tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640715116021555600.post4986377324509494446..comments2023-07-04T08:26:11.131-04:00Comments on Sleepy Eyed Whiners of the Deep: Russians, MeddlingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640715116021555600.post-89035614202223411772016-12-15T04:15:34.830-05:002016-12-15T04:15:34.830-05:00The truly pathetic thing about this story is that ...The truly pathetic thing about this story is that the American press should have been the ones to air the DNC's dirty laundry. The WaPo, NYT, CNN, etc are pissed off that hackers revealed things that news editors didn't want made public in the first place. If the hack job was Russian, that just makes it easier for jackasses like Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow to spin their righteous indignation as a news story. Glenn Reynolds often calls the legacy media "Democratic Party operatives with by-lines" and that certainly fits here.<br /><br />It's also worth noting that the same press outlets pushing the Rooskies-stole-the-2016-election narrative nodded & clapped at Obama's "the 1980s called and they want their foreign policy back" snark during a 2012 presidential debate (after Romney said Russia is still an adversary). Obama was also caught on mic that same year telling Putin's lackey (Medvedev) to tell his boss that he'd "have more flexibility after the election". Since then, Putin has invaded Ukraine, jumped into Syria's civil war, and gone out of his way to harass NATO (all very old news to you Jay). Hacking into DNC email accounts is fairly mild by comparison, but at least the Democrats pretend to take Russia serious as a threat now.<br />Brown Hornethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283208663801248505noreply@blogger.com