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Rush Limpbaugh should be brought up on charges of treason for attempting to incite anarchy. What an ARROGANT loudmouth? What is he doing to help the crisis we're in? NOTHING! Just exercising his diarrhea of the mouth: it just keeps on spewing sh@t for someone else to clean up. No one of clear intelligence would take him, Newt Gingrich, Bobby Jindal or any other GOP speaker seriously. If they cared what the rest of the country thought, they would have been saying something when Bush got us into this predicament. Now that Obama has a plan to get us out, they got so much to say. This party should just die out soon because the American people see that they do not stand for the American way: truth, justice for all

How about a Limbaugh/Coulter ticket in 2012? Just Kidding!! The GOP gets more pathetic daily.

Rush says he wants socialism to fail, guess what, we have had long standing socialist programs that aren't going away any time soon. All you who only know that Rush says socialism is bad let me explain something to you. If you use fire or police services, you are a socialist. If you or your family went to or are going to public schools, you are a socialist. If you or a family member attended a state run university, you are a socialist. If you are protected by a public army, you are a socialst. Socialism does not just deal with welfare. If you want to dismantle all of socialism than we will have no police, fire,schools or military unless you can pay for them privately. I don't know about you but I can not afford my own private army even if I do not pay taxes. so get over yourselves and come up with a better buzz word.

who the hell is Rush to want the person whom the American people has chosen to lead us for the next 4 years to fail, ladies and gentlemen this is not funny, as Mr Limbaugh has a good number of followers.

To Go Away Obama, Mitchell from MS, Karen and a few select others:

It appears that the biggest issue that you are having is that your senses were insulted in the last few months in a way that they were never insulted before. I honestly don't believe that you think the path that the President is taking is incorrect. What is incorrect to you (for whatever reason) is the "person" that is now leading the country on the path. I may be wrong but I am willing to bet that democrats are not the only people losing homes and jobs. At the same time the pied pipers of the republican leadership that are crying out “socialist” and “the stimulus is wrong for the country” are well able to take care of themselves and their families for many, many years to come (i.e. their wealthy). They are not losing everything they have because they have more than enough.

So that being said, acting and talking ignorant will not make the problems go away. Wake up and smell the coffee. We are all in this country TOGETHER whether you like it or not. So if the President fails guess what, WE fail. You will not be able to separate yourselves from the downward spiral the President inherited no matter how many times you close your eyes and click your heals!!!

The only thing less credible than Rush is the right-wing of the party he represents. After 8 years of corporate prostitution, the self named "fiscal conservatives" dedicate themselves to attacking Obama's attempt to perform a miricle of damage control. No matter how many years the Republicans control our government they will never, ever accept responsibility for their actions. Rush and his followers elected the Bush Administration. Enough said.

In this particular photo Rush looks like a regular at the Badda Bing waiting for Tony and Paulie Walnuts to show.

Rush Limbaugh is an idiot!! He seems attention starved. Rush, did they have to tie a pork chop around your neck to get the dog to play with you? Get some help, old evil one!!

Having read the blogs from CNN for many months now, I must say that President Obama's decision to spend a great deal of money on education makes very good sense. As seen through these blogs, a great many who are in need of what amounts to basic education have been left by the wayside over the years. Having said that, it is no wonder that Limbaugh is so popular to a certain audience, most of whom don't really expect much more from him than to be told how to think, irregardless of merit or truth.

It's quite funny when Republicans leadears talks about socialism in regards to Obamas ideas specially when you have characters such us Limbaugh who sounds more like a nazi.

Do morons like Rush realize with every,angry, hysterical word crying socialism, they are actually pushing the country more to the the left than Obama ever could on his own? People are running from the right like it was afflicted with the plague.

Loud mouths like Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, and Scarborough are the true leaders of the conservative movement at the moment. They are setting the agenda. And, the elected officials are following like lost sheep.

There is no voice of reason. CPAC appears to be a convention of the criminally insane. Tucker Carlson, had it right, perhaps the only logical thinker to appear. They practically heckled him of the stage.

Jeeze, these guys are scary.

Memo to Michael steele,
Resign your position as the RNC chairman because Rush Limbaugh is the new leader of the party now. We don't care about you because we elected you on symbols only.
We the true conservatives don't appreciate your denouncing El Rush Limbaugh on CNN.
If you want to keep your symbolic post, apologize to our spiritual and political leader ( Rush ) now.

Rush has only just begun to incite the opposition base. It was a great show and I can't wait to see more. And yes, if Obama wants to continue on his current path, I pray that he fails to. Hoping he fails is more American than supporting his irrational UNAmerican acts. Keep up the good work Rush.

It's republicans JERKS like Ann-Rush-Hannity that are destroying the GOP party-it wasn't until Bush was in office that I saw how pathetic the GOP party is. They are a mean people, and you can see how they are losing their base.

Jesus said " it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." My God have mercy on his drug addicted angry soul.

I tell you one thing this guy has it all wrong on what it is to be American. I would not want him in my army or in my command. When I was a kid and growing up military, Dad always taught us that when Americans voted there was the competitions of the campaigns, but the results of the voting was a collective choice that we Americans agreed to accept and live with. He said that is what we call Democracy.

But he made it clear that once the election was over the winner was the Chief in Command, The President of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. No ifs and buts about it.

If I had ever of said that I wanted my president to fail growing up or as an adult in front of Dad, I would have found my teeth in another state. Never was I taught that it was American to wish for failure for our President or our country, regardless of party. All that he taught me about this great land and it's true patriots came together when I buried him in a full military funeral. He is buried at a National Cometary with two wars under his service and he would have thought it to be unacceptable, un-American and a twisted perversion of what it is to be a true American had he of heard Rush speak the other day.

Come to think of it, Rush reminds me of the Extremist that twist the words of the Koran or the bible and do it so eloquently to deceive those that just don't know better for the sake of ego and power. This country has only worked because of our diversity and the willingness to change and understand each other and know that while we are different we are the same.

Rush you are so OVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are a Democracy trying to live with a Capitalistic economy.

We can still be a Democracy based on socialism.

There is nothing wrong with socialism. There are many good and decent countries on socialism. In fact, I would say most of them have better economies than the United States.

We seem to have failed over and over again with capitalism in America. Go back in history and see how many recessions/depressions we have endured.

My kids live in a socialist country and they are doing just fine, thank you. Their kids all have excellent health care, and that is the most important thing to me. Nobody goes without it.

I used to enjoy getting into discussions with conservatives during the elections. I an one of those bleeding-heart liberals bordering on socialist. I am educated and have a long and prosperous career in Information Technology, AND I'm a Hispanic man who grew up in perpetual poverty in a single parent household (my mother raised me practically single-handedly, had to work 2 or 3 jobs at a time to do so). I was not allowed to get sick because we had no health care, and I always understood that college would be on me.
I have made due and I will be the first to say that this country still offers tremendous opportunities that are not available elsewhere. That being said, I believe we need more, we need to change our mentality and our culture. Warring is not the right path to pros perity. Maintaining an economic empire is not the proper way to keep the U.S.A at the helm of the world.
I always reminding folks of how important the first Republican president was, you know, the one that abolished slavery and fought against succession. There were important social as well as economic ramification for these, and the main reason that the Republican party is called the party of inclusion!
So what happened? I mean this seems so far from today's right wing ideology. And believe me, I study it hard to try to understand it, because just like I would not appreciate others judging me before they really know me, I try not to judge the proverbial "book by it's cover".
I will say this, If Linbaugh is the cover to the "Republican Book". This country will continue this divisiveness.

It amazes me how the dimocrats worry more about Coulter, Hannity and Limbaugh than their own that are actually in real political positions that can cause this country to go down the tank, i.e., "Bawney" Frank, Christopher Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chuck Shumer and others of their ilk that have had way more to do with our housing and financial market situation than President Bush.

Yeah! Keep lettin' Rush be the poster child of the GOP. I think Hitler was as ignorant as he was when he was pushin' politics in the pubs of GERMANY.

Rush, since you know everything, why don't you just run for President? Why haven't you yet? I just don't understand. It must be tough to have all the answers and not be able to put them to work.

I have to laugh at those people ranting about socialism and the loss of individual liberties we will have imposed on us by the current President. Socialism is an economic system, totalitarianism a political system. The two do not necessarily go together. It is possible to have one, or both, but not always do they go hand in hand.
Nazi Germany was a capitalist country with a totalitarian government.
I was a Fulbright Fellow in Viet Nam about eleven years ago, and at a
group meeting with one of their top economic ministers, they expressed their dislike of having to give economic support to rice farmers whose crops were not profitable any more. They are gradually moving toward a mixed economy, yet still are totalitarian, like China. All economic and political systems are dynamic.

Rush hit it out of the ballpark with his speech. Most of the negative comments that people made are ones based on ignorance. I guarantee that most of you libs did not listen to the speech. Let me summarize the ignorant attacks and save new readers from reading the rest of the posts: Rush is fat, a Nazi, like McCarthy, loser... blah, blah, blah.

Are you Democrats telling me that you did not want Bush to fail?? FACT: the Democrats in Congress wanted the US to fail in Iraq (Reid declared that we lost the war). In so much as the President is the champion of his policies, Rush and true conservatives want the quasi-socialist, nanny, BIG government agenda of Obama to fail.

I believe in personal freedom, liberty and upholding the principles of the Constitution. Do you all believe that the founding fathers would have ever allowed our gov't to become the nanny state that it is??? By the way, the general welfare cause was not meant institute gov't charity (see the Federalist papers for further info). For the readers with open minds, please watch the speech and decide for yourself. Apparently, Cantor did not.

The Republican Party has turned into something VERY ugly. It now resembles the hostile, radical political parties we now see in foreign countries who wants only a country of a one party view, and mindset. They do not like being the party in POWER, in Washington now. And it's ugly FANGS are showing. Rush Limbaugh is a radical fanatic who would esponge every single minority from the face of the earth if he could.
There is no longer room for the past generations hate, and fear messages of their forefathers. This country belongs to the now generation who are more concerned with the issues than racial persuasion. They are sick of the hate message sand fear that has kept this country from becoming a nation where all men and women are treated equally.
The Republican Party is not interested in uniting this country, only being even more divisive. Their message is not a call for helping one another in these terrible times, but one which still only is geared towards America's wealthy. The wealthy are the ones who wanted to get even more wealthy at the expense of middle America. Now they would have us believe it is the Democrats who seek to destroy this country. The Republicans have brought this country to it's knees with their outdated ideology. It is time for American to Unite For Americans! Limbaugh has not now nor ever been for anyone except a select few.

Limbaugh speaks of capitalism and individual liberty as if the two go hand in hand. They don't. Individual liberty for industrialists and Wall Street titans, in the name of a "free market," ends up with them TAKING liberties with our economy, our money, and our environment; and that leads us to the type of crisis we are struggling through now. Republicans like to talk about the evils of Big Government; but it was their man who led us into a pointless, endless, and very expensive war under false pretenses. Big or little, our government is headed by the President. If that President acts in bad faith, with bad judgement, then we find ourselves where we are today; between the rock of intrenched big-business interests, and the hard place of trying to live through the market "correcting itself" after unfettered abuses by those "freedom" loving capitalists. Corruption and greed in high places will bring capitalist America down just like they did the socialist Soviets.

I have the utmost respect for the moderates in the Republican party and to the moderates who contribute to this blog. I consider myself a moderate dem.

But allowing these extremists to be their spokespeople is just going to destroy the party once and for all. I'm sorry, but these guys are just going to alienate the average American voter to the dems!

Whether you guys like it or not, it's the truth.

Rush is not acting like a true american.He act like he have hate
with obama and he shouldn't because he was once drug
dependences mand maybe still is. He have made mistake but
money make him turn on a fellow american.

Someone who preaches ridicule and hate is no Christian.
I do not believe any thing he has to say. Plus he is a big fat druggie.Christians do not preach hate or ridicule people.I am amazed at people that like him and think they are a Christian. NO WAY!!

Of course, the Republicans want President Obama to fail – all they care about is getting back the power the American voters took away from them. What they are clueless about is that if Obama fails, all of America fails, and they do not care.
They ARE the PARTY OF 'NO' and hate and lies and constant useless criticism.
They have had more than a year to come up with a plan to fix this economy and have DONE NOTHING. They have NO solutions, only whining about the investment of money int the restoration of our country that THEY destroyed under Bush.
Republicans are slowing down the change we all voted for when we voted FOR Obama and AGAINST FAILED REPUBLICAN POLICIES that date back to the 1980s.
I have had enough of their constant negativity and arrogant attitudes when they have NOTHING to offer. It's time to vote all of them out of office starting in 2010.
Sen Richard Burr (NC) made a Jindal-like fool of himself talking about Washington being in a state of denial. The Republican Party is in a state of denial of how out-of-touch they are with the rest of America. Burr will soon see the state of North Carolina deny him his Senate seat when he comes up for reelection in 2010. He does nothing for our people and in the pocket of big business and lobbyists who feed him big money. He is and always has been a DO NOTHING and we WILL get rid of Burr come 2010. One less fool in Washington!

Rahm is spot on. Rush is certainly the leader of the Limpublican party. Should be fun watching Cantor skittering back to lick Rushbo's shoes tomorrow. Phil Gingrey is such a role model.

A quote from a earlier post "Pure Capitalism (by Banks and Conservatives) are the reason we are in a recession." Umm hello!! that is the most scary thing out of all these post I have seen. Would you like full blown socialism??? How about taking the initiative ad say hey governments helped guide us down this mess, how about WE..note not the government take control and fix this. If you have yo sit back for more than five minutes to think about how to do that and that government should be the one that fixes this mess I feel sorry for you...Just say no to socialism..say yes to self help...

Limbaugh reminded me of a KKK leader, without the sheet. The conference looked like a well dressed KKK rally. It's time to move on. People voted Democrat because the are tired of this type of display. Wouldn't have mattered who the Dem candidate was, he or she would have one.

I am truly convinced that the kind of people that follow this maniacal fear monger cannot be helped. Give them a few more weeks,they'll try to say that the economic mess that the whole world is in now is Obama's fault. Ask these idiots what socialsm is, very few of them can even define it. They are either dillusional, ignorant, or most likely both. Republicans are doomed to fail if their only hope is extreme levels of ignorance from the American people.

Mark March 1st, 2009 8:22 pm ET
Hail to Rush Limbaugh…ZEIG HEIL…ZEIG HEIL…ZEIG HEIL!!!
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It's one thing to be an idiot, another to be an ill-educated idiot.
It's "SIEG," dummy!

fatty want some narcotics?

It should be perfectly clear to everyone now that the leaders of the Republican party hate America and hate democracy. If it wasn't clear enough already after the 2000 election, which was stolen by the Republican appointees to the Supreme Court, it should be crystal now. The 2008 election wasn't even close. Obama won fair and square. Now we are in the middle of a recession, teetering on the brink of a depression, and Republicans want Obama to fail in his attempts to bring it back. They want to slow down and obstruct all legislation proposed by the Democrats. In short, they want to destroy the country. When will people wake up and throw the rest of these anti-American politicians out of office??? They've declared war on Obama and on the nation. How long before they begin using force to reach their ends?

We American must all WORK HARD, SAVE and INVEST and SUCCEED as ONE nation regardles we are democrat or republican or independent (which i am). we don't have time or room for maniac like Limbaugh. Just president alone cannot turn around the fate of this country. We ALL have to support him. Improve our competitiveness and compete as one team in the global market. Barack is a great president so far!!! Please keep up the good work. President Obama. Please ignore Rush's rant.

I agree with Chip Hughes – rush, coulter, mccain., alin stir up the hate groups, the slow-witted, superstitious gun enthusiasts and domestic violence offenders. They stir up the lynch mob. President.Obama doesn't want to change the country to socialism – it's part of the rush, couldter, mccain, palin and other repugs hate mongering. We American people need HELP and Obama is offering it to us while the repugs are only concerned with how to get back in power. They don't care that we the people need HELP, don't care that we are hurting from the repugs last 8 yrs of power. I support President Obama 100%. He has a plan, even if he says it's not perfect, it's a plan. His economists and generals give him advice and lay people think they know better than Obama's advisors?!?! NO THEY DON'T!

Please stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Listen to what is being said on the left and on the right then make up your own mind. Rush is a conservative. You may not like his views, but at least he is consistent. I wish Obama success, but he needs to remember we elected him President and not King. The American people have a right to speak their minds even if they are a not the majority party. Keep speaking the truth Rush!

And, by the was I also fought for my country.

SSGT USMC!

next to george bush and dick cheney, rush limbaugh has my vote for "best democratic recruiter of the year". maybe he and sara palin can team up.

Thank God we have Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, "Bawney" Frank, Christoper Dodd, Big DICK Durbin, Chuckie Shumer and Roland Burris to lead us to the promised land! And the fair and balanced Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow to keep the media in check. The Dems should be so proud!!! God help us all with these dimwits leading the way. Maybe Mr. Obama will look to Rod Blagojevich for advice next.

Did any of you liberals even watch the speech or read the transcript? Probably not. You are just being spoon-fed what CNN wants you to hear, which is just the tidbits that will rile you up. You probably have no idea what a conservative even stands for or what Rush even has really said about Obama. You just are angry at Rush and the Republicans because CNN and the mainstream media has told you to be angry at the Republicans. They have also told you to believe everything that Obama says and does to be good. So like faithful sheep being led to the slaughter, you will follow without question.

Go Away Obama March 1st, 2009 8:44 pm ET
Uh…I happen to like Rush and I am a woman and a republican that use to be democrat before obama can along and stole the election!!!
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ME, TOO!

Emmanuel can go to hell.

I am a republican. I believe in fiscal conservatism, but if the best this party can do is this ego-maniac or Governor Palin then the GOP is in big trouble. I know it, the party knows it. They need to do better. Period.

Gimme a break. That's like saying that Rev. Wright is the face of the democrats. Emanual needs to get his head out of his a#$.

To Jeff from Jersey:

I agree with you 200% You ROCK!!

(Rush, Palin and the governor of Louisiana?)

You just named three idiots. The GOP will not win a election for the next 16 to 20 years......

Look like Rush need to exercise something else besides that big mouth of his.

Zion March 1st, 2009 8:44 pm ET
Jacque Bauer, Rush makes his money off of the fear, ignorance, and vulnerability of his listeners . . .
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Wow! For a moment there I thought you were talking about Obama!

If Rush, Anne and Sarah are the voice the Goofy Old Party, Heaven help them all. A vicious B__CH, A STUPID B_ _CH, AND A FAT DRUG ADDICT. They are pathetic and is why the Gray Old Party will not be worth crap. Very sad.

The Republicans looked to the future and they found Radiio...Limbaugh is a buffoon who should be scoffed at

The GOP has become the party of "no we can't, and neither can you".

So long as they continue to embrace the counter-productive, mean-spirited, spiteful, malicious doctrines and pronouncements of the likes of Limbaugh, Coulter, Palin, Steele, and the clowns on FOX News, the majority of the American public will say "thanks, but no thanks" to the Republican Party.

It's baffling how so many people take what Rush has coherently explained many times over and still misunderstand his point; unless of course, they don't listen for themselves – but rather to others' comments. Listen to the CPAC speech for yourself – there is nothing anti-American about it. It does require listening comprehension however. Rush wants America to succeed – he wants Americans to retain their liberty, rights, and individual abilities so that every person can go as far as their talents can take them – and NOT be restricted by onerous government regulations or ideologies that suggest you can't succeed because you're a victim of capitalism or from an oppressed group. Every time Obama speaks or enacts legislation, the latter is always his underlying message – those are the policies that Rush wants to fail.

The difference between the late Paul Harvey and Rush Limbaugh is immense.

Harvey was a true radio commentator and he made all of his listeners feel like real Americans. He also made his listeners think.

Limbaugh, on the other hand, is not clever or experienced enough to accomplish this. He is more of an entertainer who appeals to people that need someone to validate their beliefs. He and his followers seem to thrive on base divisiveness.

As an American, I find Rush Limbaugh offensive, anyone that wishes our President to fail wishes the country to fail. If that be the case I certainly hope Rush feels the pain with all the rest of us.

1 word. LOOSER !!!!

CC PENNES March 1st, 2009 7:57 pm ET
rush limbaugh is a dangerous man, hannity is a dangerous man, coulter is a dangerous woman, free speech is one thing, but these people promote hate, their mantra is if you don't believe, or think like we do, we hate you, and we will do everything to destroy you . . . ,
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And YOU, CC PENNES - AND YOUR LIBERAL CRONIES aren't saying the same thing from YOUR side of the fence? PULEEZE! Do you realize how ridiculous you sound?

Go Rush. I hope that lying marxist Obama FAILS miserably, and this sickening liberal mindset in America is destroyed once and for all. Anyone with a BRAIN, and a HEART can understand that government is like cancer, the more it grows, the more it destroys.

I'm a conservative, I believe in hard work, law-abiding business, and government that follows the Constitution. I love these fools saying "free speech is one thing, BUT...blah blah blah". What freaking morons. If you only "allow" speech that you agree with, you stupid idiots, then there is NO free speech.

Why don't you losers go move to Venezuela and see how wonderful a thieving government is?

You idiots only love Obama because you think he and Pelosi will only steal from OTHERS and give to you. You're too stupid to understand that soon YOU will become the "they" whom the government steals from to give to the next round of "gimme a handout" voters.

PS- If Palin is so dumb, how come she keeps beating the opposition and her state is doing well, with a 80% positive approval rating. Just hateful liberals, as per usual.

he Ranted. He ranted like he was on drug or something????

Doesn't anyone realize that Rush Limbaugh is just stirring the pot to line his own pockets, I don't think he really cares about this country. It's just fortunate for him that Obama won. He got at least 4 years of material. He's always been an idiot.

Rush your a slime ball.You should be ashamed of yourself to say that poor single parents brought this country down.There are some that aren't as fortunate to consume drugs because they could afford it like yourself but instead had to depend on welfare or food stamps to get by at any means.It is people like you that degrade the poor so that their self esteem and dignity have been stripped from them where they feel they could never do better in society.Now you have a president that want to encourage these same poor people that YES THEY CAN to build their self esteem and become less dependent on welfare...so if you've never walked a mile in ones shoes don't criticize them And one last note at least the taxpayers know where their money is going when taking care of these so called poor single parents as you call them but what about all the billions that was stolen by the fat pocket ceo's on wall street doesn't that account partly why we are where we are today...or has the drugs damaged your brain cells so badly that your that stupid

Is it too much to have Rush investigated for Treason? Bush got away with it, but Murdoch, Limbaugh, Hannity, Colture – they can't be above suspicion. Now is the time. Also, did Rush eat Jerry Falwell?

Question: Whats the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenberg?
Answer: One is a flaming Nazi gas bag, and the other is a blimp.

that is right. that is right. Let Rush speak. Let that maniac to be the spokeperson of the GOP. GOP is really in new low now. Let him to be the frontrunner. That can guarantee reelection of Obama.
My God. i cannot believe my ear when i heard how extreme he spoke. My husband and friends sitting next to me are all laughing at this maniac.

Jeff in Atlanta – those that have it over those that don't STOLE it from us to begin with! Reaganomics or the trickle down effect NEVER happened!!! The rich kept getting rich and the distribution of wealth decidedly went to the top percent of the populous....we're just getting it back!

Rush should know about failure. Weight control issues, addiction to painkillers, 3 failed marriages. If anyone is an expert on failure it's definitely Rush Limbaugh

Rea–

I am glad you used the kkk to describe Limpbaugh's affiliation.

He looks the part. Pink, bulbous, pudgy, short-necked, bald, big-mouthed.

Doesn't he just turn you on???

Not.

Rush Limbaugh is an idiot. Anyone who listens to that pill-popping pyschopath is also an idiot. He needs to shut his big fat mouth and get a real job !

Emanuel comments are like the "pot calling the kettle black"

@Sick of Ya"ll Whinning

"how can we talk negative about the president of our country? I have never heard so much negativity about any one president."

Where were you the last 8 years? The Democrats spewed so much hatred towards Bush over the last 8 years, that they came up with a new phrase for it: Bush Derangement Syndrome.

Did you just crawl out of a cave?

It is such hypocracy to take his comment out of context. He has been very clear that he wants socialism to fail. Whether you agree with him or not, he believes that President Obama wants to impose socialism on our country. He wants him to fail in that objective. That is it. Please stop trying to gain political points by purposefully misstating what he has said.

Lots of people want to see Obama and the Democrats fail at turning our country into a socialist state.

What's wrong with having an opposing opinion?

Rush Limbo

lim⋅bo1   [lim-boh] –noun, plural -bos.
...a place or state of oblivion to which persons or things are regarded as being relegated when cast aside, forgotten, past, or out of date:...

that dictionary definition says it all...

DJones–

Using the term Democrat instead of Democratic shows your imbecility.

You know dang well that is a slur.

Grow Up!

There are countries on this planet where Rush would have been taken from the room in handcuffs and never heard from again for his harsh words of our current president and his policies.

Rush forgets that over 65% of the people in this country agree with his stimulus plan and we are praying that the President and his staff will be overwhelmingly successful in their attempt to bring us back from the brink of disaster.

I'm surprised Palin wasn't standing right there beside him chanting to hang the terrorist US president.

Forget it. I for one love this president and his courage to stand up to the likes of the sick minded greedy angry republican party trying so hard right now to upset the business of this legally elected government. It falls close to treason in my mind. I will never return to the republican party as long as this type of hate talk continues. I prefer a much more positive outlook on things, and right now Obama is what we need.

Does anyone really not get what is happening here?

Such a small percentage of our country's earners pay most of the tax burden (5% pay 60+% or something along those lines) that WE ARE THE MINORITY. If the bulk of our country is standing around waiting for the Messiah to fill their gas tanks, pay their bills, fix their mortgages, it is going to be very difficult to stand up for ourselves and not take it in the rear on taxation (as planned).

Instead of helping people to rise up from the bottom, Obamy is just going to bring the top down to make us all "equal." He and the Dems have done a great job framing the "rich" (and $250K is not rich, believe me, far from it) as the bad guys, and pointing out that we should be punished, etc. This is totally apparent with the new budget (stick it to the "rich" on taxes).

Are we really going to let our country turn into one that has everyone standing around with their hand out waiting for the government to fill it? Obama is helping with this; he is painting the picture for you all – that ONLY goverment can help you, don't try to help yourself, become dependent on the government, walk to the light, walk to the light...

WAKE UP PEOPLE, TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!!

Term limits, let's CHANGE things in 2010.

Rush Limbaugh... the voice of nothing. People who are swayed by him are even sicker than he is.

Rush looks like the fat cat making the money – oops! Yes, of course he is going to jump up and down and go against popular and intelligent culture – that's how he makes his living, supports his eating and drug habits – on the backs of the illiterate, uninformed and sound-bite workers (and chicken-hawks) called constituents – whom live in fear of something they don't, won't or can't understand. Hell – Fox is making more money now – this is a great time to work for the propoganda machine that is hate and fear – when will the RNC constituents say, "enough already?!" – The RNC's page out of the Hitler playbook – yes, if the shoe fits Rush, the "Hitler" playbook of propoganda and fear that kept Bush in office for 8 years – is back in full effect. I'm like most American's educating the younger part of our societ to the dangers of these tactics. What Bush did to our Constitution is criminal. 2 months into this administration and here we go again. We must demand more from our airwaves – and I'll raise money to thwart the illegal activities of the RNC this time around. Freedom of speech is one thing – inciting riots of the ignorant by yelling "fire" unresponsibly in a theatre is another.

What's very interesting is that Rush Limbaugh's defence of "hoping Obama fails" in his CPAC speech was that of course he believes that because the Democrats hoped that Bush failed, too. Well, I'm a Democrat, and I can honestly say that I did NOT EVER hope that Bush would fail, and to the best of my knowledge, none of my Democratic friends did, either. What this proves is that 1) Rush Limbaugh cares about being "right" more than he cares about America recovering from the mess we are in and 2) he is so blinded by his own egotism that he thinks everyone thinks just like him. This is not the first time that he has done this – remember his comments about why Colin Powel was voting for Barack Obama?

Combine that with Rush Limbaugh's complete inability to understand the concept of political compromise (also painfully obvious in his CPAC speech) and I would have to call him a highly dysfunctional politicial pundit. Nevertheless, many Republicans appear willing to follow him right down the road to Hell. In this respect, Rush Limbaugh resembles Adolph Hitler more than anyone else I can think of.

Wow. Rush really believes he is god's gift to the world. Apparently, he not only thinks he's smarter than everyone else but - dare I say it - he may even think he's attractive? Whats up with the sleazy button down shirt?? GROSS!!

Now that Rush Limbaugh has given his "state of the union" address at CPAC, his words, not mine, all of America can take a look. No wonder they don't like us so much around the world. George W. Bush is a republican, and so is the big fat bigoted bully Rush Limbaugh. Think about. The light begins to shine brighter and brighter on what is left of the GOP. That is wonderful news for democrats as no other republican can denounce "the big bad Rush". If they do, they are subject to be thrown out of the party. Rush is a pathetic person. He doesn't love himself. It is sad when one makes their living off of bigotry and hatred. I guess the caption of the story for his new 400 million dollar contract was true; "hate sells".

Obama's plans appear to go to great length to discourage productivity, reward failure and saddle future generations with the bill. We all should hope he fails.

Amen Rush!

Why do these people keep crawling out from under rocks?
I know there are some very smart people in the Republican Party, we just have not seen them yet.To much mouth, not enough sense, engages mouth before they engage the brain. Sore egos can be hell for all of us. They will keep this up until they are all forced out of office. TERM LIMITS NOW.

Jacque Bauer, Rush makes his money off of the fear, ignorance, and vulnerability of his listeners. Why is it that only poor people are complaining about raising taxes, but I haven't heard one rich person specifically say, "I do not want my taxes raised?"

Tony March 1st, 2009 8:26 pm ET
If it weren't for the media giving Limbaugh a platform, most people would not even know this fool's name.
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If it were not for the media's slobbering love affair with Obama, most people would not even know this fools' name.

Someone please just get it over with and drive a stake thru the heart of the republican party, so the country that I fought for can have a chance.

Uh...I happen to like Rush and I am a woman and a republican that use to be democrat before obama can along and stole the election!!!

Rush is the bedrock of the modern GOP from which the conservatives a built a tower of fear. Listen to the far right and all you hear is variations on the theme of fear. Fear is the glue that holds their movement together.

Now when the country needs real ideas and constructive discourse, the GOP has nothing to offer. They parrot their discredited ideology: "more tax cuts for the rich"..."the Commies are coming!"

But the adults are in charge now. Americans want action and new ideas, not tired old hatred and the toxic fear that spews from the loony end of the A.M. radio dial.

Is Rush still addicted to prescription drugs? He's dressed like Larry Flynt (Hustler).
Is this the best the GOP can do? Rush, Palin and the governor of Louisiana?

Yes, Limbaugh has unfortunately become the voice of the Republican Party. But intellectual? No, Rush is uneducated and a drop-out.

So Mr. Limbaugh says that the President wants to destroy individual liberty. Well, as a gay man, I am somewhat more afraid of the Rush Limbaughs destroying my liberty than the Barack Obamas. The Republican Party, though shrunk, is small enough to enter my bedroom. I hope the Republican Party fails!

Big fat Turd Limbaugh. Need I say more?

Rush is not helping anything but his own ratings.
He does it for attention and to anger people and that's how he makes his money.

I can't blame some people who work hard to make a good life for themselves get angry when they see others who don't work to be given things.
But he seems to confuse capitalism and greed. It's good to make money and be successful, but being like Bernie Madoff or the Health Insurance companies who detroy our lives by overcharging premiums are the lowest of the low.

The GOP has to wake up. Mitt Romney is a sharp businessman but he has no moral character. He caters to the big companies that will ruin people just to make money, and who are also the ones who have ruined our country by causing the mess we're in now.
Rush Limbagh does more harm than good for the GOP. He is the epitome of what GOP stands for – Greedy Old Pigs.
He's just not that old yet.

I am glad he speaks for the majority of the republican party and He is the face of the GOP. Millionaires like him do not give a crap about the common man. All the women that call him and Shuan Hinnity in the morning makes me wonder if they really have a job..

Doesn't the devil want you to fail? Got it Rush... You're just a racist devil

I only visit CNN on occasion to read the stupid remarks of the stupid people...a lot seem to forget that obama did drugs...obama cabinet members are as phony as obama...and I will never like obama as a President or otherwise..Rush is a better man than nobama will ever be!!!! All you democrats should crawl under a rock with nobama....

To Jeff in Atlanta:

Where have you been for the last 8 years? Bush stood for everything wrong in this country.

You said: Why would anyone want a philosophy that brings misery and saps freedom from people to succeed? The real question is: why do the people who say they support Obama's ideas want him to succeed in making the federal government more intrusive and oppressive?

Bush was doing all this for 8 years. He trampled the Constitution, destroyed personal freedoms and civil liberties. He violated our rights to privacy. Warrantless wiretapping let the government not only destroy more Constitutional rights, it became intrusive and oppressive.

Check your dictionary, Jeff. I don't think the words you're using mean what you think they mean.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAAA

Limbaugh is nothing more than a big mouthed, drug addicted fat turd which happens to be a very accurate portrait of the repblican party.

Hey Jacque Bauer, it's "cojones" not "cajones. Anyway, by your comments, I can tell you are not a very bright person!

Wow how sad. The Republican party has hit an all new low. I feel bad for them.

Millionaire Vacuum Head has never served a day in defense of the country that provides his vast treasure, never authored a single bill in any legislative body that increased this country's success, never administered a single executive office or led a single agency of this country to make any of us more secure, has never proven successful at inventing anything, improving any product or increasing the energy efficiency of anything and has never been successful at anything other than talk radio. Sounds like the perfect icon for the Republican Party.

Let him rant. Let the Republicans not support the president and hurt the economy more. Then they'll wonder why there won't be any Republicans holding any elected position. Your time is up. Either work together or this will be your last term.

Rush, Rush, Rush, catch the clue bus, dude. It ain't Bush's America anymore (thank goodness). It's actually being turned back over to the us, the American people. I know you don't like to face the reality that bullies and fearmongers and hatemongers like you and Ann Coulter as about as useful as yesterday's newspapers lining the birdcage, but face facts. It's a new world out there.

Thank goodness.

cd – it sounds like you get all of your information from Mr. Limbaugh. I'd expand my horizons if I were you. Just saying.

If this is who speaks for the Republicans, all I can think to say is R I P, GOP…God have mercy on your soul…

Did anyone who bashed Limbaugh actually listen to his speech to the CPAC? His comments made sense, even if he was brutally honest. His words are misconstrued to suggest he wants America to fail or the economy to fail. What he wants is for Obama's plans to be stopped before they destroy this country (meaning that Obama alone would fail).

This Rush Limbaugh guy just has to be completely barmy. The way he's behaving, he will damage his party's reputation, and any attraction it might have (had) to some, for many years to come.
The other chappy, Cantor, obviously cleverer, sees this clearly.

Only in America we will see people like Rush Limbaugh who represents only the people like himself who are nothing but close minded and back dated.Hey Rush it's time for you to stop polluting the environment and talk trash on the radio.As you can see that you will never have the courage or the approval of the American people to become any kind of leader or will have solution to any problems that we face in this country.Stop wasting your time and most of all stop wasting the time of the citizens of this country who's trust , people like you will never earn even in the good economic situation.Go take a trip to Iraq in your 45 million dollar private jet-see how popular are you among our troops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rush needs to concentrate on an exercise plan before he eats himself into oblivion.

Oh, and people, please remember, Doughboy is only saying what the Rethuglicans are paying him millions to say. They get him to stir up the controversy.

RUSH PIMPO IS A AIRBAG FOR REPUBLICAN'S SCRAP CAR.

kelly g arizona March 1st, 2009 8:11 pm ET
All I can say is that Obama must be doing something right because he is ticking off the far right nuts like Limbaugh . . . .
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All I can say is that Limbaugh must be saying something right, because he is certainly ticking off the far-left nuts by the droves!

Meanwhile, Rahm Emanuel is the guy who said in November to the Wall Street Journal: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."
And Obama definitely listened!

This is typical. The republicans now own the politics of failure. I think Limbaughs remark were the result of the frustration of 8 years of GWB. What a fool. He simply can't bring himself to say "I didn't vote for him but I hope he does a good job...

just more sour grapes from mr.limbaugh and the republicans.

Whether or not you like President Obama, he IS the president. I think it's un-American to wish your own president to fail. When the president fails, America fails. That doesn't mean you have to follow lock-step behind him, but speaking as a born-again Christian from a conservative Republican family, it's un-American and un-Biblical to show such utter disrespect to the one who leads this nation. Disagree if you must, but the kind of speech that Rush Limbaugh is vomiting out of his head is completely inappropriate.

Rush is the source of all GOP ideas and the sire of all talking points. He is the de facto leader. Rahm was stating the obvious.

Limbaugh is like the Godfather of Hillbilly Heroin.

This draft dodging, drug addict makes me want to puke.

Good pick for your leader Repugs........

Cantor will be apologizing to Rush tomorrow.

Of course true conservatives want the liberal programs of Obama to fail.

It's funny how all of the this failure talk was popular when it was pointed at Bush. We Americans have become so shallow.

You'd think a man that makes as much as he does could dress like a big boy.

I think it is sad that the republican party is still listening to Rush. We need to pray for our country. If we don't pray and rally support behind our new leader, the future will not be good for any of us; republican, independent or democrat. Pray believe it or not is what brought Obama to the White House and only prayer will help this country succeed. Let's stop the bickering and hatred, we don't have the time for it. If you love your country, let that love be the binding tie that unites us. I am sick of all this anti-government and anti-republican and anti-liberal democrat crap. If we don't wake up now when will we? Wanting every american to have health care and to be able to afford their mortage or every child and young adult to get the chance to have an education is not a bad thing. Socialism has never existed not by definition standards, so why are we worried about it? If all the other socialist governments did not get it right how do we know that Obama will? Chill out people and look at the big picture: success depends on us working together!

If it weren't for the media giving Limbaugh a platform, most people would not even know this fool's name.

Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, what a sick pair.

HOW SAD IS RUSH. WHAT GOES AROUNDCOMES AROUND. YOU WISH SOME ONE TO FAIL THE SAME WILL HAPPEN TO YOU. WE MUST PRAY, PRAY, PRAY FOR I WOULD HAVE NEVER THROUGHT IN MY 66 YEARS I WOULD HAVE HEARD THE LIKES OF RUSH SPEAKING TO A CROWD OF WONDERFUL SMART EDUCATED PEOPLE WITH SUCH A MEAN WRONG MESSAGE AND THEY SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO IT. NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY I KNOW.

Did Rush Limbaugh think that he was portraying
the BIG STUD LOOK with his smarmy black outfit?

Was he trying to show off his sleazy looking chest,
by leaving the top buttons of his shirt undone?

Who was he trying to attract? And gosh if he shouts
any louder HIS FACE WILL BLOW UP, and his
CRAZED EYES WILL SURELY POP OUT OF HIS
HEAD!

This man is really scary!

Shhhhh. With nutbags like Rush and facists like Anne Coulter at the helm of the Repubilcan party, Dems are a shoo-in in 2012. Let 'em spew!

Rush of course gets paid by his audience,the first adage of
an entertainer is dress like your public.
He and Anne Coulter represent the very reason we have voted
for Democrats and will continue to do so ,big time.
The party of the fat elephants is old,gray, and still sort of rich and
cannot still find fault with another Republican even those that have
bought that party down to the gutter aka as the party of "Here come the
Russians" to
"Here come the Terrorists" to" Here come the Liberals" ,they can only
hope to win anything by name calling, but that time is over.

Is it me or does Rush look srikingly famililar to Herman Goering? Amazing...similar in both size, physical features, and political beliefs!!!

If almost half of Americans swallow the ravings of this over-medicated, grossly obese windbag your education system is more lacking than you thought. While" saving" lives by opposing abortion and spending trillions to extinguish lives around the globe, the Rushpublicans have give up any credibility they may have had. It's hard to believe that otherwise intelligent people can endorse the GOP.
I suspect that they really don't believe the ideology but embrace it to preserve their own greed.

The only thing you need to learn in college is not to believe a political philosophy of someone who makes more money than you do. If you lean that first without having to go to college, you're one step richer both in mind and bank account!

He has a following,but, thank the Lord, they are in the minority, and will continue to dwindle because well thinking people cannot long tolerate a self-absorbed person who wants America to fail.

Time for diet Rush...you fat pig.

I think kelly is right on that, Obama promised to change washington and if both party extremes are not happy about what he is doing he must be making us happy because both parties are just power hungry, as evident in the CPAC conference. Kudos Obama!

Rush says he wants Obama's ideas and plans to fail. I want the same and probably with equal or greater desire than Rush does. Why is this such a hard concept to understand?

Why would anyone want a philosophy that brings misery and saps freedom from people to succeed? The real question is: why do the people who say they support Obama's ideas want him to succeed in making the federal government more intrusive and oppressive?

Look deep within yourself and ask why you think it is ok to empower the government to take property from people that earn it and give it to people that don't? If you did that it would be called theft. Why is it different if you vote to make it "legal" for the government to do it for you? Where is your pride and self respect? Obama stands for exactly what is wrong with this country.

This is so sad. If the Republican party had any smarts at all, they would lock up Limbaugh, Joe the plumber, Newt, Coulter, Palin and Jindal forever. Go Obama....8 years for sure!

Hail to Rush Limbaugh...ZEIG HEIL...ZEIG HEIL...ZEIG HEIL!!!

I can't believe the CPAC couldn't come up with a better keynote speaker than an alleged prescription drug abuser who has apparently fallen off his wagon. Rush makes me sick.

Yep - this the same Rahm Emanuel who said in November to the Wall Street Journal: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."
Yep - Obama listened!

fat putz

""knowing" he's a failure and hoping to make something happen so our country doesn't go down the tubes...."

Somehow all this concern was very muted when Bush and his administration was sending the country down the tubes." Yes, the country needs to move forward but after having learned and never forgetting the lessons learned in the past 8 years.

Rewriting history serves no one: President Obama has just begun. It is certainly too soon to write his obituary. Notice no one is wishing McCain was President ... and that was the only alternative. I wish the conservatives had something to offer other than the failed policies of the past.

Conservatives had their chance to lead and we all saw what happened... disaster!

Rahm Emanuel is the wrong philosophy for this nation. Interesting how he and his wife have not paid property tax on their Chicago home, due to their "non profit" status. Where is the reporting on that CNN?

All I can say is that Obama must be doing something right because he is ticking off the far right nuts like Limbaugh as well as the far left nuts like Pelosi. The only people that seem to not be complaining are the folks in the middle who are suprisingly (sarcasm) the MAJORITY of this country.

Its not about "wishing" for a failure, it's about "knowing" he's a failure and hoping to make something happen so our country doesn't go down the tubes.

Rush Limbaugh....his time has come and gone. He hasn't ever had an original thought . I'm really trying not to mention his unbuttoned shirt but i can't....it was so Saturday Nite Fever... as old as his thoughts.. There is just one thing to say about his remarks..... poor people with one parent homes did not crash this economy... rich greedy people crashed this economy. The conservative republican movement only criticizes democratic policy and then promotes tax cuts. They never have a plan to reform or help the people they so despise and be aware....help is needed. People who have nothing cannot turn into people who have something without a plan or help.

Rush Limbaugh is to be despised. He is only the problem, never the solution.

i cannot believe cnn gave so much credence to rush limbagh & cpac
it shows where their hear is at.rush is an idiot he does not love this country he's afraid he has to pay taxes. he should crawl under a rock and take eric cantor, newt, rove with him

All that Rush is doing is comedy. After all, President Obama is giving billions to save banks that belongs to GOP and all the wealthy white men and women in America, not to Blacks or poor whites.

Think about it. America has never found the money to pay for slavery. "it would bankrupt the country ", they say. Now we have spent trillions in Iraq and bank bail out, we are still going to spend trillions in bank and car bail out. Show me the part of that money that is going to the black community or the poor white man/woman?

When it comes to pushing America into a socialistic country, OF COURSE we want Obama to fail and fail quickly. Rush most definitely has it right here, and any Republican or conservative that says otherwise is looking at the polls and has no cajones.

The republicans have nothing to offer except the following...

-The uneducated and simple minded (Ex. Palin)
-The drug-addict blow hards (Ex. Limbaugh)
-The ideas of the past that have been proven not to work tax cuts, tax cuts tax cuts (Ex. McCain and every other republican)
-The hypocrite who states we dont want government money now that he's governor but when Katrina hit he was on TV asking for any and all help he could get his state as a representative (Ex. Jindal)

That just about sums up what the republicans are. A party of no ideas, no future, failed idealogy, liars and hatred.

Forget reaching out to them, we need to look past them and make them not matter anymore.

If that corpulent gasbag is now who the conservative right want as their mouthpiece, they're in even worse shape than we thought.

Keep up the good work! Obama/Biden '12!

100% agreed with Rahn

I am writing about Rush Limbaugh! Mr. Limbaugh needs to stop putting his foot in his mouth and support this president despite his difference,s with this adminstration. Mr. Limbaughs remarks lead one to think is he and american or the enemy of the american people.

When we had reservations about what George Bush did, like invading and occupying Iraq, we were told by Convervatives that we "wanted America to fail," and didn't support our troops, not real Americans, not good Americans, etc. Actually we just wanted our troops out of harm's way unless it was really neccesary and not a lie. Certainly we did not want them to fail.

To all but the intentionally myopic and intellectually dishonest, Obama's mission is an economic recovery to end this banking crash and recession/depression - not to remove capitalism and individual liberties.

Rush is pandering to the same strawman BS conversatives have peddled since Social Security was touted in the 1930's as making us into another Soviet Union, Medicare was also going to make us into the USSR in the 1960's, and saving private banking from their own greed and follies (again) is going to make us into (gasp!) western Europe.

I hope Limbaugh fails! and there's no doubt he will

RUSH LOOKS LIKE THE GRAND OLD KKK SPREADING HATE WILL HE BE CONSIDER A EVILDOER.

Cantor isn't a real Republican anyhow...you could tell that watching his remarks to Hannity after the fake State of the Union speech last week...he is another one kissing the rear of the Messiah...

LIMBAUGH's ". . . HOPE OBAMA FAILS" COMMENT WAS NOT THE ONLY STUNNER.

I was shocked to hear Limbaugh described Republican definition of BIPARTISANSHIP. To paraphrase Limbaugh's definition of Republican brand of bipartisanship is for the GOP to retake both bodies of Congress (House & Senate) plus the White House, and then swift-kick the Democrats out the door. (TRANSLATION = GOP will never make the same bipartisanship effort as did President Obama).

rush limbaugh is a dangerous man, hannity is a dangerous man, coulter is a dangerous woman, free speech is one thing, but these people promote hate, their mantra is if you don't believe, or think like we do, we hate you, and we will do everything to destroy you, and AMERICA, rush wants the country to FAIL, hannity wants REVOLUTION, coulter is EVIL& DESPERATE!I!!! if we ignored them and not give them any credence they will eventually go away! PLEASE GOD!!

. . . THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS.

Rush Limbaugh is a Nazi, plain and simple.

LIMBAUGH's ". . . HOPE OBAMA FAILS" COMMENT WAS NOT THE ONLY STUNNER.

I was shocked to hear Limbaugh described Republican definition of BIPARTISANSHIP. To paraphrase Limbaugh's definition of Republican brand of bipartisanship is for the GOP to take both bodies of Congress (House & Senate) plus the White House, and then swift the Democrats out of the door. (TRANSLATION = GOP will never make the same effort of bipartisanship as President Obama has attempted).

Where was the Republican bashing the headline spoke of? If the headline is "Republican bashes Limbaugh comments" the least we could get is something more than "I don't think anyone wants anything to fail right now." The article should either be clearer in content, or be less deceptive to the public of headline readers.

why any sane thinking person will allow themselves to be lead by that fat pill-popping ridiculous idiot absolutely confounds me.

That is why I could never take anything a republican says seriously. Rush makes all repugs obsolete and pathetic.

Rush is from Mo. In his early years, he failed at everything he did. He comes from a family of lawyers and Judges. So he learned that running his mouth and appealing to people that are love to complain about women, blacks and liberals... Bingo, Rush has an audience. People who haven't read a book or a real newspaper in years or ever. All you have to do is get to the mic and slam.
I find it refreshing that he, Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter are the voices of the GOP. True colors of the Grand Ole Party.

nothing more than the ramblings of a dead, defeated, broken Party...
whats more: the crowd at that convention clearly indicated their "take" on the whole thing was a bizarre feeling of comedy and light humor...(those people were actually hoping for a good laugh,not a talk about solutions).
and its all made so much more demented by the fact that the last 8 years dont get much attention at those rallies....

THIS........is the best the republicans can do??....AFTER the idiocy and misery of the Bush years??

The new budget is getting my support. I disagree with the people who are worried about marginal increase of taxes.

Rush Limburger! Something always stinks about this self serving fanatic. He truly has become the feared leader of the party of NO.
No new ideas, No change from failed policies, nNo sympathy for anyone who is not wealthy, and absolutely No help for people trying to solve the nation's problems.

I have never been a big fan of Rush Limbaugh, but I found his particular appearance at the CPAC meeting troubling for conservatives for a few reasons:

1. He wants the country to fail, and the conservatives cheered that sentiment. If Obama and his policies fail at this crucial juncture, then the country as a whole failes, it's that simple. A few years ago, we were told by conservatives such as Rush that those who opposed the war in Iraq were being unpatriotic because we didn't support the President at such a critical point. Well, Rush and his followers are being equally as unpatriotic for not supporting Obama when the very future of this country depends on the policies he and Congress will enact over the next 18-24 months.

2. Right now, Rush may not be the 'leader of the Republican Party' as many has stated, but he IS the leader of the conservative movement. And rather than use that position to rally conservatives back to the principles they abandoned over the last eight years, he is choosing to just cheer them against Democratic policies. This reminds me of the failed approach of the Democrats during Bush's first term. Instead of developing solid alternatives to Bush and GOP policies, the Democrats were a party with no real identity, other than loyal opposition to the majority party. That is very similar to how Republicans are acting now. They oppose many of Obama's plans, but have no alternatives to offer.

As someone who is a moderate, albeit one who rides a little left of center, I believe that we need a strong GOP and DNC to properly govern. Both parties need to be in positions of strength, both as a majority party but equally as important as a strong opposition party to keep the majority in check. The Democrats were unable to be the latter during Bush's first term and with the kind of rhetoric that came out of CPAC this weekend, I am afraid to say the GOP looks unable to be a strong opposition party in Obama's first term. I saw nothing that would indicate the conservatives are re-grouping and learning from their mistakes, and as long as their leaders are divisive, extremist figures like Rush and Ann Coulter, they will further distance themselves from the mainstream of America.

Why aren't other Republicans speaking up against Limbaugh?
Do they want America to fail since we are in such a crisis?
Do they feel that America is not worth saving, by putting a halt to GREEDY CORPORATIONS?
How does saying "I want Obama to fail" not being anti-American?

The Republican party leadership, whoever they are, need to stand up and tell Limbaugh to shut the hell up and go get a real job.

Rush... Please keep talking. You will show the world the republican party does not have fresh ideas... Just fear tatics.

I have more respect Rep. Cantor. I just hope that come Tuesday, he isn't apologizing to Rush Limbaugh like Congressman Gingrey did in January. That would really add weight to the idea that Rush runs the Republican party.

"What is so strange about being honest and saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation?,"

I agree.

How can america move on to better things if all we do is tear down the person who we elected. Down all the time? O by the way I never heard all this negative comments with a president who has only been in office alittle over a month

with any luck he will be the down fall of the GOP

or he will run out of OxyCotton and have a lucid moment realize what a jerk he is and try to help the U.S. instead of trying to be the opposite of the Democratic party

I wish we could have left comments on this board.

Rush is a backwoods idiot and I do not understand how any intelligent person would listen to his slimy remarks.

We can count on the GOP to destroy themselves. By the mid terms they will merely exist as a fringe party.

I'm completley over this guy! None of them can come up with another plan, they can't even come to a consensus in their own party but to say NO!! to everyone else just go away.

Limbaugh wants America to fail, the economy to worsen, and the American people to suffer, just to show that the president is wrong. Limbaugh shows with his comments what he is: a fifth columnist, a Benedict Arnold of the XXI Century.

At least Benedict Arnold won the battle of Saratoga. Limbaugh has won nothing but my comtempt.

"Capitalism?" "Individual liberty?"

Gosh, Rush, your hero W did more to squash both than Obama could dream of doing.

Tax breaks for going offshore, spying on all of us, torturing innocent people, torturing anyone at all, believing he was above the law...is this what you call conservative principles? You can have them, and good riddance!

Limbaugh should read The Capital, socialism was not meant for countries like Russia, but isntead for countries like England, France and the USA. Socialism Mr. Moron is the ultimate phase of development for the capitalist society.

Limbaugh takes Joe The Plumber into the realm of Rush The Dumber.
Surely no one can call him a leader in anything but calorie consumption.

TH

Rush lose some weight start with your fat ideas that go no where

Individual Liberty??? Good grief, Bush/Cheney brought as close to fascism as you could get without coming right out and admitting it!!!

We are in a mess right now and there is absolutely no easy way out... we will have to pay the price for not stopping the last administration when we had the chance. You can thank pelosi for that.

When I read the comments in this section it amazes me just how many expert economists live in this country... everybody is "absolutely sure" they know the best thing to do. So, how did we come to such a sorry state of affairs with so many experts living here?!?

With Rush Limbaugh the head of the Repulican Party, you guys have a problem.

This artical is nothing but a rant from Rahm Emanuel,they call this the bait and switch. Headline on front page reads:
Ticker: Republican Bashes Limbaugh Comments
Must be getting hard to get the Liberals to read anything from Rahm...
HMMM........

Wake up republicans ! Limbaugh really sounds like that guy you know once in Germany! What an ugly message this guy sends of the USA.

Obama failed before he was elected. He's usurping the office of the presidency. There's only one reason why he won't produce a legitimate birth certificate! There are millions of Americans who love this country and its consitution who are starting to grow more angry each day as they watch the power in the White House manipulate this country into the USSA. The liberal media and elected officials (by the people) have allowed this mess to happen. I bet you are mighty proud of yourselves! All the while power and corruption are glorified at the White House, our tax dollars are used to party hearty and flit around the country to "convince" the American people you're doing what's in our best interests. God is watching!

Again the Democrat talking points are off the mark and misleading, Rush is not a "Republican" he is a CONSERVATVE, although once apon a time they were similar, today these are two very different ideologies.

I'm a conservative, but not a big fan of Rush. He does not speak for all conservatives, and certainly not all Republicans.

But I do believe he is representing the anger and frustration of all those who disagree with Obama's unilateral expansion of government and wasteful spending (and soon to come tax hikes on everyone, not just the rich).

Emanuel is playing politics a la Karl Rove in trying to polarize everyone against conservatives because Rush is such an unlikeable character – futher evidence of Obama and the dems in congress' exclusion of the other 48% of the country.

Rush is an entertainer - bit of a sideshow freak - but, in the end, a guy who gets paid to take our mind off things that matter, like a sitcom. The scary thing here is that he, and the other conservatives, are riling up the lowest common denominator of our society - the hate groups, the slow-witted, superstitious gun enthusiasts and domestic violence offenders. The conservative base is just barely not a lynch mob (remember McCain/Palin 'rallies'?) and we cannot afford to have them waving six pacs of beer and shooting into the air whenever he does a paid appearance. Rush is a very wealthy, possibly recovering drug addict. This is not the guy we want shaking up the neanderthal fringe.

When rush limby said that,shouldn't he be held for disparaging the office and person of the president.Obama doesn't want to change the country's foundation from capitalism&individual liberty,but only says at this time of economic peril,we should look out for people not so fourtunate to have it good,please what is wrong about?The likes of limbaugh benefitted when capitalism held sway&its only natural to want protection of your source,but should that be at the expense of over 90% of american hard hit by the crisis.,,i pity The GOP,cos it will loose silly in '12 if the plans worked.

Rush limbaugh is a Fat racist,who looks right at home even at a Klan rally.

I hate to be such a "body nazi", but Rush Limbaugh is an irrelevant pig. Look at the man: overweight, hanging jowels, no self control over what he says, eats or thinks. He's pretty impressed w/ himself for no obvious reason other than his appeal to the CPAC crowd. May he, Coulter, Hannity, et al fade into oblivion soon. They are simply an embarrasment to thinking people everywhere.

To the Republicans against Rush. . . "You're either for us . . . or against us."

If you're against us . . . Get out of the way so that Obama's policies will fail.

What is the Democrats obsession with what Rush says? Even if he is the number one radio personality in America, he only reaches a small segment of the population. If anything, Democratic whining on him has given him a larger audience since the soundbites they complain about are covered on CNN. Liberals are unintentionally giving him a larger audience.

Hogwash....treason anyone????

It's very simple, Limbaugh wants policies to fail that he believes and millions with him will hurt America instead of help....Anybody out there that doesn't like all the spending that's going on? That's my point...

That's why the Republicans will fail , they think bobby jinhdal,and Michael Steel will trick people of color to vote ,2012 Republican,no it's not going to happen.when i watched the republican nationalconvention i saw a crowed worked up into a frenzy, they would have done what ever was asked of them including murder! it had a air of a Klan rally. enough said.

Again, Republicans miss the point of what Rush Limbaugh has said. He believes in Conservatism, which is what many Republicans have not been following. If you follow Conservatism, it will bring this country out of the quagmire we've fallen into.

Will someone PLEASE tell this guy to go away?

Rush Limbaugh is the face of the GOP for certain.It's just as certain that he is the face of racial hatred.He is the face of all that has EVER been wrong with this country.He is the face of what keeps our country from true greatness.He is the face of our failure as a nation to rise above all that is petty,all that is hateful,all that represents the evil in the human soul and he represents the kind of people that have dragged our country down in the slime and the gutter of human-kind.

The TRUE face of the republican conservatives has been openly revealed and he and those like him,should NEVER be allowed the power to hold us all back from the freedom,not just here, but throughout the world,that inspired our founding fathers to begin a country in pursuit of this ideal.It is time for this country to oust these people and to NEVER let them get in the way of true freedom for all.

The Republican party will fail because of losers like Rush. The more he spouts his disrespect and lies, the less I listen. Moderate, informed independents are the ones who swing elections...so, go ahead, GOP–keep putting out representatives like Limbaugh and Coulter. You will continue to see your party flounder!

No doubt Rush is the voice behind the Republican party but saying he the "intellectual force" gives intellectuals a bad name. He is a radio talk show host, and is laughably out of touch with anyone who is not white, rich or old.

So...what cantor said is "bashing" rush? Not really.... Buit nice try CNN. Now go back and do little barry boys dirty work....

Cantor is lying through his caps! I, uh....don't, uh....think anyone wants us to fail now..

Ok Cantor, when do you want us to fail, if not now?

Rush Limbaugh is like the clown parents hire for birthday parties......
that's all he is...alot of wind blowing up balloons and trying to form them into some recognizable animal! He made CPAC members laugh and smile, but the balloons eventually deflate

How sad –

That this extreme thought of a man is the party one would hope should balance the power is beyond scary. Wow it if it not a completely incompetent governor from Alaska. This is just simply sad and scary.

IM A HARD WORKING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WITH 4 CHILDREN AND 2 ADOPTED. YOU CANT KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE BLACK. IM NOT BLAMING ANYONE FOR MY LIFE WHICH I LOVE. BUT THINK ABOUT THIS MY MOTHER IS 80 YRS OLD.WHILE YOUR MOTHER WAS SAVING FOR COLLEGE. MY MOTHER WAS IN THE COTTON FIELDS.I DIDNT START OUT ON SAME PLAYING FIELDS AS YOU.SO THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU SIT AND DECIDE TO JUDGE ME.

Of course people would want socialism in this country to fail. I would argue that the moment socialism is introduced to such a high degree in this country it fails automatically on principle.

Yes, the times are bad. But to have such a short-sighted view is extremely dangerous...read the patriot act. We can't abandon our fundamental principles just because things are bad right now.

I don't agree with Limbaugh on all things, but I completely understand what he's saying. And Rahm is not responding to what Limbaugh is saying...he is responding to what he wants people to think Limbaugh is saying. And as long as the people are idiots and don't listen to actual words, the fear tactics of the Obama administration will work and the freedoms our founding fathers fought so hard to secure will be freely handed to an overreaching government.

Remember, freedom does not grow on trees!!!

Limbaugh is a real digrace to mankind.Is he still on drugs to hope his president policies fail?Why don't he just come out and say he hopes the country fail.He is a disgusting overdrugged pig

.......rush, rush, rush, guess what? Capitalist, DESTROYED! Capitalism.............The wall street crowd. And Big banks..........did it.....not socialism.........................GET REAL........................

The Republicans don't seem to "get" that they LOST the election, and WHY they lost it, and by HOW MUCH they lost it.

Nobody with an IQ in triple digits pays any attention to Flush Lamebaugh or Ann Coulter.

It is as intellectually dishonest to blame FDR for the Great Depression as it is to blame President Obama for the huge deficit which former President GW Bush's actions NECESSITATED *if* President Obama is to save the country from a Second Great Depression.

But intellectual honesty has never been Lamebaugh's "thing." Maybe if they packaged it in an oxycontin bottle ...

It's going to take a GENERATION (or MORE) of Democratic administrations to cleanse the Aegean Stables the Republicans left us.

That's a WHOLE LOTTA EQUINE EXCREMENT!

I have no use for Rush. He is a fat loud mouth and the American people tired of him trying to cram his crap down all our throats. That why they lost the White House, Senate, and House. I wish he would just go away. It was him and his ilk that got us in this mess we are all in.

i think rush is nothing but a slobbering pig
if thats all he can say about our president then he has a brain the size of a bug!
if the republicans want to help change our country then put some ideas out there instead of just a no or complain about what youre not going to vote for or do

The Republican party should change its name to LIMPUBLICANS and wear arm bands.

You know darn well, 20, 000, 000 people listen to Limbo, but not every one of those listeners agrees with him.

The Republicans are in such dire straights right now, they'll let a drug addicted blowhard like him spew forth his hatred and hope people will follow. Why don't they elect them as their candidate for 2012 then he can be savaged by the Dems and media, just like Obama was by the media and Republicans.

Who cares what the RINOs have to say? The GOP needs to get rid of those two hussies from Maine.

Rash Limbo is an idiot that needs his ears slapped back about three inchus on each side!

Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Bachman, Anne Coulter and Joe the Plumber are leaders of the Republican Party? Amazing.....They spew seeds of hate and dishonor the country. Limbaugh makes in excess of 40 million year pontificating vile hatred, yet he is the leader of this once distinguished party?? Limbaugh is an admitted drug user and blow hard. The self annointed leader of the party will continue to drive it into the ground. If there is any hope for the party, the educated and sane Republicans must conduct some serious self reflection–do you honestly think this rhetoric will attract a diverse constituency–or do you really care?

Well, thank you Mr. Emanuel, because I happen to like Rush Limbaugh mainly because he pays his TAXES!!!!!!!!!!! Unlike some of you folks up there in Washington.

LImbaugh's head looks as if it were ready to explode!

If the GOP needs Rush L for counsel and leadership, it is a very sad day for what's lest of the GOP. How about a Palin-Joe the plumber ticket in 2012?

Seeing that porky face and hearing the loud, high-pitched squeals from Rush, I thought yesterday that he is the perfect face of the present day GOP. It ain't pretty. Years ago I was a Republican, when the party stood for something good.

Rush Limbaugh is still nothing more than a big, fat, lying turd.

-If it were not for REPUBLICANS there would not solders protecting you!

no one really cares what rahmen (or whatever) thinks? Ithis guy is a no body.

The fat man is just saying what the rest of the rpugs believe. They want America to fail if they and their rich friends can't get richer.

Link Limbaugh, Colter, Palin, Steele, and the rest of their cronies to the recent article regarding hate groups like the KKK and you have a pretty good picture of the Republican party.

"He is the voice and the intellectual force......"????

Has Emanuel starting taking the drugs that Rush used to take or perhaps still takes????

To call Rush an intellectual force.... I mean come on dear Rahm!! I don't like what the Republican administration has done in the last 8 years and many other things about them but to say that Rush is the intellectual force of the Repubs... That is an insult to Republicans they do NOT deserve. Republicans are our brothers and sisters and other than teh Rush's, Coulter's. Hannity's and O'Reilly's of the world, they do not spread hate in the air and care about the country as much as the Dems or the Independents or anyone else for that matter.

So please Emanuel, with all due respect, do NOT insult the Republicans.

Limbaugh must be secretly working for the Obama 2012 campaign.

Where was Limbaugh's outrage when Bush gave billions to bail out Wall Street with no oversight or accountability? Certainly that was also a "threat to capitalism". If this bloated windbag and the talking scarecrow, Ann Coulter, are the best the Republican party has to represent them and their ideology then they have clearly scraped the bottom of the barrel.

yes, the racists drug head lombaugh is alive and kicking. america ? what america? these people on the right are worse than the kkk.

I have to say again these two people prove Rush is right as rain and spot on when he says there are people that just don’t understand his remark about failure.

Rush is pointing out the Obama policy and agenda and who in their right mind would want socialism to succeed other then a liberal democrat.

Any one that believes in freedom and liberty would agree socialism needs to be defeated at all cost.

This means to people with a working brain cell that the Obama agenda must be defeated! And republican that does not agree with this view must be voted out of office!

They are no different then a liberal democrat.

Got news for you Rahm it is socialism that is the wrong philosophy for America!

It is Obamas agenda that is wrong for America! It is the liberal democrat’s philosophy that is wrong for America!

I will tell Cantor he is wrong for our country and his views are not in the best interests for our nation.

What is best for America is capitalism and individual liberty! These make our foundation and keep our country free.

If you are any one don’t get it then feel free to leave and don’t let lady liberty hit your backside on the way out!!!

Limbaugh is nothing but a immature blowhard, who takes advantage of ignorant people. I am still a registered Republican, and if that is who is leading the comeback for the party, we are doomed for sure.

Guys an idiot, what a great role model, a fat addict that doesnt have a sporty bone in his body telling us about little league, what we should fear that too now? i got news for this moron, we did keep score, for a day....it was all about fun and nobody kept track of wins or anything, what a fool, anyone that listens to this guy should seriously get their head checked. This is getting really stupid, i guess if i made money yapping away about things i didnt understand id protect myself too though. specifically if i was that fat. the world isnt caving in because of liberals, i hate to burst peoples bubble. Wake up.

The GOP has no majority in the Senate or House, no front runner to represent their party and no real ideas on how to help the country. Nothing left but to organize and bash the President.

The path they are taking only shows the GOPs desperation. They obviously didn't learn their lesson back in November and will continue to feed their own demise. My advise as a taxpayer to the GOP is to put up AND shut up!

I'm not a big R Limbaugh fan, but don't think it's as incindiary as it appears. He does not was govt to run health, financial orgs, etc. Neither do I. He jsut words stuff to bait folks. I'm ignoring.
Middle-of-the-road Middle American.

I have been a Republican for 47 years and have never missed a voting opportunity. I did not vote for G W Bush although I did vote for his father. I will probably never vote for another Republican on the national scene. I detest Limbaugh and all he stands for. He is a drug addict, reformed or not and everything he spouts diminishes the Republican party further. Ann Coulter is another revolting individual who sails the same boat. They are both power mongers.. The dea that they represent the Republican party is reprehensible. 14 years of them controlling Congress has put us in this mess and it will take more than a couple hundred days to extract us from it.

This is America, we know that hate groups exist here,but when one of the groups you are looking to for LEADERSHIP embrace these hate groups, and embrace people that encourage hate, racisum, and know that these people want OUR President to fail, then it's time to NO LONGER SUPPORT THIS GROUP(GOP).

As usual, Limbaugh gets it WRONG.

I really can't see how this party of yesterday can ever be relevant again. It's over. that a man like Limbaugh isn't simply laughed off the stage speaks volumes. A new viable political alternative needs to be formed in America. The Republicans simply represent hate, division, ethnic/cultural/economic rivalry, deliberate distortion and racist/homophobic/misogynistic thinking. Good riddance.

If Republicans truly want to win again – and I'm not sure that they do – they'll need to rid themselves of the likes of Limbaugh and Coulter. (Not to mention the religious extremists). All this because they need to win back the "moderate" wing (Yes, Virginia, once upon a time there was such a thing!)

I am a Republican and Rush Limbaugh does not speak for me.

If this what Republicans want
to lead there party, good because,
all Rush Limbaugh is full of hot
air. Rush can keep popping his
pills and stay in his little wonder
world, while us real amaricans
see the real change Obama!!!!

The ugly drugged up face of a loosing party.

Obama 2012

Reminds me of people like George Wallace standing at the doors of the Birmingham High School. I am a white person who lived in Alabama at that time. I left the Democratic Party and became one of the few Republicans in the south in hopes of changing the way the south and the Democrats behaved. As the Johnson's administration pushed civil rights old bigoted southern Democrats abandoned the Democratic party and took all their hate and bigoted views with them to the Republican Party. I left the party and went back to the Democrats. People like Rush Limbaugh and his fellow hate mongers are no different than the Geogre Wallaces' who destroyed the southern Democratic party and now they will destroy the Republican party. They are original bigots and racist and never have gotten over the fact this country is not just for them alone. Only their kind believe thay have a right to be here. They want a country just their way and just for them. Get over it – it's 2009.

Limbaugh, Coulter great americans who want to see Obama fail. Sounds pretty unpatriotic to me. But what do you expect from a couple of morons.

I guess he had his own show going on. Making fun of others makes him feel better for himself. Let him blabber all he wants. He is a sorry excuse for a person and hopefully one day he will lose all his income and be at the mercy of the "people" he said he would like to see fail. No Limbaugh, we want to see YOU fail. Fail like the scrambled eggs in your head that have rotted already! Go look for another set of idiots to stand up and clap for your sorry @$$!

Limebaugh/Hannity Coulter/Gingrich....did any of these "conservatives appear for free at CPAC...which stands for McCarthyism all over again.

How can anyone claim honestly that President Obama is to stir away from capitlaism and individual liberty…how about finding a new balance in your foundation of a renewed and responsible capitalism and liberties. From each dollar earn and from each liberty comes great responsibility for one's own life and toward our neighbor and our country.

I've never even listened to Limbaugh...He doesn't dictate what I do, but I do want this blatant socialism to fail. I want my kids to have the same opportunities as me, not because I've build up wealth for them, but because anyone can succeed in this country.
In Mr. Obama's Socialistic view, the lazy will progress a little bit at the expense of everybody. The Entreprenerial spirit will leave (or at least people will just follow their leaders and hide their income from taxation.).
I WANT socialism to fail...I do not want America to fail.

These Republican leaders should just sit down. Rush is the leader of the party now.

Bow to the NEW LEADER of the REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!

What a deuche bag!!

Really? You mean a prescription drug addict is hoping for someone to fail? We all know who the real failure is and he's not president.

How can anyone claim honestly that President Obama is to stir away from capitlaism and individual liberty...how about finding a new balance in your foundation of a renewed and responsible capitalism and liberties. From each dollar earn and from eacl liberty comes great responsibility for one's own life and toward our neighbor and our country.

A drug addict is a truly appropriate leader for the GOP. This is your brain on Rush....

How can anybody want the President of the United States to fail? The people of the United States are not stupid and can see through the gimmicks of the Republican party. We had eight years of failure look at what happened to our country.

Fascinating that a man who's been married three times and an admitted hillbilly heroin (oxycotin) addict is the "face" of the conservative republican party. I'm not knocking his style or what he says, we all know he has every right in the world to say what he wants. Rather, it's those who hang on his every word as gospel that are the true disappointments.

chief of staff, rahm emanuel appeared on CNN Sunday, 3/1/09. emanuel has been giving misinformation about political matters for years. I guess Obama feels real comfortable with emanuel because they have the same 'flaw', giving misinformation about political matters. And it's getting worse. I dare CNN to put my comment on their media t.v. news programs. But I have about 1% hope that CNN will do so because they are in bed with ALL Democrats and their behavior toward Obama appears to be adoration of him as well as defending anything he says and/or does.

IF HES THE FACE FOR THE REPUBLICANS THEN THEY CAN COUNT THEIR PARTY GONE FOREVER! IF HE IS WISHING FAILURE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA THEN HE IS WISHING FAILURE FOR ALL AMERICANS. SURE GLAD THE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WIN THE WHITEHOUSE, CAN YOU SEE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN FOR? I THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS OVER DONE ITS STAY, FOREVER!!!!!!

Limbaugh does represent pure unadulterated captitalism, which is why America has fallen so far. Extremists on either end of the political spectrum do harm to the vast majority. Problem with most of Limbaugh's fans is that they are too ignorant to realize that his agenda is the agenda of the greediest rich (upper 1%). Limbaugh is a hate monger with nothing more to offer than what he's already 'largely' facilitated – a failing economy and more enemies than allies.

your republican party is terrifying, at least the ones you hear about.

Rush Limbaugh is the greatest danger to The USA since Hitler

I generally don't like Rush but I would have to agree with him, I want Obama to fail when it comes to his plans for federal intrusion in to every aspect in our lives, I want Obama to fail when it comes to government run health care, I want Obama and co. to fail when it comes to the 2nd Amendment. If by having Obama succeed we rid ourselves of everything we hold dear how could anyone not want the man to fail?

As a Republican, I think Coulter and Limbaugh are a disgrace. Republicans need to admit that these two windbags are not what this party needs.

Who cares what Rahm Emanuel thinks about Rush? What did you expect?
And who, with even a tenth of a brain, would want wrong-headed and dangerous policies to succeed?
What we want are correct policies, but that's not what is happening.
Sheesh!

Hes a fat useless drug addict PIG! No real American listens to him, only other pigs. The republican party has been its own worst enemy for awhile now, and they are not doing a thing to change it, first palin and now this American hating windbag. He actually thinks palin is fit to run the country...nuff said.

First he said he want's Obama to fail, then he said he didn't say that, now that he's in a room with his like minded (narrow-minded) people, he say's he did say it but wti h a disclaimer attached this time. I hope he stays the voice of the GOP because when Obama succeeds and America is back and track and doing well I for one will enjoy watching Rush eat crow.

wow, am I in the Twilight Zone now or something? Can the news gets some guts already and get real stories and not just issue p.r. releases!?

Let's hope reasonable people like Cantor come to the fore in this madness. Limbaugh, Hannity and Krauthammer seem to have gone over the top. Our country has to be more important than this expression of bitterness by these people. Having said that I don't want the Republican party to be torn asunder by this which I fear is growing more possible by these things. We don't win if any one party dominates too much.

Al Franken said it several years ago, and he was spot on:

"Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat Idiot."

I have never seen anything like this in any elected President of the US there are so many people against what the democrats are doing so why don't they wake up..this will probably their last time in office the way things are going and do they think for a minute the next president won't turn this back to the America we knew and want

Once again..the dems still won't set the record staight. Rush said " if Obamas plan for the country is socialism, the I hope he fails"

rush is full of it Sarcastic Hateful Ignorant Talk take all the capitol letters put the together and find what else he's full of

I think Rush needs to stuff a sock in it..Any other country would hang him for treason. Get him off the air. Radical.

I am so disappointed that my party would resort to putting a celebrity talk show host as head of the party. Rush Limbaugh is to repbublicans what Susan Sarandon is to the libs. Rediculous!

The fact that he is the face of the Republican Party and they say that he is "intelligent," bothers me. Especially since he can form his lips to make a comment such as, "I hope Barak Obama FAILS." Which means you want this country to fail. You want this economy to fail. Oh I get it now, you want it to fail just so you could potentially have a shot at the office. Laughing. Good Luck with that.

Rush Limbaugh.... I'm amazed. I honestly thought he was entertainment. Not a genuine political voice.

Individual liberty?!? The GOP is attacking patients and doctors in California who are following the law.

Is that their version of "liberty" ?

what an idiot this guy is.....and his choice of dress....you are not a sex symbol...nor are you all that bright.....and if you are going for hip....you arrived at hippo!!

Why is it that CNN is "failing" to correct the misconception of what Rush Limbaugh said? Does CNN have an liberal agenda? Limbaugh said if wants to push Socialist policies in this government, then he hopes Obama fails. He even prefaced what he said when he made the statement with "the liberal press was going to have a field day" misconstruing what he was about to say.
It certainly appears he was correct, on both accounts. Fail baby, fail!!!!!

I love the way Rahm thinks. I can't wait till the Repubs get into a mental chessmatch with him. Checkmate!

Your wrong Emanuel we want him to fail if he plans on making America a socialist country....I don't know what the hell their thinking about in Washington.....We love America the way it is

Rush is making Republicans look 'UnAmerican".

Poor pathethic republicans!
Complete LOSERS!!!

It's going to be really funny when Cantor has to crawl on his knees to Rush and ask for forgiveness. All republicans share the same brain, and that's the brain of the almighty Rush.

The GOP can spin it any way they want, but Rush IS their strident, hateful voice.

Obama's presidency has already failed miserably. Only took five weeks – has to be some kind of record.

Well CNN, I was wondering just how sore you poor babies would be after Rush plugged FOX News about a dozen times...glad to see you finally got over it in time to put everthing he said into a negative context...good one.

As a republican I am saddened to think that Rush Limbaugh has become the face of the party. His ideals are so far to the right that I am afraid of where my party is going to end up.

Some Democrats will not be happy until we have no military at all...never mind getting out of Iraq. They live in this fantasy that we are the only agressors in the world and everybody else are victims of our military.

Social programs and capitalism can work together. European countries have proven this correct. Social programs such as universal health care will not affect anyone's "individual liberty" but only strengthen it by freeing them from the grasps of America's corrupt health care companies.

Rush Limbo never has known true reality past his drug addiction.

Never have i seen the Rushpublican party so extreme.
They lost in 2006 and 2008 because they keep moving further right,

Instead of embracing republicans like Charlie Crist, and Colin Powell who truly put country first....They push them away because they're moderate.

In 10 years the rushpublicans will be extinct like the whig party.

They had 8 years under George W. Bush and see what condition they have our country in.

If Rush L is the new face of the Republican Party, I'm going to keep running from it, even faster than I did with Palin representing the GOP. Yeah, I ran right over to the Democratic Party and voted for President Obama. Not because he is Democrat, but because he had this uncanny ability to bring people together. Which is the exact opposite of Palin and, yuk, Limbaugh? Shut up.

yeah, Obama using fear to push an agenda. suddently, rush is against it after he was for it with bush. these guys are such fakes. they are there to sell ad space on their shows and sell their books. nothing more. they are dividing americans for their own profitability. Hannity, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Savage....who says the media is liberal? Conservative pukism is all i hear and watch on radio and television.

it's garbage at any rate.

Rush Limbaugh is trying to make it sound like he said something other than what he truly said. He said the words frankly, that he hopes Obama fails. He didn't say "I hope Obama isn't successful in enacting his leftist agenda", but no he said he hopes he fails, flat-out. That's basically saying he hopes he fails at what he does, keeping this country safe and keeping it managed correctly with his other Executive-duties. Please Republicans, distance yourself from this clown, he's making you all look terrible to people with brains.

Poor Rush he's on a run away train that's about to derail! Who in their right mind would listen to or give an iota of creedence to anything Limbaugh said? Anne Coulter gives me shivers, Rush is a male Anne Coulture in drag! "Heebie Jeebies"

Rush is just like Howard Stern, just be outrageous and keep pouring it on and a segment of people will follow, some will listen and believe, some will listen just to hear the next misleading statement, and the vast majority of us will just ignore him. Too bad more people will not ignore him for what he is. A pompous loudmouth that has an illinformed following,

I guess there is no reason for him to go away, he makes millions each year just like Stern, why give up the money?

Chuck

Every time someone like Limbaugh opens his mouth, the conservatives become more marginalized. Their social and foreign policies have failed. Let's hope they have a few decades in the wilderness to give the world a break.

It is sad that many smart Americans are condoning Limbaugh's tactics just so the GOP can win the next election. This is no way to satisfy the needs of Americans in dire times. Any party will not be successful if they wish the other to fail.

Oh, come on, Emanuel. You seriously expect us to believe that you and the rest of the Democrat party weren't cheering and rooting for W to fail for the last 8 years? The truth is that despite the wishes of your willing accomplices in the media, the Iraq war has not been the failure that you desired and openly hoped for.

Not that I expect a leftist site like CNN to print this, but Rush is right...on this and so many other things. We've seen Obama's prescription for the ills of this country. We've heard his philosophy, through his own words, through the people he appoints (you, Holder, Daschle, etc.), and through the people he idolizes (FDR, Alinsky, etc.). If that is what Obama wants for this country, I fervently hope that he fails utterly and miserably. His vision for this country is not ours and it definitely has no relation to the founding fathers' vision and I will not apologize about wanting him to fail in this endeavor. You'll notice that I never said "I want America to fail" or "I want the economy to fail." I want Obama's dreams and visions for this country to fail, because those dreams and visions are by Constitutional definition un-American.

IT IS A DISGRACE TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT REPRESENTING THIS PARTY!

A SAD DAY FOR AMERICA AND AN OUT OF TOUCH PARTY!

RUSH LIMBAUGH COMMENT THAT HE IS HOPING OBAMA FAILS IS AN ATTACK ON THIS COUNTRY AND PUTS PARTY IN FRONT OF COUNTRY!

AMERICAN IS ONE AND MUST UNITE TO BE STRONG AND REPECTED. THESE TYPE OF COMMENTS DIVIDE AND ARE DESTRUCTION EXAMPLES OF THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.

GET REAL

I can't believe anyone would want to watch Limbaugh's speech. It is the most negative and un-American speech I have heard from either party. To wish failure of a president is to wish for failure of this country. It is just obscene. Rush is right in league with Bin Laden in wishing for this country to fail and be toppled by the problems we are in. We have met the enemy and he lives amoungst us. It is sad people actually follow this idiot. I know of some who think he is some sort of god, the way he scorns so much of what we do as Americans. It is indeed sad.

Don't Republicans realize that if they keep following Rush, their Party will diminish? Women don't like him, minorities don't like him, and Independants will be turned of. So what if Rush has millions of listeners. Isn't there 300 million people in this country? Jeez! To put all of their faith in this guy ,is a huge mistake.

It's strange that CNN is helping the GOP to look very bad. Don't get me wrong. As Democrats, we appreciate it greatly. This is done by writting articles that they're concerned about 2012 elections; when it is they (the GOP) who can't even offer solutions to recitify the damage they caused to this country in 2009 from their policies between years 2000-2008.

Get a grip GOP losers......................

Rush and the Republican base needs to understand that 2012 is a very long time away. They need to focus on the issues of today in a bi-partisanship way, and be very real about it, and put us before party.
They are seeming more interested in 2012 than they are in us, and our issues of today. Where were they when we needed their help over the past 8 years? Now that they lost the election and a new President is making an effort, they want to put on such a show. They are giving me more and more reason why the Republican Party is more out of touch with the American People.

Rush and all the so-called conservatives who claim to be the uber-patriot should be ashamed of themselves that they would prefer to see this country go down the drain than lift a finger to help it rejuvenate. All they care about is holding on to power and screwing the people out of any input. Waiting with bated breath for Canter to apologize to Rush.

Rush is big fat loser. Who would listen to him. What has he EVER done? The GOP is getting worse and are out of touch with most Americans. Conservative? Does that pay my bills? This man is a millionaire and his irate listeners are losing their future. I don't get it. If Obama fails, then this country is $@$@#@@.

go straight to hell rush !!!

Rush Limbaugh is not worth answering.......but I have to say, let him keep on being the face of the GOP. He is just telling the truth about what, and who the GOP is all about. He is good business for the Democrats.

He is VERY GOOD for the 2010 elections for the Democrats.

Americans......how can we talk negative about the president of our country? I have never heard so much negativity about any one president. Is it because he is young; black; articulate; intelligent; democrat? WHat is it? Somebody please explain.

Let us please resepect the office...no matter who the president is. We can agree to disagree....but respect the office!

Now Limbutt, I mean Limbaugh is not in office....He is just like the energizer bunny....he keeps going and going and going.....on about NOTHING! He is in this for the money!!!....Get it republicans? The money!!! He said it himself...he has no college knowledge or experience as far as that matters about the world situation at hand. HE is the only one spouting out fear and if anyone is dividing the country, He is. He is just a lot of hot air and needs to be popped like a balloon. He needs to stop talking against our president. I don't see other countries talk about their leaders like we do. I just dont know what is becoming of our country anymore.

this was a freakin conservative pep rally and people who wanted to strip down the content of the speech because it was anti democrat is just crazy. I mean,if there was a liberal convention would we see CNN print rebuttals about James Carville bashing republicans? some people just want it both ways

The Repewbs need to keep Rush's bloated face fromt and center for the foreseeable future, thus ensuring handy victories in all upcoming elections for the Dems. It's sad, I used to be able to relate to the Repewbs on fiscal conservatism and aspirations for wealth...but the bigoted, fear and war mongering talking heads of the last 15 years have scared me away.

Wow. Looks like the young Conservative crowd and future of the Republican Party aren't very smart, are they? Oh yes, I forget...it is the Democrats who are often ridiculed for their intelligence. That being said, it makes sense that Limbaugh has such strong following from this group. The stupification of our nation has been, yet again (Palin), personified. Great going Reps! AND they also had Coulter speak? Wow...they have so much to be proud of.

Rush Limbaugh keeps getting fatter and fatter and fatter! If I were a Republican, I'd be so ashamed of him! He really is the face of the Republican Party. How sad!

God bless President Obama! God bless the American people who put President Obama in office!

Is Rush Limbaugh still married? And if so then which one and how many is this? How could anyone stand being with him??!

Rush Limbaugh is the intellectual force? There's nothing intellectual about that buffoon.

As a conservative and a Ron Paul supporter, Rush Limbaugh is not the face of the Republican Party.

Rush Limbaugh is ignorance personified. I'm sick and tired of hearing about politicians and the media saying one thing and doing another.

I'm also sick of people lumping true Republicans in with neo-conservatives like Rush and Bush. These people believe and act more in fascism than a democratic republic.

They are an insult to the Republican Party.

.....rush, is missing the point. Or, is in denial. You know who really destroyed capitalism? The the capitalist! YES!..............the so-called socialist. President Obama, is trying to save Capitalism. Believe it or not...The people on wall street, the bankers, and yes, us. Trying to keep up with the joneses............rush is a big fat junkie...that has no creditabilty..............................

I was a democrap for 20 plus years, I apologize for that! Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and only a few other have the chutzpah to tell the truth about the Demokrat party.

A party of censorship, fascism, totalitarianism.

I have seen the corruption up close and the true elitist bigotry that exists in the Demo Krat Party

>> capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation

Liberty, yes, but I don't recall the founding fathers mentioning capitalism anywhere in their texts and speeches as a foundation for our country. Where did Rush get that? I remember the reference to "liberty and the pursuit of happiness", but not "the happiness of pursuing capitalism". Rush may wish the founders had been conservative, republicans, even dittoheads, but alas, evidence is to the contrary.

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Anyone who listens to Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter and takes them seriously is a fool.

Rush Limbaugh is a big fat stupid idiot-still as true today as it was when Al Franken wrote the book. If he and Sarah Palin are the faces of the Republican party in these trying times then God better bless America-we'll need it.

Rush is nothing more than a roadside carnival, snake oil salesman.

Any political party that looks to him as their "voice" is one I will avoid like the plague.

Limbaugh publicly calls for the failure of the elected president of the United States in a time of war and economic crisis.
He is a traitor to the nation and should be treated as such.
For years he has attempted to divide not unite our country and he is a national disgrace.
Contact your local radio affiliate that broadcasts his show and ask them if they too call for the failure of our President in a time of war and crisis.
His words are lies and poison.
He is a traitor to the United States of America.

Rush Limbaugh IS the conscience, voice and intellectual basis of the republican party. He states publicly what the others don't have the kahunas to say. They may deny it, but behind closed doors they are in agreeance with him. If they weren't, they would not have given him free reign to ramble on for 80 minutes at their national convention and he would not have received standing ovations and thunderous applause.

The republicans messiah is Limbaugh, closely followed by apostles Hannity, Coulter, Malkin and Ingraham.

It's about time someone said it.

Rush represents many of those whose opposition to President Obama is based on their ignorance stemming from their religious and racial bigotry first and whatever policies they may actually fully understand a distant second.

The ironic thing is that many of these people could benefit from social programs – yet continue to vote for a party and ideology that doesn't care about them. Why do lower income, uneducated whites vote the GOP ticket in droves? No one cares about them, much less their precious GOP.

Sad but true, and God Bless America.

GOP: You lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

Until the Republicans reject extremists, they will lost support across the nation.

Somebody give Rush some pills and shut him up.

Limbaugh seems to be more focused on Obama failing than the policies Obama stands for. Pure Capitalism (by Banks and Conservatives) are the reason we are in a recession. I don't see Limbaugh coming up with any solutions on uplifting our economy.

The response from the GOP is "Sorry we created the deficit. Its up to you and your good ol' American Spirit to get yourselves out of this rut."

These current events are showing the "True Face" of the GOP and the Conservatives, and not the "Black Face" they are putting forth to fool the public into trusting them again. It's a shame that the GOP insults the intelligence of the American people by putting non-whites in public positions to lead them to believe that the GOP has changed.

Limbaugh is just a blow hard, in search of attention like a small child.

What bothers me the most is that those politicians who agree with Limbaugh in hoping that this administration fails (due to differing policies and strategy), just reinforces how low on their priority list the American people are. For those who think we have all the time in the world to fix the mess, we as individuals, and the government help create, are nothing but 'economic terrorists' in my book. Shame on you for all of your ranting and postering. To the Limbaughs & Coulters, if DC is so screwed up then why don't you run for office and try to make a positive change in the ways things are done. Oh I forgot, your book sales and speaking engagements are more important (after all they do provide you with a nice paycheck and you really don't have to get your hands dirty by working to change anything that will better the lives of Americans).

it's funny that someone like Limbaugh (who I consider to be as big of a fear monger as Bush, Cheney, Hannity, Coulter, and O'Reilley) should talk about an issue such as using fear to control people when Republicans have been doing so since the Reagan era. While I'm aware the Democrats aren't perfect either, Republicans seem to be extremely hypocritical when you compare what they say to what they actually do. They did nothing to stop the countless Bush policies during his 8 years in office but once he was out then they started to act "concerned" about the country. Capitalism doesn't really allow individual liberties when it makes money the top priority giving the advantage to the big corporations and multinational companies, it clearly puts money before the COMMON people (since the rich still benefit from capitalism). If Republicans really want to progress then they have to stop listening to people like Limbaugh who only promote intolerance and ignorance.

Rush is becoming a caricature of himself. It's pathetic.

What a loser. He can't seem to want to reunite this country because it's to his benefit. How selfish is that. Instead of working together when the replubicans already failed in kissing Bush's rear. Think outside of the box and not what can benefit you all. How about paying for your own health care instead of letting the public pay for your incompetence.

What a puke.......he's a complete disgrace to America!

Mr. Limbaugh,

Mr. Limbaugh,

Keep talking and showing your true face to the american people sooner or later they will see you for what I already know you are a treacherous and want to be dangerous man. Having voted for Mr. Obama was the best thing I have done so far and after listening to your hate messages thank God I made the right decision. Mr. Limbaugh you will destroy yourself and the GOP with your messages and something will also be happening to you so keep talking I'm loving every minute of it.

Bertha Loyde,
Dallas, Texas

Rush Limbaugh and the republican party are Anti-American and don't have a clue about our country's foundation unless he's referring to slavery and forced labor.

The republican party has lost it's way and Rush pulling the party to the extreme right verges on Nazi status.

Limbaugh is a big fat pig who makes me vomit. He certainly is the face of the GOp and if there is somebody who inspires fear in this country, it is him and what he represents : the worst in this country. I wish he and Coulter had been drowned at birth.

Rush hopes for failure? Seriously Rahm? You take this line: "I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation" and turn it into this: "Rush hopes for failure." Wow...that's not spinning it at all.

Well, this is what the Republican constituency wanted-Rush for a leader. Well, I hope that you are prepared for everyone finally paying attention to what he has to say, which is something I'm not sure you really want. How do you think his words will affect the majority of people who don't go for that whole paranoid, fascist, racist philosophy?

Better yet, are the Republican members of Congress ready to repudiate Rush on any level? At least Democrats disagree with each other without having to grovel at the feet of a cult leader. Democrats in the House voted against Obama's plan, yet you haven't heard any calls to get them out of office. We value different ideas.

Like I said, you guys wanted Rush, well now you've got him.

God I love Rahm.

Please Obama and democrat ignore this clown. By looking at him speaking yesterday he is not worth responding to. His action was like someone who was on some kind of drug. What about the fist bump about? Where they not criticizing Obama and Michelle about their fist bump. Channel five morning and friends what do you think about your clown's fist bump. You hypocrite you say things because you are paid to say whatever you want to say. Republicans are pathetic. Do they have any idea about how to save the economy without tax cut? Tax cut for who, unemployed or companies who have made riches all this year and is lying people off to hold on to their riches.

Most of what Rush says I quickly identify as lies. Why would anyone listen to this hate-monger and all his lies and not be offended?

Rush and Ann run the GOP show...

The Republican Party is in its last gasps in the way that it currently exists. America doesn't want to be led by snobbish, every-man-for-himself, get-rich-quick, pill-popping "Gordon Geckos" of the country.

Why would anyone in this country give any creedence whatsoever to the words of an Oxycontin pill-poppin' addict?

Whoa...Record 1334 comments on Coulter jabs Obama post....freerice ..how many expected here for Rush

Are you kidding me? You want Barack Obama to fail on a platform of individual liberty? If the GOP wants to know why it lost all of its power to Democrats, maybe they should start by disowning Rush Limbaugh. I'm not the most savvy political analyst, but don't his comments strike everyone else more as immature whining and less as a thoughtful criticism of Obama's current political policy? Ever since Barack Obama took office, even the most respectful of Republican pundits (such as Senator McCain) whined and moaned about the Democrats' policy-making. They'll admit that they had a choke-hold on the political process for, at the very least, the past 8 years, but then spread this sort of immature, nonconstructive, and (dare I say?) unsportsmanlike rhetoric that only looks to draw lines between a nation of people who must erase or at least blur these bipartisan lines. What's so hard about understanding that the majority of Americans felt that the GOP did a lousy job for the better part of a decade and want people with different ideas regarding government policy to write that policy? Grow up, Washington Republicans, make some concessions and show some flexibility. It shouldn't be the sole responsibility of the Democrats to reach across the aisle– the GOP needs to do the same thing as well. If they want to make a good start of this, maybe they should look to schedule someone besides Rush Limbaugh at their speaking events.

As I hear about the policies that President Obama is pushing, I believe that he and Raul Emanual want this country to fail. They are trying to bankrupt the federal government and I believe they will succeed if they accomplish their agenda.

It is such a shame that the Republican Party allows this man to be their spokesman. These are complicated times we live in, and the problems we have are monumental in scope. We need leaders who have vision, are analytical and schooled enough to recognize the need for change. Sadly, the Republican Party turns to this loudmouthed, unqualified individual (what ARE his qualifications anyway) to be their mouthpiece. I haven't heard anything new or innovative come out of his mouth for years now.

Unfortunately for the GOP, Rush Limbaugh IS about as logical and honest as the GOP gets...even if he is a big, fat windbag on drugs.

Rush would rather we all fail than change and survive together.. he makes ~35 million a year...worth hundreds of millions of dollars....while the average listener makes 25,000 a year..go figure..

I saw Mr. Cantor this morning. He certainly says all the right things, and makes it seem as though he wants bipartisan support. But I think he really agrees with Limbaugh in private, because everything Obama comes up with results in a NO. Even after Obama and the Dems put some of his ideas into the stimulus bill, he whined and moaned and voted NO. I live in his district, and I can tell you that the vast majority of constituents out here disagree completely with Cantor's stimulus vote. He doesn't get it, and will lose his job on the next election as a result.

Go Away Buster….!

You are an Entertainer Not in Government. All you want is Ratings so you remain relevant and make money.

You are placing your personal Agenda ahead the health of the Nation’s discourse.

The wind you blowing are Cold, Vituperative, Confrontational and Malicious.

This is not Good for America, You are definitely NOT Good for America….

Go Away...!

Why are the Republicans running from the fact that Rush Lumbaugh is their leader??? We have no problem admitting that Obama is our leader. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I have yet to see a solution. I see only money be indiscriminately thrown at a problem-as usual. Part of the problem is stock-holder greed, union corruption, and allowing mediocrity to be this country's standard for everything.

If the Republicans have Rush Limbaugh as their spokesman, then they are a sorry lot.

In my book Rush Limbaugh is a pig and that's putting it mildly.

Rush.You keep on talking GOP is sinking "Thank you sooo much"

Ps. Rush is a thinker for the none thinkers

Mr. Cantor is out of touch with the Republican party.

if this is the future of the GOP, I have made my choice wisely voting a straight Democratic ticket for the first time in my entire life.

One of the Republican Senators had made the remark that they need to get back the "Sam's Club" peoples votes. During his speech Limbaugh made the statement that when he looked out over the CPAC crowd he didn't see Sam's Club or Black or Hispanic voters. He saw only Republicans and I could only think to myself ,"He doesn't see them because they aren't there". The only thing I could compare Rush speaking at the CPAC to was a modern day Klan meeting. It was just a bunch of out of touch wealthy White people cheering for every bellicose statement Rush voiced whether it made sense or not. Comparing wanting the President to fail to wanting a football team to fail made no sense at all and the even scarier part was his reasoning behind it. He and many Conservatives want the President to fail because they "BELIEVE" he's going to lead the country down a path of Socialism and no freedoms. Not because they know or have proof because he's only been in office for two months. Because they "BELIEVE". Like the crazy woman at the McCain rally who "believed" he's a Muslim. Like Joe the Plumber who "believed" the President would raise his taxes.
Democrats aren't scared of Rush or Ann Coulter. What Democrats are scared of is the weak minded Conservative base that people like Limbaugh and Coulter control. Weak minded people who will do something crazy or violent after hearing Rush say,"Take back America!!" and afterwards I can see Limbaugh saying,"I never advocated violence". These are dangerous times and the last thing we need are hate mongers stirring a bunch of Conservative wackos up into a state of frenzy in the name of an unfounded belief.

Cantor disagreed with one comment. Your reporting implies that he disagrees with everything Rush said. Shame on you. Where is the fair balanced reporting?

I listen to Rush religiously, and I understand where he's trying to go with this, but darn if he's not going about it the WRONG way. This is going to guarantee we're shut out of any significant congressional wins in 2010. And if we don't shape up soon, the Dems will be back in the White House in 2012.

Rush is the idiot the Republica party needs. Here in Texas he is God.. He can not help the Republican cause ,,so keep it up RUSH. He is just a big fat slob with a fowel mouth.

Looks to me like the image of Rush was photo-shopped – or simply stretched horizontally – to make even easier for obnoxious liberals to hurl their "fat" insults around. And what's that – an earring CNN put on him? At least there's no halo around Obama in today's pictures.

When the likes of this turd polisher and that nasty female impersonator Ann Coulter are out whipping up their white hooded followers then Mr. Obama must surely be something right!

Keep it up Mr. President – you are hitting a nerve with these guys, now it is time make them squeal like the little piggies that they are!

Somethings are worse then failure. Obama's cure for what ill's America would be worse then the disease. Limbaugh is correct Obama's success will be America's failure. I for one say here here to Obama's failures.

What with the republican party? Seem their leaders and spokepersons are ex-drunks and pill popping fananics. They are sinking at warp speed.

Rush is going to the extreme with some of his comments. Is he swing for hate groups or KKK, because if you close your eyes and listen to his comments it is like he is the Wizard speaking to his division.The WORLD needs to be very careful of his words , instead of preaching UNITY and PEACE for the world he is off to the side with crazy speaking

Hey Mr. Cantor why don't you get a handle on what Rush is saying. HE WANTS SOCIALISM TO FAIL NOT THE COUNTRY STUPID!!!! You better get with the program or your days are # as a Republican Representative!

I am sick of our nation of complainers and blamers. I don't want to here from you unless you have something positive or enlightening to say. We all need to pull together or we will never pull out of this downturn. What is Rush doing to create jobs? Shut up or put up.

This is why the GOP is a dead party and will never be a force in American Politics again.

Bashing President Obama's tact towards economic recovery – is all I hear from the GOP talking heads. If they have a better way of fixing the problem show us. Could of – should of – would of ain't going to make it better. And protecting the wealthy – we all see what that bought us.

Disaster capitalism pushed by Milt Friedman and the neo-cons was and remains a disaster. And so are its apologists and promoters like Rush. Time to resurrect Keynes and institute another New Deal to overcome the raw deal of the past 29 years.

If Limbaugh is the face of the republican party and their future...heaven helps us. President Obama is doing exactly what we put him in office to do. He is and will be known as the best president in the 21st century and the repubs don't even come close to having a guy with his intellect in their party. The repubs have lowered themselves to be the party of complainers and instead of wanting to get America out of this economic problem and putting forth valuable ideas...they again want to divide this country. Please God...tell them they are not your chosen party.

Rush Limbaugh is leading the GOP because no one else has stepped up. It looks like no one is in charge of the Republican Party so the crazies feel like they have to do it. What a mess that Party is in. By the way, I think it's really sad that the Republican Govenor of my state has rejected money to extend unemployement benefits. My husband has been laid off for months and can't find a job and our Govenor doesn't care about us.....I know a lot of people in my county who are struggling and he won't help us.

IF REPUBLICANS HAVE THEIR WAY, RUSH DUMBAUGH WILL BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. IS THIS THE BEST THEY HAVE TO OFFER-OH ,I FORGOT THE VILLAGE IDIOT FROM ALASKA.

If Mr. Limbaugh said, in essence, if the President's policies and programs would tear away the foundations of the country and thus he hoped he would fail, then the party whip should be listening and applauding.

If Limbaugh "is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican party"

Than my party is doomed. The Republican Party MUST distance themselves away from this comedian if we are ever to have any chance with the American people.

futhermore this idiot is a Nazi and very closely resembles Herman Goering...Hitler's right hand man...and he speaks in very much the same manner with the same ignorant gas to blow as the Nazi I mentioned.

I think Limbaugh is the voice of the gop, and that is very scary. He is a very hate filled individual and I notice people when they are listening to him get that same way.

He should go pop some more pills, the junkie. He and the people who listen and like him are ignorant and hateful and have nothing better to do. they can't think of real solutions so they bring everyone else down.

He is pathetic.

As I watched Rush speak I was expecting a bolt of lightening to strike him. The more he said against Obama the more it became clear that he is deathly afraid that Obama will succeeed and then the republicans will be so far out of touch just like he is .

This shows how dishonst the white house cronies are. Any logical and honest person understands that Rush wants Obamas socialist policies to fail and policies which would limit our freedoms. The new democratic party wants to have government control over our healthcare, education, guns, and speech. They must fail.

This guy is a windbag. Even some of his own people realize and try to dismiss him as "entertainment".

Its really scary how many people take his UN-fact-checked verbal diarrhea as fact.

when will it come time in this country to ban big mouths with absolutely nothing to say to improve our problems more than such a fat dummy as this airbag Limpbag can blow when he is spoutin gas?

What's wrong with wanting socialism and communism to fail? Whip Eric Cantor is not a conservative he's a democrat, please take him.

BTW, in his speech he paraphrased the Declaration of Independence and attributed it to the Preamble of the Constitution. What a idiot. He says he revers the our founding documents, but cannot get it right in a prepared speech?

raxh limpbag is nothing more than a big bag of hot stankin' gas. Case closed.

Hopefully, the sensible Republicans and Conservatives of this country will take back the GOP from the likes of Limbaugh and Coulter who offer this country nothing but bitter pills to swallow.
Thank you Representative Cantor, we need more Republicans like you who acknowledge that we need real solutions, not just divisive rhetoric right now.

When I hear the likes of Rush Limbaugh I cringe.........How can anyone in their right mind wish that Barrack Obama would fail!
We as a nation are facing an economic crisis like no other and this man hopes for failure!!!!!
Dear God spare us from the likes of people like Rush. Get down on your Republican knees Rush and pray Barack Obama succeeds for the good of this country and the many Americans who are suffering through this horrible recession.
Dear God please give this man HOPE and allow him to give up the HATE.
Signed: Once a Republican but no more.

Rush is like conservative political pornography. His ideas are a fantasy of what conservatives really want.

Rush is a Anti-American DRUG ADDICTED Blow Heart who refuses to pull the sheets off his bed at night and hide behind his racism. He’s the last thing anyone or anything should listen too.

And this is exactly why the Republican will continue to fall out of favor with American People. Here are the politicians that don't understand that this is a different day. I am happy they continue on the same path. It will make it easier to keep them out. You are no longer the majority. I though you would have learned that from the election. "Change" we can believe.

More vitriol.

Rush wants to raise the ramparts, stockpile the booze, pills, and cigars, and watch the world burn from his secured vantage point.

Please, please don't let this be the voice of the GOP.

It is not Godly to hope your country's leader fails anyways.

Republicans slamming Republicans! We haven't had/heard/seen a positive Republican initiative in over 8 years! Keep going boys! We Dems love ya!

Hey libs...guess the truth hurts!

Limbaugh, Palin, Jindal, Joe the (not) Plumber, Keyes – What a hot mess! What a joke! The party of can't and no.

Its so laughable to read the liberals response to Rush.....Anyway, if Mr Rove gets involved in 2012, the Dems dont stand a chance.

Tomorrow Cantor will be grovelling before the altar of Rush Limbaugh – just like the other Repugs do.They don't have the cahontas to stand up to the big fat bully.

Rush is the preacher of hate. He, and his dedicated followers could be brought low if all "AMERICANS" would contact every sponsor of every radio station that carries his hate message and inform them that we will not buy their product(s). He can't survive without the revenue from sponsors.
Republicans are anti-everything that in any way benefits american workers. What they want is everything-wealth-going up to the rich. Ronald Regan began this economic slide with his "TRICKLE DOWN" lie. The republican party have been and continue to take pages out of Hilter's rule against the american people, minus their small %.
Bill Hewett

Rush has made it clear over the years that he is the spokes person for the old white men party. Now in his little speach he is trying to sound like he is reaching out to all groups of people. YEAH Right!!!!

The fact that he is so oposed to anything that Obama tries to accomplicsh only shows how fearful he and the party are of the chages that are coming. It will never be BUSINESS AS USUAL Again in Washington. Just that thought has them all running around with their hair on fire.

Run this bum for president.. Thats just SOOOO republican! Oh, wait, he has a conviction for drugs, i forgot.. WHY didnt Rushie GO TO JAIL ??? whats that all about? He is trash and will reap to rewards of the hate that he puts out there for his own RATINGS.. thats what makes this crook excited.. ANN Coulter for VP!!!!

The Republican party "principle" are too small to fix the America large crisis agenda. Principle alone won"t solve problems.

Rush Limpball has he been elected dog catcher or was it GOP rabid chairman? Well good luck Repubs if thats all u got for a leader of ur don't get it, could care less for the regular folk and sore loser party!!

Manure

No matter it's name

Is still manure

IE ... Rush Limbaugh

Unfortunately he's the best they've got

Go Go Barack Obama, Republicans have their heads so far up their butts, they don't know whats hit em ...

Peace

emanual is an upfront, decent sort too right??? games, little games. its tiring isnt it?

Regarding Rush Limbaugh's statement that he wishes Obama to fail is unamerican. He should be standing in an unemployment line and losing his retirement. He needs to forget Republican and Democrat, black and white and support our government that is trying to bring our economy back. All I hear is who will run in 2012 for the republicans and I don't think that is our biggest concern.

This last election was a sound rejection of extremist conservative ideology that got us into so much trouble. There is nothing wrong with being fiscally conservative but now is not the time to do it. First, we have to correct the gross mismanagement of the economy that occurred during Bush's term. America does not want to listen to the politics of Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity, Cheney, Delay and Frist anymore. I also hope that they reject the extremism of Moore, Franklin and Olberman as well.
If the Rebuplicans think that they can get back the trust of a majority of Americans by going even further to the right then they have completely missed the point of why they were booted from power in the first place.
I, for one, want Limbaugh and his ilk to keep sounding off on how all Liberals are an enemy of America. As long as the Republicans continue to listen to a man who calls teen-age girls dogs for a living they will never regain power beyond their base.

Of course Rush is the face of the GOP. The GOP wants the President to fail. No bipartisanship, no cooperation, just ideological hammering with no credible alternatives. If the President's program works, then the Republicans will look like chumps, so of course they want it to fail.

At least Rush is honest enough to say it...

Limbaugh as I recall was alleged to have used cocaine until it adversely affected his hearing. Perhaps it had some deleterious effect on his mind as well. To wish that any president, or congress would fail to prevent a recurrance of the Great Depression indicates that this man has highly suspect intellect and judgment. His "side" had many years to correct or avoid the mistakes which have resulted in today's state of affairs. They did not. Since they seem to have created the problem, and have no vision for the future other than hope that others fail, Limbaugh and his ilk, cronies, and mimics should simply be ignored.

Rush is simply out to continue to get advertisements money from most of those senseless zombies in the GOP. Vey soon the party will self-destruct.

Radio talk hosts have become the new face of unAmericanism.

I wish someone would duct tape Rush Limbaughs mouth SHUT and ship him off to Iraq! I can't believe there are people out there that actually listen to the hateful spew he spit's out on his radio show. Come FCC shut this man up for GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

What do you expect from a dope head

Limbaugh is a lunatic to the 10th power!!!

Seems like the republican party has a new face and spokesperson in Mr Limbaugh – he is exactly what I think the party has become – not anything like Pres Lincoln was – just a bunch that will do anything and say anything – to hurt this country – For Mr Limbaugh to be afforded the opportunity to continue to spout and and wish our current Pres Obama to fail – should show anyone with half a brain exactly what they are.

Rush Limbaugh an intellectual force? I can't stop laughing long enough to type this.

To Republicans: Please let Rush and Coulter keep talking as much and as frequently as possible because they virtually certain to alienate independent voters. These two wackos are the best friends Democrats have ever had.

This is too funny, I guess the GOP is becoming the white man's party with idiots like Rush being the key note speaker..The country spoke they don't want these kinds of rhetroic anymore, the GOP is really in trouble... Wow... what a joke

Hey, I love my country. The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution are the building blocks of this country. If my liberties are going to be taken away, if I am going to lose my right to privacy, my freedom of speech, and my right to bear arms, then heck yeah, let him fail. No one has the right to take away my country from me!

The lunatic is at it again. Blah blah blah blah. People of America don't be fooled by a fool.

I cannot believe that CNN gave Rush Limbaugh an hour and a half of commercial free television for Rush Limbaugh to run his insulting and disengenous line of BS. I can believe that FOX would do such a thing but CNN? I have had a belief in your journalistic integrity and this makes me question it. There was no avenue for rebuttal or "equal time" . Nothing . The President of the United States is usually the only person afforded such an amount of time and then there is a highly publicized Republican response allowed . In this case there weren't even taliking heads the day after with any kind of discussion of this. I propose that some radio talk show host with another perspective get a free hour and a half to mock, denigrate, and misrepresent Rush Limbaugh, the Republican Party, and the American people who support them. This is truly outrageous and I am very dissapointed in CNN.

Rush Blowhard is proving once again that he is a big, fat idiot just like Al Franken said...

This is getting to be sad for Limbaugh. I fear Limbaugh is gonna be like the shark in JAWS. He is not going down easy!

Question: Is Cantor the one who did the commercial with the rock video music that references prostitutes? All the same, even he has enough sense to see if this is what an Independent like myself sees representing the Republicans. They scare me. I want our country to succeed no matter who is in office.

Rush is a druggy and should be in prison for breaking his probation.

Rush is nothing but a doctor-shopping drug addict. Anyone who listens to him is a fool.

The fact is that republicans are out of ideas and their leaders are on the wrong side of history. Its not like they are doing anything different. Its just that information can't be concealed the way it used to be.

People can't seem to figure out why there is always enough money for murder and destruction but never enough to keep Americans living standards up.

Its going to get harder and harder for them to sell their agenda.

Why does Obama and his thugs play with words. If you can read and listen, Rush said he would want Obama to fail if it meant losing our liberties. Why isn't anyone worried about losing their rights to things such as free speech, guns, etc..... I do agree that Obama and his thugs are putting the scare tactics in Americans making them flock to the "Chosen One" who portrays himself as the one who can do Miracles. I want to see our Country get back to how it was and I enjoy my freedom to say what I feel without the thought of having Obama and his Thugs intimidating people. For someone who is suppose to be so calm and cool, your Chosen One has pretty thin skin. People are getting mad now! Obama has to realize that he is not Tony Soprano with his gang trying to scare us. Good for Rush that he has the guts to say what he feels! Just remember you may not have that freedom long with the way things are going!!

If Rush is the "intellectual force" of the GOP, I'd hate to see what"dumb" looks like.

Limbaugh is unfortunately a huge fat bag of air that should be dispelled out the back door with none of us within sniffing distance...please dont give this blow hard anymore tv time.Anyone who wishes that America fails is not worth the space he occupies and he unfortunately occupies a very large space.!!!

If the bloated narcissistic windbag aka. Rush Limbaugh is the "voice and intellectual force and energy in the GOP, they are in much worse shape than I imagined.

Why in the world people listen to a guy who would love to see everything in this country go to the devil, just so he can be proved right.

Pundits like this guy are doing more to destroy this country than anything the government could ever do.

IMO the world would be a much better place without worthless sacks of excrement like Rush.

Please – do not listen to such bad messages. Nobody in their right mind wants our President to fail. At least he is trying to help. What does R. Limbaugh have to offer? I hope he fails with his stupid comments.

I am a Republican, and Limbaugh makes me sick.
He is just a blowhard opportunist with his own personal agenda.
He offers no solutions, just venom.
I support our President and his efforts to get the country back on it's feet.

LOL, as this president drags us down the road of socialism, I would hope Rush Limbaugh is the voice of the Republican party...scares the libs to death.

"He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican party.." HAHAHA!!!! No wonder the GOP lost the election!

One comment from a republican against GOP and it makes headline in CNN. But no such thing against democrats. What a joke. Is CNN the next NBC? i.e. Advocacy Organization for Democratic Party??

It's a sad day when anyone wants America to fail.

If Rush LimStupid is the face of the GOP, they will never get the White house back. This guy is a pathetic loser and irrelevant. OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!

Obviously, Rahm Emanuel didn't listen to Rush. Rush said that he hopes Obama's plans to turn America away from capitalism and individual rights fails.

Rush can have his opinions, let him rant because that's all he does. He hasn't shut up since the election and he was rantin long before the election took place. To bad that a radio talk show host runs the GOP–most incompetent man I ever seen. He can't govern diddly–if he has such good ideas, why doesn't he run for president? Can you imagine him in the White House? He forgets that Bush ran up more of a deficit that ALL Presidents before him combined. And that has been all over CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS if any of the GOP has been listening--–He wants to see Obama fail, in this economy, that's a real intelligent opinion, considering that the GOP left Obama two wars and a trillion dollar deficit with a big red bow on it.

When Rush spoke about the last 40 plus years of liberal policies that have resulted in no progress of any kind and the fact that we have just as much welfare or even more than before FDR's New Deal and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society it is a legimitate point. So after all these years I have to ask, WOT HOPPEN? It should have all been fixed by now. If not we need to get another plan, rather than go down the same path as before.

The GOP brought the country to ruin and they seem determined to keep us down until they return to power. They refuse to accept that their platform, to shape the US as a fundamentalist aristocracy, was soundly rejected by the American public in the last election. Philosophically speaking the GOP and the regime in Iran are birds of a feather.

If Rush is not the offical head of the Republican Party, he most certainly is the face and the voice. IF the party is impressed due to his 2 million listeners, maybe they need to be reminded of the Presidents 65 million voters.

OK, Rush. Only 2 questions:
1. How did we get here (notice the cycle of Republican rule and subsequent economic disasters in the past 30 years)?
2. What is YOUR PLAN for dealing with the economic crisis + rebuilding our many crumbling industries?

Well if he is the face of the GOP, then the Replubican party definitely wants Obama and this country to fail so they can claim victory. How sick!!!!

It's pretty pathetic when the de facto leader of the Party of Lincoln is an obese opiate-popping blowhard like the Rushster. He's no Ronnie Reagan.

He's a talking head, a normal person, nothing makes fatty a legit voice for the Republican party, how could they even have him headline a convention??

He is exactly what is wrong with America!!!!!

This is the face of the Republican Party, a angry white man, who is pist off with the black president who is only trying to clean up the mess that George W. Bush their president left this country in. Good luck Michael Steele. Era of the big government is back says Republican. What do they call the last eight years? Bush got whatever he wanted, these same Republicans who are talking about how we are mortgaging out our children and grandchildren's future. Where were that concern the last eight years?They have driven this country in a ditch, now they want to tell us we have seen the light, give us one more chance to drive for you guys. I think not. What did President Clinton leave for President Bush? What was the debt?What did President Bush leave for President Obama? This economy is in a mess, thanks to who? Limbaugh can get up there and act like a fat fool all he wants too , we know the truth.

Rep Cantor can't vote for anything unless Rush tell's him it's ok also
I will guarantee that rep cantor called rush and said he was sorry for disagreeing with him .
Rush is the gop leading man and he set's all policies for the party
cmon he was the key note speaker.

And the pathetic thing is that his rapt supporters aren't even able to see what a blithering bag of hate and foolishness this blowhard is. I half hope they run him for President in 2012 just so everyone can see clearly once and for all how seriously out of touch with reality these people are.

And those oh-so-staunch conservative Christians who turn to this man for political inspiration should turn in their crosses. There is no way to follow Christ and follow Limbaugh.

what is emanuel?

the source odf dirty money and chicago style politics.
kickbacks and schemes.

LET'S KEEP AMERICA, AMERICA! WITH SOME OF AMERICA'S HISTORY, GEEZ? I HOPE NOT! CHANTING USA ,USA AS IF EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF THE SO CALLED CONSERVATIVE GOP HAS NO REAL VALUES! RUSH LIMBAUGH THE NEW GO TO GUY FOR THE GOP . PLEASE , GOP GROW UP ! ITS ONE SILLY THING AFTER ANOTHER WITH YO U GUYS! PALIN, STEELE, JINDEL,AND NOW THIS GUY. WHAT WILL YOU THINK OF NEXT?

Cantor can say what he wants to say!!!!!
As long as the Republican Party accepts Limbaugh, Romney, Palin, Huckabee etc in the Party – they will keep loosing big time.
Cantor may be right – but it is his Party that will not condemn them. Until they do all ordinary people see and hear is that the Republican Party stands for obstruction and NO to ideas that might work.

Make no mistake about it, Rush Limbaugh is the most powerful person in the Republican party. A Republican crossed him a few weeks ago and the next day he was forced to beg for forgiveness.

Michael Steele is just a figurehead and you can say he's just a puppet and Limbaugh is the puppeteer.

Do we really want Rush Limbaugh to lead this nation? Enough said.

why is this heroine addict still on the air, if anyone else got caught with 10,000 oxcy's we'd be in jail for dr shopping and distribution why is this moron above the law and aloud to speak against the president. He was probably high when he gave the speach over the weekend and i high everyday on the radio spitting out his comments. Enough with him already the republican party should distance themselves from him not embrace him

The GOP will not disappoint when it comes to delivering philosophy and sound byte.

Rush is absolutely correct, and Rahm should go back to his 'fishheads'!!

the next sarah palin

Who cares what that fat, blow hard, drug addict thinks? If he is the voice of the Republican party they are hopeless.

Another proof that Repubs are in the game called politics for their own selfish benefits. not the people. to think that repubs invite Rush to speak for the CPAC, the same man who claimed in the 90s that there is no such thing called the ozone layer, and is that democrats came up with it just to get money for their own "research" so he claims. i just find it amusing that there are still dumb people out there who still believe this nonsense babble that comes out of repubs, and same babble that both Hannity and Rush continue to make.............

What a buffoon.

Be afraid of Obama, he wants you to be afraid. Repubicanism 101.

that's right. republican party, rash limbaugh and osama bin laden have one thing in common. they want america to fail.

Someone in the GOP needs to grow a pair and stand up to this person who, despite his fundamental right to disagree, has gone about voicing his disagreements in the most un-patriotic way possible. Just SAYING you disagree (Cantor) is insufficient. Take the reigns from this person who is so convinced of how correct he is, that he's never run on a ballot. Real brave.

I wonder what he'd have said if a democrat had said the same words on January 20, 2001? Not to mention the fact that any democrat who would have said that would have had his/her words fulfilled!

Be careful republicans, or Rush might be our next president, and that occurence would make this economic crisis look like a day at the spa for America.

RUSH WOULD HAVE TO PROMOTED 3 TIMES JUST TO BECOME AN IDIOT. tHE MEATHEADS THAT FOLLOW RUSH ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT THINK PRO WRESTLING IS REAL.

Apparently, Eric Cantor forgot . . . "NO ONE IN THE HOUSE VOTED YES FOR THE RECOVERY PACKAGE" !

a better version:

Who is Rush Limbaugh? I will tell everybody: He is an ideological bigot, he is a drug addicted and he wants America to fail. Where were all those hypocrite republicans when W (orst) spent all that money in a wrong war, giving tax breaks for big corporations, under the pretest that it would make the economy strong and create more jobs, and make no good for the American people?. All he did was transfer billions of tax payers’ dollars to Halliburton and other big corporations, the money actually never left the United States just went to their pockets. During the first six years of his administration the W(orst) never vetoed a single spending bill, all enacted by a republican controlled Congress, favoring all kind of interests but the American people. At the same time no proper support for the victims of hurricane Katrina and Americans died in a falling bridge because of lack of resources to repair it. Now that the spending is going to do something for the American people they call it a waste of money and big government. Republicans are desperate because if Obama succeeds they will be out of power for an entire generation.

The President's mission, any president for that matter, is to protect the people, protect the constitution, and make the country stronger. There are different ideas how to accomplish this, but the mission is always the same.

If Rush wants the President to fail at this mission, then he is hoping for a vulnerable America, a weak America.

That sounds very anti-American to me...

The President's mission, any president for that matter, is to protect the people, protect the constitution, and make the country stronger. There are different ideas how to accomplish this, but the mission is always the same.

If Rush wants the President to fail at this mission, then he is hoping for a vulnerable America, a weak America.

That sounds very anti-American to me.

I hope Obama fails to ruin the country and that things get back to normal soon.

Rahm should heed his own advice and stop putting so much cache in to what Rush says. By making him an issue, you're giving him an audience.

The Republicans can either follow Rush down the path to utter irrelevance, or they can go back to being the practical center-right party they once were. Their choice.

Where was Rush when Bush/Cheney were abusing our individual liberties? Spying on private citizens? And why isn't the woman's right to choose an individual liberty? Oh, I forget the party of hypocrites picks and chooses based on their narrow-minded ideologies!

If capitalism isn't working for the people, then it's time to getinnovative and hybrid a system that works for the people! THIS COUNTRY NEEDS FORWARD THINKING, PRAGMATIC, INNOVATIVE, "THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX" minds to explore these unchattered waters. We don't need ideologues stuck in the Reagan era. Reagan is dead. He would appreciate if you would just chart your own cause by stepping boldy into the future instead of remaining stuck in the past and invoking his name at every turn.
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THERE IS NO TRANSFORMATION THAT HASN'T REQUIRED GREAT RISK TAKING. ELSE WE WOULD BE STUCK IN THE STONE AGE HAD MANY GREAT MINDS BOWED DOWN TO PRESSURE OR NAYSAYERS.

There is no way of laying a good foundation for long-term prosperity without alot of risk-taking. No way. Mediocricy isn't an option right now. Yes, people have to sacrifice a big deficit to invest in worthwhile initiatives for our kids future! What other options do we have? America has been declining in the technology, education, energy and health care fronts for decades. Why do you think they import professional and technical services from India? Have you checked your Doctors directory lately? Have you checked your IT department lately? Have you talked to your RN lately. YES majority are being imported because the supply has simply vanished in the US. Why doesn't anybody understand this president's vision has to include the long term? We know big biz and special interests have more to lose in the short term. Expect alot of formidable opposition.

RUSH & THE REPUBLICANS GO HAND IN HAND. LET RUSH KEEP AT IT AND MORE DEMOCRATS WILL GET ELECTED. SOMEHOW THE REPUBLICANS THINK THEY ARE STILL IN POWER. RUSH HELPED THE REPUBLICANS TO LOSE IN 09... SO GO "RUSHIE BOY"

SEE YA AT THE NEXT ELECTION

Rush Limbaugh, a drug addicted, racist jerk is the leader of the Republican party? All we have to do is sit back and watch the Republican party implode!!!!! This is better than reality tv at its best.

rush is a goof, and right now he does seem to speak for the republican party...but, the republican party is so much in disarray that their silence magnifies what good ole rush says...this country needs at least 2 viable parties...right now, we have one, and the republicans, by default, are giving us to the dems...i hope the republicans get their act together, but with rush as their leader, i don't have much hope that they will any time soon....what a pity...michael steele, are you listening? if so, get engaged in the conversation,not just parrot what rush, delay, bohner, hannity and the rest of the neocon idiots want you to say..stand up and be a leader, my man...

Nevermind, I just listened to CPAC on you tube and RUSH IS RIGHT!!

"What we need to do is we need to put forth solutions..."

And what are the solutions offered by the Republicans?
1. CUT TAXES (so the bigwigs at Enron, Halliburton, Exxon, investment banks & Wall street have more money to spend redecorating their offices).
2. CUT REGULATIONS (after all, that has worked so well in the financial sector)
3. BAN GAY MARRIAGE (we may trust the wealthy to make better decisions than some government bureaucrat about spending money, but deciding who's appropriate to love is too important to be left up to people we don't like)
4. BAN ABORTION (medical decisions, love & marriage, prayer in school and other truly personal decisions should morally be subject to government regulation and oversight)
5. did we mention that we really want to CUT TAXES? (since collecting even less revenue will surely reduce the deficit)
6. FREE MARKET solutions to global warming, environmental degradation, dependence on foreign oil, etcetera (I'm sure that business will put protecting the north slope, the Arctic ocean ecosystems, maintaining clean air & clean public waterways, cleanly burning coal, and not doing business with our enemies, ahead of profits. Just like they did before EPA, before NAFTA, before OPEC, and before trade regulations were imposed. I don't need Kyoto agreements telling me how to run my business on my, er, our planet.)
7. and CUT TAXES.

It's true RUSH is the face and leader of the GOP. They approve of his philosophy and ideology

Dear American Friends- Any Races;
Welcome this comment news this month, I agreed with Rush Limbaugh had given many very good comments about Mr. Obama also Rahm Emanuel. I give my 100% to support Rush L. It is no use for you both Obama and Rahm E. anyway, since before 100 days from begin, you both are not telling the truth, you Rahm have more than problem with those Chicago and Former Governor Illinois and former terrorist Obama. One most dishonest is Obama himself still refused to show his real Birth Certificate, very simple or soon he will be out of office anytime this year ! When Mr Obama gave talked to group of Marine Base at North Carolina, he is not "supposed" to give them speech also he is not supposed to decided to order our service men and women out of Iraq !!. Simple why ??, He is not suppose to be acted as "Commander of Chief " right now since simple why because he refused to show his proof of his "Birth Certificate " !!!. I agreed with two higher military -Lt Scott and Lt.General recently signed and agreed about Mr.Obama. Now on I will say and called Mr Obama instead of President now on. Hope you all American Friends be brave to say it, don't be afraid of Mr. Obama. His faulted because he refused to show his real B.C. to American and Constitution Laws. Just be patient for while Obama will see for himself out of office sooner. His biggest "Dreamer' will failed and drain into oceans . Time will tell.
Thank you my American Friends and be HERO American Citiznes. God Bless you .
Sincerely,
Unknown age 77

Rush Limbaugh vocalizes what the rest of the republicans think and that is their overall hate for ordinary Americans.

Rush and the republican party are the politicians of the rich for the rich.

Rush will lie and deceive in order to keep his wealth and his overall tone is one of a hateful man.

I strongly disagree with Cantor, LIMBAUGH DID SAY OF OBAMA......"I HOPE HE FAILS" As hideous as this statement is, the GOP have not disowned, nor called Limbaugh on his vile comments!

I was once a Republican who is now a registered, Independent. I watched the GOP being hijacked by the AM radio hate-fear-lies-and-division mongers! And I decided that the GOP would NEVER again get my vote, simply because THEY NO LONGER SHARE MY VALUES.

Last week on the Keith Olbermann Show ( MSNBC) I heard that Hannity-the-hater, has a poll on his web site asking his listeners how they would like a "revolution" what would their choice be!

Had the Liberals put such a thing after the 2000 election, when Bush "won" because the Supreme Court handed him the victory........ Democrats would have been dragged through hell and been accused of not being....... PATRIOTIC!

BUT...... when Limbaugh and the rest of the GOP puts down our president, now during a National crisis........ that's okay?? HOW IS CRITICIZING, COMPLAINING, LYING, ABOUT A NEW PRESIDENT.........AND HANNITY'S "REVOLUTION" ........PATRIOTIC?

HYPOCRITES.

I'm an Obama supporter and definitely not a fan of Rush, but I think this argument mischaracterizes Limbaugh.

Limbaugh says he wants Obama to fail in his attempt to make changes, because he doesn't think those changes will help people. He is not saying that he wants everything to fail, and people to suffer, so that he can say "I told you so."

Those are two very different positions, and I haven't heard him espouse the second one. If it's the first, I think it's a fair position to hold, even though I disagree with it.

Why do the Republicans idiolize Rush Limbaugh?....He's a proven drug user.

Why does CNN cover this guy? He is divisive and a blowhard. Who cares what he thinks? The GOP needs to get some new fresh ideas instead of the same old politics of division. Go away GOP!!

The Republicans pre-paid their chanters to scream out USA,USA,USA. Every American in the free world has learned that over-used Republican tactic. Dumb twits.

Where do I begin?

1. Rush is CLEARLY the leading voice of the repubs. So who's that black guy they got propped up as the RNC?

2. Failure? Really? Shouting you want Obama to fail is Shouting you want America to fail!!! HOW can anyone want to belong to the UNamerican goup that wants this country to fail??!!!

3. Bipartisanship means listening to the otherside and working out comprimises, NOT digging your heals in, and saying NO until you beat the other side into submission.

Of course, if your true goal IS failure, why not throw a toddler tantrum; Shout fear and name-calling; Blame the other side for the financial dilemma you quiet turds put us in and then refuse to listen to or share real solutions. Ya, you are the analytical wizards I want running my doomed nation. Thanks.

The GOP has Limbaugh, Palin, Romney, Steele, and of course Gindal. WIth that line-up, the GOP is on track to be a force to be reckoned with. If these individuals are the "new face" of the Republican party, it will be hard for the US to claim to be a two party system....

KEEPING AMERICA , AMERICA! LOOKING AT SOME OF AMERICAN HISTORY, GEEZ? I HOPE NOT! CHANTING USA USA AS IF EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF THEM IS OF NO IMPORTANCE OR VALUE! IF RUSH IS THEIR GREAT EYE OPENER, GOOD LUCK !

And now Ladies and Gentlemen….Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh!
the thinking heads of the republican party!
……Good luck in 2012…….

Shame on the republicans for wanting the country to fail just to prove their point.!!!

Rush Limbaugh is the failure.

Obama likes to say that he was elected because of a variety of promises (most of which he has ignored) during the campaign, but the truth of the matter he was elected on a hate Bush campaign. 95% of the votes were hate votes against G.W. Bush.
The votes for McCain were really votes against Obama. 99% of the Republican opposed McCain but they voted for the lesser of two evils.

I predict many hateful left wing comments will be submitted.

Congrats to Rep. Cantor on his being able to tell it like it is. His party, especially junkie windbag Rush Slimeball, needs to take a cue from him.

Of course the republican party wants America to fail! They only want success and prosperity for the wealthy, special interests and the politically connected. Who could take a look at the last eight years and draw any other conclusion?

Thank God they are OUT, and thank you President Obama for not being intimidated by these jerks.

Rush Limbaugh is not doing the Republican Party any good....they are in enough trouble as it is, and he is just going to make it worse....Why don't they just make him go away????

If the Republicans are going to put all their marbles in on Rush Limbaugh and Mitt Romney they are dead in the water. Instead they should focus on how to help make the world a better place and then highlight the things that they promoted when they do work. Right now they are just sitting around and saying that won't work, because you are a Democrat. What we have now is grade school nonsense . The only kind republicans choose to invest in I might add.

The Republican Party needs to shut this guy up...he's really hurting the Party.

for all you democrats your idol jfk was a tax cutter not a spender he was a fiscal conservative when it came to spending, read your history books kennedy was a hater of liberalism and also a hawk he said i would much rather talk to barry goldwater than those phonies but of course the mainstream media would never tell you this nor todays democratic party do not believe me? read your history books on jfk i have read many books on kennedy and consider him the last great democratic president and admired him greatly and yes i am a conservative

Anyone who wants our natiomn to failed should fall off a cliff.

Rush has turned many an Indepentant voter into a Democrat. Thanks Ruysh....you're a washed up "has-been".

Who is Rush Limbaugh? I will tell everybody: He is an ideological bigot, he is a drug addicted and he wants America to fail. Where were all those hypocrite republicans when Worst ever spend all that money in a wrong war, giving tax breaks for big corporations, under the pretest that it would make the economy strong and create more jobs, and make no good for the American people. All he did was transfer billinos of tax payers dollars to Halliburton and other big corporations. During the first six years of his administration the Worst never veto a single spending bill, all enacted by a republican controlled Congress. Now that the spending is going to do something for the American people they call it a waste of money and big government.

The Republican Party.... Hate and divisiveness. Im still in awe at all the personalities that represent the GOP. Its shocking that instead of going into damage control to repair the failures of the last elections, and maybe laying low for a while and regrouping.. these guys have rolled out even more damaging people like Coulter, Rush, and that response to Obama's address by Jindel, only set them back even further. Get a clue. Your party is soooooo far out of touch, its no longer funny. Scary at best.

The Republicans will say and do anything to make themselves blameless. Dumb idiots.

Rush is pretty accurate in his depiction of democrats and them wanting the Iraq war and the surge to fail so they would be correct on the issue. Rush is one of those conservatives who really believes in its principles and not all the political nonsense. An entertaining speech indeed from a true conservative. Props to you Rush.

p.s.
rush is wrong!

This guy definitely was bullied in the playground as a kid. He's full of such hate.

All of his supporters remind me of typical people during the middle ages: People who don't look at outside information (besides what their "leader" tells them), stay in a small town all their life, dont travel, and are very religious. They're all about 700 years behind us.

Very hateful and angry people looking for anyone to blame but themselves, and they'll be darned to look at new information and change their opinion!

As usual, Limbaugh is factually challenged. He dismisses Obama's remedies as historically proven failures, which is flat out wrong. Presumably he is pitching for more tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy, which we have proven three times in the last 30 years (with Reagan, Bush senior, and Bush junior) doesn't work. He tries to pitch Republicans as loving their fellow man, which is true, if their fellow man happens to be white and rich. Outside of that, not so much.

My question - why doesn't the mainstream media call Limbaugh on his inaccuracies, a legitimate news story, rather than wondering if he is the head of the Republican party (which is largely irrelevant)?

rush lambaugh is a pig.

As long as the conservatives pay homage to Coulter and Limbaugh the Democrats and Obama have nothing to fear but fear itself. Keep it up republicans and you will find yourself loosing more elections.

It is not so much he wants obama to fail as much as he want his policies to fail. This presidents policies in fact are socialistic and will probably fail. Can anyone tell me one govt. program that is not rife with corruption or actually is solvent and working the way it should be?

Rush is still on the drugs.......snort it up Rushie!

Rush Limbaugh is a drug-addict, a loud-mouth and an imbecile. It amazes me that anyone pays attention to him.

See the face of the GOP in Rush. This oversize bad of methane is the worst thing for this country. What a disgrace that he's even been listened to. I suppose not everyone has brains.

hey cantor!
if you dont want limbaugh and coulter speaking for your party, then you and other like minded republicants need to start a new party.
that windbag will continue to speak for conservatives weather you guys like it or not.

Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter are the face of the GOP Party with Newt Gingrich and Sara Palin as backup. Oh boy !!!!!. I have always had some respect for the mainstream Republicans, but I really think there are none and what is posing as the GOP have systematically put into place ideology that is killing our country. Honest discourse used to be the highway to compromise, but we are now faced with this party looking at their way or the highway, and if you don't agree then you are the enemy. I really found Limbaugh's definition of bipartisianship laughable, because it was what the Republican's did to the Democrats when the Republican were in charge.

Let's face it, both parties have some responsibility for the current state of affairs in this country, however it was the Republicans that had the majority and they were the "free traders" and didn't want to have any regulation, so now the pendulum is swinging back the other way. You all can't get together and find common ground, then we are all doomed to repeat the mistakes that got us in this fix.

GET IT TOGETHER GUYS!!!!!! WE NEED REAL HELP OUT HERE OR WE WILL THROW ALL OF YOU OUT AND TRY TO GET SOME REASONABLE PEOPLE IN OFFICE.

Can we now all agree that the party of Lincoln has become the RUSHpublican Party?

The GOP is the failure.

I cannot quite figure out if he comes across as an American Mussolini or Hitler.

The response to Limbaugh's speech reminds me of the rousing speeches delivered by these two great speakers.

The problem for repubs under Limbaugh is people are not fools.
When any one opposed Bush going to war he/she was not patriotic. But Limbaugh won't care if country goes to ruins – he & repubs just want Obama's failure.
This is a time when two partys need to come together & have fair & critical dailogue about how to fix the country – but rupubs are just interested in Obama's failure. Way to go!
These people need to be shown door in 2010.

I hope the GOP sometimes known as the GOBP (Good Ole Boys Party) truly transforms and moves away from being scared of Rush. Capitalism is great, but if we truly want to be a really want to be a great country we all need to chip in and those who can afford to do more should be more than happy to contribute to the welfare of the nation as a whole. If then Senators want to help with reducing the budget maybe they should take a pay cut and reduce some of their staff to show by example that they are truly willing to help the top 5% continue to be rewarded with tax cuts and tax breaks.

I actually LISTEN to both sides, Limbaugh included, and there is a difference in the way the general media is portraying Rush. I'm no real fan of his, but Emanuel is also incorrect in his presentation of what Rush says. As a registered democrat, I am plain sick of all the fear tactics. Obama & his guru's would do well to remember his own words of hope & inspiration, not all this doom & gloom. Everyday I see people who may be nervous about our economy, but I also see the American spirit is alive & well.....

For the first time ever, I agree with Rush Limbaugh. I never thought I would say that. I was a Democrat until this election, but I doubt I will ever vote for a Democrat again. I didn't leave the party - it left me, and I probably won't be back.

Limbaugh and anyone else who says they want Obama to fail is a moron and is un-American in my opinion. If you want Obama to fail then you might as well say that you want America to fail too because if Obama fails then we all fail. We should not want our President to fail no matter how you voted or how you feel about him. We should all want him to succeed no matter what.

As long as Rush Limbaugh is around the GOP will continue to decline.

Limbaugh is a devisive radio "personality"... nothing more. I wish everyone who is trying to help the country move in the correct direction and get us out of the mess the republicans got us in over the last 8 years would stop acknowledging that this creep is even worth listening to. By even bringing up his name he becomes more important than he ever will actually be.

Snort it up Rush!

Hate is out, didn't Republicans learn anything from McCain’s tactics (or should I say Rove/Limbaugh)? I don't understand the attraction to Limbaugh. He's a drug addict in recovery. He had his illegal immigrant maid buy drugs for him. He's a radio show host. None of those things scream integrity. He is a hate monger and if he's kept as the go-to guy by Repubs then they really are screwed.

The Repubs claim to be the most patriotic of them all, but when it comes to pulling together to change the disaster course the nation was on, they retort with "No, unless you keep doing it our way and keep Bush's policies in place, we hope you fail". Nice. If Obama fails, we as a nation fail and that is simply unacceptable. Their way is what got us into this mess, Clinton gave them a surplus and they tanked us! If you look at history and rise above the PR spin, Republicans are the tax & spend party. Since they began keeping track of national debt, Republicans have been the ones to increase it over & over again while Dems balance it or at least reduce the debt. Look at the historical data people!

If Limbaugh is the best the GOP has, they REALLY are in trouble. Going more right wing when the country just elected a left winger isn't a good strategy.. at least not now.

How many white lines did Rush Limbaugh snort today?

What is bigger: Limbaugh's mouth or his bottom?

What a pathetic mess the Republican Party has become. Rush Limbaugh is their "GOD".

Most moderate Republicans resent the ultra right takeover of the Party, and the ultra-right tail wagging the Republican dog. If the ultra-right have their way, the Party will wither into inconsequence, we have to broaden our appeal. And right now we have to work with the Administration and the Democrats to get this Nation back on its feet, if we are obstructionist we'll pay the price at the next election.

That is a huge lie. That is a total distortion of both how Rush framed his point — it was not a blanket wish for Obama’s failure, but only failure if his mission is to destroy capitalism and individual liberty — and Cantor’s response. Read the Transcript:

STEPHANOPOULOS: So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the president fails is not the Eric Cantor, House Republican approach?

CANTOR: George, absolutely not. And I don’t — I don’t think anyone wants anything to fail right now. We have such challenges.

What we need to do is we need to put forth solutions to the problems that real families are facing today. And our common-sense, conservative principles of limited government, and the belief in free markets, and the belief that really opportunity can only be created by the private sector are going to undergird our proposals going forward.

STEPHANOPOULOS: OK. Congressman Cantor, thanks very much for your time this morning.

CANTOR: Thank you, George.

I think that pain killer addiction damaged Limbaugh's brain. It's funny that Limbaugh says Obama is trying to push his agenda by instilling fear... where have I seen fear used as a political tool before?

Oh yeah... Saddam Hussein has direct ties to 9/11... we must invade Iraq... 9/11, 9/11. Don't vote for Kerry because we'll be attacked again. Obama is Osama's choice. Oh, God, there's a democrat in power, the terrorists are going to attack us again because we're weak now. 9/11 has become the Republican's favorite thing to use to try to keep you from voting democrat.

All Obama has done was told us things are going to get better, change is coming and have hope. Americans do not misunderstand the republican party as Limbaugh claims. Americans are not stupid. Americans understand perfectly well that republicans are text-book hypocrites would to shut their mouths and listen to the majority if they knew what was good for their party.

Mr. Cantor,

Yes, there are people who want this President to fail. Rush Limbaugh, wealthy propagandist, has repeatedly said he wants President Obama to fail.
coulter and Limbaugh are fringe extremists yet they appear to represent the Republican party.
Eric Cantor speaks for shrinking minority of Americans. My home state of Virginia and Cantor's went Democratic this election.
As a Democrat, I welcome Limbaugh and Coulter to continue to represent the GOP.

Rush Limbaugh, is right in his own foolishness about the American problem, he wants Obama to fail so that Americans will suffer, this is not tha Foundation of the founding fathers, what is Rush Limbaugh contribution to the development of this Great country other than criticize good things, Rush Limbaugh should be ashamed of himself as a persimistic, Unitd we stand as a country, if u Rush Limbaugh cannot not support the country leader,Rush Limbaugh go for the next president as let see how u cann turn the country around in 20 days, Rush Limbaugh you are unproductive, and unpruductive people are always a sadist,Rush Limbaugh shut your mount up and be quiet for onces.ok

Limbaugh represents a minority in the minority party/GOP what he does not represent is the attitude of the growing majority of Americans here and abroad at war. We are Americans 1st and tere will always be those that would like to split/destroy the Union of the states. But they will fail, again and they will be the second demise, the Whig.

Limbaugh should be removed from the public airways.... he's a dangerous loony.

Remember the election when informed and reasonable people voted for a man they felt could bring about much needed new policies in just about every area for the good of ALL Americans. The Republicans are the party No and their High Priest, Rush Limbaugh is thoroughly disgusting.

There goes college dropout Rush again; it's a pretty sad state of affairs when he is the voice of the GOP.

This is such a sad state of affairs as demonstrated by the CPAC meeting. Limbaugh who now is the voice of the republican party is joined by Tom (isn't he supposed to be in prison) DeLay in voicing their hope the President and America fails. I mean Dubya failed and look what has happened to the country not to mention their party.

You have this Joe Whoeverheis, calling for shooting Americans because they speak out about the military. Joe will hopefully go home now because his village is missing it's idiot. And isn't it illegal to call for such violence on television, I thought that was what the FCC was for. And we won't go into the absolute stupidity of people like Ann Coulter, and Steele, and Michelle "You Be Da Man"

CPAC meeting? More like a reunion of F Troop.

Rush, the illegal pill popper speaks and spews forth his venom. I don't think I have ever in my 65 years seen anyone espouse so much anger, hate and misrepresentation. The even more alarming fact is the large number that numbly follow and lap it up.

When I read about Rush being a Conservative Republican can't help but to think that the statement is wrong! The more I hear Mr. Limbaugh speak the more I am convinced that he is an outright extremist! and now that he wants the US president to fail the more I am convince that he is now at the threshold point of being an anti American. His sentiment is clearly extremely twisted to say the least.

I am tired of the dirt clod Republicans who completely FAIL to understand what Rush means but wanting Obama to fail. He couldn't make it any clearer. Idiots on the left of me...idiots on the right.

Poor Rush- he's going modern though- almost up to the 80's with his open shirt- move over Nick Jonas all America is dreaming of Rush's pecs tonight and they thought Arrrrnooolddd was their only hunk I tell you- get off those pain killers and start making extenze infomercials please!!! Get a late night 800 number-

The truth is he stole that look from Ann Coulter...

Rush Limbaugh is the GOP's "God". Enough said.

Rush is cancer. If he's the face of the GOP, I am saddened. I'm an independent and the bitterness and outright stupidity of people like Rush make me want to never vote for one again. There are not any uplifiting and inspiring people coming out of the GOP anymore. I want to be inspired, not brought down by constant negativity.

Cantor, you can't have it both ways. You can't decry Rush's extremist statements when your actions fall right in line with them.

I had to quit listening to Rush Limbaugh 15 to 18 years, I just personally could not stomach him. I don't know if he has changed but when I did listen to him, I never heard him debate with any one that had a different opinion than his. The only callers to his radio show was what they called themselves Ditto Heads and always agreed with him. If he has changed, please let me know and where I might find a copy of the debate.

This is why the GOP is on a downhill slide. Morons.

If Obama's plan is to go over to the dark side, declare us the First Galactic Empire, and destroy the Jedi, I too hope he fails... However, just as in the case of Rush Limbaugh's farcical insistence that Obama is the next Lennon, this has nothing to do with President Obama trying to dig us out of the GOP-lead financial mess using the tools of the New Deal. And, I think most Americans now, like in the New Deal, hope these efforts succeed.

He Forgot To Wear His Hood and Flag Pin!

GOP, NEVER

Of course Mr Cantor wants Obama to fail. Republicans are not conservative, they are authoritarian and power is what interests them.
As Senator Mitchell once said, Republicans want to destroy the Senate so that they can inherit the rubble. The same for the economy.

Biggest threat for GOP is improvement of education. More education – less GOP.

Rush Limbaugh claims that President Obama is inspiring fear to push a liberal agenda? Knowing the average intellegience of his listeners, I expect that they are the 1st ones that have or will lose their jobs. Good job, Rush! Keep spreading the hate and the ignorance. Keep showing America what the Republican Party really stands for.

Oh Lord, that man is such a mess, and his agenda is bogus. Obama is doing his best to put this country back on its feet and the Rubs juar can't stop the hate and lies.

Right on! Rush and the republicans are doing everything they can to stop progress and keep our nation weak and afraid. I hate that party these days. I wish they would disappear.

I am a Republican and I do not approve of Rush Limbaugh. I agree with very few of his opinions and none of his attitudes. He does not speak for all Republicans.

The GOP right now needs to do some real soul-searching and find out what it really stands for. Then, they need to voice those beliefs in a positive manner. They can't be the anti-Obama party forever. The question is: does CPAC as a group really represent the GOP? Several conservatives would say no and several Republicans would disagree. And "conservative" about what? Everything? The national security conservatives, social, and fiscal groups can't agree on a platform let alone a candidate. Mr. Limbaugh has become an even louder clanging cymbal in the midst of this vacuum.

Well, the way most people see this is that as long as "The Rush"
"The Hannity" & "The Coulter" are on the front page viewing and making the opinions of the "conservative" party, the Dems will be in control for years to come ! (sounds great to me)

Get over it Rahm. For years the Dems actively campaigned for failure in Iraq... what goes around comes around and is entirely fair play. Would you like some cheese and crackers with that whine?

Eric Cantor is a disingenuous snake, but even he realizes that letting Rush out of his cage is bad new for the GOP.

Limbaugh is a bloated piece of sh%&t.

Rush Limbaugh is a drug addled, Anti-American windbag.

That's my opinion.

I hope he fails miserably in his campaign of hatred and Anti-American propaganda.

If Rush is not the voice of the Republican party, why did they have him as the keynote speaker at CPAC?
I'm not really impressed with Obama or Congress right now either. Wish someone had some new ideas about how to get our country back on track.

and you wonder why the HATE GROUPS are growing.........must be all republicans........this is what insights hate, these kind of people, just like Palin did during her rallies........I can not believe that the Republicans want this man speaking for the GOP or Ann Colter, what a pity the republican party has turned out to be.........this speech by Limbaugh and Colter will be played back over and over again during the next election to show the country why they should not vote for ANY republicans.........because this speech is so full of hate and the GOP will do anything and say anything to get votes........

Wow, Guess what Rahm we all want you and Obama to fail with your Socialist agenda!!!!!

Right on! Rush and the republicans are doing everything they can to stop progress and keep our nation weak and afraid. I hate that party these days. I wish they would disappear.

Only thing Rush or any other republican like him think of is them selves. As with Bush they would always put themselves before the country. Thats what got the country where it is. The Country is hurting but Bush and his friends sure are not. Rush only worries about his ability to exploit the system and others, he does not care about the USA.

I LOVE WHEN THIS IDIOT TALKS THE WAY HE DOES. IT JUST CONFIRMS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE REAL GOPS. VIPERS, WHO KEEP SPEWING VENOM. BOY IS THIS WHAT CONSERVATIVE MEAN? I WOULD NOT WANT ANY PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION.

And yet, the only thing that Cantor stands for, THE ONLY THING, is tax cuts for the rich! Amzing that Scarboro, on Meet the Press said toady that, Obama is more of the same. WHHHHAAAATTT? Did George Bush raise taxes on the top 2% of the income scale??? Scarboro, as usual, is talking out of his azz!!! I hope he runs for Senator in Forida and starts that nonsense, the Florida press will rip him up!

Yes, I agree. He is also the face of lots of men with ED and frustrated with their "LIMP" position. All pun intended.

This man really needs therapy to address his core issues of anger due to his personal inadequacy (that is why he yells all the time). My belief is that he has had this issue for a long time. The good news is that with the Obama health plan, he can actually get help.

rush, i need some oxycontin, can you send me some from your stash?

Kantor's got it right on both counts: Limbaugh's nonsense is for fools of all stripes, AND what both parties need now is ideas how how to improve the situation instead of just complain.

May we soon see the end of Limbaugh's days roiling up anarchy. In almost any other country, his words would simply not be tolerated. He has abused our hard-won freedoms too often for anyone's good.

Kantor, please push your point among the true Party faithful.

from what I saw of this convention part of it was them throwing President Bush under the bus, this the man they supported and agreeded with for the past 8 years. There were also shots at Sen McCain. What a united party this is. And they want to lead the country, right? They have no real leader and if it is Rush why don't they run him for president instead of having him pull the strings for the party. The party of Rush, Sean, Sarah and Joe the Plumber...hopefully not in power anytime soon.

Rush has been caught trying to cover up his "failure" statement. He has as many faces as he has double chins. What he needs to step back from is the "All You Can Eat" buffet!

I have yet to find anything in either President Obama's speeches or his legislation that indicates a desire to change the basic tenets on which our country is founded. I do see in Mr. Limbaugh's comments a sense of "I don't want it to succeed because I would rather continue to fail than make necessary modifications to they way we run our everyday affairs. A wise person once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing the same way and expecting a different outcome. Give the new effort and direction a chance, hope for its success and realize that some fixes while not what we would favor are necessary in the short term.

I don't understand why anyone would listen to anything Limbaugh says, this guy hasn't came up with a solution since his 5th grade math quiz.

Shame on you, CNN, for censoring part of Rush's speech. Toward the end of his speech, when he was about to do a parody of a particular group, you inserted static and had the anchorwoman do a voiceover. So much for "freedom of the press" and "freedom of speech." We know very clearly now who owns you.

For The First Time In My Adult Life, I Hope The GOP Never Prospers!

All I have to say is when david axelrod and rahm emanual joined forces.. they Became RahmRod... Supertroopers of the world

Rush does more at trying to strike fear into Americans, along with many GOP's, then we have to fear from the democrats. If you don't believe or think like him (or Anne Coulter) then your worng. They have no room for looking at anyone elses views. We can only hope he would just be quiet.

Democrats are afraid , actually terrorized by Limbaugh, Hannity, Steele, and others strong minds with good character and integrity, in favour of the fundamental values of this great country of ours.

More to it, they are monumantally terrorized by Gov Palin,for they know extremely well, that her 'Alaska Formula' can very well be implemented and adjusted to a nation-wide set-up and WIN ALL THE ANGLES FOR THE THE STRENTGH OF OUR BELOVED LAND.

Obama and his gang knows that their FARCE IS RUNNIG OUT. AMERICANS ARE AWAKENING!

sincerely,
Daniel Cabrera
Merrillville, Indiana

Obama has less respect from the Republicans for someone who has just started out than any other Democratic President in recent years. YOu know, if Hillary would be President, the Republicans as well as the liberal media would be using her gender to trash and bash her policies and her person. It's interesting that no one is using Obama's race to trash and bash his.

Regardless of one's opinion on Limbaugh's wish Obama fails, his remark that capitalism and individual liberty will not be our foundation if Obama has is way is entirely right. Capitalism and liberty go hand in hand just as communism (or its sister socialism) and oppression walk in unison. All of these politicians who wish to change our foundation would be wise to read the Constitution (I don't believe many of them have) and the Federalist Papers... but this is wishful thinking and our republic (yes, republic) is being overthrown by the very mob our founders sought to prevent from gaining power.

Hasn't this baffoon (Limbaugh) been given enough press. The man is socially, economically, and morally retarded.

I don't think Rush has an accurate perspective on Obama and democrats alike. It is simply not true that Obama and democrats don't want to help Americans succeed and punish successful Americans. Rush claims that democrats are not in the interest of helping the nation that they only want to run the country on their "core beliefs" and that's that. Actually, Obama simply wants to implement what works best and is good for our nation, whether it's a liberal and conservative course of action.

Regardless if your philosophy differs from Obama's. The idea is to have our country succeed and be at it's best. It's not about you being right and him being wrong, Rush. You're no patriot if you ever wish failure upon the head of our nation. The correct response is to say that you strongly disagree, but hope for the rest of our sakes that he is right. Why not hope that he's right??

The GOP will never prosper.
Thank God!

Limbaugh and Coulter seem to be emerging as some kind of leaders of the Republican Party. Such a shame that what should be a respected political party with a legitimate point of view is beginning to sound more like an idiot fringe group!

LOL! Emanuel you are incorrect in saying Limbaugh is the head or the voice of the GOP, although he does eco many values of CONSERVATISM NOT REPUBLICANISM.

Why would any Republican want this fat, bloated, multiple-divorced, pill-popping, angry person to "speak" for them. I would think that Republicans would be trying hard to shed this image given that the majority of Americans do not subscribe to the conservative hatred that he spews daily. The Republicans' tremendous loss recently was because people are just disgusted with this Bronze Age mentality. For millionaire Rush to be "speaking" for the average person is ludicrous. For him to wish that Obama fails is just disgusting. I hate Bush but I certainly didn't want him to fail. If the president fails we all fail. Also, I can never take seriously anyone who takes the party line 100% of the time, it gives them zero credibility. Nobody agrees with any party's policies 100% of the time. Rush is so predictable. Do you want to know Rush's opinion on something? Just take the opposite opinion of anything Obama says. Thank God that Obama will be in the Whit House for the next 8 years. It will be fun to see all of Rush's dire predictions proven wrong. Also, we tried Republican mentality for the past 8 years and the nation has never been worse in my lifetime. Republican criticism of the Democrats is hilarious.

Rush is the face of the GOP OMG help us all

Keep it up you old wind-bag. Every time you open your mouth Obama looks more calm and reasonable. The Republicans follow your lead at their own peril.

A fat,drug addicted idiot is the leader. WOOT!

Rahm Emanuel is correct. The clueless rethugs are allowing this very nasty and wrong idiot to be the leader of their failed party! They get what they deserve, stupidity and hate! They owe this country and our new President a huge apology and the small minded, petty mr. limbaugh is a traitor!

As an overweight gentleman my self, I recognize Rush Limbaugh for whom and what he is – a big bully with a fat man's complex. He has personal issues (prescription drugs anyone?) as well as an intolerance level that would make White Supremacists happy. He sees everything as a battle that must be won. No compromise, no bipartisanship, no charity, no acceptance of the fact that America today is a land of diversity with diverse peoples with diverse needs. He still does not get it. The GOP does not get it or Limbaugh would not be the face of the GOP. This is not a well-educated man, well versed in the issues of today. He has no experience dealing with real people and their problems. The younger generations in our country know this and thank God they are the engines for the change we need.

I think Rush Limbaugh is as dangerous to America as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to Iran. This man, a former druggie, has a magic bag of political tricks and is the republican hired gun hiding behind his protectors. He resembles former some WWII Axis politicians with all the hate he spews from his mouth. The republicans lost me after he started speaking for the republicans. Abraham Lincoln would become a democrat too after listening to him.

Fat Drug Addicts need rehab, not politics. Stupid Rethuglicans

Why does anyone even both to listen to the fat headed pill popping idiot. Rush and his crew are doing more to divide the country than anyone. If the republicians would get past the party and think about the good of the country we would all be better off.

TELL YOUR BOSS TO GET RID OF ACORN, AND HIS LOBBY BUDS HE SAID WOULD NOT GET ANY OF THE MONEY IN THE BILL, THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE HAPPENING.

I find Mr. Limbaugh to be a self-absorbed, misdirected podium-pounder that forcefeeds a simple-minded sermon to the confused and frightened among us. An evangelist for all eventualities, apparently.

Mr. Limbaugh, like all of us, has his definitions of liberty, faith, democracy, patriotism and treason – to name but a few. The fundamental difference in our perspectives is one of tolerance – a uniquely American right and responsibility. His perspective, as is so often reiterated, is one of arguably biblical arrogance. There are, according to his evangelism, simply no other valid definitions or perspectives. You need only ask him.

For those of us that consider the issues on merit and with reason, he is an unnerving and potentially dangerous reactionary. His strategy is to direct and demand of his followers – considering and evaluating his perception is forbidden. Disagreement will result in your immediate humiliation, and irrevocable membership in some perceived traitorous groundswell that is on the verge of dashing his dreams.

There exist many examples of ‘personalities’ of his ilk and influence in history. These individual have, in virtually all cases, led their followers and, in many cases, entire nations and/or cultures, to tragedy.

If nothing else, he is an overexposed sociopolitical pariah with more than his share of personal, ethical, medical and social problems – all of which contribute to suspicions regarding his credibility on any issue.

HIs tirades offer no viable or credible solutions with respect to the financial, social and diplomatic recovery of this nation – only specious sarcasm and personal insult. With any luck and/or justice, history will prove him irrelevant and ridiculous – along with his enablers, patrons and sponsors.

I am a fiscal conservative and voted for Bush and McCain. Rush Limbaugh does NOT speak for me. It is an insult to me to say he is the leader of the GOP.

If Limbaugh is the face of the GOP (or more accurately the butt of the GOP) they are doomed to fail.

Limbaugh is a fringe extremist. He will hasten their slide to oblivion.

The more he talks, the worse they fare on election day.

Keep yapping fat guy, you're a democrat's dream come true.

Why does the media entertain him, he is an ex (maybe) drug addict besides being a clown. His main goal is to keep our country devided. Stop promoting hatred.

RUSH IS THE GOD OF THE GOP!

Eric Cantor is like a lap dog or better yet, a puppet of the GOP. He has no mind of his own, and has no clue about how to help the American people. According to Drew Weston's book, The Political Brain, the Republicans go to "school" to learn republican talking points, which Cantor has mastered. Cantor shows little depth of personality and less depth of knowledge about what the American people need.

Both need to go off and start their own brand of religion!

If the Obama presidency fails, more American servicemen will die; if it fails, more people will lose their homes and jobs. So Limbaugh is hoping for people suffer so the GOP can regain control. Yes, Rush is quite a good American (sic). To clear things up, he's a good Republican, not a good American.

As bad as Rush is, and he is a terrible person (type into google Rush Honduras viagra)...

....Michael Weiner Savage is even worse. Have you ever heard a radio talk show host saying killing babies is OK as long as they are Palestinian? Well, I'm sure you can find it on you tube.

Well, at least CNN has printed the quote in its context. I am only sorry that Cantor and other Republicans won't stand up to a liberal ideology that will be the ruin of this country as a land of independence and personal liberty. America is being gobbled up by a political force with the singular agenda to create a government that knows what is best for everyone and will regulate us all into submission and mediocrity. I used to be a Democrat, but am sickened by the means they will take to realize their vision of America. Go Rush! Keep kicking and screaming!!

Limbaugh is an overpaid, self indulgent, conceited, buffoon! He wants to stick with the failed policies of the his party for his own personal gain. The American people don't matter to him. He is for Rush Limbaugh and that's all. Any one in the Republican party that agrees with him and follows his lead doesn't care about the American people or the country either and should be ashamed of themselves

I don't think it's too difficult energizing the 20 people that are left in the GOP.
We saw the crazies Palin was attracting to her speeches, Rush appeals to those same nutcases that we saw in final weeks of the McCain Palin campaign.

Is Rush Limbaugh the public and private face of the Republican Party? I can only hope not. Limbaugh’s rhetoric is so caustic and filled with hate that I can only hope the Republicans reject him and his angry and intolerant political beliefs. I can only imagine that real conservative politicians, like Barry Goldwater for instance, would be appalled and incensed at what Limbaugh and his extreme right wingers have made of the GOP, the party of Lincoln, the President who freed the slaves. President Obama will free all of us from thinking that is self destructive and based primarily on selfish greed. The President has the gift of understanding and the ability to send his message out to all of us that we are now experiencing a new day of freedom in the USA. God Bless Obama.

rush is trying to divide the country, that is not good, he should watch what he says about God's plan for this world.....

That fat windbag is bad for America. The Republican party left this country with a serious mess on its hands. We don't want them in power – that's why we voted them out, handily. Give Obama a chance to turn things around, don't hope he fails like Limbaugh blurts out to his brainwashed followers. I wish Rush Limbaugh would just disappear.

Please we just got rid of Daffy Duck, Darth Vader and the SIth. Let's not go back there again.

As it stands im not a fan of limbaugh or obama I hope beyond hope that obamas plans to help the economy work and improve our country but Im not a socialist i dont believe in government control over private industry it is clear i believe that limbaugh has made it clear what he is opposed to and that he wants obama to fail in his plans for socialism that he fails in anything that would damage or otherwise corrupt our country so in that I say I HOPE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DAMAGE CORRUPT INSULT OR DEBASE OUR COUNTRY IN ANY WAY FAILS MISERABLY EVEN IF THEY DISGUISE IT IN A PRETTY PACKAGE OR FANCY STATEMENTS I dont believe that ultimately obama has this country's best intrests at heart most of his allies should be in prison his pastor hates america his friends have terrorist ties I believe he is corrupt

Perfect. The Republicans have found their spokesman. A fat boorish womanizer who also happens to be a doper. Go Rush. Push those family values you support. Have a few drinks, do some drugs, cheat on your wives and girlfriends and then lie to your adoring, single digit IQ, racist audience.

What is utterly hilarious is that had the Republicans actually delivered what they say they stand for, we would not be mentioning Barack Obama at all as the Republicans would have won another term. They have ONLY themselves to blame. End of story.

Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter energizing the crowd? Completely disgusting!!! This is who the grand old GOP has as it's leaders and speakers? People full of hate, the grand old Ku Klux Klan, with Satan and Jezebel at the helm!

Rush wants the President to fail because, he feels Bush should not go down, alone.

The thought of a young, popular, Black/Bi-racial Democrat overturn their mess and make it into a success would cause Rush to hurl big chunks than he can stomach. I don't forsee Republicans in office until way after 2020. Chelsea Clinton will be ready to run by then.

Rush to rehab....immediately.

"if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation?"

I completely disgusts me to hear such false information and complete lies come out of this guys mouth. No one wants to destroy capitalism. But in retrospect I feel that the republican party will continue to destroy itself as long as it seems to have no constructive ideas other appealing to minorities by yelling bling bling on occasion and neglecting the idea that unemployed people benefit when upper income people get tax cuts to pad a bank account .
I do agree with the idea they had about domestic energy production but that idea seemed to have died with Mccain's loss.

It is ashamed that Limbaugh is the "intellect" behind the Republican party. I don't agree with everything that the Obama administration proposes but I would like to see some honest intelligent agument for other approaches. Limbaugh's method of double talk and stretching the truth is not the true "American Way"

"if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation?"

I completely disgusts me to hear such false information and complete lies come out of this guys mouth. No one wants to destroy capitalism. But in retrospect I feel that the republican party will continue to destroy itself as long as it seems to have no constructive ideas other appealing to minorities by yelling bling bling on occasion and neglecting the idea that unemployed people benefit when upper income people get tax cuts to pad a bank account .
I do agree with the idea they had about domestic energy production but that idea seemed to have died with Mccain's loss.

I guess Cantor will not be around long if he does not learn to suck up to the fat boy.

He's just another Palin, these Idiot will say or do anything to get there ugly faces in the pressl. I swear this guy is using drugs again, he's acting like a complete moron.

well, eric cantor will probably get primaried out of his position soon enough. the moderate john mccain was a failure. even his biggest supporter, colin powell, voted against him.

nearly half of the country voted against obama, and a huge percentage of those who voted for him didn't know who they were voting for.

the homosexual community doesn't necessarily want open borders. the black community doesn't necessarily favor the environment over the economy. this kind of voter-specific targeting is pushing the democratic party too far to the left.

individual responsibilty and small government. if america can't understand those two simple concepts, which rush clearly and repeatedly articulates, we'll be doomed for the lowest common denominator effect of socialism.

you can listen to mark levin on his website for free, and none of your lib friends have to know. you might learn something.

Rahm Emanuel is right on this one. Rush Limbaugh has some 'issues'. I am not saying what type or kind. If Rush Limbaugh is the moral leader or the far right-wing leader of the Republican Party.., the Republican Party is in real trouble. They are in real trouble. Mike In Montana

You have to love liberals for providing so much material to Limbaugh and Coulter.

Who else could decry Bush over visiting Bob Jones Univ on a campaign stop, then elect a guy who spent 20 years listening to Rev. Wright?

Who else could think Bush is a war-monger, yet forget it was WW, FDR, HST and JFK/LBJ who initiated US military action in the 20th century?

Who else could think Bush is clueless, and he still beats Algore and....uh, who did the dems run in 2004?

Starting to get the picture?

LOL

"put forth solutions to the problems that real families are facing today".... You know, by extending unemployment and welfare, it is part of the solution for now. Remember, in the BIBLE, in the book of Genesis, Joseph oversaw 7 years of famine. He fed the whole entire nation PLUS foreigners. There is nothing wrong with giving grains away to citizens in times of hardship. We need the unemployment checks and the welfare checks. Obie is doing the right thing. 8% are without jobs. This means, they dont have anything to EAT!!!

Is CNN trying to become the new Fox news channel or something? I only see sensationalist comments from Republican/Conservative wonks all morning long – Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Mitt Romney – don't you people understand there are two sides to every issue? These people are clearly ridiculously biased and NOT because of any facts. Their stupid ideologies are the REASON this country needs to INVEST capital to get us on the road to recovery. It's tiresome to read about their fear of "big government". Guess what, the government hires the exact same American people who were working for corrupt, fat-cat bankers. The Repubs just want their big-money backers to continue to fund stupid causes under the auspices of "private business" but it's really all the wrong reasons – greed, corruption, status quo.

Rush and all of his bigotted, hateful cronies need to by a one way ticket to the Swatt Valley in N. Pakistan. He would really fit in with the Taliban better than with Americans. He is in favor of theocracy, is opposed to equal rights for women, thinks every kid should have a gun, (or maybe a suicide bomb vest) and that there should be no universal healthcare or education, ALL philosophies espoused by the Taliban.

He does not believe in his government. Does not believe in a philosophy that supports the people and a government of, by and for the people. The problem with the GOP is that they do not believe in America. They believe in a collection of individuals who do not care about their fellow Americans. Which is why idiots like Rick Santelli immediately start calling their fellow countrymen losers as soon as the economy gets tough. The problems with this econoy are ours to face together and if we do not, each of us pick-up and start working to solve this problem then this nation will suffer under the weight of ignorant selfish bastards like Rush Limbaugh and his CEO buddies.

The fat boy is not a good American, but he is a good republican.

Okay, before everyone starts beating on Rush, examine the quote. He said he wants to preserve capitalism and individual liberties. That's what America is all about. Granted, he is an incendiary personality for conservative America, but then Senators Pelosi and Reid are the same for liberal America. It's called checks and balances. If everyone agreed on everything it would be an unrealistic utopia. We also can't have just one political party, that's called Communism and it's never been seen to it's full potential. Socialism is the first step of Communism and that's failed as well. Ask the Europeans. Let's not go down that road and NOT learn from other's mistakes. We've got a pretty good system here, let's just tweak it a bit and make it better.

Limgaugh wants Obama to fail. As much as I disagreed with Bush I didn't want him to fail. He did anyways but that's not the way one should voice criticism. The President, like him/her or not, represents and leads America. S/he is elected to do that by the people. Failure on his/her part, is failure for America too. Is that what Limbaugh and many Republicans want? If so, that's a form of treason.

I do not like Rush L., but I dislike liars even more. Emanual is flat out lying about the "failure" comment. This is the kind of tactic one would expect from Karl Rove. The Obama administration is now offically Bush 2.0.

Politicians = More Of The Same

"if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation?"

I completely disgusts me to hear such false information and complete lies come out of this guys mouth. No one wants to destroy capitalism. But in retrospect I feel that the republican party will continue to destroy itself as long as it seems to have no constructive ideas other than tax cuts appealing to minorities by yelling bling bling on occasion and

All Rush needs is his white sheets and he'll be ready.......

I am no Rush fan, but, he clarified his statement by saying he hoped policies of big government and socialistsic values fail. There is a difference. And, not to use the "but they did it" rationale, the dems were openly hoping for failure in Iraq. Harry Reid flat out said that if there is success in Iraq, dems would be in trouble during the 06' elections. And, he continued by saying all dems need to hope for failure in Iraq. Now, knowing that failure would mean more American deaths, I ask you, which is worse? But of course, no one in the media or on the left reprimanded Reid or others in the party hoping for failure.

Yea ,and Rahm is the voice of socialist america and chicago politics at it's best. Why else would Obama, The democrats, and the white house be so quick to change everything that america is? They are accomplishing this by pushing bills through congress while the honeymoon is on and people are in awe of the president and his "star" status. They think that all american's are stupid and don't see what is happening....just wait till the rest wake up when the bills take affect. The power's that be are telling scared americans what they want to hear and why it's good for them; they are not telling you how it will be paid for. We're being taken by a snake oil salesman–you mark my words in 12-18 months people will be saying this isn't what I voted for.

FINALLY.

A Republican who stands up to this drug-addict, former sportscaster, big fat idiot, windbag.

We need more members of the GOP to keep this moron in his place.

We need to actually put the McCain campaign slogan into practice – Country First, and start working together to get us ALL out of this mess.

Of course Limbaugh is the GOP leader and after him it is Joe the plumber... Any political group letting them lead deserves what they get.

Rahm Emanuel is right on this one. Rush Limbaugh has some 'issues'. I am not saying what type or kind. If Rush Limbaugh is the moral leader or the far right-wing leader.., the Republican Party is in real trouble. They are in real trouble.

The only way that the Oxycodone guy can fire up the republican party is by setting the building on fire, since when America pays attention do a drug addict?

The three most recent faces of the GOP:
Limbaugh, Jindal, and Palin. A buffoon, a bucket of warm spit, an uninformed hockey mom.

Does anybody with half a brain really care what this obese, drug-addicted, lying nutcase has to day?

So Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Bobby Jindal are the face of the GOP, huh? Good! That should ensure that liberals and progressives maintain the majority for many, many years to come.

I think it is reaching to say that Eric Cantor is rejecting Limbaugh's comments. He, like other GOP members is taking the more politically correct approach. I think if the question is asked in more context Representative Cantor would agree with Rush. The more appropriate question to ask that would be more in line with what Rush is talking about is do you want Obama's big government, big spending policies to fail. If that was the question, I am sure that Representative Cantor along with over 50 million American's would say they agree with Rush and they don't want a big, overspending government. Once again, misleading information being posted on CNN. Great work guys!

Dear Rush,

Yesterday at the CPAC, you said:

"We believe that the preamble of the Constitution contains an inarguable truth, that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, freedom. And the pursuit of happiness."

Guess what, Rush...that phrase is in the Declaration of Independence, not the preamble of the Constitution nor anywhere in the Constitution.

If you love this country so much, why don't you learn some of its history. Or maybe take some courses on the Constitution.

Republicans need intelligent, educated people like Mitt Romney and Ron Paul to be the voice for the party; not bobbling heads like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and Ann Coulter.

A party that chooses to be lead by dogmatic individuals with ideologies based on false, uneducated, and irrational premises, then that party will ultimately fail. This goes for Democrats as well.

ruch limbaugh is stupid for saying he hope Barack Obama fail and for all you looser gw.bush with ronnie reagan Revelation stupied ideal about what work for the country but there ideal work for the rich and foreigner for a while now we all are suffering for there mistakes get jobs back in america so the poor can have money to spend it trinkel up not down . stupid Ruch Limbaugh & the Republican party we can do with out .

Fat old balding white guy. Face of the GOP indeed...

I think if Rush wanted to be the 2012 nominee he'd get it without much of a contest. He is the soul of the republican party.

Rush Limbaugh is a drug addict.

Rush Limbaugh is a drug addict. I find it rather amusing that the Republican Party is looking up to a crack head.

I want Rush to fail. I want him to eat his words when he realizes he is just a loud mouth. He speaks but does not do his homework before he speaks, so you have stupid comments like his.

Way to "tell it like it is"! FLUSH rush AND the gop!

Rush Limbaugh is a dangerous and hateful man. All rant and rave and hate, NO SOLUTIONS.

You and your hateful party are wrong for America.

pork face Limbaugh

Why is CNN giving all this attention and publicity to Republicans. It is almost like they won the election. They are always spouting what the Republicans say, and they are always the worst things, with very little time given to Democratic resonse.
When the Democrats were beaten in the last elections they were ignored. They certainly did not get all the publicity that CNN is giving to the Republicans. Is it true that this is because they are the "corporate media".
There is no incentive to keep listening to this drivel that the Republicans are saying. They had their eight years to do what they are now saying should be done. They made the deficit and big government we now have.

Barack Obama is not trying to undermine capitalism and individual liberty Limbaugh. You especially should not be one to talk, as you and your party believe women shouldn't have the right to choose when it comes to abortions.

This fool is a disgrace to America!

Who is Rush Limbaugh ? Since when do we pay attention do drug users and abusers ? Since when America is so weak to start listening to all these clowns who enjoy getting high ? I cannot believe that we are becoming that pathetic, now we need to get a prostitute to criticize Obama too.

Desparate, desparate pork talk!!

Obama will be the worst President in U.S. history.
Obama+Pelosi+Reid+Frank = Tea Parties across the U.S.

It's sad Limbaugh and Coulter are the best the GOP can do. Stop the childish antics and do something to get this great nation back on track. This divisive talk is kin to a brat on a playground threatening to take his ball and going home

The country is left of center right now. Exactly what is needed to get us out of the mess. A far right or far left approach would not work at the moment. Limbaugh needs to be a tad more flexible and honest about appropriate solutions rather than bashing his idea of liberalism and making it a four letter word. We don't need a mean spirited "hope he (Obama) fails" dialogue.

Snuggs I also watced this thing and the klan came to mine. I have voted republincan before. never never agin! as for ann coulter is part of the new and improved republican party. thank you CNN for exposing these nut racist nutz!!!

Did anyone in the holier-than-thou audience ask Rush how he got out of going to jail (remember his "up the river comment"?) for violating federal narcotics laws? Or do those laws not apply to their current blowhard-du-jour?

You have to hand it to him though. A three-time divorcee getting this most reverent audience to allow him to be their standard-bearer. After-all, he is a good steak-knive salesman.

I wonder if Jesus would have applauded him?

If any one wants to know what's wrong with Republicans, look at Rush Limbaugh, he's one of prime examples...

Rahm is absolutely right. Rush is the voice of the Republican party and thats a sad, sad thing. The republican leadership disgusts me more and more everyday. They are just one big group of whining, self centered losers who can't accept the fact that America as a collective group doesn't care what they say or think now. Rush is the biggest, pompous windbag ever and all he's doing is capitalizing on his loud obnoxious spewing of hatred to make millions for himself on talk radio. He and the rest of the radical republicans could care less about the rest of America.