Posted on 03/23/2008 5:58:43 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
As Ohio election officials investigate illegal crossover voting in the 2008 primary, questions arise on Rush Limbaugh's role.
Limbaugh, the nation's top-rated talk radio host, was urging Republicans in Texas and Ohio to skip their party's primary on March 4 and instead cast a vote for Hillary Clinton in order to prolong the fight between her and Barack Obama.
What Limbaugh encouraged Republican voters to do in Ohio was a fifth-degree felony in that state, punishable with a $2,500 fine and six to 12 months in jail.
On Thursday, March 20, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the "Cuyahoga County Board of Election has launched an investigation that could lead to criminal charges against voters who maliciously switched parties for the March 4 presidential primary."
In 2008, 2.22 million Ohioans voted in the Democratic primary, compared to 1.27 million in 2000, according to unofficial results released by Brunner's office. In contrast, 1.01 million Ohioans voted in the 2008 Republican primary, compared to nearly 918,000 people in 2004.
Michael Slater of Project Vote, a nonpartisan group that designs voter registration drives for low-income people, said GOP meddling in the Ohio Democratic Primary was a clear-cut example of fraudulent voting, which is how Republicans have defined the issue in recent years, as GOP advocates have urged state legislatures and Congress to adopt anti-fraud measures such as tougher voter ID laws.
"Here we have a real instance of spurring people on to engage in illegal election activities with a real intent to affect the outcome," Slater said. "That is voter fraud. People were encouraged to break the law. They had to declare allegiance to a political party and sign a document under penalty of perjury. Intent is what matters in voter fraud."
In order to implicate Rush, the State would have to prove the "mind numbed robot" syndrome exists and the voter was in its control; the voters free will did not enter into his decision at all!
Not likely - even in front of a Democrat judge.
You’re welcome.
And, if you were to get your wish, what do you suppose would be the effect of silencing Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and other conservative voices? I remember what it was like before Rush, who pioneered the way for the conservative voices we hear today, and I have no wish to relive those days.
As to the election, there was little doubt in anyone’s mind that the next POTUS would be a Dem...before Operation Chaos.
Today there is talk that McCain is benefitting from all the chaos in the Dem Party. We’re hearing that he very well could win the presidency. If he can refrain from kissing up to liberals and attacking conservatives long enough to take advantage of that, he just might be the next POTUS. If he can’t, that isn’t Rush’s fault, or the fault of any other conservative. He’ll have no one to blame but himself, and we’ll end up with the Democrat POTUS that everyone thought we’d have in the first place.
Beyond that, if the voter had to swear allegience to his new party, I doubt the law prescribes the duration of that allegience. The voter could simply say they have shifted allegience again.
uhhmm ...okay.
And that get’s us all where?
I personally hope Hillary drowns in the Ummah with Huma.
You need to make your anger a positive thing somehow.
WE don’t ALSO NEED folks who see devastation only.
No kidding...DemocRATs sniveling about 'voter fraud'....
LOL...
Your comments are foolish at best.
Rush will not be indicted or even later convicted.
Given the fact that such open primaries were created to CREATE this type of action it is hardly legally sustainable.
The reason we hare having this coversation is the leftists who pursue Rush are agonized at his effectivness.
Remember if they get Rush they can easily get you and FR.
looked all over rush’s site, can’t find the applications for the all-state mistress team
recently single, thought that i’d apply :)
anyone have a link?
bump
Wise opinion from an oldtimer against Limbough mania on this forum.
The article is just a NYSlimes style scare tactic.
I bet rush creates a defese fund which when unspent goes to the marine scholarship fund.
The article is just a NYSlimes style scare tactic.
I bet rush creates a defese fund which when unspent goes to the marine scholarship fund.
GVnana: Sure. If the prosecutor wants to commit political suicide in exchange for a cozy job in DC compliments of the Clintons.
Behind Liberal Lines: Yeah, that's what they said about the guy who indicated Tom DeLay too. Didn't seem to hurt Ronnie Earl any.
GVnana: And you don't see a connection with my post? Oh! Wait a minute! You actually believe there's a case here?
Thanks. I was worried no one would notice this thread.
;-)
LOL. If you aren’t a 24/7 subscriber, try emailing him at ElRushbo@eibnet.com .
“V Yes, but Rush makes much more money when Clintons are in Office, he admitted it openly in the past.
No, I do not listen to him anymore, I have better things to do than listening to somebody who claims being a conservative but openly enables Clintons.”
Well, Son, I have to go for it: Class warfare, Attacks on the epitome of Conservative talk radio, Irrational vituperation about someone trying to upset Obama’s chances, Not recognizing the danger of Obama at all-—not even mentioning him.
I believe you are a “skinny-legged” Obama Troll.
P.S. real conservatives don’t use “anti-commie” except in humor. You see, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher brought down the Iron Curtain in the eighties.
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