That wouldn't have done anything but make the American people feel more helpless (Reply #42)

In the discussion thread: Obama's little-noticed gift to the USA on his way out the door, in January 2017. [View all]

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 01:12 PM

pnwmom (105,287 posts)

42. That wouldn't have done anything but make the American people feel more helpless

because it wouldn't have stopped the GOP and its electors from installing him. ON TOP of that, it would have told the Russians more than we needed them to know.

Time will tell, but Obama's decision seems justified to me.

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69 replies	Author	Time	Post
Obama's little-noticed gift to the USA on his way out the door, in January 2017. [View all]	pnwmom	Jan 2019	OP
Oops!	malaise	Jan 2019	#1
Thank you President Obama	LiberalBrooke	Jan 2019	#2
This message was self-deleted by its author	PunkinPi	Jan 2019	#3
Thank you, Mr. President!	GoCubsGo	Jan 2019	#4
Still mystified why about by citizenry not being informed before Election Day.	delisen	Jan 2019	#5
McConnell is complicit	Hermit-The-Prog	Jan 2019	#6
Because anyone who came forward would have been breaking the law,	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#7
An address to the nation would not have been breaking the law though.	delisen	Jan 2019	#9
Who could have divulged classified information in an address to the nation	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#11
I am referring to prior to the election.	delisen	Jan 2019	#16
That wouldn't have done anything but make the American people feel more helpless	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#42
maybe it was to be kept a secret..	samnsara	Jan 2019	#37
Obama said that he thought Hillary would easily win so his decisions were	BigmanPigman	Jan 2019	#66
It seems that Putin was greatly underestimated.	delisen	Jan 2019	#68
Comey was the nail in the coffin.	BigmanPigman	Jan 2019	#69
I think that President Obama thought that Hillary would win	More_Cowbell	Jan 2019	#57
nice finish on that thread	Hermit-The-Prog	Jan 2019	#8
Wow! Yes, excellent finish, Hermit..	Cha	Jan 2019	#64
Remember that briefing with Comey, Grassley and Pelosi	blaze	Jan 2019	#10
That sounds very plausible. nt	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#12
+1	Crutchez_CuiBono	Jan 2019	#15
I do remember that,	volstork	Jan 2019	#24
A gift to us by our last real president...	N_E_1 for Tennis	Jan 2019	#13
I appreciate the position President Obama was in	debsy	Jan 2019	#14
They're hands not magic wands. Prez Obama did wonderfully	Crutchez_CuiBono	Jan 2019	#17
I am worried about the mess caused by the secretaries of departments	scarytomcat	Jan 2019	#34
So true.	MLAA	Jan 2019	#36
Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my original post.	debsy	Jan 2019	#41
I believe you I'm just fricken flabbergasted.	Crutchez_CuiBono	Jan 2019	#44
where were the God fearin' repubs?	luvallpeeps	Jan 2019	#65
Aka Leningrad lettuce...	Crutchez_CuiBono	Jan 2019	#67
Well put debsy	Farmer-Rick	Jan 2019	#19
I think you are right- Consider Giuliani's cell of Hillary-hating FBI'ers feeding him damaging info.	NBachers	Jan 2019	#51
I know! I agree. Even after we reverse all the	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#33
I think maybe today they are waking up to a new reality that thier little	Crutchez_CuiBono	Jan 2019	#45
Recommended.	panader0	Jan 2019	#18
We have had 5 eyes for quite a while now.	watoos	Jan 2019	#20
Right. We have had 5 eyes. The difference now is that the raw data automatically	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#43
K&R...	spanone	Jan 2019	#21
What a a refreshing thread!	ginnyinWI	Jan 2019	#22
Thank you President Obama. nt	blaze	Jan 2019	#23
Thank you, President Obama.	Zoonart	Jan 2019	#25
As I recall hearing too	BumRushDaShow	Jan 2019	#26
I remember that clearly: Biden told us flat-out that no one could walk into a single department...	Hekate	Jan 2019	#48
+1	BumRushDaShow	Jan 2019	#50
Of course, now the Trump administration has access to this expanded surveillance.	sl8	Jan 2019	#27
Do you think they're intelligent enough to use it?	paleotn	Jan 2019	#29
Interesting. Didn't know he eavesdropped on guests. Nt	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#35
Ironic, really...	paleotn	Jan 2019	#28
The irony does not escape me, as my husband and I are rooting for the survival of the FBI...	Hekate	Jan 2019	#49
No, that's not what it says. They are tapping into foreign data streams for counter-intelligence	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#53
I stand corrected.	paleotn	Jan 2019	#60
tRUMP strategy to debase, diminish and call into question EVERY law enforcement	SayItLoud	Jan 2019	#30
If this is true, why didn't Trump simply revoke that EO, like he did others?	Honeycombe8	Jan 2019	#31
Who would have told him to do so? Someone in his Cabinet full of generals? Other than the generals,	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#47
Whoever told him about the other EOs?	Honeycombe8	Jan 2019	#61
I think some of those generals were people sent in with the approval of the GOP to keep	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#62
It was probably the White House counsel advising him on Obama's EOs.	Honeycombe8	Jan 2019	#63
So, let me get this straight, if I may.	JayhawkSD	Jan 2019	#32
One of the most impossible things to imagine, is to walk in the shoes of the Excutive, the	Ninga	Jan 2019	#38
No, that is not what happened.. Just as before, the FBI can ONLY use the data,	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#40
Really good stuff thank you for posting	coeur_de_lion	Jan 2019	#39
No drama Obama, just doing the right thing	Hekate	Jan 2019	#46
The thing about Obama	CaptYossarian	Jan 2019	#52
I bet Trump will be taking a bottle of Immodium a day! n/t	Apollyonus	Jan 2019	#54
K&R	Scurrilous	Jan 2019	#55
You're likely to get some self righteous posts about invasion of privacy.	Blue_true	Jan 2019	#56
Remember that at the last minute, Pres. Obama moved Dana Boente lower in the DOJ order of succession	More_Cowbell	Jan 2019	#58
I think your scenario makes sense. n/t	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#59

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