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Limbaugh to listeners: help Hillary one more time

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The gullible will be impressed with this little circus act by the Clinton Campaign with a "friendly" assist by comedian Rush Limbaugh:

Pro-Hillary Group Announces 25,000 Signatures For "Dream Ticket"

Liberals also are probably forgetting that Rush Limbaugh is still, STILL trying to prop Hillary up. He asked his listeners (there are 22 million according to his ratings) to fill out a form on the Hillary Clinton website urging her to stay in the race.

Al Giordano at the Field throws cold water on this gig - he points out that Rush Limbaugh is at it again, asking his "dittoheads" to give Sen Clinton "feedback" via her website:

Nice Try, Rush
One of the most lastingly significant developments of the late Democratic primary campaign is how, from March 4 to June 3, a nationally-syndicated right-wing Republican radio talk show host kept the Democratic contest alive. But all bad things must come to an end, and - if Senator Clinton does what she’s said she’ll do tomorrow at noon and cleanly exit from the contest - Rush Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos” becomes something for the history books.

Limbaugh made one last try at it Wednesday, the morning after Senator Clinton urged her supporters to advise her, via her website, on what to do now that the primaries are over. Limbaugh told his listeners:

"Well, as we all know, ladies and gentlemen, Operation Chaos continues. Mrs. Clinton did not quit. Everybody assumed that she was going to quit… Everybody is saying she’s getting closer to quitting, they’re trying to figure out what it is she wants and so forth. All this means is that Operation Chaos continues. Greetings, my friend, and welcome…

…the Drive-Bys and the Democrats, some of them are just beside themselves that Mrs. Clinton won’t get the hint and won’t get out; that she will not quit. I think this is perfectly understandable that the Clintons are behaving this way. Hillary can take this all the way to the convention if she wants.

...Oh, I was watching this last night, and I was going nuts, she’s burning down the house. Unity schmunity. Divided we are, this was Mrs. Clinton’s message last night. So she says she wants everybody to go to her website, HillaryClinton.com, and share your thoughts. Now let me tell you what this is about. What she wants, she wants to grab as many people on her website urging her to keep going, to stay in this, so she can show that to the Obama people. She’s talking about her 18 million votes which is as much, if not a little more, than he got. She’s still talking about the Electoral College states that she won that put her at a mythical tally of 267, when you need 270. So clearly she’s angling for something, and she needs public support in order to get it. Vice president, Supreme Court nomination, something along these lines. It’s going to be a real interesting thing to watch Obama deal with this. So as the commander-in-chief of US Operation Chaos, I would like to urge all of you who want to, to go to HillaryClinton.com and tell her what you think she ought to do. "

In any case, good on Senator Clinton for dropping her whole “tell me what to do via my website” effort to somehow stay in the contest through the convention in August. Because a very large percentage of the feedback she no doubt got via her website to stay in the race came from the Limbaugh chaos lobby, as are, frankly, many of the anonymous comments that transitioning Clinton bloggers are receiving now that claim to be from Clinton supporters urging votes for McCain or third party candidates.

...more at the link


 


Comments (2)

I think "from March 4 to June 3, a nationally-syndicated right-wing Republican radio talk show host kept the Democratic contest alive" gives Rush Limbaugh way too much credit.

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22 million a WEEK, dear, not a day.

Let's not get overexcited here. :)

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