Shoring up stupidity

Candy Hatcher - Editorial Writer for the Virginian Pilot

If someone knew that John Wayne Gacy would soon go on a killing spree and said “I hope he fails” would you call him uncivil? If you are Virginian Pilot editorial writer Candy Hatcher you hope he succeeds. That’s the thrust of her column on civility. She accused Rush Limbaugh of being uncivil when he said of President Obama “I hope he fails.”

The sentiment could not be more plain; something Limbaugh has explained many times. Limbaugh hoped that Obama would not succeed in transforming America into a European-style socialist model because he wanted what was best of Americans, not what was best for Barack Obama.

This editorial is the sort of sissified drivel that people like Candy Hatcher write. "Look at that poor John Wayne Gacy, I hope he gets to live the dream."  He did, for a while. He’s famous, his 33 victims are anonymous.

As the legal future of Obamacare is debated at the Supreme Court, well over half the people in the country hope this monstrosity is struck down as unconstitutional. It’s the signature legislative achievement of the Obama administration.  Every Republican running for office pledges to abolish it to the cheers of crowds.  Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy's senate seat because he promised to vote against it!  Most people wish the best for the country. When the choice is the best for the country or the best for Obama, Hatcher sides with Obama. 

What are the other signature achievements of the Obama administration?

• Skyrocketing national debt.
• Record gas prices and Obama says the answer is algae.
• A promise the make electricity bills skyrocket by restricting power plants via EPA fiat.
• Millions of unemployed three years into the most anemic “recovery” in history.
• Housing prices continue to decline.
• The politics of racial hate and division.
• The politics of class warfare.
• Trillions poured into “Green Energy” failures.
• Crony capitalism rewarding campaign contributors.
• Hundreds of thousands more Federal employees to manage our lives and tell us what to do.

Make no mistake; these are all part of the Obama agenda in one form or another. Obama is succeeding in changing America. Is this the change you were looking for? Candy Hatcher thinks that hoping that Obama had not been so successful in implementing these changes is uncivil.

Tell Candy what you think.  candy.hatcher@pilotonline.com