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re: How Bad of a Black Eye was Iran-Contra to Reagan?
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:17 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:17 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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My dad said it was probably the only lasting black eye on Reagan's administration. That accurate?
Nope.
List of scandals during his presidency
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:18 pm to White Roach
quote:thats not even the best pic,, but I like the hint of tongue
Exactly! Without Iran/Contra, we never meet Fawn Hall on the evening news. I think it was worth it.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:31 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
I mean he only traded with Iranian terrorist, violated federal law, fomented civil war in another country, tried to create an illegal army outside the purview of Congress, and allowed his underlings to obstruct justice by attempting to destroy evidence.
How could that hurt your legacy?
How could that hurt your legacy?
This post was edited on 4/11/17 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:33 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
He get lionized from the right like Teddy Kennedy gets lionized from the left.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:35 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
It wouldn't have made the news if the President was a Democrat. That's all you need to know about it.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:41 pm to Jcorye1
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He get lionized from the right like Teddy Kennedy gets lionized from the left.
For good reason, too. Reagan actually did good for this country.
This post was edited on 4/11/17 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:43 pm to HarryBalzack
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I mean he only traded with Iranian terrorist, violated federal law, fomented civil war in another country, tried to create an illegal army outside the purview of Congress, and allowed his underlings to obstruct justice by attempting to destroy evidence.
Holy shite, that sounds exactly like Obama.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:43 pm to Seldom Seen
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Free hostages and fighting commies at the same time. I never saw what the problem was.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:46 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Reagan told the American people he authorized the arms for hostages with Iran.
He denied knowledge of the Contra connection from the profits from Iran.
No evidence could be traced to him.
Black eye? Hardly, most Americans approved of supporting the Contras. His VP Bush the elder won 40 states and 426 EVs! His campaign was basically promising 4 more years of Reagan.
Obama won 28 and 365 his first time and 26 with 332 his second.
He denied knowledge of the Contra connection from the profits from Iran.
No evidence could be traced to him.
Black eye? Hardly, most Americans approved of supporting the Contras. His VP Bush the elder won 40 states and 426 EVs! His campaign was basically promising 4 more years of Reagan.
Obama won 28 and 365 his first time and 26 with 332 his second.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:00 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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My dad said it was probably the only lasting black eye on Reagan's administration. That acc
Well, he caused the deficit to explode with his trickle down BS.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:03 pm to Zappas Stache
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Well, he caused the deficit to explode with his letting the Dems have anything they wanted in exchange for building the frick out of the military BS.
FIFY
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:05 pm to Zappas Stache
defeating the red menace was never gonna be cheap
better $$$ than $$$ and lives
better $$$ than $$$ and lives
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:16 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
It was a huge media fiasco that dragged on forever. The Leftist media and the Democrat congress were certain they had another Watergate scandal to take down the most popular Republican president in history. Some were even trying to call it "Iran-Contragate."
Historically, it was kind of a blip on Reagan's reputation. But at the time, the media frenzy was at a fever pitch.
Historically, it was kind of a blip on Reagan's reputation. But at the time, the media frenzy was at a fever pitch.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:24 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
It was pretty rough for him.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:25 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Not really that big of a black eye... North saved the day.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:28 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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Holy shite, that sounds exactly like Obama.
Who do you think invented the obama phone???
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:48 pm to HarryBalzack
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I mean he only traded with Iranian terrorist, violated federal law, fomented civil war in another country, tried to create an illegal army outside the purview of Congress, and allowed his underlings to obstruct justice by attempting to destroy evidence.
You left out the cocaine imports by CIA into Los Angeles along with coaching the buyers into creating Crack instead of the then popular Freebase. CIA was really the impetus for the cocaine and specifically Crack Epidemic of 80's and early 90's.
It was probably Bush all along that did all this stuff. H.W. was the Head of CIA before VP afterall and this was all CIA black ops stuff.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:51 pm to Sidicous
No real harm. Ollie became a national hero
Posted on 4/11/17 at 7:56 pm to Restomod
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Not really that big of a black eye... North saved the day.
This and North did what a good marine would do.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 8:00 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
quote:Well they have a ton in common. Reagan was a treasonous liberal piece of shite.
Holy shite, that sounds exactly like Obama.
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