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Book: Carter, Democrats Asked Soviets to Stop Reagan, Sway U.S. Elections
NewsMax ^ | 10/16/02 | Limbacher

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."


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: armandhammer; carter; democrats; desmondtutu; elections; iran; jimmycarter; kgb; lebanon; moreleeway; pages; radicalleft; reagan; russia; soviets
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
It figures. I always found Carter to be a small minded, envious fool, and to hear he flirted with treason is no real surprise.
201 posted on 10/17/2002 10:05:08 PM PDT by Pelham
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To: Grampa Dave
This man did more harm to America than the Clintoon did.
I see it as close to a dead heat with each gaining by a nose alternately. Furthermore, I don't think we're through finding out about x42 yet and I'll put money on him to win or at least place. Look, for instance, how long it has taken for this BS about Mr. Peanuthead to come out.
Win...x42
Place...Mr. Peanuthead
Show...FDR w/Wilson
And even that is "subject to change" if more things comes to light.
202 posted on 10/18/2002 6:52:12 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: HinduAmerican
Your post is so bigoted and ignorant of the role of a nun within the Church, I can only assume your view of Mother Theresa comes from that (very literate and often amusing) secular bigot Chrisopher Hitchens. His basic complaint about Mother Theresa was that she held the salvation of souls and good of the Church above material concerns. That brought her into direct conflict with Hitchen's secular values.

Your view that she should have stayed in Albania reflects a bigoted nationalism that is also directly in conflict with the Church. To the Church Indian souls are as deserving of salvation as Albanian. The national origin of a nun or priest is not considered a limiting factor on where they might serve.

You claim Mother Theresa isn't charitable? That tells us plenty about your own warped values, and doesn't harm her reputation one bit.

203 posted on 10/18/2002 7:48:25 AM PDT by Snuffington
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To: Jeff Head
Bump
204 posted on 10/18/2002 7:41:30 PM PDT by Barnacle
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To: Jeff Head
Thank you for pinging me. This story needs an O'REILLY BUMP---Are you listening Bill - Here's something that needs the light of day, real bad! parsy.
205 posted on 10/20/2002 11:42:51 AM PDT by parsifal
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To: weegee
bttt
206 posted on 10/24/2002 5:08:04 AM PDT by timestax
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
bttt
207 posted on 10/27/2002 6:11:53 AM PST by piasa
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