Comments on: Limbaugh Urges Texas Republicans to Vote for Clinton

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:13:35 +0000

Does Rush reject democracy outright, or do his obeying listeners just not care?

By: Earl Smith

Earl Smith — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:53:41 +0000

If we take Rush's advice and vote for Hillary, we run the risk of her winning the nomination and God forbid the chance she could become the president. I think it would be better to vote for Obama. If McCain doesn't get elected I'd rather have him as president than her!

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How Many Texas Republicans Crossed Over To Hillary? | BlueBloggin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:00:25 +0000

[...] weakest candidate run against the Republican machine in the general election this fall. Yesterday, James reported here that Rush Limbaugh was urging his Texas supporters to vote for Hillary Clinton to help weaken Obama [...]

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TX, OH, RI, VT: A Sloppy Autopsy : Porch Dog — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:10:50 +0000

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By: legion

legion — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:04:37 +0000

Places with lots of republicans get fewer delegates by design.

Uh, yeah Chris... Democratic primaries are know for callously giving Republicans damn little representation. Or are you referring to the borderline-criminal redistricting and gerrymandering of TX voting areas? That setup put in place by one of the GOP's own disgraced sleazebags? Yeah, that's real unfair to beat them at their own game...

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:53:38 +0000

Even if there are some Texas Republicans who end up voting for Hillary, because of how Texas hands out its delegates, the effect would be pretty minimal. Places with lots of republicans get fewer delegates by design.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:30:29 +0000

I hate to see conservatives take up the methods of modern liberals where the ends justify the means.

Yeah like what happened to McCain in the South Carolina primary ...damn libruls...

By: Opera » Blog Archive » Limbaugh Urges Texas Republicans to Vote for Clinton (Opera News)

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:35:59 +0000

[...] Outside Beltway - Texas listeners to cross over and vote for Clinton in that state’s open primary Tuesday, arguing it helps the Republicans if the Democratic race remains unsettled for weeks to come. “I want Hillary to stay in this…this is too good a soap opera Read More [...]

By: legion

legion — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:50:03 +0000

But the point is this is bad form. What happen to the idea of a clean, fair fight?

?!? Tell me you're being tongue-in-cheek, here. I don't think the GOP has even tried to run a "clean, fair fight" - at any level - in years.

By: Steve Plunk

Steve Plunk — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:28:02 +0000

I see how further uncertainly could help Republicans and could hurt them. But the point is this is bad form. What happen to the idea of a clean, fair fight? I hate to see conservatives take up the methods of modern liberals where the ends justify the means.

It sure exposes the giant fault of open primaries.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:37:20 +0000

Limbaugh has been actively urging his Texas listeners to cross over and vote for Clinton in that state’s open primary Tuesday, arguing it helps the Republicans if the Democratic race remains unsettled for weeks to come.

I don't see how this helps the Republicans any. So far is seems McCain's campaign can't settle on a message because the don't know who they're campaigning against. They don't want to end up using the same message in the general election that the losing Democrat used in the primary. If Hillary constantly hammers on the "inexperience" of Obama, and Obama wins anyway, what would McCain sound like other than an echo of a losing candidate if he says the same? Now is usually the time when the campaigns start crafting their general election messages, and both Obama and Clinton already know who they will be campaigning against, but McCain does not. And despite the fact that both Democrats largely agree on issues and policy, McCain's message should be significantly different depending on which one is the nominee.

By: SeniorD

SeniorD — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:03:06 +0000

I hope Texas Republicans DO cross over and vote for Herself! The wooden stake needs to be driven hard and deep to rid the world of Clinton's Aliskyite Socialism so a humiliating defeat in the General Election would be the final nail. After all, do you really think Herself! wants to be in debt to Rush? Think of all the fun he could have during the run-up.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:06:10 +0000

I would note my impression that Texas Republicans are more likely to obey Rush than Wisconsin Republicans.