at times, her accent was pretty thick. But even reading the transcript, I was confused.

She couldn't even remember the word "hello" at the end of the interview. She's apparently in Miami, So we're lucky she even speaks English. I remember the first time I went into a K-Mart in Miami 20 years ago. First off, I was the only blue eyed blonde in the place. Then they did the announcements over the P.A. System in Spanish. I waited for the English translation. There wasn't one. I am not making this up.

Also,when I was in the Marines, My roommate was reading the book "Scarface". He read me a line from the book about one of the characters seeing a bumper sticker that said "Would the last American Leaving Miami please bring the Flag". I've seen these stickers myself. Weak lol. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949265,00.html Check the date of this article I found.

Invent gaffes? Did you read what was said and/or see the video? He was clearly very confused and was he dissing one of our strongest allies or not? That's OK for all of you conservatives, make fun of my choice of title or my apparent confusion over which hemisphere is which...lol...I don't care because I've been out of school for almost 40 years, I hated geography and I'm NOT the one running for President! Annie

I wasn't making fun of your anything. lol, I had to look it up myself. Was just dressing the literal point, waxing pendant on the latest catch line being tossed around and answering a question. tryin not to get too in to these kinds of things lately

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hemisferio_Oeste.png

Elanr, I have no problem with the world looking up to America AND her president! Let's just make sure he is president BEFORE we start looking up to him!

This shows you have no idea of how the world sees America. Whether you like it or not, the world used to see America and the Soviet Union as the two 'leaders' of this side of Heaven. With the Soviet Union disintegrated, the world now has only one superpower. Moreover, it's not Obama who thinks he's running for president of the world. It's the world that wishes she had a president like him.