Limbaugh Hoopla
Liberals are up in arms over Rush Limbaugh’s comment that he hoped President Obama would fail. Liberals are forgetting that recently it was them hoping that the president would fail (or maybe they arent forgetting, as it was not something that was heavily reported in the media). A 2006 poll found that 51% of Democrats did not want President Bush to succeed.
Of course, there was little mention of these facts/incidents in the mainstream media.
And, the media has taken Limbaugh’s comment at least somewhat out of context. Limbaugh was asked by a magazine to send in a 400 word statement explaining his “hope for the Obama Presidency.” His quote was as follows:
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.” (interruption) What are you laughing at? 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 in the Drive-By-Media headlined me all day long: “Limbaugh: I hope Obama Fails.” Somebody’s gotta say it.
And while I cant condone the comments made by either James Carville or Rush Limbaugh, I do think that Rush Limbaugh’s comments were an honest expression of his distaste for liberalism and liberal policies. I believe that Mr. Limbaugh would be more than happy if Mr. Obama were to change course and embrace conservative policies.
And while it might not be completely “appropriate” for a commentator like Rush Limbaugh to publicly hope for the president to fail, Mr. Limbaugh is protected by the first amendment to the Constitution, and if you dont like what he has to say, you dont have to listen… I dont listen to him for precisely that reason.
Americanly Yours,
Phred Barnet
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