Bernie Sanders

mhatrw

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8. The only thing I don't like about this is that is is actually a LOT EASIER to cheat a TON

Reply to leftcoastmountains (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 01:03 AM

Feb 2016

when you use voting machines.

At least when it comes to a caucus, you cannot swing 10% of the vote with a single line of code. A caucus at least makes cheating more difficult to accomplish and easier to spot.

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Scarborough: Leaving Iowa, Top Journalists Quietly Told Me 'You Know Bernie Won' [View all] leftcoastmountains Feb 2016 OP

Of course Bernie won. truedelphi Feb 2016 #1

Doesn't matter... Hillary's campaign is taking on water and sinking fast. She underestimated Bernie, but we sure didn't! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #36

I ageed with them until they got sanctimonious. Let's look at Florida, Steve roguevalley Feb 2016 #37

Iowa liberal from boston Feb 2016 #46

WTF kind of "top journalists" would keep this quiet? Are they all CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #2

Not all in Hillary's pocket, but all their employers are and they like their paychecks. merrily Feb 2016 #5

Sometime ago I read an article on this, very well done, that by far the majority of journalists RKP5637 Feb 2016 #79

Of course. If I owned a newspaper or TV station, you can bet it would be favoring Bernie merrily Feb 2016 #80

I posted an article some time ago. It said that journalists do not want to lose access so they antigop Feb 2016 #6

Well .... Jarqui Feb 2016 #7

Thank You For Sharing These Truths cantbeserious Feb 2016 #9

Thanks for the post. zentrum Feb 2016 #16

One of the worst hits to democracy ever. Nt tex-wyo-dem Feb 2016 #21

Yes. The point of capitalism isn't to "win" capitalism. Otherwise... Beartracks Feb 2016 #32

It's financial cancer. zentrum Feb 2016 #44

and then you can go Marty McGraw Feb 2016 #18

Also real big money is gotten running election ads, especially dark Akamai Feb 2016 #19

Good info. Appreciate this post. Still is not evidence that Sanders won more than he did. Midnight Writer Feb 2016 #34

I believe the superdelegate system was established to prevent the great unwashed masses from tblue37 Feb 2016 #81

No. Top is a euphemism for corrupt. It's like organized crime, sometimes journalists are asked to Zen Democrat Feb 2016 #10

Good Question! WTF. zentrum Feb 2016 #13

Hillary Rotten To The Core billhicks76 Feb 2016 #28

Not only that�... zentrum Feb 2016 #43

I agree completely with this. artislife Feb 2016 #49

Maybe billhicks76 Feb 2016 #63

You're right. zentrum Feb 2016 #68

You are correct. How can 840high Feb 2016 #48

yes, she learned to play with the men hopemountain Feb 2016 #61

She Was National President Of The College Republicans billhicks76 Feb 2016 #65

she is smart... hopemountain Feb 2016 #67

Many Of The Repubs Are Too billhicks76 Feb 2016 #70

i have a theory about hopemountain Feb 2016 #71

Ive Seen It In My Own Family billhicks76 Feb 2016 #72

yes, exactly! hopemountain Feb 2016 #73

Perhaps journalists who are waiting for hard evidence before they print an inflammatory story Midnight Writer Feb 2016 #33

I assume that was a rhetorical question... Bernie doesn't need "top journalists"... he's got the will of the people behind him... InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #35

I have friends who are fairly prominant journalists Lorien Feb 2016 #51

He was 50 points behind, with lots of disadvantages. merrily Feb 2016 #3

Something smells all right. nt antigop Feb 2016 #4

The only thing I don't like about this is that is is actually a LOT EASIER to cheat a TON mhatrw Feb 2016 #8

I very much agree. I've been saying all along that if they're going to cheat when there are Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #11

Evidence Of This Before billhicks76 Feb 2016 #29

NY should go back to it's good old pull-lever machines (eom) Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #56

Entire Nation Should billhicks76 Feb 2016 #62

in oregon we do not have hopemountain Feb 2016 #64

People are afraid of the Clintons. N/t Peregrine Took Feb 2016 #12

yep 840high Feb 2016 #17

Just Like The Bushes billhicks76 Feb 2016 #30

telling it like it is, even if it doesn't suit people tomm2thumbs Feb 2016 #14

We know that and so does the majority of the world. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #15

Not long until they start calling Iowa "Florida". Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #20

Yep and Andy McGuire is our Catherine Harris CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #59

Her supporters claim she'll get a lot of liberal stuff done.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #66

By Tuesdaynight (NH primary) no one will care. thesquanderer Feb 2016 #22

And to think MissDeeds Feb 2016 #23

The Bushes and the Clintons are more similar than I ever thought AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #24

Yep MissDeeds Feb 2016 #25

Bushes And Clintons One Family billhicks76 Feb 2016 #31

Yes they are. 840high Feb 2016 #47

Which is why they vacation together Lorien Feb 2016 #52

But if this "transcripts" of HC speeches to Goldman gets any traction... Duckfan Feb 2016 #26

Stink like this, this early in the season keeps us on our toes!!!!! dinkytron Feb 2016 #27

Exactly. If they get away with it once they'll try again. pa28 Feb 2016 #54

He made this up Depaysement Feb 2016 #38

So that's why Podesta had to calm those Congressman after the closeness of bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #39

??? Please explain. I missed this. nt antigop Feb 2016 #41

I think this: Fawke Em Feb 2016 #82

Of course he won or McGuire wouldn't be covering up the raw data. Now, Iowa will never be respected in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #40

Everyone in Iowa knows it was stolen. It's a joke. CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #60

Aaaaand, who's going to make this right? Is anyone, with some ETHICS and Pride in "The First in the in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #74

The good news is that it is being investigated CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #75

The correction needs to be released BEFORE Nevada. Even if it's just the drip, drip, drip of in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #77

It should be resolved as soon as possible CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #78

Errors found in Iowa Democratic caucus results leftcoastmountains Feb 2016 #42

My guess is Bernie won by a fair margin. But not safe enough not to be altered by subterfuge. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #45

I will keep saying it: WE NEED EXIT POLLING!! Lorien Feb 2016 #53

Yes, alternative internet media ... PLEASE DO THIS! Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #57

Oh, I agree completely. We know if the vote "count" differs from the exit polls by more than 1% Enthusiast Feb 2016 #58

So that's why we can't have transparency! Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #50

Party and power before honor and integrity Yeager29 Feb 2016 #55

This needs to be investigated and reported on in the papers. It's not. ViseGrip Feb 2016 #69

"Shady as hell" EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #76