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Book: Carter, Democrats Asked Soviets to Stop Reagan, Sway U.S. Elections.
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| Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 09/16/2003 1:36:00 PM PDT by .cnI redruM
Remember the old conservative charge that many of the Democrats here in America were playing footsie with the Soviets? Some Republicans even said the Russians viewed the Democrats as their favorite party.
Now bombshell revelations prove these accusations beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Peter Schweizer, a Hoover Institution research fellow, has just written a new book, "Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism."
This book may well force historians to revise the history of the Cold War.
Schweizer, after scouring once-classified KGB, East German Stasi and Soviet Communist Party files, discovered incontrovertible evidence that the Soviets not only played footsie with high-ranking Democrats, they also worked behind the scenes to influence American elections.
In "Reagan's War," Schweizer shows how the Democrats worked with Moscow to try to undermine Reagan before and after he became president.
Jimmy Carter's Dirty Tricks
Soviet diplomatic accounts and material from the archives show that in January 1984, former President Jimmy Carter dropped by Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin's residence for a private meeting.
Carter expressed his concern about and opposition to Reagan's defense buildup. He boldly told Dobrynin that Moscow would be better off with someone else in the White House. If Reagan won, he warned, "There would not be a single agreement on arms control, especially on nuclear arms, as long as Reagan remained in power."
Using the Russians to influence the presidential election was nothing new for Carter.
Schweizer reveals Russian documents that show that in the waning days of the 1980 campaign, the Carter White House dispatched businessman Armand Hammer to the Soviet Embassy.
Hammer was a longtime Soviet-phile, and he explained to the Soviet ambassador that Carter was "clearly alarmed" at the prospect of losing to Reagan.
Hammer pleaded with the Russians for help. He asked if the Kremlin could expand Jewish emigration to bolster Carter's standing in the polls.
'Carter Won't Forget That Service'
"Carter won't forget that service if he is elected," Hammer told Dobrynin.
Carter was not the only Democrat to make clear to the Russians where their loyalty lay. As the election neared in 1984, Dobrynin recalls meetings with Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill.
O'Neill told Dobrynin that no effort should be spared to prevent "that demagogue Reagan" from being re-elected.
Soviet documents report that O'Neill told Dobrynin: "If that happens, Reagan will give vent to his primitive instincts and give us a lot of trouble, probably, put us on the verge of a major armed conflict. He is a dangerous man."
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: 1980; bookreview; carter; coldwar; democrats; desmondtutu; elections; history; hooverinstitution; iran; jimmycarter; lebanon; limbacher; reaganswar; ronaldreagan; russia; soviets
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To: mykdsmom
I'm sure this will lead every nationwide newscast tonight....NOT!!!!! No the story will not show up on the Peter/Dan/Tom circuit. OTOH, this is not news. This story has been floating around for at least a year or so.
To: tkathy
Have you ever heard of any election that the democrats did not commit voter fraud?
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posted on
09/16/2003 1:53:01 PM PDT
by
richardtavor
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
To: .cnI redruM; rmlew; MeeknMing
Hammer was a longtime Soviet-phile spy And benefactor to the Gore family.
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posted on
09/16/2003 1:53:20 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Jim Robinson; All
Schweizer, after scouring once-classified KGB, East German Stasi and Soviet Communist Party files, discovered incontrovertible evidence that the Soviets not only played footsie with high-ranking Democrats, they also worked behind the scenes to influence American elections. In "Reagan's War," Schweizer shows how the Democrats worked with Moscow to try to undermine Reagan before and after he became president. Is anyone surprised?
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posted on
09/16/2003 1:53:21 PM PDT
by
ambrose
(The Rats Have Done It Again!)
To: .cnI redruM
Carter was not the only Democrat to make clear to the Russians where their loyalty lay.
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posted on
09/16/2003 1:55:28 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: CanadianLibertarian
That is why we.......wait.
To: .cnI redruM
has anyone seen my billy beer
To: SF Republican
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:00:50 PM PDT
by
f.Christian
(evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)
To: .cnI redruM
I used to believe that Carter was just a good-hearted but simple-minded dupe.
Now I think the simple-minded dupe was ME for believing that there is any such thing as an honorable DemonCRAP.
Evil is as evil does. Carter and the DemonCRAPS are evil. I will NOT be fooled again.
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:01:18 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Qui tacet consentit!)
To: Paleo Conservative
I wonder what the Soviets thought when Gore rolled over on building the M1 tank in The Senate.
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:02:35 PM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(There are two certainties. Death and Texas.)
To: InterceptPoint
Exactly. If they haven't picked it up yet, they most likely, never will. Heck, they were more interested in how Bush Sr. got to Europe and back to work out the release of the hostages. I remember the stories about that SR-71/blackbird...or whatever that thing was called (brain fart), and how they said he used one of those. Conspiracy theories are given more weight by the media, than facts, if they implicate a Democrat.
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:04:23 PM PDT
by
cwb
To: MalcolmS
Ay, Matey, but that crew over there with Captain Dean, they're a rougish lot, I tell ya'. A regular hive of villany and scum.
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:06:44 PM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(There are two certainties. Death and Texas.)
To: .cnI redruM
I didn't vote for Carter shen he was first elected. god, I wanted to. He's a Southerner, I'm a Southerner. He was a Baptist, I'm a Baptist. But I don't trusst anybody that want tell you where they stand on certain issues. Remeber that, fellows when next you cast a ballot.
But it didn't matter, I knew where he stood, so I voted against him. Events proved me correct. But you know, despite his policies, I always though JC was personally one of the good guys. Active Christian, worked for the poor, not just taxed you for them, Etc., etc.
But the more I find out about him, and the more he opens his mouth and opines, the less I feel that way. Thank god, he was denied a second term, and the magnificent Ronald Reagan was elected.
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:07:44 PM PDT
by
chesley
To: .cnI redruM
Old news. Is that all you right wingers have. Try again. Oh, without the name calling that you ALL are doing so well.
To: .cnI redruM
Ann Coulter sure had these people pegged, and so did Joe McCarthy!
As more research goes on, the picture will no doubt be filled in and even worse than we know now.
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:09:27 PM PDT
by
Gritty
To: chesley
Carter has ended his affiliation with the So.Baptist convention... being a liberal, it is to see why.
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:09:27 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Life isn't fair. It's fairer than death, is all.")
To: .cnI redruM
>>>Ay, Matey, but that crew over there with Captain Dean, they're a rougish lot, I tell ya'. A regular hive of villany and scum. <<<
Arrr! That's the Piratical spirit.
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:09:31 PM PDT
by
MalcolmS
(Post Like A Pirate Day: Sept 19. Arrrr Matey!)
To: CanadianLibertarian
"When are you Americans gonna wake up and realize you need a purge of your political plumbing?"Now, isn't that like the pot calling the kettle black? You won't find anyone here that argues the point, however.
To: .cnI redruM
No problem at all. Thanks for the ping.
To: FloridaBoy
Truth hurts. Doesn't it?
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posted on
09/16/2003 2:19:31 PM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(There are two certainties. Death and Texas.)
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