"Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman"

[Ghost in the Machine]

Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman
By Colin Taylor Posted on March 23, 2016

Conservatives will use any excuse at all to try to bash President Obama – even if there’s a long precedent of their favorite Republican presidents making the exact same, or even worse, choices. Most recently, Republicans slammed President Obama for remaining at a baseball game in Cuba on a state trip while the terrorist attacks in Brussels were underway. For example, NBC correspondent Tom Brokaw complained that “the symbolism is that the president stayed at the baseball game all day long where you would have thought he would have said, ‘Look, we’ve got more business that I have to deal with, I wish you well,’ get on the phone.”

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But as usual, Republican critics are ignoring the long precedence of GOP Presidents not responding instantly to every tragedy – with some even finishing out their vacations. President Ronald Reagan, the darling of conservatives, remained at his ranch while Hurricane Alicia pounded the state of Texas, killing 21.

Reagan also continued his vacation at his ranch in Santa Barbara when a Soviet Su-15 shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983, killing all 289 aboard – including sixty-two American citizens and Representative Larry McDonald (D-GA). The Soviet Union claimed that the plane was spying in restricted airspace and was a provocation by the West. The incident could have potentially caused an international conflict – but FOX’s Chris Wallace recounts that “quite frankly he [Reagan] didn’t want to leave. And his advisers realized how terrible this looked, and eventually persuaded him he had to fly back to Washington and had to give this speech to the nation, but it did take him four days.” Only after CBS released photos of Reagan on horseback did the President return to Washington.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/23/flashback-reagan-stayed-vacation-soviets-killed-62-americans-including-congressman/

Edit to add: Obama was on an historic foreign relations trip, NOT on vacation.... just so there's no confusion.

Peace,

Ghost

[liberal N proud]

1. But he was a republican President and that makes everything different

[malaise]

2. This is the same hack Brokaw who was fawning over his friendship

with the Reagans during coverage of Nancy Reagan's funeral. To be kind - fuck these fucking fuckers!!

[Gothmog]

3. The GOP is not consistent on issues like this

[trotsky]

6. Never have been, never will be.

They don't have to be, because their loyal followers have been trained to lap up and uncritically accept every smear against a Democrat, but reject documented facts about Republicans.

[PearliePoo2]

4. Oh, but it's Ok..

..if "Saint Ronnie" did it. Doncha know.

[Nevernose]

5. When Obama becomes the president of Belgium

I'm sure he'll cancel even monumental diplomatic talks in Cuba.