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Not obscure at all, as it wouldn't be the first time a hostage situation is used for a presidential campaign [1]: > The timing of the release of the hostages g
by selcuka 2y ago
Not obscure at all, as it wouldn't be the first time a hostage situation is used for a presidential campaign [1]:
> The timing of the release of the hostages gave rise to allegations that representatives of Reagan's presidential campaign had conspired with Iran to delay the release until after the 1980 United States presidential election to thwart Carter from pulling off an "October surprise".
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis#October_Surprise_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis#October_Su...
- gunian 2y agoThe playbook does seems more and more similar everyday but I'm curious why the other side hasn't figured out how to counter it
- kevingadd 2y agoAt times it seems as if the other side hasn't figured out how to do much of anything, or alternately, they've forgotten as they steadily get older and older without passing the reins of power off to younger generations.
- gunian 2y agomaybe it is the latter because it always starts out well so you can't say total incompetence for the first decade or maybe two decades at most but it always invariably ends up the same way well always maybe pushing it twice so far it's like watching a NFL team lose the super bowl because of inability to defend this one play
- selcuka 2y agoAt times it seems as if there aren't multiple sides.
- gunian 2y agoand when that thought strikes i find myself asking all this suffering to what end