GOP voters crossing over in large numbers

[babsbunny]

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/03/gop_voters_crossing_over_in_la.html

Posted by Tom Ott, Michael Scott, Joe Wagner & Maggi Martin March 04, 2008 14:51PM
Categories: At the polls
Poll watchers throughout Ohio are noting large numbers of Republican voters crossing over to vote in the Democratic Primary between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

In the Republican roost of Chagrin Falls, veteran poll worker Liz McFadden was amazed at the number of people jumping the party's ship. Democrats accounted for 70 percent of the voters in her precinct, one of seven at the village's high school.

"That's a complete reversal of what it normally is, even more so," she said. "I've never seen a switch like this."

The defectors had motives both pure and sinister.

One woman voted for Clinton in hopes of delivering John McCain a weaker debate opponent. Another picked Obama because her vote could help deny Clinton and her husband a return trip to the White House.

A 69-year-old Catholic nun, Sister Ann Marie, was

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. I know a few Republicans and tho all hate Hillary, they all want her very badly to win the primary

Now why would that be? In fact, it was one of my e-mails today. The Repuke said this: "I'm pulling for Hillary in the primary that's for sure!" and he hates her guts! Now, let's ponder that a while.... like about 1 second total is all it takes to figure out what the reason is.

[Skittles]

2. they are scared of strong women?

years and years of conservative media-driven garbage actually worked on them? They want to trash her all over againg? Yes.

[DJ13]

3. they are scared of strong women?

If they want Hillary to be our nominee its not because they think she's a strong woman.

Its because they know she's the weaker candidate.

[Skittles]

5. they want the chance to trash her all over again

so, for sure let's not give them the chance - oooh, I definitely vote based on what misogynistic, fascist pieces of SHIT do with THEIR vote - NOT

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. I think yes. They are scared enough of strong women that they will attack them as if they were the

devil. Did you forget the decades they accused her of murder, lesbianism, adultery, etc. etc. etc.? The media jumped on the bandwagon. It was a "fun" thing for the Repukes to thrash Hillary.

[Xithras]

7. True, all the Republicans I know want Hillary to win the nom.

The reasoning is simple. Most Republicans are ambivalent about McCain, and they are ambivalent about Obama. That's a nightmare scenario for the Republicans since they have a slight numeric minority nationwide. The only way the Republicans can win is to get their constituencies to turn out in large numbers. A McCain/Obama contest wouldn't do that.

Hillary, on the other hand, is hated by the right wing. A McCain/Clinton contest would draw out huge numbers of Republicans who would be horrified at the thought of another Clinton presidency. At the same time, they know that Clinton's popularity even within her own party isn't universal, which would undoubtably eat into her final numbers.

So far, all the polls support this scenario, so the belief makes some sense. The Republicans I know mostly consider Obama to be an untried political lightweight and don't see him as a real threat.

[anigbrowl]

6. Check out this one tht showed up at Hillary's victory party in 'Osama for Obama' tshirt.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4903995&mesg_id=4903995

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4389768 video here, but I invote you to review and k/r Mod Mom's thread above (if you consider it worthy).