Posted on 03/08/2009 11:47:12 AM PDT by Jeff Gordon
The Internet is an amazing thing. With all of the hullabaloo over Rush Limbaugh’s comments I started wondering if I could find evidence of Democrats wanting Bush to fail. Lo and behold Fox News did a poll in 2006 and asked that very question. An article on the poll appeared in the NY Post by Craig Charney, a former Clinton pollster (I found the text of the article at sistertoldjah.com). Check this out.
A recent Fox News poll gets at the disturbing truth: A majority of Democrats say they want to see the president fail. Such deep hatred is bad news for the country at a time when America needs to bridge the partisan divide. It’s also bad news for the Democrats, who risk repeating the Republicans’ mistakes of a decade ago, driving away the centrists they need to regain power or going too far if they do manage to win.
Fox’s question was revealing: “Regardless of how you voted in the presidential election, would you say you want President Bush to succeed or not?” Democrats said “not,” 51 percent to 40 percent - where the public at large wanted success by almost two to one. [See page 4 of this document for the poll in question.--ST]
In other words, the rage extends way beyond the lip-pierced Deaniacs, aging hippies and other fringes of the Democratic Party. Lots of otherwise sensible people - suburban moms, hospital orderlies, schoolteachers, big-hatted church ladies - detest George W. Bush.
When these Democrats say they want Bush to fail, might this mean that they simply reject what they see as his far-right religious and corporate agenda? If so, it’s hard to see why independents - hardly right-wing zealots - hope he succeeds by 63 percent to 34 percent. Sadly, much of the Democratic Party wants to see this president crash and burn.
In fact, the fury against to Bush has reached unprecedented levels, even compared to the animosity among Republicans to his predecessor. Not long ago, a Washington Post-ABC News poll found that “strong disapproval” of Bush was 10 points higher than that recorded for Bill Clinton at any point during his presidency, including his impeachment. (That wasn’t during a war, either.)
Remember, for better or for worse, George W. Bush will be our president for more than two years. Hoping that he’ll fail is really hoping that America will fail. These people detest Bush so much that they don’t mind America getting a setback across the globe if it will weaken Bush.
Of course, there’s a key difference between then and now. Wishing Bush would fail meant wishing the country lost in Iraq. Wishing Obama fails means rooting against socialistic policies that threaten everything the country was founded on and our future prosperity.
Do you think the MSM, considering their whining about Limbaugh’s comments, would think to look something like this up now and then report on it? Nope, that would actually mean really reporting on something and adding some context. That would mean they couldn’t marginalize and demonize him.
Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!
Good find!
bttt
I’d also say there is a huge difference between wishing for a country to go through a disaster to improve someones’ political fortunes and wishing for the country to avoid a disaster.
Rush actually said he wanted the socialistic ideas of Obama to fail, (not his words, but that was the thought).
yes, that terrible president Bush. Can you believe those were the ‘good ole days’?
Yike.
Excellent detective work!
E-mail to all the LSM & Rush.
I saw Frank Schaefer, son of Francis Schaefer, last night on Hughley’s show on CNN.
He almost came unhinged as he stated how vehement the Republicans “hated” Obama. And that any true American should do nothing other than get behind the President.
It was unbelievable. As if 2000-2008 never happened.
BTW You should forward your find to O’Reilly and a few others at FOX News.
Didn’t need a poll toknow that. But I’m surprised, only 51%?
Excellent!!
We need to stop worrying about what the democrats and MSM think about the wish that BO fails. Of course anyone who wishes the constitution and the republic to survive wants him to fail.
MARKED!!
The credit goes to original author of the blog at the provided URL. He/she did the detective work.
So, when Democrats say they want the Republican President to fail...It’s Patriotic! When Republicans want a Socialist/Democrats policies to fail, it’s Treason!
Frank Jr. is to Francis Schaeffer as Ron Jr. is to Ronald Reagan.... wayward sons gone off the path!
Is this the same 51% who referred to President G W Bush as “Chimpy von Hitler”?
this is a keeper.....
BS. probably more like 80%
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