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Did the Russians meddle in the 2008 Presidential Election?
- Thread starter GromsDad
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From an old Huffpo article I stumbled across.
U.S. sponsorship of Georgia’s bid to join NATO was the straw that broke the Russian Bear’s back. From then on it was a matter of honor for the man from St. Petersburg.
That brings us to the title of this post: Will Russia Influence The 2008 Election? Already Putin has had an undue influence on the choice of Obama’s running mate. The timing of Russia’s Georgia incursion gave urgency to Senator Obama’s choice of Senate Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Joe Biden even as the international turbulence strengthened Senator McCain’s argument of experience. Moreover, Putin injected himself directly into the US Presidential campaign at the end of August. From Time:
“In an interview with CNN last week, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of orchestrating the war in Georgia in order to benefit the candidacy of John McCain. He claimed that ‘U.S. citizens were indeed in the area of conflict’ and that ‘the only one who can give such orders is their leader.’ Without endorsing Putin’s claim, many European officials reportedly do harbor suspicions that there was more American involvement in the crisis than previously reported.”
Add to this intrigue the fact that the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney, skipped his own party’s nominating convention to make an overseas trip into Putin’s backyard. Touring a U.S. C-17 military cargo plane at Tbilisi’s military airport with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Cheney was making a less-than-subtle show of American force in the region.
Even the Republican Party talking points remind us of the fact that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin shares a border with Russia. Former US Ambassador John Bolton, often a surrogate for Cheney’s point of view, said of Palin, “She’s been a hunter since birth. I just saw a picture of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shooting a tiger with a tranquilizer gun. It would be hardy competition between Putin and our next vice president [Palin].”
Already Russia has had a curious influence on the American election of 2008. And something tells me we have not yet seen the full extent of Russia’s influence stateside.
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