One of the things that affected discussion of this race is the involvement of NatSec experts into electoral politics.
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Then on the other side, the CI people introduced us to kompromat. As if there's not an English word for that: rat-fucking.
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Not to say Putin's involvement wasn't important. But things that proved critical--playing up Hillary scandal and down Trump's--rat-fucking
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As I've noted, Roger Stone, a close Trump aide, was rat-fucking when Putin was still in law school. Did he & Putin work together? Maybe.
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But I can assure you, Roger Stone did not need Putin to teach him how to corrupt democracy. Just ask Eliiot Spitzer if you don't believe me.
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I raise this for two reasons. 1) Fearmongering abt foreign issues w/o addressing homegrown fragility and corruption got us into this mess.
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2) Even if Putin did have a big role, if he did, it worked because of all that prior work.
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Finally: Hillary was running v Trump. Not Putin. But she spent energy talking abt what a thug Putin is not what a fraudster Trump is.
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Remember that powerful moment in Hillary's Convention where those defrauded by Trump U spoke? It disappeared as we beat up Putin instead.
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we definitely know it was rampant in NC- read "Voter Suppression in NC" in Sept 8, 2016 NY Times .Need to examine WI, MI, FL
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that's where SCOTUS pick will matter most
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would be interesting to see a truly scientific study on relation between exit polling misses and voter suppression
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@kennethlipp Obama's a generational/one of a kind candidateThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@kennethlipp serious question: what if we stop comparing her to Obama's#s and used Kerry/gore#s +added in pop growth? -
as good a metric as I've seen
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