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In reply to the discussion: Iowa's nightmare revisited: Was correct winner called? [View all]questionseverything
(11,802 posts)103. there is tons of video all over iowa about precinct results
both candidates instructed their supporters to document so that point does not work
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Why boo hiss? It's a chance to get the Wall Streets super pac candidate to give up over 300
trillion
Feb 2016
#11
Only the naive swallow the 25 year smear campaign the Rethugs have waged against her. nt
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#79
The head of the US Chamber of Commerce said she will support the TPP after she gets
Dustlawyer
Feb 2016
#136
Her opposition is to the way it is presently worded if I recall correctly.
A Simple Game
Feb 2016
#141
It's time to say no to banksters and the rest of the blood sucking corporations, including Goldman
trillion
Feb 2016
#12
This is a description of typical caucuses. The paranoia level is high around here.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#53
Start with getting people to understand what the TPP is. The reason we have hillary voters on a
trillion
Feb 2016
#14
I would hope no duer would support it. i would think that would be reason to be banned from this
trillion
Feb 2016
#35
Wow. That is really really bad. You should have posted links from Democracynow.org to them giving
trillion
Feb 2016
#89
I actually made an OP about an anti-TPP rally I attended in Tokyo last May
Art_from_Ark
Feb 2016
#130
What does that have to do with Iowa? Both Hillary and Bernie are against the final draft.n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#73
If advocating change results in a bitter feeling to you, it's yours to diffuse.
aspirant
Feb 2016
#44
No, it's just caucuses everywhere, in every year, at least in crowded areas. n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#66
The Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party denies any recount and refuses conflicting evidence.
Ford_Prefect
Feb 2016
#68
There are no paper ballots. They count votes by having people move around the room,
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#70
The counts themselves are meaningless without paper ballots to check them against.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#95
I can push for primaries while asking for a review of any paper trail at the same time.
morningfog
Feb 2016
#106
Bernie himself isn't asking for a recount. He knows it would be meaningless. nt
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#107
I'm not asking for a recount, just a release of the raw vote data. What are you afraid of?
morningfog
Feb 2016
#112
How else are people going to understand how dumb this forest is unless we see the roots?
morningfog
Feb 2016
#121
Then the delegate numbers derived from those raw numbers can't be checked, either. (nt)
jeff47
Feb 2016
#88
Duh. I've been saying all along that these caucuses stink, and this is PART of why.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#94
A generous interpretation would be that McGuire doesn't want people to find out
winter is coming
Feb 2016
#146
Dr. Andy McGuire, Mrs. Hillary2016 license plate simply said, "No." Corruption always has that same
GoneFishin
Feb 2016
#34
HRC Has Learned Well From Karl Rove - Expect More Shenanigans Moving Forward
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#45
Well, Hillary is the one responsible for bringing toe-sucker Dick Morris into the White House.
Fuddnik
Feb 2016
#50
Based On The 08 Campaign - And Based On Allegiance To Wall Street - My Expectations Are Very Low
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#51
I warned everyone. If they didn't hate caucuses before the Iowa one, they would after.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#48
The 'raw numbers" are meaningless because there is no way to check their accuracy.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#92
If they see a discrepancy, without paper ballots they still don't know which number is true.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#100
They could do recounts while they were there -- I saw a video where those present
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#105
No, it was 3. And our disagreement can never be resolved without paper ballots. n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#116
NO caucus with head counting of several hundred voters present can ever be as accurate as
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#119
No, definitely NOT fraud. Just the typical chaos involving a lot of inexperienced volunteers,
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#61
Then why the reluctance for a type of recount? (or in this case, checking the math)?
hedgehog
Feb 2016
#76
Also not very "progressive" of her to walk away from possibility of voter disenfranchisement. Nt
JudyM
Feb 2016
#86
Bottom line: the only math that MATTERS is how the ACTUAL VOTERS VOTED. If they find
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#148
That's not accurate. Calcuations can be checked. Whether the results of those calcuations
winter is coming
Feb 2016
#149
So you would be basing all that work on a GIGANTIC assumption that can't be checked.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#150
"All that work" has already been done once, based on that "gigantic" assumption.
winter is coming
Feb 2016
#152
That was a statement made on Tuesday. Presumably, they've discovered some
winter is coming
Feb 2016
#154
No! No! Sanders won! Didn't you hear? And now his supporters are trying to take that away from him!
randome
Feb 2016
#108
This is the dumbest form of democracy I've ever seen and if someone wants the confusion
Vinca
Feb 2016
#83
Yes, it is dumb. And, no, it cannot be cleared up. Ever. Not to anyone's satisfaction.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#96
I agree. Automatic recount. I don't know why so many people here are determined
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#101
The delegates are 23 to 21. Not a tie. It worked out that way because of the way the
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#104
Her saying no cast more doubt on who really won. There is no reason for her
bkkyosemite
Feb 2016
#102
Bernie probably won, but came away with almost half the delegates. I don't think they could
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
#133
The party decides caucus rules. There's little doubt that, by design, the rules ALWAYS favor
NorthCarolina
Feb 2016
#142