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I listened to a local liberal talk host today on the way home from work. He was full of outrage over the Tom Cotton letter. Why how DAST these congressional republicans undermine and usurp the president? Why this is an outrage. The state department and striped-pants people are aghast!
Remember back to the mid-eighties, the Soviet Union was trying to establish a foothold in the Americas, in Nicaragua. And Reagan was trying to stop them. It lead to the "Dear Commandant' letter from several dem congress critters to Daniel Ortega, leader of the Nicaraguan revolutionaries.
Reagan often complained during that time about foreign policy run by a 'committee of 535.' Dems passed various bills to tie him up, including various 'Boland Amendments.' one of which tripped up Col. Ollie North. Edward Boland (D, MA) was signatory to the 'Dear Commandante' letter.
Sen Ted Kennedy (D, MA) went even further, exchanging backchannel communications with Russian leaders during the Reagan era. There was no feigned outrage from libs over the actions of the 'Liberal Lion.'
The left will excuse anything they do and accuse others of doing what they themselves set precedents doing. That's why I don't take anything any of them say seriously. They are about the personal attack and incredible hypocrisy.
The left will excuse anything they do and accuse others of doing what they themselves set precedents doing. That's why I don't take anything any of them say seriously. They are about the personal attack and incredible hypocrisy.
Exactly. They are without ethics. To them the end justifies the means. How pathetic they look to those of us who recognize the tactics.
So OP, if the Dems letter was bad 30 years ago ( sad that you had to go back 30 years to find something that you think made those treasonous Repugs look ok ) but the repugs letter was ok, doesn't that make repugs hypocrites?
I listened to a local liberal talk host today on the way home from work. He was full of outrage over the Tom Cotton letter. Why how DAST these congressional republicans undermine and usurp the president? Why this is an outrage. The state department and striped-pants people are aghast!
Remember back to the mid-eighties, the Soviet Union was trying to establish a foothold in the Americas, in Nicaragua. And Reagan was trying to stop them. It lead to the "Dear Commandant' letter from several dem congress critters to Daniel Ortega, leader of the Nicaraguan revolutionaries.
Reagan often complained during that time about foreign policy run by a 'committee of 535.' Dems passed various bills to tie him up, including various 'Boland Amendments.' one of which tripped up Col. Ollie North. Edward Boland (D, MA) was signatory to the 'Dear Commandante' letter.
Sen Ted Kennedy (D, MA) went even further, exchanging backchannel communications with Russian leaders during the Reagan era. There was no feigned outrage from libs over the actions of the 'Liberal Lion.'
And Reagan would be right, it was wrong of Democrats then to try to sway foreign negotiations rather than just going through Reagan.
I would like to know is the consistent position that both sets of pols that sent these letters were wrong. That is my position. OP is that your position also?
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