Rep. Clyburn Bashes Limbaugh For Saying He Hopes Obama Fails

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) became the latest Democrat to push back against talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who recently said of President Obama, "I hope he fails."

Clyburn explained Limbaugh's comment by theorizing that he doesn't care whether the country succeeds, only his own radio program. "I think that Rush Limbaugh is selling his program and has a very, very low, if any, regard for the real success of this country," Clyburn said on the Bill Press Show Friday morning.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, an adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, also lambasted at Limbaugh for his hope. "Rush Limbaugh's reprehensible remark that he 'hopes' President Obama fails to meet the extraordinary economic challenges Americans face has no place in the public discourse," he said.

Limbaugh was asked by a major newspaper to write a 400-word statement on his "hope for the Obama presidency."

Limbaugh, on his program, offered a response. "So I'm thinking of replying to the guy, 'Okay, I'll send you a response, but I don't need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails,'" he said, before being interrupted by laughter in the studio. He continued: "What are you laughing at? See, here's the point. Everybody thinks it's outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, 'Oh, you can't do that.' Why not? Why is it any different, what's new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what's gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here. Why do I want more of it? I don't care what the Drive-By story is. I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: 'Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails.' Somebody's gotta say it."

Limbaugh also recently complained, "We are being told that we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles, bend over forward, backward, whichever, because his father was black, because this is the first black president."

Comments

[Minnehaha]

Bring back the Fairness in Media Doctrine. That would take care of Rush and Fox in one punch.

[zanzig]

Are Karl Rove and Rush Limbaugh related? I think we should be told.

[Raleigh Dave]

Here is a link to a Facebook page that is warning Rush's sponsors that we will boycott their products if they continue to advertise on his show.

Stop ranting and finally do something about.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49976245442

[1liberalconspirator]

Thank you.

[skorpeo]

of course!! "Liberalism is what's gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here", THAT'S why bush didn't admit his mistakes because it was the LIBERALS who 1) lied about iraq, 2) authorized torture, 3) wiretapped u.s. citizens, 4) incarcarated enemy combatants for 7 years without so much as a visit by a lawyer, 5) pulled back on wall street regulation so greed and lawlessness could ruin the economy...


thanks for pointing that out, rush, we NEVER would have seen that without your guidance!!

[Ronald B. Robinson - Huffpost Blogger]

"LIMBAUGH, FOX AND AL QAEDA LAUNCH PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA"

This should be the day's headline.

[iluvsam]

Just how is it that liberalism is the cause of all the problems? Why doesn't anyone ask him what he means by that? Who has been in power for the last 8 years and Congress for 10 years? It sure as hell wasn't the liberals. He's so full of it, and no one ever calls him out TO HIS FACE on his ridiculousness. He hides behind his microphone and makes blanket statements that cannot be defended and no one ever calls him out. The Democratic leadership needs to stop being afraid of this loser. Clyburn's off to a good start; now keep it going.

[KOLO]

if obama fails my six year old son fails you have lot of money by lieing your redio

[WorkingClass]

Whenever you think about Republicans, think about Rush. They want you to lose your job and your home. They (Rush and the Republicans) love failure so much that they elevated history's biggest failure to the white house. Where George Bush goes, nothing grows. Of course they want Obama to fail.

Rush will be on the air until Jebus takes him home. You can tune in anytime for a refresher on how deceitful and hateful the Republicans really are.

[TrueBlue1112]

He really is as despicable as ever. Nothing new there.

[peter777]

I am beginning to believe that Limbaugh has no right to pollute the environment and the airwaves by spewing his vitriol. I think the airwaves belong to the people- not Limbaugh, and should be used for fair discussion. I think it is time that his access be limited until voices that disagree with him have are given opportunity to reply. I know many say that he has a right to preach whatever he wants, but I do not agree. The right to preach should be limited to reasonable debate time that is given to opposing points of view.

[AntiSocialite]

Not a good idea at all, that kind of thinking leads down a very dark path. Look, I hate Rush's radical and hypocritical views just as much as the next man but freedom of speech is freedom of speech and seeking to muzzle him is not the answer. On the contrary, the twisted ideas and faulty logic of Rush Limbaugh and the various other right-wing talking heads out there need to be heard, if only to display the moral bankruptcy of their views and thinly-veiled bigotry that truly motivates them. Eventually, those that really and truly think about the issues will see these fools for what they are and reject their vitriol accordingly. Another poster made the point that Rush is only beholden to one thing, money; when he offends enough people that his advertising sales start to take a hit maybe then he will see the error of his ways.

Peace

[Haditup2here]

Wow, I wonder how he managed to get his head that size. He should consider liposuction for his face.

[RedKnuckles]

All that hillbilly heroin gives him a bad case of the munchies.

[reggieb]

It's gargantuan and scary. How much do you think it weighs? Think of the effort it must take to hold it up when he is really tired. I wonder if it sloshes when he walks or if it quivers like jello.

[Raleigh Dave]

The Barry Bonds store of Over The Counter Supplements.

[JCNative]

If socialism succeeds, then Limbaugh will be removed from the airwaves. If this republic survives then he will continue to remain on the air (as long as he wishes). In that vein, he hopes the current administration fails in their attempt to move the country towards a more nationalized governing of the US citizens. The abbreviated comment that is being atrributed to him is not as alarming as the ramifications if solialism succeeds in gaining more "territory" in the US..

[RedKnuckles]

If you're against socialism, then you need to protest the police department, your state dept of transportation, fire dept, and on and on...as they exist for the good of our communities and are paid for by communities is the form of taxes. They are in effect socialist institutions. I don't think you really have any idea of what socialism is beyond thinking that it is bad. Nationalizing government? What the hell do you think we have now? What else to call our Federal Govt.?

[gotovt]

JCNative does not understand the idea of the commons.
If he is a veteran, He enjoys the benefits of the VA. Which is
as much a social program as police, transportation , etc.

[AntiSocialite]

People like JCNAtive rarely think about the issues or even know how to defend their own views properly, usually because they don't really know how to think critically about a situation or apply logic to a scenario. Instead, they rely on talking points and dropping "fear"-words like socialism, communism, terrorism and islamo-facism. I find it amazing also that so many decrying the supposed "socialist," threat of big government said nothing when Bush expanded the government in unprecedented ways, often to the detrement of their/our civil rights. Oh yes, but that was under the guise of terrorism, one of the aforementioned fear words that seem to make people lose all semblance of rationality.

Peace

[Articulator]

Can you imagine what the flag waving, lapel pin wearing phonies would have done should a Democrat have come out in public and said that about George Bush. Wasnt it unpatriotic to not support the president during a time of war? What happened to that? Again, just a load of crap. I hope they realize we saw it for it was at the time, a smoke screen to hide George Bush's sins - too many sins to hide though.
The more people that bring this up the better. Rush needs to be kept under the gun so that people pay attention to how mindless and hateful his rants are. It is just unbelievable that there are people that dont see him for what he is.

[American04]

It won't be long before the FCC will have no choice in shutting-down his radio program for exciting national unrest.

The FCC complaint “Biased or distorted news stories by the media” or ‘Broadcasting threatening or intimating statements about a group or individual”

If enough people started filing complaints – the FCC would have not choice.

[kgb999]

Nah, we're better off if he just keeps branding his movement as totally anti-American. Who could possibly want the government to fail at this point - and still say they care about America?

[BORN]

It's really too bad that people listen to him. I've listened to him just to see what all the hype's about and it seems to me that all he does is appeal to worst of side of human nature, that is, fear and ignorance. He's a very sad man.