"The United States gives terrorists no rewards and no guarantees.

[sufrommich]

We make no concessions; we make no deals."
--President Reagan, June 30, 1985


"The charge has been made that the United States has shipped weapons to Iran as ransom payment for the release of American hostages in Lebanon, that the United States undercut its allies and secretly violated American policy against trafficking with terrorists.... Those charges are utterly false.... We did not--repeat--did not trade weapons or anything else for hostages, nor will we."
--President Reagan, television address, November 13, 1986


"... was not fully informed on the nature of one of the activities."
--President Reagan, referring to the fact that money from weapons sales to Iran was diverted to the contras, November 25, 1986

"If he knew about it, then he has willfully broken the law; if he didn't know about it, then he is failing to do his job. After all, we expect the President to know about the foreign policy activities being run directly out of the White House."
--Senator John Glenn, November 25, 1986

"When someone says, 'But he was giving arms to people he knew had killed our Marines,' it's hard to respond to that."
--House Republican Robert Dornan, previously one of Reagan's most ardent supporters, December 11, 1986

"The simple truth is, 'I don't remember--period.'"
--President Reagan, responding to a question about when he authorized arms shipments to Iran, February 2, 1987

"A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not."
--Reagan in a television address is forced to acknowledge "the facts and the evidence" uncovered by the commission that Reagan appointed to look into the matter, March 4, 1987



Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday to you.
Hapyy Birthday ,dear treasonous Mr. President.
Happy Birthday to you.
:puke:

[knowbody0]

1. that's the moron I remember

gosh

[azurnoir]

2. I remember at the time thinking that Reagan decided that it was better

to appear a fool than as dishonest as he was after all by 1987 he had nothing to lose, he was in his second term and would be put out to pasture in a year anyway

[sufrommich]

4. I think he did that a lot. "What? Did I do that?" nt

[Capitalocracy]

5. And his legacy lives on...

Gee, where are those WMDs? I can't find 'em anywheres... heh heh...

[WhiteTara]

3. I'd forgotten how many of his administration were indicted

and imprisoned for their crimes and were investigated for others. Remember that despicable Edwin Meese? How about that James Watt "Trees emit more CO2 than cars" who considered parking lots to be equivalent of parks?

Oh my, I could go on and on and on and on and on and on.