2016 Postmortem

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts) Sat Oct 8, 2016, 11:45 PM Oct 2016

Funny comment at RedState

In a thread alleging that the Clinton campaign may have actively worked to get Trump and Cruz elevated in the Republican primaries (similar to the McCaskill strategy in 2012), someone said this:

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I remember in 2008 when there was something called "Operation Chaos" that had Republican voters crossing over in the primaries in order to get an extreme liberal, inexperienced Senator from IL nominated to the Democratic ticket because he was so easy to defeat. How did that work out.

Yeah, how did that work out for you?

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Funny comment at RedState (Original Post) democrattotheend Oct 2016 OP

Me? Pretty fuckin great! Barack_America Oct 2016 #1

RedState morons Hokie Oct 2016 #2

Thank you underpants Oct 2016 #4

This is why I think open primaries are a bad idea Freddie Oct 2016 #6

Could not agree more Patiod Oct 2016 #9

Man.. Keth Oct 2016 #3

I feel the exact same way democrattotheend Oct 2016 #5

Hear, hear!! Just told my Orange Menace supporting brother that very thing. Cheers! Missn-Hitch Oct 2016 #8

Right now Mitch McConnell's #1 priority is preventing a 3rd Obama term. nt TeamPooka Oct 2016 #7

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)

1. Me? Pretty fuckin great!

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 11:46 PM

Oct 2016

ETA and probably pretty great for the Freepers too, though it may literally kill them to admit it.

Hokie

(4,286 posts)

2. RedState morons

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 11:53 PM

Oct 2016

Operation Chaos was the name Rush Limbaugh gave to his ridiculous idea that Republicans should support Hillary Clinton in 2008 after Barack Obama had sewed up the nomination. He wanted to have a brokered Democratic convention to hurt Obama. Operation Chaos was a complete failure of course.

underpants

(182,785 posts)

4. Thank you

Reply to Hokie (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 11:56 PM

Oct 2016

Freddie

(9,265 posts)

6. This is why I think open primaries are a bad idea

Reply to Hokie (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:49 AM

Oct 2016

Way too easy to organize an Operation Chaos.

Patiod

(11,816 posts)

9. Could not agree more

Reply to Freddie (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 09:00 AM

Oct 2016

Although just yesterday I heard about an Independent who was so upset by being told that he couldn't vote in the primaries the police had to come and take him away from a poll in my district.

Keth

(184 posts)

3. Man..

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 11:56 PM

Oct 2016

I wish I could vote for President Obama again... nothing against Ms. Clinton - I will vote for her - but I will miss our President.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)

5. I feel the exact same way

Reply to Keth (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:46 AM

Oct 2016

I like Hillary and am a lot more excited about voting for her now than I was a few months ago, but I am going to be heartbroken on January 20 no matter who wins. The three best votes I ever cast were for Barack Obama.

Welcome to DU, btw.

Missn-Hitch

(1,383 posts)

8. Hear, hear!! Just told my Orange Menace supporting brother that very thing. Cheers!

Reply to Keth (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 01:54 AM

Oct 2016

TeamPooka

(24,221 posts)

7. Right now Mitch McConnell's #1 priority is preventing a 3rd Obama term. nt

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 01:01 AM

Oct 2016

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