DAUM: You have said, "Stay the course." George Bush calls the people there "thugs;" you call them "extremists." But they hated Saddam Hussein, and they now hate us. They wanted Saddam Hussein out. Now they want the United States out. And you say, "Stay the course." What the United States is doing is bombing hospitals, bombing mosques, sniping at civilians, killing hundreds of civilians, wounding thousands of civilians. And you say, "Stay the course." Is that the criminal course that you...

DAUM: You have said, "Stay the course." George Bush calls the people there "thugs;" you call them "extremists." But they -- they hated Saddam Hussein, and they now hate us. They wanted Saddam Hussein out. Now they want the United States out. And you say, "Stay the course." What the United States is doing is bombing hospitals, bombing mosques, sniping at civilians, killing hundreds of civilians, wounding thousands of civilians. And you say, "Stay the course." Is that the criminal course...

HUGHES: Rush, let me concede right from the start, you are the expert. And I tell you, I am so honored that you would have me on your show, because you and your listeners are such a force in our democracy and our political system; and you've really helped energize and revitalize the grassroots, and that is just critical. And you're someone who, like me, cares about our political system, and that's one of the reasons I wrote this new book I did, because I wanted to show that those of us in it,...