A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html?smid=tw-share
An Untold Story Behind Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Defeat

A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.

The New York Times
@TonyStark Seen this? I am sure like me you had heard the rumor. This verifies it.

@SharG Yeah, I read it yesterday and was getting around to talking about it.

I feel like we’ve all been telling people this for years. Not surprised. Just another example of how the public falls for bullshit from Republicans and why we’re in the hole we’re all in today.

@TonyStark @SharG

Can you imagine having a family member or friend that was being held hostage back then and now you find out that the hostages might of had a chance to be released earlier? Gut wrenching.

Will the scales ever fall from people’s eyes on this? Imagine our world without the false ruination of President Carter.

@Heimdall @TonyStark @SharG

A United States without Reaganomics?

A country without a history of unqualified actors as commander in chief?

A country who didn’t normalize putting an actor in the most powerful position in the world?

A country who continued a legacy of a good man who lived his whole life doing good things for Americans?

I can’t imagine, but if I could it would be someplace I’d like to/be proud to live

Unlike now