I'll admit it. I'm not proud of it. I do have an excuse. I did it for someone else. If you were in my shoes you would have done the same. Still, I'm a little ashamed to say it publicly.

I've watched American Idol.

There, it's out now. Ridicule me if you must. I remember watching the tryouts (if that's what they're called). Someone would walk in knowing they were the next big thing. They say as much to the judges. Then they would sing. We would cringe. The judges would cringe. The camera would cringe.

Then they'd burst out the doors, angry and crying, enraged and confused. The judges with all their years of experience in the music industry knew nothing - family and friends told them there were great, and they were right.

At that level, the unrealistic opinions and expectations of success provided by the sincere - yet misguided - encouragement of friends and family may provide for some admittedly sadistic entertainment. But it's not quite as entertaining when it's the Presidency, and our country.

Rush Limbaugh knew full well what would happen when he said he hoped the President would fail. The context wouldn't matter, the qualifiers wouldn't matter, the obvious meaning would not matter. If he strung those four words together - he knew they would be the only words repeated. I, for one, think the backlash is good. I was happy to hear that Governor Jindal brought the subject back into light this week.

The question is asked, "Do you want the President to fail?", and it's laced with the presupposition that hoping for failure is inherently bad, and hoping for success inherently good. A simple answer of 'Yes' will make you seem like the bully bent on the humiliation of others, or the sour cynic hoping hat other's ambitions and dreams are dashed so you have company to share your misery. However a simple answer of 'No' will align you with his visions, goals, and wordview.

What makes failure so bad? If no one failed, would anyone succeed? If every game ended in a draw, every competition ended in an all-way-tie, and every idea was equal - what would be the point or it all?

Yes, a blanket desire to see the failure of others is not healthy, but neither is an unchecked desire for their success. Imagine every singer being passed through every stage, because it just wouldn't be right for them to fail. Eventually, it all would fail. And that, of course, is the point.

"Do you want the President to fail?" Let me answer it this way - I want the vision of our founding fathers, the vision of liberty and freedom and independence to succeed. And if that means the failure of a President's policies, I'm all for it - even better if he fails to implement the policies in the first place. If I have to choose between a failed United States and a failed Presidency, I'll take the failed Presidency any day.