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Cha

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16. I would think so.. time to put a stop to this shite..

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #14)

Mon May 8, 2017, 02:55 AM

May 2017

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It looked like, and almost certainly was, a last-minute bid to tip the scales in favor of the centrist Macron’s opponent, the nativist, populist Marine Le Pen, who has received more-than-tacit endorsements from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who received her at the Kremlin, and U.S. President Donald Trump, who has declared his appreciation of her as the “strongest” candidate.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/06/did-macron-outsmart-campaign-hackers

Oh and President Obama made a campaign ad for Macron!

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This is brilliant. Macron campaign fooled WikiLeaks, drew them out and beat them at their own game [View all] kpete May 2017 OP

Hopefully this will be standard practice for potential targets dalton99a May 2017 #1

I dont think there can ever be a standard practice. defacto7 May 2017 #7

And the war goes on n2doc May 2017 #2

Just saying "some of the info is true, some of it is false" is brilliant unblock May 2017 #3

Proverbial turd in the punchbowl Cirque du So-What May 2017 #4

They threw poison chum & fish-shaped cardboard into the shark infested waters. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #5

It is a form of trapping. In France, publishing false material is a crime. L. Coyote May 2017 #6

This is very similar to the Dem Party email leaks . . FairWinds May 2017 #8

Right on! creeksneakers2 May 2017 #10

can they come to America KT2000 May 2017 #9

"Window" WheelWalker May 2017 #11

If true it's brilliant and great, but is this to what campaigning in a Democracy has come? stevenleser May 2017 #12

Yes but what would help as well is a United Allied response in terms of harder sanctions. Make it OnDoutside May 2017 #20

Kick Hekate May 2017 #13

I hope Macron's team is in touch with Merkel's team. n/t Tarheel_Dem May 2017 #14

I would think so.. time to put a stop to this shite.. Cha May 2017 #16

Yup. They love "O" in France. Tarheel_Dem May 2017 #17

Yeah, I bet they love O in Germany too! Cha May 2017 #18

+1 Blue_Tires May 2017 #21

Haha.. Stupid vicious wikileak assholes . Cha May 2017 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Foamfollower May 2017 #19