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Russians looking at this from the point of view of dividing us would think the NRA is a great tool to do so.
You dont really think your replies through much do you? The NRA is a great tool, they have deep political connections, and can be guaranteed to fund one side. Plus if they get caught at it-well...bonus! Because many will defend the NRA heavily. I honestly cant think of a better tool.
They don't just fund one side and pick based upon voting record. How do you not know this?
Doesn't matter if you're aware or not....do you object to foreigners trying to influence our elections or just the ones that oppose your candidate?
p.s. Millions of Mexican foreigners voted in our election which a much larger influence than so called Russian bots that Obama allowed to allegedly influence our election.
But FB has already said that the total ad spend of "Russians" on their platform was about 15K USD. That's not enough to reach very many people. The idea this miniscule amount of spending influenced the election significantly compared to the tens of millions spent by Americans in the same election on the same platform...it doesn't make any sense. Because if it did, then the Russians are the MASTERS, world champs bar none, at online ads. And everyone, from politicians, to Procter & Gamble, needs to hire that Russian "troll farm" and replace their current Ad agency.
But FB has already said that the total ad spend of "Russians" on their platform was about 15K USD. That's not enough to reach very many people. The idea this miniscule amount of spending influenced the election significantly compared to the tens of millions spent by Americans in the same election on the same platform...it doesn't make any sense. Because if it did, then the Russians are the MASTERS, world champs bar none, at online ads. And everyone, from politicians, to Procter & Gamble, needs to hire that Russian "troll farm" and replace their current Ad agency.
Move over, Ogilvy, "The Russians are coming!"
The Demonic Rats spent $4B and the Russians spent $15K and was able to defeat the Dems with an electoral college landslide.
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But FB has already said that the total ad spend of "Russians" on their platform was about 15K USD. That's not enough to reach very many people. The idea this miniscule amount of spending influenced the election significantly compared to the tens of millions spent by Americans in the same election on the same platform...it doesn't make any sense. Because if it did, then the Russians are the MASTERS, world champs bar none, at online ads. And everyone, from politicians, to Procter & Gamble, needs to hire that Russian "troll farm" and replace their current Ad agency.
Move over, Ogilvy, "The Russians are coming!"
I thought the Russians funneled millions into super PACS and NRA.
Russians looking at this from the point of view of dividing us would think the NRA is a great tool to do so.
You dont really think your replies through much do you? The NRA is a great tool, they have deep political connections, and can be guaranteed to fund one side. Plus if they get caught at it-well...bonus! Because many will defend the NRA heavily. I honestly cant think of a better tool.
Not really.
The Second Amendment is the third rail of American politics, no matter what happened the week before.
Of course, it doesn't really matter because our system works to the apparent amazement of Russian state officials.
The Demonic Rats spent $4B and the Russians spent $15K and was able to defeat the Dems with an electoral college landslide.
You do realize that not everything they did was the Facebook ads, correct?
They did quite a bit of "free" work that was aided by people such as yourself or the Tennessee legislature, for example. They put out "stories" that people like you or "unwitting" as they say politicians latched onto and then regurgitated to other Americans. Once a politician starts pushing their tweets/memes/stories, they lend authenticity to the stories.
You do realize that not everything they did was the Facebook ads, correct?
They did quite a bit of "free" work that was aided by people such as yourself or the Tennessee legislature, for example. They put out "stories" that people like you or "unwitting" as they say politicians latched onto and then regurgitated to other Americans. Once a politician starts pushing their tweets/memes/stories, they lend authenticity to the stories.
Kinda like the tons and tons of anti-Trump “stories” put out there by the likes of yourself?
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spent $15K and was able to defeat the Dems with an electoral college landslide.
