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How the Iowa caucuses 'broke down in every way possible' (phone dropped in toilet)
AJC ^ | 2/11/20

Posted on 02/11/2020 3:54:27 PM PST by Libloather

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To: Lmo56

Dog ate her app.


21 posted on 02/11/2020 4:35:41 PM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Libloather

It’s all a lie.

They knew Bernie was surging. They knew he would win.

So the first operation was to squelch the Des Moines Register poll. Mission accomplished.

The next operation was bolder—stop the Bernie win by blaming the app, and then having the time to give the win to Mayor Petey. Mission accomplished.

They have to blame their own incompetence, rather then let Bernie win.

Next stop, New Hampster!


22 posted on 02/11/2020 4:36:53 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: Libloather

The Trump curse.


23 posted on 02/11/2020 4:37:24 PM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: eyedigress

Was she in the men’s or ladies restroom?


24 posted on 02/11/2020 4:37:58 PM PST by cnsmom (Z)
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To: Libloather

...well, I’ve finally found something I have in common with a Democrat “Activist”.

Namely, we dropped our smart phones in the toilet the same week!

Thank god I just updated Icloud the week before.


25 posted on 02/11/2020 4:47:21 PM PST by Cen-Tejas
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According to the La Times, LAST FALL, Iowa’s Republican and Democratic Parties, and web development vendors, examined the app the Iowa Democratic Party commissioned to tabulate and report caucus results, partnering with (cough) Harvard’s “Defending Digital Democracy Project” to develop strategies and systems to protect results and deal with misinformation.

The Harvard group included "party campaign experts” Robby Mook and Matt Rhodes, and experts in (A) cybersecurity, (B) national security, (C) technology and (D) election administration.

Fortuitously, the group simulated different ways “things could go wrong” on caucus night. (cue maniacal laugh machine here).

Mook is 2016 campaign manager for Hillary Clinton, and Rhodes is Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign manager.

Out of sheer public-spiritededness, these two helped develop a video to alert campaigns to warning signs of hacking and misinformation.

THAT WAS THEN-—THIS IS NOW-—REVISIONIST IOWA DEMOCRATS DEFEND THE DEBACLE

“The app the Iowa Democratic Party commissioned to tabulate and report results from the caucuses on Monday was not properly tested, people briefed on the app by the state party told newspapers."

" It was quickly put together in just the past two months, said the people, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak publicly.”

Iowa state Democrats decided to use the app only after another proposal for reporting votes — which entailed caucus participants phoning in their votes — was abandoned, on the advice of DNC officials, according to David Jefferson, a board member of Verified Voting, a nonpartisan election integrity organization.

26 posted on 02/11/2020 4:47:34 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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The NYT reported the first signs of trouble at the Iowa Democrat Caucuses came early.

<><> the smartphone app had been ok’ed last fall by Harvard’s Harvard’s “Defending Digital Democracy Project”
to develop strategies and systems to protect results and deal with misinformation (LA Times report).

<><> The Harvard group included “party campaign experts” and experts in
(A) cybersecurity, (B) national security, (C) technology and (D) election administration.

<><> fortuitously, the Harvard group simulated different ways “things could go wrong” on caucus night.

<><> (cue maniacal laugh machine here).

<><> but a simple task like reporting the results began failing last Monday night.

<><> “quick-thinking” Democrat party officials then instructed precinct leaders to move to Plan B:

<><> plan B had precincts call-in results into caucus hdq in Des Moines, to be entered into a secure system by volunteers.

<><> but when volunteers tried to log on, they discovered they needed smartphones to retrieve a code,

<><> the caucus team had been told NOT to bring phones into the “boiler room” in Des Moines.

<><> a torrent of results were phoned in from gyms, union halls and elsewhere, places that made the Iowa caucuses a world-famous “model of democracy,”

<><> it soon became clear that the whole smart-phone, app process was melting down.

<><> desperate volunteers resorted to passing around a spare iPad to log into the system

<><> other Dems , desperate to verify results, were telling precinct leaders to email photos of worksheets that tallied results — to a dedicated email address.

<><> for hours, no one monitored the inbox; finally opened Tues AM, there were 700 emails with photos sent sideways;

<><> volunteers faced the task of deciphering the handwritten forms.

<><> Iowa Demo Party chair, Troy Price, huddled with other Democrat officials,

<><> alas, no Democrat had a clear strategy to manage the unfolding chaos with exasperated presidential campaigns.


27 posted on 02/11/2020 4:49:52 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: gcparent

[The Trump curse.]

Very well could be.

The Democrats are fumbling, bumbling, mumbling, collapsing, and in general, in chaos and disarray.


28 posted on 02/11/2020 4:53:44 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Henchster

Handvin hand. Who leads who? Soros funded Shadow, Inc., who gave the IDP a month before the caucus.


29 posted on 02/11/2020 5:14:06 PM PST by richardtavor
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To: Henchster

Handvin hand. Who leads who? Soros funded Shadow, Inc., who gave the IDP a month before the caucus.


30 posted on 02/11/2020 5:18:05 PM PST by richardtavor
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To: SaveFerris

The Bible spoke of as the Egyptian chariots were in the midst of the divided red sea, The Lord dispirited and confused the charioteers and the horses allowing Israel enough time to get to the other side before allowing the waters to close in upon the Egyptians.

Seems to be a pattern with the Dems as they’ve acted against Trump. If it is the Lord, he has been so far merciful with the Dems allowing them to look foolish and disheveled.


31 posted on 02/12/2020 7:40:02 AM PST by mdmathis6
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[Seems to be a pattern with the Dems as they’ve acted against Trump.]

I certainly DO hope God is slowing them down, brother.

I certainly hope so. The Democrats showed the world what makes them happy. The Democrat agenda is Sodom and Gomorrah revisited. That old serpent, called the Devil and Satan gave Manchurian Candidate Barack Hussein Obama wealth, fame and a cult following for it.


32 posted on 02/12/2020 1:05:30 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

They cannot procreate. Pretty crappy.


33 posted on 02/12/2020 1:07:17 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Welcome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
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To: SaveFerris

Barracks Bath House.
Now CLOSED!


34 posted on 02/12/2020 1:08:08 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Welcome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
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To: gathersnomoss

That event was nothing less than a full-on assault on God and His Word. A very bad omen for the nation.

It belies the true nature of the Democratic Party.

Any lie straight from the pit of Hell that Barry told them, they believed.

1) “Healthcare” (what a pathetic and sad joke)
2) Transgender - talk about denying science
3) Homosexual marriage - even THAT is not mentioned in Genesis 19
4) Remember when Obama said “God bless you” to Planned Parenthood?

He is beyond obvious in his works. The Lord rebuke him and his father (John 8:44).


35 posted on 02/12/2020 1:15:26 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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