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Mr. Luddite

On 12/30/2016 4:41 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:10:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I confess to being a little torn on this. Not sure how I feel.

For the sake of argument, I'll stipulate that Russia was responsible
for hacking into the DNC email accounts and Hillary's campaign manager's
account. Let's agree that the hacked emails were then made available to
Wikileaks, as most claim.

For a while some Hillary supporters were suggesting that not only were
the emails hacked but Russia also changed some of the wording in them to
make matters worse for Hillary. Those claims died though after copies
of the original emails were found on Anthony Weiner's laptop that he
shared with his wife.

So, what really caused Hillary to lose the election? I am certainly not
advocating Russian hacking of personal emails but the act of hacking
isn't what caused her to lose. It was the content of the emails that
caused her to lose.

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So should we condone the Russian hacking because it exposed the truth?
I think not. It would be a dangerous precedent. Would Hillary have
lost anyway? It's entirely possible. Her act did not play well in
the heartland of the country but we'll never know for sure. Is Trump
better for the country than Hillary? The jury is still out on that
one. Trump's temperment and ethics are worrisome to say the least.

I feel exactly the same way, hence my confession of being torn on the
issue. The hacking by Russia is nothing new or unique. We can't
condone it but it's a form of espionage that just about every country
and government on the planet engages in, including us. The conundrum
is, as you pointed out, that the hacking by Russia exposed truths about
DNC activities to suppress Bernie's chances and the recognition by
Hillary's campaign staff that they had some serious problems with her
email stories.