I am just enjoying this so much- so far the right has only revealed that Jones was the lawyer for a gun loving Conservative Republican darling leading a group of ultra conservatives linked to Reagan- who Conservatives now condemn for being part of the KKK
RALLYING ROUND THE CONTRA CAUSE
BESSEMER, ALA. -- These are not the best of times for the pro-contra group known as Civilian Materiel Assistance, which yesterday wrapped up its national convention here at a hotel named Journey's End.
The group's president and founder, Tom Posey, is under threat of indictment or alleged gun-running to Central America and is also a target of a wide-ranging civil suit. Peace initiatives from every quarter seem to be poisoning the air, sapping the enthusiasm of the fighters in the field. Official American aid to the anti-Sandinista rebels, which runs out this month, may not be renewed by Congress. Even Ronald Reagan -- he of "I'm a contra, too!" -- has appeared at times to be backsliding.
The sky this weekend was appropriately gray, the weather unseasonably cool. It was against this backdrop that something under 100 conventioneers from as far away as Alaska and the Caribbean -- many in combat fatigues and jungle boots, and a few women in camouflage skirts -- came to celebrate the contras and to vent their frustrations, which were considerable and severe.
RALLYING ROUND THE CONTRA CAUSE
BESSEMER, ALA. -- These are not the best of times for the pro-contra group known as Civilian Materiel Assistance, which yesterday wrapped up its national convention here at a hotel named Journey's End.
The group's president and founder, Tom Posey, is under threat of indictment or alleged gun-running to Central America and is also a target of a wide-ranging civil suit. Peace initiatives from every quarter seem to be poisoning the air, sapping the enthusiasm of the fighters in the field. Official American aid to the anti-Sandinista rebels, which runs out this month, may not be renewed by Congress. Even Ronald Reagan -- he of "I'm a contra, too!" -- has appeared at times to be backsliding.
The sky this weekend was appropriately gray, the weather unseasonably cool. It was against this backdrop that something under 100 conventioneers from as far away as Alaska and the Caribbean -- many in combat fatigues and jungle boots, and a few women in camouflage skirts -- came to celebrate the contras and to vent their frustrations, which were considerable and severe.
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