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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the Podesta emails are causing some harm. It shows the whole Clinton foundation as a quasi scheme to get the Clintons rich and give access to its donors.[/quote]

OP here.  This seems more logical to me.  The Podesta e-mails certainly bothered me.  I was surprised the polls didn't change when they came out.  Maybe there is simply lag between when they were released and when polling data came back?

These new e-mails seem much ado about nothing so far.  Why wouldn't a politician have e-mails about another politician in his inbox?  [/quote]

I don't know how people could take stolen, confidential emails that were so freaking boring so seriously in their choice of candidates.

People are ridiculous.[/quote]

I early voted, so even though it bothered me it didn't change my vote.  The e-mails primarily bothered me because the limited faith I had in the media was shaken further.  I can now better understand what the right wing types are driving at when they talk about the "mainstream media."  Obviously Drudge / Breitbart have a totally warped version of the world, but I can no longer trust that NYT and Washington Post will ever provide me with an actual reflection of reality.  I still trust them not to literally lie but I can no longer trust them to not to twist facts, purposefully omit things, hype up certain points and play down others, use selective quotations, insert editorial type content into factual reporting and even have one side of the debate literally write their paper for them.  It's a problem I noticed for years and seemed to be getting worse and was now confirmed in writing.  I wouldn't have put it past the political types to try to warp the debate so much, but I didn't think the upper echelons of the profession of journalism would be so brazenly corrupt / unethical.  It was a reminder I need to read widely before having an opinion on anything.

Also paying people to cause violence at rallies is totally beyond the pale.  I actually did not expect that.  Maybe I am just naive.  [/quote]

I also know Rubio basically said Republicans shouldn't make too much of this because what if it was their e-mails?  Which was basically an admission that these are all terrible people all around.  Which I suppose I already knew but needed to be reminded of.  [/quote]

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