LoneLaugher
Diamond Member
Okay, just for the hell of it, let's try to define what the question "Did Russia Hack the Election?" actually means.
If I have this right, I don't believe anyone is saying that Russia somehow got into voting booths or hacked into voting machines or computers or servers and changed votes from Hillary to Trump. If I'm wrong on that, if you believe that, please say so and provide whatever evidence you have.
I believe that what is being said is that the Russians "hacked" into Podesta's and other DNC people's email accounts via phishing and got oodles of seriously damning shit on the Democrats, spilled the beans, and here we are. They are saying that an unfriendly foreign power found and used a method of influencing opinions on a major party presidential candidate, and it may have made enough of a difference in a close race. That's it, unless I'm missing something.
So, four reasonable questions:
So what is YOUR definition of "hacking"?
- Was Podesta, was the DNC, an easy mark for this activity, did they screw up? Yeah, it appears so.
- Did the Russians try to hack the RNC too? Entirely possible, no one can say for sure either way.
- Could all the shit that came out from the hacked emails been the final straw against Clinton, particularly in those rust belt states where Trump barely beat her and gained critical electoral votes? Yeah, that seems like a reasonable possibility.
- And finally, if Trump had been the one whose party's emails were hacked and Hillary won critical electoral states by a hair, would his supporters be screaming right now? Of course.
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Number 3:
"All the shit" was nothing. But the perception of "something" was stoked by Trump campaign and media.....and these emails were conflated with Hillary's private server emails in the minds of some voters. It is PART of the reason why Trump was able to squeak by with 100,000 more votes in three key states.
Outside of that note, your post is pretty much spot on.