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Article: Did Rush Limbaugh Tilt Result In Indiana?; Conservative Host Urged 'Chaos' Votes
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- The Washington Post
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- May 8, 2008
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Even as Barack Obama's campaign celebrated Tuesday's primary
results, aides charged yesterday that they would have had an even
stronger showing were it not for meddling by an unlikely booster of
Hillary Rodham Clinton: the popular conservative radio host and
longtime Clinton family nemesis Rush Limbaugh.
The impact of Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" emerged as an
intriguing point of debate, particularly in Indiana, where
registered voters could participate in either party's primary, and
where Clinton won by a mere 14,000 votes. As he had before several
recent primaries, Limbaugh encouraged listeners to vote for Clinton
to "bloody up Obama politically" and prolong the Democratic fight.
Limbaugh ...
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