The two stories that caught my eye (barely) were Rush Limbaugh saying he hopes President Obama fails, and Arlen Specter delaying Eric Holder’s appointment as Attorney General, and Specter’s incredible behavior during the hearing. I say barely because they were barely reported on in the mainstream media. In Rush’s case I have no argument with that, since his fifteen minutes would have been over long ago if there was any real competition in the markets he is in. In Specter’s case though, the idea that a Republican senator wants to prevent us from having an AG is (or should be) front-page news.
These are the same people who have repeatedly claimed the moral high ground in everything they do. One story I heard claims that Specter won’t stop until Holder agrees not to prosecute anyone involved in torturing prisoners at Gitmo and elsewhere. The conspiracy theory back-story is that the statute of limitations on George Bush’s authorizing the warrant less wiretapping of all Americans ends in mid-March. This is the program that sent White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and President Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card to the hospital room of then AG John Ashcroft on the night of March 10, 2004 to get Ashcroft to sign a re-authorization of the Patriot act. Ashcroft, still under the effects of anesthesia, refused to sign, and so George Bush signed the authorization. The story is that Specter wants to run out the clock, making any prosecution almost impossible.
As to Limbaugh, consider the source. This is the same guy who said drug addicts belonged in jail, not in rehab. His most recent soon-to-be denied quote was to listeners of his syndicated radio show.
Limbaugh told his listeners that he was asked by a major American print publication to give them a 400-word statement describing his hope for the Obama administration. He responded:
‘So I’m thinking of replying to the guy, “Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.” (interruption) What are you laughing at? See, here’s the point. Everybody thinks it’s outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, “Oh, you can’t do that.” Why not? Why is it any different, what’s new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what’s gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here. Why do I want more of it? I don’t care what the Drive-By story is. I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: “Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails.” Somebody’s gotta say it.’
So Rush wants Obama to fail to resolve the war, the economic mess the Bushies left, including the housing and banking crisis and near record unemployment. So in reality he wants America to fail.
These are the same people who have repeatedly claimed the moral high ground in everything they do. One story I heard claims that Specter won’t stop until Holder agrees not to prosecute anyone involved in torturing prisoners at Gitmo and elsewhere. The conspiracy theory back-story is that the statute of limitations on George Bush’s authorizing the warrant less wiretapping of all Americans ends in mid-March. This is the program that sent White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and President Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card to the hospital room of then AG John Ashcroft on the night of March 10, 2004 to get Ashcroft to sign a re-authorization of the Patriot act. Ashcroft, still under the effects of anesthesia, refused to sign, and so George Bush signed the authorization. The story is that Specter wants to run out the clock, making any prosecution almost impossible.
As to Limbaugh, consider the source. This is the same guy who said drug addicts belonged in jail, not in rehab. His most recent soon-to-be denied quote was to listeners of his syndicated radio show.
Limbaugh told his listeners that he was asked by a major American print publication to give them a 400-word statement describing his hope for the Obama administration. He responded:
‘So I’m thinking of replying to the guy, “Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.” (interruption) What are you laughing at? See, here’s the point. Everybody thinks it’s outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, “Oh, you can’t do that.” Why not? Why is it any different, what’s new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what’s gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here. Why do I want more of it? I don’t care what the Drive-By story is. I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: “Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails.” Somebody’s gotta say it.’
So Rush wants Obama to fail to resolve the war, the economic mess the Bushies left, including the housing and banking crisis and near record unemployment. So in reality he wants America to fail.
Why does Rush hate America?
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