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Originally Posted by Robbie
Then how do you explain Obama sending his people to Moscow to begin talks about what he was going to do different than Bush...while the campaign was still going on?
That is what SMART people do. You prepare ahead of time. You get your ducks in a row.
Sen. Obama even went on a "world tour" during the campaign of 2008 and met with World Leaders to discuss what his foreign policy would be if he ended up winning the election.
Remember? Or is this something else you are conveniently forgetting?
The media wasn't attacking Baby Jesus Obama over that. Nope...they PRAISED him for it.
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I don't recall Obama sending anyone to Russia before he became president. (In fact, I was unable to find any information about this - can you provide me with some links?)
With that said, there is some pretty large differences here... When Trump was President Elect he did not have an official position with the US Government. When Obama was President Elect he was.... A US Senator. As a US Senator Obama was on the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Committee on Foreign Relations. You can easily argue he did in fact represent the US government. A US Senator or Congressman wouldn't have any legal issues calling up an ambassador for a foreign country; In fact, this would have been a regular thing.
I am also sure Obama did everything with the blessing of the State Department, and most likely brought members of the State Department with him to officially represent the US Government. Obama didn't try to back door stuff with attorneys who worked for the Russians, accepted money from the Russians, and most likely was being blackmailed by the Russians.
And at the same time no one is accusing Obama of being bought and paid for by the Russians, and no one was accusing Russia helping Obama win his election.
Do you see the difference? President Elect Obama didn't hid anything and had the full support of the US government. (In fact, the Bush / Obama transition was one of the smoothest transition ever) while President Elect Trump is being secretive and having back room meetings with Russian agents and a shady attorney who is most likely being blackmailed by the Russians, attempting to make deals no one in the US government so much as heard of no less approved of.