Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Interference meddling, intrusion, intervention -- with the goal of affecting elections in another country -- are all the same no matter how it is done.
"opinions" by a citizen carry not much weight overseas. "Opinion" by a former President carries a lot of weight.
The former has no goal of actually influencing an election. The latter has it as a goal.
Interference meddling, intrusion, intervention -- with the goal of affecting elections in another country -- are all the same no matter how it is done.
"opinions" by a citizen carry not much weight overseas. "Opinion" by a former President carries a lot of weight.
The former has no goal of actually influencing an election. The latter has it as a goal.
Exactly
There are numerous other examples as well, does the man's ego know no bounds.
He wasn't a citizen when he waded in to Brexit, he was President, and he's not an average Citizen now, he's still obviously very much on the world stage.
He upset many in Britain by becoming involved in the Brexit vote and he will no doubt have upset many people in France, indeed the majority who do not support Macron.
As for Russia, they haven't blatently wadded in to Foreign Elections in this manner, they might have covertly tried to influence elections but that is all, although the FBI did a fairly good job of getting involved in the US Election.
The president is still a citizen. In fact, it's a requirement that he be. The president has the right to speak his mind just as any citizen.
And yes, I think if Trump endorses Le Pen, that's fine. Perhaps I won't agree with the endorsement, but who cares? I already don't like Trump so I'm not really sitting around thinking about Trump's thoughts on France.
I say again, hacking an election and talking about one are not of the same caliber. It really doesn't matter if English citizens are upset that Obama commented. Him commenting is no different than the English PM commenting or the German chancellor commenting or anyone commenting. Until Obama hires people to get dirt on LePen by hacking her personal data, I don't think you can compare it to what Putin was alleged to have done.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
That is not why the Russians are being accused of influencing the election. 
