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2016 Postmortem

uponit7771

(93,097 posts) Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:11 PM Jan 2017

QUESTION: Is Russia going to do LESS hacking of our elections since MiniPoot is going to be prez? [View all]

I don't understand the attitude of dems in Washington right now,

If the election was hacked once at the state and local electoral level why in the hell wouldn't they just keep doing it?

Why in the word would someone like MiniPoot give up his golden Russian egg!?!?

Because someone in the intel agencies are going to rat him out!?

They already tried that and Comey ignored them... David Corn wrote about this in Mother Jones

Help me out here,

Thx in advance

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QUESTION: Is Russia going to do LESS hacking of our elections since MiniPoot is going to be prez? [View all] uponit7771 Jan 2017 OP

I would NOT bet on that. They'll keep on doing what works. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2017 #1

RIGHT !!! Why would they just stop now?!?! Conservatives will run everything why in the hell uponit7771 Jan 2017 #7

It will no longer be hacking for information. gordianot Jan 2017 #2

Nope Best_man23 Jan 2017 #3

The problem is that GP6971 Jan 2017 #4

+1, if anything they'd ask for more hacking uponit7771 Jan 2017 #14

+1, hopefully they'll start eating each other... maybe that's the thing that'll save us uponit7771 Jan 2017 #8

We're not going to make a big deal of the hack because of what was hacked. Exilednight Jan 2017 #5

It wasn't just emails, it was the DNC and state and local electoral boards..I wish it was just email uponit7771 Jan 2017 #10

That may be, but no one in Illinois is going to care about hacking that took place in California. Exilednight Jan 2017 #13

RNC was hacked too; russians are just holding that stuff for blackmail. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #23

It will only get worse... Rollo Jan 2017 #6

Maybe they helped Dubya in 2000. Rex Jan 2017 #9

Yeap, that still creeps me out... on that same line McCain hated Putin and lost and rMoney wasn't uponit7771 Jan 2017 #11

That connection has bothered me for years. Rex Jan 2017 #12

That's why this is a coup...nt LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #15

They won't have a need to hack. Trump will have the info sent by courier to Moscow. Vinca Jan 2017 #16

No Russia will hack more.... Donald Trump will encourage it to gain more power! UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #17

With the levers of power at his use I am sure cheato will do all he can to destroy true patriots libtodeath Jan 2017 #18

They will keep doing it. So will the Chinese...and whomever else is capable of it. ElementaryPenguin Jan 2017 #19

Right, like DU they can address the low hanging fruit vulnerabilities but wont with MiniPoot in offi uponit7771 Jan 2017 #20

They will pay no price. They will only up their game. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #21

Right! I don't see Putin saying "well, let them have their democracy" or the KGOP saying lets be... uponit7771 Jan 2017 #22

we need all paper ballots, all hand-counted, all the time. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #24

Something... cons can do vote verification but refuse to in red states uponit7771 Jan 2017 #25

I don't know about elections Phoenix61 Jan 2017 #26

No Putin will be more than willing to help Trump steamroll his enemies........ UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #27