Vladimir Putin Wins the Election No Matter Who The Next President Is

[DonViejo]

The Kremlin boss has already succeeded in undermining faith in the political system and further polarizing an angry electorate. What happens if his candidate takes the White House?

SHANE HARRIS

11.04.16 9:05 PM ET

On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will be elected president. But no matter who prevails, Russian President Vladimir Putin can declare a victory of his own in the 2016 presidential race.

Russia’s hacking and leaking of private emails and documents from U.S. political organizations marked an unprecedented campaign to interfere with American elections. And while it’s not clear that Putin was specifically trying to get Trump elected, half a dozen U.S. intelligence officials and Russia experts told The Daily Beast that the hacking campaign succeeded in embarrassing American politicians, fomenting an already polarized electorate, and turning Putin himself into a major character in the election year narrative.

“I think he has certainly succeeded in introducing additional discord into our political system,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. “And he’s endeavored to weaken Secretary Clinton so if she is successful in the election she is a less formidable foe.”

Schiff, who has been briefed on the hacks by U.S. intelligence officials, said the intelligence community views the Russian campaign “with great alarm.” In part that’s because interference with the presidential election is not a singular event. Rather, it fits in a pattern of increasingly bold moves by Russia to challenge U.S. influence and to enhance Putin’s standing with his own people.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/04/vladimir-putin-wins-the-election-no-matter-who-the-next-president-is.html

[UCmeNdc]

1. 1st you have to admit there is a problem. Then you can fix it.

[yardwork]

2. Exactly. This is out in the open now.

[yardwork]

3. Putin doesn't want Hillary to be president. She won't let him get away with shit.

[dalton99]

5. And he knows it too.

[dalton99]

4. Putin's plan is to destroy Western democracies from within

[randome]

6. Putin has no class and no style. He's behaving like a second-rate leader.

Russia deserves better.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[grubbs]

7. Only because the rethugs abetted this outrageous behavior

Being born in the sixties I was raised to not tolerAte any Russian bs. But to let it happen here and encourage it and compliment the shit eating dog leader of the pathetic remains of the ussr is treason. Trump needs to be locked up.

Let me repeat that "Puta" is a self sucking turd swallowing dog and anyone who expresses admiration for him is just another turd for him to eat.