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Old Feb 4, 2020 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Here is a list of government-mandated technology initiatives which happened on time:







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well played.
Old Feb 4, 2020 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
All I saw was an angry man complaining about the fact that Iowa can't seem to make technology work, which is more sad than anything.
The Democrat presidential campaigns of Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg paid the firm that reportedly built the failed Iowa caucus app that partly rendered the results of the caucus unavailable at the end of Monday night’s contest. In the absence of results, Buttigieg declared victory and the other candidates including Biden portrayed confidence.

Buzzfeed confirmed, including with a presidential campaign, that the firm Shadow built the app that frustrated Democrat vote counters, rendering it technically impossible for some to register the results in their area and forcing direct calls to the state party office in Des Moines.

The firm Shadow Inc. accepted a $1,225 payment from the Joe Biden campaign for “text messaging,” and two payments totaling $42,500 from South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg’s campaign for “software rights and subscriptions”, according to a Federal Election Commission filing. The Shadow firm was also paid by Kirsten Gillibrand’s failed presidential campaign and the state Democrat parties of Iowa, Texas and Nevada.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iowa-caucus-app-shadow_n_5e390191c5b687dacc722824?











Old Feb 4, 2020 | 11:59 AM
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Still doesn't strike me as humorous, but whatever.



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Also, it's interesting how there were so many news articles about Iowa bracing for "record turnout" yesterday, with Democratic voters desperate to show their support for "anyone but Trump." Examples:

https://www.courthousenews.com/democ...iowa-caucuses/

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/pol...239894328.html


Turns out that caucus attendance was in fact a record. A record low.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...-should-worry/
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it certainly was invisible...
Old Feb 4, 2020 | 02:02 PM
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Math is hard.

Several prominent Democratic candidates have already demonstrated this with their proposed spending plans.
Old Feb 4, 2020 | 02:28 PM
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interesting if true:

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Old Feb 4, 2020 | 05:33 PM
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https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/videos/192264368550381/
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Each side has examples of such people xD. If we want to cherry pick those examples and make it represent the entire group, then I'm sure there are a few more compilations that will be posted soon enough.
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Exactly my point.
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Working together is the key. small history lesson.
https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/videos/868534146908811/
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shocker. the person no one has ever heard of, who paid the company whose app failed, and mysteriously gave a winning speech before any results were in, is reported the winner of the caucus...

tell me more about how Trump rigged the 2016 election with the Russians please.
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Originally Posted by triple88a
Working together is the key. small history lesson.
https://www.facebook.com/thedailysho...8534146908811/
Working together leads to misgendered 3 year olds who are legally allowed to be sex slaves...
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Originally Posted by Braineack
shocker. the person no one has ever heard of, who paid the company whose app failed, and mysteriously gave a winning speech before any results were in, is reported the winner of the caucus...
The scary thing is that I believe that result to be legitimate.

Not that there's any Democratic candidate with a chance of winning* who doesn't scare me.

* = Biden appears to be slipping badly.



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he's been polling no more than 15% all year... he claimed victory before any results were reported, by the company he gave ~$45K to, which is also tied to Clinton, in a DNC process that's already committed fraud/rigging in order to keep Bernie, who is leading most polls, from getting a win.
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And then there's these clowns...

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