A lesson for Democrats that these people will always resort to dirty tricks.
Courtesy of Bloomberg:
Supporters of President Donald Trump flooded a hotline used by Iowa precinct chairs to report Democratic caucus results after the telephone number was posted online, worsening delays in the statewide tally, a top state Democrat told party leaders on a conference call Wednesday night.
According to two participants on the call, Ken Sagar, a state Democratic central committee member, was among those answering the hotline on caucus night and said people called in and expressed support for Trump. The phone number became public after people posted photos of caucus paperwork that included the hotline number, one of the people on the call said.
The phone call Wednesday night between the Iowa Democratic Party staff and state central committee, the party’s elected governing body, came as the party was still counting results.
Several glitches, including problems with a new phone application that was supposed to quickly send individual caucus results to the state party, plagued Iowa’s troubled caucuses, causing the outcome to be delayed for days. More than 48 hours after caucusing began, the party had reported results from 96% of precincts and the race was too close to call.
NBC News is reporting that the phone callse were the result of a coordinated effort:
Users on a politics-focused section of the fringe 4chan message board repeatedly posted the phone number for the Iowa Democratic Party, which was found by a simple Google search, both as screenshots and in plain text, alongside instructions.
“They have to call in the results now. Very long hold times being reported. Phone line being clogged,” one user posted at about 11 p.m. ET on Monday, three hours after the caucuses began.
“Uh oh how unfortunate it would be for a bunch of mischief makers to start clogging the lines,” responded another anonymous user, sarcastically.
Some users chimed in, posting alleged wait times on hold, imploring others to “clog the lines [and] make the call lads.”
When Hillary Clinton called these people “deplorables” she did not know the half of it.
In the years since Trump took office the nastiness among those on the far Right has only grown more intense, and now they are channeling their leader in rejecting any societal norms or ethical behaviors, it is now all about winning at any cost.
When I was growing up the saying was “winners never cheat, and cheaters never win,” but Trump folks don’t see any way to win without cheating so they have made that part of their plan to help reelect their cult leader.
These are the people who challenge you to a fight and then secretly pull out a pair of brass knuckles to give them the edge.
They deflate tires in a bike race, tie your shoelaces together before a foot race, and try to steal your girl by lying about your behavior behind your back.
Simply put they are scum, and they will stop at nothing, including volence, to hold onto power.
Knowing that will help us to fight back more effectively.
Failing to understand that means we have already lost.
Democrats need to learn fast how to cheat and cheat better. Plain and simple, no more high road. They sling mud, we sling feces. It needs to stick and it needs to stink. Democrats need to get lower and dirtier. We know how the Republicans cheat. Democrats need to do the same only better and more so. Considering the IQ of some of the Republican voters it shouldn’t be all that hard. And there are a few that might be pursuaded to vote for, say Mike Bloomberg over Trump. You won’t get Republicans to vote for a Democrat, but you can use persuasive arguments on some of them to vote for an independent or someone besides Trump. Republicans who still have a conscience, still conservative but are disturbed by Trump and his minions. We know they are out there. Some have already left the party. Some are like Mitt Romney. Once there is a chink, work it until there is a wide enough gap you can take a vote away from Trump. Again, you don’t have to persuade them to vote for any Democrat, just not to vote for a Republican.
Surprisingly, my Mother, a life-long Republican since Eisenhower did NOT vote for Trump this last time. She didn’t vote Democrat but she voted for “someone else.” I don’t really care who. It wasn’t Trump. (He wasn’t going to win our state anyway but this is an example.) Democrats need to work on taking votes away from Trump, especially in the states that count. And there is plenty to work with.
Those tariffs that hurt farmers and manufacturing. The “bail outs” that only the big corporations got. Those tax breaks that only the wealthy got. That’s a big one since this year people will start to realize that their taxes are going UP and will continue to go UP every year, while the very rich won’t be paying their fair share. The price of goods will go up too, thanks to Trump’s tariffs. Hammer out that photo of this big beautiful wall that the wind blew over. Keep counting the lies. And of course, we will do something undignified and unAmerican. He’ll sully the office of president even further.
I think the attack ads Bill Maher created were spot on. They may have been a joke but they were exactly what needs to happen. A montage of his slurred speech. A montage of his hate speech. Plenty of material there for plenty of ads showing how unfit he is. Then offer some alternatives. One of the other Republican candidates before the Republican primary and after….some independents or even the Libertarian. Anything to draw Republican votes AWAY from Trump.
Make people too disgusted to vote for him. How hard can that be?
Cheat better? Alrighty then.
This is some kind of shit show when you join the enemy. Isn’t it Putin wanted in the first place?
Full immersion and here we are. Tell the truth but no one will.
It’s not joining the enemy. It’s fighting fire with fire. It’s bringing an AK47 to a gun fight.
My spouse came across a former student of hers in some online forum spouting the same old tired troll inspired dog whistles. They are not hard to recognize. Same words, same phrasing, same cadence, same angry mean rhetoric. This kid followed his fathers footsteps to become an Alaska State Trooper. I would venture that he must not be much of a cop if he isn’t disgusted and dismayed and cannot recognize the continuous lying and criminal behaviour of trump. He also purports to be a devout Morman so I guess he would have to agree with Mitts decision, since Mitt would be considered a pretty prominent elder in the LDS Cult. Right Mikey?
I listened to Mitt’s speech on Colbert. It was quite a speech. Faith, integrity and patriotism. Still glad I voted for Obama, but Republicans need to go back to their root. They nee more Romneys and fewer Trumps.
BAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
Its all Trumps fault, its all Russia, its all the Ukraine, its Comey, its all everything but whats in the mirror. Wake TF up. Democratic Disaster.
Can’t even get the first caucus right.
I agree, and I’m not even a pube-lican.
Independent and PROUD of it.
BAHAHAHAHAHAAA! just like the republicans blame everything on Obama
can’t take responsibly for their mistakes.
Obama who?
Just be sure to put your magic underwear on one leg at a time.
republicans can only win by cheating, that being said, they had plenty of time to call in because they didn’t have to vote, putin did all the voting for them, handed out prefilled ballots with demented donnie checked.
Hillary can fix it. She’s just picked up her drycleaning, and is ready to bring America together.
#ThirdTimesAcharm
#FourthTimesAcharm
#FifthTimesAcharm
#______TimesAcharm
Fuck Off.
Tom Perez didn’t like the results so he wants a do-over. (He and the DNC aren’t going to stop until they shove Joe Biden down our throats. Then we’ll be forced to support him as the alternative is four more years of Trump.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-perez-iowa-cacus-recanvass_n_5e3c4c18c5b6f1f57f0d2ecd
“Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said Thursday that he’s calling for a recanvass of the results in the Iowa caucuses.
Perez tweeted about his demand for the Iowa Democratic Party following days of chaos over a third-party caucus app failing to properly submit results. Carrying out a recanvass, he said, is essential to “assure public confidence in the results.””
I have no confidence in the DNC. That want to choose the candidate and if voting results go against their plans, they’ll just fix them until they do. 2016 anyone?
I’m sure if the recanvass doesn’t yield the desired outcome he’ll call for a recount of the cards. Then maybe an entire caucus do-over?
“Two people familiar with the matter told CNN that the IDP did not have advance warning of Perez’s announcement. Later, IDP Chair Troy Price released a statement reiterating the party’s commitment to reporting accurate results and said it’s up to candidates to request a recanvass.”