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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThat jerk just slimed Jimmy Carter
If he was half the man Jimmy Carter is he might actually like himself.
PirateRo
(933 posts)Lunabell
(6,111 posts)He is practically a saint and lives his life in service to others. He actually does what Jesus preached about.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Ronald Reagans October Surprise Plot Was Real After All
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[T]he team around Mr. Rockefeller, a lifelong Republican with a dim view of Mr. Carters dovish foreign policy, collaborated closely with the Reagan campaign in its efforts to pre-empt and discourage what it derisively labeled an October surprise a pre-election release of the American hostages, the papers show.
The Chase team helped the Reagan campaign gather and spread rumors about possible payoffs to win the release, a propaganda effort that Carter administration officials have said impeded talks to free the captives.
I had given my all to thwarting any effort by the Carter officials to pull off the long-suspected October surprise, Mr. Reed wrote in a letter to his family after the election, apparently referring to the Chase effort to track and discourage a hostage release deal. He was later named Mr. Reagans ambassador to Morocco.
Mr. Reed was Joseph Reed Jr, Rockefellers chief of staff, who mandated that the documents should stay sealed until Rockefellers death, which came in 2017. Its not hard to see why.
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/1/ronald-reagan-october-surprise-carter-iran-hostage-crisis-conspiracy
I wouldn't mind impeaching Reagan for the Iran hostage crisis if he wants to use that argument.
Montauk6
(8,079 posts)Can they posthumously impeach Reagan for the October Surprise?
GopherGal
(2,010 posts)and not its special "f#$% you" to the Air Traffic Controllers name.
gademocrat7
(10,672 posts)Attacking President Carter is very hateful.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)That is a big part of their strategy. Divide the Senate by Party loyalties.