They still dream of bipartisan comity
by digby
I just heard yet another Democratic “strategist” state that an Obama victory will take the air out of all the GOP obstruction and likely create a new environment for bipartisanship. And I can’t help but be reminded of all the people who said that Republican extremism was dead after the last Obama election.
One guy didn’t. Remember this?
Barack Obama has not yet taken office, and Rush Limbaugh is already rooting for his failure. On his radio show last Friday, Limbaugh said, “I disagree fervently with the people on our [Republican] side of the aisle who have caved and who say, ‘Well, I hope he succeeds.’”
Limbaugh told his listeners that he was asked by “a major American print publication” to offer a 400-word statement explaining his “hope for the Obama presidency.” He responded:
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.” (interruption) 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.
Even Pat Robertson clutched his pearls over that one. How’d that work out?
People should not forget who really leads this Republican Party. And they will be playing for 2016 as much as they were playing for 2012.
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