Outraged Bernie supporter reveals caucus truth: they're voter suppression

[CoffeeCat]

30. As someone from a caucus state, I am torn too

Caucuses are so transparent. I worry about voting machines. Nothing transparent about those.

With a caucus, you can see what is happening.

I know we've had a ton of problems this year. I've witnessed quite a bit of that, at the precinct level--and also at my County Convention.

I do believe it's a great system. However, the system is only as good as the leaders who are using the system.

This year has been a complete shit storm, not just in the caucuses, but in other states as well. So many problems, it's been ridiculous.

I will note that in 2008, we had record attendance at our Iowa caucuses when Obama won. We hardly had any problems. Things ran like butter.

But this year, we weren't even close to record attendance and it was as if a tornado of cheating, malfeasance, bad behavior, mishaps and general mayhem happened.

I blame this on Hillary Clinton. I really do. That's not hyperbole. I think she's tried to game the system is so many ways, that she has ended up creating a shitstorm everywhere she goes---for caucus goers, for entire states and for the caucus system in general.

It shouldn't be this difficult, people! Voting should not be a blasted fiasco. Caucusing shouldn't be a raging shitstorm. I think this is the Clinton camp and their willing accomplices attempting to gain the system--with many, many tactics and games.

Frankly, I'm sick of all of it. Because when you try to cheat, or game the system or gain advantages--you end up affecting--not just the vote--but the people too. The people in those states who have to carry on, and organize meetings and analyze what in the hell went wrong. It's a big mess that so many have to mop up.

Really getting sick of this nonsense. And I bet you anything, that in the next election cycle--things are not this way. They've NEVER been this bad, across the board. NEVER. I feel as if our election system--both caucuses and regular voting--has been turned into a joke.

I don't want to see our caucuses end, because of all of this. It is a good system. I do believe that improvements can be made to make the caucuses more accessible and better attended. That's another conversation.

Meanwhile, we'll all continue to mop up the messes that have been created this election cycle because the Clinton camp decided they didn't want to play fair--state after state after state.