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Des Moines Register calls for audit of Iowa results: 'Something smells in the Democratic Party'
Politico ^ | February 4, 2016 | Eliza Collins

Posted on 02/04/2016 9:52:46 AM PST by Zakeet

In a strongly worded editorial on Thursday, The Des Moines Register called on the Iowa Democratic Party to move quickly to prove that Monday's results are correct.

The piece titled "Editorial: Something smells in the Democratic Party," starts out: "Once again the world is laughing at Iowa."

It gets sharper from there.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Iowa; US: New Hampshire; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arkansas; berniesanders; caucus; demiowacaucusaudit; democrat; desmoinesregister; election2016; fraud; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillarycointoss; hitlery; iowa; iowacaucus; iowacaucusaudit; missingprecincts; newhampshire; newyork; vermont; wipewater
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To: donozark
Where would one start?

Personally, I think an examinaton of the "coins" used in that toss might be in order.

21 posted on 02/04/2016 10:17:18 AM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: Boardwalk
No more caucus crap. Iowa needs to come into the 21st century!

Yeah, let them stuff ballot boxes like normal Democrats...................

22 posted on 02/04/2016 10:19:50 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: All; DungeonMaster

Ever since I heard of those SIX coin flips that ALL went the Hildebeast’s way ... 64-to-1 odds, right? ... I’ve been trying to imagine how they could allow that to be rigged.

When and where did each alleged coin flip happen? Were they out in the open, announced ahead of time, providing to any and all with any interest in the outcome, ample opportunity to watch?

After the 2012 caucus results debacle, the Republican Party of Iowa had to know they were on thin ice. It would be too bad if it turns out to be Democrat shenanigans that cause us to lose our first-in-the-nation status.


23 posted on 02/04/2016 10:22:45 AM PST by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: LibertarianLiz

LOL! Yes, but where are those coins now?


24 posted on 02/04/2016 10:33:27 AM PST by donozark (There is no murder in paradise.)
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To: donozark
Yes, but where are those coins now?

Over Vince Foster's eyes.

Corruption in the Democrat party? Say it ain't so!

25 posted on 02/04/2016 10:36:26 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Zakeet

To make the caucus scene complete they should hold it in cemeteries. That way it would be much more convenient to gather names to cover whatever deficit of votes the “inevitable” candidate’s team might encounter.

If the Des Moines Register; a liberal rag birdcage liner thinks something is fishy and wants to investigate; it must REALLY be fishy. Unless their REAL motive is to steal more votes from Bernie, and give Hillary an actual lead over him.....at least on paper.


26 posted on 02/04/2016 10:37:50 AM PST by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Zakeet

Des Moines Register calls for audit of Iowa results: ‘Something smells in the Democratic Party’

That is a funny headline.


27 posted on 02/04/2016 10:51:53 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: All

The Register endorsed Hillary, so you know it must be bad if they are calling for an audit. This is very uncharacteristic of the Register.

The RNC and the DNC have designed the Caucuses to do two things: 1) to test the Organization of individual candidates, and 2) to winnow the field.

Both of those goals have been met.

Do I suspect the D results were rigged? Do bears poop in the woods? It is a time honored trick on the D side to withhold results from a few big precincts so they can “find” unreported ballots. It happened Caucus Night, but the news media isn’t wise to this trick and only mentioned it in passing.


28 posted on 02/04/2016 11:06:31 AM PST by Iowa Granny (Clintion ruined a dress, but Obama ruined a Nation.)
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To: Zakeet
Break silly party tradition and release the raw vote totals.

Amen to that!

Why not release all the raw data, providing every voter the opportunity to verify the numbers they saw in their individual precincts?

I can only think of one reason: Corruption.

One week after the 1996 caucus, when I tried to get precinct-level numbers from the Republican Party of Iowa, I was told "we don't have those numbers any more."

Maybe I should try again.

29 posted on 02/04/2016 11:07:39 AM PST by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: Zakeet

This is YUGE. A MSM rag like the Des Moines Register would not turn on a Clinton unless they had something really juicy on her.


30 posted on 02/04/2016 11:28:23 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BeadCounter
du article says 7 coin flips and Bernie won six of them, Hillary, 1.

I think we have some common ground with them on this matter.

The problem is nobody really will know a lot of it, but there are some "math sheets" being gone over. A lot of their voting was hand raising, ayes and nays, can hardly audit that and any video evidence would be sketchy.

The party head for the state is a Hillary supporter and worked for her in 2008, had a dinner for her. Has Hillary 2016 license plates. They are saying at du that the party doesn't want to release some of the count data. They are also accusing Hillary of positioning her people in certain key positions.

The DMR endorsed Hillary, as noted by many.

Glad this has come up, and on our side, too, in a different way. Missed most of what Rush was just saying about it.

Read a lot thru the politico article, too. Many, many comments same as du. A lot over there had written Hillary off when the Epstein and Bill business became known which was a year or two ago. That hasn't come up yet.

31 posted on 02/04/2016 11:32:45 AM PST by Aliska
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To: Iowa Granny

It does not matter who votes. What matters is who counts the votes...J. Stalin (patron saint of DNC)


32 posted on 02/04/2016 11:36:33 AM PST by slapshot
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To: Zakeet
Does the liberal media really want to go there?

Voting fraud is the Democrats' "stock and trade."

Besides, it will so embarrass the GOPe - who have been covering for widespread Democrat voter fraud as much as the liberal media.

33 posted on 02/04/2016 11:42:49 AM PST by drpix
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To: Billthedrill

Foster’s eyes

Ahhhhh-— now that was good! He probably voted about six times too.


34 posted on 02/04/2016 11:43:25 AM PST by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Zakeet

They want the Democrats to be transparent?! What a joke. Obama promised the most transparent administration in history. What we got was the most secretive, corrupt and nontransparent administration in history.


35 posted on 02/04/2016 11:55:17 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Zakeet
‘Something smells in the Democratic Party’

Now there's an earth shaking revelation!/s

36 posted on 02/04/2016 12:59:13 PM PST by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: Zakeet

The Donald is bitching and moaning about Cruz cheating meanwhile the cheating was most likely done by Hillary Clinton. Is Trump making a fuss to take the heat off his friend H.C.? Probably.


37 posted on 02/04/2016 1:02:15 PM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: Zakeet

http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/

Hillary is ahead by 0.2 percent of 9,901 votes. That is 20 votes. 3.1 percent of the votes are missing, more than 300 votes, all from precincts believed to be favorable to Bernie Sanders. Of course this is a corrupt setup. Besides, it’s Hillary. Even democrats expect sleaze from her.


38 posted on 02/04/2016 1:55:38 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

You mean...Old Crusty is musty?


39 posted on 02/04/2016 7:43:27 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Zakeet
Too many of us, including members of the Register editorial board who were observing caucuses, saw opportunities for error amid Monday night's chaos.

Apparently the Register's editorial board doesn't understand that nobody can audit chaos.

40 posted on 02/04/2016 7:44:43 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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