Former Vice President Joe Biden’s General Counsel writes that "considerable flaws in tonight’s Iowa Caucus reporting system. The app that was intended to relay Caucus results to the Party failed; the Party’s back-up telephonic reporting system likewise has failed." Aired on 02/03/20.
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Joe Biden Camp Sends Letter To State Party On 'Acute Failures' In Results | MSNBC
I know it’s embarrassing, but doesn’t this weirdly threatening letter make it _even more_ embarrassing?
trump:
The world of the narcissist is all about good/bad, superior/inferior, and right/wrong. There is a definite hierarchy, with the narcissist at the top—which is the only place he feels safe. Narcissists have to be the best, the most right, and the most competent; do everything their way; own everything; and control everyone. Interestingly enough, narcissists can also get that superior feeling by being the worst; the most wrong; or the most ill, upset, or injured for a period of time. Then they feel entitled to receive soothing concern and recompense and even the right to hurt you or demand apologies to “make things even.”
Another core narcissist trait is the constant need for attention—even just by following you around the house, asking you to find things, or constantly saying something to grab your attention. Validation for a narcissist counts only if it comes from others. Even then, it doesn’t count for much. A narcissist’s need for validation is like a funnel. You pour in positive, supportive words, and they just flow out the other end and are gone. No matter how much you tell narcissists you love them, admire them, or approve of them, they never feel it’s enough—because deep down they don’t believe anyone can love them. Despite all their self-absorbed, grandiose bragging, narcissists are actually very insecure and fearful of not measuring up. They constantly try to elicit praise and approval from others to shore up their fragile egos, but no matter how much they’re given, they always want more.
Trying to grab control of everything is archetypal narcissist behavior. Since narcissists are continually disappointed with the imperfect way life unfolds, they want to do as much as possible to control it and mold it to their liking. They want and demand to be in control, and their sense of entitlement makes it seem logical to them that they should be in control—of everything. Narcissists always have a storyline in mind about what each “character” in their interaction should be saying and doing. When you don’t behave as expected, they become quite upset and unsettled. They don’t know what to expect next because you’re off-script. They demand that you say and do exactly what they have in mind so they can reach their desired conclusion. You are a character in their internal play, not a real person with your own thoughts and feelings. (This is why breaking up with a narcissist can be particularly tricky.)
Lack of responsibility is a glaring sign of a narcissist. Although narcissists want to be in control, they never want to be responsible for the results—unless, of course, everything goes exactly their way and their desired result occurs. When things don’t go according to their plan or they feel criticized or less than perfect, the narcissist places all the blame and responsibility on you. It has to be someone else’s fault. Sometimes that blame is generalized—all police, all bosses, all teachers, all Democrats, and so on. At other times the narcissist picks a particular person or rule to blame—his mother, the judge, or laws that limit what he wants to do. Most often, however, the narcissist blames the one person who is the most emotionally close, most attached, loyal, and loving in his life—you. To maintain the façade of perfection, narcissists always have to blame someone or something else. You are the safest person to blame because you are least likely to leave or reject him.
Many people lack boundaries or cross other people’s boundaries regularly, but among narcissists, this is status-quo behavior.
Narcissists can’t accurately see where they end and you begin. They are a lot like 2-year-olds. They believe that everything belongs to them, everyone thinks and feels the same as they do, and everyone wants the same things they do. They are shocked and highly insulted to be told no. If a narcissist wants something from you, he’ll go to great lengths to figure out how to get it through persistence, cajoling, demanding, rejecting, or pouting. These are all common narcissist behaviors.
Narcissists have very little ability to empathize with others; this lack of empathy is a hallmark sign of narcissism. Narcissists tend to be selfish and self-involved and are usually unable to understand what other people are feeling. They expect others to think and feel the same as they do and seldom give any thought to how others feel. They are also rarely apologetic, remorseful, or guilty.
Some narcissists also lack an understanding of the nature of feelings. They don’t understand how their feelings occur. They think their feelings are caused by someone or something outside of themselves. They don’t realize that their feelings are caused by their own biochemistry, thoughts, and interpretations. In a nutshell, narcissists always think you cause their feelings—especially the negative ones. They conclude that because you didn’t follow their plan or because you made them feel vulnerable, you are to blame.
This lack of empathy makes true relationships and emotional connection with narcissists difficult or impossible. They just don’t notice what anyone else is feeling.
Although they’re highly attuned to perceived threats, anger, and rejection from others, narcissists frequently misread subtle facial expressions and are typically biased toward interpreting facial expressions as negative. Unless you are acting out your emotions dramatically, the narcissist won’t accurately perceive what you’re feeling. Even saying “I’m sorry” or “I love you” when the narcissist is on edge and angry can backfire. They won’t believe you and may even misperceive your comment as an attack.
In addition, if your words and expressions aren’t congruent, the narcissist will likely respond erroneously or get defensive. This is why narcissists often misinterpret sarcasm as actual agreement or joking from others as a personal attack. The lack of ability to correctly read body language, a common narcissist trait, is one reason narcissists are deficiently empathetic to your feelings. They don’t see them, they don’t interpret them correctly, and overall they don’t believe you feel any differently than they do.
narcissists make most of their decisions based on how they feel about something. They simply must have that red sports car, based entirely on how they feel driving it, not by whether it is a good choice to make for the family or for the budget. If they’re bored or depressed, they want to move or end the relationship or start a new business. They always look to something or someone outside themselves to solve their feelings and needs. They expect you to go along with their “solutions,” and they react with irritation and resentment if you don’t.
The narcissist’s personality is split into good and bad parts, and they also split everything in their relationships into good and bad. Any negative thoughts or behaviors are blamed on you or others, whereas they take credit for everything that is positive and good. They deny their negative words and actions while continually accusing you of disapproving. They also remember things as completely good and wonderful or as bad and horrible. They can’t seem to mix these two constructs.
A few examples of a narcissist’s splitting behavior in action: Marty labeled the whole vacation ruined and the worst ever because the hotel room didn’t meet his expectations and the weather wasn’t perfect. Bob was blamed for 20 years because he wasn’t there when his wife had their first child even though he was stranded in Chicago in a snowstorm. Alice’s husband dismissed her concerns about the $30,000 cost for the new landscaping because he loved it.
Narcissists aren’t able to see, feel, or remember both the positive and the negative in a situation. They can deal with only one perspective at a time—theirs.
The narcissist’s entire life is motivated and energized by fear. You wouldn’t initially pick this out as a sign of a narcissist though because most narcissists’ fears are deeply buried and repressed. They’re constantly afraid of being ridiculed, rejected, or wrong. They may have fears about germs, about losing all their money, about being emotionally or physically attacked, about being seen as bad or inadequate, or about being abandoned. This makes it difficult and sometimes impossible for the narcissist to trust anyone else.
houghtful, cooperative behaviors require a real understanding of each other’s feelings. How will the other person feel? Will this action make both of us happy? How will this affect our relationship? These are questions that narcissists don’t have the capacity or the motivation to think about. Don’t expect the narcissist to understand your feelings, give in, or give up anything he wants for your benefit; it’s useless.
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/14-signs-of-narcissism
Nope. That’s how you get results
@Dave Schultz <<--- known russian troll.
@Randy Fuentes Whats funny is as you idiots fight each other Trump is going to win in 2020
RIGGED.. and in-front of the world.
JRLM: Arrogant, Avaricious, Shameless, Decadent, Deluded SWINE in power. Oink!Oink!
Trying to rob Bernie again
@rigo62982 : Nah. It’s not about Bernie or Elizabeth or Pete or Madam X. It’s about ROBBING MILLIONS of American voters of “A Taste of Democracy in their Lifetime!” Therein lies the tragedy!
moron
The voting app company, “Shadow”, is a spin off of a Super PAC.
@Betty Thomas – I don’t know who has the ownership rights. It cost over $100,000 to make though. Iowa Democratic Party, Nevada Democratic Party, and Mayor Pete paid for it. The company may have kept the rights and just licensed it to them or could have completely handed it over to them.
@Ryan B
Citation needed.
@JustLynamo company was started by Hillary operatives now they say their not sure who actually runs the company. Sounds legit to me. Hahaha hahaha
EDGE EDGE
“Inconsistencies” mean they need to adjust votes to who they want to win!
Probably.
That’s what I was thinking thinking too. Bidins poll numbers are so close, the error level can completely negate his lead.
If I came in 5th after myself and my surrogate cable news stations constantly insisted I was the most electable, then I wouldn’t want to show the results either.
Ryan B Lol yes!!!
Bernie 2020 USA 🇺🇸
Agree with you. Biden kicked off his campaign in the home of a Comcast founder. Talk about being supported by media.
Oh Iowa,
You stuck with this archaic, outdated way of holding primaries just to be special, only to have it backfire in your face.
So long First Election in the Nation Status,
America
they have a caucus.
@The Bronze Age of DC Comics Some states have primary elections, some have primary caucuses. Both are primaries.
@Deborah Freedman Thanks for the distinction.
You think this is bad, just wait till November.
The Right Wing will do ANYTHING to stop Bernie. Maybe that’s what they mean by “unelectable”
@Handle Bernie has 0 chance…. Nobody with money will vote for socialism. Trump has already won
The audacity of this man to ask them not to release results !! 😂
So….release botched results without verifying? This isnt russia comrade.
Biden tanked. All the media manufacturing consent didn’t work.
Sounds a bit butthurt…is there whining in politics? Thought politics was about lieing.. cheating …chaos….hiding….no witnesses….now there is whining😂
Lying is the correct spelling; not “lieing”.
The considerable flaws are in the partisan US Primaries themselves.
Biden doesn’t like coming fifth, cry baby.
This smells like establishment hogwash.
Libbers can’t count or do math
Jay Nevermore: “…establishment hogwash…” from a POTUS a.k.a. Posterior Orifice of The United States!
Yes its called the democrat trash heap
Literally every one of these people is becoming less electable the longer the more they attempt to steal it from Sanders. Blue waves die this way.
Get a bunch of dumb people together and this is what you get. DEMOCRAT Caucus= convention of the mentally Disturbed. 😵💫
Whatever, bot.
Super Tramp : I just don’t get that America is DENIAL about the fact that Russia is INSIDE your election tech? Confusion is what they do. Why do Americans PERSIST with this FANTASY that they will be ALLOWED, “Free and Fair ELECTIONS”??? They have LITERALLY just DEMONSTRATED that they will continue to RIG the process, so that the whole Trump K K Klan, and half the GOP, can avoid JAIL and DISGRACE. Accept your Monarchy, or TEAR IT DOWN, but STOP KIDDING YOURSELVES?! What CHOICE do they have? With Putin ALREADY set up, and with the GOP being on the INSIDE this time around? Your, “elections,” will provide the government with DATA on how people REALLY FEEL, and on WHO TO TARGET, while the outcome has ALREADY BEEN DECIDED! The Republic has FALLEN, and they’re BLATANT ABOUT IT! Does ANYONE (who’s not a Trump Cultist) genuinely BELIEVE they will LET YOU “VOTE” THEM OUT? When the penalty for that is a, “political death sentence,” followed by the very REAL possibility of an ACTUAL death sentence?!?!? ARE YOU ALL MAD IN AMERICA??? Or is DENIAL more comforting than taking ACTUAL RESPONSIBILITY for saving the Republic? If the Ukrainians could do it a decade ago, in a freezing Winter, with NO WEAPONS, against Putin’s worst thugs, WHY CAN’T WE? We were FOUNDED on Revolution, after all? By all means, cop out and learn to love your Trumpian Monarchy? Or have a Revolution? But, for GOD’S SAKE, STOP WITH THE DENIAL???!!! They simply CANNOT AND WILL NOT ALLOW ACTUAL ELECTIONS this year!!!
Literally anyone who votes for a left wing democrat is aware they support unfettered murder of unborn human babies at any stage, transgender perversion, transgenders in public restrooms that children use, drag queens reading to elementary school children in public libraries, more then 2 genders, a homosexual for president, American citizens paying for benefits for illegal aliens, open borders/no borders, known marxist professors in colleges, illegal subterfuge treasonous even to remove President Trump even before he was elected, homosexuality taught in schools as normal behavior, more favorable support for muslims then israelis, fake news stories as real, a gigantic bloated centralized socialist federal government run by them, guns removed from all legal law abiding citizens. That’s some of the most cowardly perverse things they support. And therefore if you vote for these type of people you stand as guilty before God as they do.
What’s funny is they still can’t fudge the numbers enough to steal it from Bernie because no one voted for sleepy Joe. Robbed like Ron Paul
Wow.. cheating in front of us… shame on u DNC…
If you wanted to rig an election you can literally attack any or all party primaries. There are no laws protecting them. They are fair game and it wouldn’t be fraud to just pick whoever had the least votes. There is no law dictating how a party has to pick their candidate so tampering with a primary is an easy way to rig a general election without touching the general election.
This where Hillary enters the picture again.
“I’m usually not very political but I absolutely love Hillary Clinton, she’s very smart and America would benefit from having another Clinton running the country“ – Jeffrey Edward Epstein 2015
Billy Bob that’s GOLD 🤣
The absolute arrogance of the USA telling other countries whether their elections are free and fair.