2016 Postmortem

jmg257

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9. That is a pretty good analogy...not enough shannigans to actually steal the game, but enough to

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 10:10 AM

Jan 2017

have some notable influence on the outcome...even for a huge underdog.

Constant stream of questionable info and behavior to affect people making their decisions of who to support.

"I have not seen any real data that the voting machines or tabulators were hacked. But the election itself, how people thought of the two candidates and their parties WAS affected. With all of the other issues, the election was close enough that this was a factor in the election outcome. Not the only factor, but not a minor one either."

Spot on!

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What if someone Hacked the playbook of one of the Superbowl teams? [View all] mackdaddy Jan 2017 OP

Oh my that would be serious stuff even the Republicans would be investigating that nt doc03 Jan 2017 #1

They Would Probably Replay The Game.....nt global1 Jan 2017 #2

That's highly doubtful. EL34x4 Jan 2017 #7

No game has ever been replayed....ever...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #10

Good analogy, mackdaddy! Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #3

Well Coach Belichick of the Patriots andym Jan 2017 #4

Excellent response! Orrex Jan 2017 #8

Patriots accused of this in the past benld74 Jan 2017 #5

if its New England MFM008 Jan 2017 #6

That is a pretty good analogy...not enough shannigans to actually steal the game, but enough to jmg257 Jan 2017 #9

What makes you think the Patriots aren't already doing that? Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #11

If they get caught, then they lose draft picks. Exilednight Jan 2017 #12

It would be DEFCON Level 1. On par with 9/11 LeftInTX Jan 2017 #13