2016 Postmortem

unblock

(54,344 posts)

9. oh, that's not remotely true.

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 07:49 PM

Dec 2016

i'll do some digging later. i remember learning about french and british meddling in elections leading up to the civil war, and i'm sure it's happened later as well.

the level of meddling and the methods change, but there's just too much foreign interest in the outcome for it not to happen routinely. the real question is which nations, and is it state-sponsored vs. private interests, and are they hacking the actual voting process or "merely" helping one candidate over another.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

13 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

i think the gop is fine with the focus on russian involvement in the election [View all] unblock Dec 2016 OP

And the US as well has been involved in elections. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Twice you used forms of "meddle" which just serves to "normalize" an act of war. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #2

which is that? unblock Dec 2016 #3

Iva Toguri (Tokyo Rose) was convicted of treason and later pardoned. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #4

Accepting slimy electoral help isn't good giving aid and comfort unblock Dec 2016 #7

I assume the goverment knows more than we do about what happened. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #8

WTF? janx Dec 2016 #5

you disagree? unblock Dec 2016 #11

When was the last time a foreign power meddled in US elections? red dog 1 Dec 2016 #6

oh, that's not remotely true. unblock Dec 2016 #9

first google item under "foreign interference in us elections": unblock Dec 2016 #10

Yep. ucrdem Dec 2016 #12

Great point. Either which way Hillary won flamingdem Dec 2016 #13