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In reply to the discussion: Epstein's sex empire was 'KGB honeytrap': [View all]yardwork
(69,064 posts)Even before the Supreme Court handed the election to W, there was a well-funded smear campaign against Al Gore that resulted in the election being close enough to steal. Much of that astro-turfing was coordinated by the NRA, which has been funded by the Kremlin for at least that long.
In 2004 the smear campaign against Kerry was next level. Kerry had chaired a Senate committee investigating crimes in Eastern Europe. Valerie Plame was outed - she was investigating nuclear threats in Eastern Europe.
After the USSR collapsed what took its place was chaos and greed led by very evil people.
Why didn't Obama and Biden blow the lid off the election interference? I don't know but I suspect that they thought it was better for national security to keep things quiet and "look forward" - a mistake the Democratic Party had made too often.
I doubt that Obama or Biden knew much about Epstein or what he was doing. I think they underestimated what we've been up against. So did Gore and Kerry. So did many Republicans, imo.