Missing Precinct Data Turns Up Something Interesting
This morning on The Hill's Rising, Bernie Sanders senior advisor, Chuck Rocha, shared some interesting information that was not only uplifting, but has some real implications for the race going forward.
Essentially the message is this: All the groundwork Bernie's campaign did in neighborhoods most candidates ignore, paid off. Bernie won 98% of the satellite caucuses in working class precincts that were predominately Latino, Muslim, & African-American. Maybe those numbers don't mean much themselves in a very white Iowa, but it definitely shows Bernie's outreach strategy works and could pay-off in Nevada and beyond.
Also, remember when we were merely a small band of Bernie supporters derided and insulted over at TOP for bringing up the inconsistencies in the vote count during the 2016 Iowa Caucus? Well, it seems the times are a' changing because lo and behold it isn't just us pointing out the "inconsistencies" in the caucus results. Straight from the horses mouth, it's none other than The New York Times saying basically the same thing:
Iowa Caucus Results Riddled With Errors and Inconsistencies
Results from the Iowa Democratic caucuses were delayed by “quality control checks” on Monday night. Days later, quality control issues have not been resolved.
The results released by the Iowa Democratic Party on Wednesday were riddled with inconsistencies and other flaws. According to a New York Times analysis, more than 100 precincts reported results that were internally inconsistent, that were missing data or that were not possible under the complex rules of the Iowa caucuses.
In some cases, vote tallies do not add up. In others, precincts are shown allotting the wrong number of delegates to certain candidates. And in at least a few cases, the Iowa Democratic Party’s reported results do not match those reported by the precincts.
Here's Krystal with her take on it. Definitely worth a click:
Comments
Aww, you can't believe anything
the NYT prints.
s/
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Lol, right?
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
DNC desperation is palpable.
They don't want a candidate that can defeat Trump (i.e. Bernie Sanders). The DNC wants a stalking horse like Pete Buttigieg that can clear the path for Hillary Clinton to ride to the rescue of god and country.
I'm especially satisfied that we aren't the only ones
Talking about their desperation.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Warren is desperately seeking POC to replace
. . . the POC who have just quit her campaign, desperate because of the institutional racism practiced there.
Read all about it here in Politico:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/06/elizabeth-warren-campaign-nevad...
Is it any wonder they quit?
Response
But she again doesn't answer the question. Must be a lawyer thing to filibuster a question you don't know how to answer.
(site lawyers exempt)
Pushy? Is that anything like uppity?
BTW this got a pass on DK.
Can you say hypocrisy? Sure you can.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Maybe she can add them to Romney's Binders Full of Women
in the special black one marked "Pushy."
Ah, the memories
of some of Romeney's classic blunders
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
There was a time I might have sided with Warren.
But in a world where you get called racist for opposing Social Security cuts and NSA surveillance--not to mention drone strikes--in a world where Warren herself used the most toxic of IDPOL as a crass political gesture, this reeks of unsurprising hypocrisy. And of a slightly surprising naivete, like she's using identity politics in its most simplified and toxic form but doesn't really understand how the tool she's using works.
Most white Democratic politicians support Black people the same way I'd support a nice insole in my shoe. A hasty observer might conclude that the insole is supporting me, but the adults in the room know better.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Yeah imagine being racist just because you don't want
to eat cat food in your tent after you retire. The further away from the place the more ridiculous it was with their blather about how great a president Obama was.
Lots of people thought Warren was the darling of the left, but any thoughts to that went out the window when she started running for president. Bernie never would have come close to beating Her if Warren had accepted the role herself.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
This pretty much sums it up
Ya don't say?
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Her was on Ellen and once again making everything
about her. Of course she needs to be interviewed about Trump being impeached because...I'm..well because she should be president instead of him. Still
I know people don't want to hear anything from Her anymore, but take just 4 minutes and listen to what she says and at the end how she didn't want to be Obama's Secretary of State, but she did it anyway for the good of the country.
Hillary on Ellen
The next woman running for pres has to sign agreement not to whine if she loses and promises not to go on a 3 year pity tour, but will fade away like every male presidential candidate has. And she sees nothing wrong with her criticizing Bernie cuz it's not like she's the head of the party still.
Oh for gawd's sake this impeachment is not about her nor is her opinion needed.
She bitches about Trump ruining the hideously flawed ACA, but then says that presidents should keep promises.
no emotions
Ellen brings up Bernie for her to go off on a rant
Then no mfa right now because what trump is doing. She's on the front line of the battle? She said it would never ever happen.
Hold office holder accountable again.
WOuld she be vp? Great job being a tool, Ellen. Oh she was shocked that Obama asked her to be SOS. Why? Cuz the economy. I am not calling you again until you say yes. THen she did it for the good of the country. serving it.
Fightinf for women's rights again. Hello? Walmart? Welfare reform? Black children's rights?
Please listen and comment. It'll be fun.
I wrote this first thing this morning and with Dawg on my lap so it's fuzzy . I knew what I meant to say.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
SIT DOWN, malignant grudge holder
AS IF anyone running is going to ask this asswipe to be VP. What kind of imaginary land is this woman living in? Did she replace all of her mirrors with Jesus? Hahahahaha I guess her docu-series is selling as well as chocolate teapots!
Then again, Ellen loves war criminals, so it isn't surprising that this idiotic interview went down the way it did.
Can you imagine John Kerry going around the country
for 3 years and talking about how he should have won the election because the swift boaters were mean to him? Or Gore saying that he only lost because Bill couldn't keep his pants zipped? Why do so many people accept this from Hillary?
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Because they are afraid? Very, Very afraid?
After all, who want's to suffer from a bad case of Suicided?
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Or Gore, or Bush 1 or Rmoney or even McCain!
Y’know what I don’t hear anymore, at all (except from HER dead Enders)?
“Man, we’d be so much better if Hillary had won.”
HER sense of self awareness is so low, HER is just reenforcing the reasons people didn’t vote for HER. And HER has made the case we were trying to make for those who lesser evil voted in 2016.
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.
EXACTLY
the Ghoul of Shit Politics Past could follow their examples. She craves the limelight as much as the power, and I'm tired too of the imbeciles who give her any aatention.
Hillbots are in for a hard time. With each passing day, the Clinton influence diminishes and the Clinton voting block means less and less. The Sanders turnout in Iowa was stunning. Every one of the Clinton smears about Bernie bros got blown to smithereens, and the outstanding work that the Bernie campaign team has put in to build that diverse a supporter base is what every establishment slimeball didn't want to do but prayed for those results. Weird how Goldman Sachs fundraisers didn't turn out working class immigrants. Does not compute. Bernie groups on Reddit are getting confessions about former Trump supporters planning on voting for Bernie. Weird how "baskets of deplorables" didn't win anyone over. Just... how is this possible?!
I don't know. She makes me feel like a hostage
and I can only smile and wave and pretend I'm listening so that she doesn't toss my cats into the sea with me following shortly thereafter.
And Kerry and Gore
were actually cheated! I mean, they had a REASON to keep talking about it!
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
This
But it's Her who is going on a pity tour. For 3 years!
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Oh my gawd..who effing cares what she says?
And gee wasn't that nice of CNN to choose such a horrible screenshot of Bernie.
Go to hell CNN!
Someone should ram this interview down her throat next time she brings up Russia Russia Russia!
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
I think it's pretty hilarious that Hillary is talking about
Re-building the public trust. Kinda like Voldermort talking about reining in power hungry wizards.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
When did we become the hogwartz of the blue blog?
Pettigrew. Voldemort. Professor McGanagul can be Warren except she comes across much smarter.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Somebody is Dolores Umbridge - Her, perhaps?
Or is Her Bellatrix LeStrange?
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Dolores Umbridge
As Hillary. But without the sex appeal. Lol.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Recalling the year when Dkosoros Umbridge took over at Blogwarts
It seemed like every week there was a new Educational Decree regarding banning and use of “hide rates” . . .
Blogwarts
Good one.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Most pundits, consultants, economists, and commentators are
transparent b.s.ing bluffers like Professor Trelawney — except they can’t match even her lifetime record of two all-important inspired, correct prophecies.
"a three year pity tour"
Are you sure it's over? If you could provide a little evidence you could make C99% the happiest place on the web.
Bloomberg praises Bernie, Disses Hillary
The internet is sumptin' ain't it?
I have a feeling
Mayor Mike is going to be March's major centrist opponent for Bernie. This month it's Pete. In January it was Biden.
I hope Bernie has some more humor directed at Pete on the billionaire donor angle. Hopefully Liz will go after him too -- they tend to compete for the same voters. And this could be her last stand.
Meanwhile the NH polls are sounding a bit nuts. Or are they just cooked a little for Pete? Who knew what happened in Iowa had such clout in faraway NH? Or maybe it's something corporate and toxic in the water in the Granite State?
Used to be New Hampshirites were made of sterner stuff, and laughed at things like Iowans and their corn dogs and peculiar voting proclivities, and shrugged off even being abducted by aliens, as with the charming story of Betty and Barney Hill that some of you old timers here might recall.*
I used to think New Englanders kept their own counsel, were a rugged, independent lot of flinty individualists who would be the last people to be swayed by what a bunch of farmers in Iowa had to say. Apparently by the looks of it, I am misinformed.
* your examples of New Hampshirites showing sterner stuff may vary
When will the DNC stop being so racist and anti-immigrant?
Man, it looks like Bernie's Ground Game is really on this time.
Or maybe it's just more voters realizing that the Democratic Party isn't what it claims to be or believes in what it claims it believes.
I think after the last decade and change peoples Bullshit Detectors may have gotten more finely tuned.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
First Time Caucus goers
If Bernie can keep the momentum going in that direction, he could really expand his support nationally by combining those kinds of coalitions.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
When they join the professional managerial class.
natch!
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.
Press release from Sanders campaign
https://twitter.com/JennElizabethJ/status/1225616191646990337?s=09
Haven't seen this posted here yet, apologies if dupe. At the link there's a list of specific Iowa reporting discrepancies. The campaign stands by their claim to have won Iowa.
I saw Bernie's claim of discrepencies too
and posted it on another thread a few minutes after your post. Hopefully, it will get around so that no one keeps moaning about Bernie folks not doing anything.
The other thing I've noticed is that results from one district remain unreported, at least as indicated in the Des Moines Register listing. I've seen no explanation for that anywhere.
Otherwise, it doesn't result in any differentiation in the allocation of delegates to the national convention whereby they are currently tied.
The damage is done via the MSM as TPTB intended. In this case, I'm specifically referencing the big money meeting Buttigieg with the folks who came out and said they were plotting to defeat Bernie. I will take them at their word.
Fuck the MSM
And the horse they rode in on.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
I agree but how about the people watching tonight's debate?
It's going to be a very wild debate. From all indications, Bernie is going after Buttigieg and his billionaire buddies.
Will Liz just stand by and watch? She might be gun shy because her wine cave shots didn't land and even backfired on her.
Biden is fighting for his life? Is he capable of going after Buttigieg? On any issue? Or taking shots at any other candidate?
We'll see how Bernie fares tonight with the MSM response which will no doubt be brutal.
Stefanopolous is the lead inquisitor.
And then we'll see how it all pans out on Tuesday in NH.
I wonder if CNN
will again arrange to put Biden's podium right in the center of the stage even though he's no longer the front runner and is polling 4th place in NH, or will his spot and much of the spotlight be devoted to their new centrist favorite Pete.
And how many softball Qs will Petey get tonight?
Will we hear another round of M4A trashing from Steponoffofus, and how long will it take before he presses Sanders on how much more he will tax the middle class? Will we also hear another round of how much Americans supposedly will be upset at losing their current private insurance coverage.
How long into the debate will it be before we hear a question from the mods about how we need to a) increase our troop presence in the ME, b) get tougher on Iran, c) show more support to the illegitimate coup puppet leader Juan Guaido?
And will any of the 7 Dems on stage finally muster up the courage to call out the constant RW framing of issues by the CNN mods or will they continue to pretend that the large pink elephant in the room isn't there?
I wouldn't of course bet a lot on the latter item happening.
My hope is that
I am absolutely wrong and Bernie gets the nomination and actually gets elected. That is the dream. Will it be shattered? If it is, how will we react? So much to consider.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11