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eShirl

(18,477 posts)
2. Ask them what they would have done differently
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 09:16 AM
Jul 2018

then ask, why aren't they doing anything NOW that the same thing is happening

Nanjeanne

(4,915 posts)
4. McTurtle refused to sign bipartisan statement. Obama and Brennan spoke privately and
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 09:24 AM
Jul 2018

warned Putin about interfering. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson formally blamed the Russian government in an official statement. New sanctions were ordered. Obama expelled diplomats. I’m sure there was more but that’s what I remember.

Could Obama do more. Possibly. But perhaps he was waiting for more definitive info - which we now have.

genxlib

(5,517 posts)
5. I wish that whole thing would blow up right now
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 09:29 AM
Jul 2018

Would love to see someone leak transcripts about that discussion showing turtle running interference and threatening to make it political

VOX

(22,976 posts)
6. Why the hell didn't low-polling Abraham Lincoln let the South just secede their way to oblivion?
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 09:29 AM
Jul 2018

If the media is chewing over the hot issues, they might as well dig into this serious oversight by Honest Abe, who, as our stable genius-prez informs us, polled lower than...stable genius.

tman

(983 posts)
7. The damage was already done with the materials being leaked.
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 09:42 AM
Jul 2018

The only thing more to have done was to maybe make a massive deal about it to the public, but then Clinton was 10 points ahead in the polls and they already made it known that Russia was probably behind the attack.

The most important thing Pres Obama did was to order the intelligence agencies to launch a broad investigation, which then led to the appointment of a special counsel, which may just bring down the Trump regime.

I also read that when he brought it up with the Russians, their activity level decreased, but by then they had enough hacked info to cause damage to Clinton.

GOP trying to shift the blame. It's treasonous.

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
9. What could he have done
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 09:56 AM
Jul 2018

Had he spoken out about it, the deplorables, along with the media, would have claimed he was threatening the integrity of our elections. 45 would have run around saying the fix was in...The 2016 elections started this twisted never-ending circus whose sole aim is to drown out reasonable voices.

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