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Santorum At CPAC: ‘Absoultely We Hope That’ Obama Fails, ‘I Believe His Policies Will Fail’
Think Progress —
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 hoping for Obama’s failure:
TP: What do you think about what Rush said about, I mean, do you hope, should we hope that President Obama fails?
LEVIN: Yes.
TP: Yes?
SANTORUM: ...
A glimpse into the mind of insanity 3
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings The best thing about CPAC, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, is that it allows us to observe a whole bunch of right-wing wackos in one setting. It's a sort of echo chamber insanitarium -- and what makes it all so much fun, both for them and for us, is that these wackos are even crazier when they get together and feed off each other's insanity. It's a classic example of individuals succumbing to groupthink -- with the thinking of the group even crazier than the thinking of the crazy individuals that make it up. I'm sure Elias Canetti could tell us a lot more ...
Santorum At CPAC: ?Absolutely We Hope That? Obama Fails, ?I Believe His Policies Will Fail?
The Hollywood Liberal —
Santorum At CPAC: ?Absolutely We Hope That? Obama Fails, ?I Believe His Policies Will Fail? 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 distanced themselves from Limbaugh’s sentiment, ...
Nihilism Ain’t Just A River In Egypt
Firedoglake —
As you may have noticed, I'm not exactly a David Brooks fan. But he was dead-on when he described Bobby Jindal's anti-government rebuttal message as "nihilism." Rush Limbaugh's stated desire for Obama to fail (since echoed by Michelle Malkin, Rick Santorum, and Mike Pence) is in the same ...
