OK, I'm tired of the Russia hacking story

Posted by $ Abaco 9 years, 9 months ago to Politics
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This is getting ridiculous. The news has latched on to this Russian hacking concept like a gator on a puppy. There were leaks of information that showed the Dems in a very bad light. I'm not even a Dem and I want to jump over it already. The news media is twisting the story to make it sound like Putin was on a keyboard tweaking votes on election night. No. Domestic operatives here leaked info. Some voters saw it and gave a hoot. The end. Talk about grasping at straws. Are we really that stupid as a nation? (don't answer that...)


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  • Posted by Casebier 9 years, 9 months ago
    Let's look at the facts Mam, just the facts. Only leaks by Wikileaks related to Democrat campaign and their candidate, none on Trump's campaign. Wikileaks says leaks didn't originate from Russia but from a leak here. A few weeks ago 27 year old DNC data analyst Seth Rich shot multiple times, including once in the back, on the streets of D,C, in what D.C. police called a botched robbery even though the "robber" took nothing from Rich except his life. Immediately after, Wikileaks offers an unprecedented reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Rich's murderer. Think it's all a coincidence that a young Democrat staffer with access to the DNC's data files is assassinated about the time all the DNC's dirty laundry is leaked?
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 9 months ago
    Hello Abaco.
    The hacking is a potential problem. An investigation into it should be done as well as hardening of our cyber defenses. That said: I too am tired of the politicization of this story and the conflating of the hacking with the election results. The progressives and the MSM want to conflate the two for political advantage and use it as a smokescreen and diversion. The real story is the democrats' inability to address or refute the substance of the leaks. In truth, the public should be grateful the information was released before the election so an informed vote could be cast. Yes we should be grateful; if it had an effect on the election it may be that we dodged a bullet.
    Respectfully,
    O.A.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Much different than us.
    There is still a spirit of freedom in this country. You'd never know it if you go by the lame-stream media, however. In Russia they have never known any sort of freedom -- Ever. If it was given to them like it almost was during the Reagan era, they haven't a clue as to what to do about it.
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are correct. I was born in the 60s and started my career in aerospace engineering (think Cold War). The Russians had been built up in our minds as some massive, powerful empire to fear. I remember the atom bomb drills they'd have us do in our schools here in California (total brainwashing). When Russians started defecting in their jet fighters in the later stages of the cold war we'd dissect the birds and find that the Russians were using technology 40 years behind ours (vacuum tubes, etc). It was mind-blowing. They really were just a big façade. I just seem them as jolly people who get bored and drink too much vodka, run by a corrupt government. Not too much different than us - haha!
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  • Posted by mccannon01 9 years, 9 months ago
    I'm sick of same, Abaco. I see lots of passionate finger pointing and even read a joint statement of spooks saying they are "confident" the Russians did it. Well, IMHO, passion and confidence aren't evidence. I say it's time to put up or shut up.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Straight up democrats just want to overturn the election and give presidency to hillary
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  • Posted by Zero 9 years, 9 months ago
    I'm sure the Dems were tired of hearing about Benghazi but the truth was theirs to own.

    When did America's intelligence agencies become incompetent fools again? Or was that political lap dogs, I forget.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Aside from diehard Bernie supporters, are any other Democrats up in arms regarding the content of the leaked emails? Seems all the Dem leaders want to talk about is the Russians.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 9 months ago
    The media did FAR worse in leaning the election towards Hillary than any "hacking" done by other countries.

    I have no issue with believing Russia and China got into emails from our government people. The democrats didnt have very secure systems and they were more vulnerable.

    I can also believe that the real reason for russia getting the information is the same reason anyone spies on other people- they want to know what the other person or country is up to.

    Hillary and Obama shouldnt complain that someone leaked information that they wanted to keep hidden. I think ALL information that people are trying to hide because they are afraid others wont like them SHOULD be made public.

    Snowden and Assange are heroes, not criminals and should be freed of prosecution. Hillary did FAR more damage with her cronyism than either of those people did.
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  • Posted by NealS 9 years, 9 months ago
    The best way to end a story is just to agree with it. Yes, Putin probably has everything in the US hacked, so what? Our government does the same, so what? If you don't want it hacked don't put it on the internet, and especially don't put it on Hillary's personal server. Anyone that would do that is just too ignorant. Trump and the honest media should only state the fact, "Who allowed it to be hacked?" Would you want them to have access to everything?
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  • Posted by Tbird7553 9 years, 9 months ago
    The real story was buried a long time ago. The real story being that the hack showed the DNC colluded with the Clinton campaign against Sanders. Also some of the damning Podesta emails were ignored.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hi, CBJ
    Even worse, they seem to think of them as some sort of alien creatures. In reality, they are the true weirdos who through media from magazines to movies, to to so-called news organizations have glamorized themselves even including those with very small brains. Have any doubts? Take Robert DiNiro. A terrific actor. He is because he has no personality of his own. Next time when he's interviewed, watch him attempt to put two coherent sentences together.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 9 months ago
    This seems to be some sort of ritual or rite of passage. Every new administration going back more than 20 years has started out with some sort of kerfuffle over Russia. Russia is like a movie set. All façade with nothing behind it. Getting verbally tough with them, unlike the last administration, will quiet them down, then backing it up with some sort of display if they don't behave will keep them in line. Show weakness, however, and like a hole in a boat, they'll gush right in.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 9 years, 9 months ago
    Just saw a poster that made me laugh:

    Picture of Putin, saying "Did we hack your server? You mean, like with an axe?"
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years, 9 months ago
    Ok...here is another I just read moments ago...but still one word against another...unless someone confesses to the leak...there is no way we can prove one way or the other.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...

    I would not advise the leaker to come out...stay in the closet, in the shadows or hiltery will get you.
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  • Posted by bsmith51 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Every government agency is, according to the first law of government (grow and protect thyself), first and foremost, on its own side.
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  • Posted by strugatsky 9 years, 9 months ago
    There are absolutely no facts to even suggest that the Russians had anything to do with the leaks. At this point, Assange has proven that he is much more trustworthy than the CIA, and he is very clear that the Russians were not the source. All logic points that it would make no sense for the Russians to help elect Trump. I wouldn't even entertain this totally fabricated claim. But I would ask the libtards what exactly is their objection to publicizing criminal activity associated with the most transparent administration ever?
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    We The People are protected by slavering lapdog pets for whoever is in charge of the White House.
    Hopefully, we will be better off when Trump is the one telling them to sit, roll over and play dead. .
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