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Roger L. Simon: The Democrats' Nauseating Putin Hypocrisy

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-12-13 01:12|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The money quote:

Do I believe Trump actually was the Russians' preference? That would be mighty optimistic on their part. How could they do better than Obama, considering the last eight years? And why not just as well elect a weakened Hillary?

My guess is, if (big if) they were the instigators of the hacking of the embarrassingly cyber-incompetent DNC, they were equal-opportunity hackers, anxious to create confusion and finger-pointing, rather than specific results that would be hard to control. This would be consistent with Russian/Soviet behavior over generations.

Posted by Pappy 2016-12-13 09:07|| 2016-12-13 09:07|| Front Page Top

Ref #1. I will also go with 'confusion and finger pointing.'

Posted by Besoeker 2016-12-13 09:11|| 2016-12-13 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Do I believe Trump actually was the Russians' preference?

I do. Only idiots want a psychotic old lady in control of the worlds greatest nuclear arsenal.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-12-13 09:19|| 2016-12-13 09:19|| Front Page Top

#4 If the Democrats were too stupid to secure their email server they have no business anywhere near the reins of power in this country.

Of course the Russians hacked that server. Anybody who has done the least bit of work having to do with cyber security knows the Russians are extremely active hackers. They always have been. But there are measures that can be taken to make a server secure from such attacks. For the DNC not to take such measure is an indication of gross negligence and incompetence. They are not the kind of people you want running the country.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-12-13 11:13|| 2016-12-13 11:13|| Front Page Top

#5 For the DNC not to take such measure is an indication of gross negligence and incompetence.

Especially given the excellent relations they've with IT barons.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-12-13 11:28|| 2016-12-13 11:28|| Front Page Top

#6 IT barons

Schnork!

The gurgle bunch? Suckerpurge? They are ad sellers. Not IT specialists. The IT specialists they employ are tasked to make everything easy to get at for ad selling purposes. I bet none of them personally do anything important to themselves online.

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-12-13 11:35|| 2016-12-13 11:35|| Front Page Top

#7 When I learned about how she sent classified mails using her own private account, ie on the clear and with her emails resting at hers and destinatary's ISP I was simply aghast: how could anyone just think in providing the nuclear codes to such frivolous, irresponsible woman? In three months they would have been in ISIS or AL Quaida's hands.

Posted by JFM 2016-12-13 11:44|| 2016-12-13 11:44|| Front Page Top

#8 A US policy determined by the highest bidder, sounds great.

Hillary would be a figurehead on a worm-eaten man-o-war. I think everyone and their Ghana hacked that server, or at least paid for a peep show.

Gonna put on my tin-foil ushanka and put this out:

Clintons to sell uranium to Iran, use Russia to launder the transaction. Russians wanting best price peek at the cards by hacking, monitoring SoS communications. Sometime after transaction is finalized, the hacks are discovered. Hillary gets pissed, vows revenge for shorting her. Russians get wind of this, begin preparation for war as election closes and Hillary is expected winner.

Just remembering the conversation between the US ambassador to Ukraine concerning the sluggish EU.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-12-13 13:19|| 2016-12-13 13:19|| Front Page Top

#9 *That being said, I am still in the camp that the initial releases was likely by a Sanders supporter familiar with the IT systems, on account of the timing - the DNC was in session and there was still not an official democrat delegate and it was obvious that the fix was in from the beginning.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-12-13 13:49|| 2016-12-13 13:49|| Front Page Top

#10 When does hillary go to prison anyways?
That investigation is not over, and since she wants to stir up sh!t, it's a great time to make sure her slimy lizard alien body does not slip through all the hooplah.

It needs to be investigated.

Posted by newc 2016-12-13 22:30|| 2016-12-13 22:30|| Front Page Top

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