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Post by roloma on Feb 2, 2020 18:43:59 GMT -6
While Warren’s campaign isn’t offering childcare for my caucus, they will have an entire area designed for kids with some toys/coloring pages/activities. I’ll have my kids probably enjoying screen time but my mom already has the 4 yo signed up to hand out wristbands with her at check-in. He’s excited to help.
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Post by byjove on Feb 2, 2020 19:28:07 GMT -6
Yang hints at possible pardon for trump. WTF Long long long wooooooooooooooow
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Post by justbecause on Feb 2, 2020 19:37:00 GMT -6
Only Trump and Bloomberg had the $$ to do a Super Bowl ad.
I booed them both.
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Post by roloma on Feb 2, 2020 19:45:15 GMT -6
DAMN IT...I found out tonight that my precinct is one where Trump is sending a surrogate to represent him. (He’s sending folks like that asshole Mulvaney, Wilbur Ross, Betsy Devos, Ben Carson, and a handful of other idiots out to certain precincts tomorrow) We don’t know who it will be at ours but they have also talked about making sure they send enough people early to take all of the parking spaces in the already limited parking lot so it is difficult for people to get to the caucus. How fucking scummy, man.
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Post by cnf on Feb 2, 2020 19:50:25 GMT -6
DAMN IT...I found out tonight that my precinct is one where Trump is sending a surrogate to represent him. (He’s sending folks like that asshole Mulvaney, Wilbur Ross, Betsy Devos, Ben Carson, and a handful of other idiots out to certain precincts tomorrow) We don’t know who it will be at ours but they have also talked about making sure they send enough people early to take all of the parking spaces in the already limited parking lot so it is difficult for people to get to the caucus. How fucking scummy, man. What a shit bag. I'd just casually toss a handful of nails under their tires. Because I'm at that point. Doncurr.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Feb 2, 2020 21:18:27 GMT -6
DAMN IT...I found out tonight that my precinct is one where Trump is sending a surrogate to represent him. (He’s sending folks like that asshole Mulvaney, Wilbur Ross, Betsy Devos, Ben Carson, and a handful of other idiots out to certain precincts tomorrow) We don’t know who it will be at ours but they have also talked about making sure they send enough people early to take all of the parking spaces in the already limited parking lot so it is difficult for people to get to the caucus. How fucking scummy, man. Obligatory fuck Mick Mulvaney. And also the rest of them.
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Post by byjove on Feb 3, 2020 5:54:32 GMT -6
roloma I’m counting on IA. I’m not sure what for exactly, but don’t mess this up! 😉
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Post by blurnette989 on Feb 3, 2020 6:05:07 GMT -6
Do we have other Iowa folks? I can't remember sorry! Hope today goes well for all y'all!
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Post by starbuck on Feb 3, 2020 6:53:31 GMT -6
I am not in IA but stress eating in solidarity. What a day this will be.
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Post by cakewench on Feb 3, 2020 7:39:22 GMT -6
Happy Caucus Day, Iowa!
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Post by milano on Feb 3, 2020 7:42:06 GMT -6
I'm nervous about Iowa. When do we find out results? I can't remember or didn't pay attention in 2016.
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Post by claudia on Feb 3, 2020 7:51:26 GMT -6
Only Trump and Bloomberg had the $$ to do a Super Bowl ad. I booed them both. A little off topic but I'm really discouraged by the possible rule change to let Bloomberg in the debates. I completely and totally get the need to not let everyone on the debate stage. The debates with 18 people were not productive overall. There should be qualifications. Even the polling qualifications in national polls makes sense, but the early state requirements needed to go some time ago. Iowa and New Hampshire are not good representative samples of a broad base of support for a candidate, have relatively low minority populations, and now we've effectively eliminated all but one of the non-white candidates. Now that that has happened, the DNC is like "Hey, maybe we should change the rules! We wouldn't want to exclude the rich white guy!" It's irritating.
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Post by Peekaru on Feb 3, 2020 7:56:42 GMT -6
My husband last night, completely unprompted.
“I guess I’m voting for Bloomberg”
Me:
What? Why? Where? When? Who?!?!?
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Post by Peekaru on Feb 3, 2020 7:58:38 GMT -6
Yang hints at possible pardon for trump. No. Also, I want the NY DA to come for 45.
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Post by roloma on Feb 3, 2020 9:17:54 GMT -6
I'm nervous about Iowa. When do we find out results? I can't remember or didn't pay attention in 2016. So, in theory they hope to have the results by 10pm Central. I think this will be difficult to accomplish for a number of reasons. 1) I am not sure how things will go with the new "system", it could either really streamline the process or be a huge, confusing mess. 2) I think the results are going to be tight and take quite a while to sort through. They are going to basically need full results to find a winner...and I can't say with any certainty that a clear winner will come out. I am a ball of fucking nerves today. I have never felt quite this way before a caucus or election. There is seemingly so much riding on it and I don't feel comfortable, at all. byjove, please don't count on us for too much, we can't be trusted. I am leaving working early so I can get home to feed the kids, load up the tablets, and try not to hyperventilate. I don't know anything else about the other campaigns but I know Warren had, for sure, 23 committed caucus goers not including her own volunteers, so she is close to viable but not guaranteed. The viable candidates will likely need about 39 people to reach the 15%, if we get the turnout we expect. The Warren area is directly between the Yang and Uncommitted areas so hopefully a few can be pulled from either place if she is close but not at the threshold. I haven't even entertained a scenario in which she isn't viable. I have ZERO idea where I would go... Policy-wise I would align most closely with Bernie but that's basically a no from me dawg. Maybe Biden...although I am not sure I want to inflate his numbers, because that seems like a dangerous game. Maybe Amy if she stays viable, but if she is viable and Liz is not I will be v v confused. My brain is word vomiting today. I am of no use to anyone at work.
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Post by roloma on Feb 3, 2020 9:19:06 GMT -6
Do we have other Iowa folks? I can't remember sorry! Hope today goes well for all y'all! I know hellesbelles is. She was precinct chair for Booker, if I remember correctly, in her area. I haven't seen her around much since he dropped out so I don't know what is happening in her neck of the woods. She is just north of me a ways.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Feb 3, 2020 11:03:25 GMT -6
Good luck today Iowa folks! I’m eager to see the results. I can’t believe it is finally here.
I’m also really surprised by a fair amount of my high school “friends” (in IA) that have been posting or liking Bern related things on FB lately. I guess I shouldn’t be with him leading the latest poll.
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Post by justbecause on Feb 3, 2020 11:07:51 GMT -6
claudiaThe rule change that allowsBloomberg into the debates is total BS.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 3, 2020 11:08:51 GMT -6
Sorry if you don’t like my sense of humor but I laughed.
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 3, 2020 11:11:23 GMT -6
Sorry if you don’t like my sense of humor but I laughed. same
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Post by pearbear on Feb 3, 2020 11:50:08 GMT -6
I can’t believe the primaries are officially here. I’m not ready.
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Post by enchanted on Feb 3, 2020 11:56:26 GMT -6
I can’t believe the primaries are officially here. I’m not ready. I am and I'm not. I'm ready to get this show on the road and (hopefully) get that stone cold idiot and a number of GOP Senators out of office, but I also still have no clue who I am voting for at this point.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 3, 2020 11:56:28 GMT -6
I’m just here for the laughs.
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 3, 2020 11:59:17 GMT -6
I'm ready for November already. I just want it over, I dont want it to be Biden because I feel like we're just going to end up in a strange timeloop.
Also I dont think trump is going to leave peacefully if he loses. Between 11/4/20 and Jan 20/21 I feel like he is just going to escalate everything and burn it down
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Post by cakewench on Feb 3, 2020 12:03:35 GMT -6
I'm ready for November already. I just want it over, I dont want it to be Biden because I feel like we're just going to end up in a strange timeloop. Also I dont think trump is going to leave peacefully if he loses. Between 11/4/20 and Jan 20/21 I feel like he is just going to escalate everything and burn it down Bill Maher has been bringing this up with regularity, and he's stepped it up since coming back from hiatus. IF Trump loses in November (and I still feel it's a big IF), I am very worried about what he will pull.
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Post by cnf on Feb 3, 2020 12:22:16 GMT -6
I'm ready for November already. I just want it over, I dont want it to be Biden because I feel like we're just going to end up in a strange timeloop. Also I dont think trump is going to leave peacefully if he loses. Between 11/4/20 and Jan 20/21 I feel like he is just going to escalate everything and burn it down Bill Maher has been bringing this up with regularity, and he's stepped it up since coming back from hiatus. IF Trump loses in November (and I still feel it's a big IF), I am very worried about what he will pull. Yup. IF he loses, which I'm feeling very uncertain about, 2.5 months is plenty of time for him to finish ruining everything.
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Post by ladybrienne on Feb 3, 2020 12:22:27 GMT -6
Oh I have been on the "There will be no peaceful transition of power" if Trump loses train for a while.
Like I know it is tinfoil hat-ish but fuck I cannot help it.
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Post by cnf on Feb 3, 2020 12:25:38 GMT -6
Oh I have been on the "There will be no peaceful transition of power" if Trump loses train for a while. Like I know it is tinfoil hat-ish but fuck I cannot help it. Well considering he "jokes" about a third term, I don't find it very tin foily at all.
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Post by punker1212 on Feb 3, 2020 12:26:22 GMT -6
I’m just here for the laughs. Oh this got a very hearty chuckle out of me.
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Post by catspajamas on Feb 3, 2020 12:29:27 GMT -6
I can’t believe the primaries are officially here. I’m not ready. I am and I'm not. I'm ready to get this show on the road and (hopefully) get that stone cold idiot and a number of GOP Senators out of office, but I also still have no clue who I am voting for at this point. This is for sure how I plan to refer to him going forward. That was the best thing to come out of last night's tweet debacle
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