RUSH: It sounds like numerous parodies that we have produced of congressional hearings in the past.

RUSH: You've been on the cutting edge. We've been talking about this for many, many moons now. 

RUSH: Now, I've learned. I'm gonna go with the polling data.  I'm not gonna sit here and say, "This can't possibly be true." 

RUSH:  The reason there are five committees is because there are five egos. Oh, yeah! Five people want television time.

RUSH: They want to upset the market and create a mess -- and, then to clean up the mess, they want everybody just to finally say, "You know what? You know what would fix this? Single payer! Just have the government do it. 

RUSH: Don't worry, folks.  We may have had a marathon bombing, little beheading here or there, but it isn't Al-Qaeda, because Obama defeated them. 

RUSH: He says that there will be aid forthcoming for Oklahoma, but let's actually wait and see.  Will it be little and late as it is in Staten Island?  Of all the places where Hurricane Sandy hit, Staten Island's gotten the least amount of assistance.  And it's a Republican borough. 

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