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Posts Tagged ‘iran contra’

John McCain Does Not Know Anything About Life

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Here’s how our boy WALNUTS! (yes, we called him “boy” so we are racist) explained to his loving reporters why Obama is a fairy: “I believe that it’s not an accident that our hostages came home from Iran when President Reagan was president of the United States. He didn’t sit down in a negotiation with the religious extremists in Iran, he made it very clear that those hostages were coming home.” Well, that’s the Misspeaking of the century. Reagan officials “made it very clear” by covertly selling Iran weapons, which perhaps may not be “sitting down” but was effective in its own way. [The Caucus]


Nostalgic Trading Cards Remind Nation of Earlier Bush/Iran Shenanigans

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

good times ... - WonketteWhat’s more American than the Reagan-Bush administration arming the Islamofascist Islamists of Iran to pay the Ayatollahs back for releasing the American hostages as a political stunt to let Reagan and Bush 41 win the White House so they could pay international arms/drugs dealers to supply right-wing Central American death squads with money and weapons? These whimsical 1980s trading cards remind us that the same motherfucking people have been fucking up everything with the same fucking “enemies” or “allies” forever.

1980s: Iran-Contra Scandal Trading Cards [Authentic History Center]


Pentagon Bravely Arming Iran Again

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Oh look they've got cute little mascot patches for THEIR air force, too! - WonketteGood news, America: With the Pentagon’s sale of thousands of fighter-jet parts that only be used by Iran’s Air Force, there is still hope of a Gulf of Tonkin-style incident to finally start the War Against New Worst Enemy Iran! MORE »


Meet Robert M. Gates, Iran-Contra Crook and Bush 41 CIA Chief

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

How twisted is this country? An Iran-Contra crook and ex-CIA chief is immediately greeted as a sane, grown-up yet “fresh” replacement for the delusional old Donald Rumsfeld. MORE »