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How Rush Limbaugh helped elect Barack Obama
firebrand blog ^ | November 8, 2008 | firebrand

Posted on 11/09/2008 4:57:38 PM PST by firebrand99

Conservative radio buffoon Rush Limbaugh thinks of himself as an ace strategist and so he thought he was being extremely clever back in March when he launched "Operation Chaos" an effort to undermine frontrunner Barack Obama's chances in the fall election by prolonging the Democratic primary season and forcing Obama to deplete his resources early. Rushbo, accordingly, urged his conservative Republican listeners to take advantage of open primaries in many thats that allow non-Democrats to participate and vote for Hilary Clinton in order to drag the race out as long as possible. Brilliant eh? And how mischievous!

Unfortunately the Limbaugh his plan was too clever by half and has backfired.

DNC chair Howard Dean has talked about the importance of a "50 state strategy" for the past four years and Obama embraced the idea but it was the prolonged primary season that allowed Obama to implement it by virtue of necessity as the never ending race forced him to recruit ground organizers and campaign in red states that are usually flyover states for the Dems such as Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Indiana. When the fall campaign came around, polls showed Obama competitive in states that the Democrats had long written off as a result of his spring campaigning and allowed him to use ground organizations left over from the primary season in order to keeps those states competitive forcing McCain to campaign in states which should have been sure things for him. Moreover, Obama won North Carolina and Indiana and thereby assured himself the presidency thanks, in no small part, to Rush Limbaugh's efforts.


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To: firebrand99

Hmmm I wonder, do they still ZOT trolls?


21 posted on 11/09/2008 5:05:36 PM PST by GloriaJane (http://www.download.com/gloriajane)
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To: xjcsa

He’s just trying to get attention to his crappy blog which seems to get about 1 or 2 comments per day. Loser.


22 posted on 11/09/2008 5:05:40 PM PST by softwarecreator (Wow, free food, free gas and no more mortgage payments after January 2009, thanks Obama!!)
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To: firebrand99

And the demoralization campaign against talk radio and its audience continues.


23 posted on 11/09/2008 5:05:42 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvxiG56M-eU)
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To: firebrand99

Hillary would have most likely beat McCain by a landslide.

BTW, Zero doesn’t have a mandate. No way, no how.


24 posted on 11/09/2008 5:05:47 PM PST by jennyjenny
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To: firebrand99

Rush and Hannity were responsible for making a 3 point loss out of a 15 point loss.

Thats what the dems don’t like about it.


25 posted on 11/09/2008 5:06:05 PM PST by Safrguns
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To: firebrand99
Has Rush addressed the blowback from Operation Chaos yet?

If you listened to Rush you'd know. But obviously you don't. Probably don't know how to turn a radio dial yet. Here's a big

ZOT!

for ya....

26 posted on 11/09/2008 5:06:31 PM PST by bcsco (Liberals don't understand, it's impossible to pick up a turd-like Obama-by the clean end...)
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To: firebrand99

If Rush is such a “bufoon” why did you sign up here yesterday on a conservative website to bash him? Methinks thou dost protest too much, slacker. Go back and tell Arrianna we ain’t buying whatever you’re selling.


27 posted on 11/09/2008 5:07:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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To: softwarecreator

firebrand has been here somewhat less than a month (at most 17 hours)


28 posted on 11/09/2008 5:07:26 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (I still don't tag sarcasm)
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To: firebrand99

I admit I have been thinking about this, as well as the way the libs forced McCain on us -

I still can’t decide if Hillary would have been better or worse. Seriously, the thought of Bill back in the White House and Hillary being, well, Hillary, and probably ending up with two terms, is quite disgusting.

O shows his emptiness and his arrogance in every picture, every non-scripted word he speaks. With Biden by his side, there is nothing he can’t screw up.

A few years of that plus the do-nothing congress, might be the shot in the arm that we need to energize us for the next fight.

I’m trying to look at the reign of O as an amusing and slightly pathetic, expensive interlude in my life. Besides, my husband is getting tired of my whining.


29 posted on 11/09/2008 5:07:30 PM PST by SusaninOhio
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To: softwarecreator

a month?


30 posted on 11/09/2008 5:07:37 PM PST by bobby.223
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To: firebrand99

ZOT!!!!!!!!!!!!Troll joining November 9th 2008! bye bye!


31 posted on 11/09/2008 5:07:38 PM PST by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: alisasny

Or how the GOP helped McCain to be the nominee by having open primaries. Or how 20 percent of conservatives helped subject this country to abject socialism by voting for The One. “Obamacons.” Pfffffffffft!


32 posted on 11/09/2008 5:07:44 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvxiG56M-eU)
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To: firebrand99
Unfortunately the Limbaugh his plan was too clever by half and has backfired”

Nope,
Operation chaos worked fine.
McCain ended up getting a lot of votes from PUMAS. Sadly for McCain, his anti-Republican bashing over the past 8 years, and his vote for the “bailout” etc, ended up costing him a lot of Republican votes.
In the end, McCain defeated McCain. Had nothing to do with Rush. No radio show host can elect a bad candidate who is not prepared to do what it takes to win,

33 posted on 11/09/2008 5:07:48 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: cripplecreek; firebrand99
Blowback?

A term he likely uses a lot...

34 posted on 11/09/2008 5:08:00 PM PST by bcsco (Liberals don't understand, it's impossible to pick up a turd-like Obama-by the clean end...)
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To: Oztrich Boy

yeah, I misread the 11 as 10. =)


35 posted on 11/09/2008 5:08:23 PM PST by softwarecreator (Wow, free food, free gas and no more mortgage payments after January 2009, thanks Obama!!)
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To: firebrand99

Rush only did to the dems openly what they did to the pubs on stuper tuesday


36 posted on 11/09/2008 5:08:32 PM PST by Conservative4Life (Those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it)
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To: firebrand99

Troll.


37 posted on 11/09/2008 5:08:53 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: All

firebrand99
Since Nov 9, 2008


38 posted on 11/09/2008 5:09:00 PM PST by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: firebrand99

This is right, it’s Limbaugh’s fault, but he only did it because he wanted to help Palin, since McCain told Limbaugh in advance that she was his VP nominee, because she was chosen by Dick Cheney in a secret meeting convened by George W. Bush, who takes his orders directly from the Jooos! /sarc


39 posted on 11/09/2008 5:09:15 PM PST by americanophile
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To: bcsco

Stretchy lips apparently. LOL


40 posted on 11/09/2008 5:09:21 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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