I think Comrade Bernie takes it with ease. I’m curious about how Warren and Biden do. Either of them finishing out of the top three will spell trouble. 🍿
I liked Rush's bit today on Biden asking himself why he got into this campaign shit...lol. at this point in life why would you even want to actually be Pres.
just read on Fox news... almost 4 in 10 Democrats would be dissatisfied if Sanders is the nominee. Almost 6 in 10 think nominating a strong liberal would make it harder to beat Trump; Almost 6 in 10 think nominating someone who’s gay would make it harder to beat Trump; Almost 5 in 10 think nominating someone older than 75 would make it harder to beat Trump; And over 4 in 10 think nominating a woman would make it harder to beat Trump.
So, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO, is find a candidate that isn't Sanders, or a Strong Liberal, or a Gay boy, or old OR, a Woman, AND THEY'VE GOT IT! (as long as only Democrats get to vote)
@Althouse, was it just yesterday morning that you posted about the Des Moines Register’s unpublished poll? The paper claimed that a poll taker had resized the font, causing Mayor Pete’s name to be overlooked and the results invalidated. That seemed phony to me at the time, because surely there were enough poll takers to just drop that pollster’s results (always provided they could identify the culprit). But there’s a rumor floating around tonight that the poll showed Sleepy Joe Biden in fourth! Yeah, I’d be wary of publishing that in their shoes, too.
We will know by midnight (if those technologically challenged Democrats can get their app to work).
Biden Is in Trouble With Moderates — and It Could Kill His Campaign
They’ve recruited a group of former Beto O’Rourke supporters, for instance, who jokingly call themselves the “Cauc Blockers,” and go door-to-door for Biden to try to stop Sanders’ momentum.
I have never watched the Iowa caucuses before. It would be difficult for the Ruskies to subvert this chaos. Our local school board election looks more professional. Remind me why anyone takes this seriously.
ARM says : "I have never watched the Iowa caucuses before. . . ."
Iowans are an agricultural people. They watch the domestic livestock and then mimic the herding tendencies. Even the city folk, except those who came from away, started out on a farm somewhere rural. Caucusing is like being back home again for them. I was one, once.
Last caucused in 2000, but I cant believe it has changed much.
First results just showed up at RealClearPolitics.com. With a whopping 1.36% of the precincts reporting, it's Sanders in front with 22%, Buttigieg close behind with 21%, and Biden and Warren essentially tied at 17%.
I have to look up what the "Second Round" is all about. With 0.57% (that's just above a half of one percent) reporting, Buttigieg is in front with 27%, Biden and Sanders tied for second with 20%.
Eight Iowa counties have more registered voters than their total voting-age eligible populations—by nearly 19,000—according to data revealed by Judicial Watch
I was listening to NPR as I picked up some food, and was surprised to learn that Iowa had a satellite caucus for Iowa residents who were in Phoenix Arizona.
Oka-a-a-a-ay. If you supported a candidate in the first round who got less than 15% then you can go with your second choice, provided that your second choice was over the 15% threshold.
So Buttigieg is the second choice for the "non-viable" candidates. Interesting, that.
Surely the impeachment has boomeranged back on Biden, right?
Supposedly Trump was trying to force Ukraine to announce an investigation into Burisma in order to harm Biden and cheat in the next election. Instead...Zelensky made no such announcement and the Democrats made a 3 month headline that the Bidens were corrupt. I mean, who is it that's stealing the election from Biden now?
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM: "Eight Iowa counties have more registered voters than their total voting-age eligible populations—by nearly 19,000—according to data revealed by Judicial Watch"
"Unpossible"!!
I have been assured by LLR-lefty "republican" poll watchers in Iowa that there is nothing amiss and any accusation that any democrat would ever do anything improper to harm voter integrity is a dirty greasy slur against the dreamy and brilliant and magnificent democrats by horrible and terrible conservatives.
I was listening to NPR as I picked up some food, and was surprised to learn that Iowa had a satellite caucus for Iowa residents who were in Phoenix Arizona.
Ireland, France too.
Apparently anywhere there's an Iowan, there's a caucus. Crazy.
The Washington Post has a poll of caucus voters as they entered their voting places. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/election-results/iowa/?hpid=hp_rhp-bignews6_iowa-guide%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans&itid=hp_rhp-bignews6_iowa-guide%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans
The sex breakdown gives a rough way to estimate sentiment (assuming 50% M 50% W)
You need to have 15% to stay in for the second round, so the Warren and Klobuchar support (and even the BIden support) may fall below 15 in many precincts.
Thanks to Browndog for the Iowa 15 preliminary. If I get the rules correctly, a candidate needs 15% (of 246 or 37 voters) to move to the second round, so for this caucus, only Sanders and Warren move to the second round.
Bernie and Butti, looks like Iowa’s Democrats are aligning themselves behind the two factions, the far left and the moderate left. Can’t wait to see who wins it.
I think the DNC believes Bernie could win and that’s what scares them because they do not like his ideas.
18 (or 19 I forgot which) of the 20 wealthiest voting districts voted for Hillary over Trump. There are lots of rich Democrats and the DNC is looking out for them. Democrats are supposed to focus on identity politics. You can talk about how you support the poor on the campaign trail but you aren’t supposed to actually do anything about it. The DNC fears Sanders because his speeches aren’t just political rhetoric, he believes what he says.
I guess they don't mind a fake native american who lies about where her kids went to school while working to make sure poor black parents cant get their kids out of terrible democrat run schools.
The sight of two New Green Deal aficionados - Warren and Sanders - boarding separate private jets this evening en route to the Iowa caucuses really warms my heart. Those commies love their capitalist luxe!!
Kurt Bermuda Wrong, wrong, wrong. The DNC don’t like Bernie because he isn’t beholden to them and they cannot rely on him for graft. That is the only reason.
The instapundit live blog had someone tweeting that Biden had taken a precinct by a pick-a-name-from-a-hat over Bernie and Buttigieg. Bernie's people are not going to stand for this again
Which one of these Leftist Collectivists will gets beaten like a drum in November? Well, really from July to November and probably a little over the following year?
the DNC believes Bernie could win and that’s what scares them because they do not like his ideas.
It's not that they don't like them. The DNC doesn't want them discussed openly. Their incrementalism plan is to pretend each step toward the far left is a completely independent analysis based on current conditions the solution to which just happens to be exactly the next step to further government control.
Warren campaign---- per Project Veritas @ewarren Field Organizer @Los_ANGELes2 Blasts Campaign; Caught on Tape Saying They are Self-Destructing on Gender Issues.
"No One Gives a F**k About a G** D**n Pronoun…People Want to Know How to Create a Job"
All these attacks on Bloomberg’s diminutive stature finally got the best of him. He declared that the next person to mention his lack of verticality would be bitten on the elbow...
What is the average bio of an Iowan cauc-eye? Sounds like the average age is about 18-25 years old. Do the elderly in Iowa like Socialists? So many questions, so little time.
So...the turnout numbers look to be about equal to 2016, which is not encouraging because there were more candidates and there should be some...passion...in the Democrats this year.
Does anyone know what is going on with the delayed reporting? So far RealClearPolitics has been frozen at a touch under 2% reporting for a while. At this point it’s Sanders 28%, Warren and Buttigieg at 25% and 24%, respectively, then a big step down to Klobuchar down at 12% and Biden in fifth with 11%. But that’s with only 2% of the precincts reporting.
Ken B: "Drago Yes. It's an Orwell moment isn’t it, “quality control” applied to votes. All votes are equal, some votes are more equal than others."
All I know is Biden has not yet been airbrushed out of the official DNC-Kremlin Parade photos yet....though he does seem to move another 1 or 2 places further away from obama week after week....
I'm enjoying this more than I thought I would. I've been against Biden ever since the Bork hearings. It's a great thing to see him finally implode. As others have said online, when he said "vote for someone else," people said "okay."
I'm disappointed Tulsi isn't doing better. Off the subject, but she tweeted this: "To Rush Limbaugh: I and my family send our love and best wishes to you and your loved ones at this difficult moment in your life. May your hearts and minds be filled with and strengthened by God's love." That is a real class act, and very brave for a Democrat.
Looks like Bloomberg is the big winner for having the sense not to play in Iowa's sandbox. He didn't have to pretend he cared about the state or its natives, and owns no part of the debacle. Anyone who played looks foolish right now.
What a bunch of eff ups. So eager to push the other out of the way, Biden and Warren come out at the same time, thus screwing themselves of exclusive national TV time.
"Wow — another twist. Sanders won this precinct by 20 points but now 5 candidates will get 1 delegate each — Biden team amassed extra delegates, and then siphoned them to Klo & Warren. Bernie supporters are pissed “This is a joke.. waste of time.” Stormed out."
Beasts of England said... The sight of two New Green Deal aficionados - Warren and Sanders - boarding separate private jets this evening en route to the Iowa caucuses really warms my heart...
Supposedly these Democrats are not dividers and will bring everyone together to save the planet.
But none of them can share together one of the many private jets that will be making the trek to NH tonight?
Perhaps people are refusing to hand in their ballots until they see who is number 1 because that will alter who they make number 2. So there will be no number 1 until the ballots get handed in and the ballots won't get handed in until there is a number 1.
The messaging of the votes is designed to go fast and on target .So maybe their new system gave them an honest count so they had to re-rig it. It takes time to do wrong right.
Drago said... Liz Warren just claimed her family of Iowa sharecroppers built the baseball Field of Dreams.
Drago, I always thought I couldn't hate anyone more than I hate Hillary, but my gawd, Lizzie's speech was upchuck-worthy. Ronald Reagan came from a poor/lower middle class upbringing. but he never, ever compared himself to his wealthier competitors. Warren is a disgusting piece of shit who clearly hates folks like me - raised in a middle class home (like HER), went to Law School (like HER) but never, ever relied on lies or false documents to build my career.
I hope everyone stocked up on popcorn, because this has been highly amusing. Yeah, these people want to run the country. I wouldn't trust them to run a lemonade stand!
The Dem playbook for each candidate says that, regardless of how the numbers ultimately come out, they should each claim the caucus was stolen and that they were the real winner.
Hey Russia! If you're listening, it would be really cool if you would find the missing Iowa caucus votes for us! I know alot of reporters who would love that information!
What a disaster optics wise. 4 hours after the caucuses close and not a single vote has been tallied per the DMR. The results at this point will be tainted no matter who wins thanks to the social media rumors filling in the vacuum of actual information to report.
Trump will probably bring this up somewhere in his address tomorrow night.
Yes, the DNC operatives sit down with the candidate bundlers and discuss whether or not having this candidate continue in the process will keep the bundlers from winning acting awards. If so, it's time to "end" the candidacy.
Why is it I'm getting the feeling that the Runners who are hand carrying individual caucus results to democrat headquarters keep running into the cliff face with the fake tunnel painted on it........
Somebody is trying to cheat here, just a question of who it is. My guess is the attempt was caught at some level- the inconsistent results- and they are trying to get to the bottom of it.
Biden campaign raises concerns about ‘considerable flaws’ in caucus reporting system The Biden campaign on Monday night emailed Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price and Executive Director Kevin Geiken raising concerns about “considerable flaws” in the caucus’s reporting system tonight.
“The app that was intended to relay Caucus results to the Party failed; the Party’s back-up telephonic reporting system likewise has failed,” the campaign wrote in an email, obtained by The Washington Post. “Now, we understand that Caucus Chairs are attempting to — and, in many cases, failing to — report results telephonically to the Party. These acute failures are occurring statewide.”
The Biden campaign requested state party leaders provide “full explanations and relevant information regarding the methods of quality control you are employing, and an opportunity to respond, before any official results are released.”
I like the rumor that the app has declared Hillary the winner and is refusing to change the results and has moved to backup power and can't be unplugged.
How many bags of amphetamine saline solution did the Biden campaign have on hand tonight? They may run out. Biden is probably wandering around the campaign suite trying to find his bedroom from 1975.
Is this a preview of November? Lots of Democrat bastions don't report shit until the next morning and then dump an entire count once they have everyone else's results?
the ProgLibDems are purposely fucking up every instance of voting regardless of person/party and delegitimizing results by decree or corruption or fraud across the board... ...so that voting at all will be obsolete, never again be trusted
For the first time in his presidency, Trump is thinking, "Now what do I do?" There are far too many possibilities. He must be overwhelmed. What to tweet?
Not to mention, of course, the SOTU address. It's probably being rewritten at this very moment. What enormous fun.
Probably Bernie won but no one will now accept any results from Iowa as significant because the results will seem unreliable. Something like this happened to Bernie in Iowa in 2016 - so very strange. Still, Bernie should be happy to see the US elections dominated and rigged by The Party and thus becoming more like those of his beloved Soviet Union.
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1 – 200 of 258 Newer› Newest»My wife just went to ours in Waukee, IA. I'm staying home.
She's voting for Ann Klobuchar. Just got a text from her saying that it's packed and she might be the only Klobuchar voter.
I would rather watch the Super Bowl halftime show.
I'd rather watch the Pro Bowl halftime show.
Think I'll watch Kansas play Texas
I think Comrade Bernie takes it with ease. I’m curious about how Warren and Biden do. Either of them finishing out of the top three will spell trouble. 🍿
My wife just texted me that "Okay I found them - no sign! Trust me the other campaigns have that covered". referencing the Klobuchar voters.
The Onion lands a blow:
https://politics.theonion.com/dnc-mulls-asking-donald-trump-to-run-as-democrat-in-eff-1841432132
From “Ace of Spades HQ” regarding the delays in reporting: "Hey, it takes time and coordination to rig a vote against Sanders."
“Ace of Spades HQ” commenter just quoted Jersey Fled's comment.
I liked Rush's bit today on Biden asking himself why he got into this campaign shit...lol. at this point in life why would you even want to actually be Pres.
just read on Fox news...
almost 4 in 10 Democrats would be dissatisfied if Sanders is the nominee.
Almost 6 in 10 think nominating a strong liberal would make it harder to beat Trump;
Almost 6 in 10 think nominating someone who’s gay would make it harder to beat Trump;
Almost 5 in 10 think nominating someone older than 75 would make it harder to beat Trump;
And over 4 in 10 think nominating a woman would make it harder to beat Trump.
So, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO, is find a candidate that isn't
Sanders, or a Strong Liberal, or a Gay boy, or old
OR, a Woman,
AND THEY'VE GOT IT! (as long as only Democrats get to vote)
at this point in life why would you even want to actually be Pres.
I doubt that has entered Jo's mind. He's wants to be nominated... He hasn't thought past that
@Althouse, was it just yesterday morning that you posted about the Des Moines Register’s unpublished poll? The paper claimed that a poll taker had resized the font, causing Mayor Pete’s name to be overlooked and the results invalidated. That seemed phony to me at the time, because surely there were enough poll takers to just drop that pollster’s results (always provided they could identify the culprit). But there’s a rumor floating around tonight that the poll showed Sleepy Joe Biden in fourth! Yeah, I’d be wary of publishing that in their shoes, too.
We will know by midnight (if those technologically challenged Democrats can get their app to work).
"Cauc Blockers" ??? C'mon, man!!
Biden Is in Trouble With Moderates — and It Could Kill His Campaign
They’ve recruited a group of former Beto O’Rourke supporters, for instance, who jokingly call themselves the “Cauc Blockers,” and go door-to-door for Biden to try to stop Sanders’ momentum.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dygyvk/biden-is-in-trouble-with-moderates-and-it-could-kill-his-campaign
Biden's motivation? As old as hunter-gatherer culture. Providing for Hunter's progeny and their ever-gathering mothers. Its a full-time job.
I have never watched the Iowa caucuses before. It would be difficult for the Ruskies to subvert this chaos. Our local school board election looks more professional. Remind me why anyone takes this seriously.
On the positive side, Hunter is rescuing strippers from the pole, one pregnancy at a time. l
Because carter and obama won them in large measure.
I have no problem at this time with a woman president, just so long as she’s not a rat.
BCARM,
Iowan here. . . . .
ты думаешь что знаешь
It cannot be said too many times - cable news is pathetic.
Why does any democrat care what a bunch of horrible midwest white racists think about the dem candidates?
Gomer Pyle is starting the story arc where Gomer wins a singing contest and goes to Washington.
BDARM
That's why we've got ESPN2 and the Kansas game
Jay Vogt said...
ты думаешь что знаешь
I stand corrected.
ARM says : "I have never watched the Iowa caucuses before. . . ."
Iowans are an agricultural people. They watch the domestic livestock and then mimic the herding tendencies. Even the city folk, except those who came from away, started out on a farm somewhere rural. Caucusing is like being back home again for them. I was one, once.
Last caucused in 2000, but I cant believe it has changed much.
Jennnnifer Rube-in's take(s)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EP5QgERUwAAAQMy?format=jpg&name=small
If Bernie wins the Presidency, AOC will be given a high level position in his administration, won't she?
Absurdity illustrated
https://mobile.twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1224512268290777088
Gomer Pyle is starting the story arc where Gomer wins a singing contest and goes to Washington.
Nothing tops Jim Nabors singing Back Home In Indiana. Legend!
First results just showed up at RealClearPolitics.com. With a whopping 1.36% of the precincts reporting, it's Sanders in front with 22%, Buttigieg close behind with 21%, and Biden and Warren essentially tied at 17%.
I have to look up what the "Second Round" is all about. With 0.57% (that's just above a half of one percent) reporting, Buttigieg is in front with 27%, Biden and Sanders tied for second with 20%.
Nevermind. I found the link myself.
Biden team admit 'it's not going great'
#IowaCaucuses https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/iowa-caucus-live-time-results-exit-poll-sanders-biden-warren-buttigieg-a9315681.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1580765557
If Biden loses big here, it's looking like Warren got what she wanted out of impeachment, didn't she?
Which state is Iowa City in? And do they have a football team?
Narr
Never mind, I'll Google it
Eight Iowa counties have more registered voters than their total voting-age eligible populations—by nearly 19,000—according to data revealed by Judicial Watch
https://www.theepochtimes.com/8-iowa-counties-have-more-registered-voters-than-eligible-population_3225860.html
Looks like Biden is in last place?
I was listening to NPR as I picked up some food, and was surprised to learn that Iowa had a satellite caucus for Iowa residents who were in Phoenix Arizona.
Oka-a-a-a-ay. If you supported a candidate in the first round who got less than 15% then you can go with your second choice, provided that your second choice was over the 15% threshold.
So Buttigieg is the second choice for the "non-viable" candidates. Interesting, that.
Surely the impeachment has boomeranged back on Biden, right?
Supposedly Trump was trying to force Ukraine to announce an investigation into Burisma in order to harm Biden and cheat in the next election. Instead...Zelensky made no such announcement and the Democrats made a 3 month headline that the Bidens were corrupt. I mean, who is it that's stealing the election from Biden now?
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM: "Eight Iowa counties have more registered voters than their total voting-age eligible populations—by nearly 19,000—according to data revealed by Judicial Watch"
"Unpossible"!!
I have been assured by LLR-lefty "republican" poll watchers in Iowa that there is nothing amiss and any accusation that any democrat would ever do anything improper to harm voter integrity is a dirty greasy slur against the dreamy and brilliant and magnificent democrats by horrible and terrible conservatives.
Enjoy the last Democratic Presidential Clown Car update before actual voting starts.
I was listening to NPR as I picked up some food, and was surprised to learn that Iowa had a satellite caucus for Iowa residents who were in Phoenix Arizona.
Ireland, France too.
Apparently anywhere there's an Iowan, there's a caucus. Crazy.
The Washington Post has a poll of caucus voters as they entered their voting places. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/election-results/iowa/?hpid=hp_rhp-bignews6_iowa-guide%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans&itid=hp_rhp-bignews6_iowa-guide%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans
The sex breakdown gives a rough way to estimate sentiment (assuming 50% M 50% W)
Sanders 22.5
Buttigieg 21.5
Biden 17.5
Warren 15
Klobuchar 11
You need to have 15% to stay in for the second round, so the Warren and Klobuchar support (and even the BIden support) may fall below 15 in many precincts.
Jennifer Jacobs
Verified account @JenniferJJacobs
First alignment at Iowa City-15 was:
Sanders 98
Warren 69
Buttigieg 30
Yang 21
Klobuchar 16
Biden 14
BUT that’s 248 and the headcount was 246 — so they are recounting.
5:44 PM - 3 Feb 2020
pic of Pluggs hairsniffin' Beau's widow @funeral. Ewww
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EP32pYAUUAI5N78?format=jpg&name=small
This is why I follow Glenn Greenwald
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1224516221946732544
@Browndog
those are their ages, no??
Apparently anywhere there's an Iowan, there's a caucus. Crazy.
My (bleeding heart liberal) mom said, that IF you requested one; you Were one.
Thanks to Browndog for the Iowa 15 preliminary. If I get the rules correctly, a candidate needs 15% (of 246 or 37 voters) to move to the second round, so for this caucus, only Sanders and Warren move to the second round.
Bernie and Butti, looks like Iowa’s Democrats are aligning themselves behind the two factions, the far left and the moderate left. Can’t wait to see who wins it.
Dave Wasserman@Redistrict
Plus, a Biden finish in top three tonight would probably be a decent showing for him at this point.
Or as the leader of the Democrats once said, “What difference does it make at this point?"
Just to be clear, Biden is the front runner according to the media, correct?
First alignment at Iowa City-15 was:
University of Iowa. My stepson has multiple HS friends there. Several are very keen on Bernie.
Love seeing the Warren supporters.
Warren gets 5 delegates! Yay!
Which state is Iowa City in? And do they have a football team?
The City of Iowa City*, Iowa is the Capitol of the People's Republic of Johnson County
Their Football team plays for the University of Iowa City
City of Iowa City* Their Police Cars, LITERALLY say this on their sides
Another caucus heard from in Blackhawk county.
Bernie - 14
Warren - 6
Biden - 5
Steyer - 5
Pete/Amy/Yang were not viable, all migrated to Steyer in realignment
So Bernie wins, but less than half the delegates in this caucus. Movement to Steyer suggests to me that some are hoping for a deadlocked convention.
I think the DNC believes Bernie could win and that’s what scares them because they do not like his ideas.
18 (or 19 I forgot which) of the 20 wealthiest voting districts voted for Hillary over Trump. There are lots of rich Democrats and the DNC is looking out for them. Democrats are supposed to focus on identity politics. You can talk about how you support the poor on the campaign trail but you aren’t supposed to actually do anything about it. The DNC fears Sanders because his speeches aren’t just political rhetoric, he believes what he says.
Inga: "Love seeing the Warren supporters."
I guess they don't mind a fake native american who lies about where her kids went to school while working to make sure poor black parents cant get their kids out of terrible democrat run schools.
Does caucusing teach pickup skills for HS to college kids?
Which government whore will win?
"Elizabeth Warren Transferred Oil-and-Gas Investments to Her Children To Protect Her ‘Green’ Political Profile"
No way. Not on CNN she dint'
Democrats want to ban fracking so we can be slaves to Russia. There's your Russian collusion right there. B.
The sight of two New Green Deal aficionados - Warren and Sanders - boarding separate private jets this evening en route to the Iowa caucuses really warms my heart. Those commies love their capitalist luxe!!
Or is it Green Nude Eel?
for Comrade Sanders, a bug or feature?
Tom Fitton/Wapoo wit a red flag over Bernie?
https://gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/033/260/132/original/2e7214ccf326d406.png?1580778851
Kurt Bermuda
Wrong, wrong, wrong. The DNC don’t like Bernie because he isn’t beholden to them and they cannot rely on him for graft. That is the only reason.
The instapundit live blog had someone tweeting that Biden had taken a precinct by a pick-a-name-from-a-hat over Bernie and Buttigieg. Bernie's people are not going to stand for this again
After Trump finishes the wall between Mexico and the US, he needs to build another wall around Iowa. What the fuck is wrong with those people?
Which one of these Leftist Collectivists will gets beaten like a drum in November?
Well, really from July to November and probably a little over the following year?
Only one wins that prize.
the DNC believes Bernie could win and that’s what scares them because they do not like his ideas.
It's not that they don't like them. The DNC doesn't want them discussed openly. Their incrementalism plan is to pretend each step toward the far left is a completely independent analysis based on current conditions the solution to which just happens to be exactly the next step to further government control.
Warren campaign---- per Project Veritas
@ewarren
Field Organizer
@Los_ANGELes2
Blasts Campaign; Caught on Tape Saying They are Self-Destructing on Gender Issues.
"No One Gives a F**k About a G** D**n Pronoun…People Want to Know How to Create a Job"
https://twitter.com/i/status/1224377114406932481
Blogger gilbar said...
"City of Iowa City* Their Police Cars, LITERALLY say this on their sides"
In City Hall the Police Department is next to the Department of Redundancy Department.
Looks like the dems are pulling out all the stops to prop up LLR-lefty approved Dementia-Joe Biden!!
Biden's only hope is for there to be LLR-lefty "republican" "quality control" types at every poll to get Biden over the top.
All these attacks on Bloomberg’s diminutive stature finally got the best of him. He declared that the next person to mention his lack of verticality would be bitten on the elbow...
What is the average bio of an Iowan cauc-eye? Sounds like the average age is about 18-25 years old. Do the elderly in Iowa like Socialists? So many questions, so little time.
It will be interesting to see how the DNC pulls the rug out from Bernie this time around.
It's not that they don't like [Bernie's Marxist delusions]. The DNC doesn't want them discussed openly.
See Frog Stew: A Recipe for the Squimish by V. I. Ulianov and B. Shaw
@Beasts of England, you meant kneecap, didn't you?
mockturtle: "It will be interesting to see how the DNC pulls the rug out from Bernie this time around."
Even more interesting will be seeing how LLR-lefty Chuck denies the DNC did any such thing followed by smears against the RNC and conservatives.
Assuming LLR-lefty Chuck sticks to form.
I was assuming lifts, Big Mike!!
Delays and confusion due to “quality control”. Seriously, what can quality control mean?
Fixing the ballot, using heavy hammers
So...the turnout numbers look to be about equal to 2016, which is not encouraging because there were more candidates and there should be some...passion...in the Democrats this year.
Biden is not doing well.
Does anyone know what is going on with the delayed reporting? So far RealClearPolitics has been frozen at a touch under 2% reporting for a while. At this point it’s Sanders 28%, Warren and Buttigieg at 25% and 24%, respectively, then a big step down to Klobuchar down at 12% and Biden in fifth with 11%. But that’s with only 2% of the precincts reporting.
Ken B: "Delays and confusion due to “quality control”. Seriously, what can quality control mean?"
I think we all know what the Dem henchmen are up to.
How much do you want to bet that at least 94% of democrat Iowa caucus-goers are so stupid they still believe Carter Page is a russian spy?
Watched about 45 minutes of the caucus, and I can report to everyone that it's a complete cluster fuck.
Apparently some sort of "real-time counting debacle".
https://pjmedia.com/election/cnns-wolf-blitzer-somethings-going-on-with-delayed-iowa-caucus-results/
Maybe this is an Obamacare-website app.
And no, I don't care if my making a joke about obama drives LLR-lefty Chuck back into intensive psychological therapy.
They looting the food court.
Once again the Dem establishment is waiting for the high bidderst check to clear.
Omg
https://mobile.twitter.com/comfortablysmug/status/1224541115241680902?s=21
Drago
Yes. It's an Orwell moment isn’t it, “quality control” applied to votes. All votes are equal, some votes are more equal than others.
Hillarys campaign manager mook developed the app
did Bernie get Butt edge-edged out??
https://gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/033/275/251/original/f4152be0977f45c5.png?1580786080
and Slo-Jo in 4th?
Ken B: "Drago
Yes. It's an Orwell moment isn’t it, “quality control” applied to votes. All votes are equal, some votes are more equal than others."
All I know is Biden has not yet been airbrushed out of the official DNC-Kremlin Parade photos yet....though he does seem to move another 1 or 2 places further away from obama week after week....
Amy Klobuchar has a cute sense of humor. Good speech.
@narcisco, that’s a joke, right?
Follow the link, reality has out stripped any satire
I'm enjoying this more than I thought I would. I've been against Biden ever since the Bork hearings. It's a great thing to see him finally implode. As others have said online, when he said "vote for someone else," people said "okay."
I'm disappointed Tulsi isn't doing better. Off the subject, but she tweeted this: "To Rush Limbaugh: I and my family send our love and best wishes to you and your loved ones at this difficult moment in your life. May your hearts and minds be filled with and strengthened by God's love." That is a real class act, and very brave for a Democrat.
Looks like Bloomberg is the big winner for having the sense not to play in Iowa's sandbox. He didn't have to pretend he cared about the state or its natives, and owns no part of the debacle. Anyone who played looks foolish right now.
Admiral Inga: "Amy Klobuchar has a cute sense of humor. Good speech."
LOL
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/02/10/amy-klobuchar-2020-staff-horror-stories-1160780
They woke Joe up.
Democrats cannot program, test. and debug a simple app, and they want to be put in charge of the whole effing country???.
Biden does realize he is in Iowa, right?
How long are the meds good for?
Recommend Sandworm a New era in Cyber Warfare, just saying who knows what went wrong with the app?
What a bunch of eff ups. So eager to push the other out of the way, Biden and Warren come out at the same time, thus screwing themselves of exclusive national TV time.
Liz Warren just claimed her family of Iowa sharecroppers built the baseball Field of Dreams.
And the cascade of oh-my-gawd-we-have-to-speak-too candidates follow Klobuchar.
Bernie experiences some socialism in action
"Wow — another twist. Sanders won this precinct by 20 points but now 5 candidates will get 1 delegate each — Biden team amassed extra delegates, and then siphoned them to Klo & Warren. Bernie supporters are pissed “This is a joke.. waste of time.” Stormed out."
Iowa Dem caucauses as of this moment: still too boring to call.
Narr
Sweet dreams
roesch/voltaire: "Recommend Sandworm a New era in Cyber Warfare, just saying who knows what went wrong with the app?"
Come on now. Dont be coy.
You are a lefty democrat, therefore you already know it was the Russians.
These Iowa Democrat caucuses seem to be the Impossible Burger of elections. Hey, they never claimed to be vegan!
Blogger Jay Vogt said...She's voting for Ann Klobuchar.
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Amy. Amy!
Lest an airborne stapler smite your cranium.
Browndog said...
If Bernie wins the Presidency, AOC will be given a high level position in his administration, won't she?
Probably Commissar of Education and Propaganda.
Beasts of England said...
The sight of two New Green Deal aficionados - Warren and Sanders - boarding separate private jets this evening en route to the Iowa caucuses really warms my heart...
Supposedly these Democrats are not dividers and will bring everyone together to save the planet.
But none of them can share together one of the many private jets that will be making the trek to NH tonight?
The pundits are clueless about the delay. They're talking a lot about details but not really saying anything insightful.
Lower than expected turnout on the dems side in Iowa.
I hope LLR-lefty Chuck has stocked up on kleenex.
Perhaps people are refusing to hand in their ballots until they see who is number 1 because that will alter who they make number 2. So there will be no number 1 until the ballots get handed in and the ballots won't get handed in until there is a number 1.
Joe's tired out and has gone back to bed.
The messaging of the votes is designed to go fast and on target .So maybe their new system gave them an honest count so they had to re-rig it. It takes time to do wrong right.
Drago said...
Liz Warren just claimed her family of Iowa sharecroppers built the baseball Field of Dreams.
Drago, I always thought I couldn't hate anyone more than I hate Hillary, but my gawd, Lizzie's speech was upchuck-worthy. Ronald Reagan came from a poor/lower middle class upbringing. but he never, ever compared himself to his wealthier competitors. Warren is a disgusting piece of shit who clearly hates folks like me - raised in a middle class home (like HER), went to Law School (like HER) but never, ever relied on lies or false documents to build my career.
I hope everyone stocked up on popcorn, because this has been highly amusing. Yeah, these people want to run the country. I wouldn't trust them to run a lemonade stand!
If a candidate is non-viable, do they keep him warm and comfortable and then let him die?
The Dem playbook for each candidate says that, regardless of how the numbers ultimately come out, they should each claim the caucus was stolen and that they were the real winner.
Something's Happening Here.
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong!
What a field day for the heat..
Youve all lost
https://www.dailywire.com/news/soviet-spy-congratulated-bernie-on-prior-election-win-met-in-his-office-report-says/
Peter Daou twitter:
IF... #Bernie doesn't win, there will be a massive outcry that the #IACaucus was rigged.
IF... #Bernie wins, he was denied a major prime time #Iowa victory speech.
Unbelievable and outrageous.
#IowaCaucuses
Remember when the Hillary campaign with all her balloons was kicked out of the hall because their rental time ran out?
Hey Russia! If you're listening, it would be really cool if you would find the missing Iowa caucus votes for us! I know alot of reporters who would love that information!
I was really hoping to see Li'l Tomahawk Warren break The White Man's Corn Ceiling tonight......
I hope someone kept screenshots of the many changing CNN headlines, then posts the montage in order
[Glares upward while shaking fist, in William Shatner voice screams]
PUUUUUTINNNN!
Tomorrows CNN Headlines Tonight: "Democrat Caucus App Leaves Voters Stranded-Trump Refuses To Apologize"
Have Broward County officials been imported to do tonight's tabulating. Asking for a friend.
Is it possible that Butttuvwxyz has "backed into" a win?
JaimeRoberto said...If a candidate is non-viable, do they keep him warm and comfortable and then let him die?
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Depends on the "discussions"...
What a disaster optics wise. 4 hours after the caucuses close and not a single vote has been tallied per the DMR. The results at this point will be tainted no matter who wins thanks to the social media rumors filling in the vacuum of actual information to report.
Trump will probably bring this up somewhere in his address tomorrow night.
walter: "Depends on the "discussions"..."
Yes, the DNC operatives sit down with the candidate bundlers and discuss whether or not having this candidate continue in the process will keep the bundlers from winning acting awards. If so, it's time to "end" the candidacy.
I bet Bernie got 40%, and no one else got more than 20% and nobody knows what to do about it...it's outside the margin for cheating.
So, this is Robbie Mook's work? Then tomorrow morning the declared winner will be Shelob.
I'm enjoying this more than I thought I would. I've been against Biden ever since the Bork hearings.
I missed that one. I didn't start hating him until the Clarence Thomas hearings.
It's Schrödinger's caucus!
If Bernie wins the Presidency, AOC will be given a high level position in his administration, won't she?
Probably Commissar of Education and Propaganda.
Well she has the personality of a Cordelia Ransom...
Gahrie
Very plausible.
It's a pleasant dilemma. Either the Democrats are unable to count ballots or they are rigging.
Yes yancey that is the nub of it.
Clyde: "It's Schrödinger's caucus!"
Filed under "things I wish I had written".
Why is it I'm getting the feeling that the Runners who are hand carrying individual caucus results to democrat headquarters keep running into the cliff face with the fake tunnel painted on it........
What a shitshow the Democrats are.
Somebody is trying to cheat here, just a question of who it is. My guess is the attempt was caught at some level- the inconsistent results- and they are trying to get to the bottom of it.
have Russians been messing with the Caucasus again??
"Quality Control" for 'vote-rigging'--Things I Wish I Said, by G. Orwell
WaPo 12:14 a.m.
Biden campaign raises concerns about ‘considerable flaws’ in caucus reporting system
The Biden campaign on Monday night emailed Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price and Executive Director Kevin Geiken raising concerns about “considerable flaws” in the caucus’s reporting system tonight.
“The app that was intended to relay Caucus results to the Party failed; the Party’s back-up telephonic reporting system likewise has failed,” the campaign wrote in an email, obtained by The Washington Post. “Now, we understand that Caucus Chairs are attempting to — and, in many cases, failing to — report results telephonically to the Party. These acute failures are occurring statewide.”
The Biden campaign requested state party leaders provide “full explanations and relevant information regarding the methods of quality control you are employing, and an opportunity to respond, before any official results are released.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/iowa-caucuses-2020-live-updates/2020/02/04/23561bd6-4707-11ea-bc78-8a18f7afcee7_story.html
Dem sneaky Ruskies are fiddling with our election returns again.
How in the world does the telephonic system fail? The app, I can understand, but a fucking telephone system?
They had lily tomlin at the switchboard.
"What a shitshow the Democrats are.
Independent voters, take note.
I like the rumor that the app has declared Hillary the winner and is refusing to change the results and has moved to backup power and can't be unplugged.
Its gone skynet, lol.
How many bags of amphetamine saline solution did the Biden campaign have on hand tonight? They may run out. Biden is probably wandering around the campaign suite trying to find his bedroom from 1975.
These morons want to run the country? Oy vey.
Is this a preview of November? Lots of Democrat bastions don't report shit until the next morning and then dump an entire count once they have everyone else's results?
@Yancey --
I'm picturing 1,700 precinct chairs making phone calls to the same "backup" hotline that was only intended to handle a few dozen calls.
Lots of busy signals or "Please hold, your call is important to us..." messages.
The CNN guy with the beard is trying to make lemonade by saying that it is good that they want to get it right. What an idiot.
have Russians been messing with the Caucasus again??
Oooooo...another good one!
ok... we think we get it--
the ProgLibDems are purposely fucking up every instance of voting
regardless of person/party
and delegitimizing results by decree or corruption or fraud across
the board...
...so that voting at all will be obsolete, never again be trusted
They will install your Dear Leader for you
They should each declare victory and then plow forward to NH!
Moronavirus epidemic, Iowa under quarantine.
Hilarious how Inga vanished like a fart in the wind once the Democrats showed their clown faces.
The party of science.
Top men are working on it. Top........men.
thanks Eddie!
Iowa is 90% white. You'd think these morons could exercise some of that white privilege to properly count the votes.
Jersey Fled said...
I would rather watch the Super Bowl halftime show.
Less dancing around the Polls
the "Check Injun" light is def on in this Dem Klown Kar
Slow Joe has the right approach per George Costanza. You haven't really lost, if nobody can tell who actually won.
Wow!
This is almost as much fun as the night Trump was elected. What a catastrophe for the Democrats.
"What's the most you've ever won on a coin toss?... Call it."
It is just a rumor that I started that the app company is named Vandelay Industries.
Very tongue in cheek
https://mobile.twitter.com/mtracey/status/1224543967167090690?s=19&fbclid=IwAR3myPb02wAa4DhZlaPSngJGQDIQ5ilIin9ChHRSV07L0uhXhWyqf5lMsJs
Seinfeld standing over the Dem's shitshow:
"...and YOU want to be our latex salesman??"
For the first time in his presidency, Trump is thinking, "Now what do I do?" There are far too many possibilities. He must be overwhelmed. What to tweet?
Not to mention, of course, the SOTU address. It's probably being rewritten at this very moment. What enormous fun.
Probably Bernie won but no one will now accept any results from Iowa as significant because the results will seem unreliable. Something like this happened to Bernie in Iowa in 2016 - so very strange. Still, Bernie should be happy to see the US elections dominated and rigged by The Party and thus becoming more like those of his beloved Soviet Union.
It is obvious, right- some unemployed journalists learned to code for DNC jobs.
I work is done here:
https://pjmedia.com/blog/liveblogevent/live-drunkblogging-the-iowa-caucuses/entry-262404/comments/
He died of alcohol poisoning.
There aren't enough livers in my family for me to drunk blog this.
He'll be back, but properly with some menory loss.
Do I want to know what’s going on?
Was it the Russians?
Maybe the app contained the Clinton e-mails?
Or video of Epstein's mur.....suicide.
These people have watch the American version of "House of Cards".
weren't the Dems laughing at "Kansas" a few hours ago?
looks like those little wake rehearsals Biden was holding
... are paying off, now that he's 'non-viable'
#FlatlineJoe
The commie 22%
Liawatha 18%
Petey the scold 16%?
Grandpa hairssniffer 13%
I think that’s it from Rantburg.
Will have to have popcorn tomorrow morning, I guess. Goodnight.
maybe the Dems should call ClownStrike to check the servers
...hope no one ends up in a "Botched Robbery"™ on their way home
Robbie Mook, a real-life "Joe Btfsplk."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Btfsplk
FiveThirtyEight
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