Posted on 04/27/2008 1:29:46 PM PDT by zeestephen
Last week in Pennsylvania 27% of Republicans voted against John McCain. They voted for Huckabee and Ron Paul, who did not even campaign. In McCain's home state of Arizona, white registered Republicans voted McCain (44%) to Romney (42%). This week McCain condemned the North Carolina GOP for producing an ad that called Barack Obama and his mentor Jeremiah Wright "extreme." It is time to send a clear message to McCain. I urge my fellow Republicans in North Carolina to write-in Rush Limbaugh on May 6.
No matter what conservatives do,the gringo Juan McPain won’t get it until after Hitlery or Osamabama are elected.
I early voted, Touch Screened Allen K.
5 R’s battling it out over the Gov. spot.
Orr was the only one of the 5 to denounce the add. He didn’t get my vote.
Just watch as the independents, and Reagan Democrats, start polling for the Democrats soon after the Dem nominee is decided. They'll wobble back to the Dem side after the MSM and 527's, led by George Soros, unleash their Dogs of War on McCain.
It's going to be ugly.
I have to say that, provided that NC allows write ins, this is a superb idea.
Just be careful how you go about it.
Do it all out, or don’t do it at all.
Likely, McCain will ignore all of it, but a nice idea, regardless.
One of the many things that bothers me about Operation Chaos is the arrogant disregard of the many folks that volunteer in order to help the voting process run smoothly and efficiently in these various primary states. Limbaugh’s actions make the whole process a joke and I myself see nothing funny about advocating voter fraud. Many soldiers have fought and died to preserve our right to vote and Limbaugh is out there sabotaging elections and I believe he owes this country an apology.
Early Voting results in Guilford County, NC (Greensboro), showed 2/3 of republicans have voted against John McCain.
Other:
Obama 43%
Hillary 14%
2,778 total ballots cast only 1752 votes recorded in the presidential category. There are over 1000 people who either wrote-in or didn’t vote for any presidential candidate.
http://ftp.co.guilford.nc.us/elections/summaryreport.html
I would write in tom tancredo, hell I am doing that on election day.
I agree, we dont need to stoop to their level by commiting voter fraud. I hope in 2012 we seriously overhaul the election process, states can run their state elections and primaries anyway they want but when it comes to Presidential campains all states must do it the same way. Primaries held on ONE day THE SAME DAY peferably July/august time frame. for the primary you must be registered as a dem or republican to vote in the primay. I dont think if you can't decide whether your an independant or not that you need to be making decesions for parties you are not a part of.
I live in Washington state, a slam dunk for Obama or Clinton.
I'm going to write-in Rush Limbaugh in November.
I'm calling it “The Blue State Rush” or “The Blue Rush.”
I'm going to start urging people in rock solid Democratic Blue states, like CA and NY, to do the same.
Conveniently for Limbaugh, his claims of success can’t be verified. We know 27% of Republicans voted for Huckabee and Ron Paul. So at least that number of protest voters didn’t participate in “Operation Chaos”. How many of the remaining Pennsylvania Republicans bothered to change their party registration and vote for Hillary?
It’s hard enough to get a significant number of people to the polls to begin with, let alone to go to the polls for a protest vote. I have my “doubt it” hat on about “Operation Chaos” and it’s supposed effect on the Dem primary.
You could look at it that way, but remember the only reason we have McCain was Democraps crossing over to vote for him. This is payback. As far as soldier fighting and dying for our right to vote, what the hell is there to vote for? A Leftist? A Marxist? Or a Liberal with an (R)? Its too bad we can get them to fight for a REAL candidate!
State taxpayers pay all the bills for most Primaries.
Taxpayer money, therefore the states set the rules.
Don't like Operation Chaos and crossover votes?
I don't like it, either.
How to stop it?
Easy - private elections, paid for by the political parties.
If the GOP pays for its own elections, we can make ALL our own rules.
It’s not voter fraud if they do it according to state law. The laws wouldn’t be there if they weren’t allowed to do it. Nothing illegal about it, unless we start instigating “thought police”. I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to go there. There are already enough looney-tunes liberals who are, we don’t need to help them.
“This is payback.”
I think that’s exactly why Rush is doing it. If he can exacerbate the mess caused by voters crossing the aisle in open primaries, both parties will rethink them.
I’m not to happy about operation Chaos but had the media done their homework and their jobs, we would not have the 3 losers we have now.
I suspect it usually feels pretty worthless going to the primary when Mclaim has had the nomination sewed up for a several weeks. I think the primary season is too long and does not count for too many folks.
“This is payback.”
I think that’s exactly why Rush is doing it. If he can exacerbate the mess caused by voters crossing the aisle in open primaries, both parties will rethink them.
I agree with overhauling the primaries-but it’s not voter fraud if it’s done according to state law. Now if you want to implement “thought police” to make sure what they had in mind when they did it, well, I’ll have to oppose you on that. Seems a shame when we already have to oppose the Stalinist left trying to impose “thought crime” in this nation, with their PC garbage.
What do you suggest? All 3 choices are to the left.
Absolutely, let’s weaken the Republican candidate as much as we can.....
Thanks, Hillary! (NOT)
I can't stand McCain... but I fail to see how it's the medias' fault that we have these three candidates.
The media wasn't in the voting booths pulling the ballots.....
The Dems LIKE the choices of Hillary and Obama. Who else would the libs' choose.
As for the Republicans, there was ample information on all the candidates.
The only one, in my humble opinion, who has a gripe is Mitt Romney, who ran up against a number of media outlets who were mouthpieces for anti Mormon groups.
Romney also ran into the likes of Hucklebee, whose main mission in the primary was keeping Romney from winning.
I like Mitt Romney.
Is he perfect? No.
But he is lightyears ahead of McCain, or any of the other choices, in energy, style, substance, and ideas.
I’m going to write-in my vote. I’m not sure for who yet. I’m not staying home, because I want to vote R down ticket.
I will not vote for a RINO that doesn't want my vote.
If the GOP pays for its own elections, we can make ALL our own rules.
That is what the democrat national party did by inventing the super delegates. You can see what a mess they are having with it.
When my daughter was little she used to say: “ If can’t have THREE cookies,don’t want none !”
It’s interesting to look around 47 years later and see some of you folks willing the throw the election to Hillary or Obama because Mc Cain isn’t EXACTLY what you want.
You can call it by any name you like,but this attitude is why you wound up with Mc Cain in the first place-and why you’ll probably wind up in last place come November.
So it was ok that libs and fence sitters in those open primary states gave us this sorry excuse for a republican candidate.Where was your outrage at that?Vote fraud? I think not.
Doubt it?Just watch the general when a bunch of us write in MICKEY MOUSE.
Nope,open primaries is the reason mcnutts is the republican nominee.
Yeah, you and your bunch are really going to make a difference.
And, anyway, you're making my point--which was that I doubted that Operation Chaos was having an impact. Though it's undoubtedly more effective than you and your little bunch.
Your argument is not based on facts.
Conservatives have had substantive and irreconcilable differences with McCain's policies and philosophy for at least a decade.
As to throwing the election to Obama or Clinton, how would that happen?
I suggested that Republicans vote for Rush Limbaugh, who is a Republican, in the North Carolina Republican Primary.
Conservatives are completely aware that we cannot win a national election without strong support from Centrists and Independents.
The problem is that McCain and his center-left supporters cannot accept the fact that THEY need Conservatives to win a national election.
“He said-she said.”
Meanwhile,back at the ranch, while Tonto and the Lone Ranger are duking it out,one of the riders from the Busy Left is going to brand your cattle and ride off laughing.
Why is voting for whomever you want, for whatever reason, considered voter fraud ?
Many states, like New Hampshire for one, allow any voter to vote for any candidate, regardless of party. Nor do you need to change registration to do it.
Are you saying New Hampshire commits voter fraud every time it has a primary ?
Oh that really hurts.LOL
Think New Hampshire.
You can vote for any candidate of any party no matter which registration you are. Heck, you can vote in New Hampshire’s primary if you simply declare you intend to move to New Hampshire in the near future.
Are you saying New Hampshire commits voter fraud during every primary ?
The Republican party owes this country an apology.
I live in Washington state, a slam dunk for Obama or Clinton.
I'm going to write-in Rush Limbaugh in November.
I'm calling it “The Blue State Rush” or “The Blue Rush.”
I'm going to start urging people in rock solid Democratic Blue states, like CA and NY, to do the same.
The more I hear of this, the better I like it.
I object to your calling Operation Chaos voter fraud. It is nothing of the sort. When our rep was Bart Gordon I used to vote in the dem primaries all the time. That was my only shot at defeating him, since he never had a Republican foe in the race, and yet he often had Democrats running against him. I followed every law in my state for voting in the primary. My vote was just as important as all those votes of the true blue Democrats.... it was just a vote against my sitting rep. Do you think the Democrats who voted against him were commiting fraud? Of course not. I just joined them.
Additionally, by declaring party switchers to be “frauds” you diminish the true meaning of voter fraud.... that which regularly occurs in major cities where the preferred “winner” might need help. You know the help I mean... dead voters, multiple voters, mentally disabled voters, illegal or otherwise alien voters, punch card manipulation, more than 100% turn out etc. That sort of fraud is a felony, and should not be confused with people who are voting as part of a political “tactic”.
Why is voting for whomever you want, for whatever reason, considered voter fraud ?
Many states, like New Hampshire for one, allow any voter to vote for any candidate, regardless of party. Nor do you need to change registration to do it.
Are you saying New Hampshire commits voter fraud every time it has a primary ?
I am not saying voter fraud in the legal sense but everyone knows what is going on here...what else do you call it?
Thanks for the metaphors.
When you find time, please address my two arguments:
(1) Conservatives have vehemently disagreed with McCain's politics for at least a decade.
(2) Voting for Rush Limbaugh in the Republican Primary does not help Obama or Clinton win in November.
That's just it, the MSM DID do their jobs.
One of 'em was to get McAmnesty the Pubbie slot.
The other was to insure that the Rat candidate, chosen by unanimous kumbayah consensus, could walk on water.
Rush sure torpedoed the second.
Well and truly stated.
A sincere inquiry: Is it true that the MSM and the Democratic Party basically chose McCain as the GOP nominee? If so how did the Republican Party allow this to happen?
Point one: no argument !
Point two: a weak showing for Mc Cain will be picked up on in a flash by an already-hostile Media,and will be used to generate further “talking points” against him,down the road.
You should know by now it doesn’t take much !
If you are planning to vote for an independent,then by all means do so;but if you plan to vote for Mc Cain,better start learning how to say his name in front of others without looking as if you just bit into a horseradish Twinky.
Sending messages such as this to policitians is like urinating in your pants while wearing a dark suit. It may give you a nice warm feeling but nobody will noice.
All this stuff about voter fraud and the immorality of crossing over in the primaries is ankle deep BS. I can vote in a primary for one of two reasons. A. To pick the best candidate in one party of the other. B. To prevent the election of an absolute abomination in one party or the other.
To me, it’s more important to prevent the election at all costs of the Obamination than to pick one lame RINO over the other, particularly since the RINO is already chosen.
All you purists need to figure out that politics is a contact sport. I’m not following Marques of Queensbury rules when some thug is after me with a 2 x 4.
Yes.
If so how did the Republican Party allow this to happen?
The Pubbies have been moving left since RR destroyed the Soviet Union. It was perceived that the threat from the extremist left was dead, and spoiled coddled Americans became rapidly complacent.
The MSM increased a PC propaganda campaign against "the rich" (class warfare) and moral values.
Republicans were less concerned with what was right, than A list invites and ego stroking press coverage.
The one consistent opposition to this was William F. Buckley, who had a one word solution, ...."STOP".
By 1998, Pubbies could be managed like trained dogs, and acquired the nickname "the Stupid Party".
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