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2016 Postmortem

ucrdem

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12. Yep.

Reply to unblock (Original post)

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 08:13 PM

Dec 2016

When Russia takes a serious interest it usually leaves corpses. It's not implausible that "Putin took an interest" in this election but what's the motive for throwing it? Trump might owe money to Russia but he also owes money to China. Also, Trump has spoken out consistently against the US-Iran treaty -- rare for Trump -- and Iran is a close Russian ally. So Russia is most likely a beard for the usual suspects.

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i think the gop is fine with the focus on russian involvement in the election [View all] unblock Dec 2016 OP

And the US as well has been involved in elections. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Twice you used forms of "meddle" which just serves to "normalize" an act of war. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #2

which is that? unblock Dec 2016 #3

Iva Toguri (Tokyo Rose) was convicted of treason and later pardoned. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #4

Accepting slimy electoral help isn't good giving aid and comfort unblock Dec 2016 #7

I assume the goverment knows more than we do about what happened. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #8

WTF? janx Dec 2016 #5

you disagree? unblock Dec 2016 #11

When was the last time a foreign power meddled in US elections? red dog 1 Dec 2016 #6

oh, that's not remotely true. unblock Dec 2016 #9

first google item under "foreign interference in us elections": unblock Dec 2016 #10

Yep. ucrdem Dec 2016 #12

Great point. Either which way Hillary won flamingdem Dec 2016 #13