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To: epicure who wrote (105862)	3/10/2009 1:45:33 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541886

Rush was very specific- he does want the country to fail IF "success" for the country would mean Obama's policies would be succeeding. Not that I saw. As for not wanting long run success for the country, if it means Obama's policies would be popular, well if that's what he really thinks (and I see no indication that it is), I'd disagree with him. If its not wanting success at getting the policies implemented and sustained, than I'd agree with Rush. Another point is that success or failure of the economy, is largely going to be determined by factors other than these policies (whether the policies are good or they are bad they are just part of the picture). If the policies succeed in the short run, in the sense that they really did make the economy a bit better, at the expense of making things worse in the long run, than such success would not be a good thing. So are you defending Rush, or just wanting to bash democrats? More defending the idea of wanting Obama to fail to get his policies enacted. Also defending Rush from the leap to the assumption that he wants disaster for the country in the short term, just so Obama fails, without sufficient grounds for that leap. Not a general "Rush is great", or an attempt to bash Democrats (although to an extent I am bashing the policies of some of them).