WASHINGTON (CNN) - Count former GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson among the growing chorus of prominent Republicans who want President Obama's policies to fail.
Tuesday evening Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called pressure to support Obama's policies "political correctness run amok."
Related: Jindal defends those who want Obama to fail
Thompson told CNN's John Roberts Wednesday that he agreed with some of his fellow Republicans who have said publicly they do not want the president's policies to be successful.
Watch: Thompson on American Morning
"I want his policies that I believe take us in the wrong direction to fail," Thompson told Roberts on CNN's American Morning.
"If he takes us down the road of tripling our national debt in ten years and making us vulnerable to higher interest rates and higher inflation, and things of that nature, I want all those policies not to succeed," he said.
Thompson, who made the rising cost of entitlement spending a focus of his 2008 presidential run, said he'd be happy to help Obama overhaul those programs.
"If he wants to do that, I will join with him. I'll do everything I can to make him succeed with regard to that because that's the whole ball game in terms of our fiscal future in this country," said the former Tennessee senator.
Thompson criticized Obama's ambitious health care agenda, telling Roberts the president's plans would cost the government more than they would save.
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So are we supposed to just ignore the problems with health care, education, energy/pollution, and procurement? NO. We have to fix these problems, even if they cost a lot of money. We've been putting them off for too long now. The time to address these problems is NOW.
Sour grapes for his party having been thrown out on their rear ends after 8 years of unsuccessful policies.
I don't want republican policies to succeed, oh wait, we already know they don't.
If Fred the FAILURE wants Obama to fail, then it must be a good thing. no one wants the policies of the FAILURE to work. I'll take the winner. Good luck Obama and America, most of us in the thinking world want this to work.
No one has to wish for him to fail, he is doing that on his own.
Where were all of these people when bush was sneaking in spending bills in the middle of the night?
I want Obama to fail, and I'm not a republican.
Anyone who wants Obama's agenda to succeed is hoping that the government takes care of them from cradle to grave. I cannot see how anyone in his right mind can support this.
I want the US to recover, but if Obama's agenda goes forward the US will become structurally uncompetitive. I don't support that and no one else should either.
Once again, why are we listening to people who didn't even have the decency to run a successful presidential campaign. Remember, this guy lost. Notice that Republicans always want to discourage any sort of educational spending or healthcare spending. I guarantee you ever last one of the Congress people have private tutors for their children (or they attend top tier schools) and they have the best healthcare.
when american fails, we all fail.. those that wish this are pathetic and unamerican.
besides, doesnt fred thompson have some lying...um, i mean , acting to do.. lol
Obama's policies are going to fail. We will feel the effects for the next 20+ years. The problem is that dumbocrats can never put two and two together and so will never understand the lingering aftereffects of his failed policies and the result will be that 20 years from now they will be saying either a) it's the poor sap's fault that will be in office then(if it's a republican or b) it's George Bush's fault.
Republicans watch your foul mouth because the economy is slowly turning around for good .
Be careful what you wish for.
President Obama will succeed and that is what frightens your party.
Gov Jindals allegiance is to INDIA that is why he wants the president to fail .
This is just sad. I am a liberal democrat through and through and hated GW with ever fiber of my being (no use lying and saying I didn't), but I still never wanted him to FAIL, because if the president and his policies fail, then WE as a COUNTRY fail. The comments are un-American, un-Patriotic. You can dislike the man. You can hate him. You can disagree with his policies. You can argue with him, but to wish him failure is just wrong. Just goes to show you how messed up our country really is.
Fred did not go very far running for President ....that says it all. I do not think he has an answer to any of the problems he does not even try to address fixing anything specifically, none of these people can say what they would support they can only cry socialism and rant and rave over everything that is undertaken. It is starting to get me down. This is not positive and can only hurt us as a nation. But I do still believe a two party system needs watch dogs and if this makes us safer as a nation I guess we need these guys and their rhetoric. I liked it when people called the Bush Admin on everything they did I guess I will have to except this type of stuff now.
When Republicans make these statements about debt, why don't the CNN reporters point out to them that 9 Trillion dollars in stimulus/rescue was committed before Obama even took office. The position has no merit!
Oh, goodie. Yet another Republican jumping on the bandwagon, hoping that President Obama's policies fail.
GUYS, BUY A CLUE! You've got the money, really, go buy a clue! If President Obama's policies fail, millions of people in this country will fail and suffer. You may disagree with his policies all you want, that's just fine, but until you offer intelligent, soundly created alternatives, President Obama's are what we have! You are cheering on the failure of businesses, people, and the economy. Way to put America first!
They woke up Fred Thompson? What I think these "we want him to fail" people seem to forget is that if his policies fail, there will be a major impact on the American People.
Unemployment will continue to rise
The dollar will continue to weaken
More Americans will be without health care
Our education system will continue to fall behind
We will continue to rely more and more on foreign oil
The list goes on and on and on. You can't couch your opposition in the "if, then" corollary, because you don't know the IF part first. Of course if his policies make everything worse, everyone wants him to fail. Duh! But it seems like the Republicans have decided that no matter what he proposes and no matter how many experts agree with him, his policy will be an abject failure so they better just oppose it to begin with. Well, Fred, come up with some answers for how to fix the problems instead of just hoping the country collapses.
A Better way to say it
I STILL AGREE
Where were you with your negetivity when Bush was running us into this bottomless pit? Why weren't you publicly speaking against his policies? (But then again I guess that would mean he would actually have to have policies in place, huh?!) My bad!
Oh man..... It is going to be a loooong time before the Republicans get the majority back. Amazing that they don't get it. Things are too important, people are paying too much attention, and there are lot more young people who have watched their parents be fooled and robbed by the haters, than old people still 'clinging'.
"If he takes us down the road of tripling our national debt in ten years and making us vulnerable to higher interest rates and higher inflation, and things of that nature, I want all those policies not to succeed," he said.
Fred is right on the money. Obama complains about the national debt but he is forecasted to TRIPLE it this year. Obama's speeches are intentional misdirection. He is not planning on reducing the national debt, helping small businesses or strengthening our ties with our allies. How do I know this? His actions so far have led to a higher national debt, a less favorable climate for small businesses and he went out of his way to insult the UK. Read between the lines folks, he is either in way above his head or he does not have your best interests in mind. It's one or the other, you decide.
Who is Fred Thompson and who besides Mrs. Thompson cares what he says?
Oh for Pete's sake – SHUT UP!!! I am so tired of you hyprocrital republicans. Where were you all George Bush was driving this country in the ground? Your party is just a bunch of sore loosers who whine and complain about everything our president is trying to do.
Instead of getting on television stating you want his policies to fail, why not make an appointment with him and discuss your brillant ideas – oh wait – you don't any.
He is President and Commander-in-Chief.
Such an unqualified statement is TREASON.
The greed and fear of the last 8 years has totally corrupted our thinking and national identity.
People who kept their mouths shut for the last eight years have no standing to talk about fiscal responsibility and concern about the national debt now. This just proves their completely partisan agenda.
And I care about what Fred Thompson says because...
Thompson himself IS a failure. He couldn't even run a successful campaign to get elected as the Republican nominee and I'm supposed to listen to what he has to say. What is Thompson's alternative solutions to helping out America- oh that's right- just like his other Republican counterparts- HE HAS NONE!!!
The Great One has spoken! In a field of complete idiots, Thompson actually ran the worst "campaign" in the 08 primaries. he's another example of a blowhard with no record of accomplishment getting his time on the news by criticizing the one real leader we have. It's just too easy to tear down the guy who's in there swinging, while providing NO ideas of your own. Fred, SHUT UP.
It will be Republicans who fail, just as they have failed in rightly governing the Country. What hypocrits! Had Democrats been singing the same chorus Republicans are, hoping the President would fail during the Bush administration, just think what the outcry from Republicans would have been!
If what Thompson thought meant much he would have gotten more votes. How can he stand to make comments like this when his bid was so pittyful. One might say we have Obama because of his failure to be a reasonable candidate.
Another idiot. So I guess it's evident and clear that LimBLAH is the head of the republican party. Mr. Thompson needs to stick to acting and stop acting like a politician. He just gave me another reason not to watch Law & Order. If you want the President's policies to fail, you're basically stating you want the country to fail. Hearing all you right wingers with these unpatriotic remarks speaks volumes of your party. You should be brought up on treason charges and shot on the White House lawn. If you really believe in "Country First," then you should want the President to succeed whether you agree with his policies or not.
Fred Thompson represents the party of NO. They ALL deserve to be marginalized as they don't have any redeeming values if they cannot or will not come up with an alternative to President Obama tough economic pill. Debate is whats needed and the President has repeated his position and welcomes it, but they only wait for him to fail while sitting on the sidelines, booing and jeering. FOR SHAME!!! Their lock in step partisanship has no bounds, even if destroys the lives of their constituents. We as Americans have all to lose if this plan fails. Remember that next time you vote. You all listening down there???
I believe that those who are rooting for the failure of the President's policies are rooting for the failure of our nation. If they had any better ideas I suspect we wouldnit be here in the first place. And, as for Thompson's stand on Health Care, I have found that those who can afford their own are generally not too concerned with the well being of those who can't.
1. More of the same.
2. More of the same.
3. More of the same.
Next year's House and Senate races are going to be very interesting.
What a dichotomy. Some "very patriotic" individuals would like these policies to fail if they take us to an economic crisis (something is still to be seen), but no word about the policies that have brought us to immense crisis to live in now and which is fact created by policies and deregulation of the previous eight years.
These patriots are determine to destroy this country as long as their party agendas survive.
Who cares what any of these republicans say?
Their priorities of putting their egos, party, ambitions and hypocrisy
over the survival of our country is as unAmerican as you can get.
It is truly sad that we have politicians such as these thinking they
can "lead" our country, after 8 years of failure. And, never acknowledging or admitting their failures.
We have a President that is trying to dig our country out of all these
diasters, and, a party who does not care about us or our survival.
Repubs are still pouting? That's news?
Well we all know the GOP agenda is "failure". They would like to be the knight in shining armor and rescue the world. Bush left us with a trillion dollar war debt but the GOP refuses to believe that it was their policies that got us here. Please create an island for Thompson, Limbaugh, Coulter, Drudge and Beck and let them run their own little government and give the rest of the world a break.
The entire country is in distress, we at war on multiple fronts, people are dying, jobless, homeless, and looking for hope. In the face of all the suffering of the American people, the Republican Party's position is to stand on party principles, hope the President fails, and thereby be vindicated on their political stance?
As a lifelong conservative Republican, I am ashamed of our elected officials. Leave us to suffer – let us remain jobless while you get into slap fights with each other. But we will remember. We will remember who tried to relieve our pain, who addressed our needs, who at least TRIED to do something to help – and we will remember those whose only purpose was to gain or hold on to power during this calamity.
I wish the REPUBLICAN policies of the past 8 years had failed too, then we would not be having this discussion, would we, Fred.
Someone need to ask Republican former GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson why he want President Obama's policies to fail. looks like every Republican Candidate that ran for president that couldn't get elected president ,want President Obama to fail
Even Democrats are coming out against this clown.
He is right up there with Jimmy Carter. Possibly the worst ever
president of the US. I like the new title Prompter of the United States.
He can not work without one.
This guy has nothing on Bill Clinton. Clinton was much smarter, a
much better speaker, and he could talk without using the prompter.
Really... you don't want the economy to recover? You don't want better health care prices? You don't want better education for your children?
Honey, you better wake up and realize the truth in this world... Republicanism doesn't work. Thats been proven time and again.
You know, just 6 months ago, this mans statements would have been called "treason" for not agreeing with the President. What exactly has happened since then? Hypocrites.
THE REASON PEOPLE WANT OBAMA TO FAIL:
raising my taxes.
socializing medicine.
raising the amount of money spent on welfare.
nationalizing companies and industry.
forcing more union workers upon us with higher costs lower quality
eliminating school vouchers for children
perpetuating teachers unions and failing school systems.
changing the constitution.
gun control.
nationalizing oil companies like Chavez in Venezuela Putin in Russia
cut spending on the F-22 Raptor a NEEDED military program
Kill off the pharmaceutical industry and the research of new drugs
pay for abortions and promote the ease of abortions.
This is why conservatives want barack to fail.
He is driving us deeper into debt and that is the reason.
G – Got
O – 0
P – Plans
Republicans have failed for the last 8 years!!!! What could they possibly know about success????? The Republicans disagree with the new administration simply because Obama is a democrat. If he were a republican, doing the very same thing - they would be excited!!!
It is a terrible shame that there is anyone who would want to see this administration fail. If the administration fails, we all fail.
Anybody else when the "Dixie Chicks" (Celebrities) were cast by the right as utter traitors to America for being anti-Iraq War.
These are actually elected Officials saying this......where is the same outrage from the right for them as they gave the Dixie Chicks.
I cant believe the republican party has so many hateful racits among them.. If you are so great Fred how come you you didnt win your primary in 2008. I think all you republicans will be sorry in 2012 with the canidates your are throwing out there, Sarah, Mark,Bobby and Newt and also Mitt. Their debates will be real fun to watch. Sarah and Bobby will go down first. Its for sure you are drawing big wages where you dont have to worry about your health care a place to sleep at night and where your next meal is coming from. Your Party the way it has been acting as made my self no longer a republican. And you know that your party is dwindling fast and by 2012 their wont be enough republicans left to vote a republican for the white house.
Ok, mainly you libs, pay attention to what Mr. Thompson and others have said. The key word is-–Policies-–.
I want Obama's policies to fail as well and I want Obama to stop throwing away taxpayer money. The government is in the process of taking total control and many of you are allowing it. Be very careful what you wish for and always remember......
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.."
--Thomas Jefferson--
Thomson: Just another Republican Traitor, who thinks that their failed policies are a good thing. Republicans don't have any sense of looking back on what worked and what didn't. They just keep trying the same failures over and over and over, hoping for a different outcome. Isn't that the definition of insanity?
Does this mean that he wants our country to continue down the path we have been heading down.
Another traitor and turn coat.........this President is in office for the next 4 years whether you like it or not and for you to say you want his policies to fail is too say you want the next 4 years to FAIL so that all the people that are out of jobs will still be out ot jobs, those who have lost their Health Insurance will have to do without , for all the people who have lost your homes, you can live in the streets for all the republicans care cause they want all of Obama's policies to FAIL, for the next 4 years they want the Banks to stop loaning you money, they don't care if you need a new car to get to work, or to buy a house to put a roof over your head, they don't care if you can't afford to sent your kids to college, just as long as President Obams's policies FAIL.......as long as the Republicans continue to call for the FAUILURE of Obama's policies they are going to FAIL, (what you reap you shall sow) This is not putting your country first or the people of this country first..........all you care about is your next elections, well we don't want and this country doesn't need men like you........
If Obama suceeds the GOP will benefit once they get their act together
He only hopes that because he knows GWB Failed and he does not want to be upstaged by the brother. Look, if Obama is right Americans will do well. If he is wrong the GOP will get a compounded problem because of Bush and Obama. What they should want is for Obama to succeed and for their leadership to capitalize on that success. That is how Bill Clinton did it. HW Bush suceeded in the first Gulf war and Clinton had a clean slate to build the best economy ever on.
I wan to know where these Republicans were when Bush tripled our national debt?
I want to know where they were when the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act deregulated the financial industry which led to the financial disaster that we find ourselves in.
The Republicans did not complain when Bush spent trillions of dollars to invade a country that did not have the means to harm us but God forbid a Democrat tries to fix a school or pave a road!
I cannot wait until 2010 so we can vote the obstructionists out of office altogether and get on with the job of restoring this country to its former greatness.
Of course they want this President to fail and they want our country to fail so they can say "see I told you so." The Republican Party is not interested in solutions. They are only interested in regaining power.
You know the conservatives are completely and utterly out of things to whine about when they all jump on the "Teleprompter" bashing.
Amercia is failing and all the right wants to focus on is that our President like to use a teleprompter for speeches.
OMG!!! The HORROR!!!
I cannot believe this! They want his policies to fail because of political gain. I am sick and tired of this. I bet that half the guys that say that they want him to fail think that most of his ideas are good, but because they are republicans they can show any kind of cooperation with the other party. The same goes for democrats also. when can we get a politian who is in it for public service. I think we need to get off the this idea that every new idea is branding america something other the democratic republic it is and look at the big picture. People that think we are turning socialist of communist need to look up what those forms of government actually are. do I agree 100% with Obama? No. But I feel that we are in a grave situation and failure is not an option. I don't want these policies to fail, and I don't that you should eithier because there is alot more at stake than mid-term elections and 2012. I want my daughters to enjoy the freedoms that I enjoy daily now when they become adults. I think policies need to work for the sake off our country.
How can you want a President's policy's to fail. I never supported Pres. George W, but I never wanted his policy's to fail. There is so much hate behind wanting someone to fail and also how can you hope for failure without providing any indication on how your policy is different and can succeed. There is just way too much hate...
The GOP rails against the Obama administrations push for reregulation as a decided push for socialism. Yeah, like capitalism is working so well these days! If the idiots from both the Republican and Democratic parties had left alone the regulations but into place by FDR in the 1930s, a lot of the mess of the past three decades would have been avoided. For example, deregulation worked so well for the airline industry in the 1980s and the auto industry in the 1990s. But we had to go off and follow the pied piper of Simi Valley, California into the deep end of the ocean with this deregulation nonsense - the same one who said that colleges and universities "should not subsidize intellectual curiosity." These people should let the intelligent and education people take the reins for while, perhaps we will see progress!
It's amazing that Thompson knows so much but isn't president. This is not but a GOP lynching of our new president. They will never join him in coming up with a plan to help America they are all thinking about the upcoming election. I hope and pray that Obama's policies work and the republicans will have to walk the plank come election time. They are a miserable bunch.
Fred Thompson comes accross like a used car sales men talking out of both sides of his mouth. If he wants Obama to fail just say it plainly, instead he plays with vaugely worded phases and then says that we can interprete his words how ever we like. When the journalist sought, Thompson says that it is is not adult like to nit-pick at words. he is just a wind bag.
George Bush stared his presidency with a federal budget surplus. True to his republican philosophy, he cut taxes. He forgot the other part. You know, the part about cutting spending. Republicans like Fred stood by and watched silently while federal spending syrocketed, as did our national debt as a result. Partisan politics at its worst Fred, and your comments continue that legacy. History will not look favorably on your party.
I guess Fred Thompson will probably be "plain tuckered out" after this interview and go back to sleep or acting.
Its disgusting that the the republicans are willing to sacrifice the American people for politcal ideology ...
Fred Who?? Oh yeah!! The brilliant man of tactics who ran such a successful campaign!! CLEARLY – his ideas and and opinions are are so valid and valuable – not.
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,
not because they are EASY but because they are HARD
(if these things were easy,, someone would have done them already)
Sound familiar?
RECYCLED IDEAS
But for our BENEFIT not to Bankrupt us and
I support cleaner energy sources
Who is against cleaner air??? no one
WORDS DO NOT MAKE A GREAT PRESIDENT
JFK backed up those words
Lincoln has substance
You still have not given me a plan a way that will not hurt us more to get to your great goals
Our common goals of clean air to breath.. heath care that is fair and education for all
Thompson is a lot more credible as a DA on Law & Order. As a political leader, not so much.
We had an election, you guys lost, Thompson. Remember that? (PS-I recall you ran for President–how did you do?)
That these Repukes want Obama's policies to fail doesn't bother me a bit. I wanted Bush's policies to fail for eight years. Of course, given Bush's intellect that was a slam dunk!
Who?
Through their own incompetence, extremism and sore loserism, Republicans have painted themselves into a corner from which they can only cheer for Obama and America to fail. Their worst political nightmare is that this country recovers. Think about that. Pathetic.
They have no ideas, no vision, no values and no hope.
well, the guy has only been in office for 60days not 2years. So keep hoping...You have a long way to go!
Can someone correct this logic for me, or are some politicians this dense?
If Obama's policies succeed in the way he intends we will have cheaper health care, a war ending in success, a low unemployment and strong economy, If his policies fail we will have the opposite.
By saying they hope Obama's policies fail they are saying they hope that health care stays over price, more American troops die, and a further decline in the economy so they can be right.
I am not confident Obama's policies will work the way he intends and have the right as an American to question the effectiveness of his techiques, but hoping that things get worst so I can say, "I told you so," is childish, immoral, and un-American.
If you want the President's policies to fail you are saying I want him to fail, don't give me a spin on owrds. Party of NO, your policies failed and we are now if a WORLD of hurt.
GO Obama, I have confidence in you and your agenda. Keep explaining to the American people what your vision is because as long as we understand we will be with you.
"Their worst political nightmare is that this country recovers. Think about that. Pathetic."
Honestly....this is about all that needs to be said. This is the sad truth of what the Republican Party has become....A Cheerleader for Amercia's Faliure.
Question: What happens if all the doom and gloom they are predicting doesn't happen? What happens if Obama's "socialistic "plans work, the economy rebounds, unemployment drops and we become sound again?
Do you people want him to fail because his agenda is to make turn this into a Socialist country? Do you know that for a fact or because someone told you so?
The "cradle to grave" care comment above is certainly appropriate. I am a public educated accountant and I hope he fails. My children are degreed (one a teacher) and public educated and, thankfully, they feel the same way. Where is the personal responsibility? If parents teach their children the value of education and work with them from the early ages forward, then they will be successful. Healthcare is a personal responsibility. Of course, there is very little of that nowadays thanks to the "dumbocrats" philosophy.
It's like beating a dead horse. How many times does the prez have to explain how this works? We are spending but we are also going to grow. It takes money to make money. Surely the old fool has heard that said before.
America is made up of more than just the Presdient...they've failed before and we've lived on.
I Hope to God that America doesn't fail. I also know that Obama's current policies and budgets won't allow America to succeed. I don't need to wait and see and give him a chance... you don't jump off a cliff to see how things go...
Obama succeeding with his policies does not mean America succeeds. Carter succeeded in getting his policies through...America did not prosper.
Folks, this spending is not a "maybe it will work, maybe it won't " – it's been tried time and time again and always ends with total failure.
How can you want your president to fail? If you want his policy to fail you want him to fail. Is that American? GOP, stop fighting the process. You lost. Be loyal, come up with a plan, and beat us next time because you have better ideas, not because we stink.
Well, given the audience I see here, I'm sure I'll catch heat for this.
I wonder what would have happened in WWII Germany if more people wanted Hitler's POLICIES to fail, instead of blindly following.
I wonder what would have happened if more people wanted Lenin's POLICIES to fail, instead of blindly following.
In NO WAY am I comparing the president to Hitler or Lenin. What I am saying, though, is that his POLICIES have, at best, a 50-50 shot. In my opinion, the odds are worse.
The fact is that no one knows. But blindly following has a dangerous precedent.
Is this the new dawn of Republican party? Is this their message to American people when they are hurting? Well, I say you have a long way to go!
Surprised by the Republican reprisal against Obama. Republicans want to prove they were right for the last 8 years.
People wake up. We need new direction.
I don't want his policies to succeed either……just like all other patriotic, freedom-loving Americans who love their country.
As Commander in Chief I support President Obama but I do not support and hope a lot of his economic and socialization policies fail. I've been stationed around the world and people who live in Socialist countries, I do not want to happen here.
The definition of policy success or failure depends on who you talk to, these days and what side of the political spectrum they're on.
Many Republicans would like Obama's policies to fail for two reasons.....they don't benefit many Republicans and if the polices fail, it would be a bad mark on the Obama administration (good for the GOP agenda).
It appears that some Republicans would like nothing better than to bring back the last eight years.....what they might even refer to as the "good 'ol days". Republicans want to be able to feather their own nests, even if its bad for the country and so long as they get to win an election.
I love the hypocrisy going on. I voted for Obama, but this is an absurd attack by the Dems, and here is why.
For 8 years, the Bush administration took the "If you aren't with us, you are against us" approach. This is a bad approach to take, and Dems called them on it, with the most famous being Hillary's stump speach saying that it is our duty to question the government.
Many dems wanted Bush to fail, both policy wise and personally.
Now, with the script flipped, Dems are acting butt-hurt, and questioning the patriotism of Republicans.
The most pathetic part is that the Dems hold such large majorities, they shouldn't even have to worry about the opposition. Ok, so the Senate can still filibuster, but the longest a flilbuster has gone was 24 hours.
Yup...1 day. That is it. Filibusters don't last. Dems are showing me that they are truly incompetent, and making me seriously question my vote.
I heard the criticism from Frddie but still have yet to here a plan.
GOP – stop your whining, complaining and naysaying and give us a plan. Just remember that the same crap you guys have been pushing for 20 of the last 28 years is what got us where we are so don't even think that 'tax cuts for the wealthy' or 'trickle down, supply side economics' will be an acceptable plan.
Look all you Dems, we Republicans don't want our country to fail, but what we want is BHO Socialist Agenda to fail. Far too long our country has traveled down this socialist path, like Europe, and look at the mess they are in. Look how our educational system has failed. It has dumbed down our children that they grow up to be less informed and are moved by their "feelings", and now you all want to stand in line for your Government handout, pay your mortgage, pay your hospital bills, and like. You take no responsibility for yourselves and blame everyone else for your life's decisions. Grow Up. Yes BHO policies should fail!
After the controvery created by Rush Limbaugh's statement that he wanted President Obama to fail, the Republicans revised that and said that they didn't want President Obama to fail, but they wanted his policies to fail.
Isn't that the same thing?
Fred Thomson said that he wants President Obama's policies to fail.
If President Obama'a policies fail, then America fails.
The Republicans are hoping that the country sinks deeper into a depression and millions of Americans lose their jobs so they can blame it on President Obama and the Democrats.
The Republicans are putting selfish partisan politics above Patriotism.
Ghost.
It is a fact that Barack is a socialist.
There are many interviews with him and his belief of changing the constituiton. I have heard some of the interviews post harvard days.
He believes in redistribution of wealth on a large scale (on tape)
He believes in changing the constitution so that it changes your rights of people to the rights of the country. The rights of goverment to make
change for what it feels will benefit its people.
He believes in nationalizing companies and distributing that money via the goverment (just like Putin and Chavez).
Yes Barack talks out of both sides of his mouth but at the end of the day the man has a very strong socialistic agenda. This is COMPLETELY against what the founding fathers stood for and what the United States of America stands for. DONT TREAD ON ME.
So, he wants policies that improve the education of all American children to fail or policies that improve health care and reduce health care costs to fail. Maybe he wants the policies that provide support for our returning service men and women to fail.
We should try the Republican way of running this country...wait, we did. Look where that got us...run right in to the ground!
Leave it to GOP HAS BEENS to jump on any band wagon. Typical GOP leadership here folks, DENY, DELAY and DO NOTHING but complain cry-baby around.
Fred, well you are one of 300million people in America. I am so sorry to hear your wishes.
the rest 299million have no platform to say they want our President and our country to succeed. Too bad, looser!
Republicans want his policies to fail because their own policies couldn't succeed in the last eight years. That is why we are in the shape were in. Gee They can cast the stone, but they can't come up with anything better. They all want to go back to bushes failed policies. They really need to get their head out of their behinds and start helping the american people. OR the next four years just may be all Dem in house and congress.
I wish old Thompson would stick to being a second rate b-actor and
stop trying to talk about subjects he knows little to nothing about.
He is a cozy and lazy little, old man. And that is perfectly O.K.
I don't understand wanting the policy's to fail even if you don't agree with them. Is that the same as saying "I don't agree with that, so I would rather it just go wrong". If it doesn't fail will they be disappointed? Do they also wish the country's economical well being to fail because that is a possibility if these plans don't work? Is it because it is different than what has been done in the past? Because we have proof that didn't work. So you want it to fail because you didn't think of it, or its not the way you would handle it? To me that is a scary opinion, its seems almost childish in nature and these are the people that are supposedly helping to run our country. How could anyone that it is supposed to being serving our country WANT something to fail. Just so they can say we were right. I mean I didn't agree with the war in Iraq but I by no means wanted us to fail, because those are our troops going over there. I don't know there mind set is truley frightning.
Ditto ! Obama's policies are an attempt for an overall takeover of the American Society. Giethner wants more power they say today to stick his nose in American Companies – it's obvious they are after a Power Grab and Americans better get their dander up as we will be in a Soviet style Country. If you think the effort is not to get their nose in all Americans decisions – you are dreaming. This is trouble and I've seen that trouble in Obama for two years now.
Joan B
Minnesota
This is more short term thinking of tired politicians who, like our CEOs, cannot see beyond the next fiscal quarter. This inability of vision and lack of investment in what has made this country great, education, science, technology, is part of the behavior that has resulted in the current mess. Please retire or go back to TV Mr. Thompson.
Go figure, republicans are always looking out for themselves instead of others. Some of us can not afford to stay afloat if Obama's policies fail. Of course we want him to succeed!
On the flip side, a large percentage of republicans have the funds to 'weather the storm' if his policies do fail.... GO FIGURE.
Political gains do not equal humanity gains.
i don't get this- wanting obama's policies to fail . if it is a bad idea, it will fail on its own. why don't they offer some alternatives instead of just saying that they want the president to fail.
For many in the GOP...an economic recovery takes backseat to their true motivations; that is for President Obama to 'fail'. They aren't concerned for Americans; a la Dick Cheney "well, they volunteered...."
I'm glad Sam Waterston is the D.A. now.
By saying you want President Obama to fail that means you want our country to fail. Remember he was voted in by The People-and how refreshing it is to have our President visible-communicating-and listening to the People!
The real question is that is it ever acceptable to want this country to fail no matter if the plan is something you like or not. Its kind of like republicans are so afraid that they'll end up being irrelevant to the future progress of America so their "hoping" with their fingers cross that Dems fail so that they can say they have a better idea. Frankly it annoys me when anyone criticizes so harshly without an alternative and all I keep hearing is we want Obama to fail.
Wake up, Obama is the president of this country for now...and loyal opposition means to agree to disagree...because truth is obama's administration will do what they want to wether Repubs are on board or not, and I guess right now both sides are showing their best poker face and we'll find out soon enough which side is bluffing.
The problem with a democratic health care plan is, they want to ensure that all illegals have the opportunity to use it at our expense. But I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop from Obama, the new issuance of new, across the board taxes to try and cover his spending bills.
In other words, since their party lost they want America to go down too. Not one of their team players can hold a candle to Pres. Obama and the GOP knows it so they are going through mental anguish. I actually feel sorry for them.
Why don't the republican's just go and hide under a rock?
How can you put fire into a house and come back trying to stop the fire department to put out the fire?
Your Republican economic policies have brought our country to the brink of another "Great Depression". So shut up and let the Democrats led us back to prosperity.
Remember, you voted for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which was the first step in bringing about this economic crisis.
Everyone hoped Bush's policies would succeed. Everyone desperately prayed that they would. But they didn't.
So now we have a new leader, who's taking a new direction.
Mr. Thompson is splitting rhetorical hairs. Whether he wants the president to fail...or the president's policies to fail...he's still hoping for failure.
Is this all the GOP has to offer? The fervent hope that our leader fails?
I wish these guys would spend as much time coming up with workable policy alternatives as they do on their spin strategies.
So if his policies fail...will that hurt me and the rest of the Americians? Or will it just hurt the President?
Wanting the President's policies to fail is wanting the American people to fail...it's that simple!
Guess what GOPs...that includes you guys too!!
read these posted comments carefully – they completely miss the point which is not surprising since all they care to do is bash republicans! what they are not comprehending is that YES we want o'bamas POLICIES to fail because if they doen't we are all heading down the toilet in our financial and social areas! this man and the people he has put in positions of power don't know diddly about running anything – they are elite academics who spout theory! hurry up 2010 – we need to clean house as quickly as possible to re-set america back on track!!!!!!
We are getting exactly what B.O. promised during the campaign. He is in way over his head.....he's a Socialist......he has tax-dodging incompetents surrounding him. If he could come up with fair, patriotic, enlightened ideas, I would support the man 100%......but that is just NOT THE CASE. How can anyone hope his crazy ideas of tax, tax, tax.....spend, spend, spend, will work?
@ obama-mamma, who wrote:
" It's amazing that Thompson knows so much but isn't president. This is not but a GOP lynching of our new president. They will never join him in coming up with a plan to help America they are all thinking about the upcoming election. I hope and pray that Obama's policies work and the republicans will have to walk the plank come election time. They are a miserable bunch."
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Fact is, obama-mamma, the Democrats have basically shut the Republicans out of any meaningful debate. To say the Republican party is the party of "no" is somewhat hypocritical, given that the dems are the ones who are telling the repubs "no".
IF the president's agenda works, the dems can take all the credit. IF the president's agenda doesn't work, the dems will take all the blame.
That's kind of risky, if you ask me.
What does Fred Thomson really know? Intellectually, he made no impression on me during his short presidential campaign, but now he seems to think he knows all the answers.
In my opinion, the American people should be incredibly thankful that we have found such capable leader as Pres. Obama at this time in our history. It is incomprehensible to me that the conservatives in this country dare to be out in the open, instead of hiding somewhere under a rock for having put this country at the brink of disaster. How dare they criticize this great and intelligent president. Count your blessings and keep your lips locked!
How unpatriotic.
Why do we have to constantly endure the ramblings of these "also-rans" in our national discussion. Every American should want President Obama and his policies to succeed – that benefits all of us! He is trying to find solutions to problems that have festered for 30+ years. Now is the time to fix as much as we can before our entire economy implodes because we did not take these actions years ago. Fred needs to head back to Law & Order ASAP!!!
I am so sick of all of these Republicans sitting there and saying they want President Obama to fail. If he fails, we all fail ... do they not get that??
I did not vote for President Bush either time, but I would never, ever have wished (nor did I actually wish) for him to fail.
The GOP is nothing but a pathetic bunch of sore losers who have absolutely no plans (but yet they keep on criticizing everything President Obama says or does). A word of advice to the GOP – if you can't come up with any viable solutions to the problems we are having then you need to stop criticizing President Obama and shut the hell up.
Freddy if you have a better plan woopit out.
The repubs at their best.
Typical do nothing politician this is not a script from a show. The republicans had there chance. And look where we are this man supported John McCain and phil Gramms theories and practices of deregulation.
And now they complain when some has to clean up there crap. TOTAL HYPOCRITS.....
Well Fred, one thing for sure that FAILED, was your run for PRESIDENT...good thing it did, too.
If you really want to help, stop murmuring and go help. Why do you have to be asked. It's one thing to offer and be turned down, but another thing to say you will help, but not lifting a finger to do so.
Only thing working is your mouth.
I'm still waiting for the GOP to give an alternative plan. All they are doing in wishing for failure is giving themselves hope that they can regain some sort of power.
If the policies do not fail, they may not regain power for the next 20 years or more.
The success of Obama's policies could even spell the end of the GOP as we know it because they will be seen as the party of failures and naysayers, and the Democrats as the party of success.
President Obama will succede,and that has them scared.I love every moment of their fear.
I guess the Republicans just don't get the fact that if Obama fails the entire nation fails. Hopefully what we are hearing now is the death throws of the Grand Old Party.
"I believe that the principals behind Obama's policies are wrong, and therefore that his policies will fail." That's one way to say something. "I want Obama's policies to fail even if they are the right solution to our problems, so I will do whatever I can to sabotage them." That's another way to say something. "I care more about my own so-called 'principals' than I do about America, its people, history or laws. So I am willing to enforce my so-called policies even though they resulted in failure." That's still another thing to say. Which one do you think these politicians are really trying to say? If they mean the first one, and really believe it, how do they account for the current result of 8 years of their policies?
Also, a question to Mr. Thompson, if you want President Obama to fail then why are you willing to help him??
And while I'm at it, a word of advice ... you're better off to stick to acting, Mr. Thompson. At least as an actor, I actually like you.
This is all so funny. Fred, you already have failed. If you can't learn anything from that failure that will help the folks who are trying to solve our current problems and move the country forward then maybe it's time for you to go home.
If Obama fails, we ALL fail. Wishing this to occur is Anti-American if not treasonous.
Pres. Obama said it all: "The critics have not submitted their plan." Of course not! They don't have one! The invitation has been made: present a plan...one that will focus on health care reform, on education, on energy (because you don't have a say on the priorities of this Administration!). We're wait-ing! Let's just see if you have any other words in your vocabulary other than "No!".
This administration is willing to listen, but we have to hear something being said, something constructive, well intentioned, humble, at the service of the American public (and not just the "few"). The invitation stands. We continue to wait. However, the clock ticks!.
This is scary stuff people.
If he want him to fail, tell me what we should do. Tell me your Ideas....
It all boils down to everyone just 'wanting to be right..." instead of finding solutions to the problems in a constructive manner.
These people are pathetic. Obama is cooking. I like him more every day. I don't expect him to be perfect, but he's already way better than Bush the Idiot ever was.
Keep carping, Repubs. The hole you're digging only gets deeper.
If the Repubs had any sense at all they'd be looking at someone like Condi Rice to represent the future of the party rather than these sniveling old white guys and Sarah "Moose Burger" Palin.
No wonder the GOP wants Obama to fail. If he succeeds you won't see another Republican as President in the next 50 years. Who cares what Thomson has to say anyway.
Why are Democrat Senators and Congressman coming out against
the Presidents budget. YES folks Democrats as well.
Are they obstructionist or do they have their own belief. I may not agree with it but they have a right to their belief and I have the right to tell them they are wrong.
Last week the Republicans finally admitted they have no alternative plan to what Obama is trying to do. There is only one thing worse than trying something and failing at it. That is, doing nothing at all. The Republicans (of which I am a former member) have had 8 years to create the perfect financial model for this country. They've failed miserably. And now all they can do is whine about Obama's policies, which are geared to fix the mess the Republicans created.
The time is ripe for a new, third political party in this country. The Democrats need to be challenged by people who are not of the same mind, but who are critical thinkers and who have actual plans of their own. The Republicans have lost that ability and are, frankly, in full chaos. A third party of conservative moderates, somewhere politically between Obama and Steele's posse would quickly grow to power as Americans who like neither end of the political spectrum we are seeing now flocked to it.
"To say the Republican party is the party of "no" is somewhat hypocritical, given that the dems are the ones who are telling the repubs "no"
No..The President has said he just doesn't want to be given ideas (tax-cuts) that have been proven not to work.
And since that is all the Republicans have to offer (Tax cuts for the top 1%).....he has said "No" to that idea.
Thompson, Jindal, Limbaugh, McCain – I am so grateful they are Not Leading Us. These are the folks, along with all who agree with them should be put in Gitmo and tried along with the rest of the terrorist – If the President Fails, we fail – if we do not support him we all go under their comments are ridiculos they have Zero Ideas they are worthless
We are where we are because Americans – not Republicans or Democrats – made some pretty bad decisions. I want the men and women who are sent to Washington to do the right thing – whether Republican or Democrat – get out of in front of the camera and go to work! Stop arguing who is responsible or not and say – - WE ARE RESONSIBLE – and go to work! Keep playing the blame game and I hope as Americans we get smart and do a whole sale change! Personally I think Obama is all ready campaigning for the 2012 election and he is only a few days into this term. And I know those up for relection in 2010 are campaigning – guess what if you go to work and show us what you got – reelection should be a walk in the park.
Well, being objective does not mean blindly following anyone. There's nothing wrong with saying I think his policies will fail. Hoping they fail is another.
Of course you don't. Because when they do the GOP will look even worse. It is one thing to have youyr policies fail, BUSH, but it will isolate you from the voters even further when Obama's policies succeed. Don't look at Bush as a failure though: He always said government was the problem and so he made it the problem. Let's hope Obama is as successful in showing that the government can help.
Of course I want Obama to fail.
How else will I be able to achieve my lifelong dream of living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland strewn with the wreckage of our old society?
This is really getting ridiculous! I am really getting tired of Republicans wanting President Obama to fail. People need to stop playing politics with Americans lives! If the president fails, we ALL fail! If you can't be a part of the solution then SHUT UP! I support President Obama to the fullest!
What is going wrong with our country, republicans in particular? By saying they want Obama's policies to fail means we as Americans fail!! So while all of you are "playing politics" Americans are suffering! I wouldn't vote republican, simply because their policies for 8 years did not work and all they are looking out for is THEMSELVES!!
A healthy debate is admirable but, if you want our President's policies to fail because they are not of your belief then shouldn't you and the other republican whiners have an alternate plan available? Is the gimmick just to say NO and disagree with the President at all times? It seems odd that in 60+ short days there is such impatience from the Republicans yet they were willing to sit out 8 years of incompetence. As my daughter might say, "What is up with that?"
This is not about what is good or bad for America, this is about wanting President Obama to fail, because he is President. This country is so full of hatred and dishonor that it makes me sick to my stomach. As the republicans cries grow louder and their call for POTUS head on a platter, the ones who campaigned, voted and supports the president must stick together to change this country for the better. I would not worry about too much though, I believe with all my heart that our president does have a righteous wing at his back!
The country needs to reorg. All the producers need to declare their freedom from government and all the people who don't produce can form their own goverment and country with their own welfare program to support themselves.
This will happen once whe have more people sucking of the government teet then producers actually helping the country succeed.
Where were all these critics( who wants Pres. Obama to fail) during the past 8 years when the country was going to hell in a hand basket? It's easier to stand back now and blame a Pres. who has been in office 60 days, than it is to try to come together as a nation and do what's right for all. Those wishing failure, is doing so for the entire nation. Obama did well before becoming Pres. and I'm sure he will do well after leaving. Let's all pray the same can be said of our nation.
If the President's economic policies fail, all the money pumped into the system will be wasted. If the GOP are the fiscal conservatives they claim to be, wouldn't they be trying to make sure the President's economic policies succeed? Who in their right mind want to see billions wasted just to prove a point?
Like I have said before you are not worried about the debt in 10 years wgat you are sore at is the loss of the WH. The repubs are doing everything in their power to make him fail and I hope it backfires in your faces. Republicans are for the rich and always have been they do not care about anything else and it scares them that they do not have control.
These comments and all those Jindal and the rest are the Very reasons we the people who I might had we support these jerks – we need to write to our senators and house representatives; through emails or letters to voice our support for the President – The President needs the support from the People of America – email your support @ http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov – locate your senator and congress person and voice your support
We are definitely on the road to ruin. With so many Democrats and Republicans opposing Obama's out of control spending plan, it's beyond my comprehension how Obama can drive our country into the ground. It is inevitable that Americans will suffer much worse hardship in this new socialistic order. Cash will become a thing of the past, and we won't be able to buy or sell without "the mark."
How patriotic to wish for the failure of the president's policies. It is sad and heartbreaknig that actually politicians like these do exist. It is high time that the reps. put the need of the American people first. The funny thing is that all these unamerican/unpatriotic groups haven't come up with a plan of their own. We the people are fed up with who is right and who is wrong this is not a beauty contest. We need result s to our issues whether it comes from rep. dem. or ind. even from the Green party for that matter.
All the best to my fellow americans and keep you chins up.
I hope the Republicans are learning from this...they need a more progressive party. Hopefully the end result is a party that is more libertarian at its core than anything. That is something that would thoroughly resonate with the American public.
Pardon me, Mr. Thompson but what policies do you want to "succeed?" I've heard nothing but empty criticism from you and your ilk. Heaven forbid that we have POTUS who finally wants to tackle our problems head on! Keep on dragging your heels clinging to your old ideology and what you think won't have any relevance. You'll be standing in a cloud of dust wondering what happened.
Best way to deal with hate mongers is to ignore them, they feed off of anger.
Prominent Republicans fingered on their calls for Obama to fail?
Let the backpeddling begin!
That is right Republicans continue to want President Obama to fail and we will become a one party system. The Republicans do not get it and it looks as if they will never get it. So we might as well go to a one party system for now and in 2010-2012 have as many Democrats as we can get, maybe by then the Republican will get it but I doubt that would even get their attention.
If the Republicans want to play a role in the future of this country, they are going to have to do a lot better than this.
Archaic,shallow,shameful,treasonist.
By the way, Who is Fred Thompson anyway?
Sure the GOP doesn't want Obama's policies to succeed. They want the policies where the rich continue to get richer and to hell with everyone else. Sorry GOP you had your chances and you blew it. The same tired rhetoric will not fix the calamity we are in.
It is amazing to me that these politicians can wish for a President not to succeed. All the damage that Pres Bush did to the country. I never heard any Democrat wish his policies to fail.
These politicians are vindictive and pathetic. I would never vote for them. I think the Republican Party should hold their head in "shame". I want to see them when President Obama's plans succeed. Because they will succeed. The Republican Party and the "do nothing" but attack President Obama will leave with their heads held in shame.
It really hurts me to see this type of comments from the people that are suppose to care about all of us it does not matter who is in the white house republican democrat or whatever, what we need is somebody that cares about our problems and tries to fix them not like Bush that all he did was ruin the economy of this country and now that we are trying to fix his mess everybody wants what we need to fail, where is the love for this country we need to come together to come out of this mess not to be divided...all these republicans that want this administration to fail did not say a word when Bush was ruining this country's economy maybe because they had their bank accounts full of money and nobody could touch them?? who knows!!!
Wanting him to fail means this: We don't want trillions of dollars, that is TRILLIONS of dollars spent because of the enormous rise in inflation ! That is why they say they want him to fail – so things won't get worse!!!
Republicans have killed the public trust by their persistent destructive criticism of the current administration – how do you convince the public that you are genuinely interested in helping the current government succeed than just scoring cheap political points to get back into power. As an independent, I now careless about any comments from a republican! Their motto is – REPUBLICAN PARTY FIRST, AMERICA LAST!
This is silly. The GOP wants our president's polices to fail, and with this wants our country to fail. Shouldn't they want our country to succeed and not fail? They have differences in opinion about how to bring our country out of the mess that they (the republicans) put us in, but with any policy promoted by either the democrats or the republicans, shouldn't we all hope that it succeeds and our country becomes stronger, not weaker? Isn't wishing that anything weakens our country unpatriotic?
I didn't like Bush's policies and I didn't think they would do us any good, but at the same time, I never wished that our economy would falter, that our environment would be failing, and that more of our brave troops would die, I hoped that all of those would have improved and become better.
I would have hoped that those in Germany in the 1930's wanted National Socialism to fail there as well? The same type of reaction by the libs today was what the opposition there got.
If the libs took half the energy they use on hating, lying, and attacking any and all Americans who form their own opions outside of what they are told to think at sites like Moore-on.org and used it toward improving the lives of themselves and their families, then they wouldn't need to steal the wealth of the Americans who pay for everything in this country.
The founding fathers would be very upset to see that half the country despises their fellow citizens for working harder and fully going after their own American dream. Certainly the American dream is not stealing, lying, and cheating, so the libs as always are in contradition to what this nation really stands for. They always have the homes of Castro and Chavez for their values and beliefs, however, as lib says, it is unpatriotic to want a guy cut from the same cloth as those two to fail in destroying this nation.
These Republicans who say they want Obama to fail are complete morons. If Obama fails the country sinks. Are you that partisan? The problem is they're all pretty well insulated from the country's problems because they're all independently wealthy. Thompson and Jindal aren't facing foreclosure. This is just a big game to them.
@ Who Cares:
Please don't take one sentence out of my opinion. Read it in context. And reply with something other than a liberal talking point.
What I am saying is that I think it is extremely dangerous for the democrats to play "double or nothing" with the American public. Surely you must see that?
Where are your detailed counter-proposals, Thompson?
Obama is DOING something.
The only thing the republicans do is say it won't work but they offer no alternative other than the proven failures of the past 8 years.
I say give Obama 8 years and then let's compare results.
Are you serious? Is this a joke?
Please, will somebody bring up the absolute hypocrisy that is the Republican Party? I seem to remember that during the Bush years, it was "unpatriotic" to criticize the President.
So why all of a sudden is it ok?
Oh yea, I forgot. As long as it's your party, it's ok.
What a joke...
And we all know how successful Thompson was.
who cares what Thompson wants? His party got us into this mess, The Republicans deregulated everything so their cronies could steal off with all of the wealth in this great nation!
I wish he and Jindal would tell us what thier plan is- how would they solve this horrible condition that THEY created.
Shut up Thomspson. Nobody voted for you or your opinions!
he has been president for almost 3 months, this ecomonic downturn start ed more than ayear ago.no republicans said anything when Bush did nothing.
America elected him for HIS PLAN
not for the GOP plan
WHY Mr President do you ask NOW for their plan.
YOU were elected for your plan
I would love to support you... we share common goals.... BUT YOU WILL HURT US TO GET THERE
At this point failure is not an option. I've never heard a group of naysayers wanting policy to fail. For all the people that want him to fail, what do you want? Maybe you are the 1% that received benefit from the non working trickle down theory. Well it did not trickle down to me and if anyone has any idea's it more than what the other side is saying. Eight years to do what you wanted and it has not worked and you still want failure? I dont get it. My prayer is that the President and this country not fail. At anything.
Matthew, Detroit March 25th, 2009 11:25 am ET
THE REASON PEOPLE WANT OBAMA TO FAIL:
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A lot of baseless claims there, but not really surprising coming from you. The one I want to pick on is socialized medicine. I have to laugh when righties complain about medicine becoming socialized. They don't want it socialized because "it just doesn't work!" And our current system does? Get over yourselves.
So the party of "got 0 plan" ,still thinks Oama should fail?????????
Are they ready to pack their bags.....and go another country to live????
I thought the people at the Congress were adults.
I thought the adults could act their age.
These are the "learned "folks that ran to be president???(and lost).
Scary.
What will these type of people come up with next?????
Maybe Thompson wants to join Norris in the charge to have Tx not be a part of the U.S.. will "they" do everything right??? gee....I hope so.
Why don't these Republican losers just shut up?? They don't contribute anything constructive, they just criticize, complain, obstruct and hope for failure. How unamerican is that? Either contribute something positive or shut up. They have a comment about every word the President utters. They can't stand that they are losers and just refuse to go away. The Dems. won the Election. Let them run the Country for the next 4 years and if it goes bad, then elect Repubs in 2012. That's it. Bottom line – but shut up in the meanwhile. You should rename yourselves the Contrarian Party. What a bunch of whiners!!
Thompson is absolute correct. No one wants the nation to fail and no one in their right mind wants the US to be a country that is socialized. Obama cannot be allowed to take away or freedom of choice in schools(voucher) or where our charitable contributions go. Our top 10% give generously but Obama wants to take their money and put it into HIS government programs. Socialism pure and simple. He needs to let the forces of the greatest capitalistic system in the world work. Fix the regulations and leave the market to work itself out.Health care can be fixed with ruining the system. I have seen first hand socialized medicine. Doctors were seeing patients in their basement offices patients who could not be seen for months. It leads to rationed care and delayed care.
@Matthew, Detriot. You are correct about Obama. He clearly lays out his ideology and influences in his books. Most of the Democrats don't know this and try to defend that he is not a "Socialist" but they clearly haven't read Audacity of Hope and and Dreams of My Father
It continues to amaze me the absolute relics that the GOP is digging up – literally – to take shots at Obama. Wasn't this guys 15 minutes up back in '08? Same old – literally – tired potshots from a thoroughly defeated and out of touch party.
I guess Republicans want the continued failure of the last 8 Bush years. I mean, if Obama succeeds, then it proves them WRONG. And they would rather see this whole country fail than be proven wrong. Selfish.
I agree with Mr Thompson, this clown Obama is way in over his head and many members of his own party want his POLICIES to fail and I dont think it is going to take very long.
You and others like you are simply divisive, you do not love the "United" Statews of America. You want to make it into some pervereted Ideological state, I am starting to think that the only difference between you and the Taliban is the skirt and the hat.
I think the thing that REALLY bother Liberals and Democrats is that all these Republicans (Congressmen, Pundits, and regular posters) were completely and utterly silent during the 8 years that BUSH spent TRILLIONS on things that held no lasting benefit for America.
And then in Mid-January...all of a sudden they become the "Champions of Fiscal Responsibility" and then have the gall to start calling out Obama on his spending which is focused on ong-term benefits for Amercia.
You know...like building roads and bridges in America....not in the Middle East.. What a shocking idea eh?
I'm convinced.... with the exception of only a few, like Meghan McCain... Most republicans are total idiots!
Gosh. You really have to be a bottom feeder to wish more agony upon the American people. After all this suffering, they won't even give Obama a chance to help the country (that includes THEM) out of this mess. Shame on them. Every one.
Yes. Clinton and Obama should save every penny and fix the economy to health. And then we should again, elect a King George II to spend it all. What are we stupid?
I think that if a politician, some elected official we are supposed to look up to, is going to wish failure upon somone who is trying to make our country safer, more ethical, mare successful, then we need to take a closer look at their qualifications and maturity levels to ask ourselves: Do they belong in a leadership role? Do they belong at the forefront of the American people, taking credit for being the voice of the people, when it is obvous that their voice can change due to their connections?
Impertinent question? Hardly. The President's response to Ed Henry's question reflected common sense and good judgement, something to which we were not accustomed to for the past eight years.
Obama will fail becuase Obama took advantage of this crises to pay back his base and to roll the dice on alternative energy with no backup plan. There are untapped natural resources in the US that could be utilized now to stimulate our economy while we search for new alternatives sources, guaranteed fast stimulus to this economy! But Obama can’t go against the “green special interest” that make up much of his base by proposing expansion of exploration of these fuels. Instead he is willing to roll the dice with our futures to cement his political interests.
The sad truth is that our political structure, by nature, lends itself to that fact that each party hopes for the failure of the other. The two highest priorities of most of our congressional leaders is 1) to ensure their re-election, and 2) to ensure their party is in power. They see no other choice but to hope for the other party's failure or to at least create that illusion to the American people. They are too out of touch with the average American to know that if they truly work for the common good of the country, they will probably get re-elected. However, it's not completely their fault. We keep electing these self-serving idiots. I say let's clean the house and start electing people who are willing to give the president a fair chance to succeed, regardless of political affiliation.
Aren't we all on the same team? There is more loyalty from fans of a college football team than there is to the US as a country. If Thompson's favorite football team called a bad play (in his opinion), I'd bet he would STILL WANT HIS TEAM TO WIN. But when it comes to country.... guess not.
All this nonsense about if Obama's policies fail, the country fails. If his policies succeed, the country gets thrown into a fiscal abyss from which it will never recover. This man is a socialist who believes in wealth distribution from the achievers to the do-nothings. You want a tax on gas and utilities because of this stupid green initiative? You want company health benefits to be taxable income? You want the government to be able to tax bonuses at 90%. You want the government to control executive pay? How could anyone want a socialist state, which is Obama's eventual goal for this country? Wake up people. This man is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I think the attitude of Thompson and his ilk is exactly why we are in the position we are today. It is also a very strong indicator of why he IS where he is today; namely out of office. This just shows how completely out of touch republicans have been and apparently remain.
All I can say is SHAME ON YOU, FRED THOMPSON!
"Wanting him to fail means this: We don't want trillions of dollars, that is TRILLIONS of dollars spent because of the enormous rise in inflation ! "
Where the heck were you when Bush was spending TRILLIONS on the Middle East? WHERE?
Yet you have issues with Obama spending TRILLIONS on America eh?
I second that. I don't want Obama's policies to succeed either.
Why? Because I love my country..........like the rest of 60,000,000 patriotic Americans who voted against him in the last election.
Repugs only want one thing for the country to fail. Let's face it their only idea is to lower the taxes for corporations and the wealthy. Why not just let them pay 0%, they do it now with all the incentives that Bush gave them to outsource American jobs.
The only solution the GOP has for any of issues facing ths country are: 1) cut taxes, 2) cut regulations 3) say no all proposals by the Obama administration.
It is time for the GOP to provided a detailed budget plan that includes tax increases on the upper 10 – 205 the GOP was willing to enrich while stealing form the majority of the people.
Time for the GOP to put up or shut up!
What are people thinking? Regardless of who our president is, wishing them failure is basically wishing failure upon our country. We are suppose to be the UNITED states. Though we may disagree with our leaders, we should still hope for the success of their strategies. If we hope for failure, we will all fail. I think it's time for our government officials and political big wigs to grow up.
Rep. moderates like me aren't comfortable in a party that puts party over country, so we left and became Independents. The NeoCons have ruined the GOP and I don't think it will ever regain it's prominence.
I keep hearing nothing but Republicans voicing their opposition to everything Obama does. I have never seen once a Republican vocal in support of anything he does. They will keep doing everything in their power to bring Obama down and by doing so bring this country down.
What is your soundproof plan, Mr. Thompson?
He wants America to fail. That's treason.
I would want every US President to succeed. The election is over. People have spoken. Now pull together behind the elected Prez for the common good.
I'm all for this kind of discussion, and of course you don't have to agree with the President on everything, or anything. However, these ARE the same Republicans who equated any kind of dissent during the W years with being unpatriotic, or anti-American, or whatever the catchphrase was for that week.
Someone needs to explain why disagreeing with Obama is patriotic, but disagreeing with Bush was unpatriotic.
TO THE GOP:
We get YOUR MESSAGE, loud and clear! It will make a great campaign slogan for 2010 and 2012.
The problem with the GOP is their constant hypocrisy, when Bush/Cheney were in Office we were to follow lock & step with them! OR...... risk being condemned as ....... UN American or UN-Patriotic.
NOW....... that the president is a Democrat, its A-Okay to demean, criticize, obstruct and......... HOPE HE FAILS!
No matter how the GOPers put it......... HOPING THAT OUR PRESIDENT OR HIS POLICIES FAIL....... IS HOPING THAT AMERICA FAILS!
The Democrats do not have to campaign against the GOP! The GOP is self-destructing all on their own!
Somebody needs to clue old Fred in on the consequences of failure if Obama does not succeed. Look around. Do you see the apocalyptic version of America or the glossy futuritic version? Once you start down one road it becomes increasingly difficult to change directions.
Listening to the republicans you would think all this mess just started 2 months ago. Where were you 8 years ago?
What an irresponsible, misanthropic thing to say! Does he not realize that with the failures of Obama's policies, would come misery to many? And that's what Thompson & other Republicans wish on the American people? Shame on them. Shame on them for their narcissism, their short-sightedness and arrogance during this time of crisis.
Does this make him "Un-American"?!?! I remember a time when any one that opposed Bush was quickly called this by Republicans.
It is just a shame that we are a nation with ADD and that we have no collective memory. If we could remember farther back than the last commercial we would remember the prosperity of the Clinton years. We would also remember the economic results of the two trickle down economics presidents Reagan and Bush. And that would permanently doom the Grumpy Oldmen Party.
Isn't it great to see the GOP try so hard to preserve it's crippling (and crippled) image as the party of cranky old men?
Do not elect any more of these same old do nothing Republicans. They are so afraid that President Obama will suceed and America will emerge an even greater nation, that they are being obstructionist, subversives, and giving aid and comfort to our enemies. How can anyone see them as being anything but the party of hateful, grumpy, negative old men.
Fred–you'd actually do something for the economy by acting in a sequel with Alec Baldwin of The Hunt for Red October.
What are your policy options Fred? If your policies are as well thought out as your pitiful campaign, it becomes obvious why all you can do is complain.
Whats with the GOP HAS BEENS? DENY, DELAY, DO NOTHING is all they cry-baby around about.
Idiots, all. Who cares what Thompson thinks? Hopefully he'll go back to doing voiceovers for Country Bear Jamboree, or whatever else he's into. And the Republicans in Congress need to get to work and stop blocking President Obama's progress. I'm about ready to lose my mind.
I see that Budget Director Orszag says that the US gov't is missing "hundreds of billions of dollars" each year in uncollected tax revenues. We know this to be true simply from the Democrats who have admitted (after getting caught red handed) to not paying their taxes - like most of Obama's cabinet nominees...
More proof that republicans are more interested in the success of their party than in the success of America. When is their concern for America going to show?
What a strange philosophy. He wants the president to fail so Republicans can say "I told you so", and make a power grab in 2010-2012. Meanwhile the USA will have become a 3rd world country, because if Obama can't fix this mess Republicans got us into, the economy will collapse.
What is going on? This is becoming over the top!! People need to keep their comments to themselves. Saying this at the beginning of the Bush presidency would have branded you unpatriotic but now it seem as if it is cool to be idiotic
Regardless as to whether Fred Thompson voted for President Obama or not, he is the American president and deserve the support of the American people in the time of economic uncertainty. Saying you wish for him to fail is the same as saying you wish the country failure, I would like to see you tell that to the millions of Americans who are currently unemployed and do not know how they are going to take care of their families. Former Senator, that is truly un-American.
I think it's time the Republicans get back to work or resign their offices
The on going repeated Flapping Of Republican Jowls {follow the leader rhetoric style of leadership} is way beyond getting old
Boys ... where I come from ... it's put up or shutup
Now Grow Up ... period
Let me see, when anyone tried to question Bush and the Rep's they were considered unpatriaotic.
There are a lot of people who wish that the Republican strategy will fail, too.
Ooops, silly me. It already has.
You can't get any worse than what Bush has already put the US through.
What do Repulicans know about successful policies? That's right...absolutely nothing.
Can you imagine the outcry if a Democrat said something like this? The filthy Republicans would be calling their Federal District Attorneys who would bring charges of treason . . . . They'd stand in front of the flag and insist that real Americans would never say something not in the best interests of the country . . . . and we all know who they mean when they say "real Americans."
Fred Thompson proved that the only thing he's any good at is "acting"! His 2 minute run for President was a joke, he's a joke! He frankly is "UN" patriotic at best! Having a limo drop him off at a red pick up truck so that he could "pretend" to be a "regular" "good ol' boy" during his failed campaign should tell you exactly what this man is all about!
Your fifteen minutes are so over!
Perhaps if the Republicans would communicate with the Democrats and attempt to work together on issues, there would not be this
"I hope Obama fails" routine. It appears that the Republicans are not even trying to build their party and cross over and help Obama.
I was a Republican all my life. I never once wished for an United States President or his policies to fail, I am an American. I find it totally offensive for these so called Americans saying that they want the PotUS and his policies to fail. To me this demonstrates that they hold their political views above the health and welfare of the nation. So who have these fools sworn allegaince to the RNC or the United States of America.
I can't believe these comments. The President has been elected for four years, like it or not. Why would anyone want him to fail? Only those people with such large egos, who care more for their political ambitions than they do for their country. As a Canadian who watches everything from the outside, I can't help but compare the current administration to the Bush administration. When did you ever see George W. Bush stand up and answer questions, on his own, the way President Obama did last night at his news conference? Americans should be so proud that they have elected an intelligent leader with integrity. He should be supported. At least he is trying to do something to help the economy, not sitting back and watching it tank. That's what I think.
There is a big difference between Bush's $1 trillion deficit at the end of 2008 and the OMB's projected $10 trillion deficit created by Obama's budget within 5 years. A lot of you Dems are math teachers, aren't ya? Don't that make Obama's fiscal irresponsibility 10 times that of Bush's? Or are you blocking that out? When your job gets cut, let me know if this is still change you believe in.
"I have never seen once a Republican vocal in support of anything he does. "
They didn't even come out and praise or support the "Lilly Ledbetter" Act.
It is amazing how much they hate Obama.
If President Obama fails then the United States will fail as well. Are there any intellectuals in the GOP or all of them just sore loosers. Next thing you'll hear is they TP'd the White House cause they didn't like the President.
PS
I think GOP stands for the Great Oppressive Party.
So what is this now – Divided We Stand, United We Fail. Does anyone realize that by hoping for Obama's administration and policies to fail, we will ALL lose. Why would these elected officials so openly dismiss the loyalty and confidence with which they were voted into office? Republican or Democrat, I will never EVER vote for someone who wishes America to fail. EVER. May you all enjoy your last term in office.
Actors should be just that. Actors. There has been only one that was good at politics and I am not talking Arnold. He has been a disaster. Just look at the shape California is in right now. Old Fred here again doesn't have a plan, just a complaint. The Repubicans had there day and thank the stars it is over. Just sit back and watch how education instead of creationism starts the American dream over again. I guess the Republicans are just not use to a 'working' president. One that is actually doing his job. Wow, what a concept.
This is why the GOP is on the way out. They have almost become an extremist organization with all the rhetoric they are spreading. Can you say "Independant Party"?
The republicans are getting desperate watching the end of their party. Their failed policies have nearly ruined our country. Shame on those who would bring their country down because the party is history. Your phony patriotism didn't fool anyone.
Matthew in Detroit.
President Barack Obama is a Constitutional lawyer and a scholar of both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. What he WANTs is for us to get back to what those documents actually say and mean.
Would you prefer to lose your freedoms through the policies of Cheney who bluntly said that the President and the Executive Branch were above the law? That anything that they did, was by definition, legal? Do you not see the dangers to our freedom in that attitude? President Obama wants to undo that damage, not change the Constitution in its fundamentals, but prevent that type of abuse from ever happening again!
There is a saying that I think is very appropriate in today's political world as it relates to the "loyal opposition" of the GOP; You are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem!
By being obstructionist and not bringing forward better alternatives, you are defining yourself to be part of the problem. There is nothing wrong with disagreeing and in fact it is a good thing to have opposition however you also need to offer alternative solutions to a better way forward. Simply saying I hope this fails and no all the time isn't going to get us anywhere either!
Let's think about this for a minute: Republicans hope that Obama's policies "fail"; that is, they hope the policies don't succeed in making the nation stronger. So, they have revealed that having a strong, prosperous nation is *not* their ultimate goal. Their ultimate goal is to promote their own agenda, even if a different agenda would result in a healthier America.
What is wrong with this blooming idiot and the rest of the republicans that want the american society and all that goes with it to fail. Their memory is awfully short seeing it was the republican president that got us here, with the backing of the republican party whose policies were the worst this country has seen, maybe forever. I can't believe any true AMERICAN wishes failure on this country
Fred that is so bad of you. I know you and the party of NO could care less about the regular people. Look at the country and go tell those without a job or those being run out of their home that you want Obama to fail. Then be prepared to run like hell.
You all need to learn to read. Noone...Not Thompson, Not Jindal, Not Limbaugh said they want Obama and the country to fail. They (and I), as conservative minded poeple want Obama to fail in enacting his Liberal agenda which we believe will hurt the country.
To put it another way, we hope Obama fails so that the country can succeed.
WISE UP!!!!!!!
Fred Who? Remind these whiners once again–THEY LOST THE ELECTION. VOODOO TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS DOESNT WORK!
This country now must rebuild from the bottom up and remember in the future how the fat cats' deregulatory schemes and cynical manipulations drove this country and this world's economy into the ground. To borrow a phrase "Never Again" should the American public elect anyone of this blowhard's ilk.
Were I a Republican politician, given the past 8 years of essentially rubber-stamping the proposals and programs of Mr. Bush, including economic decisions that contributed greatly in bringing our economy to this critical juncture, I'd keep a very low profile, and criticizing Mr. Obama's plan for economic recovery is the last thing I would do.
The above writer is correct. A new party should be formed. We can call it the Hypocrite Party and offer membership to all Republicans.
Could anyone imagine of the Dems would have come and said they hoped Bush's policies failed regarding Iraq. They would have labelled them as unpatriotic cowards in bed with terrorists. So although most Dems criticized Bush's poorly planned strategies and policies, they never once said they hoped for failure. I'm so tired of the same BS line of "we're the opposition party". Just because you're a different party doesn't mean you have to say it's black when it's white just to save face to say your not with that other party. Cut the antics and do right by the American people. Even if they didn't under Bush.
That's your opinion. Try to pray. I think our President is doing what no other President has done for this country. Please retire.
For the love of Cheech and Chong people, the man has only been in Office a couple of months and you expect him to be a miracle worker.
It's not going to be an overnight success, it's going to take awhile. Do any of you think you could do better? Cut him some slack ok. Oh and by the way I didn't vote for him or McMaverick.
I can't believe that members ot the GOP state publicly that they want the US to stay in the fiscal hole THEY CREATED. I knew they held treason in their hearts, but they now act like their treason is patriotism. If they don't want to help, they should leave the US, without their bank accounts of course lest they steal everything they haven't given away already.
Wanting the president to fail implies:
You want job losses to continue
You want people to continue to lose their homes
You want people to suffer
You want to breath smog
You want poor health care
It doesn't matter if you like his ideas or policies or not, wanting him to fail means you want America to fail, and that is NOT acceptable. To take a phrase used by the GOP the past 8 years, if you don't love America and want her to succeed, then get out!
Come on people, it's not as though this is news. So republicans want us to fail, what's new? How else do you explain Bush? TWICE?
And this guy telling us...failed election run? SURPRISE!
Failure is the only policy that the republicans consistently stick to. Failure is the foundation of their party. Their policies and idealogies are all rooted in a firm desire to accomplish failure. They know they can't succeed with their plans, so they've changed their goal to meet their expected outcome, failure.
Thank god we finally have a party in control that DOESN"T want america to fail.
It seems to me Fred, Rush, Bobby and the rest want Obama's policies to fail because if they suceed it will prove their ideology to be wrong.
You are a very selfish man for wanting him to fail when the only thing that he is doing is trying to fix this mess in this country.
Appears that he said he wants those ideas and plans that will hurt in the long term to fail – not that everything he says or does to fail. Granted Obama has not been in office long enough to turn things around yet and not sure he can, but then again, let's not rush to lay all the blame on GWB and the Republican party. Remember that the last 2 years of GWB's term, the years that eveyone points to as the time when thngs went south, that our Congress, which controls spending and the budget, was ruled by Democrats. So, before we point fingers here, let's accept that we elect people to office – people just like you and me – who sometimes make mistakes; who sometime would have been better served to make a different decision; who would often times been in a better position if they had supprot instead of being blocked at every turn. There is more than enough blame to go around – so let's quit blaming and work on some solutions.
Free speech is one thing but this seems to be borderline treasonous. Many Dems supported Bush with the Iraq War because many believed it was important to support the President in times of war. We are now in a war with the eccomy and this should also be supported. These so called patriots need to be taken to task for this stuff..and Jindal isn't even out of the gate and he already is another loser!
The republicans have a lot of gaul critizing the deficit when they are the ones chiefly responsible for it. As to Obama failing, if he does we all go down with him. Let's stop the obstructionism and get into the game with constructive options and opportinities to get the country back on the ball!
The idiocy of these comment is if they work- then they were the right move.
Failure is the only way for the GOP to be able to say – "see, we told you so"
Had anyone dare say they hoped the surge in Iraq would fail they would have been arrested for treason. Why is it different when our financial future as a country is at stake.
I for one hope they work- for all Americans benefit.
Thompson and his likes are the Get-Rich-Quick speculators who think that governing a country is like acting, where everything is an illusion and where there is a quick fix to every problem. But if Obama should fail, it will not be because he was incapable of leading, it will be because the American people failed to heed his call to change their old ways of greed and corruption and settle instead for the status quo. People should remember that Obama was not given a clean slate. He inherited the Republican legacy of corruption, over-spending and greed. It will certainly take time and more money to correct the economic woes Obama inherited. Patience is needed.
Old Fred Thompson seems to be losing his memory since, it was the republicans from Ronald Reagan on that thought deficit spending was a great idea.
Fred Thompson and the republicans thought cutting taxes for the rich which reduces our national income and wasting our treasury on wars of adventure like Iraq were sound policy.
Old Fred Thompson likes to represent the rich and famous and he should advocate changing the name of the GOP to the "Greedy Old Party".
Like the ads go: Fred Thompson is not a politician (leader), he just plays one on TV. Someone probably had to write his lines for him.
Two Coffee shops are across the street from each other. One gets lots of business, the other only gets the over flow of the one doing well. Why would the over flow shop want the one doing well to fail? Instead the 2nd one should marvel at the 1st, and then compete. Come up with a better brew, develop Choclate coffee cups, don't just go belly up and hope the other one does the same. I am suprized at the GOP!
Thomas,
Someone needs to clue you in to the consequences if Obama's policies succeed. Trillions of dollars of more debt. If they fail he'll just have to rewrite the budget taking into account the billions of dollars our country is in debt already. Everyone is all behind Obama simply because he isn't Bush, but all I've seen him do is push back the digital TV date and act like a celebrity instead of a president.
Let me get this straight - Republicans do not want us to have a more stable economy; do not want us to have a healthier environment; do not want us to have a stronger education system; do not want us to break free from our dependence on limited natural resources; do not want us to have the best health care system possible. And they wonder why Republicans did not win the election? DUH?!?!?!
My understanding is that the policies of the Obama administration have become law, in part. If Limbaugh, Jindal, Thompson and others mean that they want these to fail, they should carefully ponder what that means before they say that publicly.
Because what I hear in those words is a message that is more political than anything. If the stimulus package fails, then we all will be suffering. Who wants that?! No one that I would call a good American. But perhaps this is the case for people who value their own ideologies and political careers more than the quality of life of their fellow citizens. I don't vote for people like that in either party.
Reasonable people can disagree about whether something was a good idea, and can say 'I told you so!' when time proves them correct. (Lord knows I did exactly when we found out that there were no WMDs in in Iraq!) But wanting failure is something very different. It's at best unseemly and at worst unAmerican.
It is a sad day for America When people want the president to fail. Let's face it , these guys are hiding under the term "policies" when they actually mean the president. It is unheard of when the president policies includes billions of dollars and you want that to fail? Are you saying that you don't mind loosing billions just to prove a point? But then again I must be crazy to ask the last question, when this concept is coming from the party of Bush who spend billions just to get even with the guy who wanted to....... All I see are individuals who are now jumping on the right side of the republican party "Dear leader" Mr. Rush Limbaugh, hoping that they can get some publicity and favoritism in the future 2012.
This should read: Republicans NEED Obama's policies to fail. Once again, we get more proof that for Republicans, they can't conceive that their ideas and policies were just flat out wrong. So instead, they must get validation from the failure of Democratic policies. Poor pathetic Republicans.
While Thompson and other Republicans (on a personal level) may want Obama's polities to fail, to say that just shows that these people do not care about America or their own constituents. Despite not liking Obama's policies everyone should want them to work. Everyone should want the economy to be better. Everyone should want the loss of jobs to get better. Everyone should want America to be safe. Everyone should want America to rebound back to a better place. No matter how anyone feels about Obama's policies we all need to support him. He is our President. He is in charge. To not support him and to say I hope he fails is to say I hope America fails, I hope the economy gets worse, I hope there are more job losses. Come on people. That is HORRIBLE! This just goes to show how little Thompson cares about America. I'm certainly glad he didn't make it far in the race.
Honestly, does it matter who's policy it is? We are talking about a nations policy now, not hobo the clown's drinking money policy. If Obama's policies fail, we fail as a nation. Must be the failure of a campaign that drives people to say stuff like this or something.
Anybody who doesn't wish for the improvement of the country doesn't deserve to be an American. We tried GOP strategy already. It's time to try something different.
It's ridiculous when you have opponents looking for failure, even when there's a chance to succeed. "I want Obama's policies to fail, even if it destroys the country." That's ludicrous.
After failing this county dismally of course the conservatives want Obama to fail. Then they won't look so bad. Let's hear your solutions to the healing economy Fred. That's right you don't have any...
I don't care what party you belong to.
This spending is way out of control. Bush was wrong for sending money we don't have and Obama is wrong for spending money we don't have.
I do not want to have a one world currency, one world government. The UN is worthless and I want to make my own way without government interference except for the main reason the founding fathers gave for the need of a nation government for the people, by the people.
I guess this explains why old Fred failed to carry even a single state during the Republican primaries; he's out of step with the rest of America, out of step with the rest of the world, and even out of step with the future of his own party.
... And he wasn't much of an "Actor" before he entered politics either.
It says very little about our country that so many people are this mean-spirited and selfish that they think that we, the public, need to hear what is on their minds all the time. I think that we need a partial media blackout for the rest of the year to give us all a break. I know that I am worn out by all this rhetoric.
I'm sorry, and I'm probably in the minority here, but I actually think that Fred Thompson is onto something. For those of you saying that Republicans have done nothing and have been obstructionists, you are forgetting about the stimulus bill that some Republicans put together that Pelosi would not even look at. They have tried.
I would LOVE to support this President's policies, but I think they are wrong, and I seriously am worried about the future of this country. I really hope things start looking up.
Thompson and Jindal are both morons! They fail to recognize that if Obama fails, they fail also..what idiots! and with such short term memory of what President and Republican Congress it was that got us into this mess in the first place!
If Thompson wants Obama to fail, then he wants our country to fail. I'm so glad he didn't get the GOP presidential nomination with that unpatriotic attitude. It's pathetic that he's actually saying that at all, let alone on television. What a sad man!
For all of you that think wanting obama's policies to not be implemented is unamerican or anything else, let me pose this to you. wouldn't it have been great if Clinton failed to push through legislation to relax banking requirements to get a loan? We now would not be in this mess regardless of the Iraq war or anything else Bush did.
Yes it made Clinton look good but in finance terms, that was on paper only knowing it would eventually blow up in our faces, but at least, as far as clinton was concerned, it didn't happen on his watch.
Does it make a difference what Fred or any other Republican says? These guys were quietly wishing in the past for the policies to fail. Now they are coming out in the open. The country as such should look beyond such petty comments.
One more UN-American Right Wing Whacko heard from. All the Republicans know is failure...so of course they want a successful and popular, president who was elected by the majority of Americans to fail! Hoping for Obama to fail, is hoping for America to fail!! It's time for Republicans to get with the program for the good of this country, or get the hell OUT!
I don't care who you are or what party you beling to, it's "Un American"
to wish your president or his policys to fail. You Republicans are nothing but a bunch of friggen babies. When you get your way everythings ok. When the majority of Americans voted for change of policys that were left by Mr Bush you guys wish anything but your agenda to fail. You's make me sick.
I'm so tired of hearing most of the Republicans bashing anyone who is not in their party. They all forgot real quick who was at the helm of this runaway ship for way too long. They looked the other way and did little in the way of regulating their rich buddies, and look where it has gotten us. They started an war that is causing us to spend an obscene amount of money that could definately go towards helping us out of this crisis! Give me a break!
I want my 401K back . I don't give a crap if Atilla the Hun is in office.
Far Right and Far Left people are destroying this country with their
BS partisanship.
signed
Center Right Republican
If you really want to help the President then get yourself elected to congress. Wait, He did try to get elected President. He didn't even get thru the primarys of your own party. Why would he even think anyone cares about his opinion.
This is just more two faced reteric from Republicans. Maybe he would be a good canidate to be Palin's running mate in 2012.
For most of George W. Bush's presidency, I wanted him to fail. I wanted him to leave office looking like the fool I thought he was. I am so sorry for that now. My country is suffering and struggling because he failed. We're in this mess because he failed. I hold myself partially responsible - because I wished for it. I learned an important lesson about patriotism. I hope people who are hoping for Obama's failure will learn from my mistake.
it's fine that all these politicians want our President to fail.
Why dont they watch it from the sidelines of say some other country. They are free to move at any time.
good ridence
I'm not sure why this is news worthy. Of course the GOP wants Obama to fail. That way they can say " I told you so". The GOP likes to pretend that they are some sort of Benevolent organization that actually cares about anything but themselves. The GOP also likes to pretend that they didnt have a hand in this whole "financial crisis".
All these people are liars, and if we keep letting people like this hold the reigns of power it wont matter if Obama fails or not.
I understand the republicans have fundamentally different views about the best way to take care of the nation in this time of economic distress. However, to state that you hope the policies that are being put in place fail because they do not correspond to your own idealogy is simply childish. It is cutting of your nose to spite your face.
It is fine to worry about the direction, and even to question it at all times, but to hope (and some may link this to prayer) for failure is counter productive.
Choose your words carefully, say what you mean and own it, and please, hope for the best.
"There is a big difference between Bush's $1 trillion deficit at the end of 2008 and the OMB's projected $10 trillion deficit created by Obama's budget within 5 years. "
Yes...there is.
The main being that Obama is spending that money in order to fix the things WRONG with America (Education, Health Care, New Green manufacturing) in the long-term while Bush spent that money killing human beings and destroying a Country.
I think what he meant to say is that he wishes the policies of the administration were his own policies. If the administration was to fail, as he stated, then we, Democrats and Republicans, are both failures. Democrats did not want Bush to fail, but he did. Now do Republicans want Obama to fail? Of course not.
Only republicans have the audacity with straight face to talk in a democratic administration. They have neither moral nor rational power to base their opinion. But they are the champions of their ideology or idiocy.
Where were the Repuglicans when Regan, Elder Bush, and Junio Bush were running up the deficit?
They were supporting them as they were Repuglican Presidents.
Presidential election is 4 years away. Go home Fred and rest well.
we are in a crisis as a nation. this is the time to set aside political agendas and come together. everyone of us need to be part of the solution and not critisism.
And again and again! IF you don't like it WHY HAVEN'T YOU OR ANY OF YOUR PEERS proposed anything that will really work?
It's the same old choir song: tax-cuts for the top; reduced regulation; trickle-down economics; social-conservative agenda (the new fascism); no level-set opportunity for all American's; exhaustion of fossil fuels; big business; hypocricy; and irresposibility with our environment that comes out of any "career" political republican.
I don't see any of that in the Republican mission; yet these neo-fascists condemn any progressive or innovative idea big or small.
You have no credibility if your ideology was attempted and did not produce success AND when you don't come to the table with ideas.
Where are the real Republicans? Not these "social-conservative," ignorant fools.
Besides saying I want Obama's policies to fail, how about coming up with alternatives No Tax increase. At the end of the day the wealthy will continue to have the best health care, access to the best education and Jobs. Why would they care about anyone else. I got mine.
And that is why you were not elected President.
Notice that it's the people who aren't at the end of their rope financially who wants the Obama administration's financial policies to fail. MOST OF US don't have time for these policies to fail and then wait 4 years from now for someone else to get in and give it a try. Fred Thompson likely has millions of dollars in the bank. I don't. None of these folks have a clue what it's like in the REAL world. I've been working for over 25 years, and I am back in a paycheck to paycheck position, and all my credit cards (lifelines for emergencies) are being cancelled. Get a clue, Thompson and the rest of you folks living the high life while the rest of us hope to just keep our houses and not have to file bankruptcy. For the majority of us, if these policies fail, we'll be falling off the cliff.
By wishing for Obama's policies to fail, you are wishing for our country to fail. You sould be ashamed of yourself! Working together as a unified people made this country great. Get with the program. If you can't say something positive or find a way to be productive, there are so many other countries to choose from!
This comment about wanting the President to fail is so funny to me. Don't people know that while you are digging a grave for someone else to fail or fall into so to speak, that you might as well dig an extra one for yourself. Who does that? Who wishes failure on a person? I guess we are supposed to keep doing more of the same, right? If the President fails we all fail. Oh well, that's why he will continue to rise and the naysayers will continue to fail.
I wonder if all the people who want the President to fail bother to think about what that actually entails. If the President's initiatives to solve the economic crisis fail, that means things will stagnate or get worse. I guess it's more important to be "right" about your political ideology than to want things to get better for your country.
Tell you what... if the President fails, you can say "I told you so" when we're both standing in the bread line together.
This is the attitude that is keeping this country down. We are suppose to fail to make the repulicans look good? How selfish. If the President succeeds, we are all winners. I guess the republicans only want success for the chosen few. Our President is leading us in a new direction. GOP... you had your chance and look where we are. Just sit back and stop being part of the problem.