Most people are positive about the result last night.
Why am I despondent then?
I'm so tired of fighting the damn lies, readers.
Analyzing the Ron Paul Numbers in Iowa
Ron Paul's 10% In Iowa Shocks Establishment Media
Iowa Straw Poll Vs. Iowa Caucus Discrepancies
Fifth-place finish fails to rattle Paul
Look on the Bright Side Ron Paul Supporters
Wolf Blitzer shouts Ron Paul at Larry King 01/03/2008
Paul wins GOP precinct in Ames
Iowa: The Perfect Outcome For Ron Paul
Ron Paul Wrongly Listed as Democrat on CNN
KMPH covers Ron Paul supporters Iowa Caucus party Fresno
MP3: Ron Paul On The Alex Jones Show
Ron Paul Vows to Take Campaign to NHRon Paul Won’t Be Allowed To Win
Paul is an ESTABLISHMENT puppet!
Ron Paul's Revolution
"For starters, I have become a single-issue voter. The two-front war in Iraq-Afghanistan continues to drag on; and I am thoroughly convinced that no viable Democratic nominee will stop these occupations."
The Iowa Independents
"They went for Obama and ... Ron Paul respectively. Among independents, Clinton came a poor third: 17 percent to Obama's 41. And McCain lost out to Paul: 23 percent to 29. The men with the most support among independents - the people you need to win a general election - are the most despised by the Republican base. In they end, the Republicans poisoned themselves."
Bev Harris on Iowa
"I literally laughed out loud at the magic show the Republicans are putting on.
"We will be very transparent and report in live time on our Web site."
"Well not the details, precincts will come after the totals are announced " (think about this folks: You can't GET the totals without the precinct results. They're doing it out of order)
And then:
"Oh gee the web site isn't posting any results after all"
And then:
"Hello we are the networks and with 40% in we are projecting [note subtle misuse of language] "Huckabee won Iowa" [Correct language would say "we are projecting that Huckabee will win Iowa -- and not a single iota of results had been PUBLICLY released.]
Next we see the only live coverage, done by CSPAN, in which McCain thumps everyone.
Instead of counting in public, they had the public leave the room before the counting and things are being sorted out of view and counted under chairs and in in corners, with no public view of the data. This was done by perfectly nice people. Problem was, they didn't provide them with anything remotely sensible for a workspace -- like, oh, say a table and some chairs.
Next, we see a cell phone situation, which then inexplicably calls him back to tell him the call did not go through. Baffled, he says "we're done. I think."
More happy gesticulating by the networks pronouncing winners with great precision.
Still, at this time, not a thing has thus far been reported in "real time."
Then a nearly filled in map appears, but without telling us the percentage of precincts reporting and with no precinct data.
It's not up to the citizens to prove fraud. What we need is a system where the votes are counted in public (they were not, in Carroll County), and where we can check the precinct results against the reported precinct results.
What we got was a magic show."
Ron Paul Vows to Take Campaign to NH"Attention Ron Paul supporters: If there is one lesson to take away from Iowa it is that sitting at your computers filling out online polls does not get your guy into office. Yes, more Ron Paul supporters showed up than showed for Rudy Giuliani and Mr. "Terrorism" may be on his way out. But not enough Ron Paul supporters got off their duffs, braved the cold, and caucused. You know who you are. You got over-confident, figured that "the other" Ron Paul supporters would get out there and stayed home where it was warm and cozy.
Money isn't enough. Online activism isn't enough. You have to press the flesh and talk up your guy in the real world as much as the other candidates do, so for you Ron Paul supporters in the other 49 states, learn from the Iowans' mistake.
Ron Paul actually did better than a lot of people expected. He went double-digit result, beat Giuliani, and got close to Thompson and McCain.
Paul can still stay in the race if he has a strong showing in New Hampshire. If he does well there, then it will be time for the big push for Super Tuesday. McCain and Thompson are running out of money and they don't have a lot of grass roots support. They may fizzle out after New Hampshire if Paul can pull ahead of them.
That puts Paul in a position to negotiate for the VP slot at the convention if Super Tuesday puts enough delegates in his column." -- Mike Rivero of What Really Happened
Who wants V.P.?
I must be an impatient person, because I'm tired of being lied to and I want some sort of victory, somewhere.
I keep hearing we are getting them, but I'm not seeing any changes.
Are you, readers?
If anything, things are getting worse!
We will see what the blogs say after New Hampshire is fixed for McCain and Clinton.
