First of all, let’s review some of the information about the information that was leaked from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the election. There have been a number of articles quoting reliable sources saying the leaks came from inside the DNC and had nothing to do with the Russians. There are also stories that point out that if the Democrats<\/a> had not rigged their primary election, there would have been nothing to leak. You can find articles here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The second article, from WSB-TV<\/a> in Atlanta states the following about another recent cyber attack:<\/p>\n The Daily Signal<\/a> posted an article today reminding us of some past events. The article reminds us:<\/p>\n Sen. Edward \u201cTed\u201d Kennedy<\/a> had \u201cselfish political and ideological motives\u201d when he made secret overtures to the Soviet Union<\/a>\u2019s spy agency during the Cold War to thwart then-President Ronald Reagan<\/a>\u2019s re-election, a Reagan biographer said in an interview with The Daily Signal.<\/strong><\/p>\n When they came to light years later, Kennedy\u2019s secret contacts with the Russians through their KGB spy agency in the early 1980s didn\u2019t cause nearly the tizzy that Russia<\/a>\u2019s alleged interference with this year\u2019s election has for President-elect Donald Trump among liberal activists and reporters.<\/strong><\/p>\n …As this reporter wrote in 2010<\/a>, the story focused on a 1983 document from the spy agency detailing Kennedy\u2019s overtures to top officials in the former Soviet Union. The Massachusetts Democrat had challenged President Jimmy Carter<\/a> in the 1980 Democratic primaries and was considering the possibility of running again for president.<\/strong><\/p>\n In a letter addressed to then-Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov, dated May 14, 1983, KGB head Viktor Chebrikov<\/a> explained that Kennedy was eager to \u201ccounter the militaristic policies\u201d of Reagan, who defeated Carter as the Republican nominee, and to undermine his prospects for re-election in 1984.<\/strong><\/p>\n Please follow the link to read the entire article. This story makes the Democratic charges that the Russians influenced the 2016 election laughable. It is also important to remember that while the Democrats are screaming about Russian involvement, they are ignoring the damaging content of the emails. Even if the Russians leaked the emails, they didn’t write them. What was in the emails was a problem–leaking them only exposed the problem–it didn’t create it. As the saying goes, “Never put anything in an email that you wouldn’t want your mother to read in the headline of The New York Times.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We have seen this play before–only last time it was non-fiction and this time it is fiction. Hopefully this will be the last article I write about the Russians affecting the Presidential election. First of all, let’s review some of … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cyberattacks1.png\")
<\/a>But the claim by the Democrats that the Russians interfered with an American election is interesting from a historical perspective.<\/p>\n