U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to influence elections

Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by adventured on Friday October 07, 2016 @05:09PM (#12663917)

They're upping the accusations now for at least two reasons that are convenient. The growing conflict between the US and Russia in Syria and the embarrassingly weak, flailing campaign of Hillary Clinton.

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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by empath75 on Friday October 07, 2016 @05:14PM (#12663956)

I'm not remotely a fan of hillary clinton, but she's currently blowing out Donald Trump in the polls (538 currently has her as a 4-1 favorite to win)

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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by dmix on Friday October 07, 2016 @05:21PM (#12664001)

Considering how much of a disaster Trump and his campaign has been, this is still pretty underwhelming that he was close to matching her 50-50 as much as 1-2 weeks ago.

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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by happytrails on Friday October 07, 2016 @05:33PM (#12664071)

Even if Trump is not being funded, influenced etc by Russia he's amateur at best. I almost compare Trump to a Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. Not a great statesman and would create a terrible political environment and make major mistakes. :( It only takes one weak president and combined with a horrible congress and we're gonna have a bad 4-8 years.

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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by empath75 on Friday October 07, 2016 @05:33PM (#12664080)

> Considering how much of a disaster Trump and his campaign has been, this is still pretty underwhelming that he was close to matching her 50-50 as much as 1-2 weeks ago.

The best he has gotten has been a tie, when he had a really good week and she had a really bad few weeks. The normal state of the race has been a commanding lead for Clinton.

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