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Letter: Limbaugh should be ashamed

April 09, 2009

Dear Editor,

Radio talk show host and former pain killer addict Rush Limbaugh has publicly stated that he hopes that President Obama fails. What a statement. Limbaugh is now the voice of God. The voice of ultra right-wingers. The voice of right-wing conservatism, which is not in any way conservatism at all. It is authoritarianism.

We all know corporate greed is a major cause of our failing economy. Limbaugh and the GOP favor corporate greed.

Limbaugh and the GOP say that the budget Obama has put together will not work. That may be true. But the most expensive thing we can do to fix our broken economy is nothing. We do not need class warfare in this country. We need fairness, which for too long has been absent.

The Republicans have a lot of audacity to say President Obama is spending too much. For eight years, the Bush administration had no limit and spent like drunken sailors. The result is the mess Obama has to contend with now. The Republicans are really disingenuous.

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For Limbaugh to publicly state he hopes Obama fails is unpatriotic. No American wants any president to fail. If a president fails, America fails. No one is obligated to support policies they wish not to support. But to state to the world that you hope your president fails is shameful and disgusting.

I detest Bush, but I did not want him to fail, although he did in every respect. I don't and won't agree with Obama on every issue. But I sure don't want him to fail.

Thus far, President Obama is showing sound and strong leadership. I believe he will not lead us impetuously. Rush Limbaugh should be ashamed.

Roger D. BowmanDanville

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