RUSH: It wasn't long, of course, the Democrats have been lying in wait for whoever Bush would nominate to head up the CIA. The press started spinning for the Democrats as soon as the choice of Porter Goss was made. This is ABC News today. After Bush made his announcement, Diane Sawyer asked reporter John Cochran, "Do they expect a big battle on this confirmation up at the hill and how did they decide to go ahead and do this right now before the election?"

COCHRAN: This is a real shock....

What comes next, ladies and gentlemen, Kerry's questions to Bush from the same article. The AP story is what I'm taking this from now. It's the New York Times story that simply blames Levin and Biden for informing Kerry that international countries or foreign countries would send their troops in to bail us out, which is bogus. It isn't going to happen. But back to the AP story. Kerry's questions to Bush, from the same article. "Kerry challenged Bush to answer some questions of his own. Why he...

"John Kerry eats dove, even better, he shoots them, from behind the stalks of a southern cornfield he'll watch them flutter and dart, then he'll fire. 'You clean 'em, you let 'em hang, takes three or four birds to have a meal,' Kerry said, "You might eat it at a picnic, cold, roasted, I love to eat dove.'" Now, this is over a year old. This story is about 13 months ago. I just want to read to you the last -- one, two, three, four -- five short little paragraphs here. "And who is he, really?...