LFS: "It seems to me even if the Russians did it, they only released what the democrats wrote or said. "

Not too sure about that. The purpose of the hack/release was clearly to damage Clinton, so we'd have to assume that exculpatory information was suppressed and other information was taken out of context. I didn't dig too deep into those emails but what was reported on really didn't seem all that inflammatory. Mostly just campaign strategizing and typical organizational noise and infighting. 

I'm pretty sure Bannon's and Manafort's emails would have been a whole juicier. But even with the release of those emails, I think Trump was right when he said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose a single vote.