Rush Limbaugh Claims Victory in Pennsylvania

While the title might sound odd, Limbaugh's insatiable ego will not allow him to resist tarnishing Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions with a strong dose of reality -- as well as his confession to his personal involvement in corrupting the presidential election.

The backstory is riveting. In March, Limbaugh launched his infamous, "Operation Chaos," a devious anti-democratic plan devised to undermine the Democratic presidential nominee whom he believes will be: Senator Barack Obama. In several of his broadcasts, Limbaugh implored his legions of devout right-wing followers to cast aside their Republican inhibitions and vote in the Democratic primaries for Obama's rival: Senator Hillary Clinton.

Limbaugh's rationale? Obama's momentum had morphed into a genuine grassroots movement, and it had to be stopped at all costs - even unto the gross hypocrisy of asking die-hard Republicans to change their party registrations and cast their malicious votes for Hillary Clinton to poison Obama's candidacy.

Is Limbaugh's plot to defeat the first African-American candidate for the presidency: (A) insidious or (B) nefarious? Probably, both.

Come to think of it, is Operation Chaos really Limbaugh's plan at all - or was it designed by somebody else? Who knows - other than Limbaugh and his co-conspirators?

That said, James Carville and Mary Matalin are worthy suspects. Carville is a close and long-serving factotum for the Clinton family. Carville's wife, Matalin, is a top-ranking Republican operative who works in the Bush White House. It is well documented that Matalin is a longstanding ally and admirer of Rush Limbaugh. Matalin has appeared on his show to tout her appalling books. The two are frequently photographed at right-wing cocktail parties. They appear to be on warm and friendly terms.

The night after the Pennsylvania primary, Limbaugh crowed,

"What Obama has to do is go out and say this [Hillary] win is artificial and this win is phony because of Operation Chaos. He needs to go out there and say, 'Why in the world is everybody taking this seriously? Rush Limbaugh had his listeners register as Democrats for one day to go vote for Hillary to prolong this. We're letting Limbaugh get away with making our party look like it's in a total sewer and a mess. This victory in Pennsylvania is illegitimate, is undeserved because Democrats did not vote for her. Republicans did."

QED. Republican operatives working with Hillary Clinton's campaign have introduced a new mechanism into the presidential nomination process: flooding the polls with Republican crossovers.

Of the final primaries, Indiana and Montana are both "open" elections - where members of any party can vote for any candidate. In Indiana and Montana, Limbaugh's Republican crossovers will be out in force to sabotage Obama by voting for Clinton.

Since Limbaugh is claiming that thousands of Republicans are capable of changing their party affiliation to corrupt the presidential election process, none of the other closed primaries are above suspicion.

The entire 'democratic' system in the United States of America is broken. From Republican crossovers to Diebold, Sequoia, ES&S, Katherine Harris who dealt the death blow to democracy in Florida and J. Kenneth Blackwell who sabotaged the election of 2004, America is staggering toward its new status as a Mugabesque nightmare ruled by invisible Leviathans, audible Limbaughs and desperate, presidential campaigns embroiled in vendettas that would make Michael Corleone cringe.

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Comments

[jules233]

Since this appears to be common knowledge, and I as a Pennsylvania resident have heard many media reports that there had been an upswing in Democratic registrations by voters who were changing parties from Republican, is there any mechanism in place to investigate this? Perhaps I am mistaken, but overt efforts to subvert our electoral process seems to me to be illegal and actionable by authorities. Would anyone know if this is something that is illegal and deserving of punishment, not necessarily of the voters, but perhaps their ringleader, Limbaugh? I would be interested to know and if it is, where are the authorities on this?

[jwsub28]

That is what happened in Texas. Republican's cross-voted in TX for Clinton. They were not afraid to say exactly what they were doing either. "It hurts to push this button for this bitch but we have to get her as the nominee for the democratic party because she will be easy to beat"!!!!

[suzukimom]

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/04/24/explaining-obama-s-dropoff-in-the-philly-burbs.aspx
Over 160,000 Republicans crossed over to vote in the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania. I think these people who think they are clever to be able to undermine the democratic process should consider the possible outcome of their actions. If their deceit is effective along with Hillary's ongoing deceptions, they could actually end up helping to elect President Hillary Clinton. If there is collusion between Carville/Matalin and Limbaugh they obviously each have their motivations. But it should be noted, that while Carville would love to be able to call his friend President Clinton, again, the right wing hacks who would have helped to accomplish that goal might feel a little less happy to do so.

The majority of crossover voters supported Obama, which is a reflection of his broad appeal (which has attracted support from such prominent Republican figures as President Nixon's daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower). Obama's consensus leadership style of respecting all parties would be a much easier to live with than Hillary's divide and conquer "let's cram what I want down everyone's throats" style. But hey, if the Limbaugh hacks think they could be happy with Madame President Hillary Clinton, then maybe the rest of us could be too.

[jfor]

I credit Rush for the accelerated dumbing down of America. Statistically this country is dumber since his radio program started up all those years ago.

[burnt]

... and that's why Clinton like primaries as opposed to the caucus system... and why the DNC is pushing the caucus as a replacement for this corrupt way of choosing a Party candidate. And yes, Clinton is very "appreciative" of the Limbaugh crossover vote... to the point of lauding the Republican candidate. The Democratic Party leaders know what's going on. It's no secret. She is a Republican in a Democrat's robes.

Hillary and Bill - putting the "nasty" in Dynasty since 1992

[jethrock]

This should be criminal... I believe inciting a riot is. He should be taken off the air for this.

[CaptainObvious]

I like how he's calling for riots at the Democratic Convention. Isn't that illegal?

[aquarius2001]

Yep. He should be prosecuted.

[Countess]

Hillary Clinton and her band of right wing thugs have been working together since Texas and have deliberately used racist innuendos and smears. Hillary Clinton should apologize for her vulgar campaign.