If you look at Reagan who had two failed Supreme Court nominees, who lost control of the Senate and had Iran-contra, did he still have a successful final three years Absolutely, ... One of the great strengths of this team has been from the beginning their ability to keep their eye on the big picture and long-term goals, while also dealing with short-term challenges.
Quotes about iran-contra (5 Quotes)
This is one of those things that strikes to the core of real people it is something that they understand. There are some scandals that people do not understand. I don't know if people understood Iran-Contra. But this, involving losses in a fund for injured workers, goes to their pocketbooks.
What happens is journalists get a whiff of blood in the water. A wounded president Reagan over Iran-Contra, Bush over Iraq is suddenly fair game, they think. The previously hesitant pack at last finds courage in numbers.
Cheney's standing has suffered mainly because Libby emerges as such a liability. Fitzgerald threw the book at him not for anything he said to reporters but for what he said to the FBI and the grand jury. The indictments suggest that the aide whose aim was to spin the war might have tried to spin the prosecutor. Lying was a remarkable act of stupidity on Libby's part, ... He's old enough to know better. He watched Watergate and Iran-contra. To try to pull the leg of the grand jury was really quite remarkable.
I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.