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Here are the key takeaways from the 2024 Iowa caucuses
AP via PBS ^ | Jan 15, 2024 | Nicholas Riccardi, Brian Slodysko D, AP

Posted on 01/16/2024 10:21:16 AM PST by willk

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To: piytar
“Most of these urban elitist wimps could not come close to running a real farm. Hint: It's hard work and takes a lot of business and real-world smarts, something these elitist dolts utterly lack.“

I never farmed but I am smart enough to observe how demanding and hard farming is. You have no control over the weather. You have to understand the market and hedge your crop prices. You need to stay liquid. Heck, I don't know how they do it. Personally I would hate being a dairy farmer. When can you take a day off without worrying about Elsie?

21 posted on 01/16/2024 10:57:13 AM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell)
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Right, because college is what makes people smart. /S


22 posted on 01/16/2024 11:06:17 AM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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I believe the story is hiding that suburban voters will be a problem for Trump. This is beyond mean memes.
Biden is awful; I don’t see Trump energizing people more than he did in 2020. You think the protests outside the White House now for his ‘support’ of Israel will vote for Trump?
Trump needs to surpass what he did in 2020 by a lot to prevent another steal; or allow the steal again regardless of what is exposed.
What kind of riot will they organize at the capitol this time around to prevent members of HoR to challenge the results? That is what the capitol invasion allowed - get a quorum; dismiss them for safety reasons and declare a completed most fair election in our history. Just typing it out sounds too clever to have actually taken place - I mean, you would have to anticipate Trump would call for a peaceful gathering and have your plants already planned for weeks to pull this off. From 12/18 to 1/06 - 20 days?


23 posted on 01/16/2024 11:08:54 AM PST by linedrive
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I never farmed but I am smart enough to observe how demanding and hard farming is. You have no control over the weather. You have to understand the market and hedge your crop prices. You need to stay liquid. Heck, I don't know how they do it. Personally I would hate being a dairy farmer. When can you take a day off without worrying about Elsie?

Well said.

I never farmed or ran a ranch. However, some of my best friends do. Also runs in the family on one side.

Still rememeber a story from my grandfather who ran a mid-size family farm. A fed came out and told him in order to get his subsidies he had to plow under a particular field of corn. Problem is the field had wheat growing. Yes, the fed could not tell the difference between corn and wheat.

Trust me, idiots don't make it in farming or ranching. These elitist idiots would not last one season.

24 posted on 01/16/2024 11:12:42 AM PST by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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25 posted on 01/16/2024 12:09:27 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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Whut dey gonna say when Trump kicks ass in New Hampshire as well? I have two college degrees (BS and PhD) in chemistry, and “I” am an “Ever Trumper”...(oh, and I grew up on a farm).


26 posted on 01/16/2024 12:30:37 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (NRA Life Member)
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Education has been a major dividing line among white voters during the Trump era. Iowa confirms what polling has indicated during the primary — that the education divide is also splitting the GOP.

The mockingbird memo has been disseminated.

27 posted on 01/16/2024 12:32:13 PM PST by Sirius Lee (Next week on The Bickersons...)
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With its more moderate, educated electorate, New Hampshire presents Trump’s rivals with possibly their best opportunity to slow his march.

You see that Iowans? The writer, and by extension, the rest of the Democrats, think of you as a bunch of uneducated bumpkins who should never be taken seriously.

28 posted on 01/16/2024 1:34:54 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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I retired from John Deere after 30 years. I have a BS in Elec Eng and an MBA. I am profoundly impressed by the skill and knowledge it takes to be a successful farmer. AOC said we don’t need farmers because food comes from a grocery store.


29 posted on 01/16/2024 8:17:36 PM PST by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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