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On 8/21/2024 12:21 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:18:51 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
> <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/19/24 23:54, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:29:21 -0700, Paul S Person
>>> <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Which ones?  The usual suspects have accused every Republican
>>>>> president since Eisenhower of being a Nazi.  (Except Ford, for
>>>>> some reason; him, they just tried to assassinate.  Twice.)
>>>>
>>>> Tried and, as with Reagan and Trump failed.
>>>
>>> Did Ike ever get accused of being a Nazi? Seems his activities 1942-45
>>> should have forever inoculated him against that particular canard.
>>> Ditto Truman, JFK and Nixon all of whom served in combat. (Well Truman
>>> was a WW1 artilleryman)
>>
>>
>> 	Democrat Truman was never accused of dictatorial tendencies.
>> He could threaten violence for bad reviews of his daughter Margaret.
>>
>> 	Republican Eisenhower was only fascist toward gays and Communists
>>
>> 	Democrat JFK was left in pain from his wartime injuries.
>>
>> 	Lyndon Baines Johnson served like Nixon in the USN which
>> allowed him a lot of time in Hollywood getting lessons.
>>
>> 	Republican Nixon only technically served in Combat but did
>> work important to the War Effort. He succumbed to the idea of power
>> as the president which lead to Watergate and his resignation.
>> But for wartime
>> <https://thepurcellchronicles.blogspot.com/2017/05/commander-richard-m-nixon-and-world-war.html>
>> 	No one ever called these men NAZIs except maybe extreme pacifists.
>>
>> 	Same for Republican Gerald Ford. Saved by a Gay man from
>> assassination.  Gay Man's life was ruined by the publicity.
>>
>> 	and Democrat Jimmy Carter, victim of Republican chicanery.
> 
> If it is true that Bush I cut a deal with Iran to not free the
> hostages until Reagan was elected, then for "chicanery" we should read
> "treason".

Deals have two sides. What quid pro quo did Bush offer?

I've always been under the impression that it was just
Iran giving Clinton a final 'fuck you in particular'.
I know there is an 'October Surprise' theory, but again,
what did Iran get out of it?

pt