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HI54UNI wrote:I'm going! I'll only stay long enough to vote. I'll leave when all the platform crap starts.

Ivytalk wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:I'm going! I'll only stay long enough to vote. I'll leave when all the platform crap starts.

Good for you! You're doing your civic duty!

HI54UNI wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: Good for you! You're doing your civic duty!

I wouldn't miss it. It is interesting and entertaining. There are a lot of evangelical/Jesus freak types in my area. Always interesting to hear them foam at the mouth about gay marriage and abortion. It will be interesting to see who wins my caucus location. It won't be Mitt. Ron Paul might. It will be interesting to see if the churchies coalesce around Santorum like the polls are indicating or if they split their vote between him and Bachmann.

clenz wrote:Nope.....

I can't go anyway due to not being a registered donk or conk...


I'll be watching Michigan win the Sugar Bowl.

Ivytalk wrote:

clenz wrote:Nope.....

I can't go anyway due to not being a registered donk or conk...


I'll be watching Michigan win the Sugar Bowl.

I thought Iowa let you change your party affiliation at the Caucus door.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
I wouldn't miss it. It is interesting and entertaining. There are a lot of evangelical/Jesus freak types in my area. Always interesting to hear them foam at the mouth about gay marriage and abortion. It will be interesting to see who wins my caucus location. It won't be Mitt. Ron Paul might. It will be interesting to see if the churchies coalesce around Santorum like the polls are indicating or if they split their vote between him and Bachmann.

seems like they are breaking to santorum at the moment... likely where your location will go.

I still think Paul ekes out a victory on the strength of his ground game

D1B wrote:I'm goin an I'm bringin my muv fuggin cats. Out.

HI54UNI wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: Good for you! You're doing your civic duty!

I wouldn't miss it. It is interesting and entertaining. There are a lot of evangelical/Jesus freak types in my area. Always interesting to hear them foam at the mouth about gay marriage and abortion. It will be interesting to see who wins my caucus location. It won't be Mitt. Ron Paul might. It will be interesting to see if the churchies coalesce around Santorum like the polls are indicating or if they split their vote between him and Bachmann.

Ivytalk wrote:

clenz wrote:Nope.....

I can't go anyway due to not being a registered donk or conk...


I'll be watching Michigan win the Sugar Bowl.

I thought Iowa let you change your party affiliation at the Caucus door.

clenz wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: I thought Iowa let you change your party affiliation at the Caucus door.

I can....listen to old fucks argue about shit for the sake of arguing to elect someone they feel will fight for what they believe and ultimately have that candidate do the same shit every other candidate has done in history.....or I can get drunk and watch a football game of my favorite fbs program

ASUMountaineer wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
I wouldn't miss it. It is interesting and entertaining. There are a lot of evangelical/Jesus freak types in my area. Always interesting to hear them foam at the mouth about gay marriage and abortion. It will be interesting to see who wins my caucus location. It won't be Mitt. Ron Paul might. It will be interesting to see if the churchies coalesce around Santorum like the polls are indicating or if they split their vote between him and Bachmann.

I can't imagine, for the life of me, why anyone would vote for Bachmann.

Grizalltheway wrote:

clenz wrote: I can....listen to old fucks argue about shit for the sake of arguing to elect someone they feel will fight for what they believe and ultimately have that candidate do the same shit every other candidate has done in history.....or I can get drunk and watch a football game of my favorite fbs program

Heard on the radio that the 2008 GOP caucuses had 0 black participants, and a large majority were over 45. I'm sure it would be largely similar in MT, but it did make me chuckle.

NBC Gives Platform to Professor Who Called Iowans 'Meth Addicts' and 'Elderly Waiting to Die'
By Kyle Drennen | January 03, 2012 | 11:19


Following correspondent Andrea Mitchell referring to Iowa as "Too white, too evangelical, too rural" on Sunday's NBC Nightly News, on Monday's Rock Center, correspondent Willie Geist spoke to University of Iowa Professor Stephen Bloom, who similarly fretted: "It's basically a white, very, very Christian state."

Geist explained how Bloom has been "in hiding" since writing a scathing article in The Atlantic attacking Iowa as, "An assortment of waste-toids and meth addicts with pale skin and rotted teeth or those who quixotically believe, like Little Orphan Annie, that the sun will come out tomorrow." Bloom also ranted: "Those who stay in rural Iowa are often the elderly waiting to die."Describing Bloom's column as "nearly 6,000 words painting a mostly ugly picture, arguing that Iowa is not representative of America," Geist did challenge the journalism professor's offensive generalizations: "Are you really surprised that Iowans are upset when they read something like that?" Bloom arrogantly asserted: " Yes. You know what? It's important to say those things. It's an impression of what I get in the state of Iowa after 20 years....I'm sorry. This is the way I do it. This is called satire. This is called parody."

Geist followed up: "Do you regret painting with such a broad brush?" Bloom replied: "No, no. I'm sorry that people don't get it. I knew I was stepping into something, absolutely. But isn't that what journalists ought to be doing?"

Near the end of the segment, Geist actually portrayed Bloom as a victim: "Perhaps the most deeply felt insult was to Iowans' faith. Bloom, who is Jewish, writes about the state's, quote, "in-your-face religion." He said he went into hiding because his wife received an anti-Semitic phone call. Do you fear for your life?" Bloom responded: "People tell me I shouldn't go back to Iowa." Geist wondered: "Will you?" Bloom declared: "Yeah. That's where I teach. That's where I've taught for 20 years. I'm not going to be bullied into leaving Iowa. This is my home."

Talking to host Brian Williams moments later, Geist tried to defend Bloom: "And we should point out, by the way, Professor Bloom does not deny that the people here are nice. He just says that it's a place that can be improved. By all accounts he's an active member of the community, goes to the Hawkeye football games, has lived here 20 years, raised his family. He says he loves the place, he just wants to help make it better."


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Bronco wrote:-
This Lib Hawkeye professor seems to agree with some of the libs on this site in his opinion of Iowa

Some of those bitter clingers Obama was talking about

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NBC Gives Platform to Professor Who Called Iowans 'Meth Addicts' and 'Elderly Waiting to Die'
By Kyle Drennen | January 03, 2012 | 11:19


Following correspondent Andrea Mitchell referring to Iowa as "Too white, too evangelical, too rural" on Sunday's NBC Nightly News, on Monday's Rock Center, correspondent Willie Geist spoke to University of Iowa Professor Stephen Bloom, who similarly fretted: "It's basically a white, very, very Christian state."

Geist explained how Bloom has been "in hiding" since writing a scathing article in The Atlantic attacking Iowa as, "An assortment of waste-toids and meth addicts with pale skin and rotted teeth or those who quixotically believe, like Little Orphan Annie, that the sun will come out tomorrow." Bloom also ranted: "Those who stay in rural Iowa are often the elderly waiting to die."Describing Bloom's column as "nearly 6,000 words painting a mostly ugly picture, arguing that Iowa is not representative of America," Geist did challenge the journalism professor's offensive generalizations: "Are you really surprised that Iowans are upset when they read something like that?" Bloom arrogantly asserted: " Yes. You know what? It's important to say those things. It's an impression of what I get in the state of Iowa after 20 years....I'm sorry. This is the way I do it. This is called satire. This is called parody."

Geist followed up: "Do you regret painting with such a broad brush?" Bloom replied: "No, no. I'm sorry that people don't get it. I knew I was stepping into something, absolutely. But isn't that what journalists ought to be doing?"

Near the end of the segment, Geist actually portrayed Bloom as a victim: "Perhaps the most deeply felt insult was to Iowans' faith. Bloom, who is Jewish, writes about the state's, quote, "in-your-face religion." He said he went into hiding because his wife received an anti-Semitic phone call. Do you fear for your life?" Bloom responded: "People tell me I shouldn't go back to Iowa." Geist wondered: "Will you?" Bloom declared: "Yeah. That's where I teach. That's where I've taught for 20 years. I'm not going to be bullied into leaving Iowa. This is my home."

Talking to host Brian Williams moments later, Geist tried to defend Bloom: "And we should point out, by the way, Professor Bloom does not deny that the people here are nice. He just says that it's a place that can be improved. By all accounts he's an active member of the community, goes to the Hawkeye football games, has lived here 20 years, raised his family. He says he loves the place, he just wants to help make it better."


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clenz wrote:Every journalist in Iowa has countered that article.....it's complete horse shit.


Oh, and there's this

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kalm wrote:

ASUMountaineer wrote:
I can't imagine, for the life of me, why anyone would vote for Bachmann.

Well I hear she's strong with Sirens block.

HI54UNI wrote:

Bronco wrote:-
This Lib Hawkeye professor seems to agree with some of the libs on this site in his opinion of Iowa

Some of those bitter clingers Obama was talking about

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This prof is a douchebag. His article ripping on Iowa was full of generalizations and even outright lies. Plus people are pissed because he pulls down a 100K+ salary from the same people he rips on.