Replying to this
“Haley kept it close: independent voters made up 22 percent of the electorate and she won them 62-37. South Carolina is an open primary, so this was a case of independents showing up to vote against Trump in a meaningless contest. That’s bad news for him.”
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From the “A false premise leads to false conclusions” file;
RUSH LIMBAUGH; “Independents basically are people who think that they are more open-minded than everything else. They are not partisan.
They haven’t made up their minds in advance of anything.
They wait for the issues, and they’re not tied to any particular party or ideology — and they also happen to know that political leaders think they are the ones who determine the winner of elections. Because the independents, whoever wins them traditionally wins. I said, for the most part, independents are just liberals that don’t want to admit it. They’re Democrat liberals who don’t want to admit it.”
Repeated for emphasis;
“...independents are just liberals that don’t want to admit it. They’re Democrat liberals who don’t want to admit it.”
Quote exccerpted from here;
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/01/29/my_apology_to_the_independents/
RUSH was a smart man, with incredible communication skills.
Great post.
If you read the many articles about Nikki voters they confirm Rush’s assessment.
They are “squishy” liberals—don’t demand tampons in boys bathrooms but they are ok with it.