Showing posts with label iowa debacle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iowa debacle. Show all posts

Friday, February 7, 2020

That is Slime, Not Grease, on Pete Buttigieg's Hands

With the Iowa debacle still unresolved, the candidates headed off to New Hampshire for the first primary of the election season. As we know, Pete Buttigieg declared victory on Monday with only 40% of the precincts reporting and him in second place. Apparently, he had received word ahead of the actual results being posted because of a service he purchased from the software company tabulating the votes.

All the reporting stopped when Bernie Sanders campaigners disclosed that the tallys didn't match the numbers his precinct captains had been entering into an app his team designed and didn't mention to the Democratic party. Numbers weren't adding up the same, so the Iowa party and the DNC went into lock down.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Biden, Bernie's App, and Buttigieg's Suspicious Rise

The Iowa caucus is a debacle that leaves many questions. One thing it cleared up, though, is that Joe Biden is a loser this election cycle, too. 

He took on the persona of a tough guy who wished he could meet Trump 'out behind the gym.' He backed off of those sentiments when he was confronted about whether or not he really meant he would punch Trump given the chance. Of course, he wouldn't; it was just, you know, locker room talk. He just wanted to make it clear that he doesn't speak clearly, but it wasn't clear what he meant except that he clearly didn't mean what he said.

He probably also regrets walking around Iowa telling people to not vote for him. He ended up with less than 15% of the count, and will likely leave Iowa with few, if any, delegates. His best days are behind him, and they were wasted being on the wrong side of history quite often.