“Obama’s response to Russian interference: He did his job. His cautious response to Russian interference protected our democracy.” — William Saletan “Slate” 06/23/17
Why didn’t Obama raise public alarms about Russian infiltration? Because that might have backfired.
“Trump was predicting that the election would be rigged,” says the Washington Post. “Obama officials feared providing fuel to such claims, playing into Russia’s efforts to discredit the outcome.”
According to the paper, Obama and his team “worried that any action they took would be perceived as political interference in an already volatile campaign.”
Rather than speak up when the CIA first warned him about Putin’s moves, Obama waited for “a high-confidence assessment from U.S. intelligence agencies on Russia’s role and intent.”
He asked congressional Republicans to join him in cautioning citizens and state election officials. You can argue that this was politically naïve.
BUT OBAMA WASN’T PLAYING POLITICS. HE WAS TRYING TO UNITE THE COUNTRY. (Emphasis mine)
Editor’s note: My B.S. meter just exploded!
Story was red-headlined on Townhall.com earlier this afternoon, but now has disappeared????
I know that the quoted FB VPs Twitter account isn’t “verified”, but it appears to be legit and nobody has anything to the contrary that I can find ...