Wow. Excellent details on betrayal which is a birthday present for Carter, a very nice gentleman that the billionaires supporting Reagan don’t want to remember.
Carter certainly deserves exoneration on this one -- and if I were family of any of these hostages whose terror was lengthened by these corrupt people I would be in court.
I remember it SO well because it was when I was first made aware of the depravity to which the Republican Party would stoop to win an election. I was truly shocked.
And this was why I quit voting after Regean stole the second term . .....for years until 2020 and fing trump . And WHY I will be voting this year come all or high water . Let's hope the latter floods Mar-a-loco
If memory serves me correctly, the repubs sent george h w bush to meet secretly with the Iranians to convince them to hold the hostages until after the election so Carter would appear weak. The Iranians at that point were ready to release the Americans but were convinced to not release them. Good old GOP hasn't changed a bit. Still more interested in holding power than caring for American citizens. And bush should be considered a traitor. In addition, he appointed clarence thomas to scotus.
In my mind, there is no question whatsoever that the GOP stole the 1982 election from Jimmy Carter, one of the greatest Presidents in U.S. history. It was the beginning of the eight long, corrupt, nation-destroying years under Reagan: Citizens United began then, and the Fairness Doctrine was ended. My father (a Sociology professor) said to me, "There goes our democracy." I remember his words all these decades later as vividly as if he just spoke them.
Wow. Excellent details on betrayal which is a birthday present for Carter, a very nice gentleman that the billionaires supporting Reagan don’t want to remember.
I'm so glad someone is finally sharing this. This is important history that could die as baby boomers die off.
Carter certainly deserves exoneration on this one -- and if I were family of any of these hostages whose terror was lengthened by these corrupt people I would be in court.
How I wish...
I remember it all and Nixon's suitcase of a million dollars . Howard Hughs knew it .
And Nixon did the same thing with North Vietnam.
Yes. Vietnam war was Nixon's heroin deal .
I’m actually quite shocked reading this, as I thought it was common knowledge that Reagan absolutely did this.
And I’m a Brit!
Americans and British share a common cynicism about the others political system
I remember it SO well because it was when I was first made aware of the depravity to which the Republican Party would stoop to win an election. I was truly shocked.
And this was why I quit voting after Regean stole the second term . .....for years until 2020 and fing trump . And WHY I will be voting this year come all or high water . Let's hope the latter floods Mar-a-loco
Yes! I remember it well!!!!
If memory serves me correctly, the repubs sent george h w bush to meet secretly with the Iranians to convince them to hold the hostages until after the election so Carter would appear weak. The Iranians at that point were ready to release the Americans but were convinced to not release them. Good old GOP hasn't changed a bit. Still more interested in holding power than caring for American citizens. And bush should be considered a traitor. In addition, he appointed clarence thomas to scotus.
In my mind, there is no question whatsoever that the GOP stole the 1982 election from Jimmy Carter, one of the greatest Presidents in U.S. history. It was the beginning of the eight long, corrupt, nation-destroying years under Reagan: Citizens United began then, and the Fairness Doctrine was ended. My father (a Sociology professor) said to me, "There goes our democracy." I remember his words all these decades later as vividly as if he just spoke them.