My hope, and please understand me when I say this. I disagree fervently with the people on our side of the aisle who have caved and who say, "Well, I hope he succeeds. We've got to give him a chance." Why? They didn't give Bush a chance in 2000. Before he was inaugurated the search-and-destroy mission had begun. I'm not talking about search-and-destroy, but I've been listening to Barack Obama for a year-and-a-half. I know what his politics are. I know what his plans are, as he has stated them. I don't want them to succeed.
If I wanted Obama to succeed, I'd be happy the Republicans have laid down. And I would be encouraging Republicans to lay down and support him. Look, what he's talking about is the absorption of as much of the private sector by the US government as possible, from the banking business, to the mortgage industry, the automobile business, to health care. I do not want the government in charge of all of these things. I don't want this to work. So I'm thinking of replying to the guy, "Okay, I'll send you a response, but I don't need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails." (interruption) What are you laughing at? See, here's the point. Everybody thinks it's outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, "Oh, you can't do that." Why not? Why is it any different, what's new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what's gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here. Why do I want more of it? I don't care what the Drive-By story is. I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: "Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails." Somebody's gotta say it.
Nice. We're bogged down in two failed wars, the economy is teetering on the brink of a collapse that will make the Great Depression look like a picnic on the beach in St. Barths, and this numbnuts wants the new president to fail.
This is what right-wing "patriotism" looks like, folks. Print this out and put it on your refrigerator with a magnet. So when they start dragging out Sarah Palin and Jeb Bush and waving their flags and saying only they own America, you can remind yourself.
You know, after the 9/11 attacks, before we knew about the August 6 PDB and how the Bush Administration had been planning to attack Iraq even before taking office, I actually supported the Afghan invasion. I remember thinking that even though I hated George W. Bush with every fiber of my being, we were in a crisis and like him or not, he's the only President we've got. Of course it didn't last long, but I at least recognzied that at least for the time being, I had to give him the benefit of the doubt. I sure as hell didn't hope for him to fail; there was too much at stake. But some of us are able to recognize that sometimes a crisis is so great that failure is far worse than the possibility that someone of the other political party might gain. And others of us listen to Rush Limbaugh.
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