No, I'm not talking about Barack Obama. I have every confidence in him, even though he may not be your candidate you have to give him his due. He's the first black President and he's an underdog. He didn't seem like he had a chance in hell and he overcame criticism by staying on message and selling hope. Yeah, it may sound corny, but why does it? What's wrong with hoping for something better? Striving for a goal, no matter how unattainable it might first seem? The pilgrims came to America in hopes of escaping the church. Columbus set sail hoping to find a new world. We first set off into space in the hope of getting to the moon. The Wright brothers built a contraption in hopes of flying. There's always been hope in some form or another throughout history. Though, this isn't an article on hope. This is an article about one of the most anti-american people on the radio. Rush Limbaugh. I'll be the first to admit, I've never liked Limbaugh, he's a blow hard, a liar, and a racist. That's not opinion, listen to any 3 shows of his and you'll see how he thinks. Limbaugh, hates America it seems and thereby anyone who thinks he's preaching the gospel is obviously a United States hater as well. Limbaugh had this to say about President Obama "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.’" Now to put this phrase in context Limbagh also says "Look, what he’s talking about is the absorption of as much of the private sector by the U.S. 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." Okay, as a capitalist I can understand that being your point of view. Hating liberals, sure go ahead, that's your right too. But how can you call yourself an american and hope that the leader of the country fails, and might I add, should he fail, we ALL fail. So in essence, Rush Limbaugh wants democracy to fail, all because he's an egotistical ideologue. Can you say blind hatred? if we get attacked, sure blame him, if the economy tanks on his watch AFTER his plan is implemented, feel free to criticize the man. But I consider Limbaugh an anarchist, he'd rather be right and have the country suffer, then to allow his racist ignorant views to be imperiled. Good thing to know we'll never run out of ignorance with people like that around, even in the new era of Hope.
For other posts about this insanity see these interesting opinion pieces:
well... you know what, just Google it, don't take my word on it. Anyway, back to this whole anti-American thing. Why is it most hard righters don't believe in the premise this country was founded on? I mean leftists may be radicals wanting sweeping changes for changes sake at times, but the right would rather have things stay the course even if the course is off a cliff, as opposed to allowing another point of view be attempted and failed. It's pretty obvious the last 8 years was an abject failure. i don't blame Bush entirely, I blame people that didn't have enough sense to see what was happening to the country. Economy in the toilet, predatory banks, our encroachment in foreign countries, the so-called erosion on morals. This stuff didn't happen over night, but it did get a boost during the Bush administration.
Can you even blame Cheney and the crew? I mean seriously, those that don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. now, I'm not saying Bush was as bad as Hitler, Hitler was a better speaker. The comparison isn't unfair either, before you get started, Hitler was evil, but in his defense he was mentally unstable. Bush isn't unstable, he's... simple.. not like stupid, but simple in his world view, good/bad/black/white/right/wrong... the world's not that simple and therefore his basic belief system is what made him a horrible President , though I believe he may be a pretty decent guy in person. See Bush and Hitler offered the same thing, security. Hitler from the jewish people, Bush from "terrorists". In both instances people gave up basic rights and freedoms in the cause for security, those that didn't were branded unpatriotic, or traitors. sound familiar? <Cont'd in next post>
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