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Iowa Democratic vote-reporting meltdown hands opening to Trump
CNN ^ | Feb 4, 2020 | Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN

Posted on 02/04/2020 1:01:42 AM PST by 11th_VA

(CNN)The Democratic 2020 crusade to oust President Donald Trump could not have got off to a more disastrous and embarrassing start.

The party couldn't even deliver a first-in-the-nation election night winner after a vote-reporting debacle in Iowa — where candidates spent months and millions of dollars vying for a glittering opening prize in their nominating duel.

"Iowa, you have shocked the nation," said former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

It was a bold attempt to declare victory in the absence of a result, but the 38-year-old inadvertently cast an ironic judgment on a political train wreck.

The big Hawkeye State miss will be agonizing for whoever comes out on top but for any candidates who under performed -- perhaps former Vice President Joe Biden -- it might turn into a priceless lifeline.

The caucus nightmare also played right into the hands of a President spoiling for months to brand his rivals as weak, disorganized and even worse — plotting to rig the results to hand its crown to an establishment favorite. There's little doubt that Trump, who consistently erodes distrust in institutions and governing systems, will weaponize such a narrative if it looks like he will lose in November.

Trump operatives are already spinning conspiracy theories and disinformation about what the Iowa Democratic Party said were "inconsistencies" in its results. Their aim is to create a narrative that tars the eventual nominee as illegitimate. And on the eve of his State of the Union address and two days before he's set to be acquitted in his impeachment trial, things cannot have worked out better for the President.

"It would be natural for people to doubt the fairness of the process. And these are the people who want to run our entire health care system?” ...

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2020; democratdoom; democrats; doom; iowa; iowacaucus; lol
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To: 11th_VA

CNN cracks me up.

“they’re (republicans) are trying to create a narrative..).

THAT IS ALL CNN DOES 24/7/365. IT’S WHAT THEY DO!!!!


61 posted on 02/04/2020 5:21:32 AM PST by Maris Crane
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To: Data Miner

It means there’s an open position for an editor.


62 posted on 02/04/2020 5:25:16 AM PST by AF_Blue (My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
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To: 11th_VA

Has Clinton stink all over it.


63 posted on 02/04/2020 5:25:34 AM PST by wetgundog
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To: 11th_VA

The only winner in Iowa was Donald J Trump. Trump won the whole thing!!!!


64 posted on 02/04/2020 5:29:00 AM PST by BAW (I support Donald Trump.)
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To: 11th_VA

And there are actually Americans who want this political train wreck to be running the USA.


65 posted on 02/04/2020 5:49:10 AM PST by Savage Beast (George Orwell's 1984 nightmare is the Democrats' Dream.)
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To: 11th_VA

I love the first sentence.


66 posted on 02/04/2020 5:55:06 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: 11th_VA

Hah ha!


67 posted on 02/04/2020 6:01:12 AM PST by a fool in paradise (We need a tax to stamp out Communism- If you espouse Marxism weÂ’ll redistribute all of your money.)
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To: cb

Great catch on erodes distrust. Which make PDJT VSGPDJT, eh? For him to bolster trust in institutions.


68 posted on 02/04/2020 6:04:37 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: goldstategop
"Trump’s formidable turnout machine, which is being built with his massive campaign war chest ideas, values and accomplishments, which resonate with the American voter."

The thought that American voters might not be buying what the Democrats have to sell doesn't seem to have occurred to the writer.

69 posted on 02/04/2020 6:08:08 AM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: a little elbow grease

“Here comes Her Thighness to the rescue. Just watch.”

At this point, what difference does it make?


70 posted on 02/04/2020 6:17:23 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Operation Chaos is in play. Repeat, Operation Chaos is in play)
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To: 11th_VA
The Democrat candidates’ hatred of Donald Trump and American voters is only exceeded by their contempt for each other.
71 posted on 02/04/2020 6:27:36 AM PST by a fool in paradise (We need a tax to stamp out Communism- If you espouse Marxism weÂ’ll redistribute all of your money.)
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To: 11th_VA
There's little doubt that Trump, who consistently erodes distrust in institutions and governing systems, will weaponize such a narrative if it looks like he will lose in November. no matter what!!
72 posted on 02/04/2020 6:32:54 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: 11th_VA
Trump operatives are already spinning conspiracy theories and disinformation about what the Iowa Democratic Party said were "inconsistencies" in its results.

CNN knows this HOW???

Show me these 'dirty tricks'; don't just allude to some.

73 posted on 02/04/2020 6:34:27 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

I’m ahead 50 points by now and I’m not even RUNNING!!


74 posted on 02/04/2020 6:37:04 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: 11th_VA
The caucus nightmare

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These are the same developers that are going to write the Medicare For All' App.

lol

75 posted on 02/04/2020 6:38:51 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: SaveFerris; Normandy; teppe; fproy2222
Some folks may have missed your subtile reference...
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolob
 
 
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Detail of Facsimile No. 2 (the Hypocephalus of Sheshonq). Reference numeral 1 represents Kolob according to Joseph Smith. Critics interpret this as an altered figure of a creator god.

Kolob is a star or planet described in the Book of Abraham, a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement. The Book of Abraham is traditionally held by several Latter Day Saint denominations as having been translated from an Egyptian papyrus scroll by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. According to this work, Kolob is the heavenly body nearest to the throne of God. While the Book of Abraham refers to Kolob as a "star",[1] it also refers to planets as "stars",[2] and, therefore, some Mormon commentators consider Kolob to be a planet.[3] The body also appears in Mormon culture, including a reference to Kolob in an LDS hymn.[4]


76 posted on 02/04/2020 6:42:00 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Synthesist
And our current presidential primary system voting is FUBAR. By the time my state holds the vote, a handful of states have already picked a “front runner”, virtually voiding every other vote of the majority of states afterwards. (rant/)

Simple fix.

No reporting of results until ALL states have voted.

77 posted on 02/04/2020 6:44:12 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

-—No reporting of results until ALL states have voted.——

Then what would prevent them from pulling a “D” and pick the winner? Can’t trust the voters...


78 posted on 02/04/2020 6:45:37 AM PST by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: Elsie

“Simple fix”

Good luck with that.


79 posted on 02/04/2020 6:51:46 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Elsie

Looks like a drawing of Ken Brockman’s Insect Overlords!


80 posted on 02/04/2020 6:52:25 AM PST by Reily
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