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Title: In 1975 One US Senator
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Published: Feb 3, 2021
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2021-02-03 13:09:59 by Horse
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One for you history buffs that I bet you didn't know!

In 1975, President Ford was left to manage the difficult ending of the Vietnam War. President Ford went to Congress for a relief package to allow American personnel and our allies to evacuate. However, there was ONE US SENATOR who opposed any such support. The result was the embarrassing and hurried evacuation from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon.

This senator reveled in the embarrassment and did everything he could to leverage it politically against Ford. Despite the efforts of this U.S .Senator--President Ford managed to rescue 1,500 South Vietnamese allies prior to the country's fall. Had President Ford not acted quickly, these people would have been targeted and slaughtered for their support for America. When they arrived in America, President Ford asked Congress for a package to assist these refugees to integrate into American society. That SAME troublesome SENATOR TORPEDOED ANY SUPPORT for these shell shocked, anti-communist, Americans and our helpers, the refugees.

Instead, President Ford had to recruit Christian organizations to offer assistance on a voluntary basis. As he did so, the Senator belittled those efforts. What kind of person would oppose President Ford's tireless work to do the right and humanitarian thing? Who would want to play politics with the well-being of innocent people who stood by America in the tragic Vietnam War?

THAT SENATOR WAS JOE BIDEN"

From the book - "When the Center Held." by Donald Rumsfeld in 2018.(biography)

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

WHY was not this made public when the ASS WIPE was running for the job?????

Darkwing  posted on  2021-02-03   13:27:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Darkwing (#1)

WHY was not this made public

Because it didn't fit their narrative.

DWornock  posted on  2021-02-03   19:33:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Horse (#0)

This senator reveled in the embarrassment

THAT SENATOR WAS JOE BIDEN

This instance shows the Democrat Joe Biden embarrassing the Republican Gerald Ford.

It all comes down to party politics. And Joe Biden shows his true colors in this sordid affair. :-/

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2021-02-03   20:37:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Horse (#0)

Thank you for the info, but with only five years in the senate, how could plugs have had that much influence? Surely everyone knew that he was a dip-shit by then.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2021-02-03   20:39:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Lod (#4)

Surely everyone knew that he was a dip-shit by then.

No doubt about that. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2021-02-03   20:47:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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