Dead on my friend IMO. I've said as much to anyone who will listen for years. We just have to keep pounding away....IOW:
FGS
Posted on 10/16/2002 7:06:13 PM PDT by 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."
Or indictment for treason.
This goes beyond incredible.
Thanks for your explanation of the way it was then. I was there too, but really wasn't paying attention, so it's fascinating now to realize what was going on then. Don't give up explaining it to those who don't remember or didn't know to start with!
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It gives a very good over view of Carter's approach to foreign policy.
He (Armand Hammer) asked if the Kremlin could expand Jewish emigration to bolster Carter's standing in the polls...
More manipulative facts regarding "POLLS".Jimmy Carter.Loser, and winner( cough cough) of a worthless Nobel peace prize, "for trying".That is the typical mindless liberal mindset. You just have to look like you're trying to help,so you can feel better about yourself.Someone please name a country that is at "Peace", that he had a hand in helping them accomplish that feat. LOL
The same Armand Hammer that helped make AlGore's daddy a U.S. Senator, and contributed much to the Gore Family's wealth?
Hmmmmm ..... can you say TREASON?!
Jimmy Carter should not only be forced to give back the Nobel "Peace" prize, he should be rotting in Leavenworth!
Dead on my friend IMO. I've said as much to anyone who will listen for years. We just have to keep pounding away....IOW:
FGS
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