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KitSileya

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4. Duh!

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 02:22 PM

Sep 2017

Is that even necessary to say? To most of us this has been incredibly obvious for a long time.

Putin was scared shitless of Hillary - Bernie not so much. That's a natural consequence of the fact that Hillary has been tough on Russia for a long time. Bernie has not been in a position to be, unlike her as SoS, of course, and then he did his honeymoon there, so Putin probably thought they could easily manipulate him like they did Trump.

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Were Russian trolls behind the porn attack on Bernie FB groups that Hillary people got blamed for? [View all] pnwmom Sep 2017 OP

"Users on Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter accused Hillary Clinton supporters" Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #1

Yeah you're probably right. PoorMonger Sep 2017 #2

The Russians helped divide the Bernie and Hillary supporters with fake Facebook and twitter account UCmeNdc Sep 2017 #3

Duh! KitSileya Sep 2017 #4

I think they thought Bernie would be weaker against Trump; and if Bernie won the nomination, pnwmom Sep 2017 #7

Until I finally Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #5

K and R for max exposure. oasis Sep 2017 #6