RUSH: I want to start today with the Scooter Libby verdict. There's just an incredible amount to say here. I want to go through it as quickly as I can and get on to some other things here. This whole trial and the verdict and the aftermath, the way the media is playing this, have serious consequences for the future. I want to address some of these things with you in a semblance of order. I want to start with this juror, Denis Collins. It turns out that in the jury selection phase before Denis...

RUSH: Frontenac, Missouri, near St. Louis. This is Barbara. You're next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hi.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. You are absolutely right to say that our country is in serious trouble and that liberals are trying to destroy it. But the only reason why they are succeeding is that conservatives are allowing it -- and there is no way America cannot figure out this problem and fix it. It only requires people who believe it can be done and will do it. You have stated on air before...

RUSH: Frontenac, Missouri, near St. Louis. This is Barbara. You're next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hi.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. You are absolutely right to say that our country is in serious trouble and that liberals are trying to destroy it. But the only reason why they are succeeding is that conservatives are allowing it -- and there is no way America cannot figure out this problem and fix it. It only requires people who believe it can be done and will do it. You have stated on air before...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"This trial is not about getting Scooter Libby. It's about criminalizing conservatism and Republicans. It's about destroying the Bush administration."
"Americans are the most giving people in history. Every day Americans offer countless acts of kindness to strangers because that is just our nature. Yet you, John Edwards, patron saint of stiff hair, use Jesus to mischaracterize Americans as selfish warmongers."

"When liberals...

RUSH: I meant to announce this at the top of the hour, and I had other things to do. It would have been a scoop then, but it's no longer a scoop. But I can tell you that the Fox News Channel has picked up 13 episodes of the 1/2 Hour News Hour. The two pilot episodes succeeded in their mission. (I also gave you that.) Fox is going to pick those up, and they're going to be in production. They're going to start gearing up. These were pilots.
Now they're going to go out and get real production...

RUSH: Frontenac, Missouri, near St. Louis. This is Barbara. You're next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hi.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. You are absolutely right to say that our country is in serious trouble and that liberals are trying to destroy it. But the only reason why they are succeeding is that conservatives are allowing it -- and there is no way America cannot figure out this problem and fix it. It only requires people who believe it can be done and will do it. You have stated on air before...

RUSH: I want to move on to something that's just as disgusting as the Libby travesty, and that's Mr. John Edwards. During his first failed bid for the presidency, John Edwards, the Breck Girl, was touted as a brilliant trial lawyer -- in part because he channeled the words of a dead child during his summation on a big case, and got a huge award. Well, here at the beginning of another presidential election cycle, retread candidate Edwards has set his sights higher. He has appointed himself spokesman...

RUSH: Lawrence in St. Petersburg, Florida. I'm glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network, sir.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush. Rush, you left one adjective out: disgraceful. The whole thing was much ado about nothing, and I guess that's behind us now. But when is it time to fight back?
RUSH: I had this question yesterday. Somebody said, ?What can we do?? Specifically about this, it's very difficult. The judiciary is an institution that you don't elect. You don't elect federal prosecutors....

RUSH: This is an e-mailer. This is a subscriber to RushLimbaugh.com objecting, or questioning my assessment of Scooter Libby's life has just been destroyed.
?Dear Rush: Scooter Libby's life destroyed? This is a temporary setback! Ollie North came out pretty good after he got the goat tag. Libby will get a good gig at Fox News Channel. He'll be the go-to expert on inside the administration. True, this is a BS deal, but I think Scooter will be all right.?
This is precisely my point....

RUSH: I want to deal with this one, too.
?Dear Rush: What's the deal with Libby being Marc Rich's attorney for his pardon? Fitzgerald investigated the pardon. I'm confused. What else do we not know about Fitzgerald??
Look, folks, I'm getting a lot of these.
?Rush, you idiot! You're missing the point. This is personal. Fitzgerald wanted to get Libby because Libby was Marc Rich's lawyer for the pardon, and Fitzgerald was angry when Clinton pardoned Rich.?
I know everybody...

RUSH: I got a note during the break from a friend of mine out in California. ?Dear Rush: You know, Wilson could possibly be indicted for lying under oath to that bipartisan intelligence Senate committee, in my opinion.? That's if he was under oath. I don't know that his testimony was under oath before the intelligence committee, but it was so long ago. They're worried about unionizing these airport screeners, now. But the second point is interesting. The guy said, ?I'd love to interview Joe...

RUSH: Tony in Cayucos, California. Welcome, sir, to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Good morning, Rush.
RUSH: Hi.
CALLER: Congratulations on your Nobel nomination.
RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much. It's going to be tight. I don't expect to win. I'm just happy to be nominated.
CALLER: Well, it gives me a great deal of pleasure that you got nominated.
RUSH: Thank you, sir.
CALLER: The point I wanted to make was that when the media pointedly ignores something, it gets my attention...

RUSH: Here's an interesting piece from the Wall Street Journal. I'll just read you a couple of excerpts from this editorial today entitled: ?The Libby Travesty -- Mr. Bush Owes the Former Aide a Pardon, and an Apology -- Mr. Libby did talk to some reporters about the Administration's case for war in 2003, and he did mention Ms. Plame in some cases. So the jury apparently decided that, when asked about those conversations by the FBI and grand jury, he had lied about his own sources of information...

RUSH: We have more on Joe Wilson, then we'll get to Patrick Fitzgerald in just a moment, but I want to mix your phone calls in here because I don't want to have people waiting for an hour and a half or two hours here before they get to go on the program. We'll start in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with Susan. Great to have you. Nice to have you on the EIB Network, Susan.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush. I have always had a desire to be involved in public service, always thought that I would run for...

RUSH: I want to start today with the Scooter Libby verdict. There's just an incredible amount to say here. I want to go through it as quickly as I can and get on to some other things here. This whole trial and the verdict and the aftermath, the way the media is playing this, have serious consequences for the future. I want to address some of these things with you in a semblance of order. I want to start with this juror, Denis Collins. It turns out that in the jury selection phase before Denis...