Those who root against America
Political Animal — THOSE WHO ROOT AGAINST AMERICA.... It takes a special kind of American to hope for our failure . Barack Obama has not yet taken office, and Rush Limbaugh is already rooting for his failure. On his radio show last Friday, Limbaugh said, "I disagree fervently with the people on our [Republican] side of the aisle who have caved and who say, 'Well, I hope he succeeds.'" Limbaugh told his listeners that he was asked by "a major American print publication" to offer a 400-word statement explaining his "hope for the Obama presidency." He responded: "So I'm thinking of replying to ...

Most Americans Want The New President To Succeed
The Moderate Voice — With some exceptions — including this notable (and predictable) one.

Classy Conservatism, Cont'd
Shakesville — While they pray the new president fails over at WorldNetDaily, professional assdrip Rush Limbaugh also hopes Obama fails and the Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes is queasy and fearful.

The Right Wishes Obama NOT Well
Seeing the Forest — ... Drudge Re T ort Huffington Post In These Times OpEd News Raw Story Smirking Chimp Truthdig TruthOut Working for Change Please help Seeing the Forest meet expenses. You can contribute using Paypal : [image] This is a secure online payment method which accepts major credit cards. Thanks! [image] Born Again American | Main January 20, 2009 The Right Wishes Obama NOT Well Limbaugh: ‘I Hope Obama Fails’ WorldNetDaily: Pray Obama fails Riehl World View: The ...

Limbaugh is Right
PoliGazette — ... Think Progress criticized conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh today for saying he hopes “Obama fails.” Although some may call Limbaugh’s words un-PC, he is exactly right. ...

Incentives for Oversight (or why Limbaugh is useful)
Newshoggers.com — ... Rush Limbaugh does not agree with the Obama administration on any issue of medium or greater salience and invents numerous micro-salient issues to define his opposition.  He 'hopes he fails...' ...

Limbaugh v. Obama and Almost Everybody Else
The Moderate Voice — Catching everyone up with what has transpired so far: Mr. Limbaugh expressed a wish that President Obama fail. Mr. Shakir said that Mr. Limbaugh is a hypocrite. Mr. van der Galien rebuked Mr. Shakir and defended Mr. Limbaugh on the grounds that it is good to speak from an ideologically pure basis, even if such speech is not politcally correct. In turn, I was going to respond to this back-and-forth, but then one of PoliGazette’s assistant editors, who goes only by Claudia, said what I would have said, so I’ll simply quote her: ...

First Day of Operation Redemption - Rush Limbaugh
The Moderate Voice — ... Limbaugh’s statement of “I Hope Obama Fails” clocked in at exactly three days before Obama took the oath of office. My prediction: Obama is well aware of Limbaugh’s ability to manipulate information that will come from his administration. Obama will be able to positively utilize Limbaugh’s flair for theatrics to point the American people away from divisiveness and the need to hang on “to childish things” such as partisanship for its’ own sake. ...

1/21: The Obama Era Begins
Blogometer — ... . INAUGURATION: Things Done Changed Liberal bloggers were thrilled about Obama's inauguration: INAUGURATION II: Say Goodnight To The Bad Guy Liberal bloggers were ecstatic about the end of the Bush Presidency: INAUGURATION III: Thank You, Mr. Bush Conservative bloggers, in contrast, are paying tribute to Bush: INAUGURATION IV: Praying For Failure Like Rush Limbaugh , several conservative bloggers are expressing their desire to see Obama fail: ...

The GOP Attack Machine Kicks Into Gear
Daily Kos — It's as easy to see as 1-2-3: Rush Limbaugh tells his radio audience that he wants Obama to fail. Within four hours of Barack Obama's inauguration, FOX was pimping the Republican talking point that the Dow took the biggest dive of any inaugural day in history, mentioning it on at least ten separate occasions. (The talking point is technically true, but misleading. It ignores the fact that in percentage terms, the Dow dropped by about the same amount as it did on Ronald Reagan's inaugural day. More importantly, the drop had no more to do with ...

Least Surprising Headline Ever: "Stimulus Plan Meets More GOP Resistance"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... you, Nancy Pelosi. Our side won because the American people wanted change. Elections are supposed to have consequences. And, one consequence of this election has to be an improved economy. Soon. Very soon. The GOPers on Capitol Hill are willing to sacrifice the U.S. economy (when we're on the verge of a depression) for their own self-interest. That's sick, but that's their choice. You know a lot of Republicans agree with the words of Rush Limbaugh when he said, "I hope Obama fails." ...

Limbaugh confused about presidential terms
Daily Kos — In an attempt to explain his hopes for President Obama's failure, the talk radio blowhard apparently falls into a time warp: But I just want to say, folks, look I support Obama. I just don't support his policies. I support our president, like I have supported all presidents. I just don't support Obama's policies. I don't support the nationalization of the banks, which has happened. I don't support the nationalization of the auto companies. I don't support the nationalization of the mortgage business. I don't like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd running ...

Rush Limbaugh: "I Think Obama Wants Me To Fail"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," President Obama told House Republicans during stimulus negotiations on Friday. Limbaugh has encouraged Republicans to oppose the stimulus plan because it would give Democrats an electoral advantage by creating new jobs. He's also said he wants President Obama to fail. On the radio Monday, Limbaugh said Obama wished the same for him. "He's obviously more frightened of me than he is Mitch McConnell. He's more frightened of me, then he is of say, John Boehner, which ...

Rush Limbaugh: "I Think Obama Wants Me To Fail"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," President Obama told House Republicans during stimulus negotiations on Friday. Limbaugh has encouraged Republicans to oppose the stimulus plan because it would give Democrats an electoral advantage by creating new jobs. He's also said he wants President Obama to fail. On the radio Monday, Limbaugh said Obama wished the same for him. "He's obviously more frightened of me than he is Mitch McConnell. He's more frightened of me, then he is of say, John Boehner, which ...

Despite America Teetering On The Abyss, Rush Hopes Obama Fails -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... Pray our nation collapses to prove he's right? That's what has so many squawking But we oughta cut Limbaugh some slack -- It's just the Oxycontin talking. VERSE CASE SCENARIO Tony Peyser provides daily poems and weekly cartoons for BuzzFlash and also writes the BuzzFlash column, " ...

Republicans Have A Limbaugh Problem
Open Left - Front Page — ... . A good counter-strategy by Democrats would be to drive a wedge between Rush Limbaugh and congressional Republicans. While Limbaugh is widely loathed nationwide, with a favorable rating that makes George Bush look popular, he is extremely important to the Republican activist base. Further, his recent comments about hoping that President Obama fails could be stuck to Republicans every single time they oppose legislation from the Democratic trifecta. ...

Concessions count for a piece of lint and that weird thing you found in the litterbox
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... , which means that he has no problem with borrowing money from our children and grandchildren in order to kill people for no reason that can be stated out loud.  I’m sure he’d vote for a bill to take $825 billion and set it on fire before he’d vote for anything that might actually improve the economy or the lives of everyday people.  Look, they’re not even trying to hide what they’re up to.  Rush Limbaugh came right out and said he hopes Obama fails, which of course ...

For wanting Barack Obama to fail, Rush Limbaugh is our Media PUTZ
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... George W. Bush tells us that history takes a long time to determine whether a presidency succeeded or not. By whatever standard you place on the Barack Obama Administration, Rush Limbaugh wants it to fail. ...

Torture Lover John Yoo Excoriates Obama For Banning Torture
The Hollywood Liberal — ... in favor of his economic recovery bill. Many Republicans appear to be clinging to the strategy of Rush Limbaugh, who has openly declared his hope that Obama fails . While Republicans stood united against Obama, 11 Democrats broke with the President. Although there were ...

Randall Amster: The Disloyal Opposition: Rush is Right -- Obama Must Fail
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... how some left-leaning "radicals" had been arguing that Obama's success would only serve to prop up an inherently flawed system. I rejected this perspective as missing a chance to see Obama's election as creating space for "people power" to flourish. Later that same day, the story broke that Rush Limbaugh had come out with his now-infamous quip that "I hope Obama fails," making me wonder whether Rush was somehow in league with the radical left even as he had become the ostensible standard-bearer for the mainstream right. Methinks something is amiss in all of this. ...

Right-Wing Senators Praised ?Humane? Conditions At Gitmo During 50-Detainee ?Mass Hunger Strike?
The Hollywood Liberal — ... .” Limbaugh — who has declared his sincere hope that Barack Obama will fail — has seen his “prominence and political import” increased. One example of Limbaugh’s influence, unmentioned in the article, is the fact that he coined the messaging strategy for stimulus opponents, referring to the economic recovery package as “porkulus.” On his Jan. 23 radio show, Limbaugh said “it’s not a stimulus, ...

Sunday Morning Comin’ Down
d r i f t g l a s s — ... We warned you. God knows, we warned you, over and over and over again. And now the Party of Lincoln is ruled by a bigot who openly declares he wants the President to fail. Whose fondest wish is an American fallen into a new Dark Age of poverty and ignorance because that would be great for his ratings. ...

Sanford: Rush Limbaugh is an ?idiot.?
The Hollywood Liberal — ... with the website Real Clear Politics, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) was asked about the “view that perhaps Republicans are rooting for President Obama to fail.” This question was a clear reference to Rush Limbaugh, who infamously said, “ I hope Obama fails .” Sanford responded in unequivocal terms: SANFORD: I don’t want him to fail. Anybody who wants him to fail is an idiot , because it means we’re all in trouble. In the past, Limbaugh has attacked other Republicans who have expressed hope for President Obama to succeed, declaring that they are “drinking the ...

Santorum At CPAC: ?Absolutely We Hope That? Obama Fails, ?I Believe His Policies Will Fail?
The Hollywood Liberal — ... Just before President Obama was inaugurated, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh declared, “I hope he fails.” Though some Republicans have distanced themselves from Limbaugh’s sentiment, conservatives at CPAC have fully embraced it. In an interview with ThinkProgress today, radio host Mark Levin and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) added their voices to the chorus of conservatives […] Just before President Obama was inaugurated, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh declared, “ I hope he fails .” Though some Republicans have ...

Scary News from Mexico
Booman Tribune — ... in my mind. It's a civil libertarian/constitutional issue that President Obama must address sooner rather than later. I'd hate to see the occupation of a major American city by the military such as the one we are witnessing in Ciudad de Juarez by Mexican troops. I'd hate to see similar instances of civil disorder in the US which could tempt President Obama to take such extreme extra-constitutional measures as the ones President Calderon has employed. Gives a whole new meaning to the stated desire of certain conservative leaders that Obama's economic recovery program fails, ...

New Poll Reveals 56 Percent Of Americans Favor Bank Nationalization
The Hollywood Liberal — ... and embrace what works.” Wallace then asked DNC chair Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA), “Isn’t going after Rush Limbaugh a perfect example of the stale ideology and petty partisanship the president was talking about?” Kaine noted that “we wouldn’t even be talking about Rush Limbaugh at all had he not said he wanted the president to fail ,” later adding, “at a time of crisis in this nation, nobody should be rooting for this president to fail.” However, Wallace took issue with Kaine’s framing of Limbaugh’s quote, and then came to his defense: WALLACE: I do want to point out though just ...

Bill O'Reilly Still Plagued by His Homeless Vets Controversy
Open Left - Front Page — ... O'Reilly didn't mention how his fellow blowhard Limbaugh brought controversy on himself by repeatedly claiming, "I hope Obama fails."  Nor did he talk about how Limbaugh's comments have hastened the self-immolation of the Republican Party, which has been ...

ANALYSIS: Current Bush Tax System Saves Rush Limbaugh More Than $1.5 Million Every Year
Wonk Room — ... When conservative radio star Rush Limbaugh roots for President Barack Obama’s failure, he may be motivated by something other than ideology. ...

Guest Ticket: John Amato on Michael Steele and the RNC's troubles
Top of the Ticket — ... As we all know, Limbaugh had drawn the fire of the Democratic Party and the liberal blogosphere when he said that he hoped President Obama would fail almost as soon as the.... ...

Will Michael Steele ever come out of the basement?
Crooks and Liars — ... As we all know, Limbaugh had drawn the fire of the Democratic Party and the liberal blogosphere when he said that he hoped President Obama would fail almost as soon as the 44th president had been sworn in. When Steele was asked to comment on Limbaugh’s inapt hatefulness, he said this on the now-defunct D.L. Hughley show: ...

L. O’Elle
The Poor Man Institute — ... We’re having a All-Real-American tea party, y’all! Via.  If you’re wondering, this is somehow connected to “Go[ing] Galt“, Obama must fail, The Three Percenters, Obama is a Communist, Obama is Hitler, Obama is Satan, the imminent sightings of Now-Even-Blacker Helicopters ...

Olympics: Obama Goes To Copenhagen
The Latest on Air America — ... day. Would it be a well-publicized loss of political capital if the president's efforts do not succeed? You bet. Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs are already downplaying the trip. "I think the president believes health care is in better shape," Gibbs said. "I believe he felt strongly and personally that he should go and make the case for the United States, and that's what he's going to do." Ironically, there is nothing a "patriot" like Rush Limbaugh probably wants more given this turn of events than that the 2016 Olympics go to ...

Top 10 Wild And Wacky Political Voices -- For Whom We're All Very Thankful
TPM Election Central — ... The king of right-wing talk radio, Rush Limbaugh has been driven to all sorts of rhetorical lengths by the presence of Barack Obama in the White House. He's openly hoped for Obama to fail; he's ...

Think Progress: 27 Reasons To Give Thanks
The Political Carnival — ... We're (not) thankful conservatives believe they love America so much that they can root for our President to fail and for our nation to ...

27 Reasons To Give Thanks
The Hollywood Liberal — ... .” We’re (not) thankful conservatives believe they love America so much that they can root for our President to fail and for our nation to ...