Every Wednesday on my lunch break I drive from Versailles to Lexington to pick up my weekly stash of comics. Sometimes, during that ride, I'll turn the radio over to conservative blow-hard Rush Limbaugh and see what he's talking about.

Let me say, first of all, that I consider myself a moderate in the truest sense of the word. I agree with some conservative ideology and some liberal ideology. I will vote for whatever candidate I feel like is best for the country at a given time, regardless of their party. My dislike of Limbaugh isn't based on his politics (well, not all of them, anyway) but more on his methods and his delivery.

This Wednesday, while in the car, I made one of my occasional moves across the dial to see what Limbaugh was talking about. What I heard just affirmed my dislike for the man's M.O..

Rush was discussing how he had suggested earlier in the week that Republicans in Texas might consider using the open primaries as an opportunity to vote for Hillary Clinton. Not because of any agreement with her political stances - but because keeping her in the race a little longer would create chaos for the Democrats, open Obama up to further attacks from Clinton's camp, and increase the Republicans' chances of winning in November.

Is there anything illegal or unfair about what he's suggesting? Not really. Texas' primaries are open, meaning you don't have to be a member of a particular party in order to vote for their candidate.

The real problem with what Rush did is the absolute lack of faith it shows in the political process and in his own party's ability to win based on their own ideas.

I've heard and read multiple people defending the move by pointing out that democrats do this kind of thing too. I'm sure that's true. Rush is the first person I've heard encouraging it on air, though, so he's the one I'm talking about. Also, since when did "everybody else does it" become a reasonable defense of anything?

I don't think this incident says anything about Republicans as a whole. It simply reinforces my feelings about Limbaugh and cast a rather awkward shadow over any further attempts by him to claim the Republican party as unbeatable in the realm of ideas.

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You know what I like most about this post? The fact that you know you disagree with Rush yet you still have an open mind enough to listen to him from time to time and react objectively. Personally I put him over with the Colonel's Oprah way of thinking. Not quite the same scale but definitely influences way to many people, regardless of his opinions.

I can't stand listening to him blubber.....  


I really thought he might have the potential to be interesting this election season, for the first time ever, because he doesn't care for McCain that much. Instead of carrying one party's water, he could just be blasting everybody.

Then I came back to my senses.  


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