Thursday, December 22, 2016

Just what is the Russian Hacking scandal?

Over the last several weeks the media has been consumed with the Russian hacking story, suggesting that the nation that has been our adversary for the last century somehow sabotaged our free elections and contributed to the defeat of Hillary Clinton by Donald Trump.  Of course, the Clinton camp and its supporters have been pushing this story since Hillary’s defeat in November.  

Everyone should be concerned about allegations of our elections being corrupted in some manner, whether that corruption comes from a nation state or from some other sinister effort.  But it is the height of hypocrisy when certain groups become incensed when their candidate loses but they dismiss electoral malfeasance when their side wins.  By certain groups, I am referring specifically to liberals, Democrats, and their willing supporters/accomplices, the main stream media.  
First let’s address what the specifics of the Russian “hacking” episode actually was.  There has been a steady drumbeat of reports from media sympathetic to Hillary Clinton, inferring that the Russian hacking interfered in and impacted the results of our election.  To be clear, there is no evidence that any potential hacking changed the outcome whatsoever.  Furthermore, the hacking was not in any way related to voting machines or anything that occurred on election day.   

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