George H.W. Bush's Mixed Legacy In A Reagan-Era Scandal

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4. I was livid when GHWBush was elected because of the IC affair

I always thought the entire scandal was really underplayed.

Aside from the entire "subverting congress" thing, we were selling arms to an enemy that had kidnapped Americans only a few years before. It should have been the end of the Reagan Administration

Instead, the administration lived on for four more zombie years in HW. My take was simple. As the former head of the CIA, he had to know what was going on. If he didn't know, then he was completely oblivious and not deserving of the Presidency anyway. The whole thing should have been disqualifying one way or another.