Posted on 02/04/2020 3:08:59 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
As MSNBC’s Katy Tur wandered through a gym in Des Moines during her network’s coverage of the Iowa caucuses Monday, she found a voter wearing a Bernie Sanders button sitting with supporters of Amy Klobuchar.
“I’m a little split,” the woman conceded.
Call her the poster girl for media coverage of Iowa, a carnival of democracy that was fun and bewildering to watch until it all went sour.
Reporters swarmed to sites where voters, for the first time in the 2020 campaign cycle, were making their voices heard. Yet their findings were only anecdotal.
Candidates gave speeches to their supporters with no real idea of what it all meant, and their campaigns let reporters know of their unhappiness.
CNN and MSNBC sent reporters to different caucus sites across the state, while Fox News seemed caught between two impulses. An election panel featuring Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Karl Rove and Chris Stirewalt was on hand for news and analysis, working in between the commentary of Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham.
Carlson at one point complained about “the illiterates posing as political analysts on your TV,” presumably on rival networks. Hannity talked about the “radical, extreme, socialist Democrats” and the screen behind him labeled the campaign a “Democratic dumpster fire.”
When Sanders surrogate Nina Turner, in an interview with Chris Matthews, referred to billionaire Michael Bloomberg as an “oligarch,” the word choice angered network analyst Jason Johnson. He said it’s fine to debate Bloomberg on his ideas, but wrong to slur him because he has money. The two went at it, talking over one another.
The fight annoyed host Nicolle Wallace, a former Republican who makes no secret of her distaste for Trump.
“I am nauseous when I see Democrats fight amongst themselves,” she said.
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-— “I’m a little split,” the woman conceded. -—
“Oh, you’re not that little.”
Might as well get used to it, honey.
It's going to be a bloodbath until they actually pick the candidate who is going to lose to Trump.
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Fixed
Sign should read, “Chaos Here”. That’s the real story.
I'm the winner!
I'm the winner!!!I'm the winner!!
I'm the winner!! ! I'm the winner!!!I'm the winner!
Another phrase for “cauc us” is “go screw yourselves”.
These idiots can’t even run an election for their own candidates.
“I’m a little split,” the woman conceded.
commie socialist, gay man socialist, lying Indian fake phoney fraud, or an old pervert crime family head.
“I’m a little split,” the woman conceded.
Not Sure!
Carnival? More like dungeon of torture.
This is why we’re a republic.
someone spelled cock us wrong...
Hypocrisy, thy name is Democrat.
the company that wrote this app is, according to LinkedIn, 10 people, 4 of whom (including the CEO and CTO) are alumnis of Hillary for America
Has she sought medical help for that?
The “screwup” is so the party can pick the candidate instead of leaving it to the voters.
Yup. I spent the last hour spreading that on several Dem social media sites.
Curious...
The final Des Moines Register poll was supposed to come out last Saturday, but they announced “irregularities” in the results and declined to print. Now, the actual caucus results have “irregularities” and vote totals are not released.
The DNC is stuck with Bernie and is desperate. I expect another heart attack somewhere between New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Feelin’ the Bern?
What if Trump won the DEMOCRATS IOWA CAUCUS???
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