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 Originally Posted by boost
I think this is the most plausible story about the Russians involvement. They sewed the seeds of chaos, and here they are reaping their harvest.
You're giving the the Russians way too much credit here.
Yes, they sought to cultivate chaos. But, they did it all with the assumption that Clinton would win. The chaos was meant to be a distraction/annoyance to Clinton. Who knows what the endgame there was, but I assume it was something like "Clinton fights back with sanctions or something, Russia cries foul and villainizes the US, etc etc etc."
But the point is, the Russians never imagined that they would be THIS successful.
If Clinton won, the Russian meddling and ensuing pissing contest would be a C or D headline before fizzling out entirely in time for 2020.
It would have slightly more attention had Clinton lost to Jeb Bush or Ted Cruz, but ultimately would never be the massive hysterical story that it is now.
But since it's TRUMP, the Left had a stroke on election night. They used the Russian stuff in this deranged attempt to take trump down.
I doubt very very much that Russia ever anticipated the intensity of this hysteria
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