Originally Posted by prrriiide

Then you are standing firm on sandy soil. Limbaugh is not giving his endorsement to Hillary. He is entreating his dittohead-zombie army to go vote for Hillary in order to throw the Democratic nomination into chaos. He knows that the party is so sharply divided that a few thousand votes one way or the other (<20K in Indiana, remember) can change the face of a Democratic primary. He also knows that every day that Obama and Clinton tear at each other is one more day they aren't laying into McCain. And even though he doesn't like McCain particularly, he dislikes any Democrat even more.

Norris did what thousands of other "people of influence" have done: directly endorsed a candidate for legitimate reasons. If Limbaugh comes out and grudgingly says "vote for McCain because he's the best of a bad bunch," that's one thing. But no person that has been anywhere outside of under a rock for the last 20 years can possibly believe that Limbaugh "endorsed" Clinton. My God, the man would rather bash his testicles with a ball-peen hammer than play a part in getting any Democrat elected, much less a Clinton. Norris didn't encourage anyone to go vote for a candidate he doesn't believe in. Limbaugh is simply engaging in political dooshbaggery. The two aren't even in the same city, much less the same ballpark.

And it's not the sheeple that listen to him that would act. There is a sizable portion of his listenership that is on the same or even lower level than he. They aren't doing it because he said to. They're doing it because he suggested it and they thought "Geez, why didn't I think of that? That's awesome!" That's why Limbaugh is such a tool: he knows that that element exists within his sphere of influence, and he unashamedly uses it.

Instead of appealing to a more civilized politics, he preys on such attitudes to promote the politics of division and mistrust.