• Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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      We all knew about this, it was one of the way the Republicans cheated to get Regan elected. The guy who ruined everything.

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        It’s just weird to me that stuff like this is coming out while some of the major players are still alive and I can be absolutely certain there won’t be any accountability. (And yeah, I totally get that that shouldn’t be weird, given what we all understand about how the US works.)

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          Like Ollie North still making TV appearances. Imagine Benedict Arnold or Robert E. Lee going on Fox News to accuse Democrats of treason and no one bats an eye.

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            If Robert E Lee or Benedict Arnold came onto Fox News, there would be far bigger implications than just honoring a traitor.

            Such as…who has access to these time machines?

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    This is not new…Reagan sabotaged Carter by pressuring (through Connally I guess? I’d guess others too) the Iranians to keep the hostages until Reagan was elected

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    That’s great … so by this logic, we’ll be able to see political figures acting out against this current Trump administration in about 50 years from now.

    There’s hope for American yet.