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We hear a lot about failure these days, thanks to Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh.  Rush made his failure comment about Obama and the whole world became convinced he was either the devil or the head of the republican party, which to some is the same.

The reality is that Rush is the most honest man in America if you are brave enough to face up to the reality of his comments.  He said what he felt.  He evaluated the plans Obama was putting into play, and he determined the result would be bad for America in his opinion.  At that moment, his desire to see Obama fail was the most honest and patriotic position he could take.

His critics assume something that Rush has not bought into, that Obama’s plans might work and make America great.  In Rush’s estimation, Obama’s plans could easily succeed, but their success would mean something bad in the long run for America.

So when he says he wants Obama to fail, he is clearly saying that he wants the plans Obama is pushing forward to fail, not the nation.

Obviously there is a whole lot of room for debate as to whether he is right, but in one sense, Obama has already made the case that he is by demonizing him as he has.  When the Obama Administration has gone to such an orchestrated effort to silence and discredit a radio host, the only real reason that makes sense is that he is saying something that they are afraid of.

And they are.  The Democrats are afraid of honesty.  Specifically, they are afraid of honest opinions that might be critical.  Perhaps they are just afraid of criticism itself, and even more specifically they cannot stomach any criticism of President Obama and his policies.

Now, both parties resist criticism.  Both parties exist in a self assured bubble of truth that they cannot tolerate being burst.  Self righteousness.  Self assurance.  Maybe just confidence. 

No matter how you label it, they (both parties) have a vested interest in maintaining their stranglehold on the truth.  It is their ability to be convincing that drives their success in elections.  How well they convince us that they have the best answers is how they win.

Obama however broke some of those rules.  He ran as a candidate who was not limited to what he could do and what he believed.  He ran on a platform as much based on who he was as what he could do.

As a candidacy, it was a masterpiece.  He was able to be what people wanted him to be, he was able to be the physical embodiment of their hope and their dreams.

Yes, obviously this is about his race.  For decades the blacks in America have been existing under the cloud of slavery, America’s darkest moment in many ways.

Sure, we fought a war that freed them, and sure we slowly erased the stigma of their race, but sometimes, injuries take a long time to heal.

I recall recently when I went to buy some DVD’s off of craigslist, and the person selling them was black.  While waiting in their living room, I saw a framed copy of the newspaper headline announcing Obama’s win.  I cannot fathom the sense of victory that his election meant to them.

To many blacks, here was finally proof that nothing in America was denied to them.  I cannot claim to understand it, nor will I insult them by claiming to.

But as someone outside that culture, outside that obsession, I can also see the danger that they, with their hopes, have created.

By placing their hopes in who he was as opposed to what he can do, or rather, what he was capable of, they built a strawman, essentially, someone they placed their faith in, without having considered whether he was capable of delivering.

You see it is one thing to say “there is nothing we cannot do” but it is not the same as ”Barack can do anything”, or more to the point, “everything”.

Barack is not superman.  He is a man, he has a limited capability and potential just like all of us.  Take me.  I can play basketball.  I cannot play in the NBA.  I can do many thing, but not all of them well.  And some not at all.  It is called being human.

Some people seem to have elevated Obama to a near expectation of perfection.

The fact is that by not focusing on his abilities, and his potential, they may have put their faith in someone that cannot deliver, not because of his race, but because of his aptitude and his ability.

That is the truth the Democrats are afraid of: that Obama might fail because he is not qualified, and he deserves to fail.

When you have built your dreams on sand, you risk having storms like this financial crisis wash away the foundation, and all you are left with is the crumbled remnants of your dreams as they are washed out to sea.

Obama and his administration are desperately afraid that Rush is right.  That he will fail, and in his failure, he will be exposed for what he is:  Just another politician.

Granted he found a fresh new dream to sell, but in the end his dream was just as hollow as any other politician’s, because it was based solely on a desire for power, not for a desire to serve.

Garbage in…garbage out.

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