Republican Admits to Sabotaging Jimmy Carter's Election

[easyt65]

This is huge. I guess he wanted it off his chest before he died. And it looks like the New York Times has made this available with no paywall.

A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election​

A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.

WASHINGTON — It has been more than four decades, but Ben Barnes said he remembers it vividly. His longtime political mentor invited him on a mission to the Middle East. What Mr. Barnes said he did not realize until later was the real purpose of the mission: to sabotage the re-election campaign of the president of the United States.

It was 1980 and Jimmy Carter was in the White House, bedeviled by a hostage crisis in Iran that had paralyzed his presidency and hampered his effort to win a second term. Mr. Carter’s best chance for victory was to free the 52 Americans held captive before Election Day. That was something that Mr. Barnes said his mentor was determined to prevent.

His mentor was John B. Connally Jr., a titan of American politics and former Texas governor who had served three presidents and just lost his own bid for the White House. A former Democrat, Mr. Connally had sought the Republican nomination in 1980 only to be swamped by former Gov. Ronald Reagan of California. Now Mr. Connally resolved to help Mr. Reagan beat Mr. Carter and in the process, Mr. Barnes said, make his own case for becoming secretary of state or defense in a new administration.

What happened next Mr. Barnes has largely kept secret for nearly 43 years. Mr. Connally, he said, took him to one Middle Eastern capital after another that summer, meeting with a host of regional leaders to deliver a blunt message to be passed to Iran: Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr. Reagan will win and give you a better deal.

Then shortly after returning home, Mr. Barnes said, Mr. Connally reported to William J. Casey, the chairman of Mr. Reagan’s campaign and later director of the Central Intelligence Agency, briefing him about the trip in an airport lounge.

Mr. Carter’s camp has long suspected that Mr. Casey or someone else in Mr. Reagan’s orbit sought to secretly torpedo efforts to liberate the hostages before the election, and books have been written on what came to be called the October surprise. But congressional investigations debunked previous theories of what happened.

No one needed to sabotage Carter's re-election - he sucked as a President.

He has not been known as tbe worst President in US history ... intil BIDEN ... for a reason.

He was a much better US ambassador after he lost / left office than he ever was a President.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Jimmy Carter was a fine man, and a disaster as a President. This was just one of his massive screw ups. Biden by contrast is both a disaster as President and an absolutely disgusting, corrupt man with zero integrity.

And why is it that the last two presidents have been like this?
Is it the people who are messed up, or is it the system that is messing up how people elect their "representatives"
Or is it the electoral system that messing people up, who then get to vote in an electoral system that's messed up in a huge giant trash circle?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

So you are unaware of the Iran Contra affair?

Hostages for weapons.

We're no longer talking about 1981?

 

[Lesh]

We're no longer talking about 1981?

We’re talking about the Reagan Administration trading hostages for weapons.

You denying they did that?

 

[AZrailwhale]

My view exactly. Although it's worth noting that the de-regulation that Reagan is credited with -- or blamed for, by Leftists -- actually started under Carter. And .. he did have the very bad luck to have the Iran hostage crisis happen on his watch.
[ Jimmy Carter, The Great Deregulator | The Regulatory Review ]

It wasn’t bad luck. Carter did everything his power to put the skids under the Shah. He actively supported Khomeini’s return to Iran and rise to power. The entire rise of terrorism can be laid at Carter’s feet.

 

[AZrailwhale]

With mortgage rates in the high 18% range no one needed to sabotage Carter.

It took decades to recover from Carter’s inflation. Biden’s inflation will be worse and take even longer for us to recover.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

We’re talking about the Reagan Administration trading hostages for weapons.

You denying they did that?

The OP is about Carter's failure.

 

[Thinker101]

It took decades to recover from Carter’s inflation. Biden’s inflation will be worse and take even longer for us to recover.

I'd agree, although, with some of the things Dems are doing we many never recover.

 

[Lesh]

The OP is about Carter's failure.

Look at that side step lol

 

[AZrailwhale]

They remained in custody because the military fucked up the rescue mission, pissing off the Iranians even further. They hated Carter because he gave sanctuary to the Shah of Iran, a long-time partner of the U.S., through many administrations, Republican and Democratic.

But I don't expect much from you in the knowledge department.

The rescue was screwed up because Carter wasn’t smart enough to appoint one leader to be responsible for the entire mission. Instead they took a poor plan and cut it into small pieces for each service. The hostages remained in custody because Carter lacked the cojones to put pressure on Khomeini to deliver the hostages or have the US destroy military and infrastructure targets destroying Iran’s economy. Instead Carter dithered for six months before ordering the rescue attempt. By that time the hostages had been dispersed all over Teheran split among multiple locations controlled by various radical groups.

 

[MAGA Macho Man]

Yes. Nixon brought fascism to America, and Reagan brought in more fascism, and Bush I continued to bring in fascism, and Bush II brought in even more fascism and Trump brought in yet more fascism and ...

You're a dumbass!

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Yes. Nixon brought fascism to America, and Reagan brought in more fascism, and Bush I continued to bring in fascism, and Bush II brought in even more fascism and Trump brought in yet more fascism and ...

We are a completely fascist country!

Time to start hanging communists.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Look at that side step lol

Sabotaging Jimmy Carter's Election​

Durr

 

[theHawk]

This is huge. I guess he wanted it off his chest before he died. And it looks like the New York Times has made this available with no paywall.

A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election​

A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.

WASHINGTON — It has been more than four decades, but Ben Barnes said he remembers it vividly. His longtime political mentor invited him on a mission to the Middle East. What Mr. Barnes said he did not realize until later was the real purpose of the mission: to sabotage the re-election campaign of the president of the United States.

It was 1980 and Jimmy Carter was in the White House, bedeviled by a hostage crisis in Iran that had paralyzed his presidency and hampered his effort to win a second term. Mr. Carter’s best chance for victory was to free the 52 Americans held captive before Election Day. That was something that Mr. Barnes said his mentor was determined to prevent.

His mentor was John B. Connally Jr., a titan of American politics and former Texas governor who had served three presidents and just lost his own bid for the White House. A former Democrat, Mr. Connally had sought the Republican nomination in 1980 only to be swamped by former Gov. Ronald Reagan of California. Now Mr. Connally resolved to help Mr. Reagan beat Mr. Carter and in the process, Mr. Barnes said, make his own case for becoming secretary of state or defense in a new administration.

What happened next Mr. Barnes has largely kept secret for nearly 43 years. Mr. Connally, he said, took him to one Middle Eastern capital after another that summer, meeting with a host of regional leaders to deliver a blunt message to be passed to Iran: Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr. Reagan will win and give you a better deal.

Then shortly after returning home, Mr. Barnes said, Mr. Connally reported to William J. Casey, the chairman of Mr. Reagan’s campaign and later director of the Central Intelligence Agency, briefing him about the trip in an airport lounge.

Mr. Carter’s camp has long suspected that Mr. Casey or someone else in Mr. Reagan’s orbit sought to secretly torpedo efforts to liberate the hostages before the election, and books have been written on what came to be called the October surprise. But congressional investigations debunked previous theories of what happened.

You sound like an election denier.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

This is huge. I guess he wanted it off his chest before he died. And it looks like the New York Times has made this available with no paywall.

A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election​

A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.

WASHINGTON — It has been more than four decades, but Ben Barnes said he remembers it vividly. His longtime political mentor invited him on a mission to the Middle East. What Mr. Barnes said he did not realize until later was the real purpose of the mission: to sabotage the re-election campaign of the president of the United States.

It was 1980 and Jimmy Carter was in the White House, bedeviled by a hostage crisis in Iran that had paralyzed his presidency and hampered his effort to win a second term. Mr. Carter’s best chance for victory was to free the 52 Americans held captive before Election Day. That was something that Mr. Barnes said his mentor was determined to prevent.

His mentor was John B. Connally Jr., a titan of American politics and former Texas governor who had served three presidents and just lost his own bid for the White House. A former Democrat, Mr. Connally had sought the Republican nomination in 1980 only to be swamped by former Gov. Ronald Reagan of California. Now Mr. Connally resolved to help Mr. Reagan beat Mr. Carter and in the process, Mr. Barnes said, make his own case for becoming secretary of state or defense in a new administration.

What happened next Mr. Barnes has largely kept secret for nearly 43 years. Mr. Connally, he said, took him to one Middle Eastern capital after another that summer, meeting with a host of regional leaders to deliver a blunt message to be passed to Iran: Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr. Reagan will win and give you a better deal.

Then shortly after returning home, Mr. Barnes said, Mr. Connally reported to William J. Casey, the chairman of Mr. Reagan’s campaign and later director of the Central Intelligence Agency, briefing him about the trip in an airport lounge.

Mr. Carter’s camp has long suspected that Mr. Casey or someone else in Mr. Reagan’s orbit sought to secretly torpedo efforts to liberate the hostages before the election, and books have been written on what came to be called the October surprise. But congressional investigations debunked previous theories of what happened.

Republican Admits to Sabotaging Jimmy Carter's Election​

Ben Barnes is a Democrat.

 

[Synthaholic]

The GOP was the best ally the Ayatollah ever had.

 

[Soupnazi630]

They remained in custody because the military fucked up the rescue mission, pissing off the Iranians even further. They hated Carter because he gave sanctuary to the Shah of Iran, a long-time partner of the U.S., through many administrations, Republican and Democratic.

But I don't expect much from you in the knowledge department.

Wrong.

You are the one lacking in knowledge.

The mission was micromanaged by the whiite house specifically Mondale and the military was not permited to plan and conduct an effective mission.

this is new admission does not mean much at all. The entire story is a lame and idiotic conspiracy theory

 

[Soupnazi630]

They were released minutes after Reagan was in inaugurated.

It was a fucking deal.

Wrong.

The timing would indicate NO deal

 

[Synthaholic]

This is just like Nixon and The Dragon Lady in 1968. No, not you, Dragonlady!

 

[Synthaholic]

Wrong.

You are the one lacking in knowledge.

The mission was micromanaged by the whiite house specifically Mondale and the military was not permited to plan and conduct an effective mission.

this is new admission does not mean much at all. The entire story is a lame and idiotic conspiracy theory

You're pulling this out of your ass.