A Foreign Nation Did Interfere in a US Election

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A Foreign Nation Did Interfere in a US Election: in 1980

It was October and the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate was faltering in the polls after the Democratic National Convention. The Republican Party’s presidential candidate began negotiating with a foreign government to cook up a scheme to embarrass the Democratic candidate. The scheme was successful and the Democratic candidate went on to lose the election to a Republican candidate who was feared by many for his unorthodox stance on several domestic and foreign issues.

If one thinks the above description is about the recent 2016 election, he or she would be wrong. In 1980, Democratic President Jimmy Carter, running for re-election under the cloud of the U.S. embassy in Tehran having been seized by radical Iranian students and 52 members of its staff being held hostage, was trying desperately to pull off an «October Surprise» to salvage his presidency. Unbeknownst to Carter, the campaign of his Republican rival, Ronald Reagan, had secretly negotiated an «arms-for-no-hostages» deal with the Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime in Iran.

In return for the shipment of embargoed military items, including spare parts for Iran’s U.S.-supplied F-14 Tomcat fighter planes and Phoenix air-to-air missiles for the planes, before the November 4 election, the Reagan team was promised by the Iranians that Tehran would hold the hostages until after the November election. Upon Reagan’s defeat of Carter, Iran held true to its promise and did not release the American hostages until noon Eastern Standard Time on January 20, 1981, the very moment Reagan raised his hand to take the presidential oath of office.


Although the media today is rife with reports of so-called «treasonous» contacts between Donald Trump advisers and officials of the Russian government, the media was not to be found anywhere in October 1980 when the Central Intelligence Agency, working with the Reagan campaign, contracted with a U.S. merchant vessel, the «SS Poet», to deliver the U.S. military contraband to Iran. In 1980, vice presidential candidate George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan’s campaign manager William Casey secretly met with Iranian government officials, reportedly in Paris, and worked out the covert «arms-for-no-hostages» plan. The Reagan team was worried that Carter would beat them to the punch because of the White House’s own secret negotiations with Iranian representatives to have the hostages freed in October, giving Carter a much-need campaign boost."

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And some other countries interfered in US elections too:

Lavrov says EU countries’ leaders openly interfered in US election campaign

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov :"Groundless, unfounded and, I should say, calumnious accusations keep surfacing," he said. "What makes the whole situation particularly cynical is we are being accused by those who had intervened in the election campaign in the most active way."

"In contrast to Russia a number of leaders of countries which are US allies were openly campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Very active in that respect were Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Theresa May and the leaders of other European states.

"European countries’ officials went as far as demonizing Donald Trump," Lavrov said.

Lavrov said Russia had invariably expressed its readiness to work together with any US president the American people might vote for .
 
And some other countries interfered in US elections too:

Lavrov says EU countries’ leaders openly interfered in US election campaign

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov :"Groundless, unfounded and, I should say, calumnious accusations keep surfacing," he said. "What makes the whole situation particularly cynical is we are being accused by those who had intervened in the election campaign in the most active way."

"In contrast to Russia a number of leaders of countries which are US allies were openly campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Very active in that respect were Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Theresa May and the leaders of other European states.

"European countries’ officials went as far as demonizing Donald Trump," Lavrov said.

Lavrov said Russia had invariably expressed its readiness to work together with any US president the American people might vote for .
Not of interest for the Hillary minions.
 
it's somewhat true. Not all of it. Iran wasn't going to release the hostages so long as there was a chance Carter would lose. They knew Reagan, and the gop, would adopt a more hands off approach to the ME. Team Reagan had some contact with them. How much is disputed. Frankly, Reagan didn't have to offer shit, because they were going to try and hurt Carter in any event.

And most of us chose to disregard it when the economy began to revive in 83. We'll see.
 
And some other countries interfered in US elections too:

Lavrov says EU countries’ leaders openly interfered in US election campaign

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov :"Groundless, unfounded and, I should say, calumnious accusations keep surfacing," he said. "What makes the whole situation particularly cynical is we are being accused by those who had intervened in the election campaign in the most active way."

"In contrast to Russia a number of leaders of countries which are US allies were openly campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Very active in that respect were Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Theresa May and the leaders of other European states.

"European countries’ officials went as far as demonizing Donald Trump," Lavrov said.

Lavrov said Russia had invariably expressed its readiness to work together with any US president the American people might vote for .
Not of interest for the Hillary minions.
So Iran helped Reagan win the Presidency. Who cares? You trying to rub it in?

We're in the middle of a fucking crisis here folks. The time for poking fun at that bastard Reagan is long past.
 
And some other countries interfered in US elections too:

Lavrov says EU countries’ leaders openly interfered in US election campaign

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov :"Groundless, unfounded and, I should say, calumnious accusations keep surfacing," he said. "What makes the whole situation particularly cynical is we are being accused by those who had intervened in the election campaign in the most active way."

"In contrast to Russia a number of leaders of countries which are US allies were openly campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Very active in that respect were Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Theresa May and the leaders of other European states.

"European countries’ officials went as far as demonizing Donald Trump," Lavrov said.

Lavrov said Russia had invariably expressed its readiness to work together with any US president the American people might vote for .
Not of interest for the Hillary minions.
So Iran helped Reagan win the Presidency. Who cares? You trying to rub it in?

We're in the middle of a fucking crisis here folks. The time for poking fun at that bastard Reagan is long past.
What crisis?
 
And some other countries interfered in US elections too:

Lavrov says EU countries’ leaders openly interfered in US election campaign

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov :"Groundless, unfounded and, I should say, calumnious accusations keep surfacing," he said. "What makes the whole situation particularly cynical is we are being accused by those who had intervened in the election campaign in the most active way."

"In contrast to Russia a number of leaders of countries which are US allies were openly campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Very active in that respect were Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Theresa May and the leaders of other European states.

"European countries’ officials went as far as demonizing Donald Trump," Lavrov said.

Lavrov said Russia had invariably expressed its readiness to work together with any US president the American people might vote for .
Not of interest for the Hillary minions.
So Iran helped Reagan win the Presidency. Who cares? You trying to rub it in?

We're in the middle of a fucking crisis here folks. The time for poking fun at that bastard Reagan is long past.
What crisis?
Wow how fucking dumb are you?
 
And some other countries interfered in US elections too:

Lavrov says EU countries’ leaders openly interfered in US election campaign

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov :"Groundless, unfounded and, I should say, calumnious accusations keep surfacing," he said. "What makes the whole situation particularly cynical is we are being accused by those who had intervened in the election campaign in the most active way."

"In contrast to Russia a number of leaders of countries which are US allies were openly campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Very active in that respect were Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Theresa May and the leaders of other European states.

"European countries’ officials went as far as demonizing Donald Trump," Lavrov said.

Lavrov said Russia had invariably expressed its readiness to work together with any US president the American people might vote for .
Not of interest for the Hillary minions.
So Iran helped Reagan win the Presidency. Who cares? You trying to rub it in?

We're in the middle of a fucking crisis here folks. The time for poking fun at that bastard Reagan is long past.
What crisis?
Wow how fucking dumb are you?
Oh, you mean that crisis! This is only a crisis for Hillary minions. No need to pester the sane.
 
A Foreign Nation Did Interfere in a US Election: in 1980

It was October and the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate was faltering in the polls after the Democratic National Convention. The Republican Party’s presidential candidate began negotiating with a foreign government to cook up a scheme to embarrass the Democratic candidate. The scheme was successful and the Democratic candidate went on to lose the election to a Republican candidate who was feared by many for his unorthodox stance on several domestic and foreign issues.

If one thinks the above description is about the recent 2016 election, he or she would be wrong. In 1980, Democratic President Jimmy Carter, running for re-election under the cloud of the U.S. embassy in Tehran having been seized by radical Iranian students and 52 members of its staff being held hostage, was trying desperately to pull off an «October Surprise» to salvage his presidency. Unbeknownst to Carter, the campaign of his Republican rival, Ronald Reagan, had secretly negotiated an «arms-for-no-hostages» deal with the Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime in Iran.

In return for the shipment of embargoed military items, including spare parts for Iran’s U.S.-supplied F-14 Tomcat fighter planes and Phoenix air-to-air missiles for the planes, before the November 4 election, the Reagan team was promised by the Iranians that Tehran would hold the hostages until after the November election. Upon Reagan’s defeat of Carter, Iran held true to its promise and did not release the American hostages until noon Eastern Standard Time on January 20, 1981, the very moment Reagan raised his hand to take the presidential oath of office.


Although the media today is rife with reports of so-called «treasonous» contacts between Donald Trump advisers and officials of the Russian government, the media was not to be found anywhere in October 1980 when the Central Intelligence Agency, working with the Reagan campaign, contracted with a U.S. merchant vessel, the «SS Poet», to deliver the U.S. military contraband to Iran. In 1980, vice presidential candidate George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan’s campaign manager William Casey secretly met with Iranian government officials, reportedly in Paris, and worked out the covert «arms-for-no-hostages» plan. The Reagan team was worried that Carter would beat them to the punch because of the White House’s own secret negotiations with Iranian representatives to have the hostages freed in October, giving Carter a much-need campaign boost."

***********

Get your facts straight


.
I guess we should not be surprised there are still some trying to peddle that story.
 
A Foreign Nation Did Interfere in a US Election: in 1980

It was October and the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate was faltering in the polls after the Democratic National Convention. The Republican Party’s presidential candidate began negotiating with a foreign government to cook up a scheme to embarrass the Democratic candidate. The scheme was successful and the Democratic candidate went on to lose the election to a Republican candidate who was feared by many for his unorthodox stance on several domestic and foreign issues.

If one thinks the above description is about the recent 2016 election, he or she would be wrong. In 1980, Democratic President Jimmy Carter, running for re-election under the cloud of the U.S. embassy in Tehran having been seized by radical Iranian students and 52 members of its staff being held hostage, was trying desperately to pull off an «October Surprise» to salvage his presidency. Unbeknownst to Carter, the campaign of his Republican rival, Ronald Reagan, had secretly negotiated an «arms-for-no-hostages» deal with the Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime in Iran.

In return for the shipment of embargoed military items, including spare parts for Iran’s U.S.-supplied F-14 Tomcat fighter planes and Phoenix air-to-air missiles for the planes, before the November 4 election, the Reagan team was promised by the Iranians that Tehran would hold the hostages until after the November election. Upon Reagan’s defeat of Carter, Iran held true to its promise and did not release the American hostages until noon Eastern Standard Time on January 20, 1981, the very moment Reagan raised his hand to take the presidential oath of office.


Although the media today is rife with reports of so-called «treasonous» contacts between Donald Trump advisers and officials of the Russian government, the media was not to be found anywhere in October 1980 when the Central Intelligence Agency, working with the Reagan campaign, contracted with a U.S. merchant vessel, the «SS Poet», to deliver the U.S. military contraband to Iran. In 1980, vice presidential candidate George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan’s campaign manager William Casey secretly met with Iranian government officials, reportedly in Paris, and worked out the covert «arms-for-no-hostages» plan. The Reagan team was worried that Carter would beat them to the punch because of the White House’s own secret negotiations with Iranian representatives to have the hostages freed in October, giving Carter a much-need campaign boost."

***********

Get your facts straight


.
I guess we should not be surprised there are still some trying to peddle that story.

"The Reagan conspirators included, in addition to Bush and Casey, Robert Gates and Donald Gregg, the CIA’s moles inside the Carter National Security Council. Carter’s national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, not happy with Carter’s human rights stance, may have given a «wink and a nod» to the treason. The entire caper was conducted without the knowledge of Stansfield Turner, Carter’s friend and U.S. Naval Academy classmate who served as CIA director."

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