So all of the left is ablaze in hand-wringing over this, and smelling conspiracies, and so on. I am taking the position that this isn’t that big of a deal. I mean…we shall see how it all comes out whenever they get around to it, but I don’t think this is a conspiracy, and here’s why. There are paper records. There are many, many witnesses. I mean…it’s a CAUCUS. Everybody is out in the open. This isn’t secret ballot. There are multiple eye witnesses in every single precinct to what happened. Right? If they were going to fake this thing, Iowa is NOT the place to do it. You can’t fake these numbers in any way and expect to get away with it. Everybody was THERE, watching it happen in front of their faces. You can’t fake that by one single vote without risk of getting exposed for cheating.

What I think happened is the run-of-the-mill, corrupt bullshit the Dems have become known for. They are all in the business of getting rich, and making their friends rich, and this was a “make our friends rich” scheme by buying a $1.00 App for a million dollars, or whatever it was. And they fucked up the app. So now they have to go through all the paper that they did not plan to go through, and weren’t prepared for. And then they are comparing that to the app, and the Bernie people are there with their results, and the Biden people are there, and the On and On people are all there scrutinizing these numbers, and it’s taking time. And Pete…he’s a kid. He hoped for victory, and he declared it too early, and that’s what happened. Now…I don’t trust the DNC, and we all know they will do everything they can to prevent Sanders from winning…but i don’t think this is a Thing in Iowa.

So now Perez has announced the count is starting over. And the left is all ablaze saying that this is motivated by the desire to keep it under the lid that Sanders won until after the debate tomorrow. I don’t think that’s likely, either. It’s pretty clear that Sanders got the most votes, and he is now declaring that openly anyway. I’m guessing they finally recognized that they have a “perception problem,” and they want to get this thing fucking right. There were a few problems with the numbers, all against Sanders…or so it seems.

Anyway…all this does, in fact, deprive Sanders of a headline. I think everybody is overblowing the importance of the “momentum” coming from that, but whatever.

The other thing it does is bury the bigger story that Biden got clobbered, and is coming out of Iowa empty-handed.

Enh.

It is a Fail, and it’s embarrassing, but if nothing else happens the rest of the way, it will be forgotten.

That Frum article is something else.

I awoke to that on my phone this morning, and I read it.

The idea that Sanders – who is hated by every person with political power in this country – has not faced serious inspection is the worst take I’ve read.

But…just 2 hours ago, The Hill published a piece arguing that Sanders is Too Establishment. Seriously. Sanders is part of the Swamp…in addition to being too radical to be Electable.

But back to the Frum piece…that’s what Sanders looks like to people inside the bubble. They just literally cannot see any appeal to a guy who thinks people care about healthcare, education, and working wages. Like…nobody I know is worried about this…WTF?

I didn’t realize the Rogan thing was such a big deal. I’ve listened to only one Rogan podcast (it was with Graham Hitchcock…really interesting), and I had no idea Rogan is such a Big Deal. Apparently he has a massive, massive audience, and a lot of it is working class Trump territory (UFC fans, etc), and his endorsement is actually kind of a thing.

waterfield wrote:

But what about older white women or black men or women. Why white older men ?

I speculate that it is because Trump addressed the unique grievances of the older white males. Conservative media has spent 30 years nurturing resentment of PC culture, and Trump pushed those buttons. The PC culture is a questioning of white patriarchy. Older white women to some degree, and black people of both genders, are not as likely to be annoyed by messages of inclusion.

wv wrote:

Why do you insist on bringing good news
to the board?

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You know me…never a disparaging word.