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There's a reason why it's so easy to make jokes about baby boomers and their parents being unable to understand how smartphones and tablets work. That's because, like every stereotype, it contains a grain of truth. Personally, I think everyone would be better off just writing off the Iowa caucus as a "draw" and then move on, with NH being a sort of "reboot" for the primary season. There's just no point in trying to claim victory in IA, when it's clear the results were about as muddied and muddled as they could get. Bernie's just Trump in Democrat's clothing. We can't even deny it anymore.

With 99% percent of the precincts reporting, it appears (according to the NYT) Buttigieg and Bernie are in a "dead heat" for first-place at the Iowa caucus. (There's literally two points separating them.) You know, I think it's time to admit our heads aren't wrapped too tight when it comes to 21st century election technology. Just stick with paper ballots and optical scan devices, and leave the innovations to the next generation, who'll better know how to do this stuff.

Personally, I've always thought "Selby Flats" sounds like Skid Row.

If this ends with Hunter behind bars (and Joe out of the WH) while Donald struts around as a free man.... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/us/politics/hunter-biden-investigation.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

They really don't want to deal with the fact that Trump is impaired (for lack of a better word), because that would mean he would have to be removed from office; and for the sake of his voting base and the media's need for big headlines, they can't have that.

See, that's why the Democrats keep getting played. The Republicans keep winning, not because they're just so brilliant (because, they're not), but because the Democrats are just so gullible. I'm sorry, @marceline, but with all due respect and love, I have to disagree. I don't believe what Romney did was brave. I believe what he did was self-serving. As much as I am loathe to say it, the brave ones who those who said, "Nah, Trump didn't do anything wrong; and if you disagree, well, that's too bad!". To me, that's brave. Wrong, and destructive to the country as a whole, but brave. Don't tell Mitt that, though. Let him enjoy his moment in the sun. The slick bastard. Yup. That's brave as well. I'd rather honor someone like Doug Jones for his courage than [!@#$%^&*] Mitt Romney. I never worry about Donald Jr., Eric, or even Ivanka, because I know if any one of them tried to enter politics, they'd be laughed out ten minutes later, even by people who worshipped at their dad's gold(leaf)-plated altar. Now, the one I'm keeping my eyes on -- and forgive me, because I know we're not supposed to talk about the underaged -- is Barron. And that's all I'm going to say about that.

Hey, anything's better than what we've been doing! Anything!

Yep, that's Mary Frann, giving the same kind of line readings she always gave on "Newhart." Don't know about Sally Gracie, though. And the man is actor David Spielberg, who passed away several years ago.

Exactly. No doubt, Romney will applaud the next tax cut (for the rich) or budget slash (on entitlement programs for the middle and working classes) that Trump proposes, conveniently forgetting that he just voted to convict and remove the s.o.b. from his job. Whatever. If we fail to vote Trump out of office this November, then we have the government we deserve. Pure and simple.

Mitt Romney: I am aware that there are people in my party and in my state who will strenuously disapprove of my decision, and in some quarters, I will be vehemently denounced. I am sure to hear abuse from the president and his supporters. Does anyone seriously believe I would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it of me? Yes, Senator Romney, I seriously believe you would. I can't put my finger on what you'd hoped to gain by being the lone Republican to vote to remove Trump from office. At the end of the day, however, you're still Mitt Romney. Ergo, I'm certain there was something in it for you beside your so-called oath before God. Want to prove me wrong, Senator? It's very simple. For starters, you could renounce the Republican Party and either join the Democratic Party or become an Independent. Again, that's just for starters. But, I doubt you will ever completely turn your back on the GOP. So, no, I'm NOT joining the line of Democrats and others who are congratulating you at this moment, because I don't believe your vote (or your speech explaining your vote) to be genuine. I believe it to be nothing more than classic, self-serving, Mitt Romney behavior.

There's really no point in watching. By now, we know he just lies and dog-whistles his way through these things. And the message is always the same: America's a s**tbox, and it's all our (meaning, non-whites') faults. Not really. Now, if she had spat at him while holding up a picture of one of the many "illegals" who've been unnecessarily and indefinitely detained since he's been elected.... But seriously. On the one hand, it's good that Pelosi knows how to play Trump's game. But, on the OTHER hand, it's sad that American politics have been reduced to .gif/meme-ready moments such as this. That's because talking about it would mean killing the golden goose that lays all the delicious headline eggs.

In retrospect, it would have been amazing to have a sitcom spin-off, where it's just the so-called "ghost tenants" observing and commenting on all the craziness going on at MP.

That "actress" needs to GTFO with her "Americans for American roles!" and "Americans should win the Oscars!".

I'm sure the GOP and media will feast on that for the rest of the news cycle, but you know what? F**k 'em.

My advice to all Democrats serving in Congress: if/when Trump is re-elected, make it a point not to show up for any SOTU's for the remainder of his term. Believe me, it's so much than having to sit there and pretend to listen to his garbage. I'm beginning to feel the same way, @DRW50.

IA. I can't figure it out either. I THINK it's because we fetishize too much the idea of an outsider coming into this process and making the sort of huge, sweeping changes that separates the good leaders from the great ones. But, I don't know. I could be off-base in my thinking.

I truly believe Biden's poor showing in IA was the result and consequence of bringing up his and his son's names throughout the impeachment proceedings. Although all the conspiracy theories and such about Hunter and Joe's ties to Ukraine have been debunked many times over, the Republicans still managed to smear the family name enough to create an illusion of impropriety on their part; so that that, along with the suggestion that Crazy Uncle Joe's an exhausted pervert, would make voters throw their support elsewhere. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear the WH set up that call to the Ukrainian PM in order to hurt Biden in the primaries, knowing Trump would be acquitted if the Democrats ever tried to remove him from office; and that now that the trial's just about over, Trump's acquittal is all but official, and Biden is permanently hobbled by the allegations, they'll quietly drop any suggestion of investigating the matter any further. But, thank God they're not that bright, lol.

LOL! Remember the love, @DRW50. Remember the love.

And as expected, the WH officially condemned her on Twitter, saying she was ripping up: "One of our last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. The survival of a child born at 21 weeks. The mourning families of Rocky Jones and Kayla Mueller. A service member's reunion with his family." I've got to hand it to the Republicans: they know how to play on the old heartstrings like no other.

Oh, FFS. To think there was a time when I adored Kim Richards from stuff like "Hello, Larry".

The thing is, if she were coming along today, 1) Catherine Burns' career would explode like a rocket; 2) people would be giving the media way more [!@#$%^&*] for making unflattering remarks about her appearance; and 3) the attention surrounding her and her career would be even more intrusive, thanks to social media, the paparazzi and websites like TMZ.

Partial Results Show Buttigieg With Narrow Lead Over Sanders https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/iowa-caucus-updates-02-04?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

I love Liz Smith's snark on "the experts" who were chasing after the young demographic even then.

Yeah, IIRC, there was a point during Agnes Nixon's run as HW that GL's locale changed from Selby Flats to Springfield seemingly overnight, with no on-screen explanation provided. Just as annoying (to me, anyway) was how, in the show's final years, there was a "Reverend Ruthledge," who was supposed to be a relative (great-grandson) of the original reverend. Yet, as far as I could recall, Mary was the original Rev. Ruthledge's only child; and when she married, her name became Mary Holden.

That's not a caucus, that's the story of the Three Little Pigs.