A Rush to judgment?

I believe he does have America's best interests in mind. Rush wants Obama to fail because he does want America to succeed. Obama's ideas as well as those of many of the Democrats in Congress - ie, Pelosi, Reid, and others and even some Republicans as well - on how to fix the economy are pushing us toward Socialism. And if America does surrender to Socialism then she will be a failure because she will have become what our forefathers fought so hard to avoid.

I think you misunderstood Rush - I don't think he wants the President to fail per se - he wants his policies to fail. He disagrees with the policies. He is a talk radio personality and is entitled to an opinion which, thankfully we all are in this country. I do believe he has America's best interests in mind - what he believes America's best interests to be. We have the right to agree or disagree.

I have to agree with most of the people here. Rush clearly stated that he is opposed to the policies of President Obama and hopes they fail. He was saying this in response to a request from a newspaper request his feeling on President Obama's stimulus bill and what he is trying to accomplish, in 400 words or less. After explaining what he, Rush, objected to in the package and the direction it would take this country he said I can tell you in 4 words. "I hope he fails". The media has a agenda and they will push it as far as they can. remember it was the Media that caused us to lose the View Nam War. Most historians will point to the evening news with Walter Cronkite when he announced after the Tet Offensive that the war was lost for America. We are now learning the facts of the Offensive. First it was a North Viet Nam offensive and they failed to achieve a single objective. By all accounts it was a major defeat for the enemy,except that the news media picked up on the War is Lost statement. If this had happened during President Lincoln administration or President FD Roosevelt administration he would have found himself in jail for the duration of the war. The news media has gone from reporting the news to reporting their opinion as the news and only the news that promotes their cause. Just look at the last election cycle, 83% positive stories on President Obams, and 34% positive for Senator McCain. Fox news was the coses to being fair and balanced with 53% positive for President Obama and 48% positive for Senator McCain. This example with Rush is one more of their pushing their political agenda as news.

Well first off he doesnt have our best interest at heart or he would not try to pass a stimulus that will obviously fail. But I do hope that he fails miserable so that all these sheeple people that think he is the saviour will stop putting their faith in human beings. We all make mistakes. Maybe this will wake the people up and make them realize we don't need the government in everything. It is already to large. We need to stop relying on them.

I have never listened to Rush Limbaugh; by reputation alone, I know that he is not the kind of commentator I would appreciate. That notwithstanding, any American at this point who proclaims his/her desire to see the President of the United States fail, is not only unpatriotic, but also amazingly stupid. Look at our economy! If our president fails, can we all imagine what will happen to the stock market. Now look at the world economy! It is a well known fact that when the United States sneezes, the rest of the WORLD catches pneumonia. The global situation is in a crisis, whether we like to accept that or not. This is crunch time. This is the time for all of us to set our differences aside and work towards safe common ground. President Obama is making serious strides towards this; you may not like him, you may not appreciate some of his "liberal" approaches, but anyone and everyone has to admit that the man is making a good faith effort at pulling this country back up by its bootstraps. We need to support that--not try to run the man into the ground. I have personally taken President Obama's call to service--issued for January 19th, the observation of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday--seriously. My household has dedicated itself to doing major community service at least the first saturday out of the week, feeding the inhabitants of and collecting donations for two shelters in my home town. It may not make a huge difference, but it's helping someone get their life together or stay of the streets or stay out of a life of crime. What is Rush doing while dooming the president to failure?

Rush doesn't want America to fail, he wants President Obamas Socialist agenda to fail. I didn't like Rush until this year. I thought he was obsessed and over the top. During this presidential race I finely got him. And I agree with him. I have learned that I was much more Liberal than I thought. Now I know where I stand and what I support, and lol, I'm glad Rush is being a strong voice speaking out for America.

Personally I am not sure what to think of him anymore. I mean hey even if you did not Vote for Obama he is President now, and we should be supportive of him and stand behind him as he has a lot on his plate to deal with. How would you feel if you were left with all of this debt and No jobs, etc?

Hello BrianDaniels, How is saying out loud that we hope our leader's policy initiatives will fail any different than (falsely) publicly declaring that our leader's policy initiatives have already failed? Below is a Harry Reid quote that I supply for demonstration purposes. To be sure there are hundreds (if not thousands) of others from Reid to Pelosi to Murtha to Hollywood activists, to the overwhelming majority of US media outlets, which similarly manifest failure for the initiatives of the last administration. "WASHINGTON, April 19 (2007)(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said ... the Iraq war was lost and the recent U.S. troop increase had accomplished nothing." http://www.ask.com/bar?q=Reid+declares+that+the+war+in+iraq+is+lost&page=1&qsrc=2417&zoom=&ab=4&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alertnet.org%2Fthenews%2Fnewsdesk%2FN19437927.htm Should I infer that you and others who hold a low opinion of Limbaugh for his comments will similarly 'not listen to' Harry Reid, et alia? Or, that you and others who hold a low opinion of Limbaugh will similarly question whether Harry Reid, et alia, "truly" have America's best interests in mind? Or, that you and others who hold a low opinion of Limbaugh for his comments will similarly disregard Harry Reid's, et alia, future statements and actions as an effort to bolster his (their) own popularity and agenda? What about the volumes of statements, actions and congressional votes from those who not only spoke out against, but actually thwarted the policies of presidents that they didn't much care for. Are they deserving of the same level of criticism and wholesale disregard? I can only hope that all Americans apply the same level of scrutiny and discrimination to our elected representatives as has been applied to our paid entertainers!!! To your specific questions: Q: "Are politics more important than America's success?" A: Is it possible to separate the two? I think not. Q: "Is Rush thinking of his own agenda and popularity with that comment..." A: I'm unaware of anyone being able to get into someone else's head. Although, if it were possible, I can think of a few brains that I'd like to gain access to. Though Limbaugh's isn't at the top of my list. Q: "Does he truly have America's best interests in mind?" A: As indicated above, it's impossible to say. Though, I believe that Limbaugh's sincere warnings against the ignorant adoption of Socialism is indeed at the heart of the best interests of our nation.

I doubt if Rush Limbaugh has EVER had anyone's interests other than his own in mind! Of course he hopes Obama, or his policies fail because if he succeeds that would mean he wouldn't be getting his huge tax breaks. He's probably gained millions from the Bush tax cuts. Annie