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Reagan used it to portray him as a wuss, if I'm understanding the strange boomer/"greatest generation" sociology correctly. I'm not positive. For me it just appears endearing
Reagan pulled a Nixon and worked with hostage takers to stymie Carter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_October_Surprise_theory
It's fucking disgusting, it's treason, just like Nixon.
By the time of the election in November 1968, LBJ had evidence Nixon had sabotaged the Vietnam war peace talks - or, as he put it, that Nixon was guilty of treason and had "blood on his hands".
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21768668
Yeah, like don't we want a president who won't kill things because they mildly inconvenienced him? I don't understand that generation's mindset at all.