Althouse: Watching the Iowa caucuses?

February 3, 2020

Watching the Iowa caucuses?

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Churchy LaFemme: said...: Who's the Dem's Shmoo, then?; 2/4/20, 12:34 AM
Laslo Spatula said...: At this point, just call off the count and give everyone a Participation Trophy.

I am Laslo.; 2/4/20, 12:37 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: did the Dem's patented Rigging App™ start acting queer**?

- Dems paid company literally called Shadow to create caucus app?
- Buttigieg campaign also paid Shadow, FEC records show?
- Caucus app fails
- Buttigieg declares himself Iowa winner with no results?

**adj. queer·er, queer·est
a. Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:

https://shadowinc.io/; 2/4/20, 12:38 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: "Democracy Dies In Des Moines"

FFS Dems!!! let the chips fall where they may!; 2/4/20, 12:44 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: "The only possible explanation for the delay is: Donald Trump won the Iowa Democratic caucus!" --Ann Coulter; 2/4/20, 12:46 AM
GingerBeer said...: “I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 1500 caucus votes that are missing,” “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”; 2/4/20, 12:49 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: welp--- thanks to the PeachMint

...everyone now knows about corrupt Burisma and Bidens!

kind of an own-goal, eh Dems??; 2/4/20, 12:56 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: couple of 'Oldies but Goodies' from 2008. 1987

@BreakingNews
BREAKING NEWS -- REPORT: JOE BIDEN WILL DROP OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL RACE -- BREAKING NEWS

BIDEN ADMITS ERRORS, DROPS OUT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-09-24-8703120482-story.html; 2/4/20, 1:04 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of Dems?

...The Shadow knows!,"; 2/4/20, 1:21 AM
Meade said...: Democrat Party didn’t kill itself.; 2/4/20, 1:30 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Hi Meade!; 2/4/20, 1:50 AM
Meade said...: Hi Ingachuck. I just had the weirdest dream.; 2/4/20, 1:56 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: yang? Lloyd?

talk to me , bro; 2/4/20, 1:57 AM
JSF said...: It looks like Hillary Clinton's staff Gom Jabbared the 2016 Iowa Caucus.

Bring the popcorn.; 2/4/20, 2:08 AM
Meade said...: in my dream my wife who wasn’t really my wife kept saying search all the unharvested cornfields; 2/4/20, 2:11 AM
Meade said...: Who’s Lloyd? Bentsen?; 2/4/20, 2:16 AM
Meade said...: Falling back to sleep. All this winning winning winning is exhausting.; 2/4/20, 2:20 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Ann's dream of the dog(Lloyed) who turned into yang
we riffed days later about dreaming of yang turning into Lloyed--
thought you were riffing on that--; 2/4/20, 2:22 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Schweet dreams-- we'll delve into the corn symbolism another time; 2/4/20, 2:23 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: ok real quick-- the cornfields are the ranks of corrupt pols and their ilk-- "your wife who is not your wife" is Justice, urging the "harvest", that is to say the bringing these to justice all around the same time. Subconsciously you have tapped into the symbolism and the impending action bantered about by, among others, Comey and Grassley. The "popcorn" (Corn Pop?) idiom is the "entertainment" aspect of watching from the gallery as the guilty, corrupt oppressors finally "get theirs".

Before the clock strikes November 3, this will come to pass; 2/4/20, 3:00 AM
Mr. Forward said...: Iowa Democrats announce next time they will go by weight.; 2/4/20, 3:13 AM
Big Mike said...: Democrat Party didn’t kill itself

@Meade, no, but it’s trying.; 2/4/20, 4:36 AM
rhhardin said...: I'm not following it all but it looks like another opportunity for morse code to show its worth. It would have to be set up to use NVIS, though. You tend to skip over places between 25 and 250 miles away otherwise, one ionospheric bounce away. Use low antennas.; 2/4/20, 4:39 AM
Big Mike said...: BTW, the Republican caucus results were available immediately. Trump won.; 2/4/20, 4:49 AM
Big Mike said...: I like the New York Post headline as shown on Drudge: Duh Moines; 2/4/20, 4:53 AM
Rory said...: This is the most exciting thing to happen in Iowa since the night Frank Gotch and Strangler Lewis lay on the mat for three and a half hours without moving a muscle.; 2/4/20, 4:54 AM
Big Mike said...: Seen on Twitter: Is running the entire country’s healthcare harder or easier than managing the Iowa caucus? Asking for a friend; 2/4/20, 5:00 AM
D.D. Driver said...: I interrupt to remind you that these are the people who think they can run a nation healthcare system.; 2/4/20, 5:17 AM
Jaq said...: I guarantee you right now there are a couple of software developers who want to shoot themselves. It’s possible that they had Ed Wood as the project manager. Plan 9 Software.; 2/4/20, 5:18 AM
Jaq said...: From back in my days of telephony, it seems to me I recall that Iowa had one of those mom and pop phone companies serving the state that were not above some underhanded stuff. That info is 20 years old though.; 2/4/20, 5:24 AM
Diogenes of Sinope said...: DONALD TRUMP DECLARED WINNER OF IOWA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES!; 2/4/20, 5:27 AM
Diogenes of Sinope said...: IOWA Democrat leadership struggles to find a way to hide screwing Bernie Sanders transparently.; 2/4/20, 5:29 AM
Jaq said...: Someone we know might have been in Iowa, since there was a write in for David French. The press was mocking Trump for showing up in the state, but in one precint they were expecting a turnout of 100 and 25 of them were never Trump, but they got 450 instead, and those potentially 25% turned into nothing. Somebody we all know hardest hit.

Trump might be a stable genius.; 2/4/20, 5:30 AM
wendybar said...: And these idiots want control of our healthcare and the country??? Holy CRAP are they crazy or what???; 2/4/20, 5:35 AM
AllenS said...: There is a simple explanation for this... someone wiped the app with a cloth. Not sure who it was, but I have my suspicions.; 2/4/20, 5:37 AM
Leland said...: It's like the Tour de France. The race is over. We all think we know who won, but we won't know who gets the win until a committee tells us later.; 2/4/20, 5:37 AM
rehajm said...: in my dream my wife who wasn’t really my wife kept saying search all the unharvested cornfields

Heh.; 2/4/20, 5:49 AM
PhysicistDave said...: Bernie's campaign has released their internal data:
https://theintercept.com/2020/02/04/sanders-campaign-release-caucus-numbers-iowa-buttigieg/

If this holds up, the race is getting interesting.; 2/4/20, 5:56 AM
gilbar said...: Shamaucus?
Smocaucus?
Hoaxcaucus?
RiggedBULLSHITPIECEOFSHITcaucus?

have they picked a name, yet?; 2/4/20, 5:58 AM
Rusty said...: And the usual suspects want to run the country?
What's the phrase? Oh. Yeah.
"You had one job."
Please.; 2/4/20, 6:00 AM
AllenS said...: Caucusgate.; 2/4/20, 6:01 AM
Jaq said...: Didn’t the Spanish Armada fail because they never tested their cannons after casting them? When you have a hard date for your software to work, you test early and often and add zero new features once the requirements are approved.; 2/4/20, 6:04 AM
gilbar said...: Aunty Trump said...
From back in my days of telephony, it seems to me I recall that Iowa had one of those mom and pop phone companies serving the state that were not above some underhanded stuff. That info is 20 years old though.

That was the state owned fiber optic network (which WAS a mom and pop operation)
It wasn't just Rigged, it was jerry rigged; 2/4/20, 6:05 AM
Jaq said...: The woman who founded the company was a huge Mayor Pete fan, BTW, per her Twitter feed.; 2/4/20, 6:05 AM
gilbar said...: Rusty said...
What's the phrase? Oh. Yeah.
"You had one job."

Yep, and that One Job, was to do WHATEVER it took to keep Bernie from winning the nomination; 2/4/20, 6:07 AM
Jaq said...: According to the indictment, from March 2016 through January 2017, Khawaja conspired with Nader to conceal the source of more than $3.5 million in campaign contributions, directed to political committees associated with a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 election. By design, these contributions appeared to be in the names of Khawaja, his wife, and his company. In reality, they allegedly were funded by Nader. Khawaja and Nader allegedly made these contributions in an effort to gain influence with high-level political figures, including the candidate. As Khawaja and Nader arranged these payments, Nader allegedly reported to an official from a foreign government about his efforts to gain influence.. - Department of Justice

Hmmm.; 2/4/20, 6:10 AM
gilbar said...: remember, it was 3 days ago, that the Des Moines Register scrapped their poll, onn account of because of the fact that it showed Jo Biden's support collapsing

Iowa Democrats are, have been, and Will BE, fundamentally dishonest
It comes from being a minority in a conservative state
Iowa Democrats are So dishonest, that the federal results for this state are usually recorded as blue; 2/4/20, 6:11 AM
MadisonMan said...: How unfortunate for the Democratic Party.; 2/4/20, 6:12 AM
Jaq said...: The list of the Dems parties taking illegal money in the millions to almost every Dem state organization & many super PAC’s including the biggie Priorities USA. All of the leading names in the Democratic party took in this money including Schiff; 2/4/20, 6:15 AM
iowan2 said...: No surprise. Iowa Dems are idiots.

Begely, I don't disagree Dems are idiots, but Didn't the Republicans have exactly the same problem 8 years ago? The announce the results,late into the night, and then had to go back a day later and change them.; 2/4/20, 6:16 AM
rhhardin said...: Smoke signals would work, if Warren were in charge.; 2/4/20, 6:17 AM
Jaq said...: This guy Roscoe is great

https://twitter.com/RoscoeBDavis1/status/1224662545950236673; 2/4/20, 6:17 AM
Jaq said...: Ha ha ha! I love that there are cameras everywhere now.
https://twitter.com/FuctupMike/status/1224656992964435968; 2/4/20, 6:22 AM
wildswan said...: ERs are being overwhelmed by a mysterious wave of people choking on popcorn. Trump has issued a election advisory to his supporters: Democratic Party Incompetence syndrome is spreading beyond its DC epicenter. Avoid hot liquids such as coffee and tea as you look at election news. Use safe popcorn techniques while eating - read the label instead of watching favorite CNN clips. Wash your hands frequently in the bathroom with the door closed and the water running if you are in contact with Dem loved ones and need to laugh - masks have been shown to be ineffective. They have sent in the clowns and they seem to have an endless supply but with these simple precautions you can survive.; 2/4/20, 6:24 AM
michaele said...: Maybe the folks who wrote the code for the messed up system the dems used were some of those coal miners that Biden recommended should "learn to code" since, if elected, he was going to destroy their industry.; 2/4/20, 6:35 AM
Temujin said...: Went to bed after 11. Was not watching caucus coverage, but tuned in just to see who won before I went to bed. There was apparently 'a lot of confusion, technical difficulties, and some incomplete results'. The announcers looked at each other and you could almost hear their thoughts, "Oh, oh...here we go."

Yep. For those of you wanting your Government to run your healthcare, decide who should and should not have access to a gun purchase, decide rent charged by building owners, and most notably- run your schools- let this be an abject lesson.

They cannot do anything honestly, correctly, or efficiently. What they can do is cheat, steal, and do things incorrectly. They are humans like everyone else. Same foibles, same tendencies. The only difference is that government workers (and college professors) have lifetime jobs with no fear of losing them. It's the wrong kind of incentive.; 2/4/20, 6:37 AM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Looks like Iowa Dems hired Ritmo and Inga to do the work?; 2/4/20, 6:52 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Where's my Lloyd? My sweet Lloyd? I really wanna see you. Really wanna be with you. Really wanna see you, Lloyd. But it takes so long, my Lloyd.; 2/4/20, 6:54 AM

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