tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post8238411770342536236..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Personal Asides: The Pressure on Hillary to Quit Limbaughs Operation Chaos
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Draws Hot Controversy.Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-6562760458345145432008-05-09T09:01:54.000-05:002008-05-09T09:01:54.000-05:00Truth is in between. Like Tom, I can't listen ...Truth is in between. Like Tom, I can't listen too long. But, Operation Chaos might very well have had its major effect on Democrats who otherwise would not have voted for any sort of a Clinton. If Rush had an editor I think Tom would buy that newspaper.Leon Dixonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-10921907120189721242008-05-09T05:40:36.000-05:002008-05-09T05:40:36.000-05:00It's professional jealousy with Roeser. Nothi...It's professional jealousy with Roeser. Nothing more than that. They both worship at the altar of the GOP and embrace the same ideas in general. The only difference is professional success, and Tom is envious of Limbaugh's success.Richard Channingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-68336334625759735092008-05-08T12:15:32.000-05:002008-05-08T12:15:32.000-05:00Since the ponderous thoughts of Thomas Robert Malt...Since the ponderous thoughts of Thomas Robert Malthus to the present walking rectrums spouting economic "facts," these people are as full of shit as a Xmas goose, as they used to say in MN.<br><br>Tom- Stay the course. Don't fall into the well. Tell me the last economic indecater that either:<br>1) A sane human knew the definition of-<br>2) Could extrapolate how this affected them in their day to day activities-<br>3) Could do anything about-<br>4) Who thought that our political system could fix it-<br><br>Tom- I wish your Daddy had been a sports fanFrank Nofsingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-21951824056323638182008-05-08T08:12:13.000-05:002008-05-08T08:12:13.000-05:00The premise of Operation Chaos was definitely not ...The premise of Operation Chaos was definitely not the assumption that Hillary would be the weaker candidate. You weren't listening closely, Tom. The premise was "do anything to keep the Democrat nomination undecided for as long as possible." Rush repeatedly said he's not trying to ensure either Obama or Hillary as the candidate. He pegs them about equal in terms of threats to McCain (and he's probably right about that). His goal was to keep them pecking at each other and thus dirty up each of them so that no matter which one ended up as the candidate, he or she would be weaker as a candidate than would have been the case. He launched Operation Chaos precisely when it looked like Obama was gaining the upper hand for good. He started backing Hillary, not because he thought she'd be a weaker candidate against McCain but to prevent a premature Obama lock on the nomination and to give Hillary more time to bloody up Obama, so that even if/when he did lock up the nomination, he'd be sullied.<br><br>As a strategery, it's really pretty darn good. By keeping the primary battle going longer, the Wright stuff came out etc. The bloom is off Obamessiah. He will be a weaker candidate than if he had been coronated six weeks ago.<br><br>And, had Hillary actually defeated Obama (or if she still does somehow manage it--if "events" happen), she will be a weaker candidate than she would have been for being perceived, esp. by blacks, as having stolen the crown from the Heir Apparent cum Messiah-Anointed One.<br><br>Sure Rush has a big ego. But he also has his tongue in his cheek much of the time, including some of the things you interpret as ego-driven in this column. There's nearly always a subtext running under what Rush says, which is what actually makes him interesting to listen to. If one takes him literally, fundamentalistically, one misses half the excitement.Dennis Martinnoreply@blogger.com