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democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
1. It is ridiculous to blame the Comey letter as the deciding factor in a heavily rigged election.
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:15 AM
Oct 2017

fakebook, Twitter Sh'tter, Russia, Russians and on and on threw the rigged 2016 Presidential election.

 

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
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:42 AM
Oct 2017

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
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:48 AM
Oct 2017

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
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:51 AM
Oct 2017

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.

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