I hate to defend Rush Limbaugh, but…

4 comments March 25th, 2008

 

Some of my fellow liberals can be pretty silly at times.

Take, for example, THIS controversy over radio ranter Rush Limbaugh having encouraged Republicans to cross over to Democratic primary elections and vote for Hillary Clinton — on the theory that she’d be easier to defeat in November or that an extended battle for the Democratic nomination would hurt the party.

Ohio is one of the states in which an untold number of Limbaugh dittoheads heeded this advice. But Ohio has a law requiring that citizens genuinely support a political party in order to vote in its primary. To change parties for a primary, a voter must pledge that he or she is affiliated with the party and “supports” its principles. Lying on the pledge is a felony, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

Some libs think that Limbaugh should be prosecuted for encouraging violations of the Ohio law.

Nonsense.  I doubt that the law in question has ever faced a court challenge, and I’m sure that it could never survive one.

Come on.  The statute at issue is ridiculous on its face.  It would prevent affected voters from changing their minds over the course of time. Besides, who’s to say what a voter actually thinks? (Indeed, some seem not to think at all.)

Limbaugh’s an idiot, yes, but so is any lefty who thinks he should be charged with a crime for abetting violations of that patently unconstitutional law in Ohio.

UPDATE: MSNBC’s Dan Abrams (whose pseudo-populism wears thin after a short while, by the way) has JOINED THE CAMPAIGN for strict enforcement of the Ohio law.

Rank-and-file Republicans blissfully ignorant of the worsening crisis in health care

Add comment March 25th, 2008

 

A new SURVEY shows that Republicans are far more likely than Democrats or independents to take a rosy view of the U.S. health system.

The cruel irony in this matter is that red states — that is, those states that are predominately Republican — generally have bigger health-care problems than blue (Democratic) states.

The Media and McCain — A Love Story

5 comments March 25th, 2008

 

The mainstream media’s favors to John McCain are now numerous enough to fill a whole BOOK.

Oh, and let’s not have it said that the media love McCain because he’s a liberal.  That’s just silly. His overall voting record in the Senate is INDISPUTABLY CONSERVATIVE.

Will Al Gore be the Democratic nominee?

5 comments March 25th, 2008

THIS GUY says the Democrats might come up with a Gore-Obama or Gore-Clinton ticket.