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Nate Silver @NateSilver538
Today is the 1-year anniversary of the Comey letter, which was probably decisive in the election. https://t.co/FjiCZKHbdr
Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton 11h11 hours ago
Oh is that today?
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Oh, was that today? (Original Post)
bigtree
Oct 2017
OP
It is ridiculous to blame the Comey letter as the deciding factor in a heavily rigged election.
democratisphere
Oct 2017
#1
I don't agree, because AT THE TIME, most of what you write was unknown, so Comey could have helped
WinkyDink
Oct 2017
#3
Looking back, all aforementioned and much more was in play to rig the election in drumpf's
democratisphere
Oct 2017
#4
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. It is ridiculous to blame the Comey letter as the deciding factor in a heavily rigged election.
fakebook, Twitter Sh'tter, Russia, Russians and on and on threw the rigged 2016 Presidential election.
Irish_Dem
(46,893 posts)2. I agree, but with the Comey letter everything hit critical mass.
The FBI screwed Hillary.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)3. I don't agree, because AT THE TIME, most of what you write was unknown, so Comey could have helped
persuade voters.
After all, we really do NOT know the extent of the Russian hacking. Nobody seems to care about making sure whatever it comprised doesn't recur.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)4. Looking back, all aforementioned and much more was in play to rig the election in drumpf's
favor. When it was discovered is irrelevant, social media, aided by the Russians, played a gigantic role in handing the election to drumpf.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)5. I won't dispute that Comey's letter was ill-timed and seemingly uncalled for
But until we know the whole story and can put it into context, we have no idea what chicanery prompted the letter, and what the alternative would have been, and what that, too, may have led to.