werepossum
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He's obviously talking about Limbaugh saying he hopes Obama fails and then conflating Obama with America. Obviously the two fates are not inextricably connected; Carter certainly failed and failed hard, but America recovered just fine.
Both parties hope that Presidents of the opposite party fail; that's their path to power. Both parties have America's best interests (as they see them) at heart. Believing that this is something new, or that someone who wishes that a particular President fails is wishing that America fails with him, is evidence of abysmal stupidity or complete and utter dishonesty for political purposes.
Admittedly I'm dramaticising rather than actually quoting. Mitch McConnell said that the number one priority of the GOP in Congress was to ensure that Obama is a one term President. It was a little disgusting to hear when the country needs legislaters to have fixing the economy, jobs, healthcare, defense, anything else as the number one priority. And it's obvious that if the GOP works with Obama to fix the country, then they're working against their goal of keeping him from being re-elected. I personally found it to be one of the most despicable things an American politician has said in my lifetime.
LOL Shows the limits of my prognostication.
I'll concede you do have a point there. Both sides do it, but it was stupid to say it.