Rush Limbaugh May Donate to Hillary Clinton's Campaign

First it was ultra-conservative Ann Coulter who said she'd support Hillary Clinton if John McCain won the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential election. Now, another big-time conservative personality by the name of Rush Limbaugh is also threatening to throw his weight behind Clinton.

On Thursday, Limbaugh said he's considering raising money for Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign to ensure that she's the Democratic party nominee.

Rush's reasoning for wanting to help out Mrs. Clinton are slightly different than that of Ann Coulter's. Ann wants Clinton to be her President - not McCain. Whereas Limbaugh believes that if Clinton gets the Democratic nomination, the Republicans will have an easier time winning the election and getting their guy in the White House.

Limbaugh said earlier this week that he believes if Senator Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee, the GOP is "doomed" this coming November.

After Mitt Romney withdrew from the race, Limbaugh said this to his listeners:

"might it be required (she's having to loan herself money), do you think I should conduct a fundraiser for Mrs. Clinton? Mitt did his part today. He got out so as not to fracture the party any further and not to harm the effort to win the war in Iraq. Should I do my part, not by joining my liberal friends in the Republican Party, but actually raising money for Mrs. Clinton, and asking you to join me, so that she would have a chance here to once again have a good shot at getting a Democrat nomination so that we win the White House?"

Limbaugh indicates that "the reason for raising money for Hillary is because that apparently my party is relying on fear and loathing of Hillary to get the nomination, to unite Republicans, who are, some of them, off the reservation. The Republicans do not seem to be relying on leadership in their party to unite the party. They seem to be relying on all these external things, nobody is going to vote for Hillary, negative turnout factor. What if she's not the nominee? We've got make sure she's the nominee if the Republican Party is to be unified. What more loyal thing could I do than to run a fundraiser for Mrs. Clinton? You watch, though, you watch how that will be questioned."

Furthermore, on Wednesday, Limbaugh said this of Clinton:

"she just polarizes people. I think she's going to gin up enough anti-Hillary turnout out there to perhaps be a boon to whoever the Republican nominee is. ...Now, if Obama is the nominee, we are doomed, and you should get ready and prepared for it now."