LIKE LIMBAUGH, OBAMA ASKS RETHUGS TO SWITCH PARTY'S AND VOTE AGAINST HILLARY IN PA

[LulaMay]

My comment: Is THIS what we want? Democrats using Rush Limbaugh style tactics to get Republicans to switch parties to against Hillary? Making it acceptable to treat the Democratic Party and platform like a revolving door, to be used for political strategy? Are these people being asked if they believe in our party's platform? NO. Do we know if they support women's rights, choice, gay rights, minority rights, separation of church and state? NO. Do we stand as a party for the civil and human rights of ALL people, or stand for an individual who invites anyone who cares to help use our party system for their own benefit, regardless the damage done by shoving our commitments aside for political convenience? Is THIS the new politics of "CHANGE"?


By Peter Nicholas, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
March 22, 2008
DOYLESTOWN, PA. --

-snip-

Obama trails Hillary Rodham Clinton by a large margin in Pennsylvania, site of the next Democratic presidential contest. The state has a large number of the older and blue-collar voters who tend to back Clinton. Even this month's most favorable poll for Obama shows her leading by 11 percentage points. One poll has her ahead by 26.

For Obama to win the April 22 election, or even to keep the race close, he needs to pull off an extraordinary feat: identifying sympathetic independent and Republican voters, and persuading them to register as Democrats. The registration deadline is Monday.

With time running out, the Obama campaign is engaged in a house-by-house appeal.

-snip-

The Illinois senator hopes to beat such expectations by expanding the pool of Democratic voters.

One night recently, some Obama volunteers in Doylestown set about making calls to find people willing to sign Democratic registration forms. A script provided by the campaign said that if voters were undecided, the callers should note that "Sen. Clinton has said there's a choice in this race. And she's right. It's a choice between a politics that offers more of the same divisions, or a new politics of common purpose."



MY NOTE: OBAMA'S SCRIPT DOES NOT ASK IF PEOPLE SHARE OUR VALUES, PLATFORM. HE'S ASKING FOR VOTES AGAINST HILLARY. TO WHAT "COMMON PURPOSE" IS HE ASKING THEM TO SUBSCRIBE TO? NOW WE ACCEPT LIMBAUGH LIKE TACTICS?

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pennsylvania22mar22,1,7869318.story

[loveangelc]

1. except Rushs asks them to vote FOR hillary...

[ulysses]

4. funny, that got left out of the OP...

How'd that happen?

[rodeodance]

8. silly--the OP is about BO (not Hillary)---pay attention please and stay focused

[loveangelc]

14. no one made you the board czar...fyi. please stop acting as if someone has.

[ulysses]

17. what's not focused?

Lula is making the claim that Obama (by the by, calling him "BO" is more than a little juvenile) wants Republicans to vote against Clinton, just (Lula says) like Limbaugh. Fact is, Limbaugh is asking Republicans to vote *for* Clinton.

I'm paying attention, thanks.

[tammywammy]

20. PERSONAL ATTACK

Just helping with the follow up. ;)

[ulysses]

24. fyi, wine hurts coming out your nose.

:rofl:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

31. Dick Morris and Dennis Miller called for Repukes to vote for Obama on Fox too

[ulysses]

33. Dick "Toes" Morris?

Wasn't he a FOB at one time?

[bicentennial_baby]

9. I'm sure that was an unintentional mistake...

Positive!

;)

:hi: you!

[ulysses]

23. absolutely!

After all, if you can't believe in the absolute altruism of the Clinton camp, what can you believe in?

:hi:

[SoonerPride]

2. Poor, sad, Lulamay. Making stuff up again. Sigh

How sad

"independent or Republican voters"......... "if they are undecided".......... "to vote for Obama."

Yeah, that's pretty damning.

:rofl:

[rodeodance]

3. OB is into the "democrat for the day" mode. I post a similar article last week.

[Vinca]

5. Obama is trying to capture disgruntled Republicans.

What's wrong with that? When you've got Ike's daughter endorsing Obama, it's not a stretch.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. OMG MY CAPS LOCK BROKE CALL 911!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Nitrogenica]

7. They will vote for her before they vote against her. Flip-Floppers!!!

[RazBerryBeret]

10. What a great line:

"It's a choice between a politics that offers more of the same divisions, or a new politics of common purpose."
Sign me up for that.

Rush asked people to vote FOR hillary SO they could lengthen the primary season and then beat her in the GE.

[Melinda]

11. Yeah, because asking for a vote for candidate A is a vote against B & vice-versa

Your post makes no sense.

[rodeodance]

12. REC

[booley]

13. Uuhhh wait a sec

Wasn't One of Obama's selling points that he could get Republicans to cross over and vote for him the way Reagan got Democrats to vote Republican?

Not to mention the other poster above is right. Flush has been telling people to vote for Hillary. So I am not seeing the "Limbaugh like tactics"

[RazBerryBeret]

21. Crossover Republicans.....

Have to understand that if McCain wins we ALL lose, repubs and democrats.
only the ones smart enough,
or the ones who have lost jobs,
health insurance,
or houses in the last 7 years.....

[JimGinPA]

15. The Only Thing Rush & Obama Have In Common Is They Know McSame Can Beat HRC

:dunce:

[lligrd]

16. So This Is What Is Going Around In Republican Based

Orange County huh?

[DearAbby]

18. THIS IS HUGH!!111!...CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!11!!

Like we dont want to unify this country, people, Republicans and Independents who are sick of the NEOCON Agenda, as we are....shit no, let them hang in the wind!

[cali]

19. Hypocrisy: It's what hillbots have for dinner

YOU have a lot of nerve, after billyboy went ON LIMBAUGH to beg up votes for hilly in TX.

[UALRBSofL]

34. Strike Three Your Done For The Day

Thank Skinner For His Wisdom.

[Faygo Kid]

22. Let It Sink

[rodeodance]

30. gee, guess not all Obamafolk on DU want to be known as wittle sheepies

[ulysses]

32. heh.

Ok, you're going to be fun to play with.

[lligrd]

25. Strike Three, You're Done For The Day

Thanking Skinner for his wisdom.

[Warren Stupidity]

26. I want a candidate who can draw in

"sympathetic independent and Republican voters"

So should you.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

35. nice.......

unless it happens to be Hillary who is reaching across the aisle...... then she is called an agent of Satan

[anonymous171]

27. CAPS LOCK MAKES YOUR ARGUMENT MAKES SENSE

:sarcasm:

[snappyturtle]

28. Let it sink. nt

[superkia]

29. So Americans should stay divided no matter what the cause?

Thats a strange way to look at things, I would be glad if people were sick of the republican party and wanted to elect a democrat because they like him. Now voting for a democrat just because you want your republican candidate to face that weaker opponent...that I don't agree with.


So, is your OP suggesting that Americans stay divided no matter what the cause is? Kind of strange, good luck to you and yours.

[hayu_lol]

36. This sorta puts Obama into the ...

Lieberman Democrat sort of box doesn't it?

Same act that Slowmotion used in CT.

[democrattotheend]

37. PA voter registration is out of whack with voting patterns

I spent most of yesterday registering new voters and getting voters to switch in Montgomery County. Montgomery County has more registered Republicans than Democrats, and a lot of independents. But Kerry won there by 12 points. The people I got to switch were people who seemed inclined to vote Democrat. One woman said she should have done it a long time ago, and another one said that she had initially registered as a Republican only because Republicans used to be the only game in town for local elections.

[pompano]

38. Obama

hasn't asked anyone to do something against a signed pledge they promised not to do when signing the pledge.

There is a difference, like comparing apples to oranges.

This isn't even remotely similar to what Rush encouraged.

If I were, God forbid, a Republican this time and a Democrat asked for my vote they would get it, all the way through the General Election. Nothing wrong with that. I know more than a few Republicans that'll be voting Democrat this time, legally!