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HomeDiariesBreaking BlueE-Wire 2008Rush Limbaugh Endorses Barack Obama
by DiamondJay, Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:09:13 PM EST

For so long, we've been hearing about "Operation Chaos" where Limbaugh told listeners to vote Hillary to create "chaos." Well, some believed he genuinely thought Hillary would be easier to beat, but others thought he was trying to trick many in the party into going for Obama, thinking them defying Limbaugh would give us the better candidate, as it would put him over the top, making the weaker candidate the nominee. This now comes true. Rush Limbaugh, today, came out and endorsed Barack Obama http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/200 8/05/07/limbaugh-comes-out-for-obama/


"I now believe he would be the weakest of the Democrat nominees," Limbaugh, among the most powerful voices in conservative radio, said on his program. "I now urge the Democrat supereldegates to make your mind up and publicly go for Obama."

"Barack Obama has shown he cannot get the votes Democrats need to win - blue-collar, working class people," Limbaugh also said. "He can get effete snobs, he can get wealthy academics, he can get the young, and he can get the black vote, but Democrats do not win with that."

For months, Limbaugh has urged his

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