On Presidential Failure and Sloppy Language
The press never reported that Democratic strategist James Carville said he wanted President Bush to fail before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But a feeding frenzy ensued when radio host Rush Limbaugh recently said he wanted President Obama to fail.
via foxnews.com
This whole kerfuffle is stupid and results from sloppy use of language. Persons of either political persuasion who want the opposition to "fail" are not in the slightest wishing for the failure of America as a whole, they simply have a different vision of how the country can best succeed. This division is natural and healthy in a republic, but the toxicity of our public discourse over the last few years is not. It's time for a new tone and some good faith discussions on a national level like the ones we have with our friends and neighbors.
(Okay, I know that was naive, but a guy has to dream!)
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Too bad the country is now run by emotionally-oriented *liars* (regardless of party affiliation) that don't give a *care* about much but themselves. I wish the philosophy of spending your way out of debt worked; if that were that case I would already be very wealthy.
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