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tenorly

(2,037 posts)
5. Who, moreover, owes his election entirely to KGB hacking.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:12 PM
Jan 2017

Just as he owes his current net worth (around $800 million) to Russian and Chinese loans.

A travesty of a mockery of a sham, as Woody Allen once said.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
7. Anything that crosses Putin's mind.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:20 PM
Jan 2017

"Comrade Donald, I was hoping to retrieve a little something we lost some years ago."

"You got it, Vlad. Waddaya want?"

"Hmm. Alaska?"

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
9. Sure; they're always a factor. But it was outright theft that put them over the top this time.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:30 PM
Jan 2017

It was a little more subtle than the Bush/Liver Lips/Scaliar heist in 2000; but electoral fraud nonetheless.

The GOP hasn't spent that last 15 years pushing easily-hacked read-and-write software-equipped tabulation machines for nothing. They knew the day would come when they could make the difference for them.

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
12. voter suppression -- Cross Check, etc. Yup. Here in Oregon, we want every legal person to vote, even
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 02:06 AM
Jan 2017

if they have been in prison, etc. But Republican states make it harder to vote. What treasonous jerks.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
11. Avoiding a Cold War redux is important.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 08:05 PM
Jan 2017

Besides, our problem isn't with Castro, Communists, or Russia. It's with interference in our democratic process - and that includes meddlers both foreign and domestic (think Citizens United).

LuckyLib

(6,889 posts)
4. Such class and thoughtfulness. Now on to
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:09 PM
Jan 2017

the reality show idiot who communicates by Twitter. Let the show begin.

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