Pettiness

I firmly believe Rush’s anger towards Obama is rooted in the fact Rush feels McCain’s loss is a direct indictment of Rush. He cannot identify with America, only with a small piece of America. To essentially throw a temper tantrum and ill-wish our president and our country because his candidate of choice lost is irresponsible and childish. I lost all respect for Rush Limbaugh when he ceased to be an impartial critic of government policies and became the blinkered and biased rah-rah man for the Republicans. This outpouring of vituperation for our duly elected president only emphasizes how deeply biased he is.

Obama will make mistakes. He’ll do things some, maybe even most of us, will disagree with at times. He’ll do things that seem good and right when he does them that will play out disastrously. He, like all our past presidents, will need to be watched and supervised. Bush left him a legacy of great control and power far in excess of what his office should have, and that bears close scrutiny to see what he does with it and if he restores the balance. He needs us to work with him to restore and rebuild America, to survive and thrive through the coming years. He does not need any of us wishing failure upon him, because wishing Obama to fail is wishing America to fail.

Rush is speaking from a bruised ego and he’s lashing out in childish ways. A real man would give this some thought and admit his personal feelings of anger that his chosen candidate lost, then move on to the task at hand, which is to offer constructive criticism and to point out the flaws in the new administration. There will be flaws.

There’s no need to stoop to petty ill-wishing.