Book: Carter, Democrats Asked Soviets to Stop Reagan, Sway U.S. Elections

NewsMax ^ | 10/16/02 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

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 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 the 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 shows 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."

[f.Christian]

Why is this THAT because he was too busy with Monica probably

Too busy with Castro---Elian...537 votes!

[Darlin']

The book was just released yesterday and Doubleday is the publisher. Amazon Barnes and Noble also has it on their site. Peter Schweizer is scheduled for a lecture and book signing and the Reagan Foundation and Library on 24 Oct.

[SevenofNine]

OH YEAHHHHH Castro too

Both that threesome

[Jeff Head]

FYI ... if true this should be REALLY big news and should bring these treachorous, treasonous, self-serving bastards down (pardon my language but I am really steamed).

Nobel Peace Prize indeed!

[RaceBannon]

Another Nobel award coming for this guy...

[CARepubGal]

Jeff:

I agree! Jimmmah is a sick commie loving POS.

[hosepipe]

[ "Annie said THANK GOD if he understand Lenin more Russian troops would be goosestepping on streets of DC " ]

What's in a name, Al? Exclusive: Joseph Farah 'Hammers' Gore's pinko past http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a38ad108044a6.htm

[texasbluebell]

FYI ... if true this should be REALLY big news and should bring these treachorous, treasonous, self-serving bastards down (pardon my language but I am really steamed).

Why do I think this will never see the light of day? At least Dan/Tom/Petah will never mention it.

[Darlin']

Thanks for the ping, Jeff. I'm not a NewsMax fan but apparently Schweizer is lecturing and signing books at the Reagan Library next week. I doubt they would have scheduled him if they had any reason to doubt the veracity of the claims he makes.

[Travis McGee]

Carter the traitor is one of the worst of our UNamericans: he always put the UN above and before America.

[Noumenon]

The rules of this forum do not allow me to speak my mind as to the proper disposition of Carter and his ilk. But doesn't this merely confirm what we've suspected all along?

[JPJones]

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.

These RATS just make my blood boil, Carter is a Fuc*&*ng twit, and Tip O'Neill was a Sandinista. Then you've got Clinton taking cash from the Chinese....complete and total RATS!

JimRob is totally right when he states that the RATS are the party of corruption and evil...been that way for a while.

This just confirms that anyone who votes for or supports 'RATS are either getting a check, or complete and utter FOOLS.

[SevenofNine]

OOPS did I goof here?

OOPS well I am kinda newbie on FR little a bit I didn't know that Joseph farah took Al Gore woodshed NEVER MIND

[Jeff Head]

Schweizer has pretty good credentials and I think I will pick the book up myself.

This takes it to the highest level, and if accurate should spell the abolute end of the DNC.

But, the problem is that so many who claim that party are bought and paid for, either from money like the Chinese are handing out (which unfortunately has been liberally spread on both sides of the aisl) or from government largess hievery and they will simply choose to ignore such treason for what they perceive as their own gain ... just like Carter did here ... just like Clinton did ... etc., etc.

[Jeff Head]

Absolutely.

If this proves true, then Carter, behind his smile and claims of "Christianity" was nothing but a traitor. He was a role model for the Manchurian candidate that would follow him 12 years later.

[dts32041]

Yup Army, he stayed in Hollyweird and made training and motivational films.

During the Big one everybody did their bit.

Though I think the man would have been doing something similiar to Glenn Ford, Clark Cable, Ted Williams. Jimmy Stewart, etc.

Side note, John Wayne was told not to enlist he would be more valuable to the war effort in Hollywood, he always regretted that, from what I have heard.

[texasbluebell]

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.

And let's not forget who was one of O'Neill's little minions: Chris Matthews, who was lapping all this up, and now spouts off daily his own version of this muck.

[Samwise]

This one just did.

[nightdriver]

"Some Republicans even said the Russians viewed the Democrats as their favorite party."

So is this supposed to be a new revelation?

I personally heard Nikita Kruschev name FDR as his favorite U.S. president. The democRATs have been buddy-buddy with the bolsheviks since they started back in the 'teens.

[Southack]

For what it's worth, I've got a personal, Freeper story about former President Carter.

When I learned that he was heading down to Cuba earlier this year, I offered to donate several PC's if he'd give them to the ordinary Cubans.

You see, just before Carter made his trip to bolster Fidel, the Cuban government banned ordinary Cubans from purchasing computers or accessing the Internet (but it didn't ban them from owning used PC's).

But did Carter take me up on my offer? Oh no. There was no way that he was going to make his buddy Fidel Castro look bad by handing out computers to information-starved Cubans (even though it would have merely been a symbolic gesture).

Instead, Carter went down there and asked that a fellow Democrat's (Kennedy started this thing, after all) embargo on Cuba be lifted. No one in the press noted the irony that even if the embargo was lifted, that Cubans still wouldn't be able to buy new PC's. Oh who am I kidding, the press is loathe to report anything bad about fellow socialists, especially their long-time idols such as Carter and Castro.

No matter, Carter showed where his loyalties resided by that action.

But one thing worth noting is funny: have you ever noticed that all of these socialist-loving celebs run down to tell Castro how great he is, but then they never seem to want to actually stay in Cuba (so they come back home). I wonder why?!