Posted on 10/09/2012 4:05:24 PM PDT by bronxville
Yep. Reagan was viewed as a war-monger by many. I remember because I remember my dad saying it...
We had to have faith in Reagan before we could vote for him, because we knew that he was going to take on the Soviet Empire, and try to defeat it, it was an incredibly risky goal, but we supported him because the horror and stress of the seemingly permanent Cold war and enslavement of so much of the world’s population and territory, had to be brought to an end if possible.
Once he was elected, he started challenging, probing, he was running small operations around the globe and stirring up a hornet’s nest of riots, demonstrations and anti-NATO/American terror attacks in Europe.
It was very tense times and the survivalist movement was in full flower.
I don’t remember that rabbit story at all. Was Carter accused of cruelty to animals and did that hurt him politically?
Lol, like all stories it has been exaggerated. Jimmy was in a small boat, fishing, and a white rabbit came swimming to his boat. The reporters then said he had to beat it off with an oar, but he says he just splashed water at it. Thus; The Killer Rabbit story evolved......
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8657
Thanks bronxville.
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