I have to admit, at least Limbaugh was honest.

[PlanetBev]

Pigboy stated what we already knew was in his sorry sack of shit head...he wants Obama to fail.

After the election, Hannity, looking miserable, dejected and bitter, said that he wanted Obama to succeed. Does anybody really believe that?

These people need power like we need air. They need it to live.

[n2doc]

1. Limbaugh is a traitor

Nothing more. He want's America to fail so his cronies can steal more $$$.

[tomreedtoon]

5. The real traitors are the media monopolies.

They are the ones that gathered enough power to let demagogues like Limbuagh and O'Reilly take over the airwaves. Break up those monopolies, restore the Fairness Doctrine and force broadcast stations to be responsible to their community needs (as they used to be) and the Limbaughs will dry up and blow away.

[TTUBatfan2008]

7. My dad used to listen to 740 AM KTRH in Houston...

during the afternoons on his way home from work. This was not a political talk radio station. It was mostly a news station. They had a nonpartisan stock market guy during that timeslot. He would give people advice on how to invest their money in the best way possible. At some point after Bush got into office, Clear Channel (the owner of 740 KTRH) decided to pull this show off the air and put Sean Hannity's show on during this timeslot. My dad called and protested. They didn't give a damn. It was all about pushing an agenda on their listeners. That station used to be strictly for news (not opinion), sports, and like I said, nonpartisan stuff like stock market investment advice. My dad has been fuming about that ever since. Clear Channel bought out whoever owned it previously and decided to completely change the content of the station even though the station had such a long history of simply being informative to the citizens of Houston.

[tomreedtoon]

10. Got news for you. Every CC station got the same.

Here in Orlando, we have two shows that are still locally originated, because the hosts are showy characters: The Monsters of the Morning and The Philips Phile. They made it to XM radio on Clear Channel's dime.

That may be ending. Clear Channel is cutting a lot of jobs - that means whoever reads local news at your station. The music stuff is all preprogrammed anyway. They might as well dynamite your local station and tell you to get their XM channel.

Broadcasters used to care about your community because they had to; they were tied to community interests and needs. They had to win their right to broadcast by proving they served the community. That ended with Saint Reagan, and the Bushes (and Clinton) continued that.

Soon, there might as well be one Clear Channel station for the country. It will all be cookie cutter, pre-determined by the guys at the top...and it will be disposable. The tradition of local control and local content for broadcasting will be ended.

That is why breaking up the monopolies and insisting on community involvement is necessary. Not just to stop the right wing control of broadcasting, but to make radio and TV stations worth something to the community and the public again.

[Occam Bandage]

2. At least Limbaugh finally admitted, on air, that he wants to see America fail.

Treasonous dirtbag.

[Ganja Ninja]

3. I doubt that.

He's probably on his knees every night praying for Obama to restore some sort of financial stability to save his investments. He only says he wants Obama to fail because its part of his act. He's a snake oil salesman. He pitches whatever he thinks will sell to the rubes that listen to him. For his own personal finances you know he's got to be hoping everything doesn't collapse.

[TTUBatfan2008]

4. He has nothing at stake...

He makes millions upon millions of dollars per year, so he has no problem if the country completely collapses. He'll just withdraw his money from the bank and move somewhere else.

It's a shame that he cares more about ideology than the country's well-being.

[SteppingRazor]

6. Course he does. If he was president, I'd want him to fail.

I don't see why Limbaugh's statement is at all controversial. He's an ultraconservative. He is against everything Obama stands for. So, given that, why in the world would he want Obama to succeed?

I understand Limbaugh's statement because I feel precisely the same way about his politics. I don't want politicians who hold views similar to his to succeed, because their success is bad for America. He believes -- wrongly -- the same about Obama. So, other than the wrongheadedness of his political views, I don't see Limbaugh's statement as even remotely surprising, much less controversial or even "traitorous."

[NatBurner]

8. that bullshit was just a ploy to reinforce their whole 'socialism' meme

which is also a bunch of bullshit

rush? eat a plate of dog dicks and die

the sooner the better

[Enthusiast]

11. Dog dicks are too good for him. nt

[Cha]

9. We already knew limpdick wanted America to fail and

he hates America..Fuck him.