Limbaugh takes credit for Hillary's support

foundit66 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 08:03 PM

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh claimed at least partial credit today for Hillary Clinton's victories in Texas and Ohio.

Limbaugh spent much of his show Monday exhorting Republican listeners to cross over and vote in the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton to prevent Democrats from unifying around Barack Obama as Republicans have done around John McCain.

“What we did, if we did anything, is to create a bunch of chaos in the Democrat Party and it worked,” Limbaugh said.

Asked on the morning talk shows if Limbaugh helped her win, Clinton said, “Be careful what you wish for, Rush.”

The latest numbers show Clinton won by about 3 percentage points in Texas and 10 points in Ohio. Exit polls of voters in the two states found most Republicans who crossed over and voted in the Democratic primary voted for Obama.

That had been the case in earlier primaries, though his margin of support was slightly less than it had been Tuesday.

Limbaugh defended his actions, saying it was no worse than Democrats crossing over to vote for John McCain, who Limbaugh complains is not conservative enough.
Limbaugh takes credit for Hillary's support :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Elections

I love this "well, they're doing it so it's okay for me to do it" mentality.
(Sarcasm doesn't type well. I find that mentality putrid.)

As a gay guy, I have been criticized by some conservatives for having "relative morality". I find it funny cause their accusations are not really issues of "relative morality".

On THIS example for Rush, that is "relative morality" and it would be nice if our politicians (and our pundits) could set an example and just say "NO. It's NOT okay for EITHER of us to do it."

I feel like it's a bastardization of the Golden Rule.
It's not "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", but rather "Break the rule if you can point to others you oppose breaking the same rule".

I honestly don't know of any examples of Democrats behaving as Rush accuses. I haven't heard of any examples of public Democrats (like pundits) publicly exhorting people to behave like this.
Regardless, it's just plain wrong.

foundit66 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 08:07 PM

Political Radar: Lieberman Asks Dems and Independents To Vote McCain

Didn't take me long to find the Democrats guilt.
Politics makes me sick at times.

crazyflamingos · #3 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foundit66

Political Radar: Lieberman Asks Dems and Independents To Vote McCain

Didn't take me long to find the Democrats guilt.
Politics makes me sick at times.

But it isn't really the same. Lieberman is genuinely endorsing McCain and saying that there is not a viable Democratic candidate.

Quote:

"I urge them to come out today and stand for a man who is a great American patriot," Lieberman said at a joint town hall meeting with McCain in Ann Arbor, Mich.

"There's no competitive Democratic primary," Lieberman added. "I know there's some other moderate and conservative Democrats like myself."

Limbaugh, on the other hand, is just trying to sabotage his the Democratic party by creating a division in the party where none really exists.

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Limbaugh spent much of his show Monday exhorting Republican listeners to cross over and vote in the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton to prevent Democrats from unifying around Barack Obama as Republicans have done around John McCain.

saltwn · #4 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foundit66

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh claimed at least partial credit today for Hillary Clinton's victories in Texas and Ohio.

Limbaugh spent much of his show Monday exhorting Republican listeners to cross over and vote in the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton to prevent Democrats from unifying around Barack Obama as Republicans have done around John McCain.

“What we did, if we did anything, is to create a bunch of chaos in the Democrat Party and it worked,” Limbaugh said.

Asked on the morning talk shows if Limbaugh helped her win, Clinton said, “Be careful what you wish for, Rush.”

The latest numbers show Clinton won by about 3 percentage points in Texas and 10 points in Ohio. Exit polls of voters in the two states found most Republicans who crossed over and voted in the Democratic primary voted for Obama.

That had been the case in earlier primaries, though his margin of support was slightly less than it had been Tuesday.

Limbaugh defended his actions, saying it was no worse than Democrats crossing over to vote for John McCain, who Limbaugh complains is not conservative enough.
Limbaugh takes credit for Hillary's support :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Elections

I love this "well, they're doing it so it's okay for me to do it" mentality.
(Sarcasm doesn't type well. I find that mentality putrid.)

As a gay guy, I have been criticized by some conservatives for having "relative morality". I find it funny cause their accusations are not really issues of "relative morality".

On THIS example for Rush, that is "relative morality" and it would be nice if our politicians (and our pundits) could set an example and just say "NO. It's NOT okay for EITHER of us to do it."

I feel like it's a bastardization of the Golden Rule.
It's not "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", but rather "Break the rule if you can point to others you oppose breaking the same rule".

I honestly don't know of any examples of Democrats behaving as Rush accuses. I haven't heard of any examples of public Democrats (like pundits) publicly exhorting people to behave like this.
Regardless, it's just plain wrong.

I heard a comment about this on another talk show. And I ended up wondering if Limbaugh (not a stupid person) figured Hillary would win the entire presidency and wants some spin so he can still have stuff to brag about. I put it in perspective with Ann Coulter saying she was going to campaign for Hillary over McCain.
I may not have it exactly correct, but I bet I'm not far off.

cnredd · #5 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foundit66

Political Radar: Lieberman Asks Dems and Independents To Vote McCain

Didn't take me long to find the Democrats guilt.
Politics makes me sick at times.

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyflamingos

But it isn't really the same. Lieberman is genuinely endorsing McCain and saying that there is not a viable Democratic candidate.

This one correlates well...

Some Michigan Democrats rally behind Huckabee

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Do you remember DOG (acronym for Detroiters Out to Get John Engler), the small but noisy group of Detroit Democrats who supported John McCain in the 2000 Michigan Republican presidential primary?

Probably not. But if you do, it will come as no surprise that DOG's ringleader, the irrepressible former state Rep. LaMar Lemmons III, D-Detroit, is behind a new group for the 2008 presidential cycle: Democrats for Huckabee.

Lemmons said Tuesday that the push for Republican Mike Huckabee was prompted by the dearth of choices on the Democratic side of the Jan. 15 primary ballot. Lemmons said he himself supports Barack Obama, who chose not to run in Michigan.

And he said Democrats supporting candidates other than those on the Michigan ballot can vote uncommitted. But he likes the idea of recapturing the spirit of 2000, when DOG was formed to torment former Gov. Engler, a staunch backer of George W. Bush.

Huckabee got the nod this time because "the Republican establishment supports Romney and McCain," Lemmons said.

crazyflamingos · #6 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

This one correlates well...

Some Michigan Democrats rally behind Huckabee

Yes it does. And it is a despicable tactic for either side.

cnredd · #7 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyflamingos

Yes it does. And it is a despicable tactic for either side.

Here's an interesting tidbit for ya...

I was a card-carrying Democrat from 18 until 21...

A previous Democratic mayor here in Philly, Frank Rizzo, changed parties and was running for mayor again...

Some Democrats changed their party affiliation so they could vote in the Republican primaries and get Rizzo in...They were called "Rizzocrats"...and I am proudly one of them...

The main reason I switched was because the current mayor at that time, Wilson Goode, was a destructive POS, and the next guy the Dems were most likely giving the nomination to, Ed Rendell, was a smarmy charmer (much like Clinton ended up being)...

Sadly, right after Rizzo did win the Republican primary, he died of a heart attack (on the same block where I worked downtown)...

Rendell went on to win easily...It was almost a default...

saltwn · #8 (**permalink**) 03-30-2008, 07:35 PM

update: Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Voter Fraud?

Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Voter Fraud? | Democracy and Elections | AlterNet

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As Ohio election officials investigate illegal crossover voting in the 2008 primary, questions arise on Limbaugh's role.

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As the board of election in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where Cleveland is located, launches an investigation into illegal crossover voting in the state's 2008 presidential primary, a big open question remains unanswered: Will county officials go after the ringleaders of apparently illegal electioneering where thousands of Republican voters swore -- under penalty of law -- allegiance to the Democratic Party in order to vote for Hillary Clinton?

In case you missed it, Rush Limbaugh, the nation's top-rated talk radio host, was urging Republicans in Texas and Ohio to skip their party's primary on March 4 and instead cast a vote for Hillary Clinton in order to prolong the fight between her and Barack Obama. And that Tuesday, as media in both states reported, thousands of Republicans did just what Limbaugh and others had suggested -- they changed parties to vote for Clinton.

Ha-ha ha ha Hah! Brush Lintball strikes again.

Adept1 · #9 (**permalink**) 03-30-2008, 10:26 PM

Well well well, funny that he should call it "Operation Chaos" and claim that he was causing the chaos (I've been meaning to talk to him about this) because anyone with a brain knows that the democrats create their own chaos and they don't require outside assistance to be prone to plans that just don't work. Not to mention wanting to change the rules and try to persuade others how it isn't their fault AFTER the results start becoming known.

Adept1 · #10 (**permalink**) 03-30-2008, 10:33 PM

Whats really funny is that BOTH Hillary and Barry have been running adds telling people to vote for them too. Just like Rush. Idiots just don't realize that it is not illegal to vote for anyone for whatever reason a person WANTS to. Don't they realize how stupid it is to even consider prosecuting ANYONE for their REASON to vote for someone. And by the way the "loyalty pledges" the democrats have been doing in some areas reminds me of some of those Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and other communist/dictatorship countries "elections".

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