Obama vows action against Russia for hacks

[femmocrat]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama on Thursday vowed retaliatory action against Russia for its meddling in the US presidential election.

"I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing," Obama told National Public Radio.
Describing potential countermeasures by the US, the President said "some of it may be explicit and publicized; some of it may not be."
He said he directly confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about a potential US response, and said his counterpart acknowledged his stance.
"Mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this, because I spoke to him directly about it," Obama said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/15/politics/obama-russia-hacking-election/

[LisaM]

1. Anything short of keeping Trump out of the White House

is not enough.

[femmocrat]

3. I hope he addresses this in the press conference tomorrow.

(The hacks--- I don't think he will say anything about t-rump.)

[volstork]

12. No kidding.

We need action against the cabal over here, too!

[tenorly]

15. Exactly.

The last thing we need is revenge against Russia. It's childish, pointless, and dangerous - and besides: we made ourselves exposed to Russian vote tampering with our extensive use of read-and-write software-equipped electronic voting machines (another disaster we have Bush to thank for).

What we do need to show Putin is that all his chicanery was for naught. And the only way to do that is to deny his lackey, Trump, the Presidency - an office he did not legitimately win by any stretch of the imagination.

[uncle ray]

21. even if Comrade Don the Con is kept from office, it's still a win for the pooter.

he's succeeded in disrupting our election and keeping trump from office will just galvanize his base and catalyze a second civil war.

[tenorly]

38. I say let'em try it.

These rednecks are constantly threatening to "take up arms" over some fictitious grievance or other (usually racially motivated) - and against their own country, no less! Frankly I'd love to see them try it.

[True_Blue]

33. That would be the best revenge

Keeping Trump out of the Whitehouse.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

2. Oooooooooooo shiiiit

It's goning down

[ailsagirl]

6. LOVE that photo

[drray23]

22. He is staring him down.

Trump would be either shaking on his boots or fawning all over him.

[CountAllVotes]

28. Don't take any sh*t off of this commie

He is NOT our friend! He a communist, former head of the KGB for f's sake!!!!

[rzemanfl]

4. Checkmate. Now Trump will have to end what our President started and show his ass.

Smooth move.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

10. Obama knows that all "retaliations" against Russia will end on January 20th if Trump takes office

So we're either gonna get
1). A surgical strike causing long-lasting damage
2). Trump's disqualification from being president
3). Obama wimping out

Hope it's not 3. He's been too calm. He should be pulling shit like the NC GOP did so he can Trump-proof America.

[rzemanfl]

14. Thinking can be mistaken for "calm."

If Trump stops all retaliation only the most stupid of his stupids will not see through him.

There has never been a cyberwar before. Who knows what will happen?

Interesting times.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

16. If you can't see through him now then you'll never be able to

Trump has already said that he doesn't believe the CIA or the WH and probably feels sorry for Putin who got an angry phone call from Obama falsely accusing him of a crime some 400 lb guy in New Jersey did. Sad.

[rzemanfl]

24. When you fish, do you cast or just drag the lure behind the boat?

Or did your forget Hard to tell.

[elmac]

26. I believe they have been investigating ways of going after

or destroying putins great wealth, something like 80 billion dollars. That would be the only thing that would hurt that monster and it would only take a few seconds to do.

[ailsagirl]

5. And the NEXT step would be

...kicking that red-faced charlatan the hell out of Washington

[femmocrat]

32. + 1000 nt

[Mr. Evil]

7. To hell with Putin.

He should retaliate against all the republican traitorous scum that enabled him and colluded with him! They need to start by putting the screws to James Comey and Paul Manifort. Time for some domino effect!

[Hekate]

11. You should be watching Rachel Maddow tonight. It's all about Putin -- and us.

Catch it from the beginning on rerun.

[Mr. Evil]

20. Will do. Thanx for the heads-up.

[LisaM]

34. No. She should have fucking done this in July.

Not that my piddly viewing habits matter, but they all need to win me back.

[Hekate]

8. Any idea what time tomorrow's press conference is?

[rzemanfl]

9. 2:15 Eastern

[underthematrix]

13. LAWD! President Obama used the phrase

"the INTEGRITY of our elections" LAWD! I have no words.

[byronius]

17. Run Vlad run.

Actual leader in the house.

[JudyM]

19. I predict nothing will happen. Tough talk, maybe, which will mean nothing in a month.

[elmac]

29. Obama said it might not be something that is evident or reported on

so if we see putin selling a bunch of crap on ebay all of a sudden we will know that Obama hacked Putins 80 billion dollars to buy some swamp land in Siberia.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Provocative act of espionage

do something

[SHRED]

23. I'm sure the Russians are really nervous

They'll just wait until the January 21st reversal.

[LisaL]

25. When exactly is he going to do it?

He has basically no time left.

[Crash2Parties]

27. How about focusing on the GOP's involvement instead, Mr. President? Please? Pretty Please?

[mitty14u2]

30. Russia is saying Prove they had anything to do with Emails - Trump Making Russia Great Again!

Russia went through WikiLeaks so we couldn't prove anything, Unless we hack WikiLeaks!

[mopinko]

31. yes. deny him his prize.

make an address to the nation and lay it out. you know there is more to it than we have heard so far. spit it out.

address the electors directly. remind them of their duty.

[geek tragedy]

35. another red line? nt

[maryellen99]

36. And this is why Putin wanted Trump over Hilary

Putin knows that Trump is going to roll over and let him do what ever he wants and Hilary would not have.

[0rganism]

37. 5 weeks, Mr. President - ready set go

what'll it be, Mr. President? shortest-lived sanctions ever? temporary NATO escalation in the Ukraine? whatcha gonna do?