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Limbaugh - I want Obama to fail.

Tin Foil Timothy said:
Well at least he didn't let them down.
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So true.

Binary thinking, a default trait of the neocons is bad biswacks.
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Good thing we have Democrats as a counterbalance to the insanity.

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Yes, Illinois democrats are working very hard to shield Blagojevich from scrutiny.
 
Cicero said:
Huh? I have admitted errors on this board. In this case, I am still waiting to see a Stewie bit on Obama that is actually insulting, derogatory, or is mercilessly embarassing.
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You know how the Daily Show starts with real incidents, then makes fun of them? That job was soooo much easier when Bush and his buddies were in the daily headlines and news leads. Simply a matter of more and better material to work with.
 
Earthborn said:
What Rush Limbaugh and DrBaltar missed was that Obama's healthcare plan doesn't involve socialised healthcare at all. His plan is to make health insurance mandatory, which is as free market a healthcare system can proposed to be without having a hole in your head.
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Free markets don't threaten you if you don't purchase a product. Really, Obama's scheme of forcing everyone to have health care is basically a new tax because eachj person will have to pay for it individually. In effect, it's a tax on being alive. I never thought even the Democrats would be that bold...
 
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FlamingMoe said:
Really, Obama's scheme of forcing everyone to have health care is basically a new tax because eachj person will have to pay for it individually. In effect, it's a tax on being alive. I never thought even the Democrats would be that bold...
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Or, in a decidedly more positive light, you could see it as an acknowledgement that we are, in fact, responsible for each other's welfare...

... but I suppose Universal Health Care is a subject for another thread.

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Jimbo07 said:
Or, in a decidedly more positive light, you could see it as an acknowledgement that we are, in fact, responsible for each other's welfare...

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Are we?
"If you don't work, you don't eat", Captain John Smith, to the gentlemen adventurers in the Jamestown colony.
 
From wikipedia on Jamestown after John Smith went back to England after an injury:

Shortly after they had abandoned Jamestown, they came upon a fleet of three supply ships arriving from England, commanded by a new governor, Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr. The two groups met on the James River on June 9, 1610 near Mulberry Island (adjacent to present-day Fort Eustis in Newport News).

With the new supply mission, Governor West, known in modern times as "Lord Delaware", brought additional colonists, a doctor, food, and much-needed supplies. He also was of a strong determination that Jamestown and the colony were not to be abandoned. He turned the departing ships around and brought the entire group back to Jamestown. This was certainly not a popular decision at the time with at least some of the group, but Lord Delaware was to prove a new kind of leader for Virginia.

Included in those returning to Jamestown was a colonist whose wife and child had died during the shipwreck of the Sea Venture and the time at Bermuda. A businessman, he had with him some seeds for a new strain of tobacco and also some untried marketing ideas. That colonist was John Rolfe. Despite his misfortune to that point, history records that he would change the future of the colony as much as Lord Delaware's timely arrival had.

Do you think that Lord Delaware and Rolfe expected payment in full for medical treatment, food and supplies from the starving colonists? Or do you think that they all banded together, shared what they had and ensured the survival of as many as possible who needed help when they had experienced a difficult time?
 
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Jimbo07 said:
Or, in a decidedly more positive light, you could see it as an acknowledgement that we are, in fact, responsible for each other's welfare...

... but I suppose Universal Health Care is a subject for another thread.

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See, I made the conscious decision to not have any kids yet because I know I can't afford them. I know I'd be responsible for them. I don't see how I cn be responsible for anyone else simply because I'm alive and make a productive living.

Besides, how is it that I'm "responsible" for someone else's welfare and I fulfill that responsibility by compelling them to purchase their own health insurance?
 
fishbob said:
You know how the Daily Show starts with real incidents, then makes fun of them? That job was soooo much easier when Bush and his buddies were in the daily headlines and news leads. Simply a matter of more and better material to work with.
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While Stewie may prefer to target conservatives, there will be plenty of irresistible material coming from the majority party. Even with Richardson out of the mix, Pelosi, Reed, Biden, Napolitano, Gibbs, etc. will more than make up for the loss.

Hell, Stewie even got some of his best yuks at Caroline's expense before she even became part of the Capitol Hill group.
 
We will turn on our own when they start gumming up the process or acting in a criminal manner. How many Democrats have you seen defending Blago?

Rush wants Obama to fail because he is afraid that Obama will prove that FDR and JFK had it right, then where will Blimpbo be?
 
RandFan said:
This was, it seems to me, the sentiment of a lot of folks when Bush took office. They wanted him to fail.

Limbaugh's point is a bit black and white. It assumes that all of Obama's policies can only be bad for America. Everyone one of them. This is obvious nonsense. Had Limbaugh said that he hopped that Obama would fail in specific instances then I could understand it better. As it is I detest this kind of thinking whether it is from the left or the right.
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Limbaugh is a *** **** who's just spouting off loudmouth crap to get ratings, same as he always has and always will do. If there's a controversial position, he'll take it (if it's right winger material). My guess is most self respecting republicans wish he would shut the hell up.

I suggest the "run him over with the dodge" philosophy as a possible solution to the limbaugh problem. :D

To wish Obama complete failure is so ludicrous it's almost not worth wasting energy to kick the moron in the ...

Obama's the president now, like it or not. He's the boss. Whether I wanted him there or not is now irrelevant, he's there. I hope he does very well, for the good of the country and the world.

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“I think Obama wants me to fail,” Limbaugh said. “President Obama, by telling you and the elected Republicans in Washington to not listen to me because I am not how things get done in Washington, he has said that he wants me to fail.”
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um.... If Limbaugh "failing" means we can actually get some bipartisanship compromise going, then ...yes?
 
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um.... If Limbaugh "failing" means we can actually get some bipartisanship compromise going, then ...yes?
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WTF?
Didn't Rush Say that he wanted Obama to fail? Wouldn't Obama asking republicans to ignore Rush be a sensible course of action?
 
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