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Reagan's guys were negotiating before Reagan was sworn in and had a chance to appoint his cabinet? Care to point out how that happened? Reagan would have no legal say in ANYTHING until his inauguration. Heck, he was not even CONFIRMED president until the electoral college did their job in December, so it would be next to impossible for what you suggest to take place.
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Are you freakin kiddin me?
Lanny...you are suggesting that incoming elected Presidents have no status whatsoever in the White House until the inauguration takes place...that simply is false.
There is a transition team dispatched into the WH once an election has been decided, in this case it was a freaking landslide for Reagan and no need for the rubber stamp of the electoral college to wait and see any possible recounts changing the outcome.
In this case, and because it was front and center the issue of that particular election, there most assuredly was statesmen brought up to speed IMMEDIATELY upon Carter conceding defeat. You really trying to tell us all that when there is a major issue going on at election time, that the winner isnt made a part of the info and negotiations that have been on going?
Carter was still trying to negotiate a deal right up until inaugaration day (as evidenced by apparently having a phone by his side until the ceremony) and still was unable to secure the release of the hostages....thats not re-writing history its a simple and indisputable fact.
Or is PBS re-writing history as well??
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Despite rumors that Carter might pull out an "October Surprise" and get the hostages home before the election, negotiations dragged on for months, even after Republican Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in November. Carter's all-night effort to bring the 52 hostages home before the end of his term, documented by an ABC television crew in the Oval Office, fell short; the Iranians released them minutes after Reagan was inaugurated.
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WHo is trying to alter what happened again?
Here is a CBS recount of things....
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Jimmy Carter spent his last minutes in office trying to end the 444-day Iran hostage crisis that many say cost him the presidency. He even took a telephone with him to Ronald Reagan's swearing in and was engaged in last-minute talks as the two drove up to the Capitol.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/...in265244.shtml