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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Amanda Carpenter :: Townhall.com Columnist
Signs That "Operation Chaos" is Working
by Amanda Carpenter
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After voter registration for the closed April 22 Pennsylvania primary ended Monday, the Pennsylvania State Department reported record numbers of voters had switched their party affiliation to Democrat.

36,738 Pennsylvanians re-registered as Democrats since February 25th, according to voter registration statistics made available on the Pennsylvania State Department’s website. This number does not include new Democratic applicants.

Montgomery County Director of Voter Services John Passeralla told NBC’s Philadelphia TV affiliate that he knew some Pennsylvania Republicans were engaging in strategic voting. “Some people I'm hearing are switching so they can vote somebody in that they think the Republican candidate can beat in the fall. We've heard that numerous times,” he said.

The Boston Globe reported on March 17 about 100,000 Republicans voted for Clinton in Ohio, as did 119,000 in Texas and around 38,000 members of the GOP did in Mississippi, according to exit polling data.

In Texas, considered “must win” by the Clinton campaign, those crossover votes may have pushed Clinton to win. She only beat Obama by 101,000 votes in the Lone Star state.

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Amanda Carpenter is the author of “The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton,” published in October 2006.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: May 1, 2008 - 2:20 PM EST
Operation Chaos
Putting it bluntly, Rush Limbaugh is an idiot, and anyone who supports his un-American ideals is an even bigger idiot. To call himself the Commander-in-Chief of Operation Chaos which promotes the disruption of a true and fair democratic election process is flat out unpatriotic. He tries to get his "infiltrators" ("infil-traitors") to register as Democrats and vote for Senator Clinton because he believes she would be McCain's easiest opponent. He then turns around and say that Senator Obama has zero chance of winning the Presidency. If this is true, then there would be no need for "Operation Chaos" and he should let the election play out as is.

The fact of the matter is that ANYONE seeking to undermine the integrity of the democratic process is a political terrorist. This is on the same level as TREASON. I am a recently retired U.S. Marine, and Iraq War veteran. It disappoints me to think that I spent all of my adult life in service defending the right of this moron to do the things he does. If you enjoy reducing our democratic election process to one that mirrors elections in third world countries, then I hope you follow your "Commander-in-Chief" straight to jail.
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Reply # 2
Date: Apr 27, 2008 - 11:12 AM EST
Operation Chaos II
Democrats are left with but a few options, as we have been able to determine. Any argument or dialog that denounces the strategy of Operation Chaos will likely result in Democrats being further defined as “Weak” and “Whining”, an option obviously explored far too often. Democrats have spoken of Operation Chaos in low tones, on Talk Radio and Internet Blogs, denouncing its effect, rather real or perceived. What matters most is not its effectiveness, as touted by Conservatives, but how to leverage the net result, Media coverage. In their quest to maintain a stage for the Democratic Presidential candidates to “bloody” the other, Conservatives have given the Media a greater call to explore the nuances of the Democratic campaign, thus, broader coverage. Democrats can realistically benefit from Operation Chaos by continuing a soft-ball approach to differentiation during the next several weeks, conduct themselves civilly, and shape the dialog, as Sen McCain takes a back seat….. Operation Chaos II

Operation Chaos II may be the Saving Grace that both Sen Clinton & Obama need to further articulate their positions on issues that have been tracked as being the most important to all Americans. Consider it Political Crisis Management, Operation Chaos II may very well be the best approach to campaigning for Democrats nationally.





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