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Reading any book on the Carter administration seems to involve Brzezinski bungling something that Secretary of State Cyrus Vance had the right take on. He completely fucked the Iran Hostage Crisis. Here are some quotes about him from Reaganland by Rick Perlstein (as i have it on hand and dont have to go hunting for anything else) "He had advocated escalation in Vietnam and, when Vance was quitting the foreign service in protest against that war, argued that student antiwar leaders should be “physically liquidated” or “expelled from the country.” "Zbigniew Brzezinski wanted Carter to advise the shah to impose martial law. Cyrus Vance counseled democratic reforms. Carter took Brzezinski’s advice, calling the shah with words of encouragement " "America’s ambassador to Tehran, William Sullivan, tried to get a memo to the president called “Thinking the Unthinkable” that game-planned scenarios for a post-shah Iran. Brzezinski blocked it." "Brzezinski advised covert aid to the secularists, and that Carter should fear violent backlash from the hapless Islamists should he succor the shah. But at the State Department, Vance warned of “possible dangers to American people” if he took that course; his Iran expert warned that confidence the U.S. could muster any control over Iranian events was hubris—“We simply do not have the bios, inventory of political groups or current picture of daily life as it evolves at various levels in Iran. Ignorance here of Iran’s events is massive.”"

I have to choose Admiral USG Sharp Jr

Sam Adams makes an appeal to Integrity

Sam Adams runs as a major

RW Edmund G Ross moves to AltState of New Mexico territory RedCon attempts to shift William A Lake Mod-Con Sydney Smith Lee Mod-Con George Foster Shepley Mod-Con

I didnt see till now but sure Winthrop accepts

Facinating how i have the fringe in a congress full of mods and cons and yet i came out with he most points

I dont have to stretch my imagination very hard to find out why this speech backfired and caused McCloskey to be called incoherent

Burr kills the Fillibuster

Redcon DE- James R Lofland Replacing Blue LW George W Bates RedRW IA- Samuel J Kirkwood replacing BlueMod George Jones RedCon KY- William H Randall Replacing Euri's John B Thompson RedRW RI- Retain William Sprague III RedCon TN- Retain John Bell

He had planned to run in 84 even. When he endorsed Carter against Kennedy in 1980 he said "If you’re looking for an Irish Catholic Democrat to support, wait until 1984 and one of us will be back”

Not a major story but a fun piece of trivia from the 1948 test concerns the Byrd Family. Father Harry Byrd Sr was VP candidate for Reagan in 1956 and lost the election. He was replaced in the senate by his son Harry Byrd Jr. Following Lewis Douglas's ascent to the Presidency Harry F Byrd Jr was appointed as his VP. This means the Byrd family contains someone who ran for Vice President but did not become Vice President and someone who did not run for Vice President and did become Vice President.

One interesting thing about LW Blues in this period is that since the party is so conservative as a Left wing faction all you can really get passed without hurting your colleagues is pointless procedural changes to please the reformist element of your faction and not any substantive issues. Feels very of the time and realistic

Neither RWRed or ConRed leaders are the stated ideologies and thus would confirm

Sec Jones will continue his tradition of not proposing anything Sen Brown proposes 40-Year Minimum Age for SC Justices Amendment Sen Arnold proposes Create offices of Sen Maj, Sen Min, House Maj, House Min, and Whips

"Err ah Lyndon how about I do half the cab-AHHHHH"

Leaving out the part where he caused the accident when he pushed Kennedy down those stairs

aye

Rep Banks will Sway Against HR3

Abolish Debtor Prisons for both James Wintrop and Levi Lincoln Sr (1 Each, MA and MS)

Aye all

SAM ADAMS RIDES ANOTHER DAY

Red for both disagree Green For Both Agree Yellow Split