Yesterday I posted a diary looking at the percentage of conservative vote that Hillary Fairplay received on March 4th. In Texas it had a clear effect, where she received over 300,000 votes from people who self-identified as conservative--her margin of victory there was just over 100,000 votes.
Now there is more evidence that the Repug Spoilers handed Ohio to Hillary Fairplay.
More below.
Just looking at exit polls suggests that Hillary Fairplay received at least 150,000 votes from people who self-identified as conservatives in Ohio. This is smaller than her margin of victory of 228,781 votes. So, on the surface, it appears that the Repug Spoilers didn't necessarily put her over the top, but they did give her a much larger margin.
But, today this account has come out, which suggests they Repug Spoilers may have had even more of an impact than the exit polls suggest.
http://isaacs.newsvine.com/...
Butler County in southwest Ohio is the most Republican county of all Ohio's 88 counties. 26 county offices and none of them are held by Democrats. Yet, the strangest thing happened on Tuesday... the Butler County Democratic Party increased in registered members by over 200% and now has more registered members than the Republican Party. Hillary Clinton won this county in the Democratic Primary by 10%.
In Ohio this action is illegal, yet the Repug Spoilers are openly bragging about their efforts.
To a judge monitoring the elections, Marilyn Hatfield, numerous Republicans taking a Democratic ballot said they were voting for Hillary "because of that thing Rush said." (Source: Hamilton Journal News, 3-6-08)
The MSM has easily dismissed this notion, but why? I think they don't want to admit that that slimeball gasbag Rush Limbaugh could have enough influence to throw an election. I understand where they are coming from. I'm disturbed by the thought, as well. Yet, it seems increasingly clear that that is indeed what has happened.
I imagine Hillary Fairplay doesn't even care if her victory was manufactured by a slimeball gasbag.
Her attitude is "Nominee or Bust."
UPDATE: If you are wondering what you can do, email the linked article to all of the media outlets. If enough people do so, perhaps they will not ignore it. Go here to find a list of media contacts.