Rush Limbaugh Gives Republicans Hope Again (clumsy satire)

Jon Swift Blogspot ^ | 27 Jan | Jon Swift

[flowerplough]

...While Obama seems like a nice young man, kind of like a young Sidney Poitier, is handsome and polite, seems well educated and articulate, and even brought Republicans candy and flowers, Limbaugh was not fooled for a minute. If Obama succeeds, who knows what kind of man America's daughters will bring home to dinner next? Since Obama is trying to seduce Americans by giving them hope, Limbaugh knows that we Republicans must have our own message of optimism and hope. So here are some of the things that we are hoping for:

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We hope Obama fails to fix the economy. If Obama succeeds in fixing the economy, Americans will get the wrong idea that socialism works. Although the next few years will be difficult for some people if the economy gets worse, most Republicans will do fine thanks to President Bush's tax cuts. The rest of us will just have to suck it up until America comes to her senses and elects Sarah Palin in 2012. By that time some of Bush's tax cuts should have trickled down to us anyway. The worst thing we can do now is panic and put into place all kinds of programs we will be stuck with for years to come, which is what happened during the Great Depression. Economic depressions aren't all bad since they sweep away the dead wood in the economy and force the government to cut worthless programs.

[flowerplough]

We used to call this "black propaganda" -falsely sourced. But Swift does bump up against some semblance of truth when he writes, "Economic depressions aren't all bad since they sweep away the dead wood in the economy and force the government to cut worthless programs." In a free-ish economy, some must fail. No reward without risk, no success without failure. Wish as you may, Mr. Swift, but it cannot be otherwise.

[devane617]

i wish blogs were banned at FR.

[flowerplough]

So sorry you feel that way, devane. Perhaps you could select, on the rightmost column of FR’s main page, the proffered “News/Activism” section and avoid the many of the Bloggers & their Personalities. I, for one, enjoy the insight into my enemy’s thoughts and am sometimes somewhat interested in their words, hence the above post.