The bug was clear long before we had any sense what results were going to be. And if Buttigieg ends up in first (which is an "if" but still) he'd be the one most hurt -- far more than anybody else.
Has happened before, keeps happening.
0. Referring mostly to that one where they asked Bernie a question based on a made up quote regarding female president viability, and then proceeded asking further questions from other candidates treating that quote as a fact, despite Bernie explicitly denying it mere seconds before. And Bernie isn’t even my first choice candidate, but seeing all this happen just felt really surreal and unfair.
This morning, above all other natural trending information on Twitter, Bloomberg had a tidal wave of articles promoted saying how good Iowa was for several candidates, none of which is supported by the data that I've seen. It seems Sanders won pretty substantially, and the DNC is trying to delay results to control the narrative long enough to get results from other states.
The POTUS claimed his inauguration crowd size was far larger than it actually was.
Politicians talk big about polls that favor them ... often their own polls.
Giving a speech is PR, not a conspiracy.
There's a weird world of "Oh man here's all these mysterious connections... I'm not saying it is a conspiracy"... yeah you are.
Coupled with the "coin flip" shenanigans that were (fortunately) overturned, the DNC claiming the delay is for "quality control", and the fact that numbers STILL haven't been released, its fair to say something shady is in play here. How can "quality control" for a caucus be executed when everyone has left and gone home? If we can have the results of a national election cleared up in a single day, there's no reason it should be taking this long.
Also: we have all been taught to treat "conspiracy" as a dirty word. If multiple entities get together to do something shady, they have "conspired". That's "conspiracy". Do you also believe Jeffery Epstien killed himself? Because according to the authorities, any other story is "conspiracy theory".
I feel like folks see something happen then hear a speech like they've never heard a campaign speech before and assume they're evidence of something...
When John McCain was being nominated he gave a speech saying that he "knows where Osama Bin Laden is".... nobody really believed it literally.
“Sorry, folks. I did NOT have anythjng to do with building the Iowa caucus app. I dont know anything about it, had no role in it, and dont own a company that makes mobile appa. Please contact @iowademocrats with questions about it.” - Robby Mook
Sure it's wild speculation, but at least the guy is posting links to help justify the wild speculation.
Better than the average comment which is someone postulating what they know without any reference to sources/data/logic.
HN has been inundated by sometimes entirely nonsensical speculation lately.
We're at the point where "so and so benefits form this they must be behind it / it's all a lie" ... even sometimes when they don't benefit.
Followed by
>Sure it's wild speculation
Conspiracy sites have the worst link rot. Except for the Flat Earth Society (tm). Those guys are rock solid.