RUSH: Hey, a question. I'm going to throw a think piece out there for you. Essentially the O'Connor vacancy has shown up again because now John Roberts is actually the Rehnquist vacancy (news | photos). So when should Bush nominate his next Supreme Court justice? Should he nominate the Supreme Court justice this week? You know, the Roberts hearing is begin on Monday. Should he announce them during the Roberts hearings? When should President Bush announce whoever his pick is, and we can talk...

RUSH: Hey, a question. I'm going to throw a think piece out there for you. Essentially the O'Connor vacancy has shown up again because now John Roberts is actually the Rehnquist vacancy. So when should Bush nominate his next Supreme Court justice? Should he nominate the Supreme Court justice this week? You know, the Roberts hearing is begin on Monday. Should he announce them during the Roberts hearings? When should President Bush announce whoever his pick is, and we can talk about the pick,...

RUSH: In New Orleans and Louisiana, we've had liberal domination, liberal rule for 60 years, generation after generation. We've had "the first black president" in the nation's history for eight years in the 90s. We had the smartest and brightest first lady in the history of the country at the same time we had the first black president. We had Democrat governors and Democrat mayors. We've had two Democrat senators. It's been all Democrat, all liberal, all the time down there -- and yet (sigh)...

RUSH: "The federal government..." Some of you may have heard this by now. "The federal government plans to dole out debit cards worth $2,000 each to victims of Hurricane Katrina. The unprecedented cash card program initially will benefit stranded people who have been moved to rescue centers such as the Houston Astrodome. The program is outlined by Homeland Security Department officials in a conference call with state leaders this morning, this according to a governor and another state official...

RUSH: Mrs. Clinton released a statement. She flew to Houston yesterday. She flew down to Houston; she turned right back, goes back to Washington then introduces this: "Clinton unveils legislation to restore FEMA to independent cabinet level status and launch Katrina commission to investigate hurricane recovery efforts. On the heels of her visit with victims of Hurricane Katrina in Houston yesterday, Senator Hillary Rodham is introducing legislation to restore FEMA to cabinet-level independent...

RUSH: Well, we get to start off today with some news that's not going to make the left happy. "A USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll of 609 adults taken September 5th and 6th: 13% said that George W. Bush is 'most responsible' for the problems in New Orleans after the hurricane; 18% said federal agencies are most responsible; 25% said that state and local officials more responsible; 38% said nobody is to blame; 6% had no opinion, and 29% said the top officials in the federal agencies responsible for handling...

RUSH: Here's Scott in Raleigh, North Carolina. You're next, sir. Hello.
CALLER: Hello, Rush. I find it interesting that ABC, the same network that you had such trouble with by making some comments about a particular quarterback is the same network that is allowing Kanye West to come and be a part of their NFL kickoff thing Thursday night, and he totally, I mean, I think has pretty much slandered the president of the United States and, hey, he's still welcome to come! Whereas you make a comment...

RUSH: Hey, a question. I'm going to throw a think piece out there for you. Essentially the O'Connor vacancy has shown up again because now John Roberts is actually the Rehnquist vacancy. So when should Bush nominate his next Supreme Court justice? Should he nominate the Supreme Court justice this week? You know, the Roberts hearing is begin on Monday. Should he announce them during the Roberts hearings? When should President Bush announce whoever his pick is, and we can talk about the pick,...

RUSH: In New Orleans and Louisiana, we've had liberal domination, liberal rule for 60 years, generation after generation. We've had "the first black president" in the nation's history for eight years in the 90s. We had the smartest and brightest first lady in the history of the country at the same time we had the first black president. We had Democrat governors and Democrat mayors. We've had two Democrat senators. It's been all Democrat, all liberal, all the time down there -- and yet (sigh)...

RUSH: "The federal government..." Some of you may have heard this by now. "The federal government plans to dole out debit cards worth $2,000 each to victims of Hurricane Katrina. The unprecedented cash card program initially will benefit stranded people who have been moved to rescue centers such as the Houston Astrodome. The program is outlined by Homeland Security Department officials in a conference call with state leaders this morning, this according to a governor and another state official...

RUSH: Mrs. Clinton released a statement. She flew to Houston yesterday. She flew down to Houston; she turned right back, goes back to Washington then introduces this: "Clinton unveils legislation to restore FEMA to independent cabinet level status and launch Katrina commission to investigate hurricane recovery efforts. On the heels of her visit with victims of Hurricane Katrina in Houston yesterday, Senator Hillary Rodham is introducing legislation to restore FEMA to cabinet-level independent...

RUSH: Well, we get to start off today with some news that's not going to make the left happy. "A USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll of 609 adults taken September 5th and 6th: 13% said that George W. Bush is 'most responsible' for the problems in New Orleans after the hurricane; 18% said federal agencies are most responsible; 25% said that state and local officials more responsible; 38% said nobody is to blame; 6% had no opinion, and 29% said the top officials in the federal agencies responsible for handling...

RUSH: Here's Scott in Raleigh, North Carolina. You're next, sir. Hello.
CALLER: Hello, Rush. I find it interesting that ABC, the same network that you had such trouble with by making some comments about a particular quarterback is the same network that is allowing Kanye West to come and be a part of their NFL kickoff thing Thursday night, and he totally, I mean, I think has pretty much slandered the president of the United States and, hey, he's still welcome to come! Whereas you make a comment...