MaggieMae
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- Apr 3, 2009
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There really isn't enough blame heaped on Carter. He deserves more than he gets. But, on the bright side, at least we finally got to his second term.
Wasn't his second term Reagan's? You know...Illegal Amnesty and Iran-Contra?
I liked Iran-Contra. Completely in favor. I also liked arming and supplying both Iran and Iraq so they could keep killing each other as long as they wanted to. I blame the fact that we had to stop doing that on the short sighted Congressional Democrats. That nice bit of "gotcha" politics ended up by use having fight Iraq ourselves inside 3 years. Stupid.
You're right on the amnesty. Reagan never should have believed the Dems when they said they would take steps to enforce the border if he gave amnesty. Reagan was just to good of a guy to think that every Democrat was lying, snake in the grass just out for his own hide. But, in the intervening 20 years I think we've all been taught the abject lesson over and over again the the Dems just want all the power and control they can seize and will do Anything to get it and keep it.
Iran-Contra had nothing to do with Iraq. The whole plot was illegal, done WITHOUT congressional approval. Too bad we didn't have the Internet back then so that the public could have really seen how this happened, because it was an impeachable offense against Ronald Reagan, no doubt about it.
Iran-Contra Affair