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Discard the notion that Gov. Strickland delivered Ohio for Sen. Clinton. The numbers are showing that enough Republicans and Independents heeded the advice of wingnuts on the radio and requested Democratic ballots to vote for Clinton. Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman lay it out at the Free Press website .
I think Ohio should change the rules for voting in primaries. Party affiliation changes should be banned during the month before a primary election. Clear Channel wingnuts in Cleveland suggested that Republicans and Independents request Democratic ballots in order to vote against Dennis Kucinich. Fortunately, it didn't work in this case.
No hypocrisy here---there have been instances when Dem voters have meddled in Republican primaries too and that is just as wrong.
I wouldn't give Rush that much credit.
Green Party candidate for Governor (Bob Fitrakis)
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His wife (Suzanne Patzer)
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His Green Peace anti-nuclear Free Press partner (Harvey Wasserman)
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Wasserman's wife Susan is "unaffiliated"
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Fitrakis' law partner Clifford Arnebeck is registered "Democrat"
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But, Arnebeck's wife Sibley is registered "Republican"
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The fact is that the Republicans control enough of the media to tip a primary race. Limbaugh is on 600 or 700 stations. Most people can tune in at least 3 or 4 conservative stations. Then there's Fox News which is the GOP propaganda network.
Rush was a guest on "The O'Reilly Factor" on March 3, the night before the Ohio and Texas primaries. During the interview Limbaugh urged conservatives to ask for a Dem ballot and vote for Clinton: Link
The Cincy Enquirer reported that heavily Republican counties had hordes of crossovers: Link
"Dave Lane, chairman of the Clermont County Democratic Party, said the lack of Democratic ballots was "mysterious.
"From what I understand, it's a pretty widespread trend across the state. I want to be optimistic and think that a lot of people have seen the light. In the back of my mind, though, I think it's an attempt to dictate who the Democratic candidates should be. If there was a concerted effort to vote in the Democratic primary, I don't believe they (Republicans) will vote for the person they think is the strongest."
Clermont and Warren counties are heavily Republican, yet almost as many people voted Democrat as Republican.
Of Clermont County's 128,128 registered voters, 37,714 are registered Republicans and 14,496 are registered Democrats. With 98.5 percent of the precincts counted, 25,259 people had cast Democratic ballots and 27,427 had cast Republican ballots.
Warren County has 12,440 registered Democrats and 41,377 registered Republicans. With 87 percent of precincts reporting, that county was reporting 24,484 Democratic ballots cast and 25,263 Republican."