Gore says Iowa GOP race ‘dismayed a lot of Americans’

The poor republicans taking care of their wallets are not to blame for the issues of the States, its not the political backing companies too fault there just stealing all the resources and cash for their children so they can take over the world. No the problem is the people, everyone sits back and complains while waiting for welfare to come in. I blame you US the people for allowing these crooks in power. That and the FBI shouldnt they be making arrest for these crimes regardless of what our fearless leaders say? are they no longer our saviours?

What has happened to the Republican party? There used to be some sane people there that had good ideas. Now it appears they've all been chased from the party or left to limp along with barely a showing in the lineup of genuine nuts.

Do they seriously think attacking blacks and poor people as lazy with no work ethic, living off of welfare, food stamps, unemployment insurance or Social Security is how to appeal to the general population? Or how about putting nine year olds to work as janitors? Continuing the wars, including sending troops back to Iraq? Cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid? Cutting corporate taxes and eliminating capital gains and dividend taxes? Banning abortions and hating gays? Painting school teachers, postal workers, fire fighters, police personnel, etc. as the cause of the poor economic situation?

The list of craziness is endless, although my personal favorite is claiming two failed marriages (complete with ladies in waiting) was brought about because of love of country.

Could we flip some of these statements around for a minute?

I just wish that big corporate money hadn’t played such a big role in Obama's presidency.
The performance on the Democratic side has really dismayed a lot of Americans.
I think we now know about Obama and his political positioning...

If he's such a big Obama supporter, why don't you ask him some hard questions like the ones above? Otherwise, STFU.

so serindipitus that one might think the two parties colluded to make sure that was the case.

One good thing about this year's Iowa caucus...at least some media outlets are taking a stand and stating straight out: the Iowa caucus does not deserve the media coverage it has received in the past. Some have even admitted the media "may be" skewing the outcome of the general election by giving Iowa's voting such overinflated coverage.

Iowa's voters are not typical of the rest of America, and certainly not typical of California, the state with the most electoral votes. In reading the LATimes' sparse (thankfully) print coverage leading up to the caucus, it is shocking how gullible the Iowa voters are. In addition, there is a paucity of logic in their voting decisions.

And I'm not talking about the uneducated rubeocracy, either.

This is from just ONE LATimes article:

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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES BATTLE FOR IOWA'S UNDECIDED VOTE
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-undecided-voters-20120101,0...)
Published: 12/31/2011

Here's a quote from an eighth-grade teacher, who seems to actually think what she sees of a candidate during a campaign is their true character. And the logic! She thinks "character should trump everything" but she initially was for Gingrich!?! And now she's leaning towards Perry?!?

"Fran Christian liked Gingrich for a while but was now leaning toward Perry.
'It's a tough one,' said Christian, who teaches Story City eighth-graders about the Constitution. 'I think character should trump everything, and yet that doesn't always seem to play out when we look at those who occupy the White House.'

Here's another quote from a nurse, who is going for either Perry or Santorum. After what both of them have participated in doing to health care? Does she not know how horrible health care (and working conditions for medical personnel) is in Texas, thanks to the handiwork of Perry and his GOP predecessors?

"...that could move voters such as Dennise Behn. The 56-year-old nurse is debating between Santorum and Perry. After seeing the latter speak at the Gigglin' Goat in Boone on Saturday, she remained just as torn as she was when she walked into the sports bar. She said she would wait until caucus night to make a choice. 'Personally, I'm gonna just say a prayer before I go in there and I'm going to ask for God's guidance on who to vote for,' Behn said.

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The media bestows credibility to the Iowa caucus by their unreasonably intense coverage of an election decided by people voters whose gullibility is only bested by the lack of logic in their voting decision-making process.

When the media promotes Iowa to influencing the trend of the rest of the election, no matter who wins in this race, America loses because the media coverage ends up empowering candidates who repel much of the rest of the nation's voters.

Thankfully, the media appears to be pulling back from its inordinately hyped coverage of this event. Let's hope it lasts.

"President Obama is the big winner of the night.'

Well sure, he didn't have a challenger...great insulation. And of course, there is absolutely no big money behind him either... Aren't Super PACs on both sides doing the same? Perhaps moreso from Republicans, but isn't the entire system broken?