Wolf Blitzer....'A truly stunning meltdown of the vote reporting system'

[spanone]

'We still don't know how Iowa went so horribly wrong'

'We do know it's a totally huge embarrassment as the Democrats kick off their fight to defeat donald trump'

'Truly unprecedented moment in American presidential politics'

[Javaman]

1. never thought blitzer was the brightest bulb in the lot. nt

[spanone]

2. they're talking like it's the end of the world...an app failed

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. This reminds me of how apocalyptic the coverage was of the ACA website it's first few days

I mean, chill out. An app glitch and then all of the sudden, the Democratic Party is a disorganized mess that Trump is going to beat like a drum in November. I mean, seriously, CNN already had an "analysis" like that out first thing this morning.

[Bonx]

10. Isn't it the app that tabulates the vote totals? Sounds important.

[spanone]

11. They have paper backup....nothing invalidated.

[malaise]

5. Here's his situation

[Javaman]

12. and that's NOT celebrity jeopardy on SNL. that's the real thing. LOL nt

[Baked Potato]

13. I remember that, very painful to watch

[malaise]

14. Painful?

We were howling with laughter right here on DU

[Baked Potato]

15. Painful because we love Jeopardy and he was cringeworthy

I was lurking and remember... I also remember Cheech kicking ass.

[malaise]

3. Huh! Send this to Blitzer - the worst Jeopardy contestant in history

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12947882
John1956PA (1,375 posts)

15. The media should remind viewers of the failure regarding the 2012 Republican Iowa caucus.

Immediately after the 2012 Republican Iowa caucus, Romney was said to be the winner by 8 votes. However, the certified results issued seventeen days later declared Santorum as the winner. Unfortunately, tallies from eight precincts were lost, causing the true outcome to remain unknown.

From Wikipedia:

On January 20, 2012, Santorum was declared the official winner of the January 3 Iowa caucuses based on the certified results from 1,766 precincts (results from 8 precincts could not be found). Santorum (29,839 votes, 25%) had defeated Romney (29,805, 25%) by 34 votes.


To make matters worse, in June of 2012, the winner of Iowa's Republican delegates eventually went to Ron Paul.

From https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-paul-wins-iowa-caucuses-2012-6 :

It also gives Iowa its third Republican presidential winner of the 2012 election cycle — a potentially bad sign for a state that prides itself on its first-in-nation caucus status. The Republican Party descended into chaos after this year's January caucus, which was initially called for Mitt Romney until the state GOP declared Rick Santorum the real winner. The debacle led to the resignation of Iowa's state GOP chair, and Ron Paul's highly-organized army of grassroots supporters stepped in to fill the leadership void.


The media should emphasize that Glitches in Iowa caucuses have beset both parties.

[spanone]

7. Thanks....the current headline at cnn.com

[malaise]

8. Send this to that wolf! ROFL

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

6. All networks mad can't blab a winner

With the exception of faux who are stumbled over themselves at more likely Sander's won.

[rockfordfile]

9. LoL a glitch and CNN desperately shows how desperate the un-American Trump is for anything

[Ron Green]

16. "Wolf" Blitzer is in the entertainment business. He's just not very

good at it, so they’ve found a spot for him as the bland center of the mediocrity that CNN has become.