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Javaman

(62,531 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 01:18 PM Aug 2020

I've been thinking about the upcoming presidential election and russia fucking with it...

I chose two obvious scenarios:

1)trump wins

2)Biden wins.

which would benefit Russia benefit more from?

the obvious answer is: trump wins. russia continues its overt pulling of trumps puppet strings to allow russia to do as it pleases to fuck over this nation.

or

the unobvious answer: Biden wins. russia could exploit Biden winning and create the divide of a "rigged" election and stretching out the insanity of trump for years to come, even after he's dead. by continue to feed the crazy right more and more conspiracy insanity, we become a nation sharply divided more so, perhaps even rumblings of some sort of right wing militia nut job skirmish war.

but regardless of what the election outcome (Biden, please) russia still has the upper hand with continuing to destabilize the U.S. until real election laws and protections are enacted.

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I've been thinking about the upcoming presidential election and russia fucking with it... (Original Post) Javaman Aug 2020 OP
Russia's in big trouble if Biden wins, Javaman. Hortensis Aug 2020 #1
I truly hope so. Javaman Aug 2020 #2
Yeah, Joe won't play patty cake with, or simp for, Putin soothsayer Aug 2020 #5
The Russians don't have the resources Turbineguy Aug 2020 #3
Senator Blumenthal is alarmed by what Bev54 Aug 2020 #4
Job #1 Delarage Aug 2020 #6

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
1. Russia's in big trouble if Biden wins, Javaman.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 01:21 PM
Aug 2020

A lot of their oligarchs have been nervous all along that attacking the United States would end in disaster for them, and this is an extremely critical election for them.

Turbineguy

(37,353 posts)
3. The Russians don't have the resources
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 01:34 PM
Aug 2020

to destroy the U.S. Luckily for them, the republican party is helping all they can.

Bev54

(10,055 posts)
4. Senator Blumenthal is alarmed by what
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 01:54 PM
Aug 2020

they have learned in a session with the intel people about election interference. He has been raising the alarms and demanding that the information be declassified for the public to get. There is nefarious forces at work and I sure hope someone soon leaks the information.

Delarage

(2,186 posts)
6. Job #1
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 01:56 PM
Aug 2020

Is for Biden to sweep the White House/Congress for "bugs". I'm sure the lovely gifts the Russians gave them on all of their secret visits to the Oval Office have ears. That, and not having agents in office, will severely hinder their efforts to dismantle our society.

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