A Brit Tries To Understand Iowan Politics

BuzzFeed News ^ | August 16, 2015 | Jim Waterson, UK Deputy Editor

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is everyone a snob on that island?

[Ciexyz]

Gee he makes me wish I was there. He doesn’t get it, but I do.

[BigEdLB]

Talked about a Trump Supporter woman who had a confederate flag top... See- Trump supporters are racist!... Roll eyes...

[SunkenCiv]

No he doesn't. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

[SamAdams76]

I like it when Brits get confused about how things are done in this country.

[jjotto]

Jim Waterson: Upper Class Twit of the Year contestant.

[Cowboy Bob]

An American tries to understand why a nation would surrender to Muslim invaders without as much as a whimper.

[txhurl]

I guess those that ‘got it’ after 1776 have emigrated here already...

[DesertRhino]

Who cares what a Brit thinks?

[9YearLurker]

Yes—and they don’t even understand the irony of criticism like this from a country that still has a royal family and a “House of Lords”.

[Mastador1]

Yes—and they don’t even understand the irony of criticism like this from a country that still has a royal family and a “House of Lords”.

That's OK, I have never understood the fascination of Americans with British royalty, and yet there seem to be worshipping cults here.

[9YearLurker]

I’d rather that than the fawning we have over the “first lady” and all the presidential pageantry.

[The Great RJ]

I lived in Iowa and went to the caucuses during the 1980s. You gather in some fire hall or library and count noses after supporters of the various candidates gather in a group. If a candidate has too few supporters they can gather with some other candidate and then there is the nose count. IMHO the process is dumb and open to manipulation. I saw Buchanon supporters being bused into my precinct from out of state. Have a real primary ballot or forget about it. Has the Iowa caucus ever been a bellwether for who gets the nomination?

[Tucker39]

You’re a longwinded bloke. Trying to pound a round Trump peg into a square loony lib hole. Just save yourself the angst, Cedric. American politics, with a Candidate who has a pair of titanium ones, is waaaay beyond your ken.

[Mastador1]

Funny I thought the whole point of independence and a elected president was to not have fawning over anyone. And yet we have idiots that elevate athletes, actors and politicians above and beyond God Almighty, thank you very much but I will decline the fawning over mere mortals..............period.

[9YearLurker]

It seems as if you are bumping up against human nature.

[outofsalt]

"the people selling deep fried meats of dubious origins"

Poor chap has probably grown accustomed to Halal meats.

[Mastador1]

Eh, bumping, slamming, ramming, never been a pack animal.

[9YearLurker]

Figuratively, of course.

And it can be a disappointing look to witness.

[libstripper]

Strikes me that he’s making a big effort not to tell his audience why Iowa is such a spectacle: all the candidates are in a knock down, drag out, eye gouging fight to win the first real electoral contest in the 2016 election because such a win might start the victor on to the WH, as it did for Obola in 2008.