But I disagree with many of you about his statement. "I hope he fails" isn't evil. It's not laudable. It's not respectable. But it's honest. I believe, deep down, Rush hopes Barack and any vestige of what he derisively terms, liberalism, fails. I won't condemn him for saying it aloud.
When we invaded Iraq, some part of me hoped we wouldn't find WMD. The evidence was so flimsy, the reasons for invasion so questionable, that I didn't want W to be right. I just didn't. Yes, it cost numerous innocent lives, and had they found WMD those lives wouldn't have been lost in vain, yet part of me still hoped they'd fail.
I don't want to say it's evil or not, but I can say I think it's wrong-headed. We're in a mess. I want something and healthy and right to fix it. If I have been attracted to and/or holding onto the wrong ideologies, and someone tries something I'm against in theory and it works and it's good, I'll be glad of it -- not mad that it worked -- and not hoping against hope that it fails.
And I was the same way when we invaded Iraq in 2003. I thought we were wrong to do so, but I hoped that we would be proven right. I love my country more than I hate Republican ideology.