General Discussion

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

56. GHW Bush and William Casey were the ones who cut the deal

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 01:19 PM

Aug 2015

with the Iranians. Part of the deal was no confirmation of the release until Zombie King Reagan had taken the oath of office. To cheat Carter out of even that.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

76 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

An NPR piece on Jimmy Carter closed with... [View all] TreasonousBastard Aug 2015 OP

Amen!!! oldandhappy Aug 2015 #1

KnR. Well said. nt tblue37 Aug 2015 #2

K&R. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #3

Very true. brer cat Aug 2015 #4

"...he may have been the greatest man MissDeeds Aug 2015 #5

Well put. hedgehog Aug 2015 #8

Well said. K&R. Carter is a truly great man. PatrickforO Aug 2015 #6

A class act all the way. Who has walked the walk. LuckyLib Aug 2015 #7

The man isn't dead yet. Fearless Aug 2015 #9

Thank you ashling Aug 2015 #10

Not dead yet. He feels happy! He feels fine! Lucky Luciano Aug 2015 #34

True, I wish him the best! DawgHouse Aug 2015 #45

Thank you. cwydro Aug 2015 #66

Right! What a life! And he's still living it. n/t SusanaMontana41 Aug 2015 #70

I very much agree. Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #11

I was a Kennedy '80 Democrat and... MarianJack Aug 2015 #12

I'm not giving up on Jimmy Carter.. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #13

kick glinda Aug 2015 #14

He may not have been our greatest President, but he may have been the greatest man to have been Pres raindaddy Aug 2015 #15

A great president KT2000 Aug 2015 #16

Agree with you. Worried senior Aug 2015 #46

Death is in all of our futures loyalsister Aug 2015 #17

The ultimate philosophical truth is that everything that lives malaise Aug 2015 #23

he will do so much more in the time he has left than many people would do in their life time JI7 Aug 2015 #18

+1 merrily Aug 2015 #38

This Tommymac Aug 2015 #19

I'm going to cry like a baby when that man is gone. sufrommich Aug 2015 #20

I'm with you on this -- all the way AikidoSoul Aug 2015 #63

Certainly he is the most decent man to have been president. sarge43 Aug 2015 #21

He is an honorable man etherealtruth Aug 2015 #22

To quote Friedrich Nietzsche - TBF Aug 2015 #24

Aaaayyhhh. You're making my eyes water. mmonk Aug 2015 #25

Contrary to popular righty belief, he was a pretty damn good President. Sure beats Reagan. IHateTheGOP Aug 2015 #26

Like others posting here, I say with pride that my first and second time to vote Grammy23 Aug 2015 #27

My first vote at age 18 IDemo Aug 2015 #28

my first vote also nt steve2470 Aug 2015 #30

+100%! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #31

Yes. LWolf Aug 2015 #36

Mine too. redwitch Aug 2015 #75

Same for me. hifiguy Aug 2015 #55

mine too, i pulled the lever for him when I was 18 etherealtruth Aug 2015 #57

"He may not have been our greatest President....." merrily Aug 2015 #29

NPR. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #32

No one ever credits him for not going to war over the hostages, despite goading from many quarters. merrily Aug 2015 #33

Not to mention that he probably would have got the hostages released if he hadn't been A Simple Game Aug 2015 #39

Yep. Release occurred very shortly after the inauguration of St. Ronnie. merrily Aug 2015 #40

And not surprisingly there was a Bush "allegedly" in the background or in this case Paris. n/t A Simple Game Aug 2015 #42

I did not know that. merrily Aug 2015 #44

I would bet that it didn't surprise you. Yet another period in time that the A Simple Game Aug 2015 #65

Nazi filth.... Enthusiast Aug 2015 #48

GHW Bush and William Casey were the ones who cut the deal hifiguy Aug 2015 #56

that very evening, if I recall correctly. niyad Aug 2015 #73

I am so with you on that. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #47

That wasn't NPR, that was me. Get it straight. TreasonousBastard Aug 2015 #51

Carter gets a bum rap from many folks markpkessinger Aug 2015 #68

I don't see the Democratic Party as many do. merrily Aug 2015 #76

Yes. LWolf Aug 2015 #35

He talked as straight as Bernie. merrily Aug 2015 #41

This is making me awfully sad. nt Stellar Aug 2015 #37

90 years old, brilliant, kind, and brave. DirkGently Aug 2015 #43

What a beautiful sentiment. aquamarina Aug 2015 #49

True enough. Xyzse Aug 2015 #50

President Carter is truly a great man Gothmog Aug 2015 #52

agreed, 100%. magical thyme Aug 2015 #53

His calm, composed demeanor hifiguy Aug 2015 #54

May his cancer be healed Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #58

And it's not even close. lark Aug 2015 #59

We shall see... he might make it out yet... JCMach1 Aug 2015 #60

You said it very well AikidoSoul Aug 2015 #61

"a 90 year life well lived" -- beautifully said, beautifully. aikoaiko Aug 2015 #62

He is still my favorite president of my lifetime. blackspade Aug 2015 #64

By no means did he acknowledge this as the "natural end of a life well lived" . . . markpkessinger Aug 2015 #67

he will be alright.. he knows where he is going...n/t secondwind Aug 2015 #69

I say he was a great president The Jungle 1 Aug 2015 #71

In my lifetime, there have been three great presidents and one good president. Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #72

i concur. hifiguy Aug 2015 #74