Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 5444201 times)

TVC15 · « **Reply #51000 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:15:57 AM »

Well, I have to try to go to bed. It’s been fun watching democracy in action with you all. Greatest country in the world! Star time!

benjipwns · « **Reply #51001 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:16:20 AM »

new thread title:
Children of the Corn 2020: Caucus of Terror

Tripon · « **Reply #51002 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:18:48 AM »

https://twitter.com/wycats/status/1224558210222186496
https://twitter.com/LivPosting/status/1224575659017691136

https://twitter.com/varun_mathur/status/1224564143497322496

benjipwns · « **Reply #51003 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:19:20 AM »

https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/1224573065562071042

Trurl · « **Reply #51004 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:22:37 AM »

People always say that they won Iowa, but it seems a lot more sinister if you don't know if they won by winning or won by getting a surprisingly strong 3rd place.

Trurl · « **Reply #51005 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:25:18 AM »

https://twitter.com/micahuetricht/status/1224578497504563200

benjipwns · « **Reply #51006 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:25:55 AM »

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #51007 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:26:40 AM »

clearly the russians are to blame for subverting a well-tuned machine

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #51008 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:28:08 AM »

Bernie turning tulsi into the 1%. Nice.

shosta · « **Reply #51009 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:28:45 AM »

"a cross section"

so, it's worthless

benjipwns · « **Reply #51010 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:29:28 AM »

I hope Amy For America beat Biden. I really honestly do. I'm not doing any kind of bit.

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #51011 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:30:31 AM »

Wait.

Are they doing decimal delegates or rounding bullshit they showed earlier?

is that the problem?

TVC15 · « **Reply #51012 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:31:24 AM »

Steyer absolutely destroying Tulsi.

Himu · « **Reply #51013 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:33:55 AM »

shosta · « **Reply #51014 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:34:31 AM »

For a social democrat in America, 28% is a very respectable result and shows that a left wing candidate might be viable as soon as 2024

benjipwns · « **Reply #51015 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:35:19 AM »

The problem is that they can't report in. The app was supposed to do it but doesn't work, they can't phone it in because there's apparently not enough lines and they're resorting to cell phone screenshots of the forms. But some of the caucuses may be long gone, people would have to come back in to do that.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #51016 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:35:20 AM »

Quote from: shosta on February 04, 2020, 01:34:31 AM

For a social democrat in America, 28% is a very respectable result and shows that a left wing candidate might be viable as soon as 2024

yeah, so who exactly is intended to succeed him role-wise?

benjipwns · « **Reply #51017 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:36:51 AM »

Quote from: shosta on February 04, 2020, 01:34:31 AM

For a social democrat in America, 28% is a very respectable result and shows that a left wing candidate might be viable as soon as 2024

Down from 49.6% in Iowa and 43.1% nation-wide last time.

shosta · « **Reply #51018 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:37:01 AM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on February 04, 2020, 01:35:20 AM

yeah, so who exactly is intended to succeed him role-wise?

I don't know how the shadow primary is run these days by the politburo but I suspect Jimmy Hoffa has enough favors to clinch succession without violence.

Trurl · « **Reply #51019 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:37:07 AM »

Bernie Sanders is so remarkably restrained in some ways. TO have internal numbers that showed a huge victory but only say something to the effect of "when you see the numbers I think that you're going to like them" is crazy. Yet people compare him to Trump constantly.

benjipwns · « **Reply #51020 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:39:09 AM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on February 04, 2020, 01:35:20 AM

yeah, so who exactly is intended to succeed him role-wise?

AOC is eligible to run in 2024. Something I've always known.

shosta · « **Reply #51021 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:40:27 AM »

Bernie Sanders is so remarkably restrained in some ways. He released his incomplete and dubious cross section of caucus results to claim victory even though those numbers show him leading SE by only 3%. All because his campaign didn't want to wait 24 hours.

Himu · « **Reply #51022 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:44:27 AM »

Quote from: shosta on February 04, 2020, 01:40:27 AM

Bernie Sanders is so remarkably restrained in some ways. He released his incomplete and dubious cross section of caucus results to claim victory even though those numbers show him leading SE by only 3%. All because his campaign didn't want to wait 24 hours.

As far as I know he's just said they think they'll do do very well in Iowa. Link to him claiming victory?

team filler · « **Reply #51023 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:44:50 AM »

https://twitter.com/RodolfoCortesB/status/1224579772291772416

shosta · « **Reply #51024 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:47:09 AM »

Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on February 04, 2020, 01:44:27 AM

As far as I know he's just said they think they'll do do very well in Iowa. Link to him claiming victory?

Why else do you think Jeff Weaver put out those numbers? He's trying to control the narrative.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #51025 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:47:23 AM »

Quote from: shosta on February 04, 2020, 01:40:27 AM

Bernie Sanders is so remarkably restrained in some ways. He released his incomplete and dubious cross section of caucus results to claim victory even though those numbers show him leading SE by only 3%. All because his campaign didn't want to wait 24 hours.

What are you talking about, he won a crushing victory by almost 35%*!

*first count only in reputed poll**
**internal polling of limited areas, full results may vary slightly***
*** +/- 100%

Trurl · « **Reply #51026 on:** February 04, 2020, 01:58:00 AM »

I'm guessing that tomorrow 538 will have Bernie as a front runner.

benjipwns · « **Reply #51027 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:03:22 AM »

https://twitter.com/marwilliamson/status/1224585636839141383

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #51028 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:04:14 AM »

clearly the Department of Peace has its first assignment

shosta · « **Reply #51029 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:05:08 AM »

Quote from: Trurl on February 04, 2020, 01:58:00 AM

I'm guessing that tomorrow 538 will have Bernie as a front runner.

uh... he's been a frontrunner there since the beginning?

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-primary-forecast/

benjipwns · « **Reply #51030 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:08:28 AM »

https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/1224581791358627840

Quote

Iowa Democratic Party chair Troy Price gives a very short statement on the press call. He says at this point the IDP is manually checking the results. They expect to have results “later today.”

benjipwns · « **Reply #51031 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:14:45 AM »

https://twitter.com/jbuoen/status/1224567141468340228

Quote

Justin Buoen
@jbuoen
Campaign Manager for Amy Klobuchar

team filler · « **Reply #51032 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:29:06 AM »

https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/1224592752807153665

Occam · « **Reply #51033 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:35:53 AM »

If only there was a method of voting that couldn't be hacked and didn't rely on computer software.
I think I read about a method once that was used in the olden days that relied on some sort of thin sheets made out of wood, and you used an instrument called "pen" to write on them.

benjipwns · « **Reply #51034 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:41:14 AM »

Quote from: Occam on February 04, 2020, 02:35:53 AM

If only there was a method of voting that couldn't be hacked and didn't rely on computer software.
I think I read about a method once that was used in the olden days that relied on some sort of thin sheets made out of wood, and you used an instrument called "pen" to write on them.

Like this?

Quote from: benjipwns on February 03, 2020, 11:57:32 PM

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team filler · « **Reply #51035 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:42:59 AM »

paper ballots got cucked by jeb

that shit don't work either

Occam · « **Reply #51036 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:44:02 AM »

Did they use this sheet technology to collect the individual votes?

benjipwns · « **Reply #51037 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:45:22 AM »

No, people stood in groups and they counted them. Individual votes only matter to the extent that they indicate group viability. Before this year they didn't even count them.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #51038 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:47:08 AM »

I'm gonna make a wild guess that they didn't test, train, or implement a rollback option/redundancy for an entirely new reporting system. Amazing.

Quote from: TVC15 on February 03, 2020, 11:52:47 PM

Take away Iowa’s statehood and give it to Puerto Rico.

This is an appropriate punishment.

Occam · « **Reply #51039 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:47:24 AM »

Quote from: filler on February 04, 2020, 02:42:59 AM

paper ballots got cucked by jeb that shit don't work either

I think they work pretty well in the rest of entire world that isn't America. Just don't use some sort of weird punching mechanism, have people use ballpens.

Occam · « **Reply #51040 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:48:49 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on February 04, 2020, 02:45:22 AM

No, people stood in groups and they counted them. Individual votes only matter to the extent that they indicate group viability. Before this year they didn't even count them.

Amazing, what could go wrong.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #51041 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:48:54 AM »

paper ballots and pencils here

I think online voting is a thing too but never looked into it

benjipwns · « **Reply #51042 on:** February 04, 2020, 02:53:00 AM »

How do you think Americans vote? It's entirely paper/pen or electronic now.

This wasn't an election, but an internal party process masquerading as one.

Transhuman · « **Reply #51043 on:** February 04, 2020, 03:18:28 AM »

I timed it so that when I woke up 4 hours ago it would be juuust as the Caucus results come in.

Transhuman · « **Reply #51044 on:** February 04, 2020, 03:35:31 AM »

Not deliberately but in the sense that I did the math and the results would be coming in when I woke at 1:00-2:00pm +10GMT.

But I thought it'd be good because i'd be skipping past all the "results coming in now" crap.

Nintex · « **Reply #51045 on:** February 04, 2020, 03:40:44 AM »

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1224550106462138368

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #51046 on:** February 04, 2020, 06:49:19 AM »

Disband Iowa and bork’s Democratic Party.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #51047 on:** February 04, 2020, 07:19:16 AM »

Quote from: filler on February 04, 2020, 01:44:50 AM

https://twitter.com/RodolfoCortesB/status/1224579772291772416

Not to go all conspiracy but:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buttigieg-campaign-paid-firm-that-developed-voting-app-blamed-for-iowa-caucus-delays

Real

energy hours with my insomnia.

Truly it's going to come down to Communism vs The Smiler (Now with Gay Hat™) until the Southern States where Smiler gets absolutely fucking destroyed by the black voters that "I'm not asking for your vote," "GOOD YOU'RE NOT FUCKING GETTING IT!" if South Bend blacks raises noise for that segment.

The only way they stop that is with Wine Caves calling in the nukes on the South. (#NukeUsAll~~ChairmanXi~~JaneLynch)

Not overly bothered beyond Buttchug declaring victory before the numbers are shown, that's some really

conspiracy energy right there. But Twitter ground-game saying Sanders won, showing his diverse base (people of all colors showing up for him and rurals declaring a clear BTFO victory for him in the first-rounds) means I'm not overly bothered by this shit show.

We'll see, but it's going to be an uphill battle fighting a clear rigging in the party a second time. I just hope the proletariat is ready with torches and pitchforks to head to DNC headquarters and the White House/D.C. and burn it all down like Canadians did back in the day.

https://twitter.com/Julie_Johnsoned/status/1224584873018580993

Nintex · « **Reply #51048 on:** February 04, 2020, 07:37:14 AM »

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1224657196392370177

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #51049 on:** February 04, 2020, 07:42:06 AM »

Bruh wtf with this shit

thisismyusername · « **Reply #51050 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:13:03 AM »

https://twitter.com/Glennfinito/status/1224594106665635840

Tripon · « **Reply #51051 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:21:54 AM »

https://twitter.com/SanaSaeed/status/1224569416362446849

Is this praxis?

thisismyusername · « **Reply #51052 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:23:03 AM »

^Yes.

https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/1224517093028024320

Tripon · « **Reply #51053 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:30:05 AM »

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1224685852133031936

shosta · « **Reply #51054 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:37:21 AM »

Quote from: shosta on February 03, 2020, 11:14:33 PM

Quote from: benjipwns on February 03, 2020, 11:12:05 PM
How do you realign early votes to meet the 15% threshold?
You rank them

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In a call later with reporters, Price read a statement indicating there was no hack or intrusion, but the verification was taking longer than expected. Iowa Democrats for the first time enacted a new "preference card" system in which caucus-goers wrote down their choice for president. This created an unprecedented paper trail.

I knew ranked choice had an issue with auditing but I never thought I'd live to see it

Tripon · « **Reply #51055 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:44:04 AM »

https://twitter.com/ChanceFrom79th/status/1224644758598930433

Probably goes in the conspiracy thread as well.

https://twitter.com/BuniculaTv/status/1224640330412236802

Peter Daou must be going wtf, you couldn't push for Verrit?

TVC15 · « **Reply #51056 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:45:41 AM »

So how bad do we think this incompetence is going to get? I’m going to say that right now, realistically, there’s like a 75% chance the Democrats manage to not nominate anyone in time for the election. Trump will be debating the crazy dollar sign suit guy from those old late night commercials or whatever the Green Party convinces to run.

shosta · « **Reply #51057 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:49:22 AM »

Quote from: TVC15 on February 04, 2020, 08:45:41 AM

So how bad do we think this incompetence is going to get? I’m going to say that right now, realistically, there’s like a 75% chance the Democrats manage to not nominate anyone in time for the election. Trump will be debating the crazy dollar sign suit guy from those old late night commercials or whatever the Green Party convinces to run.

You know what's crazy? Matthew Lesko has never worn a dollar sign suit (they're question marks) but that's how I remember it, too. Mandela effect.

TVC15 · « **Reply #51058 on:** February 04, 2020, 08:55:42 AM »

Quote from: shosta on February 04, 2020, 08:49:22 AM

Quote from: TVC15 on February 04, 2020, 08:45:41 AM
So how bad do we think this incompetence is going to get? I’m going to say that right now, realistically, there’s like a 75% chance the Democrats manage to not nominate anyone in time for the election. Trump will be debating the crazy dollar sign suit guy from those old late night commercials or whatever the Green Party convinces to run.
You know what's crazy? Matthew Lesko has never worn a dollar sign suit (they're question marks) but that's how I remember it, too. Mandela effect.

Woah, I actually had a mini-mandela effect moment typing that out. I thought “No, it couldn’t have been question marks, the Riddler would’ve been pissed, right?” I think he had a book or ledger with big dollar signs on it, though.

Oh, he’s from Wilkes-Barre. That’s reasonably close to where Ami and I came from!

Himu · « **Reply #51059 on:** February 04, 2020, 09:01:57 AM »

FUCK IOWA

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