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senseandsensibility

(19,526 posts)
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 03:38 PM Jan 2024

Sorry, but I'm not impressed with Cheato's landslide

He's running as a defacto incumbent against three others and he barely got 50%.
The reason that's the highest anyone has gotten is because there are usually way more candidates. In 2016 there were 9, as I read on the twitter. So okay, he came in first in a very conservative state among a small slice of republican voters.

Big wup, as we used to say.

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Sorry, but I'm not impressed with Cheato's landslide (Original Post) senseandsensibility Jan 2024 OP
And he only got the votes of 2.7 percent of registered voters. niyad Jan 2024 #1
Big wup senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #5
And that's half of the 14% of Iowa GOPers who attended a caucus. Ocelot II Jan 2024 #2
Absolutely senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #3
And turnout was a record low. HelpImSurrounded Jan 2024 #4
And the paper of record montanacowboy Jan 2024 #6
There is no reason to think the corporate media will change senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #8
Truth doesn't bring as much money... MiHale Jan 2024 #12
What The MSM Is Setting Up For Tr**p Is...... global1 Jan 2024 #13
It doesn't need to impress you. TwilightZone Jan 2024 #7
Oh no, it's all about MEEEE!!! senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #10
He has wall to wall free TV coverage Johonny Jan 2024 #9
Well obviously you haven't got the MSM hyperbolic talking points JohnSJ Jan 2024 #11
Oh I got it senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #14
All cheat. No throttle lefthandedskyhook Jan 2024 #15
Ironically I'm glad the fat fu_K won. Maybe this will shut up the talk of Nikki Haley... brush Jan 2024 #16

Ocelot II

(119,220 posts)
2. And that's half of the 14% of Iowa GOPers who attended a caucus.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 03:41 PM
Jan 2024

Caucus-goers tend to be more activist than most.

montanacowboy

(6,222 posts)
6. And the paper of record
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 03:44 PM
Jan 2024

makes it seem like it's the second coming. I am so goddamn sick and tired of our so called "press" falling all over themselves to make this POS even relevant. We have a long year ahead of us being beaten to the ground by the press and the lazy network anchors who I despise more every day. Just listening to them this morning made me sick. Imagine if they ever told the truth.

senseandsensibility

(19,526 posts)
8. There is no reason to think the corporate media will change
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 03:45 PM
Jan 2024

unfortunately. This is what we're in for for the election cycle. The reason doesn't really matter. It is what is and we better be ready.

global1

(25,750 posts)
13. What The MSM Is Setting Up For Tr**p Is......
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 04:00 PM
Jan 2024

when he loses the General Election to Biden - he can continue to drive home the thought that the election was stolen from him again.

He will say - I was so far ahead in the polls for so long - there's no way I could have lost this election unless Biden and the Dems lied, cheated and stole the election from him.

The Deep State did this - he'll say.

His loss in Nov 2024 will be the catalyst for even a bigger insurrection than that of the J6th insurrection.

In his mind - when he loses - he wins. He will not accept the loss because he has his mind set on the fact that he won.

TwilightZone

(26,953 posts)
7. It doesn't need to impress you.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 03:45 PM
Jan 2024

Or anyone, for that matter. The idea is to win the state, regardless of the circumstances. No one is going to care a week from now (except DU, which will still be obsessing about it) how he did it.

Johonny

(21,598 posts)
9. He has wall to wall free TV coverage
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 03:46 PM
Jan 2024

And major networks heavy lifting him, and he just got over 50 percent in a place that was pro-Trump.

brush

(56,311 posts)
16. Ironically I'm glad the fat fu_K won. Maybe this will shut up the talk of Nikki Haley...
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 04:25 PM
Jan 2024

will beat Biden if she wins by republican shill Michael Steele. She lost ground in Iowa by coming in third. Her and the other repug chumps in the race combined didn't equal trump's total.

It's looking good for Joe Biden IMO.

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