Election 2020

[Ken]

You would never admit to DNC rigging 2016 in multiple ways, so I cant trust your opinion.

You only trust people who think DNC rigged 2016 in multiple ways? Man, that's a lonely life.

[Teenwolf]

You only trust people who think DNC rigged 2016 in multiple ways? Man, that's a lonely life.

On the issue of DNC corruption?

Yeah, I think folks with their head so far up their ass that it's dark shouldn't be taken seriously on this current issue of DNC fuckery.

[B-Fly]

You would never admit to DNC rigging 2016 in multiple ways, so I cant trust your opinion.

Ooookay. I don't have any and have never had any connection to or involvement with the DNC or any political campaign. I'm just a local government drone, lol, but one experienced enough to know how darn near impossible it would be to pull off the kind of conspiracy you're suggesting, here.

[The Feral Slasher]

lol

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[In the Corn]

"Hi, I'm Bernie Sanders. I'm an Independent running under the guise of a Democrat, so I can have a broader reach. The DNC has developed an app for the Iowa Caucus, but I am so distrustful that I have created my own independent app. Please trust my results."

[The Feral Slasher]

"Hi, I'm Pete Buttigieg. I'm a Republican running under the guise of a Democrat, so I can have a broader reach. Please trust my results that show me winning."

Fixed that for you.

[In the Corn]

Perhaps we're both right.

[The Feral Slasher]

Perhaps we're both right.

Could be, who knows. Just had to give Pete credit for actually being the one to claim victory.

[Teenwolf]

Ooookay. I don't have any and have never had any connection to or involvement with the DNC or any political campaign. I'm just a local government drone, lol, but one experienced enough to know how darn near impossible it would be to pull off the kind of conspiracy you're suggesting, here.

I'm not suggesting your municipal involvement impairs your judgment. I'm saying your history of supporting "blue no matter who", and refusing to recognize the general corruption, rigging, and fuckery of the DNC, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Mike Bloomberg, etc, makes you unreliable on this issue. You just seem blinded to any Democratic wrongdoing on a broader scale, so it's entirely within your character to dismiss DNC fuckery as coincidental given your faith in them as an institution.

Pete Buttigieg paid $43K to the company that created the Iowa voting app for the actual rights to the app (also to be used in Nevada). There are two payments filed with the FCC. Why?

The CEO of the company that released the shadow app is named Tara McGowan, married to Michael Halle. Halle is a strategist for Pete Buttigieg, both are big supporters! Why are we just finding out about this now?!

Buttigieg declared victory after the app showed him with an early lead, with only 2% of the votes in. Why was he so confident?!

Why did the shadow app support Buttigieg before failing? Small sample size? Could be. But then why did the app Bernie's team created not experience the same problems with tabulation, nor did it crash? Perhaps a sign that Socialist programs work and capitalist ones fail?

Are all of these facts coincidental? After Buttigieg had the DMR poll pulled from CNN 2 days prior? After the DNC warned Sanders not to release his results before the DNC release theirs? Doubtful.

[Stephen]

This is just unbelievable on so many levels.

We on the progressive left are great at putting ourselves in echo chambers and screaming into the likeminded void "There is no way we end up with Trump again. We're not that stupid!"

Friends, I present exhibit A...

[B-Fly]

The Iowa Democratic Party finally put out a statement that is both good and reassuring. I know some will continue to support conspiracy theories, but it sounds like they've identified the problem and have multiple sources of data that can be corroborated against one another to allow for fair delegate allocation.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/04/politics/iowa-democratic-party-statement/index.html

Still a huge embarrassment for the Democratic Party and harmful to the candidates who should have gotten a positive boost out of the caucus results, but we should have results within the next day that can be supported if challenged.

[B-Fly]

Overall this Democratic cycle is feeling a lot like the 2016 Republican cycle, where an establishment-loathed candidate will emerge from a crowded field based on the strength and loyalty of his core supporters to win the nomination over his establishment-preferred competitors. Sanders is obviously the Trump in that scenario (although a way better person and candidate on his own merits). I think Biden is proving to be the Jeb Bush. Warren is the Ted Cruz - the more traditional choice of the policy true believers. Buttigieg is the Marco Rubio. Yang is the Ben Carson. And Bloomberg is shaping up to be the John Kasich that the moderates rally around too late to make a difference. Meanwhile, Booker is Chris Christie; Klobuchar is Scott Walker; Steyer is Carly Fiorina; Gabbard is Rand Paul; Harris is Lindsay Graham. Hickenlooper is Rick Perry. Inslee is Mike Huckabee...

[Teenwolf]

Yeah, this analysis has been circling my media channels for quite a while, although I used to think Klobuchar was the Kasich that moderates would coalesce around, and either way Bloomberg is a very different type of "unifier" than Kasich was. I think I would prefer Kasich if forced to choose between them.

How does it feel to equate yourself to a Ted Cruz supporter?

[Teenwolf]

Sanders released further internal totals from 60% of the vote.

1st ballot:

Sanders 29.08%
Buttigieg 21.63%
Warren 19.51%
Klobuchar 12.27%
Biden 12.04%

Post-alignment:

Sanders 29.4%
Buttigieg 24.87%
Warren 20.65%
Biden 12.92%
Klobuchar 11.18%

That's from this video.

[Sour Masher]

This is just unbelievable on so many levels.

We on the progressive left are great at putting ourselves in echo chambers and screaming into the likeminded void "There is no way we end up with Trump again. We're not that stupid!"

Friends, I present exhibit A...

That younger woman is much kinder than I would be with the older lady. Also, I thought Iowans justify their ridiculous placement i this process with how informed they are. I guess not all of them.