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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Sep 2019

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Haiku Jonah

    The American politics of 1847-60 assumed that we were not done adding territory south of the border. That really only changed after the defeat of Grant's proposals in 1869-71 to annex Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic).https://twitter.com/HaikuJonah/status/1174439127283949568 …

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    Haiku Jonah @HaikuJonah
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    An underappreciated feature of the Lincoln-Douglas debates is the assumption of “when we annex Mexico” by both men.
    2:49 PM - 18 Sep 2019
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      2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Sep 2019

        Expansion was still on the table then, with fights over slavery removed as an obstacle. We bought Alaska in 1867, investigated buying Greenland & Iceland in 1868, & there were still proposals to annex Canada until its confederation in mid-1867.

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Sep 2019

        After 1871, the idea of U.S. expansion died off as the international situation stabilized & the country focused on the West. Later acquisitions - Hawaii, the proceeds of the Spanish-American War - were not, at least when acquired, seen as future states.

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      2. Dean Clark‏ @earldean71 18 Sep 2019
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        If modern air-conditioning and mosquito control had existed in the 19th century I feel certain our southern boundaries would be much different.

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Sep 2019
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        Yes.

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      1. Yes‏ @eastoftahoe 18 Sep 2019
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        Annexation of Cuba was a fixation of American politicians for hundreds of years

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