Rush Limbaugh: "I Hope Obama Fails!"

I have a couple of important items on my list of don'ts--both designed to promote my personal health and well-being. 1. If at all possible, never listen to Rush Limbaugh. He really has nothing interesting or important to say. It's all just rage of one sort or another. 2. Never read Ann Coulter. Ditto.

How can he?! This is the first time I've wanted anyone to be silenced, as I don't believe in censorship, but this guy's gone way too far. How can he say liberalism has anything to do with the mess Bush's conservative cronies and policies made of America. Several times, our former president made me feel embarrassed to be an American. This guy has a right to express himself, but I'm ashamed that any American could spout such hateful bile. It would be great if her were denied his forum by his sponsors!

The man is a real patriot isn't he? How did the American conservative movement go from the sublime (William Buckley) to the ridiculous (Rush Limbaugh) is less than a generation?

Rush Limbaugh-Once a buffoon, always a buffoon. Of course I could be saying that for a lot of them on both sides.

I didn't support Bush after the patriot act, and the lying leading up to the war in Iraq. My patriotism has been questioned many times, and I have heard Rush do the same of people that didn't agree with him. Now it seams that Rush is the one that wants our country to fail, and should be considered unpatriotic. But, I am sure that you will never hear those who questioned liberals patriotism, question that of Rush. I think Rush was very happy to see Clinton elected so his rating would go up. But, when Clinton turned the Reagan recession around, and created a budget surplus he knew that he had to find away to destroy him, because if Clinton turned the economy around it could totally destroy the conservative party. Rush has been working his whole life pushing what he believes in, and attacking everything that he doesn't, no matter if country is better or not. I wonder what it is like to work your whole life supporting your country, and destroying it? Maybe Rush is an Al Qaeda sleeper cell agent?

I don't think those are anti-American sentiments. He makes it clear that he wants Obama to "fail" in the sense that he does not want him to succeed in doing what he says he is going to do. There are a lot of things that he says he is going to do that I hope he fails in as well. Just because the president does not achieve his goals does not mean that America fails. People put WAAAYYYY too much weight on the role of president. Honestly, there have been president who sucked that did not run America into the ground. There have been presidents who sat on their hands while America prospered. If Obama fails, some people might see that as a good thing, because that means that the policies that he makes that some people are afraid of will not come into being.

Just when I think he can't possibly get any worse, he does. I can't believe people still listen to him.

I'm not surprised. I stated almost a week ago that he would feel this way and I didn't have to hear him say it. It's just the kind of person he is. There are plenty like him on both sides. From day one in 2001 there were no shortage of liberals praying for Bush to fail and they only ceased that briefly after 9-11. Either way, he's preaching to people that feel the same way he does. You'll always have that element in this country on both sides.

that is plain retarded! RUSH LIMBAUGH is a big mouth idiot! he is also a racist and a die hard republican, liberal hating jerk.

I used to listen to him but once I was onto his game, I shut him off. I call him Rush Windbag. He doesn't love this country as he should. I understand why he doesn't like Obama's policies because the prez is way too socialist for me. But what we see on the campaign trail is different than what we see on the job. Prez Obama needs to be given a chance and I hope he's the greatest prez we've ever had. I didn't vote for him, he scares me, but he's in office and I support him 100% until and if he does something I think isn't in the interest of the country. So far, I like what I see. People like Rush Windbag are what will bring this country down--partisan jerks who care for their party more than their country.

I think that, as a country, we should know by now that Rush Limbaugh is full of s**t At one time, I understand that there were those that listened to what he had to say, but at this point, as he has proven himself, over and over, to be a moron, he simply can't be taken seriously anymore. Anything he has to say is merely background noise.

Yeah Rush is an idiot! Just like all those other right wingers that have been yelling about liberals needing to respect and support the president or we are UnAmerican lol

Well he is not the only one that feels this way. A lot of people do not agree with his policies. They agree that the ecomony needs to turned around...just not how Obama wants to do it. Basically him and other people like him do not like Obama's plans for this country and so therefore they hope he fails because they do not want to live under those policies. I am not saying it is nice to hope that, because it isn't. But I will be honest...I will give Obama the benefit of the doubt. WHen he does good I will praise him, when I do not like something he or congress are doing I will not only critize it but also contact my elected officals to try to stop it from passing a vote in congress ( I have done that with every president). But rather than say I want Obama to fail I am going to say I want certain bills NOT TO PASS. For example...I did not want Bush to fail...but I did want the partriot act to fail (still working on that one).

Rush Limbaugh is doing what he does best. Loudly expressing his opinions to anyone that will listen. The more unpopular his views the more outraged listeners (but listeners nonetheless) he will have. Well I look at it this way.....I am by no means a Democrat but if our president is successful than our country should be successful. If he succeeds in creating more jobs, stabilizing the housing market, lowering the deficit and improving our worldwide popularity than it is good for all of us. My wife puts Rush in the same category as Howard Stern. She doesn't listen to either of them and no matter what they say she chalks it up to sensationalism. Maybe just this once she is right.

Excuse me? It's like saying you wanted Hitler to succeed with his plans because he was the leader. Rush is right on. I do not want Obama to succeed with his brand of socialism. If he succeeds, democracy fails.

Do we still hang people for treason? If so I nominate Limbaugh as a canditate. I did not vote for Obama but that is now a moot point. He is my president and as an American I shall give him my full support.

Rush Limbaugh and everyone else that hates Obama needs to get over it. Like it or not he is the President of the Untied States now. Hoping he fails is just wrong. You are right, he is saying that he hopes that America fails with that statement. If he is so against him being President then maybe he should move to a different country. Unless he wants to relocate, he needs to stop it.

I saw that but (and I'm not defending him) but he said that he hopes he fails if he doesn't keep the integrity of America and the basis of what this country is built on. In other words, if he turns America into a socialist state, he hopes that fails. It was taken out of context because I'm not sure that most people saw everything he said. I hope he fails too if he plans to turn America into a socialist state.

Hi, aniepa,your indignation can be understood. Limbaugh is perturbed at the thought that Obama may undo some of what his (Obama's) predecessor has done.'The Congress swiftly cleared hundreds of billions of dollars for banks and insurance giants in the so-called bailout.But it grudged and fought every cent of the 14.5 billion given to the auto companies. Why? Because they are one of the last holdouts of the organised labour.Workers and trade unions in those companies had already given up many benifits and made major concessions even before the meltdown began.But the bailout was most generous with a gang that used even public money to hand out rewards to corporare executives, some of whom ought to have been in prison.The banks laughed all the way to the banks.' 'And what about these big corporations role?ACCORDING TO THE GOVT.ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE,two-thirds of corporations of America PAID NO INCOME TAX BETWEEN 1998 AND 2005.THESE INCLUDE A FOURTH OF ALL LARGE COMPANIES.THAT IS THOSE WITH AT LEAST $250 MILLION IN ASSETS OR $50 MILLION IN RECEIPTS.And despite all these corporations collectively reporting trillions of dollars in sales. 'Indeed profits were on record highs. By 2006, they made up a historic 14.1 per cent of the nation's total income.Yet,asTHE NEW YORK TIMES says, " the percentage of these profits paid out in taxes is near its lowest since the 1930s," 'Enough to have one wit declare that America had moved from the historic slogan of "No taxation without representation" to "Representation with no taxation". The people of America voted Obama with the belief that he will bring in a great change in all this.It will cause enormous and exceedingly dangerous frustration if he does not bring in this change.Not only the American people, but so many, many outside America, are looking forward for this change.They, like you, and UNLIKE LIMBAUGH,HOPE OBAMA WILL NOT FAIL.

Wow I had not heard that he said that. I think he should be ashamed of himself. I think you are right, when he says that he wants the American president to fail, he wants America to fail. It is sad that he can call himself an American when he thinks like these. I guess they will let anyone on tv get away with these kinds of comments. Personally I think it is a horrble thing to promote on air and I think his producers shouldbe ashamed. He should be made to make a public appology to ALL Americans.