John Amato: Rush Limbaugh has been screaming at the top of his lungs on his radio show—trying to be relevant in the heated Democratic primary for weeks now. He’s trying to fool the media into thinking that his “Operation Chaos” nonsense is having an influence on the outcome of the latest string of primaries by telling his dittoheads to go out, switch parties and vote to skewer the election results and prolong the race. He’s only killing time and playing games with his audience as we’ve just seen. Silent Patriot has some of the results via MSNBC.
The numbers are in and they confirm what has been obvious for, oh, 30 years now: Rush Limbaugh is an egotistical buffoon who, in fact, has no influence on anything but the opinions of his few gullible dittohead listeners.
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The way it’s looking now, Republicans, who account for 11% of the entire Indiana electorate, have voted for Hillary by the same margin that the entire state has. Stick to ruining your own party, Rush. Lord knows you’ve done a fantastic job at that. (take the AOL Poll below the fold)
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Look at the Huffington Posts website story about “Operation Chaos”.
That site is such trash.
Hey, that’s an insult to buffoons everywhere.
Chris Gamble @ 1:
If you think it’s “such trash” why are you suggesting we go there?
And no link either. Tsk, tsk.
I still don’t have any real confidence in letting Republican-controlled corporations “count the votes” in secret with proprietary software, as has happened in Democratic primary elections in New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. Paper trails are a little joke that can easily be rigged and tampered with after the fact: check out blackboxvoting for stories about sloppy to non-existent chain-of-custody security in the New Hampshire primary election…
http://www.amazon.com/Supercla.....0374272107
Fully illustrates the irrelevance of the American political process.
Jesus was telling you all this a month ago.
But did anyone listen to the Jesus?
NO!
Thanks a lot!
Bahawawawawaaaaaa! Rush is hero to the stupid!
You’re jumping the gun.
While I’d hate to give Limbaugh any credit, I have to disagree with your methodology. Why should exit polls be considered an accurate measure of crossover effect?
Looking at the number of votes counted so far suggests a crossover rate higher than 11%. In some counties, turnout in this democratic primary nearly doubled the number of votes tallied for either Kerry or Gore. Breaking it down county by county, I think there’s a lot of evidence that Hillary’s “rural support” is mostly Republicans hoping to muck things up.
“Oxycontin” LImbaugh should be sued by Democratic party for interfering in their elections. Isn’t there any law related to this action?
Limpdick is a chicken shit poltroon.
Interesting take this afternoon from Randi Rhodes. “Operation Chaos” is just cover for the conservatives republicans in face of the inevitable Republican crossover in the general election. Sure there are some ditto heads trying to screw things up, but more and more repubs are crossing over for the right reasons. Rush and the other assholes claim this is their doing when in fact it’s a repudiation of their values.
Rush will huff and puff and make up some reason why he wasn’t really serious about this anyway, “folks,” and move on to some other self-aggrandizing scheme where he’s this huge important person in the universe.
I think the greatest thing about the next four years will be watching him fade into insignificance. The less we speak of him, the better. What an incredible buffoon.
slippy hussein toad @ 12:
Speak less of whom? Never mind……………………………………………….
I stated in another thread that the effect of Operation Chaos was overblown and was called naive.
I stand by my original thoughts and they see to have been bourne out. I just don’t think Republicans are motivated enough to go out and sabotage the Democratic primaries. Perhaps if they had a compelling candidate that they want to see elected, but support for McCain is lukewarm at best. Oh, they’ll participate in all the smear campaigns and malign our candidates as always. But they aren’t going out of their way to put McCain in office.
I truly believe that many Republicans are conflicted. Between wanting an end to the war and the divisive politics of the Clinton/Bush years, and perhaps more importantly, a return to true conservative values, which have been trashed by Bush and promises to continue with McCain. A defeat this year will allow them to go back to square one and rebuild their lost party.
Hot air.
The balloon rises… the air cools a bit… then the basket falls like a rock.
Right now Clinton has a 52-48 margin in Indiana.
If she can’t get a substantial victory even with Rush’s endorsement, I do think it is time for her to step aside.
This proves nothing, it indicates that it was an abject failure. Sorry, my social research experience can’t let that one go…
Operation “I’m a big, fat, lying, fascist, drug-addict Nazi propagandist”!
Limbaugh is a multi-millionaire who signed a $250 million dollar contract for his show. He’s a mouthpiece for the elites. He’s NOT “your friend”, you Dittiots who listen to him! I’m sure he CARES about you…COME ON! You have to be a complete fool/moron to listen to or believe him! UNLESS…you’re a ga-jillionaire elitist like him!
slippy hussein toad @ 12:
Rush came into prominence in the Clinton years, slippy. And why would you believe early exit poll data from Republican voters who went in to vote for Hillary as part of Operation Chaos? Doesn’t make sense.
I mean, it’s refreshing to see people here suddenly trustful that Republicans would tell the truth, but why is the first time for that on an exit poll, and from people you’d consider to be dishonestly voting anyway?
You guys baffle me sometimes.
I have as little respect for Rush as anyone, but the logic here is flawed. As was the logic by Keith on MSNBC.
To say that because the ratio is the same, that the operation had no success is true only if you believe that republicans, voting sincerely, would have voted for her in the same ration without it… which I do NOT believe.
Republicans were voting overwhelmingly for Obama early in the campaign because they genuinely liked him. When that starts to be split, someone is manufacturing it.
Because there are approximately zero republicans who like Hillary Clinton.
The stupid, unethical drive to screw up Obama is real and it DID have an effect. Otherwise Obama would have sealed this deal a long time ago.
Don’t underestimate the impact of idiots.
Others have stated it better,(megadittos to you folks) but I’ve known since day 1 of “OC” that it was Limbaugh’s desperate attempt to still appear relevant.
The man had no impact on his own party this cycle.
Also, what Dennis said… why would we assume that anyone involved in something called Operation Chaos would be honest during exit polls?
This reprehensible intrusion into the democratic process was real and it did have an effect… and people that were part of it should be ashamed of themselves.
And this article is premature. We absolutely cannot conclude that from the information we have…. kind of the opposite, actually.
sorry patriot…it was not a “failure”
it appears that somewhere between 3 to 7 percent of hillary’s votes came from toothless limbots
enuf to swing the election
and proof positive that she cannot win in the fall
QUIT NOW
Limpballs actually thinks he is important in the great scheme of things. How pitiful.
Yeah, keep it coming, Pills Limbaugh, trying to subvert the democratic process… just why do you hat e the American People anyway.
Election Fraud is a federal crime. Those ‘activist judges’ should lock away Rush and anyone else spouting the mantra of election manipulation!
james k. sayre @ 4:
you left out NY and NJ. it needs to be addressed everywhere.
Egotistical buffon? Yes.
No influence? Oh, but that it were true!
Rush may not DIRECTLY have any influence beyond his listeners, but his influence on the mainstream media is substantial. Brian Williams listens to Rush religiously. Rush helps set the table for our lazy journalist and pundit class with character assassination pieces on Democrats while simultaneously perpetrating the myth of the “liberal” media.
uncle joe hussein mccarthy @ 24:
that swing + DIEBOLD = bad news if hillary gets the nod
Off the subject, did any one else notice Norah’s sexy legs? Shit! That skirt was a little higher than I expected to see. I still have a big crush on her
uncle joe hussein mccarthy @ 24:
The diddiots are a delusional group of very disciplined, ignorant, idiots. And is Noron auditioning for an eye-candy Faux fembot host spot with that skirt?
[Deleted. Off topic AND a personal attack. We get it, Dr Matt. You don’t like him. Enough-Sitemonitor]
Progressive Libertarian @ 29:
He’s also a useful idiot that helps to get out the republican talking point du jour.
Um, the proper comparison isn’t to the statewide BO/HC ratio. It is, since (to within a far smaller than negligible margin of error) all Republicans are white, to the the BO/HC ratio among white voters.
And that’s not even taking into account the fact that Hillary derangement syndrome is nearly universal among Republicans. Outside of DailyKos, it’s nearly confined to them.
Hillary’s entire margin in Indiana will turn out to have been due to Rush. The good news is, it won’t succeed in prolonging the primary season. Supers are about to read the tea leaves, and realize that the cup is down to the dregs.
I dunno .. what if Operation Dickwad Limbaugh Chaos gave Clinton a 1% - 5% lead in Indiana
WRONG , at least in Indiana , it appears that IF Clinton wins Indiana it is going to be so close that the difference according to exit polling will be Pig Limbaugh’s operation chaos and the Republican vote in a Dem primary , the networks as of this minute will not call Indiana either way , the margin right now means Limbaugh’s bunch of Nazis did indeed make the difference in Indiana , I have heard two commentators on two different net works point this out in the last hour .Here in Washington state we have to preregister as Repug or Dem and can only vote in the primary of the party we chose so this shit can’t go on .
Good bye Clinton !
As for Limbaugh’s influence, we’ll have to wait until the convention in Denver, where he has commanded his dittohead army to revolt.
Screw the World! Riot in Denver!
If blood is spilled in Denver, it’s on Limbuagh’s hands.
In no way was it a failure. Any contest decided by a few thousand votes matters and certainly makes a difference. I’m old enough to remember when Democrats decided that open primaries would be a good idea, and might attract Republicans to vote Democratic in the fall. It never happened. It’s about time we quit that idea.
Another viewpoint (with which I agree) says Clinton benefitted significantly from mischievious Republican voting.
dennis @ 20:
why would they lie?
HELP: I don’t understand the significance of the Obama/McCain numbers.
“They believe Obama is more likely to beat McCain.” Well… wouldn’t that be why saboteurs would vote for Hillary?
what does that prove?
I gota side with Rico on this. Now i will admit to an Obama bias, but I don’t imagine that there were such a high number of republicans who crossed over to vote for Hillary out of excitement her campaign. If Hillary took 52% the 11% of the total vote that was crossover, that’s still over 68,000 votes. If even we give rush only credit for 30% of those 68,000 votes, that’s still 21,475 votes.
As of right now Hillary leads by 22019…
It truly pains me to give rush credit, but he is affecting the outcome. Without those 30% she is only up by 544 votes!
Howard Dean was right on the money when he said that by early June one of the candidates needs to throw in the hat and throw their support behind the other. For the sake of not having a third bush candidacy we need to end this and heal the party.
GOD, that music is annoying! It doesn’t add drama. It adds cacophony.
Phil @ 21:
I’m not so sure that I would believe that there are “zero Republicans” who like Hillary. At the moment, it looks like she could be planning some type of “Holy Joe,” and go independent, then try to see what kind of people she can pull her way in order to get the presidency in her way. Hey, who knows? I wouldn’t put it past her. It worked for “Holy Joe.” Look where HE is!
I’m a huge KO fan, but he and Nora were completely confused on this - not making any sense at all. The data they provided shows that Limbaugh accomplished exactly what he meant to do - to get Republicans who planned to vote for McCain in the general to vote for Hillary in the primary.
Fortunately it’s a moot point as it looks like we’re on the verge of ending this painful primary.
John McCain has got nothing except the goodwill and maverick reputation he built up many years ago. He simply will not stand up under scrutiny, and believe me, he will be scrutinized. He backed into a nomination he had no business winning when his competition self-destructed. He’s become such a pandering senile moron and the selling of his soul to the devil has become so complete that it’s only a matter of time before he makes Bob Dole look like Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Of course Republicans are voting for Hillary.
Who are they gonna vote for - McCain? He already won!
Another failure for Operation Chaos, because while Clinton won the state, she didn’t win with enough of a margin to counterbalance Obama’s NC win.
In other words, those 46% of Repubs that voted for Obama negated any effect the Operation Chaos plan had.
What new math will the Clintons come up with next?
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