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louis c

(8,652 posts)
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 07:54 PM Jul 2016

The hacked emails will help Hillary and hurt Trump...........

Last edited Fri Jul 29, 2016, 09:21 PM - Edit history (1)

......with a couple of caveats.

First, that there is no major bomb in the emails. If it's just the continued water cooler stuff, like who likes who for election, or speculation of where Hillary is stronger and Sanders weaker, either demographically or geographically, they'll be little or no down side. If it's just data, like who is most likely to vote for Clinton, it shouldn't be much use to anyone but Clinton. If it ends up in Donald's hands, or if it's public and he uses it to contact those names, he'll be exposed as a traitor and nearly everyone in the Republican Party will disown him.

The other caveat is the assumption that it's Russian government hacks. If so, it plays right into the treason narrative for Donald Trump and puts people like Pence and Ryan really on the spot.

Let's hope, if the hacking story is true, that it plays out this way.

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The hacked emails will help Hillary and hurt Trump........... (Original Post) louis c Jul 2016 OP
Tweety's guest just now said Russia has done this with other country's elections Chemisse Jul 2016 #1
It just may be time to feed false emails and get them to reveal the information Thinkingabout Jul 2016 #2
I think Bernie was right at the first debate.... Wounded Bear Jul 2016 #3

Chemisse

(30,809 posts)
1. Tweety's guest just now said Russia has done this with other country's elections
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 07:58 PM
Jul 2016

And that their strategy could include releasing FALSE information (via wikileaks).

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. It just may be time to feed false emails and get them to reveal the information
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 08:39 PM
Jul 2016

And allow them to look like lying cheats they are.

Wounded Bear

(58,648 posts)
3. I think Bernie was right at the first debate....
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 08:41 PM
Jul 2016

We're tired of the damn emails.

They got nothing. No policies, no class, no experience, no talent. So they stay on the emails.

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