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Dear God, Rachel is showing tapes of Reagan pretending he knew nothing about Iran-Contra (Original Post) dflprincess Jan 2019 OP
WOW !!! I didn't know Bush 1 pardoned everyone involving Iran-Contra and he was involved too!! uponit7771 Jan 2019 #1
Oh yes dflprincess Jan 2019 #2
That fawning, scripted coverage, still sickens. empedocles Jan 2019 #10
Did she show that effer that 'fell on his sword' for him? Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #3
I still despise Reagan. Solly Mack Jan 2019 #4
Reagan, HW, all of them SHRED Jan 2019 #5
THAT administration started everything benld74 Jan 2019 #6
I remember Reagan testifying onlyadream Jan 2019 #7
Ronnie never testified in public. Ollie North was allowed to do that in his stead. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #12
Maybe not testifying, onlyadream Jan 2019 #13
Yes. It was a long time ago. Thats why Ollie north is a fox news guy even to this day. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #14
Not defending Raygun... albacore Jan 2019 #8
Reagan committed treason, however, empedocles Jan 2019 #9
Reagan pretending that he knew nothing about spartan61 Jan 2019 #11

uponit7771

(90,301 posts)
1. WOW !!! I didn't know Bush 1 pardoned everyone involving Iran-Contra and he was involved too!!
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:22 PM
Jan 2019

Hopefully they wont let Red Don off the hook seeing he and his campaign where working with the Russians at the same time they were attacking America

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
3. Did she show that effer that 'fell on his sword' for him?
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:23 PM
Jan 2019

Ollie North. dt cant BUY loyalty like that, and you KNOW he's bummin'.

onlyadream

(2,164 posts)
7. I remember Reagan testifying
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:52 PM
Jan 2019

He said that he didn’t remember what he did on August 8hth (I believe),and I was like...dude, your the president!!! Don’t you keep daily journals or something?? It sounded crazy to me for him to play the “I don’t remember card”. Sure, no one remembers specific days, but he should have records.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
12. Ronnie never testified in public. Ollie North was allowed to do that in his stead.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:54 PM
Jan 2019

St Ronnie was already losing his mind as i recall. big fricken sham investigation. He was one of the first "allowed' to testify in private....but NO WAY for Bill Clinton several years later. They made him toe the line and be humiliated. It was awful.

onlyadream

(2,164 posts)
13. Maybe not testifying,
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 11:49 AM
Jan 2019

But I clearly remember something because I was appalled at his “I don’t remember “. Yes, he had Alzheimer’s, but there’s the daily records of President.
And I voted for him, so I was really not happy about it. Note that I was 18 and didn’t know any better.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
14. Yes. It was a long time ago. Thats why Ollie north is a fox news guy even to this day.
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 01:50 PM
Jan 2019

Loyalty to st ronnie.

albacore

(2,398 posts)
8. Not defending Raygun...
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:56 PM
Jan 2019

.. but I think it was clear that he wasn't firing on all cylinders at that point. He probably knew in the broadest terms, but forgot much of the details... who did what, etc.
The knowledge that Reagan was mentally incompetent during part of his Presidency gives me cold chills. All those nukes...

And trump..? Don't get me started. That guy is unstable at best. I have no idea what his mental problems are, but they certainly interfere with his ability to President.

On edit.... http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/01/trump-is-mentally-unwell-and-everyone-around-him-knows-it.html?fbclid=IwAR00jcmrh5elwU4lxou-9d0VznHjAbF4uj6KUiUCCOXxvYNixvv_elbbwAk

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
9. Reagan committed treason, however,
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:10 PM
Jan 2019

a 3 member Senate Commission laid out the very damaging facts in their report, but felt Reagan, near the end of his term, was not a threat, [not running the government either, really out of it], and recommended no punishment, and effectively let Reagan finish his term. [A politically expedient finding. Reagan did finish his term, was not seen in public afterwards].

spartan61

(2,091 posts)
11. Reagan pretending that he knew nothing about
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:30 PM
Jan 2019

Iran-Contra is the exact reason that I became a Democrat. I voted for him once and that was the last time I ever voted for a republican again.

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