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Theoretical and empirical research on the effect of foreign electoral intervention is weak overall; however, a number of such studies have been conducted.[1] One study indicated that the country intervening in most foreign elections is the United States with 81 interventions, followed by Russia (including the former Soviet Union) with 36 interventions from 1946 to 2000 - an average of once in every nine competitive elections. [2][3][4]
Iranian election (U.S., 1952) Main article: Iranian legislative election, 1952 Historian Ervand Abrahamian, in an interview with Democracy Now!, said U.S. State Department documents declassified in 2017 reveal that the U.S. strategy was to undermine Mohammad Mosaddegh through parliament and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spent lot of money to get their 18 favorable candidates elected.[26]
During the administration of President Barack Obama, the U.S. State Department sent $350,000 to an Israeli organization, OneVoice, which used the funds to try to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[30]
1996 election (U.S.) U.S. President Bill Clinton later acknowledged that, in the wake of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Clinton interfered on behalf of Shimon Perez against Benjamin Netanyahu. Clinton later said that he “tried to do it in a way that didn't overtly involve me”.[31]
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan received secret American funds during the 1950s and 1960s.[3] According to former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II, "the Socialists in Japan had their own secret funds from Moscow", and funding the LDP helped to "project American power".[32]
Palestinian election (U.S., Israel, 2006) See also: Palestinian legislative election, 2006 During the 2006 Palestinian elections, Israel hoped that Fatah would prevail over Hamas, the latter being a Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist organization. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wanted to halt the elections if Hamas ran candidates. However, U.S. President George W. Bush objected to such election interference, and Hamas won, despite millions of clandestine dollars flowing from the Bush administration to Fatah during the closing weeks of the campaign.[36] Then-Senator Hillary Clinton commented at the time: "we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win."[37]
originally posted by: DJW001
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: intrepid
Corruption was exposed in the DNC. Possibly by Russia.
Cries of treason now resound acoss the country because Trump had a meeting with Putin.
We ignore the facts that countries meddle with other countries all the time.
Possibly by Russia , we haven't seen proof yet. I've seen DBCowboy's posts. I'll bet $100 if proof comes out he'll admit that.
OMG, our leader met with another leader?!?! Obama did too.
Since when did we or other countries not meddle? Obama with Macron for Pete's sake. Geeze.
Remember when Obama was caught telling Medvedev that he would have more slack after the election? Where are those outraged "conservatives" now?
your quoting an article that's claiming Bush had to step in so that this election wasnt meddled with? Case closed Johnson just sprinkle some jack on em
originally posted by: RalagaNarHallas
a reply to: DBCowboy
en.wikipedia.org... pretty usefull wiki link for your topic OP this was one of my favorites ive found so farbush refused and Hillary's comment was "we should have made sure we did something to determine who would win".............. its a pretty long list but yeah as you said every one does it
During the 2006 Palestinian elections, Israel hoped that Fatah would prevail over Hamas, the latter being a Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist organization. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wanted to halt the elections if Hamas ran candidates. However, U.S. President George W. Bush objected to such election interference, and Hamas won, despite millions of clandestine dollars flowing from the Bush administration to Fatah during the closing weeks of the campaign.[36] Then-Senator Hillary Clinton commented at the time: "we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win
originally posted by: andyr1112
your quoting an article that's claiming Bush had to step in so that this election wasnt meddled with? Case closed Johnson just sprinkle some jack on em
originally posted by: RalagaNarHallas
a reply to: DBCowboy
en.wikipedia.org... pretty usefull wiki link for your topic OP this was one of my favorites ive found so farbush refused and Hillary's comment was "we should have made sure we did something to determine who would win".............. its a pretty long list but yeah as you said every one does it
During the 2006 Palestinian elections, Israel hoped that Fatah would prevail over Hamas, the latter being a Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist organization. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wanted to halt the elections if Hamas ran candidates. However, U.S. President George W. Bush objected to such election interference, and Hamas won, despite millions of clandestine dollars flowing from the Bush administration to Fatah during the closing weeks of the campaign.[36] Then-Senator Hillary Clinton commented at the time: "we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win
I do think you're missing the biggest comment that killed her IMO, when she called Bernie supporters basement dwellers. That turned people to spite vote for Trump. Many of the Bernie supporters wanted a shake up in politics, and she wasn't going to offer that.
originally posted by: intrepid
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: intrepid
So you're saying that exposing the corruption inside the DNC helped Trump.
Okay.
Let me ask you, are you for exposing corruption?
Any logical person would. But this is a complete flip flop from what was being said just last week.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: CriticalStinker
I do think you're missing the biggest comment that killed her IMO, when she called Bernie supporters basement dwellers. That turned people to spite vote for Trump. Many of the Bernie supporters wanted a shake up in politics, and she wasn't going to offer that.
hrc said alot of things I would wager she would take back
I do think some of the bernie voters voted for trump to spite hrc and the dnc, I do not think those people will ever be back with the dnc
but you know it wasnt hrc's mouth that lost her the election....it was help from the russians....face book and twitter you know as there was no actual documented voter fraud
and that is the stinking load of bs the msm expects the american citizen to swallow
boy are they going to be mad in november
it wont just be the bernie voters spite voting
CNN
"What does it mean for us as women that we look at those two candidates, as women, and many of us said, that guy, he's better for me, his voice is more true to me," Obama said. "Well, to me that just says you don't like your voice. You like the thing you're told to like."
originally posted by: soberbacchus
a reply to: DBCowboy
Are you saying the Soviet Union before the fall and the United States of America in 2016 are the same?
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: introvert
Did Bush and Obama admins have people on staff that worked with, or on behalf, of a foreign nation to hold up the dictators of others nations?
I don't think so. The comparisons are not valid.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Behrain, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Rwanda, Cambodia, Honduras, Uganda, Qatar, UAE, Kenya, Morocco, and Turkey.... There's a few.
We ignore the facts that countries meddle with other countries all the time.
If you went by the MSM, you'd think that this is the first time it had ever happened.
I'm calling bullsh# on it right now.
originally posted by: JBurns
a reply to: DBCowboy
We ignore the facts that countries meddle with other countries all the time.
If you went by the MSM, you'd think that this is the first time it had ever happened.
I'm calling bullsh# on it right now.
Flag + star + seconded
Calling absolute bull# as well. This is a sham of the highest order, a total disinformation hit job taking a standard/non-interesting/non-exciting incident and using it to attack Trump (they've also falsely tricked their followers into believing lawful contact with Russia is somehow a crime)
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
originally posted by: soberbacchus
a reply to: DBCowboy
Are you saying the Soviet Union before the fall and the United States of America in 2016 are the same?
Hmmm, would you mind elaborating your point? What does 1996 Russia and 2016 America have to do with the USSR?
But he doesn't. He continues to deny and obfuscate.