[Calpernia]

>>>>Imagine if in 1980, before the election, it came out that the Reagan campaign was urging the Iranians to hold on to the American hostages until after the election—

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Ronald Reagan and Bush Sr. were ACCUSED of insisting the Iranians keep the American Hostages until after the Election in the 1980 campaign.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

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!!!! (I was in my cradle at the time.)

[PapaBear3625]

Ronald Reagan and Bush Sr. were ACCUSED of insisting the Iranians keep the American Hostages until after the Election in the 1980 campaign.

And aren't the Dems the ones who harp about "it's the seriousness of the accusation that matters"?

[Verginius Rufus]

I know there were accusations that Reagan tried to influence the election by getting the Iranians to hold on to the hostages (as if the Iranians weren’t intent on humiliating Carter), and even claims that George H. W. Bush had flown to Paris for a secret meeting for this purpose, but I don’t recall if any of these claims were made before the election in November 1980.