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In reply to the discussion: So many on the left tried to convince us that this Russia story was bogus [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I took flack for it, for sure. I was banned from a thread on another forum the night of the election for just NOTICING that the results didn't seem to jive with 12 of the 13 polls, and just asking the question if it's possible that Russia interfered. I am NOT a conspiracy theorist kind of person, and I TOTALLY accept real election results. But something seemed to be not quite right.
It was obvious from the start that the media, the politicians, and most others wanted the American voters to have confidence in the election system. As if not vocalizing questions would make the issues go away.
I remember when my concerns started jelling...it was that that request to Russia from the campaign trail by Trump, "Russia, if you're listening....we need those missing emails found!" Followed a few days later by Wikileaks dumping a lot of stuff against Clinton. I pointed that out, but was ignored. Maybe it's nothing, I thought.
Another time was a speech he gave at a rally in Pennsylvania. Something about it raised a red flag to me. I pointed it out. No one paid attention. I don't blame them, really. It sounded like I was paranoid & wacko.
As a political junkie who has watched more debates and campaign speeches than I could count, who follows national elections compulsively...I was picking up on some weird stuff that led me to think that Russia was helping Trump, that something was wrong. Some things in print don't sound suspicious, but when you hear them, there's something wrong.
I am not happy this turned out to be true. But since it is, I am so glad that others see it, too, now! And it's not just wacky ME, being paranoid and sour grapes. And I'm glad the media finally came to their senses. They were on board from election night with everything being on the up and up, nothing wrong here, Trump won fairly and squarely.
Clinton called him out for being a Russian Puppet, if he wins...remember that? Yeah...it was getting to be obvious at that point. Trump's response was, "No. No Puppet, No Puppet. You're the puppet."