Rush Limbaugh's "Project Chaos" in Indiana - Grrrr

In a state where the margin of victory has been predicted to be small, we have clowns like this man in Indiana.

From http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24488540/:

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"At a polling station down the road in Newburgh, Ind., a self-described independent voter, who has voted Republican in recent presidential elections, said he was part of “Rush Limbaugh’s ‘Project Chaos,’” which seeks to prolong the Democratic nomination process.

The former teacher, who requested to not be identified, said he considers national security and energy independence among his top priorities as a voter, but has not yet been impressed by the crop of candidates currently running.

He wishes he had a “third choice” in November, saying he's unsure if he’d vote for the eventual Democratic nominee or McCain.

After considering that quandry for a moment, he added, “Most likely it will be Senator McCain.”

He then headed to a Democratic primary polling place and cast his ticket for Clinton.

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This crap could throw this primary off by 2-5% easily. With their nomination wrapped up and having nothing better to do than punch babies and kick dogs (which we all know are their two favorite past times), Republicans will come in and partake in Limbaugh's "Project Chaos." Gauging what percentage of the total democratic vote in these primaries is attributable to the babbling, jowel jiggling, talk radio monster's "Project Chaos" would be interesting.

since state law allows cross-over voting. Same here in MA. Rules are rules.

Don't know how exactly it would be enforced, but it's the law. And from what I've read, individual primary ballots are open record, meaning you can go back and see who voted for whom. Not so with the General Election, though.

You sign the book and make a mark next to 'D' or 'R', and then you vote in whichever primary that you indicated. That's all there is to it.

They can factor that into their decision.

of these people are skewing the results, so the SDs can get a feel for their effect on the vote. I am afraid that they make up a larger percentage of the voting public in these last few primaries than many of us would like to believe or acknowledge.

And another point that I forgot to include in my OP - all Democrats should find this unacceptable, even if their preferred candidate is the beneficiary.

Subpeonas can go out, and if we get Obama in the White House next year (and with it, the Justice Department), then prosecutions could follow.

back when he advocated that Michigan Democrats vote for Romney.

Heavily GOP areas isn't going make too significant of a difference since they don't have many delegates.
These areas are most likely to play into the OpChaos game.

In other words, Rush's influence isn't as strong as some people think it is.

about these people having little influence. But it is worrisome in a state where it is supposed to be a pretty tight contest.

Then YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG!

and head downfield and the other team's bleachers stand up and cheer, you're headed for the wrong goalposts.

And I just saw another Republican saying he voted for Hillary today. His motivation? "Mischief," as he says.

SOB needs to find a good hobby or something.

What'd she say?

Some were disaffected, but others...

Clinton is ahead by roughly 35,000 votes at this point (ahead 4%). How many of these are Limbaugh's operatives?

CNN reporting that the 1 out of 10 voters in the Dem primary were Republicans, and of those, they overwhelmingly voted for Clinton.

I am surrounded by Republicans (I live in TN) and none that I know would even consider crossing over to Clinton for legitimate purposes.

Again, it comes down to this - what is the total gain in votes that Clinton receives due to Rush "Jiggly Jowels" Limbaugh and his minions?

11% of the Indiana voters were republican. Based on what's in now that would make it a total of 137,955 republicans voting out of a total of 1,254,136.

The split in republicans was 52% HRC, 48% Obama thus:

71736 for HRC
66219 for Obama

Approx 5K difference.

Not sure the dittoheads made the difference this time.

That depends on the objective behind those numbers.

If Obama has 16k+ among the ones that actually voted because they wanted that candidate and would stick with it in Nov - then they made a significant difference.

Not saying it is so - but just because they got an even number does not mean if would not have been different without the dittoheads.

Where'd you get those numbers?

The Rs voting for Obama intend to support him. Those voting for Hillary do not intend to support her; they're merely trying to help the Democratic candidate they can more easily beat in the fall. That's a big, fundamental difference. Operation Chaos succeeded, because it produced for Hillary 72000 additional votes, over three times her narrow margin of victory.

Without Operation Chaos, she clearly loses by 45000 votes.

I have been looking for some exit polls in Indiana that indicate what percentage of those Rs who voted for her intend to vote for her in the GE.

And by the way, you are my hero...I looooove your posts!

I have run out of gas on looking stuff up today, or I'd look for some links. I looked around at the news sites, though, and they all have some stories about this topic. google Operation Chaos for stories and such. I found a lot of stuff there.

it's unfair to presume all republican votes for your guy are pure and true and all republican votes for Clinton are malign mischief-making.

Sit them down and tell them how much integrity and love for your country and the democratic process you have. And be sure to tell them to do the same...to follow orders from a fatfuck drug addict, because you all have such great morals.
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that meme is out the window!

I believe the Mississippi election was this way if I remember correctly.

The bottom line is these guys really aren't having much impact on the primary if any. They are really just doing us a favor by getting Republicans to practice voting Democratic.

I consider it training :)

But I would say they did have quite an effect in Indiana, since a double Obama win would have been the absolute nail in the coffin. As it stands, it's probably the last nail that is halfway in.

For the crossover 'chaos' voters, you have to be pretty bored and pathetic to participate in this. Maybe there was more of an effect in Indiana than other states but when you are talking about hundreds of thousands of voters, a few screwballs don't amount to much.

You have to start with people willing to vote,
pare down to people willing to compromise their vote,
pare down to Rush's audience and then
pare down to people that actually listened and agreed with this tactic.

I can't imagine that was all that many people.

of these fools turned out. Just for curiosity if for nothing else. At this point in the campaign, it would obviously be for curiosity's sake.

because it is FINALLY being talked about in the media without it being totally dismissed as some wacky conspiracy theory...and it's causing people to google & actually think and rsearch the numbers..

and it automatically casts doubt on EVERY "win" she's had since mccain locked up his nomination... OH, TX, PA, IN, & WV, KY...

especially on the CLOSE ones..which they ALL have been.. There's no way to even determine if she even WON them without knowing how high a percentage the ditto-heads were..