That Time Ronald Reagan Accused Jesse Jackson Of Violating The Logan Act
In fact, they seem to be dating the Republicans to step even closer to the line they may have already crossed. At Monday’s White House daily briefing, Press Secretary Josh Earnest basically told them to quit being pussies and spit it out:
If they’re trying to undermine this agreement and not allow a diplomatic resolution to be arrived at, then they should just be — A, they should be honest about that. The letter is couched in all these terms about trying to provide a civics lesson to Iran’s political leadership. But the fact is they’re against a deal. If they’re so ashamed of that position, why wouldn’t they advocate it publicly?
Well, one possible reason is that they ran this letter by some lawyers and decided that this is precisely as cute as they should get. But Josh is probably right, too, they are pussies.
As much fun as we’re all having beating up on Republicans with the Logan Act, the law itself is actually kinda bullshit (although these senators violated something slightly more substantial, a little thing called the U.S. Constitution). The Logan Act was enacted in a fit of pique at Dr. George Logan’s attempt to avert a war with France (which we did), and has since only ever been used to coat political opponents in a thick treason-y film.
Case in point: the late President Ronald Reagan…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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tracey marie March 11th, 2015 at 00:40
the gop, traitors for many decades
Red Eye Robot March 11th, 2015 at 11:50
The Plot Thickens, Democrat “Dear Comandente” letter to Daniel Ortega
http://acmeofskill.com/2015/03/the-dear-comandante-letter-1984/
Red Eye Robot March 11th, 2015 at 11:53
Ted Kennedy sends Lackey to CCCP to discuss Yuri Andropov’s help in Ousting Reagan If Kennedy helps Undermine Reagan http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/ted-kennedy-soviet-union-ronald-reagan-opinions-columnists-peter-robinson.html
OldLefty March 11th, 2015 at 12:25
This book presents a sober, convincing and very
carefully-documented case that members of Ronald Reagan’s transition team —
led by William Casey, Reagan’s campaign manager and future head of the CIA —
met on October 19, 1980 with representatives of the Iranian government and
various intermediaries and arms dealers. Their purpose? To trade arms and
frozen assets for a promise that the regime of Ayatollah Khomeini would
continue to hold the American hostages, seized in a raid on the American
Embassy almost a year earlier, until AFTER the US presidential elections in
November.
October Surprise: America’s Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald Reagan by Gary Sick (Nov 19, 1991)
OldLefty March 11th, 2015 at 12:30
The plot thickens;
Did Iran Delay Hostages Release To Ensure Reagan’s
Election?
By Richard Curtiss
“A conspiracy between a presidential
candidate and a hostile foreign power against an incumbent president would seem
to be without precedent in American history. But if Reagan struck a successful
deal with Iran and captured the presidency in 1980, it would explain why he
agreed to the bizarre alliance with Iran in 1985 and 1986: He had gotten away
with it before.”—B. Honegger and J.
Naureckas, In These Times, July 7, 1987.