Posted on 01/09/2017 1:13:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The more we learn about Russia’s hacking and the release of its electronic loot during our presidential election, the more it becomes clear that Donald Trump’s victory and his imminent presidency are already tainted beyond redemption.
While Russian hacks “were not involved in vote tallying,” the publishing of pilfered emails and promulgation of fake news altered the zeitgeist, poisoned the political environment and shifted public opinion, all of which redounded to Trump’s benefit.
Donald Trump is as much Russia’s appointment as our elected executive. The legacy of his political ascendance will be written in Cyrillic and affixed with an asterisk.
Do not let this be buried in the pundits’ blathering: A hostile foreign power stole confidential correspondence from American citizens — this is no different than physically breaking into an American office and carting off boxes of written letters — and funneled that stolen material to a willing conspirator, Julian Assange. The foreign power then had its desired result achieved on our Election Day....
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Dear Charles Blow,
Opinions vary. Thanks so much for sharing yours. :)
Someone altered my zeitgeist once. When I tried to plug it in I got shocked and it started smoking.
Made a cool wormhole though.
lol
--yeah--which proved that , among other things, the Clinton campaign hired provocateurs to incite riots at Trump rallies, along with further exposing the lack of internet security with top secret material , including exchanges with THE ONE--
>>the publishing of pilfered emails and promulgation of fake news<<
How can publishing actual emails be “fake news?”
By definition, they are accurate and real.
A truth hunt?That would be news coming from the likes of you.
Had an investigative reporter released the emails the effect would have been the same so logically the source of the leaked/hacked emails is irrelevant.
What is relevant is that the emails exposed the truth about Clinton et al. How can telling the truth be bad? Should we not be grateful for finding out the truth?
And, Mr. Blow ever supported Trump for anything, WHEN?
The aptly named Mr. Blow.
Left wing hyperbole propaganda nonsense.
Ha! Your post confused me until I realized you were actually responding to the Article. :-)
‘How can publishing actual emails be “fake news?”’
Exactly. Never mind that they media focused solely on how the messages were obtained, completely ignoring what they actually contained.
Talk about fake news...
what utter BS!
there’s not been one shread of proof provided any of us that Russia somehow managed to rig the voting machines from coast to coast, or anywhere in USA for that matter
the NYT is a terrible, awful newspaper (except their crossword puzzles are good). Full of distortions and propaganda BS
Dear Charles Blow,
Many educated Americans (myself included) prefer RT to the NYT! And you’re the worst thing on the NYT.
If you want to get us to appreciate the NYT, tell your bosses to improve their product, and stop hassling people who read just a few articles to subscribe. Then fire yourself!!!!
Meanwhile, less-educated Americans—the majority of the people who voted for Donald Trump—never see RT!
So—all in all—the Russians had NOTHING to do with the election of Donald Trump, and his Presidency is NOT “tainted”! So GET OVER IT!!!!
The more we learn about Russia’s hacking and the release of its electronic loot during our presidential election, the more it becomes clear that Donald Trump’s victory and his imminent presidency are already tainted beyond redemption.
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Tainted, like being born in a foreign country or subscribing to a religion that has sworn to dominate the world, with the U.S. as the jewel in the crown.
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While Russian hacks “were not involved in vote tallying,” the publishing of pilfered emails and promulgation of fake news altered the zeitgeist, poisoned the political environment and shifted public opinion, all of which redounded to Trump’s benefit.
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When we, the NY Slimes, pulls out German terminology you KNOW it’s serious. We might mention Weltanschauung, Fuhrer, Schadenfreude, Volkswagen, or Fahrvergnügen next.
By the way, what’s the German word for “sore loser”?
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Do not let this be buried in the pundits’ blathering: A hostile foreign power stole confidential correspondence from American citizens — this is no different than physically breaking into an American office and carting off boxes of written letters — and funneled that stolen material to a willing conspirator, Julian Assange.
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Or finding a box full of letters left laying around in a park, labeled
“Please do not steal this box. You will make Hillary Clinton very sad by doing so.
BOX OWNED BY JOHN PODESTA DO NOT OPEN”.
“promulgation of fake news”
Actually more aptly describes The Old Grey Dinosaur.
No?
Right, blame the (hahahahah) whistleblower for the crimes of others. Has the Justice Department and the FEC announced when they are prosecuting people yet?
>>By the way, what’s the German word for “sore loser”?<<
Gerfarthensplatzer
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