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."
There is plenty Limbomaniacs on this forum!
The only thing a Democrat politician could that would surprise me is something good and decent.
It would not surprise me if he was. The legality/ illegality of it is irrevelent. The Democrats violate, obey, or make up laws as it suits their purpose.
Back in the 1960s, Ohio had a quite conservative Democrat Senator anmed Frank Lausche. (He was more conservative than the Republican who succeeded him.) When he was up for re-election the last time, he was in a tight primary with a liberal Congressman (who would later be governor), John Gilligan.
My Republican amunt and uncle went to the polls intending to vote for Lausche, as they had in every election in which he had been on the ballot. My aunt did, and the only reason my uncle didn’t was that he was cautioned by a poll worker that he’d best ak for a GOP ballot since his name was on there for District Leader.
On second thought, more lunacy the better.
Mike Nifong is out of a job, last time I checked.
Oh, and Elloit Spitzer is also looking for work.
They were both leading examples of Democratic Party prosecutors.
“Rush is a selfish individual, not a conservative or a patriot he portrays himself.”
Really? I’m curious - what’s your definition of a conservative and patriot?
True. I see a lot of Freepers are reading this article and calling it (and me) “idiotic” and worse. What they don’t understand (and Rush seems to have forgotten) is just how much damage an overzealous Dem prosecutor can do. That’s partially why I wouldn’t have any sympathy for Rush. After the legal colonscopy he got in Florida on his medical records you would think he’d be more careful.
Ohio would have to prove that the voters who changed party affiliation were not sincere at the moment they changed. Can’t be done.
Do I get a prize if I name the source of your tagline?
When Specter was losing to Toomey in the Republican primary, he urged Democrats to cross over to the Republican primary to vote for him.
-PJ
When Specter was losing to Toomey in the Republican primary, he urged Democrats to cross over to the Republican primary to vote for him.
-PJ
I wonder whether the state of Ohio is going to declare voting on the basis of race or gender to be illegal too?
Yes it looks he wants the monster to be elected.
Clintons in Office are great for his business, it does not take a genius to figure out that the beast will be much harder to beat in November that Obamamamabama.
I put my word on record with Rush Limbaugh just yesterday that what I thought he was doing was helping elect the Clintons. Then I asked him why he hangs out in the dirty Dominican when the Clintons already monger around there? I close my stating that it’s understandable Mr. Limbaugh you are nervous about being marginalized because there’s no good business in critiquing the racial, and pointed out that he’s made enough money for 100 lifetimes, asking he be a patriot. I think the Clintons must have some really nasty dirt on him.
Idiocy of current Obama campaign does wonders. First Gore started to look like statesman in comparizison. Then Clinton. As lunatic asylum moves forward, Kerry begins to look decent. Next I guess they will make Nader looking like a founding father in comparison to Obama...
Want to sue Rush, go ahead, make it a very funny day.
OMG! Voters actually engaging to effect the outcome of an election ... what’s next, democracy? See post #3.
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