The Final Word on Failure

I shall let conservative icon Rush Limbaugh and candidate for RNC chair Ken Blackwell have the last words on the question of why do Republicans want President Obama to fail.

It [the Obama stimulus] would allow a majority of American voters to guarantee no taxes for themselves going forward. (Query from KnightErrant: Since when does Rush think that no taxes is a bad thing? Just asking.) Put simply, I believe his stimulus is aimed at re-establishing "eternal" power for the Democrat Party. ~ Rush Limbaugh

Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan must be thoroughly vetted. While only a few details are known, one overlooked issue is that it could create a major electoral advantage for Democrats at taxpayer expense. That would be unacceptable. ~ Ken Blackwell

Translation: Goetterdaemmerung is preferred to Democrats being popular. It is better that one third of the nation is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed than that a Democrat in the White House is seen as successful.

I get it. I really do get what Republicans want.