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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDear God, Rachel is showing tapes of Reagan pretending he knew nothing about Iran-Contra
I still can't stand listening to that SOB.
Isn't it bad enough we have to listen to Trump - must she heap salt into these old wounds.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)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
dflprincess
(28,071 posts)This is why I had an awfully hard time tolerating all the fawning coverage when he died.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Ollie North. dt cant BUY loyalty like that, and you KNOW he's bummin'.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Evil fuckers.
benld74
(9,901 posts)onlyadream
(2,164 posts)He said that he didnt remember what he did on August 8hth (I believe),and I was like...dude, your the president!!! Dont you keep daily journals or something?? It sounded crazy to me for him to play the I dont remember card. Sure, no one remembers specific days, but he should have records.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)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)But I clearly remember something because I was appalled at his I dont remember . Yes, he had Alzheimers, but theres the daily records of President.
And I voted for him, so I was really not happy about it. Note that I was 18 and didnt know any better.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Loyalty to st ronnie.
albacore
(2,398 posts).. 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)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)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.