Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Netanyahu pollster: Obama role in election larger than reported - Flashback
The Hill ^ | 3/22/15 | Jesse Byrnes

Posted on 02/17/2018 1:59:21 PM PST by volunbeer

President Obama's role during the Israeli elections was larger than reported, according to a pollster for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.

"What was not well reported in the American media is that President Obama and his allies were playing in the election to defeat Prime Minister Netanyahu," John McLaughlin, a Republican strategist, said in an interview on John Catsimatidis's "The Cats Roundtable" radio show broadcast Sunday on AM 970 in New York. "There was money moving that included taxpayer U.S. dollars, through non-profit organizations. And there were various liberal groups in the United States that were raising millions to fund a campaign called V15 against Prime Minister Netanyahu," McLaughlin said.

He noted an effort to oust Netanyahu was guided by former Obama political operative Jeremy Bird and that V15, or Victory 15, ads hurt Netanyahu in the polls. McLaughlin said the Israeli leader rebounded after delivering a speech to Congress early this month, prompting more critical ads.

V15 was viewed as part of a broader campaign to oust Netanyahu. The group was linked to Washington-based nonprofit OneVoice Movement, which reportedly received $350,000 in State Department grants.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: elections; meddling; socialmedia; v15
Is this not what the hubbub was about yesterday? I don't think it is right for Russia to do this and I don't think it is right for us to do it to someone else. Full disclosure - I am certain Republican administrations have played this game as well. This was never really an issue until they needed an excuse after a really bad election loss.
1 posted on 02/17/2018 1:59:21 PM PST by volunbeer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: volunbeer

So, bammy gets a free pass for meddling, and not a word in the f*cking media, while the media never let up trying to connect Trump and Russian meddling not even for one minute.


2 posted on 02/17/2018 2:01:45 PM PST by I want the USA back (Free Republic keeps me from going insane in a world that has chosen insanity over reason.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: volunbeer

Would that not be odd... Deporting a former President to Israel to face charges of interfering with their election? I know it would be awesome if that were to occur and expose the hypocrisy of Democrats and their friends in the intelligence community singling out the Russians for election interference over the many countries that attempt to influence American elections.

Or imagine deporting all the former presidents and Democrat and Republican party officials who attempted to influence elections in other countries?

This whole episode of investigating the Trump campaign really has turned into a complete failure.


3 posted on 02/17/2018 2:10:49 PM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back

The real point of the flashback is that THIS activity has never been a big deal before. We did it. They did it. Soros does it (he is a FAR worse offender than Russia and spends much more money doing this). Israel does it. England does it. Germany does it. China has started down this road.

What was offensive to most of us when this story broke a few years ago was that our tax dollars were being used (clandestinely by the way) to undermine a politician in Israel that many of us supported and viewed as a strong ally.

I am not a fan of any meddling in an election, but in this day and age of lobbying it happens in every election.

The real take-away for me is that they needed an excuse to rationalize her loss and cripple him. Voila! Russia, Russia, Russia! No different than what happened by them in 2015...... by the way - run the numbers. A couple of million by them in an election costing over a billion vs 350k in an election costing a sliver of a billion bucks. Hmmmmm


4 posted on 02/17/2018 2:11:01 PM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: volunbeer
. Full disclosure - I am certain Republican administrations have played this game as well.

OK.....HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT PUBBIES HAVE DONE THIS ALSO??? TELL US!

5 posted on 02/17/2018 2:28:05 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy

In general and throughout the Cold War especially, the CIA routinely did things to affect elections the way we wanted them to go in elections. I am sure this is right and here is a compost article (maybe not the best source) that talks about it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/13/the-long-history-of-the-u-s-interfering-with-elections-elsewhere/?utm_term=.d3af15167abb

Wikileaks from last year about us interfering in French election

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/wikileaks-exposes-cia-interference-french-presidential-elections-president-obama/

Another........

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/05/americans-spot-election-meddling-doing-years-vladimir-putin-donald-trump

just google us election interference and you can read for awhile........


6 posted on 02/17/2018 2:38:21 PM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy

I am sure they will go after Soros next....... /s

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/12/21/irish-revolt-george-soros-interference-election-billionaire-ticks-off-wrong-country-578490

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-01/hungary-says-soros-spy-report-shows-election-interference-risk

https://lynx.media/2017/04/06/leaked-docs-shed-light-soros-group-interferes-national-elections/

etc etc etc

Consider his activities in light of the grave words expressed by our political types and punditry about how evil any election interference is...... how ironic, huh?


7 posted on 02/17/2018 2:42:46 PM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson