This story is complex and goes beyond a simple “True” or “False” grade. One basic notion that is false is the idea the Obama administration took no action — it did. The question that has been asked many times since the presidential election is why it didn’t do more.

…So why didn’t Obama’s administration do more?

That isn’t clear. Some former administration officials who have talked about it publicly have reproached themselves for not acting more aggressively. There also was a long-standing criticism of Obama that his foreign-policy making amounted to endless process with no outcomes — hours of meetings that yielded more meetings but no ultimate action.

…There’s no way to know what difference it might have made for U.S. officials to have confirmed and condemned the Russian interference in real time.

FACT CHECK: Why Didn’t Obama Stop Russia’s Election Interference In 2016? : NPR

Unfortunately Obama and his administration weren’t perfect. They were great on some things and completely dropped the ball on others.

For example, Obama had either a huge blind spot, petty selfish interests, or a complete inability to see the long-term effects of attacking previous Democratic administrations &/or gutting, bankrupting, and ignoring the DNC. Millions of registered Democrats paid the price for that in successive elections. One would hope that this inherent liability in his approach did not play into his inability to get ahead of the known issue with foreign interference in domestic elections but really, who knows?

What is clear is that this was an absolute failure on their part. They hold some responsibility for their part in how things turned out, even if no one wants to smear the entire eight years with this stark fact.

If only the Obama organization (campaign + administration) had practiced this approach (not wanting to smear good people because of imperfections) when speaking about prior administrations, well, perhaps we wouldn’t be here now.

This blog was started to shine a light on some of the less flattering aspects of the Obama administration, and although the Peanut Gallery firmly believes Obama to be one of the good guys, it also sees that he was far from the progressive prince people like to make the man out as.

(Told you so, told you so, TOLD YOU SO!!!!)