In January 1992 I published my first journalistic article ever. Published in Puerto Rico’s Claridad weekly newspaper, it was titled “The October Surprise”. In it I affirmed that the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign bargained secretly with Iranian radicals for the postponement of the liberation of 52 Americans that they were holding hostage. These hostages were employees of the US embassy in Iran’s capital city of Teheran, which had been stormed by militants loyal to the Ayatollah Khomeini in November 1979. This secret deal, known as the October Surprise, frustrated the attempts of US president Jimmy Carter to obtain the hostages’ release in time for the elections in November. This failure cost Carter his reelection, and swept Republican candidate Ronald Reagan into the presidency. Polls carried out before the election showed that the hostage issue was of top importance in the minds of the American electorate.
The Republican campaign’s main negotiators in this deal were George H. W. Bush, vice presidential candidate and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, and William Casey, the campaign’s director and veteran spook who spied for the Office of Strategic Services during World War Two. Once elected, president Reagan appointed Casey to direct the CIA.
This is not an action that proves that Reagan was the Last Real President, besides the reports of abuse made by Cathy O'B. against him.
Many have tried to counter this info, but it keeps coming out. I read the book by someone years ago and it sure rings true. At the time I was just coming round, so I don't remember much of it. I have read his father was a really bad alcoholic and was mean to the boys. He had a very bad family life very poor. I am not making any excuses for him, so possibly why he got sick of that kind of life and wanted another. I also remember that he was a Dem. at first and then changed his stripes when as Gov. of Cal. he passed a bill that hurt college kids. I can't remember what it was right now. Probably what got him pushed upstairs.
You know what really hurt college kids? College, mostly. I read the Franklin Scandal and I remember Poppy Bush being named specifically but do not recall Reagan being present. His daughter Maureen, the oafish "good girl" is reported to have been enamored by big spender Larry Johnson and his inauguration parties, but those were the "legit" parties (with stolen Franklin money) IIRC. Not the despicable after parties.
The colleges the middle class and poorer folks somehow were allowed to intend were not the same as the Rhodes Scholar types. The wealthy kids went on to earn more money and it was all a big set up. I believe things were going to well for us folks and they are trying to get things back to when people had to pay for their kids to go to HS. Of course only rich kids could afford to go there. There is a reason Maureen died young. I believe she may have been abused by actor or pol. Prob an actor. I can't remember what it was that I read a while back that led me to think this. Franklin money hmm. Susan Buffet worked at Franklin and so did Lawrence King. What goes around comes around.
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carmencita ago
https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/07/11/the-october-surprise-was-real/
The October Surprised Was Real
In January 1992 I published my first journalistic article ever. Published in Puerto Rico’s Claridad weekly newspaper, it was titled “The October Surprise”. In it I affirmed that the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign bargained secretly with Iranian radicals for the postponement of the liberation of 52 Americans that they were holding hostage. These hostages were employees of the US embassy in Iran’s capital city of Teheran, which had been stormed by militants loyal to the Ayatollah Khomeini in November 1979. This secret deal, known as the October Surprise, frustrated the attempts of US president Jimmy Carter to obtain the hostages’ release in time for the elections in November. This failure cost Carter his reelection, and swept Republican candidate Ronald Reagan into the presidency. Polls carried out before the election showed that the hostage issue was of top importance in the minds of the American electorate.
The Republican campaign’s main negotiators in this deal were George H. W. Bush, vice presidential candidate and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, and William Casey, the campaign’s director and veteran spook who spied for the Office of Strategic Services during World War Two. Once elected, president Reagan appointed Casey to direct the CIA.
This is not an action that proves that Reagan was the Last Real President, besides the reports of abuse made by Cathy O'B. against him.
DeathToMasonsASAP ago
Yes, I heard this, you are on top of things always.
carmencita ago
Many have tried to counter this info, but it keeps coming out. I read the book by someone years ago and it sure rings true. At the time I was just coming round, so I don't remember much of it. I have read his father was a really bad alcoholic and was mean to the boys. He had a very bad family life very poor. I am not making any excuses for him, so possibly why he got sick of that kind of life and wanted another. I also remember that he was a Dem. at first and then changed his stripes when as Gov. of Cal. he passed a bill that hurt college kids. I can't remember what it was right now. Probably what got him pushed upstairs.
MarkoPolo ago
You know what really hurt college kids? College, mostly. I read the Franklin Scandal and I remember Poppy Bush being named specifically but do not recall Reagan being present. His daughter Maureen, the oafish "good girl" is reported to have been enamored by big spender Larry Johnson and his inauguration parties, but those were the "legit" parties (with stolen Franklin money) IIRC. Not the despicable after parties.
carmencita ago
The colleges the middle class and poorer folks somehow were allowed to intend were not the same as the Rhodes Scholar types. The wealthy kids went on to earn more money and it was all a big set up. I believe things were going to well for us folks and they are trying to get things back to when people had to pay for their kids to go to HS. Of course only rich kids could afford to go there. There is a reason Maureen died young. I believe she may have been abused by actor or pol. Prob an actor. I can't remember what it was that I read a while back that led me to think this. Franklin money hmm. Susan Buffet worked at Franklin and so did Lawrence King. What goes around comes around.