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To rightwingers: What did you think in 2009 about Limbaugh saying he hoped Obama would fail?

SenorXm/Sirius said:
The country was reeling in 2009-2010. The economy was still a mess, yet McConnell only cared about the 2012 election. That's over the top.

But even if what you say is true, then why are Trump and his supporters whining hourly about investigations, the Dems being mean to Trump, 'fake news', 'enemies of the people', etc... If the Republicans play that game, then so can the Dems.

Earlier in this thread I posted an article titled 'We would never let Obama get away with this'.. It was written by a Republican, if you haven't read it yet, please do.

I understand about politics... But IMO what the GOP did while Obama was president was far beyond politics.
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It always depends on whose ox is being gored.

As to whining about investigations remember how the Democrats wailed about Whitewater, the Lewinsky scandal, Nannygate, etc.

I have read what you posted...

Business as usual.
 
Thingfish said:
I knew he’d fail, and he did, worst President ever.
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I have to disagree with you on this. Clearly history indicates that Warren G. Harding was the worst president ever. His administration was the most corrupt in the history of this nation. An example was the Teapot Dome Scandal which occurred under his administration.
 
nekrodev said:
"why are you libtards so against trump"

"why didn't you libtards complain about obama"

"kenya, muslim, america-hating guy ruined america"
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Why is your post in quotes? Who are you quoting?
 
PirateMk1 said:
I agreed. I listened to that show live actually. Still agree. What he said was he wanted Obamas implementation of more authoritarian and socialist policies to fail. He had a pretty long monologue on the subject.
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All Rush does is hot air monologs.

Old joke: What's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenberg? One is a flaming Nazi gas bag, and the other is a dirigible.

:lamo
 
bullseyelqcs said:
Hardly the worst ever. Dick Cheney holds that distinction.
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I think Cheney has lost that crown to Trump, ten times over. At least Cheney had some idea of what he was doing.
 
Gamewell45 said:
I have to disagree with you on this. Clearly history indicates that Warren G. Harding was the worst president ever. His administration was the most corrupt in the history of this nation. An example was the Teapot Dome Scandal which occurred under his administration.
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never even heard of it, thanks I’ll check it out.
 
Gamewell45 said:
I have to disagree with you on this. Clearly history indicates that Warren G. Harding was the worst president ever. His administration was the most corrupt in the history of this nation. An example was the Teapot Dome Scandal which occurred under his administration.
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okay you win, that’s pretty damn egregious

Teapot Dome scandal - Wikipedia
 
Craig234 said:
I know you asked right-wingers, but as a progressive, I've always felt the left mishandled his statement.

That what he was saying was a rather distorted view of Obama's agenda, and that he didn't want Obama to get his agenda enacted.

I don't take an issue with that itself and feel the left largely tried to make too much of it, distorting it into his being a traitor when it was no different than any commentator opposing the policies of someone other than the opinions about the policies themselves being wrong opinions.

I think it's the only time I've had to defend Limbaugh.
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What about McConnell's public speech that his ONLY agenda was to make sure Obama was a one term president? Also, remember Eric Cantor? On the night of Obama's inauguration, he held a sizable meeting with other far right House members, where they planned (or plotted) how there were going to block every single piece of legislation Obama supported.

Rush is hot air, but Cantor had sway in the legislative branch, and McConnell determines what does or does not get heard on the Senate floor. Between the two, it's a wonder Obama got anything done at all.
 
KLATTU said:
As we speak . The democrats are holding daily prayer sessions dedicated to the hope that the stock market and the economy crash.

Last week's week's news about the GDP was greeted with the same enthusiasm as the Mueller report DUD.

( can you even imaging the look on those mugs when Barr made his announcement -no collusion, no obstruction. )
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Please prove that first statement. I won't ignore your lack of response this time. Link to proof that the Democrats are praying for the stock market to fail. I'm going to hound you on this forum until you do, since your your track record here is to reply with deflection and obfuscation, like a typical rightie.

:waiting:
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
The country was reeling in 2009-2010. The economy was still a mess, yet McConnell only cared about the 2012 election. That's over the top.

But even if what you say is true, then why are Trump and his supporters whining hourly about investigations, the Dems being mean to Trump, 'fake news', 'enemies of the people', etc... If the Republicans play that game, then so can the Dems.

Earlier in this thread I posted an article titled 'We would never let Obama get away with this'.. It was written by a Republican, if you haven't read it yet, please do.

I understand about politics... But IMO what the GOP did while Obama was president was far beyond politics.
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What the GOP did while Obama was president, combined with the cherry on the top of them letting Trump get into position to be their frontrunner, and not repudiating him for his birtherism and other despicable behavior ... that's why I'm not GOP anymore. I bailed before he had secured the nomination, but after the GOP made it clear that it was possible that he could.

As a Republican during the Obama administration, it was getting harder and harder to defend my side with a straight face while the GOP voted against policies they allegedly supported -- e.g., voting against programs to help veterans -- because they wanted to keep Obama from getting credit for accomplishing anything they allegedly believed to be good. Also, as a Wisconsinite, it was difficult because I was trying to maintain support for Walker, but he was engaged in behaviors which paralleled actions for which I had condemned Obama. I was acutely aware of the fine line I was trying to walk without falling into the abyss of hypocrisy.
 
Amelia said:
What the GOP did while Obama was president, combined with the cherry on the top of them letting Trump get into position to be their frontrunner, and not repudiating him for his birtherism and other despicable behavior ... that's why I'm not GOP anymore. I bailed before he had secured the nomination, but after the GOP made it clear that it was possible that he could.

As a Republican during the Obama administration, it was getting harder and harder to defend my side with a straight face while the GOP voted against policies they allegedly supported -- e.g., voting against programs to help veterans -- because they wanted to keep Obama from getting credit for accomplishing anything they allegedly believed to be good. Also, as a Wisconsinite, it was difficult because I was trying to maintain support for Walker, but he was engaged in behaviors which paralleled actions for which I had condemned Obama. I was acutely aware of the fine line I was trying to walk without falling into the abyss of hypocrisy.
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So you went from Republican to radical Socialist Progressive...…………


Ummm. Ok. If you say so.
 
ocean515 said:
I thought it was a reasonable statement, taken in the context it was given. President Obama spoke of creating what amounted to a far left, more socialist country. Given what little people knew about Obama at the time, "I hope he fails", meaning, I hope he is not successful in moving the country to the far left, was perfectly appropriate.

I would ask what the left's actions have been since President Trump took office. A sentiment of "I hope he fails" seems quaint and innocent in comparison to what talking heads on the left are promoting today.
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Obama didn't do or say any of the self-serving, lying nonsense we get daily from Trump. Comparing the two is ridiculous. I may not have liked Obama very much as president, but he at least was intelligent, polite, genuine. He hired some really good people, and listened to their advice daily. Trump pretends he knows better than anyone. I don't understand why so many support such a crass, mean-spirited, constant liar.

10,000 lies and counting.
 
Fledermaus said:
Every party's goal is to make the other party's President a "one term President" ever since there were elections.
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Got some examples? From the past, not the present, please.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
The country was reeling in 2009-2010. The economy was still a mess, yet McConnell only cared about the 2012 election. That's over the top.

But even if what you say is true, then why are Trump and his supporters whining hourly about investigations, the Dems being mean to Trump, 'fake news', 'enemies of the people', etc... If the Republicans play that game, then so can the Dems.

Earlier in this thread I posted an article titled 'We would never let Obama get away with this'.. It was written by a Republican, if you haven't read it yet, please do.

I understand about politics... But IMO what the GOP did while Obama was president was far beyond politics.
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What I keep asking conservatives, with so far no coherent answer, is why so much adamant blocking from Trump on having his staff and members of the DOJ ignore the subpoenas coming from congress? He keeps claiming innocence, so why block the investigations? Let congress do their oversight job and be done with it, if he has nothing to hide. He is NOT behaving like an innocent man.
 
Idiometer said:
Obama didn't do or say any of the self-serving, lying nonsense we get daily from Trump. Comparing the two is ridiculous. I may not have liked Obama very much as president, but he at least was intelligent, polite, genuine. He hired some really good people, and listened to their advice daily. Trump pretends he knows better than anyone. I don't understand why so many support such a crass, mean-spirited, constant liar.

10,000 lies and counting.
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Obama had a snarky side which easily got under the skin of rightwingers, myself included.

You might recall that the leftwing felt a little bit of this when he criticized "Elizabeth" on her TPP position. I just listened to that clip again. His tone wasn't exactly snarky there, but many felt his reference to Senator Warren in this setting to be condescending and he got blowback from his side. At that time I took the moment to tell my leftwing forum friends, "Now you have a taste of what we've been experiencing for the last six or seven years."

But anything Obama and the Democrats ever did wrong, Trump and the Republicans have blown way past that.
 
Amelia said:
This isn't about "credence". It's about what people thought about what he said in January 2009, about his hopes for Obama's presidency, before Obama's presidency had even begun. And it was inspired by what many Rush listeners (and Rush himself) have to say about Democrats who don't support Trump's agenda.

It's not about "credence". It's about glaring examples of hypocrisy.
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"they" are hucksters for a listening audience....the more egregious things they say, the more listeners they hope they get

can you say ratings?

it's the same damn thing as me taking comments from Hollywood stars as gospel....

both are entertainers....and have an audience to play to....period
 
Idiometer said:
What I keep asking conservatives, with so far no coherent answer, is why so much adamant blocking from Trump on having his staff and members of the DOJ ignore the subpoenas coming from congress? He keeps claiming innocence, so why block the investigations? Let congress do their oversight job and be done with it, if he has nothing to hide. He is NOT behaving like an innocent man.
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He attempts to block investigations and his administration members frequently block him, because even his own administration members find it imperative that he fail at some of what he wants to do.
 
Gamewell45 said:
I have to disagree with you on this. Clearly history indicates that Warren G. Harding was the worst president ever. His administration was the most corrupt in the history of this nation. An example was the Teapot Dome Scandal which occurred under his administration.
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And Trump is defying a solid rule about the House Ways and Means committee being able to subpoenas anyone's tax records that was put on the books in 1924 as a result of that scandal.

I think the Trump administration is more corrupt than even Harding's.
 
ocean515 said:
So you went from Republican to radical Socialist Progressive...…………


Ummm. Ok. If you say so.
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Do you call all non-Republicans radical Socialist Progressives?
 
gdgyva said:
"they" are hucksters for a listening audience....the more egregious things they say, the more listeners they hope they get

can you say ratings?

it's the same damn thing as me taking comments from Hollywood stars as gospel....

both are entertainers....and have an audience to play to....period
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I can say ratings, and note that Limbaugh's have dropped sharply in the last several years, so much so that he has lost sponsors and his show has been removed from many regional stations. I don't wish even Rush any harm, but it heartens me to know that fewer Americans are listening to him.
 
Amelia said:
He attempts to block investigations and his administration members frequently block him, because even his own administration members find it imperative that he fail at some of what he wants to do.
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His administration members have refused to follow his orders because they KNEW the order was illegal. Not all White House staffers can afford to lawyer up.

:yt
 
Amelia said:
A question for rightwingers: What did you think in January 2009 about Rush Limbaugh saying about the impending Obama presidency, "I hope he fails."
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Within the context that he actually said those words, I totally agreed with him.
 
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