President Obama must succeed!

He's an a**! I don't blame you wanting to boycott his sponsors.

Limbaugh should be in prison for his illegal drugs. If anyone but Bush was the president at the time Limbaugh would be where he belongs.

Hypocrites like Limbaugh are two for a penny but Obama cannot be bought and will succeed if the public continues to back him.

If enough people that see people like Limbaugh for what he is and call in the sponsoring services will put a stop to his slime slinging because its all about money not what is right or wrong anyway.

Hmm .. I don’t recall much well wishing for our former president either in 2000 or in 2004 either. Were the throngs of literati, glitterati and juice box mafia types that were hoping and praying for Bush’s failure traitors as well, or do you just apply a different standard?

Limbaugh was wrong to say what he said as he often is wrong, but just as I would have criticized him for calling someone who disagree with him a traitor, I will rebuke you for calling him a traitor. One of lessons that you should have learned from the past eight years should have been that traitor is a word that should not be used to just as a form of strong criticism or disagreement. Recklessly exercising freedom of speech is not treason, and a traitor is someone who commits an act of treason.

Wrong thinking though he may be, Limbaugh did not betray any previously professed beliefs and I seriously doubt that he hopes our nation does not recover from our present difficulties, He simply believes it should be done by means that more consistent with his narrow philosophical viewpoint.

Lastly, I will criticize you for having put me in the position of having to defend that idiot, but the right to express one's opinion is not a right that is reserved for those who agree with us, and I would be beraying my own beliefs if I did come to his defense in this instance.

He's just a stupid ass.....and we are a country based on freedom of speech, but yeah...boycotting his sponsors is something I can go with. I don't like him, never HAVE liked him.....he has no ones interests at heart but his own, his own drug addled thoughts.
He's the last of his kind I hope. I hope more peaceful thinking, and more progressive thinkers, have more pull than men like him....there will always be hateful people unfortunately.

Haha. That's funny. Well, he has a right to his opinions just like you do!

I don't favor hanging Limbaugh at this point. I posted a rant about his "hope Obama fails" bit like you, but I think it actually helps Obama by embarrassing Republicans, those who have not already disavowed any connection with Limbaugh.

If Obama fails, a lot more of us are going to be kicked out of our homes and without a job. Limbaugh may feel like that is a small price to pay in order to get a Republican back in the White House in 2013. I have to disagree. We better all work for success now, because if the worst case happens here we could end up in the middle of another Great Depression.

I don't listen to him or any talk radio, but I've read/heard worse about Bush when he was in office from media types; let alone in here, LOL.
I do think it is ridiculous to hope Obama fails. He fails, we fail. Doesn't make mush sense to me.

Limbaugh is an entertainer. He makes a good living by saying inflammatory things.

Nippy is correct, though I, among many, don't find anything he has to say "entertaining". He makes an outrageously extravagent living by fomenting hate and discontent, and, like Ann Coulter, he has proven himself to be the closest thing to a complete asshole you will ever find.

Boycotting his sponsors is a fine idea. He should be practicing his freedom of speech standing on a soapbox on a street corner somewhere (where it would be far easier to smack him in the forehead with a rotten egg, tomato, or stilleto- heeled shoe).

Rush is not a traitor. He has not helped or abetted an enemy of the United States in time of war.

He is a brilliant marketer to a very select demographic as evidenced by his earnings and longevity. Boycotting his sponsors will be an ineffectual protest -- except to those sponsors that have multiple interacting constituencies to sell product.

I don't find Rush Limbaugh's analysis to be well constructed.

We should be aware, that there are the anti-Limbaughs, who would advocate free speech and advocate violence against those that exercise free speech. (i.e. "He should be practicing his freedom of speech standing on a soapbox on a street corner somewhere (where it would be far easier to smack him in the forehead with a rotten egg, tomato, or [stiletto]- heeled shoe). -- Paul G. 22 Jan 2009, 3:41 PM EST). So, everyone should keep there eyes open for the rise of a reactionary left.

I hope for the rise of a radical center.

I have just discovered that the Rush Limbaugh Show's web-site provides an e-mail form to use to "show your support" for Rush by addressing his sponsors. How convenient.

If you would like to tell his sponsors what you think of his unpatriotic, anti-American statements like this one, please visit the following page:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/email_advertiser.guest.html

Rush said he does not want Obama's socialist policy to succeed. Rush like 60 million other people in this country who did not vote for Obama ,have a legitimate argument for hoping his policy's do not work. We do not want a socialist spread the wealth to become the way our government works. To all you liberal haters who cheered movies about the killing of Bush-grow-up. It's not personal its ideological.
And for people who never hesitated to be vicious hater's of W. to complain about --criticism of Barrack Hussein Obama shows how infantile you are.

Really, Mick?

You hear what you want to hear. I hear something else. What I hear is Dumbaugh saying that he would be pleased as punch to see another successful terrorist attack on American soil--one that killed and maimed several thousand more innocent American citizens--because it would make Barack HUSSEIN Obama look bad.

Or, that he would be delighted to see several million more Americans lose their jobs and homes during the next four years, since that would prove that Democrats can't govern the country any less disastrously than the Bush/Cheney cabal did.

Paul,thanks for showing what infantile sounds like. Paul what you hear is that demon of hate that drives liberals like you. Get-Help!! and try to stop being a clinton-stop lying!!

With Bush it had nothing to do with hoping that he would fail,it was knowing we were in trouble with Bush as President.And the truth to that is all around you.
Rush is a drug addict so what do you expect.
Rush and Ann really show why the Right must be kept in check.A bunch of crazies!!!

Rush is just giving the same kind of talk that liberals have said about Bush for the past 8 years. Get used to it.

Limbaugh said that? Consider the source. He's a pig.

Who's Limbaugh, why should he matter or anyone care what he says? I don't.

Why would he want him to fail? He'd rather see America suffer than be wrong? His statement says more about his character than he could have possibly said about Obama!

Limbaugh is an ass. I have never liked him. As far as Obama. I pray he succeeds. I get so irritated reading over this petty crap that people spit from their mouths. Give the man a chance. If he doesn't succeed, well maybe then you should be the one sitting there on Pennsylvania Ave. Maybe you can figure out how to clean up this mess that wonderful Bush put us in. Freedom of speech, yep we all have the right to it!

Thank God for freedom of speech... When the shoe was on the other foot concerning the disrespect that was handed out to Bush, I didnt hear any lib or Dem defending him.... Now, its our turn...
Say, it again Rush ...... we dont agree with Bammys policies...

Right On Vickey,
The left called George Bush every name in the book. But shame on anyone disagreeing with Obama.

I'd like to know why Rush can't say what he said. Look at all the bashing our last president took from all the liberals. I don't hope he fails, but I hope he fails to turn us into a socialist country. I'd hate to be going through what I heard is going on in England now.. Over there if you smoke the government can refuse to cover you, and if you are over weight the government can refuse to cover your medical expenses. I can see that kind of government coming to us now. I have my own insurance, but for those that are going to depend on the government for their health care may have to toe the line or this government could do the same.

Our former president has been bashed the whole last year or two. I think Rush hopes that liberalism fails, not that Obama falls on his face. After all he is now leading this country. I hope he can pull off what he hopes to. I don't think throwing money at us from all directions is going to help the economy.

Rush Limbaugh is a racist, bigoted asswipe. He only gets airtime because he's a shock jock which is what he wants. It's amazing to me some of the most racist comments I've heard has come from him, but as far as I know, he was never treated like Imus. Lol. Not to mention his so-called, "family values" he speaks of when he himself has been married like 3 or 4 times:-| Ha.

He didn't say he wants America to fail. He said he wants Obama to fail, and many conservatives feel that way. What he's proposing to do goes against everything we believe in. And the consequences will not be easy to fix once he's undone things the way he proposes.

To my mind it appears Rush Limbaugh has fallen in the eyes of US for a remark he might have meant well. This piece is from far away – Delhi India.

It is amazing how people sulk for even trifles. For a mere say (yes 4 words), I do not see how one would have wished harm to either Obama or the US. Well, he must have had pun behind his say. Future US policies will definitely give colour to his words. ‘Cause, any act or decision to upset the apple cart borne by the erstwhile President would only dampen the resolve of people seen as sworn enemy. US must realize, besides the extremists who are at the other end, there are even nations of greater significance and who could wish US harm. US may be able to appease one side (terrorists or the Muslim world) but then such a decision could tilt the balance the other way and let go the apple-card so dexterously guided hitherto by the erstwhile regime (I would not take Ex-Prez.GB’s name for a break).

Incidentally, Rush Limbaugh’s words would have greater significance mindful of the fact that more than Obama’s failure, it was a craving for realization that the erstwhile regime too was not that bad, but that the majority of US could not perceive the need to see reality.

The present world and US situation is not the child of wrong decisions by the old administration, but the outcome of events which would not have been any better the other way either. The two outside wars fought by US were not the result of wrong steering of the nation, rather it was the ultimate that could have been done to save US from ultimate destruction. That with a sagging economy US still stands to command in or outside US is proof that hitherto decisions were within the barriers of safety and security of US. It is really sad that the media and the Americans have failed to perceive the reality, which perhaps time will tell. Till then, caution is the best way out of the mire of destruction and devastation and it would only be appropriate to wish Obama succeeds in the end. But till such a sunrise, let us keep our fingers crossed.

"He didn't say he wants America to fail. He said he wants Obama to fail, and many conservatives feel that way"

If Obama succeeds, we all succeed. If he fails, we all fail. Any moron who can't understand that is undeserving of the privilege of living in this country.

'bout time Americans like him change mind set. America is a great nation and it will be because that is what God promised for this country through Abraham. Read Gen 12. Why can't people understand that? "Humble yourselves" including us here down under and once more draw our attention to God and listen to His instructions not to someone like him.
Obama is a new light to make America shine again.

rush limbaugh is going to be on as long as people keep listening to his crap.He does nothing but put people down.It doesnt' say much for the people who listen to that crap

As I always say, stay away from Fox News!

A traitor for expressing opinions, is that what we've come to? Do you realize what you just said?

A world where one opinion is all that we are allowed is one where you'd better hope to agree with only those in power.

Oh the drama!


Geez

And why are you listening to Limbaugh if you dislike him so much?

I saw quite a bit of that interview on Fox--call it a fascination with the morbid LOL--and although a part of Limbaugh's POV could be put down to just a difference of opinion and philosophy with Obama and what he represents, a part of it was just plain falsehoods and hate. He's a very disturbed man and it saddens me that he has the audience that he does. I'm divided as to whether POTUS was right in trying to stamp out this fire--and thus put the spotlight on this cigar-chomping fattie--or whether it would have been more powerful to just ignore Limbaugh...

He's been know to make some pretty outlandish statements, but I'd like to see the full context of Limbaugh's statement before I bury him. Was he hoping that Obama's policies would fail or was he hoping that Obama would fail to put his policy into place (fearing -- whether Limbaugh is correct or incorrect -- that the policies would harm the U.s.).

There's a big difference between the two.

I'm no big fan of Limbaugh, but I know that the far left and the far right both love to take statements out of context in attempts to discredit their pet punching bags.