Street_Disciple
Banned
I have just completed reading "Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism" written by Peter Schweizer. While the book was of course focused on Reagan it has some interesting tidbits on Jimmy Carter and his efforts to defeat Reagan in both the 1980 and 1984 elections.
According to Schweizer, late in the 1980 campaign Carter sent Armand Hammer to the Soviet embassy for a secret meeting with Ambassador Dobrynin. Hammer told Dobrynin that Carter was alarmed at how the election was going and wanted to know if Moscow could do anything to help. One of the suggestions was that Moscow could expand Jewish emigration. If was felt that this could improve Carter's image "as a man who could deal effectively with Moscow." It was thought that this would make a difference is several states. Hammer promised that Carter would not forget this if reelected.
In 1984 when Reagan was running against Mondale, Carter himself visited Dobrynin. Schweizer writes "Carter was concerned about Reagan's defense buildup, Dobrynin recalled. The former president went on to explain that Moscow and the world would be better off with someone else in the White House. Otherwise, "there would not be a single agreement on arms control, especially on nuclear arms, as long as Reagan remained in power.""
My question is that, if these files were leaked, could this have produced enough support to make congress consider “treasonâ€. I mean, we have Nixon's paranoia and the public's infatuation with the liberal media to thank for providing an opportunity for a man who was either a complete fool or an active enemy of this nation to become president. Nixon found out the hard way that the cover-up is always worse than the crime (but that only works with republicans). But in retrospect I think that the Boland Amendment was calculated to do harm to the Reagan Administration and the US in the bargain.
According to Schweizer, late in the 1980 campaign Carter sent Armand Hammer to the Soviet embassy for a secret meeting with Ambassador Dobrynin. Hammer told Dobrynin that Carter was alarmed at how the election was going and wanted to know if Moscow could do anything to help. One of the suggestions was that Moscow could expand Jewish emigration. If was felt that this could improve Carter's image "as a man who could deal effectively with Moscow." It was thought that this would make a difference is several states. Hammer promised that Carter would not forget this if reelected.
In 1984 when Reagan was running against Mondale, Carter himself visited Dobrynin. Schweizer writes "Carter was concerned about Reagan's defense buildup, Dobrynin recalled. The former president went on to explain that Moscow and the world would be better off with someone else in the White House. Otherwise, "there would not be a single agreement on arms control, especially on nuclear arms, as long as Reagan remained in power.""
My question is that, if these files were leaked, could this have produced enough support to make congress consider “treasonâ€. I mean, we have Nixon's paranoia and the public's infatuation with the liberal media to thank for providing an opportunity for a man who was either a complete fool or an active enemy of this nation to become president. Nixon found out the hard way that the cover-up is always worse than the crime (but that only works with republicans). But in retrospect I think that the Boland Amendment was calculated to do harm to the Reagan Administration and the US in the bargain.