Comment by Larry Johnson | 2008-05-20 17:29:09

S. Markom,
Your history is off. Remember, the hostage crisis was resolved under Carter. Iran refused to release the hostages until Carter left the white house. But Carter finally negotiated that end.
LJ

This shallow attempt to ingratiate oneself with the mindless lemmings that swallow your screed and regurgitate it ad nauseum herein doesn’t pass the smell test! I was there, in the bowels of the IC, when the conservative miscreants defanged the ops branch and politicized(read compromised) the analytical branch; and here is a historical clue, oh thou guru of disinformation, the dismantling of this nations IC began long before the Carter presidency under the tutelage of “Tricky Dick” and the feckless Ford. What does your conservative history primer have to say about Bush 41’s tenure as Director of Central Intelligence? Is it your “professional” opinion that he strengthened the “community”?
It is interesting that you now are willing to publicly give credit where it is due, but where have you been during the decades of revisionist propaganda that have intentionally misinformed the American people? Was not the delayed release of the hostages the very essence of the quid pro quo of the traitorous “October Surprise?”
It is instructive to note that some few herein have demonstrated a limited and reasoned understanding of these historical events, and are obviously interested in knowing the unvarnished truth. To them I offer this assurance from one who has never compromised loyalty and fealty to the Constitution and all that it stands for, once we, the American people, have truly regained control of our government, it will once again be dedicated to truth and justice and the public good before private ideological advantage. We are on the brink of a 21st century age of enlightenment, for we still have the Republic that our founders created, and we will keep it despite the corrupting machinations of the fear mongers and their cowardly sycophants.

Let me respectfully disagree with a few of your points. You say healthcare was better. I don’t remember people back then getting heart bypasses as a routine operation. They were major surgery. No knee replacements, hip replacements, and few organ transplants. Healthcare was certainly cheaper but the depth of care was much more shallow.

Also, how did we know if the media was honest then? As long as they were consistent, we had to believe them. There was no good way to check. Cronkite’s announcement of Tet as a failure for the US forces is a good example.

Obama has lied in his book about his life, lied about his associates, lied about his accomplishments (which are none by the way). I could go on and on. There is a list on the internet of 72 lies at last count for Obama. That is the one thing he is good at and you can count on from him. Otherwise, he is a crap shoot.

What the press did — upper right hand corner “America Held Hostage Day # ___” fed right into voters feeling like they too were a hostage. RR rode in on his horse and inspired people to believe that he wouldn’t countenance the public humiliation of our nation. Carter’s hand wringing was not an effective counter balance.

Wow! You’ve got a way with words. It all comes back in one sickening wave.

Where the hell was Oblowme during the Daily American Hostage Count-up? Who the hell really knows!

Did you Spring Break-It in Pakistan? Do you know anyone who did? Wanted to?

Back then, it would have been even worse - if that’s possible. I remember the Iranians in the U.S. were calling themselves Persians, it was so awful.

Well, here’s to more pleasant thoughts of four years of someone other than Carter and Oblowme in the WH.