Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" Could Backfire

[babylonsister]

Primary shenanigans could backfire
By JOSH KRAUSHAAR | 3/31/08 6:51 PM EST



Could Rush Limbaugh be responsible for tipping the election outcome in a key Republican primary to fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Roger Wicker in Mississippi?

That’s what some Republican operatives in the state are suggesting.

As part of his self-described “Operation Chaos,” the conservative talk-show host urged his listeners to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primary in order to draw out the presidential nomination process as long as possible.

But in Mississippi, those party-switchers may not have realized the implications of their decision: The Republicans who voted in last month’s Democratic primary now are not allowed to cast ballots in Tuesday’s hotly contested runoff between Glenn McCullough, the former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Greg Davis, mayor of one of the fastest-growing towns in the state’s 1st Congressional District.

And given how close the race could end up being, the fact that those ticket-splitters must stay on the sidelines could mean the difference between a McCullough and a Davis victory.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9291.html

[gasperc]

1. ha-ha karma's a bitch

suck on this republicans!!!

[tanyev]

2. Oh, how sad.

:spray:

[SpiralHawk]

3. Another screw up by another draft-dodging republicon propagandist

[SteinbachMB]

4. He was just

doing this to feed his massive ego. As if Limbaugh can get Hillary elected, and then have Mccain....win?

[sellitman]

5. Make me smile will you?

Ok...you did!

[underpants]

6. Don't buy into that dumbass's bulls**t

First of all it would be very apt if this backfired on them since Rush singlehandedly turned the US Senate into a Dem majority

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/23/rush-limbaugh-attacks-michael-j-fox-he-was-either-off-the-medication-or-he-was-acting-he-is-an-actor-after-all/

Second of all this is just an attempt to not only over inflate his role (in just about anything) but also for the illusion about their size-something they have been doing for the last 30 years or so

[texasleo]

10. Limbaugh couldn't even influence his own primary.

[Yael]

7. w00t!!

Will mark my calendar to watch the outcome of this race.

:popcorn:

[Clear Blue Sky]

8. Where it could backfire.

By switching parties, they can't support their own local candidates in the the smaller races.

[Cha]

9. Brwaawwwawawawawaw..

We were discussing this in GD-P a couple or more weeks back and saying too bad they couldn't vote for their repukes after switching for hilary..and somebody popped up that it was okay 'cause they weren't having any elections for another year. Wrong.

And bil clinton went on limpbaughs show the night before the Texas primary to what? ..blowbacks are a bitch and so is the Law Of Unintended Consequences.

[MadMaddie]

11. Did Bill really go on his show? What the hell are they thinking?

Why are the in bed with the enemy?

I don't understand this? Don't they think for a moment that the Democratic public does not appreciate these strange bedfellows? Richard Mellon Scaife is another one.

[Cha]

12. bil clinton did go on rush limpbaugh's

show the night before the Texas primary 'cause they're so :scared: of losing they'll do anything.

Richard Mellon Scaife is for hilary and Teresa Heinz Kerry is for Obama so it's a Pennsylvania fight to the finish.

RMS has always excoriated Teresa in his fascistwing newspapers from what I've read.

How did hilary grovel to him?

[MadMaddie]

13. She sat down with his paper and had an interview with him

even though the guy bankrolled the attack on Bill in the 80's. I don't get it...it's not one of those I accept your apology and lets move on. This man tried to destroy the both of them.