... might wanna add another chapter: We wished for a president's failure too. Patterico has the details:
Let’s put aside arguments about Rush Limbaugh for the time being and recognize that he’s undeniably right about this:"Were the liberals out there hoping Bush succeeded or were they out there trying to destroy him before he was even inaugurated?"
I think we all know the answer to that — but here’s some hard proof. Reader jimboster passes along a 2006 poll (.pdf) that proves the point. Check out question 10 — and pay particular attention to how the answers break down by party.
Yep. It shows that 51% of Democrats said they did not want President Bush to succeed. In the middle of a war.
But the general public really didn't need to see such a poll. It was pretty much common knowledge that [much of] the Left didn't want Bush to succeed. And y'know what? I don't blame them. Because just as Rush Limbaugh (and many others) vehemently disagree(s) with Barack Obama's ideas and policies, much of the Left vehemently disagreed with George Bush's ideas and policies. It human nature. People have disparate political philosophies, and even if the country seems to be doing OK, folks are still going to want their ideas implemented!
So, in a nutshell, spare us the self-righteous indignation, lefties. You know what Limbaugh meant when he said he wanted Obama "to fail." It was the same thing as what you wished in that 2006 poll.
DE Politics has more.
Sometimes you simply make too much sense, Hube. Unfortunately, there are still too many on the left that will never recognize (or admit) what this poll shows.
Posted by: Joe Stein at March 10, 2009 06:41 PM