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46zilzal 03-20-2023 10:30 PM

the truth be told
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-john-connally

quote: A former Texas governor met Middle Eastern leaders in 1980 to convince Iran to delay releasing American hostages as part of a Republican effort to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election campaign, according to a news report.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that John Connally, who served as Texas’s Democratic governor from 1963 to 1969 and ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, traveled to a number of countries in the summer leading up to the 1980 election.

In an interview with the Times, a then protege to Connally named Ben Barnes said he was with Connally as he met leaders in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel. Connally was there to deliver a message, the Times reported:

“Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr Reagan will win and give you a better deal.”

TJDave 03-20-2023 10:40 PM

It would have taken much more than release of the hostages to help Carter.

Reagan won in a landslide. The largest ever.won by a a non-incumbent. 489 electoral votes. 44 states.

JustRalph 03-20-2023 10:43 PM

Brilliant!

PaceAdvantage 03-21-2023 12:08 AM

Sounds like a Trump kind of move...

Inner Dirt 03-21-2023 08:57 AM

Carter had zero chance to get re-elected. I am sure he is happy to have lived long enough to see a worse president than himself ruin the country in Joe Biden. To me boycotting the Olympics was one of his most pathetic stunts.
Back then Olympic athletes were all amateurs and made tremendous sacrifices to compete at a world class level, Carter robbed those people of their dreams.


Carter did not disgust me as a human being, I thought he was decent. He just was not presidential material.

Tom 03-21-2023 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TJDave (Post 2865476)
It would have taken much more than release of the hostages to help Carter.

Reagan won in a landslide. The largest ever.won by a a non-incumbent. 489 electoral votes. 44 states.

Jesus Christ handing out free loaves of bread and fish couldn't get that usrlrss idiotre- elected.:lol:

rastajenk 03-21-2023 01:06 PM

So are you saying the '80 election was rigged? :D

Tom 03-21-2023 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rastajenk (Post 2865567)
So are you saying the '80 election was rigged? :D

Welp, the dems rigged th '60 election, so there's that....

JustRalph 03-21-2023 07:43 PM

This story has been told before. It’s not new


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