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Iowa Insanity

Vote for Barak and he'll provide free"It stinks," says veteran political
baby sitting. Isn't that illegal or atreporter Jack Germond. "The voters ought
least somewhat shadly? But alas, theto have time to make a considered
Iowa caucus process isn't democraticdecision, and the press ought to be a
anyway, so why does Iowa get so muchlittle less poll-driven, and we're not."
attention- other than because ofBetween the coverage and the
tradition. Why aren't there 3 or 4hyper-compressed campaign calendar, he
states that have a PRIMARY (a democraticsays, "the whole system this year is
process) on the same first day that'sabsolutely a disgrace."
representative of the nation.The term of choice for the more
Why do various campaign aides need tothoughtful reporters, in describing the
show up at Iowan homes with DVD's thatIowa rules, is arcane. With its arcane
explain how the caucuses work. Iowanscaucus rules, Iowa remains a small
need help from outsiders to tell thembattlefield. Only 124,000 Democrats
about their process? Nobody needs a DVDvoted last time, less than a quarter of
to understand one-person-one-vote, athose eligible. So if Barack Obama, say,
level playing field, and a secret ballotedges Hillary Clinton by 2,000 votes,
And we need to blame the MEDIA for thehe'll be hailed in headlines as a
hysteria that's a part of the Iowagiant-killer despite the tiny margin.
insanity!Much ado about nothing- escept for what
Every day there has been a poll ashype the press makes it.
though life and death hinged on what theWhen you read an honest reporter like
latest trend was. If you look at theDan Balz you appreciate the depth and
polls one thing becomes obvious. Thereextent of the fraud that is being
is no trend. Who cares about what Iowapracticed on us all. "In a primary," as
thinks anything. I know, I know thehe put it, "voters quietly fill out
MEDIA does. And so we see pictures oftheir ballots and leave. In the
Huckabee shooting a bird, praying oncaucuses, they are required to come and
bended knee, and running in the coldstay for several hours, and there are no
morning snow with reporters. Anything tosecret ballots. In the presence of
get an angle on a candidate that willfriends, neighbors and occasionally
sell tabloid or TV commercials. Besidesstrangers, Iowa Democrats vote with
with all the 24 hour cable newstheir feet, by raising their hands and
networks, one has to fill the air timemoving to different parts of the room to
with something- anything!signify their support for one candidate
What we have are less than 3,000,000or another. For Democrats, it is not a
people offering their vote an attentionone-person, one-vote system. …
to whomever will give them the time ofInducements are allowed; bribes are
day while 300,000,000 other Americansnot."
look on with doubts. And in a state thatMaybe Rudy Guiliani was smart by staying
92% white, what does that tell the restout of Iowa!
of us across the United States? RudyWhat the Iowa insanity-laced caucasuses
Guiliani decided to woo the religiousdo is give the whip to the moneyed
right from New York, rather than getpolitical professionals, to the
involved in Iowa directly.full-time party hacks and manipulators,
Every four years the press has beento the shady pollsters and the cynical
promising to swear off the bottle andmedia boosters, and to the supporters of
stop treating the Iowa caucuses as iffringe and crackpot candidates. Remember
they were a primary, let alone anthat not Iowa but its "caucuses" put Pat
election. Credit Howard Kurtz of theRobertson ahead of George H.W. Bush in
Washington Post for being the firstthe race for the GOP nomination in 1988.
writer this year to try to hold hisSo is there any wonder the Iowa now
fellow journalists to that pledge.loves another ministger named Huckabee?
Listen, without that massive mediaThe process might be a good way for Iowa
boost, prevailing in Iowa would be seento pick its party convention delegates,
for what it is: an important firstbut it's an absolute terrible way in
victory that amounts to scoring a run inwhich to select candidates for the
the top of the first inning.presidency.
No big deal!



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