McCain/Palin v. Obama/Biden

[Etoille]

Originally Posted by Tristinn

You are the lamest troll I've ever seen on these boards.

oh sheesh i wouldn't go that far.

towards the end lumie was pretty lame.

[Erumaron]

So far I've only seen fox news running the Palin Email story. (as far as the major news sources go)

Palin’s E-Mail Account Hacked, Published on Web Site - America’s Election HQ

[Etoille]

Originally Posted by Erumaron

So far I've only seen fox news running the Palin Email story. (as far as the major news sources go)

Palin’s E-Mail Account Hacked, Published on Web Site - America’s Election HQ

Originally Posted by the article

In the latest of a series of invasions into Sarah Palin’s personal life, hackers have broken into the Republican vice presidential candidate’s private e-mail account, and a widely read Web site has published screen grabs from it.

An article Wednesday in Gawker.com posts family photos and snapshots of e-mail exchanges the Alaska governor had with colleagues. Gawker says the-email account has since been shut down, but it will leave the images up on its site for all to see.

“Here are the screenshots of the emails saved before the account went dark, along with the contact list. It’s newsworthy and we will not be taking it down!” the site declares.

Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain, released a statement calling the publication a “shocking invasion of the governor’s privacy and a violation of law.”

“The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these e-mails will destroy them. We will have no further comment,” Davis said.

The article boasts about the lengths to which the reporter went to verify the account, saying he or she even called a phone number listed for Palin’s teenage daughter, Bristol, which apparently went to her voicemail. The site also listed dozens of contact e-mails from the account.

Both WIRED and Gawker reported that members claiming to be with a group known as Anonymous took credit for hacking into Palin’s account. Screen grabs were published on other Web sites and then deleted, Gawker reported.

They reportedly came from a Yahoo e-mail account Palin uses — one separate from another private account that was publicized in The Washington Post last week.

Gawker complained that Palin has since “deleted” the account, and suggested she was trying to “destroy evidence.”

Palin has faced scrutiny for using her private account to do government business. The Washington Post reported last week that a local Republican activist is trying to get Palin to release more than 1,100 e-mails she withheld from a public records request. The appeal reportedly questions why Palin and her aides shift between public and private e-mail accounts.

A spokeswoman in the governor’s office in Alaska declined to comment Wednesday, referring questions from FOXNews.com to the McCain-Palin campaign.

“Primarily we’re referring people to the campaign because honestly people wouldn’t be asking these questions if she wasn’t a candidate for [vice president],” spokeswoman Kate Morgan said.

The Palin family was subjected to intense scrutiny after she was selected as John McCain’s running mate on Aug. 29. Reporters descended on her home town of Wasilla, Alaska, as the media focused on her unwed teenage daughter’s pregnancy.

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Guess she cant release those emails now, huh?

I almost think they made it easy or encouraged or set up the 'hack' so they could get away with a reason for deleting the account.


I think they also leaked the pregnancy rumor to daily kos too to set in motion the whole palin pity party.

[MrGraham]

Wikileaks down for me, think it was traffic or a c&d?

All over CNN now, FBI has been contacted, wuwu.

[Horse]

Originally Posted by Gilgamel

Afghanistan was completely justified and wouldn't have happened if they left their box-cutters at home.

Google C-Battery 2/81st Field Artillery, U.S. Army.

They couldn't have left the box-cutters at home, it was part of the plan written in the mid 70s.

[Etoille]

Pop quiz hotshots:

Theres an investigation into your ethics as governor and someone from your own party has petitioned to get access to your private email that you conducted government business from...and a subpoena is likely to follow.

You cant delete the email account or you risk negative press/being accused of hiding things.

What do you do? What do you do?

[Horse]

I love this e-mail:

Hey Sarah,
I am reading the paper, and have thoughts and prayers going your way.....
don't let the negative press wear you down! Pray for me as well. I need strength to 1. keep employment, 2. not have to choose.
Lately I just pray may God's will be done. I am trying to learn patience and to listen to God.
I pray he gives you energy! Strength!

You know how goofy it sounds and radical/crazy when Muslims are represented on the news talking about Allah all the time?

Yeah... these fucking nuts want to control how things are run. Snort.

[Etoille]

Originally Posted by Horse

I love this e-mail:


You know how goofy it sounds and radical/crazy when Muslims are represented on the news talking about Allah all the time?

Yeah... these fucking nuts want to control how things are run. Snort.

Dont go down this road. This board is firmly convinced that americans aren't religious fanatics comparable to muslims.

[Etoille]

Palin staff won't testify in trooper probe, AG says - CNN.com

familiar to anyone? cheney? bueller?

[Horse]

Originally Posted by Etoille

Pop quiz hotshots:

Theres an investigation into your ethics as governor and someone from your own party has petitioned to get access to your private email that you conducted government business from...and a subpoena is likely to follow.

You cant delete the email account to avoid exposure.

What do you do? What do you do?

You spend about 5 seconds looking up who has this guy in their steam buddy list and was online at that time:

[Jedite]

Originally Posted by Etoille

Palin staff won't testify in trooper probe, AG says - CNN.com

familiar to anyone? cheney? bueller?

We can start to see instability in the Palin Bubble, when it bursts it will be MAGNIFICENT!

*popcorn* Can't wait.

[Citten]

The hacking is a set up from the republican party imo.

[Szlia]

The world of /b/ is one of trickery, deception and lulz so I would not be surprised if these were fakes. I am sure they got a kick out of being called "The internet activist group 'anonymous'" though.

[Etoille]

Originally Posted by Citten

The hacking is a set up from the republican party imo.

I just said that

[Etoille]

Originally Posted by Szlia

The world of /b/ is one of trickery, deception and lulz so I would not be surprised if these were fakes. I am sure they got a kick out of being called "The internet activist group 'anonymous'" though.

The McCain/Palin campaign has confirmed that its 'real'.

Now going with the whole "republicans orchestrated this to get rid of the account before the troopergate investigation subpoena'ed it" theory......

You scrub the account very well for any incriminating emails, leave just enough to create moral outrage (Bristols phone number), as well as ones that make it look 'good' with contact info that works etc....

Then set it up to be hacked.