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2016 Postmortem

red dog 1

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5. Well, since it was an "attack on the United States" by a foreign power"

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 6, 2017, 09:37 PM

Jan 2017

he could have taken action as Commander-in Chief.

1) He could have suspended the election results pending an immediate FBI/CIA/NSA/DHS investigation

2) He could have called for an immediate response to the attack by Russia, whatever that might entail

3) He certainly could have contacted Secretary Clinton to ask her to NOT concede the election, pending the results of the investigations

There are MANY things he could have done!

But what did he do?

Nothing..except to call Hillary at 3 AM November 9 to suggest that she concede the election.

"This is much bigger than Obama and his limited powers"??

I don't think so!

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This has been clear for some time triron Jan 2017 #1

Then why didn't Obama do something about it? red dog 1 Jan 2017 #2

Gun to the head? 2naSalit Jan 2017 #3

Exactly what was he supposed to do? MoonRiver Jan 2017 #4

Well, since it was an "attack on the United States" by a foreign power" red dog 1 Jan 2017 #5

1) He could not have. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #6

Obama couldn't do much mosie214 Jan 2017 #7