Posted on 01/22/2009 9:22:48 AM PST by FocusNexus
HANNITY: ... So then the question becomes: Do you want him [Obama] to succeed?
RUSH: I'll tell you why. I am hearing many Republicans say that very thing. "Well, we want him to succeed," and prominent Republicans! "Yes, we want him to succeed." They have laid down. They have totally. They're drinking the Kool-Aid, too.
... So yes, I would hope he would succeed if he acts like Reagan. But if he's going to do FDR -- if he's going to do The New New Deal all over, which we will call here The Raw Deal -- why would I want him to succeed? Look, he's my president. The fact that he is historic is irrelevant to me now. It matters not at all. If he is going to implement a far-left agenda... Look, I think it's already decided: a $2 trillion in stimulus? The growth of government? I think the intent here is to create as many dependant Americans as possible looking to government for their hope and salvation. If he gets nationalized health care, I mean, it's over, Sean. We're never going to roll that back. That's the end of America as we have known it, because that's then going to set the stage for everything being government owned, operated, or provided. Why would I want that to succeed? I don't believe in that. I know that's not how this country is going to be great in the future; it's not what made this country great. So I shamelessly say, "No! I want him to fail." If his agenda is a far-left collectivism -- some people say socialism -- as a conservative heartfelt, deeply, why would I want socialism to succeed?
(Excerpt) Read more at rushlimbaugh.com ...
The Chicago political machine gone national.
The only men in power we have fighting for us are preaching to the choir.
Related thread, for the video
Video: Hannity Interviews Limbaugh
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169401/posts
— but it doesn’t mention the “Obama success” question in the title, so people may not realize that it really is a “must watch” — or if you can’t watch it, at least read the relevant parts of the transcript (which is at the link in my post 1)
White House outlines Obama's pro-homosexual agenda
White House Web Site Now Supports Abortion
I want Obama to fail. Fail Miserably.
I pray for Obamas conversion and repentance. Barring that, I pray for fire from above.
I do NOT pray for his success. Why would I want fascism and evil to succeed?
I think there may be more than one choir and more than one preacher.
Why is this being treated (not by you, but by many news outlets) as such a shocking statement for Rush to make? All he did was parse the question to its logical implications and make the only response that would be logical for a conservative to make. Headline: Rush Opposes Socialism. Um, duh?
Would you like the anti-Christ to succeed. Would you pray for him to succeed?
Sadly true.
A nation of numbed morons has morphed the office of the Presidency into a rolled up version of American Idol, TMZ, Entertainment Tonight, Jery Springer, BRAVO, MTV and Oprah. We no longer have a President, but a celebrity. A rotten, decadent and dumbed-down culture has seized complete power and is quickly dragging the country into the sewer.
If it's moving us more to socialism, the answer is a resounding "NO!". There are many other items he should not succeed at as well. But there are also items that perhaps he should succeed at: bringing the US to energy independence, recovering from the financial pit we've fallen into...
To succeed at things that are good for the country, "yes".
The answer cannot be a simple "yes" or "no" without more definitive structuring of the question.
Kinda makes you ask yourself how long us freepers have before we have to get our news from CBS, CNN...
It’s like the Jews of Europe hoping that Hitler succeeded in implementing his agenda.
It is not a wonder that Rush stated the obvious, but that very few Republicans or conservatives want to go on record to echo Rush. Am I saying that GOP members are willing to sell their country down the river so as to be politically correct and adhere to template of ‘white guilt’? I hope I’m not right, but I have a sneaking suspicion in this weird political climate that I am not totally off base either.
This is exaclty like asking “Did you stop beating your wife?” No answer is correct.
Answer Yes: “Oh you want socialism?”
Answer No: “Oh, you hate the USA?”
To the extent BHO attempts to extend federal power over areas not enumerated therein, or into areas clearly reserved to the States and the People, I hope he and his supporters suffer humiliating public defeat.
A stupid question....a conversation that was started by commie propagandists.
As usual....we fall for it.
(imagine the MSM demanding Americans support GWB in 2000)
Sure I want BO to have a successful term in office.
I want him to get up every day and go tho the office. I want to hear every year that the “state of the union is strong”.
I want him to keep the citizens of our country safe.
I would like him to be be well liked and respected.
And I especially want him to try hard to implement the policies he feels are best for this country.
And yet, if those policies are in any way anti-life, anti-family, anti-freedom, or anti-AMERICAN, I want those initiatives thwarted by the political process.
On top of that, if he hasn’t had any bimbo eruptions by the end of his term, I would say that he’d had a successful presidency.
I do not want American socialism so why the hell would I want the clown pushing it to succeed?....Do we really need a thinking cap for this?
Why would I want someone who works against my and my kids’ best interests to succeed?
“Don’t you want him to succeed?” is a loaded question. Same logic as “It’s for the children! You are for children, aren’t you?”
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