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My gosh is the Russia did it meme still floating around?

The US gov is 99% certain it was and is Russia.

Remember how certain the US government was about chemical and biological weapons in Iraq?

I do not consider the US government a credible source in these matters. Especially since the pointing to Russia seemed more about distracting from the content of the documents WikiLeaks released.

Care to point to proof?

It was widely reported that the US Goverment said it was the russians - so its 100% true!!!11!!!1

Yes, The US Govt. would never have an agenda. I dont regard Russia as some democratic bastion, quite the contrary, but let's not pretend that the U.S is a democratic bastion, its more of an oligarchy compared to most industrialized countries with legalized bribery.

Even the oligarchy has multiple factions. In the most partisan era since the civil war how could the White House expect to release a statement that Russia is attempting to subvert our elections without being called out as fraud? They either have no dignity or are absolutely certain. You can say a lot about Obama but he certainly has dignity.

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