Can we give this "Rush Limbaugh wants Barack Obama to fail" nonsense a rest? This is one of the most absurd little arguments I've ever seen in the media. Look .. I'm not here to promote other talk show hosts, but Limbaugh is a special case. If it were not for him I would still be practicing law ... or, in the alternative, I would have made a few big hits in personal injury or medical malpractice trials and I would be retired by now. So, in reality I don't know whether to thank him or not. But this guy saved the AM band and made this living possible for me, Sean, and quite a few others. So I'm going to speak up on this one.
What did Limbaugh say? Basically this: "If Barack Obama's goal is to transform our economy into a socialist economy, I want him to fail." Now what in the world is wrong with that statement? I'm with Limbaugh on that one. I want him to fail as well. Furthermore, if Obama's goal is to create an egalitarian society where everybody has an equal amount of stuff .. .I want him to fail. If his goal is to create a nationalized health care system under which health care will have to be rationed, I want him to fail. If his goal is to completely remove 70% of Americans from any responsibility for paying any federal taxes at all, I want him to fail.
Here ... try this. "If Adolf Hitler's goal is to kill 6 million Jews, I want him to fail." Would the Democrats have damned someone who made that statement when Hitler came into power? Know what? They probably would have.
The "I want him to fail" comment was only part of Limbaugh's statement. You absolutely cannot criticize him for that statement until the "at what" part is addressed.
Democrats need to grow up.