Already, February is shaping up to be the 'month from hell' for the Democratic Party and their hopes for beating Donald Trump in November. As Monday night grinded on into late Tuesday morning, sleep-deprived journalists from around the state of Iowa were still clueless as to the results of the hotly-anticipated caucus. Were the Democrats so consumed with impeaching Trump that they forgot how to organize a simple caucus? Finally, the Iowa Democratic Party broke the explosive news: the name of the winner would be indefinitely delayed due to "quality checks" and "inconsistencies" with the paper ballots.
Thus, for the second time in as many days, the Democrats have failed to provide the polling statistics on their favorite presidential horse. On Saturday, CNN was forced to cancel the release of a survey, conducted in cooperation with the Des Moines Register, after some vague complaints by the Buttigieg campaign were put forward.
No wonder that the state of Iowa's 'election malfunction' has given rise to a number of conspiracy theories - no word on Russian meddling as of yet, but stay tuned! - that the Democrats had deliberately flushed the results down the memory hole because they showed Bernie Sanders, or even Tulsi Gabbard, far ahead of the pack.
US establishment fears new political voices
Had the Iowa caucuses been a 'normal' political contest in a normal political season - if such a thing is even possible - perhaps there would be less cause for alarm. But this has been very far from a normal campaign season. The Washington swamp remains bogged down in scandal as the Democrats continue in their increasingly unhinged efforts to impeach Donald Trump.
At the same time, both parties are watching with mounting concern as socialist rhetoric, backed up by surging membership in socialist groups, increases across the heartland. Naturally, this is of tremendous concern to the DC movers and shakers of all political stripes, and not least of all the corporate lobbyists who would stand to lose a lot of extra butter on their bread in the event America suddenly 'goes red.'
Now for the $1 million-dollar question: would the Democrats prefer to risk looking foolish and inept by torpedoing the release of the Iowa caucus results if it meant keeping Sanders or some other possible 'troublemaker' down in the political basement? Judging by the party's recent exploits it certainly seems plausible.
Just last week, for example, CNN announced it would host eight presidential town halls ahead of the New Hampshire Democratic primary. The list of candidates, however, glaringly failed to include Hawaii congresswoman and Iraqi war veteran Tulsi Gabbard, who is out-polling Tom Steyer, Andrew Yang, and Deval Patrick in New Hampshire, according to RealClearPolitics polling. So much for democracy.
Gabbard, who campaigns on a non-interventionist platform, has few friends in the Democratic Party, especially after she met with Syrian President Bashar Assad back in 2017. Many people in Washington went so far as to brand Gabbard a 'terrorist sympathizer' after she said evidence was needed to prove that the Syrian government had resorted to the use of chemical weapons against members of the opposition. Apparently, Gabbard never got the memo that says the power-crazed superpower does not require evidence before bombing countries back to the Stone Age.
It goes without saying that the last thing the hawks in Washington want is a commander-in-chief who may do something really crazy, like scale back America's behemoth military boot print around the planet, thereby cutting into the defense sector's profit margin.
That leads us to Bernie Sanders. As late as 2016, the longest-serving independent in congressional history was thought to be a containable political figure among the Democrats. After all, the American people would never be ready for a socialist president, or so the argument went. In any case, if the Democrats ever felt threatened by the die-hard socialist, then they could always resort to behind-the-scene shenanigans to keep him sidelined. And that is exactly what they were accused of doing in the 2016 elections as revealed by some 20,000 Democratic Party emails released by WikiLeaks months before the 2016 presidential election.
What a difference four years make. Today, Sanders, at a sprightly 78 years old, is a veritable tour de force inside of the Democratic Party, and the reason is largely because he has the backing of the radical progressive wing of the Democratic Party, known as 'The Squad' (made up of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; NY, Ilhan Omar; MN Ayanna Pressley; MA and Rashida Tlaib; MI) to their supporters, and the 'Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse' to their detractors, of which there are many.
In November, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez teamed up and rallied against big oil companies in an effort to promote the so-called "Green New Deal," which in addition to phasing out the use of fossil fuels and thus 'climate change,' also calls for universal health care, increased minimum wages, and preventing monopolies. Needless to say, despite the Democrats best efforts to come across as friends of the people, they are terrified at the prospect of such a 'socialist' agenda seeing the light of day.
In other words, the veteran establishment Democrats - made up of the Pelosis, Schumers, Schiffs and Nadlers - are primarily committed not to the American people, but to the vast corporate lobbyists and special interest groups they represent every single day in Washington, DC. The arrival of a Bernie Sanders or Tulsi Gabbard, each with their own personal anti-establishment platforms, would shake the Beltway to its very foundations, as well as signal the ultimate death and demise of the Democratic Party from within. In that sense, people like Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard are considered far more of a threat to the Democrats than even Donald J. Trump.
So, did the Democrats deliberately trash the results of the Iowa poll? Presently it is impossible to say, but one thing is for certain, there are a lot more conspiracy theorists walking around in the United States today than there were yesterday, and the Democrats only have themselves to blame for that.
Reader Comments
Can you imagine. Pence will declare himself high priest AND president of the holy kingdom of America.
Wiki sez:
Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University , attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship . From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a consultant at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. From 2009 to 2017, he served as a naval intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. In 2014, he was deployed to Afghanistan for seven months and was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal. Before running for office, Buttigieg worked on the political campaigns of Democrats Jill Long Thompson, Joe Donnelly, and John Kerry . Buttigieg served as the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana from January 2012 to January 2020. Once elected mayor of South Bend, Indiana, he became the youngest mayor of a city with a population of over 100,000. In 2015, Buttigieg publicly came out as gay and was reelected with over 80% of the vote.Of course!
Thus, he never had a chance, thus, we should all feel sorry for him and elect him president. Sarcasm.
RC
Does anyone question why Rhodes is so important to the (US) permanent state?
What's he got to be so happy about?
Seven dwarves in a bed feeling happy.
So Happy got out.
I am confused. Is there a difference between a :non-transitioning gay" vs. a "transitioning gay"?
I thought I read that this world was all love and happiness. It's getting to where I need help. What's gone wrong?
Please keep me anonymous* and call me:
Lost In Florida, Exclusively.
R.C.
*And . . .
1) please don't 'dox' me;**
**2) More importantly 'Please Don't Tase Me, Bro!" (Immortal words of another Fl. Gator.)
RC
It's time for 'LGB' and 'T' to go their separate ways
The growing rift between increasingly radicalized transgender-rights activists and the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) communities has finally come out into the open. This week, Europe's biggest...An unprecedented 4 Muttlies
about 1/2 of our people (including shamefully, those in government) believe that the phrase 'the rule of law'.. means that 'there are laws and they rule.' whereas in our Republic, the rule of law. (our Constitution) applies ONLY to the government, and NOT to the people.
and here is the proof.
Tenth Amendment - Reserved Powers The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
it is designed to promote the concept of individual Liberty. (the etymology of this word is American and french)
my bet is, that 99.9% of sott.net simply cannot understand the concepts that I just made very clear. and yes, this includes all of the guru owners of this website.
as an American, it is MY house that is on fire.
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The DNC doesn't care if their eventual candidate is a pandering moron, but they do insist on him/her being DNC-approved. Bernie has not obtained the DNC's approval.
I beg to differ. That's who/what they prefer!
RC
Seriously.
Unless it was hacked.
Sott doesn't allow deletions. They are like the Gestapo.
I detect that the problem would be that it would require some extra and expensive software adjustments, or would otherwise require realtime human attention.
By experience, I one time, (as I recall) I posted something so accidental or stupid, that it was wrong and humiliating. I emailed SOTT and they removed it. But I wouldn't presume to rely on that. (But you've not made anything even worth a comment on.)*
RC
*So, (as I repeatedly,and constantly tell myself) Give yourself a break!
RC
I want to be a stand up online comic
NRN RC
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RC
Sanders To Seek 'Partial Recanvass' Of Iowa Precincts - Yet IDP Says Bad Math Can't Be Fixed
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That said, an attorney for the Iowa Democratic Party says that nothing will change. According to a Saturday email from the IDP chair, "The incorrect math on the Caucus Math Worksheets must not be changed to ensure the integrity of the process.LOL!!!! So, apparently leaving mathematics mistakes ensures more integrity!?!?!
And here the Iowa Democrat Party (IDP) says math is just a matter of opinion:
" "The IDP's role is to facilitate the caucus and tabulate the results. Any judgement of math miscalculations would insert personal opinion into the process by individuals not at the caucus and could change the agreed upon resultsOf course, none of this is a surprise b/c during the DNC fraud lawsuit, the DNC argued in court that it was their 1st amendment right to rig primaries:
DNC Lawyers Argue Primary Rigging Is Protected by the First Amendment [Link]
They haven't learned a thing.