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Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« on: July 28, 2016, 11:40:23 am »
July 27, 2016
Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
By Thomas Lifson

The Democrats are desperately diverting attention away from their rigging the nomination fight by charging that Russia is interfering in our election. But there was a time when going to Moscow to help defeat the other party didn’t seem to disturb Democrats. In fact, with the help of friendly media, the entire incident has been sent to the memory hole. Once upon a time it was revealed, but nobody outside of the conservative ghetto remembers.

But Betsy Newmark of Betsy’s Page remembers: (hat tip: Instapundit):

    As the Democrats struggle to turn the story of the DNC hacks into an attack on Trump by arguing that the Russians are behind the hack and that Putin is trying to help Trump get elected, let's remember when a prominent Democrat actually went to the Soviets for help in defeating Reagan. In 1984 Ted Kennedy approached the Soviets who were then led by the former KGB head, Yuri Andropov, and tried to negotiate help in opposing Reagan. We found out about Kennedy's efforts when Yeltsin opened up the Soviet archives in 1991. Sean Davis links to the story as reported in Forbes.


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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2016, 11:49:16 am »
Wrong back then, wrong now.
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2016, 12:31:30 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on July 28, 2016, 11:49:16 am
Wrong back then, wrong now.

Yup. Its all destructive to the nation.
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2016, 12:36:20 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on July 28, 2016, 12:31:30 pm
Yup. Its all destructive to the nation.


Just because Russia is attacking the Dems, doesn't make it right. I thought our side knew better.
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2016, 12:49:43 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on July 28, 2016, 12:36:20 pm

Just because Russia is attacking the Dems, doesn't make it right. I thought our side knew better.

Not all things are black and white but in this case wrong is wrong and right is right no matter who the players are.
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2016, 12:51:12 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on July 28, 2016, 12:36:20 pm

Just because Russia is attacking the Dems, doesn't make it right. I thought our side knew better.

Our side no longer exists ... it is now Trump's GOP.  He has no moral fiber or integrity; as long as he wins, what he does, doesn't matter.
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2016, 01:11:46 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on July 28, 2016, 12:51:12 pm
Our side no longer exists ... it is now Trump's GOP.  He has no moral fiber or integrity; as long as he wins, what he does, doesn't matter.

Bill Ayers and his friends once hoped for foreign powers (inc Russia) to overthrow America.
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2016, 01:18:16 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on July 28, 2016, 01:11:46 pm
Bill Ayers and his friends once hoped for foreign powers (inc Russia) to overthrow America.


Russia is good now, cause they are defending Christianity..
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2016, 02:04:25 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on July 28, 2016, 01:18:16 pm

Russia is good now, cause they are defending Christianity..

Putin's support for Christianity is a purely political decision.
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2016, 10:10:54 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on July 28, 2016, 02:04:25 pm
Putin's support for Christianity is a purely political decision.


To bad a lot of Conservatives don't see that way..
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2016, 10:21:05 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on July 28, 2016, 10:10:54 pm

To bad a lot of Conservatives don't see that way..

The fight between Christianity and government in Russia is a long one.

They tried to crush Christianity for a long time but only drove true Christians underground while the government allowed a state approved version. Its less adversarial now but the mainline version of Christianity is still pretty pro government. As I understand it there are still unapproved churches operating in remote areas of Russia.

A few years back I met an "Old Believer" in Michigan's UP. They originated as refugees from Russian religious oppression. They're kinda like Amish with pickup trucks and vodka. Apparently they're a fast growing group here in the USA.
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Re: Remember when Ted Kennedy asked the Soviets for help defeating Reagan?
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2016, 10:22:41 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on July 28, 2016, 02:04:25 pm
Putin's support for Christianity is a purely political decision.

A politician making a political decision? Never!
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