Limbaugh's excuse for hoping Obama fails -- 'Dems did it too' -- is baloney
Rush Limbaugh's chief excuse for the inexcusable -- publicly hoping for the failure of President Obama's economic-recovery efforts -- is that those mean, nasty Democrats did it to Bush:
Limbaugh: Did the Democrats want the war in Iraq to fail?
[Crowd shouts:] Yeah!
Limbaugh: Well, they certainly did. And they not only wanted the war in Iraq to fail, they proclaimed it a failure! There's Dingy Harry Reid, waving a white flag, 'This war is lost. This war -- ' They called General Petraeus a liar before he even testified! [Boos.] Mrs. Clinton -- [Loud boos] ... Said she had to suspend, willingly suspend disbelief for whenever one had to listen to Petraeus. We were in the process of winning the war and the last thing they wanted was to win. They hoped George Bush failed.
Later, he amplified a bit more:
Ladies and gentlemen, the Democrat Party has actively not just sought the failure of Republican presidents and policies and now wars, for the first time. The Democrat Party doesn't stop at failure. Talk to Judge Robert Bork, talk to Justice Clarence Thomas, about how they try to destroy lives, reputations, and character. And I'm supposed to say, I don't want the president to fail?
And it's been picked up by every other right-winger out there -- including Michael Steele, in the same back-and-forth that produced his now-infamous rip on Limbaugh, which was followed in short order by Steele's abject butt-kissing:
Steele: How is that any different than what was said about George Bush during his presidency?
Sean Hannity trotted it out last night on his show too:
Hannity: He's not a senator, he's not a congressman. Senators, congressmen, repeatedly called George Bush every name in the book. And I didn't hear anyone complaining. They didn't want George Bush to succeed in Iraq. They said the surge would fail, the war was lost. They called our troops terrorists.
On all of which we call: bullshit.
I'd like to challenge Hannity, or Steele, or Limbaugh, to search the public record to find any leading Democrat -- congressman, senator, talking head, or otherwise -- who ever said: "I hope George Bush fails in Iraq."
Particularly not in the months leading up to, or after, the invasion. Indeed, the congressional authorization of the invasion passed the House 297-133-3 (82 Democrats voted yes) and the Senate 77-23 (29 Democrats voted yes). Moreover, it wasn't until many months had passed and it became clear the Bush Administration had no exit strategy in Iraq -- and indeed intended an indefinite occupation -- that Democrats began openly criticizing Bush's war policies. But even then, there were no open expressions of a desire to see the U.S. "fail" in Iraq -- only the open recognition that we were headed for failure, which is quite a different creature.
There was even greater unanimity in the days after the 9/11 attacks, which was the last time the nation faced a grave crisis and came together accordingly. The Authorization to Use Military Force Against Terrorists passed the Congress with the full backing of Democrats as well as Republicans. It passed the House 420-1-10, and the Senate 98-0-2.
The nation now faces another serious crisis in the economy, one at least as grave as the one we faced after 9/11: Our entire way of life is at risk if we do not get the economy moving again. Republicans seem to be positively rejoicing in the ongoing decline on Wall Street -- one for whom they share the lion's share of the blame -- because they think it proves them right. What they seem not to be considering is the effect their constant badmouthing of the Obama recovery program might be having on the Wall Street psychology as well.
It would be one thing if Republicans were simply warning that Obama's stimulus plans were doomed to failure. We'd understand that. It certainly would mirror how we felt about the Iraq war: we believed it was a doomed enterprise that would not only cost far more in human lives than anything that might possibly be gained from it, but would actually worsen the conditions for terrorism it purportedly meant to combat. We recognized that Bush's rosy scenarios might come to pass, but we doubted it deeply -- and said so, and rightly.
But it's another thing altogether to openly hope for failure -- in the case of the Iraq war, because it meant American soldiers would die needlessly, an outcome no one who loves America would want; and in the case of the economy, because it means that America is doomed to slide into a Depression. It will mean that millions of Americans will lose their jobs, millions will slide into poverty, and misery will be rampant.
Wishing for that outcome means that ideas are more important than people -- which is the mark of the blinkered ideologue. It is monstrous, it is perverse, and it is un-American. And we won't apologize for saying that, either, Rush.
I don't speak Pig. Sans subtitles, all I hear from Rush is "Oink, Oiiiiink, Oiink, Oinnnnk, Sieg Hieloinnnnnnk, oink" Which may be something important, alas... again due to my lack of understanding of pork's native tongue I have no clue what this fat f*ck is saying.
BLAAAART! UUUURRRP! BLAAART-BLAAAAAART!
Seriously, stick a pig nose on the man, he becomes a pig- a pure glutton, and serverely obese.
Well he is the de fatso leader of the republic party, after all.
Here's the perfect cartoon to illustrate this topic of Rush cheering for Obama to fail..
You might want to cover your eyes.. (It works now)
I don't know of one person who rooted for President Stupid Mother Fucker to fail when he began his mercenary misadventures after 9-11. Republicans never accept responsibility when cornered, they simply lie to create confusion.
Nobody wanted Bush to fail, just to be honest and forthright, transparent, and operate within the boundaries of his office, the law, and the Constitution in the best interest of the country and all Americans.
Being honest was a big one on that list..
What the hell? Is he in 3rd grade? 7 year olds know better than to try that argument.
For one thing the war in Iraq ended when Bush declared all major combat operations over and we were victorious. From that date it has been an illegal occupation. All occupations end the same way and this one is no different.
I sure as hell never wanted him to fail, this is my country too. I also sure as hell didn't want him to invade Iraq. I knew people were going to be killed as the result of a fu*king stack of lies.
I call bs on the "well they did it first" juvenile comment. Rush is a coward for trying to cover his ass by claiming his actions were the result of someone else's actions. That's no excuse even if it were true, which it isn't.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
NO that's not true rush. i did NOT want our country to go into iraq but of course like PAUL o'NEIL said the plans were in the works before 9-11. this country and others never did NOT like saddam NATIONALIZING their oil. israel has never liked some arab countries getting economically powerful. sanctions in the 90's up to 2000 in iraq were VERY hard on iraq. THERE was a lot of international pressure to lift those sanctions. when that was to happen several COUNTRIES were getting ready to go into iraq for commerce/oil contracts....well that got interrupted by the occupation/war. personally, i was never convinced there were
WMD. i SUPPORT the troops NOT the war. Guess what many of us were correct...mission accomplished.
I mean, come on. Bush has failed at everything he has ever done before becoming president, we were more fearful that he would fail, not hoping that he would.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
... a snappy bumper-sticker type slogan that undeniably equates Limbaugh as the leader of the Republicans.
Something that will sound like fingernails on a chalkboard to the GOP.
Something that a 2 year old would easily pick up on.
I know it's out there...
Lower the retirement age.
"Limbaugh 2012"
Kaine: Rush Limbaugh Is "He Who Must Be Obeyed" In Republican Party
The exact quote was: "It seems like Rush Limbaugh is kind of the He Who Must Be Obeyed these days in the Republican Party."
Works for me.. And, another cartoon to go with it..
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"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Is that his weight? It sure isn't his IQ.
Rush, the new decider!
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Being crowned the king of the Republican Party!
The party that epitomizes hate, division, lying, the corporate elite, racism, sexism and on and on.
The Republican Party should get STUCK with Limbaugh good and hard. I personally hope his spewing drowns out Steele, Palin, McCain and all the other Republicans.
He is theirs and they f'ing deserve him, Hannity, O'Reilly and all the rest.
Obama is certainly not perfect. I disagree with much he is doing. But I don't think he's LYING to us.
Bush and Co. LIED and corrupted the Constitution and apparently have gotten away with it (so far).
Limbaugh should be ashamed of himself. He IS being un-American and Wolf Blitzer, Olbermann, Maddow and all the rest on the MSM should call him out on it.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
...is lucky that the Liberal Dems aren't the party of assassination or bombing their opponents. But I would dearly love to throw a pie in his face: a Cow-pie. Or a pie made of hornets (African Killer Bees? Talk about poetic justice). Or perhaps a pie made of feces-tainted lettuce and rancid peanut butter (Thanks FDA!). Hmmm, what else? A pie made by the grateful New Orleans' folk.
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"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
..LIAR, Oh wait, the Senator from Minnesota used that one already. Hmm, how about,
"My five year old shih-tzu is smarter, funnier and cuter than Rush!"
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
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"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
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"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
(not my idea... but I thought it was worthy...)
Only when the last tree has died
and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught
will we realize we cannot eat money.
...Republicans: Limbaugh's Bitches
Lower the retirement age.
Dems DID wish for Bush's failure. Every now and then individual Dems would secretly pine for a massive failure for Bush.
But no Dem of any power, or influence misused their office or the media to state explicitly that they wanted Bush to fail, and sought specifically to to undermine him.
That take's a big fat hypocritical traitor like Limbaugh.
I never hoped for Bush to fail, except for his successful attempts to steal the election. Of course I always knew he would fail and take the whole country with him, but that's not the same thing. No, I don't want my country to fail unless it's about to do something stupid.
Now, the Republican party, that's another matter. Keep digging, Rush.
that the USA *could* establish a friendly relationship with Iraq, giving us a strong presence in the Mid-East. And perhaps we could have after 9/11, if we'd offered a billion dollars for the capture of Bin Laden, and given Hussein another billion plus a get-out-of-jail-free card. At that point Iraq *might* have been willing to allow some Americans in as allies, to help them with their new Democracy. But, NOOOO! Bush-Cheney-Rummy wanted to do the "Shock & Awe" thing.
dems never hope repugs fail - they fail just fine without any help at all!
Shame.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
This is just standard rightwing playbook stuff.
"When you get called on something - make shit up."
Atwater did not die of brain tumor, he was smitten by God... as not even a divine being with infinite patience could bear to listen whatever came from that viper's mouth any longer.
Didn't the little piece of turd have a death bed confession regarding all the shit he had pulled through the years?
A short while back.
Or is OK to undermine the presidency only if you are a republican doing it?
Well... I couldn't have expected such level of hypocrisy from a republican. Not!
And here, ladies and gentlemen, we have a prime example of why you just can't be all "bipartisanshippy" with these assholes.
Hungry hyenas have a higher sense of loyalty and decency that whatever passes for the GOP these days.
Obama is trying to place nice in the sandbox with the Republican "child" who bites, throws sand in your eyes, lies, cheats, kicks and whines.
I'm afraid it ain't gonna work.
The American People spoke plainly. Now I am hoping that Obama will heed the will of the people and stop trying to "go along to get along" with the Republicans. Tyler Durden is right.
The American people put Palin back in Alaska and sent McCain and the Republican Party a loud, clear message:
New boss. New agenda. New tone. New ideas.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
"We were in the process of winning the war and the last thing they wanted was to win."
I still want a definition for what they mean by "winning the war".. Nobody has ever defined what that would mean or look like. They certainly like to throw it around a lot.
Which we did.
Just as George Bush fulfilled at least one of his goals in the oil business...not spilling a single barrel.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
to begin with?
Or a can't lose proposition.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
that Bush managed to fuck up even a supposedly "win-win" situation?
King Midas in reverse indeed....
....and when the 'enemy' lays down their guns, becomes pro US and worships Jesus..."
Somethingh tells me the war is a a losing proposition..
there was NO war. It was an Occupation. A BRUTAL Occupation. How can one win an Occupation?
typical (R) linguistic strategy. the always try to make sure everyone has lipstick on their collar(s). they're masters at confusing the issue
..in the Universe!
What a lying sack of poop! He can say anything he wants and who, perhaps but us, is out there to decry all his bluster with fact. Not the MSM, that's for sure. Maybe KO and Rachel but nobody else!
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
It's maddening how even the media has unconsciously buckled under the pressure of Rush and his Dittohead minions. Rush said "I want Obama to fail" OVER A MONTH AGO! He emphasized again and again that he personally wanted Obama to fail and he wanted his stimulus plan to totally fail. It has only been in the subsequent controversy that Rush has softened that message and presented an altered version.
This morning on CNN, a reporter quoted Rush correctly from his original statements back in January. Then Heidi Collins interrupted and said "No, no, no. Rush didn't say he wanted Obama to fail. He wants his policies to fail." Then the reporter repeated that Rush said "I want Obama to fail". Then Heidi took on a patronizing tone and tried to embarrass the reporter. She read from a transcript and repeated the spin that Rush only disagrees with Obama's policies. But she was reading from Rush's CPAC performance WHICH WAS OVER A MONTH AFTER THE ORIGINAL ATTACKS ON OBAMA!!!
This crap is going on 24/7 in the worthless media. There is not enough time to keep up with their lies. Rush was very clear in his original statements that he despises Obama and wants him to fail. But idiotic, dishonest anchors like Heidi Collins are trying to spin for him and soften his image. INSANITY!!
Moveon.org Petraeus ad, the one that Congress condemned. Think Congress will be asked to vote on Rush and his hope for failure stunt? Not likely.
Excellent point!
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
think Congressional R's will rush to join like Dems did?
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
:-)
But I never studied method posting.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Rush and crew hope Obama fails so they can protect their ideology, regardless of the consequences.
Dems/Libs/Progs, etc... were worried that Bush would fail because of the consequences of his failure.
the "failure" thing is semantic, but if the president fails, we're all in big trouble, even Limbaugh.
So week of Steele to apologize. It legitimizes Rush.
Moderate Republicans better get their mojo back and figure out what they stand for. Even Democrats want them to get their game face on. The country needs good ideas from everyone, but they are not going to come from politicians who are beholden to the stone-age mentality perputated by Limbaugh.
It's not that we wanted the war to fail: we watched as it DID FAIL and commented on that. The no-strategy "strategy", the botches, the lies, the waste, the secrecy, the crimes-- the ILLEGALITY. That is not cheerleading a loss, it's watching a loss, in horror.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
I wanted the Iraqis to resist successfully our military misadventures in their country, because I didn't want anyone here in the U.S. to be persuaded that aggressive, pre-emptive war might be a good idea.
really filled with straw. I think there may really have been communists, too.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
it's based on a fictional narrative of their own devices. So, yes, their "fan base" thinks this is all true. We don't argue with them, we just don't let them get a seat at the adult's table. And, yes, this is about taxes on the rich.
I have 2 sons, aged 5 & 7; when they fight, their response is "He hit me first!" With slight modifications in grammar & punctuation, this is exactly Rush Lumburger's argument; "They said it first!" (even if they didn"t).
We never HOPED Bush would fail. We just KNEW he would. Because he was incompetent. Because he lied to get us into a war with Iraq. Because his election team had to rely on deception and lies to get him into the Oval Office into the first place. And because he claimed to have a mandate when he didn't, and systematically began to destroy the greatest nation on earth within nanoseconds of his inauguration. Hope? Who needed to hope? Bush was a failure from Day 1.
And lest we forget, in the months following 9/11, Dems were cowed into doing whatever his Administration wanted, lest they labeled anti-American.
On the flip side, we now have a President who seems to know his sh*t. Republicans know his policies have a shot at working. SO they hope he fails.And actively assist on making him fail.
To sum up: Bush as President. Opposition knew he would fail, didn't want.
Obama as president. Opposition knows he might succeed, but don't want.
Here endeth the lesson.
Well said! Although it has always been my belief that they planned the war in Iraq long before 9/11, and it was never their intention to "win" it. They just wanted to set in motion this permanent state of war, which was a starting place to bigger and better business opportunities. War is big business, and there is NO way to "win" a vague 'war on terror' without a real defined enemy. War without end.
I think the right is trying to frame the debate, by trying to equate the pointing out of Bush's failures by the sane people left in this country, with the undermining of Obama's efforts by the GOP constant sabotaging.
There is a significant temporal distinction: reporting of Bush's failures were always an after the fact issue, whereas the GOP is trying to make Obama fail even before he gets started.
It seems to me that the GOP mainly knows how to do one thing: FAIL. Therefore it makes sense that the other thing they are very good at: projection... involves they project on the Dems the only thing they know how to do: sabotage other people's efforts in order to fail.
The thing that irks me about Limbaugh, that fat lying piece of shit, is that if it hadn't been for the efforts of whatever sane people were left in the US (mostly of the liberal/dem persuasion)... this country would have been far far more fucked than if they had ganged up and added to Bush's failures.
The best example I can think of is that the GOP was the one who smeared shit all over our living room. And now they have the gall to complain because the cleaning crew missed a spot and while they continue smearing shit all over whatever it is that we just cleaned.
F*ck'em. There is no point in trying to reason with a bunch of idiots with the mental capabilities of a retarded bonobo.
The man is a pimple.
"Democrat Party". Pffft. Grow up, pigboy.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
I think many on the right are seeing the writing on the wall and they know their only hope for their party's future is for Pres. Obama to fail. As sick as that might be, they are putting party before country.
Gotta give Rush credit for one thing, he is uniting the democrats, the independents and a few of the republicans against him.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
well, somebody had to step into the vacuum when Cheney left.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
They always wet the bed and they ALWAYS put party before country.
By the way, don't you mean "republics" and "independs"?
:)
Nah. Why sink to the level of the average Repuke? (oops! There I go!)
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
How about inDEPENDS?
This is exactly what Rush wants...al of us talking about him and what he said. What he has said was vile and despicable, but I just wish we could ignore this fool. But with the Repubs taking their marching orders from him, that's not likely to happen.
all the way to the TARP addled. toxic asset filled, bank.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
That tomorrow morning all the Dittoheads wake up and turn on their radios and the only station they can get is NPR.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
All those millions of ditto heads exploding will surely require the cleanup from hell... Ugh.
how would that make doing the same thing okay? Since when is "he started it!" an excuse? What are these guys, five years old?
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
the fat guy always started it.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Isn't it? Not that they say it; that's downright predictable from this collection of selfish bed-wetters. The maddening bit is imaging a significant portion of the American populace bobbing their heads in sheep-like agreement to this nonsense.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
Weak on national security.
Rahm you maginificent bast-ard.
Modern conservatives draw great psychological strength from feeling persecuted. It justifies their anger and offers a convenient means of circling the wagons. When -- as is almost always the case -- there's no reason for the feeling of persecution, they invent one. Because of the faith and emotion that they pour into their arguments and practices, it's vitally important that they be right. They can sweep some mistakes under the rug, but a failure of the dimension of the Iraq war won't fit under any rug anywhere. So,
* They argue that the war was "won," attempting to stay away from the reality that the solution in Iraq -- if there is one -- is political and not military; and
* To the extent that the war was "lost," it's because of the constant criticism from liberals and the left.
They are psychologically unable to accept their own failings. Thus, pointing them out is the same as rooting for them (personified by Bush) to fail, in the same sense that opposing Bush's Iraq policy equates to not supporting the troops.
The domestic and international failures of conservatism are so complete that they *have* to look to their political enemies as the cause. Add to this the fact that they are out of power and you see why Limbaugh screeches so loudly and why his audience cheers him on so enthusiastically: By loudly and flagrantly he accusing Democrats of wanting Bush to fail, he diverts conservatives from self-examination. It's a survival technique, really: A huge part of what remains of the conservative movement is faith-based. What can you do when your faith is misplaced other than blame their failings on others?
Kinda like bashing one's head against the wall, isn't it?
Logic and reason are completely foreign concepts to Republitards!
...modern conservatives or modern Republicans?
Lower the retirement age.
Remember that quip about Democrats being in the "reality based community?"
Republicans believe that they create their own reality by willing it into existence. They don't believe that reality is its own thing that must be understood.
Because they believe this, they also believe the corollary, which is that anyone who DOESN'T believe what they do must WANT something different.
Case in point: Iraq. Predicting disaster in Iraq isn't something you do based on evidence and reason. It's something you do because you WANT Iraq to fail.
For conservatives, there's no difference between "ought" and "is." If for no other reason than obviously we are God's favorite creatures, therefore everything we do or that happens to us is good and as intended.
Except when we elect Democrats. That only happens because Democrats don't play fair. Unlike Republicans.
...it isn't over till the Fat Man sings! Blaaart!
At the CPAC (Comedic Political Action Committee) he looked like a greasy, bulbous 3rd world pedophilia pusher....perhaps he vacations with Hastert?
"Dems did it too!" Rush said, which was followed by his sticking his tongue out and screaming NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH! Then turning his back and folding his arms, Rush refused to acknowledge anyone. He was promptly sent to his room.
Hello! Grown ups only, please!
As for Wall Street, I am so tired of hearing about fucking Wall Street. These same motherfuckers who put us into this situation. These same motherfuckers who walked away with millions - or more - with no concern for anyone but them. Oh, their bonuses! Boo fucking hoo.
Wall Street is gambling. You bet on making money and you risk losing money. This is why you can make so much more than simply putting money in a savings account. But greed and deregulation put WS on the path to failure and guess what, no more free markets rule talk. Nope, they want help - after seriously fucking everything up.
Ok, I will agree that pension funds et, al should have some recourse. But the average shareholder, CEO, etc? Buh bye, asshole. No way. Let the market do its own thing.
** "Dems did it too!"
** Hello! Grown ups only, please!
Too true.
A) Dems didn't do it. Some of our wingnuts did, but they don't rate prime time apologies from party leadership.
B) When our wingnuts did speak out against Bush, what was your reaction again? Remind me?
I seem to recall a lot of huffing and puffing about the necessity of supporting the commander in chief in time of war.
I agree with everything you are saying, but unfortunately Obama/Bernanke/Geithner seem to be happy to just keep "bailing out" the financial markets.
You are right. Those who gambled to hit it rich should fail. We need a natural correction.
What can be done to get Obama to see that these bailouts will HAVE to end sooner or later and the pain will HAVE to be felt?
He is just putting off the inevitable. It's like the doctor chasing the kid around the office trying to give him a shot. Eventually the kid's gonna get caught and nailed.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Party? I'd love someone to ask him if he feels like a failure now that Rush is the new leader, and watch him ramp up the inanity.
The Limp-Dick, Lard-Ass just loves himself, little boys and hates blacks.
Bill Hicks tells it like it is. Not for the squeamish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg2_MntkMzg
When Bush was re-elected I thought about wearing a shroud of black.Then I hoped to heck everyone started praying to the deity of their choice that we'd get trough without too much carnage.
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams thinks Limbaugh should get more credit
Brian Williams, who replaced Tom Brokaw as anchor and managing editor of NBC's Nightly News on December 2, 2004, said in an interview with C-SPAN founder, president, and CEO Brian Lamb: "it's my duty to listen to [nationally syndicated radio host] Rush" Limbaugh and that "Rush has actually yet to get the credit he is due."
From the December 26, 2004, interview:
WILLIAMS: I do listen to Rush. I listen to it from a radio in my office, or depending on my day, if I'm in the car, I will listen to Rush. And he will tell you I've been listening for years. I think it's my duty to listen to Rush. I think Rush has actually yet to get the credit he is due, because his audience for so many years felt they were in the wilderness of this country. No one was talking to them.
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Rush said to millions of Americans, you have a home. Come with me. For three hours a day you can listen and hear the like-minded calling in from across the country, and I'll read to you things perhaps you didn't see that are out there. I think Rush gave birth to the FOX News Channel. I think Rush helped to give birth to a movement. I think he played his part in the Contract with America. So I hope he gets his due as a broadcaster.
[Deleted. Two things. Too long and repeated posting. You truncate it so I don't have to-Sitemonitor]
yeah, well sir chub-a-lot: the republicans worked tirelessly to increase the number of troop suicides.
again: the GOP has been active in getting US troops to kill themselves
might i point to the over-the-top wargasmic GOP and the chilling increase in troop suicides.
[i refuse to play from their deck of cards, i always carry my own. i like to answer inflammatory rhetoric with inflammatory rhetoric]
The loser Reslugs certainly regret hiring the unhinged, Lard-Ass, Boy chasing, Limp-Dick to represent them. He is proving that the GOP is absolutely even more pathetic and desperate than we all thought possible.
Does Rush look a bit like Hagee in the photo. I think so. I wonder if Hagee likes little boys as much as Rush does?
Yeah, 'cause Bush reeeaaally needed prompting in order to fail.
why give this hanging bag of crap our attention. We knee-jerk like flies on shit giving him all this energy.
Honestly don't understand who this benefits.
don't we have anything better to do?
that Harry Reid wished for failure on the floor of the Senate.
The only thing I recall that Reid said, was stating his opinion that the war had been lost at that point. An opinion is different than wishing for something to happen.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I thought the Republicans were looking to that clueless moron Joe the Plummer as their spiritual/anti intellectual advisior...
If Steele gets the axe, maybe a place for Joe after all.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
If he decided to piss on Rush's leg he wouldn't miss and he wouldn't apologize afterward.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Rush Limpballs is a MONSTER and a CANCER on the face of America!
His cancerous, traitorous talk is infecting the GOP and the national airwaves.
MAKE IT STOP FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY!
Let em destroy each other it's a thing of beauty.
Barely a month in, thugs are ripping each other's throats out. Pitbulls on steriods trapped in small cages.
He's so full of shit it's coming out of his ears. Liberals didn't want the war in the first place. It was started on lies and by a guy who tried to prove his dick was bigger than his dad's. End of story.
As for Bork and Thomas - hahahahaha. One was a nut and the other was a perv who sexually harrassed a woman at work.
We didn't want Bush to fail... we wanted him to stop failing.
It must suck having to lie to yourself everyday.
Get off the cross ya Fat #%#$#@. It’s cold and somebody needs the wood for a fire.
LuLu
... when Bush proposed the USA PATRIOT Act, my objection was that it changed too many laws and needed closer review.
... when Bush pimped his little adventure in Iraq, my objections were that a) Saddam wasn't an imminent threat, and that we should be focusing on Pakistan. Oh, and that if Saddam did, in fact, have all these WMD's to use, then Bush was sending our troops into danger without proper preparation.
... when Bush's program of illegal, warrantless wiretaps came to light, my objections were based on the law, not on some nonsense drool coming out of Limbaugh's mouth.
... when Bush spun torture in search of 'moral clarity,' same thing - torture is against international and domestic law.
It is the conservative talking heads who interpreted (and continue to interpret) sound, reasoned criticism of key issues to be the same as hoping Bush fails, when, in fact, it this is THEIR song. They are the ones who defend their Orwellian security measures with threats of further attacks if we 'do nothing.'
Oh, and by the way - Bush DID fail. He did it all on his own. It's called 9/11. And it wasn't just our leadership - all of the talking heads who stain the media landscape now weren't paying attention, either. Didn't hear them saying, "See, we should have been paying attention to Richard Clarke!"
The crazy thing is, we knew he was a screw-up when he ran for the office. Three businesses down the tubes, a major league baseball team trading away Sammy Sosa. But, no, we kept hearing about what a wonderful leader and manager Bush was. He would set goals and let his people do the work.
People like:
Condi Rice - ignored Richard Clarke and the PDB on al-Qaeda. FAIL.
Michael Brown - couldn't manage a disaster we knew was coming. FAIL.
Donald Rumsfeld - couldn't put our troops in the field prepared for the battle they were fighting. FAIL.
... and so on.
We didn't WISH them to fail, they did it by themselves.
Somebody needs to issue a serious verbal beatdown to this drug addled gasbag. Put him in his place, once and for all.
In so many ways deaf to the laws of the land, feedback, drug addiction, pedophilia.
Nothing effects asshats like him except pulling the plug (a heart attack would be appreciated).
Looks to me thugs are deliberately attempting to rev up social violence. All they've got left is stirring up sociopaths from the sewers.
How sweet.
v
We did not WANT him to fail. We pointed out that he was IN FACT failing, endlessly. We WANTED him to succeed (for the country, not for his criminal buddies.)
The very reason he's so despised is just that: when this country most needed a president to succeed, THIS is the steaming pile of worthlessness that it was left to instead.
[Takes off shoe. Throws it at picture of Bush on screen.]
oneself from responsibility.
Fucking hall of mirrors.
Some claptrap about what a true Orwellian conservative is from a proctologists point of view.
We democrats never said we wanted W to fail. We said we were disgusted with him failing. We said his policies were sure failures and we wished he would change his ways but we never wished for things to be so bad. When we and MoveOn.org called Petraus Betrayus, I sent MovenOn.org money but the Senate and House passed a bill scolding MoveOn for their action. Has anyone in the GOP submitted legislation reprimanding the Rusher for his obscene statements? I don't think they will. The GOP wants us to fail because that is their only hope of ever gaining power again. If the stimulus works and proves their philosophy wrong, they know they are done. They are done, stick a fork in them.
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The problem is how we have fallen into certain buckets of glob in defining what means what.
That's how insidious this whole thing is.
Remember McSame halting his campaign and trying to call off the debate because the economy tanked? W failed the economy. I never wished for that failure because my 401K lost 40% of it's value during that quarter.
once again.
McCrustypants called off the debate so he could go and sit there embarrassing himself while his 'peers' wondered why the fuck was he there. It was a gimmick that backfired.
The economic failure is indeed an actual BETRAYAL OF TRUST on the part of every member of the houses that sat there and allowed it to happen. Thugs and bluedogs alike selling the country and people like you and me and everyone else OUT. And still we pay them to keep doing it. Think they care about us? Think they're going to stop betraying us? If we expect shit & shinola are the same we could expect more personal freedom, shutdown on war, universal healthcare, social safetynets etc..
Right now anyone with half a brain is thinking of ways to avoid eating cat food in the near future.
I define this failure you're experiencing as a TOTAL BETRAYAL that calls for fighting back at these fucking assholes and not cooperating with this system.
As soon as we get it this collection of pussbags don't care if we live or die we'll begin doing the right things in our own behalf.
Here's what I never understand about the "Democrats did it, too!" defense.
Even if we accept Limbaugh's (false) claim that Democrats hoped Bush would fail... *REPUBLICANS DESPISED DEMOCRATS*. They called us traitors and said we should be shot, or jailed, or deported, or whatever.
How can "he did it, too" *ever* be defense against someone you claim has no honor? It's an admission that you have no honor yourself. It doesn't make any sense.
... you're putting up a false equivalency here.
We in the reality-based community didn't WANT Shrub to fail. We KNEW he would fail -- because he was inept, incompetent and thoroughly in over his head, a stupid, incurious puppet who was nothing more than the smirking, strutting front man for the religious freaks and corporate predators and neocon warmongers who had the most to gain from his installation by a crooked Supreme Court. He shouldn't have been awarded the presidency, and he shouldn't have invaded a sovereign nation that had nothing -- repeat, NOTHING -- to do with Sept. 11, 2001.
Bush is a gross historical aberration. Again, we knew that he wouldn't be up for the job. That's why the eight years of his ill-gotten reign of error and terror can in NO WAY be compared to the legitimate administration of Barack Obama.
Shut up, you obese, drug-addled pedophile. Go count your money and leave us normal Americans alone.
Dave, at the end of the day I may not entirely disagree with what you said but you make yourself seem like a douchemonger of incalculable proportions when you call George Bush 'Shrub' and make fun of Rush Limbaugh for being obese, assuming you have at any point in your life praised Michael Moore.
Just an intelligent, cultured, informed citizen, grounded in reality and highly intolerant of reich-wing stupidity.
(Oh, and a writer/editor who can spin rhetorical circles around your silly little head. Just a warning there.)
I don't care how fat and indulgent Limbaugh is -- just as I don't care how skinny and neurotic Ann Coulter is.
What I detest is their venom, their meanness, their divisiveness. They pump poison in the body politic. They're the so-called traitors, not us liberals and Democrats and independents.
As for "Shrub" ... well, maybe you'd prefer Commander Bunnypants. Or President Chucklnuts. Or my favorite, courtesy of the late, great Studs Terkel: Wanton Boy.
Oh, regarding the portly Michael Moore: I've admired his filmmaking. Otherwise I'm not a fan. He's just another individual. I will say this: He's more of a caring American than the Vulgar Pigboy.
OK, you can go now. Thanks for playing.
very well put, Bravo!!!
Well the first four things you wrote were much ado about nothing. I already told you I didn't disagree with your core arguments, but thanks for completely impressing me with your credentials, I really and truly give a shit.
Re: Shrub. Actually, I'd prefer a nickname that didn't sound like it came off an 18 year old kids bumper sticker. Or even *gasp* just call Bush Bush.
You also seem to have missed my point about Moore.
Bush wrecked the economy, plunged us into 2 endless wars, and turned a national surplus into a debt in the trillions- And repugs see nothing wrong with that???????????????????
Republicans think the ONLY reason we detested Bush was because of his party affiliation.
our own party allowed them to do it every step of the way.
It's all of them. This is a fucking charade.
Limpdick is just theater keeping us from where our attention should be.
Survival and non-compliance.
So most of the blood is on their hands- but i'll agree,
slime like Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton who favored the war are guilty of appeasement.
blood is blood, isn't it.
Exactly what I was thinking. They were any number of reasons why we hated GW; incompetence, stupidity, ignorance, arrogance, pick one. He was a failure on so many levels and one simply could not believe that the country elected him for a second term. His failures were so obvious and complete, it was hard to believe others saw anything of value in him.
Given the situation we are currently in, to hope for anything but success from Obama is hoping for the end of America as we know it.
Why does Blimpbaugh hate America so much?
Doesn't he look bloated, I really hope he is terminally ill and dies soon, I really do.
then again I read his father (or grandfater) lived to be 100, so sometimes longevity is all genetic- So fatman might be with us for decades to come...
someone's as obese as Mr. Butterball. All genetic bets are off.
Especially with the amt and particularly poisonous types of drugs he ingests,and certainly damage to his liver because of it. Bet his grandpop didn't have access to the rot blimpboy treats himself to. NOt to mention a dose of drug-resistant syphilis.
At the very least he's cruising for heart failure the way he lives.
Ah, the possibilities are cumulative and without limit for how he'll self-destruct.
The GOP needs to adapt to the 21st century They have nothing to offer - no solutions. The large majority of young people are quite put off by the far right crazy stuff.
Rush is an obese, drug addicted neocon …..the country doesn't buy the fascist rhetoric anymore! Rush Limpbrain`s patriotism is to his pocketbook.
Rush, Shut UP!
You don't represent the majority of the American ppl-
P.S.-the new generation views you as a bigoted self serving losers.
LuLu
Looks like he's gained a little weight since the last time he gave such an inspiring speech.
What a bizarre post. David Neiwert wishes to assure his readers that no one is "openly hop[ing] for failure" in Iraq because to do so would meant that "American soldiers ... die[d] needlessly." This is like saying that the U.S. should have stayed where I ended up, in Vietnam, in order to avoid failure. Here is another news flash for Mr. Neiwert. Those American soldiers most assuredly did die in vain just as the close to 60,000 American military who died in Vietnam died for absolutely no justifiable reason whatsoever. Just what exactly does Mr. Neiwert believe was the noble cause that they died for in Iraq? Was it to supposedly bring democracy to the Iraqis? Of course not. It was for the U.S. to take control of Iraq's oil so that U.S. corporations could make billions of dollars.
The only viable solution is for the United States to turn over Iraq to the Iraqis as quickly and as rapidly as possible. Perhaps this may be difficult to conceive but Iraq does not belong to the United States nor to Barack Obama. It belongs to [get ready now] to the Iraqis. Any other attempt by Obama to "manage" the occupation is wrong and should subject him and his administration, as well as the Bush administration, to being charged with war crimes.
they all are doing a job...
most do it very well
during the war, the right would do a very nasty thing to those opposed to the war...they would ask...do you want the united statest to win...yes or no
it is a sick and twisted question
most on the left did not want the war to begin in the first place
however, losing would mean more death on both sides
and where in the fuck did you get the idea that obama thinks iraq belongs to him
and there you go...wanting to charge the man who was gifted this shit of an occupation with war crimes
fucking knee jerk
Uncle Joe McCarthy
Let me attempt to reply to your less than elegant inquiry. Obama, the [alleged] antiwar president, wishes to leave anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 American soldiers in Iraq even after his phased [as opposed to immediate] withdrawal plan is finally completed. In addition, the [alleged] antiwar president also wishes to leave 140,000 civilian contractors in Iraq and that would include the infamous organization Blackwater. That is close to 200,000 American soldiers and mercenary troops occupying a country that the United States has absolutely no legal and moral right to do. Also, the [alleged] antiwar president has made absolutely no mention of the 17 military bases that are in Iraq. Why has Obama, the [alleged] antiwar president, not stated that he will tear down those bases?
You do not seem to be aware of the fact that Barack Obama, the [alleged] antiwar president, has ordered air strikes against Afghanistan and Pakistan and as a result, many innocent civilians, including women and children, have been slaughtered under the orders of Barack Obama, the [alleged] antiwar president. Obama, the [alleged] antiwar president, is also not granting legal rights to detainees in foreign prisons and by doing so follows in the illegal footsteps of Bush and Cheney. That is why I firmly believe that Obama, the [alleged] antiwar president, should be standing in the dock next to Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al.
The above reasons, despite your illogical and emotional reasoning, hardly qualifies as "knee jerk." Or do the lives of those people not count because they are not American?
I also suggest you start reading a few history books as the United States most definitely "lost" in Vietnam just as they most definitely deserve to lose in Iraq. Most Americans like yourself never wish to ask how he or she would feel if foreign soldiers were occupying the U.S. I suspect that they would be feeling the same way that the Iraqis feel which is bitterness, hatred, fear. loathing, resentment, anger, at the sight of foreign soldiers occupying their land.
Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis-resist the American empire
" Talk to Judge Robert Bork, talk to Justice Clarence Thomas, about how they try to destroy lives, reputations, and character. "
for those who haven't been paying attention to limbaugh while the talk radio monopoly he is point man for destroyed american democracy the last 20 years this is a good example of this jackasses' amazing capacity for hypocrisy. his 20 year career has been dedicated to attacking and intimidating elected representatives and demonizing citizens trying to improve their community, country, lives, environment, and planet.
bork turned his back on the constitution, when he chose to serve nixon over the law....that man should never have been nominated for the highest court in the land
and thomas has proven time and again that he was a token hack, who also shouldnt be on the bench...and the real story of his perversions were hidden from the press and the people
What he is saying is several spins from the truth but even taking his word for it this is hard to figure.
I guess that means it is now ok for us to call him a traitor and America hater and threaten to have the government tap his phone, dig into his medical and financial records and arrest and hold him without habeus corpus..maybe even a little water boarding...hey THEY were for it!
...He says something somebody else does is detestable but still thinks since they did it is now ok for him to be detestable in his race to the bottom? These guys have no core(principals) is about all I can take away from that.
Chunky Junkie
- hat tip to another blogger for this suggestion - sorry lost reference so cannot name.
Any other flavors?
Cherry Hemmaroid (sp?)
Pedophile's Banana Split w/fearful screams upon removal of lid
Viagra Crunchw/Baby Dills
Shot Liver Bloat
Blimpboy Extra Crisco
Oxycontin Coma All Day Sundae
and
Sad Self-Hating Pumpkin
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Might I just say…
… That the current number of crisis this Nation is facing, of which many, that the way we solve them be successful.
It is going to REQUIRE many different approaches…
… There is no “ONE FIX” to all that ills this Nation.
Therefore, no matter the combination required, I choose success over failure…
… For where is the success in choosing failure?
May the chickens of “I HOPE HE FAILS“…
… Come home to roost well for these men.
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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Feed Americans.
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Q U E S T I O N:
What kind of person holds a position; Rooting for his Nation to fail?
Well, if it was 2006, you would be known by the GOP as a “Liberal” Democrat.
But that was 2006. Now it’s 2009 and look who’s the failure!
But really, why don’t these people see that rooting for the president’s policies to fail, policies that will determine the direction this Nation takes for the next four years, is rooting to take America farther down a road of failure. I mean…
… REALLY!
At best, they could admit that the path America has been following the last eight years hasn’t yielded positive results, NO?
Yet, (R)ushpublicans seemed determined to see to this ideological destined end rather than trying alternate ideas to curb the inevitable, should nothing be done. WHY IS THIS?
I mean, would a mother hold her newborn under water for a two minute rinse...
... Knowing that what results may be one heck of a clean dead baby?
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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Feed Americans.
O's successes will be called failures. No matter how brilliantly aspects of his decisions benefit the people of the u.s., they will upstage every move he makes by random impossible to follow illogic in loud decibles. Thugs will do everything they can to distract him from every action he intends to fulfill.
So they'll CALL him a failure no matter what he does.
So why should we care when we know full well he'll be slammed for every triumph. They knowthey're finished, and are failures they've been waiting for.
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Dear (R)ush,
All this manufactured outrage...
... Now, why am I not surprised?
I mean, look at your ratings now...
... You've gained notoriety as the leader of (R)ushpublican Party.
What will your outrage be, in say, a year from now when investigations into the former president Bush 43 begin to indicate that the Administration consistently sought to usurp the tenants of the Constitution of the U.S.A.? The First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Eighth Amendment, etc...
... Hugh?
... AND NONE DARED CALL IT TREASON!
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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Feed Americans.
Yes, Michael, we know its going to be a daunting task, but we are convinced you are up to the job at hand, of convincing a majority of the American voting public that hatred, greed, and obstructionism is good as long as you believe in them for the right reasons. That’s why we suggest as a primer for ensuring a successful outcome you research the methods and propaganda used by the Bush Administration and their allies who were able to successfully convince the American public that the GOP was working to defend their lives, keep them safe from harm, improve their health and welfare, and better their economic condition. It worked before, it can work again. If the lies are large and obtuse enough, people will buy them for what they appear to be.
The statement "X is true" doesn't mean "I want X".
Limbaugh has gone too far and has been caught out. He's beyond McCarthyism and is into Treasonland.
Enemy combatants?
Oh, yeah! Guantanimo Bay--that terrorist prison camp that Rush has likened to a country club several times.
I hope he enjoys his "visit".
Countdown Tuesday: From here on out, it is no longer 'Rush'. The fat man shall be known as Boss Limbaugh. I LOVE IT.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln
To come on his show & have a debate--
Imagine that? That this narcissistic pompous ass would have the audacity to challenge the President of the United States to a debate on His Show?
Really. How about neutral grounds Flush?
Even then, for the President to lower himself to his level, would be a travesty. How about someone more his level. Like say, Jack Abrahmof, Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney...oh wait... they're not available. Guess he'll just have to settle for someone just like him, Bozo the clown.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
He's nothing more than a fat, sleazy, greasy carnie pitchman....
He has zero couth...and he'a vile, vile man.
Taking those characteristics into account, I guess leading the GOP is a perfect fit for that smegmatic gasbag.
I have to wonder where are all the Cryps & Bloods hanging out down there in Fla.? You know, the ones that voted for Barack Obama...
I'm just wondering...nothing more.
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