Lush Rimbaugh has had a lot to say lately about President Obama. He stated, and repeated, that he hoped Obama and his policies will fail. Okay - this is a free country and he has the right to say that. I support his right to say that.
However, I do NOT support the intention of his comment, and here's why. If Obama and his policies fail, this nation fails. I don't want that. I love this country more than I dislike Republicans. And just for the record, I've not disliked Republicans until recently, when their vituperative hatred and insufferable "conservatism" seeks to be forced upon the whole of America like some noxious fog of so-called paternalistic righteousness. I grow weary of the blatant lies and misstatements of fact that are moving this country away from peace and prosperity.
Please know that this isn't about "liking" Obama. I don't care much whether anybody else "likes" him, and I don't feel compelled to persuade people to "like" him. I'd guess that he doesn't care much whether he is "liked" so much as he is effective. But how he feels about that is up to him; it's not my concern.
What is my concern is this bloodied rhetoric that is anti-the-success-of-America, or anti-American, for short. I was so glad that CNN ran Lush's speech at CPAC live the other day; it's important to see what he's saying on behalf of his fellow "conservatives" and to know exactly who those other cheering "conservatives" are. We need to know who they are and what they think, because knowledge is power.
As for failure, we have suffered through eight years of idiocy that has literally and figuratively bankrupted this nation. But I can honestly say this: I never once, ONCE, hoped that idiot would "fail". I hoped he was right. I hoped that they counted the ballots right in Florida. I hoped we'd find WMD. I hoped Guantanamo was keeping us safe from terrorists. I hoped shopping was the right thing to do after 9/11. I hoped that invading Iraq was going to do something beneficial for the Iraqi people. I hoped that he was correct when he said "Mission Accomplished". I hoped NCLB would be adequately funded. I hoped that FEMA would handle KatRita the right way. I hoped that he was telling the truth when he said we were not torturing prisoners of the war on terror. I hoped John Yoo wasn't high on the smell of his ass when he wrote his memorandas. I hoped that a DJIA at 14k was a good sign of economic growth. I hoped that a housing bubble was a good sign of economic health. I hoped and I hoped and I hoped some more.
So much for hope. That didn't get me very far. But I can say one thing very honestly: I never wished for that idiot, nor his policies, nor President Cheney's policies, to fail. Not once. NOT EVEN ONCE. I disagreed with certain things, I wanted different things, but I NEVER ONCE WISHED FAILURE ON HIM BECAUSE THAT WAS WISHING FAILURE UPON THIS NATION. I wanted this country to succeed, no matter who was at the helm.
The misguided era of cowboy politics is over. Suck on that, Lush, you anti-American, domestic-terrorist fat bastard.
2 comments:
"high on the smell of his ass"...I'm gonna use that one.
When Sarah Palin started telling small town white people that they were the "real Americans" it became clear that the hate-filled, ignorance-worshipping conservatism of right wing talk radio was no longer hiding behind masks in the upper echelons of the Republican Party...and now, with that disgusting drug addict saying things like this and the Republican leadership crawling over each other to genuflect to him...ultimately, it seems like the party's self-immolating. Hopefully, what rises out of the ashes will be something more moderate and compassionate. We're certainly living in interesting times....
I can't agree with you more about not wishing for failure. I don't necessarily agree with the policies, and I believe the bulk of "Stimulus Packages" is throwing good meny after bad, but I hope it works for all of our sakes.
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