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2016 Postmortem

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10. first google item under "foreign interference in us elections":

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 08:08 PM

Dec 2016

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/russia-dnc-hack-donald-trump-foreign-governments-hacking-vietnam-richard-nixon-214111

Foreign Governments Have Been Tampering With U.S. Elections for Decades

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In fact, this is not the first time that a Republican nominee has benefited from foreign interference in an American presidential election. The year was 1968, the candidate was Richard Nixon and the country was South Vietnam.

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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

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