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兩萬封郵件揭祕希拉里競選黑幕 美國上演現實版《紙牌屋》

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本週一至週四,美國民主黨在費城召開全國黨代表大會,希拉里將在會上正式獲得總統提名。希拉里民調原本一直領先於共和黨候選人特朗普,然而一起“郵件門”令大選形勢突然改變。維基解密22日公開了民主黨國家委員會(Democratic National Committee,簡稱DNC)內部絕密的19252封郵件和8034個附件,揭露了希拉里黑對手、勾結高層內定候選人、涉嫌洗錢和操控媒體等多項醜聞。

最新民調顯示,特朗普已經以48%的支持率甩下希拉里3個百分點,此前的民調希拉里一直領先於特朗普。被指“偏向希拉里”的民主黨全國委員會主席黛比·沃瑟曼·舒爾茨(Debbie Wasserman Schultz)宣佈辭職。希拉里民主黨競爭對手桑德斯的支持者稱希拉里“偷走了選舉(stole the election)”,紛紛遊行抗議,警方已拘捕數十人。目前,FBI已着手調查此事。

兩萬封郵件揭祕希拉里競選黑幕 美國上演現實版《紙牌屋》

The FBI is investigating whether Russia was behind a cyber attack on the Democratic Party on the eve of its convention amid suggestions the Kremlin was trying to meddle in the US presidential election.
美國聯邦調查局(FBI)正在調查俄羅斯是否與這次針對民主黨的網絡攻擊有關。此次網絡泄密事件發生在民主黨全國代表大會前夜。有人認爲俄羅斯政府試圖干涉美國總統大選。

Cybersecurity experts said there was evidence the Russian government was linked to the breach which led to 20,000 internal emails being published by WikiLeaks.
網絡安全專家說有證據表明俄羅斯政府與此次維基解密曝光兩萬份內部電子郵件事件有關。

The emails showed party officials had plotted behind the scenes to stop socialist candidate Bernie Sanders becoming their nominee, a revelation which threw the convention into turmoil.
郵件內容顯示民主黨官員幕後操作,試圖阻礙伯尼•桑德斯成爲黨內候選人。此次解密使得民主黨全國代表大會一片混亂。

Senior Democrats alleged Russia was trying to destabilise Mrs Clinton to ease Donald Trump's route to the White House because the Kremlin viewed him more favourably.
一些資深民主黨員堅稱俄羅斯更看好特朗普,所以他們試圖動搖希拉里•克林頓的地位,爲唐納德•特朗普競選之路減少一些阻礙。

Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said: "There is a consensus among experts that it is indeed Russia that is behind this hack."
克林頓競選發言人布萊恩•法倫說:“專家們一致認爲這次黑客入侵事件是俄羅斯在背後控制。”

Mr Trump responded: "The new joke in town is that Russia leaked the disastrous Democrat e-mails because Putin likes me."
特朗普迴應:“最新的笑話就是因爲普京喜歡我,俄羅斯就泄露了這些對民主黨來說災難性的郵件內容。”

Experts said it appeared to be part of a larger wave of Russian cyber attacks that included ones on the White House and US Department of Justice last year.
專家們表示,這次郵件事件只是俄羅斯更大規模的網絡攻擊中的一部分,此外還包括去年對白宮和美國司法部的網絡攻擊。

Hours before WikiLeaks published members of the National Security Council and FBI were already meeting at the White House amid suggestions the Democrats had been hacked.
在維基解密發佈郵件內容的前幾個小時,在一片“黑客攻擊了民主黨”的聲音中,國家安全委員會和FBI已經在白宮會面。

It emerged that the hackers had been in the party's system for over a year, breaching the accounts of seven Democrat leaders, and further damaging leaks are expected during the course of the election.
事實證明黑客已經在民主黨系統中隱藏超過一年,攻破了七個民主黨領導的賬戶。在接下來的競選過程中,將有更多將造成負面影響的信息被披露。

Donna Brazile, the party's interim chairwoman, said: "I don't know the substance, but I do know there is lots of stuff that we might have to apologise for."
民主黨全國委員會臨時主席唐娜•布拉齊爾說:“我不知道具體內容,但是裏面有很多可能需要我們道歉的內容。”

An FBI spokesman said: "The FBI is investigating a cyber intrusion involving the Democratic National Committee and are working to determine the nature and scope of the matter.
FBI發言人稱:“FBI正在調查有關民主黨全國委員會的網絡入侵事件,並試圖對這件事情定性、確定影響範圍。”

Mrs Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta said there was "a kind of bromance going on" between Mr Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin.
希拉里的競選主席約翰•波德斯塔說在特朗普和俄羅斯總統普京之間有一種“兄弟情”。

下面我們就來看看這場比《紙牌屋》還精彩的政治鬥爭都有哪些黑幕。

一 黑共和黨對手川普

希拉里團隊試圖營造“川普當總統是危險的”這一印象。

➤ 吐槽川普在國家安全方面的愚蠢宣言:

Donald Trump has no foreign policy experience and rather than seeking the advice of well-respected experts, Trump relies on his own misinformed ideas and in his own words, on his "good brain."
川普一點從政經驗也沒有好嗎,而且他寧可相信他自己那套錯誤的方式,也不去諮詢專業人士,真是有智商。

➤吐槽川普對女性的蔑視:

Trump once said you had to treat women "like s**t" and has spent decades doing so himself by calling women names - "fat pig," "slob," or "bimbo" - and saying a man needs a woman to support him at home rather than always be "griping and bitching."
川普曾經說要把女人當垃圾一樣對待,而且幾十年一直用粗俗的語言罵女性,還說女人就應該在家好好當丈夫的賢內助。(我就不信他對媳婦兒也這樣,求梅拉尼婭的心理陰影面積....)

➤ 吐槽川普的各種暴力分裂政策:

Trump spouts hateful and dangerous lies about Muslims and called to surveil mosques, to ban Muslims from entering the country.
川普毫不掩飾他對穆斯林的厭惡,而且要對所有的清真寺進行監視,並且禁止穆斯林進入美國。

Trump called Mexican immigrants "rapists" and criminals and said they brought disease into the country, said you needed to check if Native Americans were "real Indians."
川普管墨西哥移民叫強姦犯和罪犯,說他們會把疾病帶到美國。他還說,美國原住民是不是印第安人還說不好呢。(講真,他能安全地活到今天真的是不容易)

➤ 吐槽川普在經濟方面的不靠譜:

Despite his tough talk on trade deals and the loss of American jobs, Donald Trump manufactured his clothing line in countries he rails against, like China and Mexico.
儘管他自己義正言辭地說要控制國際貿易以便解決國內的失業問題, 他自己公司的流水線還不是建在了中國和墨西哥。(打臉不,啪啪的!)

Dangerous Donald's businesses have repeatedly gone bankrupt, leaving investors, contractors and small businesses holding the bag for his disastrous business decisions.
由於他愚蠢的商業決定,他的產業瀕臨破產,投資方和承包商們也都撤資了,現在就靠一些小事業撐着。

Economists have actually predicted Trump's policies could start an international trade war and even destabilize the global economy.
經濟學家預測川普的一系列政策可能會導致國際貿易戰爭甚至影響全球經濟秩序。

他們還計劃在Craiglist上冒充特朗普發佈招聘廣告(雖然最後沒有實現),要求包括要不許長胖,能忍受性騷擾等等。

Job requirements:
工作要求:

* No gaining weight on the job (we’ll take some “before” pictures when you start to use later as evidence)
工作期間不許長胖(開始工作前會拍照爲證)

* Must be open to public humiliation and open-press workouts if you do gain weight on the job
如果長胖,必須能接受公開羞辱和高壓鍛鍊

* A willingness to evaluate other women’s hotness for the boss’ satisfaction is a plus
加分項:願意評估其他女性對老闆而言的性感程度

* Should be proficient in lying about age if the boss thinks you’re too old
如果老闆覺得你太老,你能不露痕跡地謊報年齡

二 黑民主黨對手桑德斯

民主黨內部也是各種算計、陷害。郵件還顯示民主黨內部暗中倒向希拉里一邊,而對伯尼·桑德斯(Bernie Sanders)十分不公。

➤ 揪桑德斯的宗教信仰問題

在一封主題是“no shit”(廢話少說)的郵件中,民主黨高層“指示”說應該就宗教信仰問題攻擊一下桑德斯。

信裏說: KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief.
咱能不能在肯塔基州和西弗吉尼亞州安排託逼着桑德斯說出他的宗教信仰?

He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I think I read he is an atheist.
他之前說自己是猶太人後裔,但是據我所知他是無神論者。

My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist.”
我在南方浸信會的人可以在猶太人和無神論者這個點上搞出大差別。

➤塑造桑德斯負面形象

這封郵件中,DNC成員問他們的公關主任Luis Miranda是否有關於桑德斯的負面描述可以用來做新聞黑他。

可憐的桑德斯爲了民主黨大局,表示仍然支持希拉里。他在費城的集會上表示:
Immediately right now, we have got to defeat Donald Trump. And we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.
就是現在,我們必須要擊敗特朗普。我們必須要讓希拉里和蒂姆·卡因當選。

這句話招來支持者的噓聲,人們高呼“我們想要的是伯尼”。這麼深沉的愛不知讓伯尼作何感想……伯尼不得不停下來,數次舉手示意“brothers and sisters”安靜,才能繼續說道:

This is the real world we live in. Trump is a bully and a demagogue.
這就是我們所生活真實世界。而特朗普是欺凌弱小者,是煽動家。

三 勾結媒體控制輿論

郵件顯示,DNC和華盛頓郵報、華爾街日報、cnn、MSNBC、Politico等媒體暗中勾結,製造挺希拉里、黑桑德斯(to boost Hillary Clinton and sandbag Bernie Sanders)的輿論氣氛。在一封郵件中,Politico的記者Ken Vogel,甚至將一篇關於希拉里的稿件發給DNC宣傳祕書審覈,郵件主題是:

“Per agreement . . . any thoughts appreciated.” 按照協定……歡迎指正。

後者將郵件轉發給上司,公關主任Luis Miranda,說:

Vogel gave me his story ahead of time/before it goes to his editors as long as I didn’t share it. Let me know if you see anything that's missing and I'll push back. Vogel
提前把報道給我了,他的主編也還沒看到,只要我不傳播出去。如果有什麼地方漏掉了,告訴我,我轉告他。

在另一封郵件中,民主黨公關主任(Luis Miranda)將來自桑德斯競選團隊的一封信件泄露給了華盛頓郵報的記者。

郵件說: Off the record, you didn’t get this from me. 不許說是從我這裏得到的信息。

民主黨內部郵件還曾直接表示要“控制媒體的敘述”。

I think the best reporter to give the news to ahead of time is Greg Sargent at the Washington Post. But, the specific reporter is not as important as getting it to an outlet before the news breaks so we can help control the narrative on the front end.
最好是把新聞給《華盛頓郵報》的Greg Sargent,不過,更重要的是在消息傳開以前就想辦法找到一個說法,從前端控制住媒體的敘述。

四 涉嫌洗錢

有多封泄露的郵件指出希拉里勾結民主黨委員會進行洗錢活動。爲了規避籌款上限,希拉里搞了個聯合籌款團隊勝利基金(Hillary Victory Fund,簡稱HVF)。這個聯合籌款基金的意思是,通過這個基金籌的款是民主黨競選人共有的,但事實並非如此。希拉里團隊曾宣稱HVF籌集到數千萬美元,這其中只有1%留在了民主黨內均分,剩下的絕大多數都流向了希拉里的競選團隊。

還有郵件顯示,希拉里團隊準備以政府職位回報捐贈者,如果被證實,這將是非常嚴重的。