Confession.
The title was meant to intrigue you. So if you're reading this, it worked.
This week, Rush Limbaugh was quoted--by others, and then by himself, odd--as saying that he hope Obama fails.
"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."
Now, I certainly don't agree with the above statement. But I do agree with his thinking on this one--I know ,it scares even me.
Because people seem to be shocked that he said this. Why? Why would he be? He's Rush Limbaugh. Of course he wants Obama to fail. I mean, yes, he should be the bigger person--hahaha--and want what's best for the country, but obviously he doesn't believe that Obama's beliefs or practices would benefit the country, so why would he want them put into place or have them succeed? That's like asking one basketball team if they want the team they're playing to win. Some of you might say running a country isn't like playing a game of basketball. Well, turn on C-SPAN and then get back to me on that one.
Rush claims that he shouldn't have to give Obama a chance, because liberals didn't give President Bush a chance.
Guess what? He's right.
I didn't give Bush a chance. I thought he was going to be a failure, and he was. Did I want him to be a failure? Yes.
He wanted an unjustifiable war. I didn't.
He wanted to curb abortion rights. I didn't.
He wanted to allow torture and take away civil liberties. I didn't.
So yes, I wanted him to fail. Am I glad that he failed on a much deeper and more horrible level than even I could have realized? No.
But then again, it's not my fault--I never voted for Bush. Read my bumper sticker if you don't believe me.
And Rush didn't vote for Obama. So if Obama fails, it won't be Rush's fault--this time it'll be on me. You don't fail because someone doesn't give you a chance, you fail because people do give you a chance and you squander it.
Request
Can everyone please stop acting as if President Bush was something that happened to America rather than someone who was voted in--not once, but twice--by people in this country who then turned around and tried to elect someone who voted right along with him only to be defeated just because the democrats finally found someone who could be competent and charming?
I don't mind the "let's put our differences aside" stuff, but I applaud Rush for telling that notion to fuck off. Why should I have to put aside the fact that I'm going to have to pay for what's been happening in this country for the next eight years for triple that amount of time without even so much as a "We were wrong" from the other side? At least Rush has come right out and said what all the other Republicans aren't--
"We still don't think we were wrong."
At least that I could understand. What I don't understand is throwing bipartisan dinners for conservatives who are promising to keep their mouths shut so they don't get eaten by giant liberal hordes roaming DC, all the while probably talking shit about the new President at every behind-closed-doors dinner they can find.
The point is, it doesn't matter what Rush Limbaugh says, but at least he's being honest. He lost, and he's mad that he lost. Why wouldn't he be? I'd be mad too if the way of thinking in the country I was living in not only shifted against me, but everyone who believed that way with me was jumping overboard and leaving me to go down with ship.
I want people to stop saying--"Can we stop taking potshots at each other and start talking about the real problems? The economy is suffering."
Thank you, Captain Obvious. When's the next train to Blatantville?
Can we all just think back eight years ago when everyone knew that Bush was going to be a screw-up and the Republicans told us to unite, and we didn't?
Well, I say we let them do the same thing. If they want to cry and bitch and moan, let them. That's all I've done for the past eight years. No, it didn't do any good, but it a lot of times it seemed like it was all I could do, until November rolled around and I saw the tide change.
Eight years ago, there was a war in this country, and my side lost. And we were made to pay. Now, my side won and everyone's saying unite. I agree, but I still think someone needs to pay for th e past eight years.
Until then, let Rush say whatever he wants.
The title was meant to intrigue you. So if you're reading this, it worked.
This week, Rush Limbaugh was quoted--by others, and then by himself, odd--as saying that he hope Obama fails.
"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."
Now, I certainly don't agree with the above statement. But I do agree with his thinking on this one--I know ,it scares even me.
Because people seem to be shocked that he said this. Why? Why would he be? He's Rush Limbaugh. Of course he wants Obama to fail. I mean, yes, he should be the bigger person--hahaha--and want what's best for the country, but obviously he doesn't believe that Obama's beliefs or practices would benefit the country, so why would he want them put into place or have them succeed? That's like asking one basketball team if they want the team they're playing to win. Some of you might say running a country isn't like playing a game of basketball. Well, turn on C-SPAN and then get back to me on that one.
Rush claims that he shouldn't have to give Obama a chance, because liberals didn't give President Bush a chance.
Guess what? He's right.
I didn't give Bush a chance. I thought he was going to be a failure, and he was. Did I want him to be a failure? Yes.
He wanted an unjustifiable war. I didn't.
He wanted to curb abortion rights. I didn't.
He wanted to allow torture and take away civil liberties. I didn't.
So yes, I wanted him to fail. Am I glad that he failed on a much deeper and more horrible level than even I could have realized? No.
But then again, it's not my fault--I never voted for Bush. Read my bumper sticker if you don't believe me.
And Rush didn't vote for Obama. So if Obama fails, it won't be Rush's fault--this time it'll be on me. You don't fail because someone doesn't give you a chance, you fail because people do give you a chance and you squander it.
Request
Can everyone please stop acting as if President Bush was something that happened to America rather than someone who was voted in--not once, but twice--by people in this country who then turned around and tried to elect someone who voted right along with him only to be defeated just because the democrats finally found someone who could be competent and charming?
I don't mind the "let's put our differences aside" stuff, but I applaud Rush for telling that notion to fuck off. Why should I have to put aside the fact that I'm going to have to pay for what's been happening in this country for the next eight years for triple that amount of time without even so much as a "We were wrong" from the other side? At least Rush has come right out and said what all the other Republicans aren't--
"We still don't think we were wrong."
At least that I could understand. What I don't understand is throwing bipartisan dinners for conservatives who are promising to keep their mouths shut so they don't get eaten by giant liberal hordes roaming DC, all the while probably talking shit about the new President at every behind-closed-doors dinner they can find.
The point is, it doesn't matter what Rush Limbaugh says, but at least he's being honest. He lost, and he's mad that he lost. Why wouldn't he be? I'd be mad too if the way of thinking in the country I was living in not only shifted against me, but everyone who believed that way with me was jumping overboard and leaving me to go down with ship.
I want people to stop saying--"Can we stop taking potshots at each other and start talking about the real problems? The economy is suffering."
Thank you, Captain Obvious. When's the next train to Blatantville?
Can we all just think back eight years ago when everyone knew that Bush was going to be a screw-up and the Republicans told us to unite, and we didn't?
Well, I say we let them do the same thing. If they want to cry and bitch and moan, let them. That's all I've done for the past eight years. No, it didn't do any good, but it a lot of times it seemed like it was all I could do, until November rolled around and I saw the tide change.
Eight years ago, there was a war in this country, and my side lost. And we were made to pay. Now, my side won and everyone's saying unite. I agree, but I still think someone needs to pay for th e past eight years.
Until then, let Rush say whatever he wants.
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