Rush Limpballs is getting his way....."Operation Chaos"

[Roxy66]

This seems to fall into some kind of violation of election laws, I would think. He is interfering in our election.

[YOY]

1. and we're falling for it hook line and sinker

Sick, no?

[Thepricebreaker]

2. Its not illegal.. unlike Ohio you simply change parties by the deadline... scummy but 100% legal.

[Roxy66]

3. But he is encouraging his listeners to alter the election...

This is not some violation? Are you kidding me.

[Austinitis]

5. No. For example, in Texas we have an open primary

There's not even such a thing as "being a Democrat" or "being a Republican" here - at least not in any legal sense.


So tampering with the other party = scummy but =/= illegal.

[Austinitis]

4. What I've seen indicates that a lot of the Limbaugh "influence" stuff is more fantasy than fact

Here in Texas I know two Republicans who crossed over to vote, but both were voting for Obama. At most, the trouble-making Republicans cancel out the Republicans who cross over because they like Obama or hate Hillary.

[BadgerLaw2010]

6. So Republicans voting for Obama is good, but Republicans voting for Clintion is bad?

[redqueen]

8. Are RW blowhards telling their listeners to vote for Obama in the primary,

just to screw with the party, then they can go ahead and vote for McCain in the GE? Like Rush is doing for Hillary?

[Roxy66]

10. No, he has been telling them to vote for Hillary

[zalinda]

14. Yes, on other RW radio stations apparently

When the Texas primary was going on, some people on this board reported that RW talk show hosts were asking people to vote for Obama, I think they were in Ohio. Meanwhile, Rush was telling people to vote for Clinton. It's all about keeping the primary going. Don't think your guy is pure in all this, he's had dem for a day voting in a number of states, it's been reported.

zalinda

[redqueen]

15. Source?

Thanks.

[zalinda]

21. Don't know, can't search

but you can. It was said here on the board about other RW hosts wanting people to vote for Obama. It was a thread about Rush, I think, on how he wanted people to vote for Clinton. Others chimed in about some others asking their listeners to vote for Obama. People were confused on why some were asking to vote for Obama and Rush for Clinton.

zalinda

[redqueen]

22. Not worth my time.

Obviously it's not the same as the crap from Rush, Ann, Scaife, etc... or it wouldn't be so obscure.

[Andy823]

13. Republicans voting for Hllary

Will "NOT" vote for her in the GE. While that may also me true for some voting for Obama, most of them "will" vote for him in the GE, at least from all the republicans I talk to, this is what I hear!

[bobbert]

7. The exit polls on CNN's website showed about 3% of the total vote

Answered the 2 following questions like so:

Who did you vote for? Clinton

If it was Clinton vs. McCain in the GE, who would you vote for? McCain


Look at the 2nd to last line of: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#PADEM

10% * 30% = 3% or about 65,000 voters.

[Benhurst]

9. I think you are giving that asswipe too much credit.

We have an evenly divided party (the exact split is impossible to determine given the flawed primary system), with two candidates, neither of whom is able to reach the agreed upon target of 2025 elected delegates to win the nomination outright and both unwilling to hammer out the necessary compromise to resolve the dilemma. Without such a compromise, the party will go into the general election divided.

If McCain manages to win or the Republicans steal their third presidential election, either a distinct possibility, Limbaugh will be positioned to claim "credit."

But Limbaugh, seeing the present split in our party, is doing nothing more than pretending to be the force behind the discord. If he were really in such a position, he would be keeping his mouth shut and denying any culpability, at least until his goals were accomplished. It's all nothing more than his standard lying bullshit and an attempt on his part to project influence he doesn't have.

[Roxy66]

11. Gee... MSNBC just reported the North Carolina GOP is releasing..

a new add attacking Obama. Surpise...surprise

[JackORoses]

12. Hillary is broke so she has to get her friends in the GOP to run her attack ads

[LTR]

16. Limbaugh doesn't have as much influence as some give him credit for

His listenership is estimated to be roughly 20 million. The U.S. population is about 300 million. The population of Pennsylvania is about 12 million. That means 6.6% of the population may listen to him in a given week. If Pennsylvania falls in with the nation's average, he gets roughly 800,000 listeners in PA. And, believe it or not, he does have quite a few listeners who don't agree with him, and don't drink his flavor of Kool-Aid.

And since, by nature, most people don't really take action and are rather passive, does he really think he has that much sway in making them get in their cars and stand in line at polling places? And, they'd have to register as Democrats. People in general are too lethargic to go through all this, unless they were that gung-ho about it. So, without concrete polling data, the Limbaugh effect is unknown. It could have been a success, or it could have elicited yawns.

And the fact that Obama was able to close the gap from 25% in earlier polling a few weeks ago to 8-9% shows that he did in fact make inroads. So much that Hillary was only able to net 12 more delegates in a state where she really needed more. And this is the last of the big states too, which, all in all, spells a rather disappointing finish for her, in regard to delagates.

I'd have to see how a state like N. Carolina, where Obama is favored heavily, or Indiana, which could possibly go to him as well, does before I would even think that Limbaugh has some pull.

[TexasLady]

19. I tend to lean to your way of thinking about this

my entire RW extended family listens to the jerk, but not one of them crossed over.

[Carrieyazel]

17. Rash's whole "operation" is mostly nonsense that is having little effect.

Hillary was expected to win in PA by 6-10 points, and she did that. The vast majority of Repubes would never vote in a Dem primary, and a few miscreants aren't changing the dynamic of the race.

[Roxy66]

18. To those who don't believe this is significant.....Read this!!!

This is from a current DU thread.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5646974

[oasis]

20. Oprah and Limbaugh. Both Republicans have interfered. So I call it even. (eom)