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The Iowa caucuses

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by rivergator, Jan 15, 2024.

  1. gatorchamps960608

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    It's a cult. These people have been subjected to a military grade psy op perfected and crafted in Russia first. They would all happily drink the Jonestown purple kool-aid for their cult leader.
     
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  2. sierragator

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    Tell us again how trump does not matter and how any mention of him is tds. He Is the GOP. Get back to us when that changes.
     
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  3. mikemcd810

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    That's a great point and it's an interesting dynamic. Trump is able to articulate their concerns even among all the candidates on both sides, he genuinely cares about their well being the least. The other Rep
    Except he wouldn't drink the kool aid himself and he'd have one of his lackeys go around to collect all the cash out of their wallets and purses afterward.
     
  4. rivergator

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    say what you will about Trump, but the connection he has with his supporters, the absolute devotion they have to him is absolutely amazing.I don’t get it. But it’s there


    The Most Durable Force in American Politics: Trump’s Ties to His Voters
     
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  5. Tjgators

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    What's it like to watch and rewatch The View every day?
     
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  6. flgator2

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    Lol, red states taught by liberals
     
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  7. Trickster

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    Point taken. I should have qualified my statement.
     
  8. HeyItsMe

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    Tell me you don’t have a point without telling me you don’t have a point, lol.
     
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  9. ajoseph

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    Serious question. I read that Trump was expecting a landslide in Iowa of like >75%. A 50% win is certainly YUGE, using Trump’s word, but it was not the smash that he predicted.

    For a State that seems spellbound devoted to Trump, is the Trump win what was expected?

    Haley closed strong, even though she spent the least amount of money and time in Iowa of the three. She seems to be gaining momentum.

    DeSantis blew his load in Iowa, pouring what seemed to be limitless money and resources and time. He eked out a second place win, far behind Trump and barely ahead of Haley.

    I think the race is FAR from over and I think Haley can still pickup momentum as the primaries move to more diverse areas of the country.
     
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  10. VAg8r1

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    Cannot answer that question since I haven't watched the View in several years and I can count the total number of episodes of the show that I have watched, none of which I have watched in their entirety, using my fingers on one hand with some fingers left over.
     
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  11. vaxcardinal

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    who is this Binkley guy?
     
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  12. channingcrowderhungry

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    He's a pastor who spent all his money in Iowa for this
     
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    Had to Google him. He's apparently a conservative pastor.
     
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    If nothing else the results of Iowa caucuses illustrate the way White Evangelical Christianity has devolved from a religious movement to a cult centered around the worship of a charismatic con artist with an orange complexion. The evidence is that last night Trump carried conservative rural counties with a large percentage self-identified Evangelicals by huge margins, the same counties in which he barely received 10% of the vote in 2016. Those same Evangelical voters rejected Mike Pence a sincere Evangelical Christian and former vice president apparently for displeasing the Orange God when he fulfilled his Constitutional duty on January 6, 2021 to the point in which he ended up dropping out weeks ago because he was polling so low.
     
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  15. ursidman

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    Found it kinda weird that after coming in 3rd she claimed it was now a two person race.
     
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    I think because DeSantis put so many of his eggs into the Iowa caucus basket. Will be interesting to see how he does in N.H. next week.
     
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    DeSantis team cries foul after Iowa called early for Trump

    WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida lashed out at the media Monday after networks declared former President Donald Trump the winner before some caucus sites had started voting.

    “It is absolutely outrageous that the media would participate in election interference by calling the race before tens of thousands of Iowans even had a chance to vote,” said DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo. “The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet.”

    The news broke at a caucus site here right around the same time a surrogate for Mr. DeSantis had taken the stage to sing his praises.
     
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  18. flgator2

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    Hell I thought
    Never heard of him
     
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    How else do you explain 1/2 of the Republican party channeling their inner Neville Chamberlain?
     
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    She's counting on an upset or a much closer contest than expected in New Hampshire, where DeSantis is not competitive at all, to catapult her campaign. The issue is the next state is South Carolina, where she will inevitably be crushed worse than she was in Iowa. It being her home state and all, will be ultra embarrassing and the show will be over. I think she's running just to keep her name out there for future elections/cabinet posts.

    You could even make a case for DeSantis staying in after South Carolina (which he will do okay in: 15 to 20 percent), because after SC, Haley is gonzo and then it becomes a true 2-man race from there onward.
     
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