RUSH: Now, I want to continue a little bit of a theme that I have started today. There's all this talk about the Fairness Doctrine, and the Democrats say, "We need to balance the news out there. We're not able to manage the news on talk radio. We're able to manage the news, because our guys are in charge over at NPR and PBS and ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, wherever, and the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today. Our guys are in charge, and we can manage the news there but we can't...

RUSH: The Los Angeles Times on July 9th. We've talked to you about the new message maker the Democrats have glommed onto, this guy named Drew Westen. He's described here as a "genial 48-year-old psychologist and brain researcher." The Democrats have thrown George Lakoff (rhymes with) overboard, and Lakoff's not too happy about it, but they've glommed onto this Westen guy. He's talked to what is described here as "a rapt liberal audience about the role of emotion in politics, how to talk back aggressively...

RUSH: The Los Angeles Times on July 9th. We've talked to you about the new message maker the Democrats have glommed onto, this guy named Drew Westen. He's described here as a "genial 48-year-old psychologist and brain researcher." The Democrats have thrown George Lakoff (rhymes with) overboard, and Lakoff's not too happy about it, but they've glommed onto this Westen guy. He's talked to what is described here as "a rapt liberal audience about the role of emotion in politics, how to talk back aggressively...

RUSH: Let's delve into the Global Warming Stack here for just a second, ladies and gentlemen. First from BloombergNews.com: "If one of the more extreme responses to global warming comes true, driving a sports car anywhere but on a racetrack might be relegated to history's dustbin. Fast, powerful cars within a few years may be outlawed in Europe, an idea that has been raised ostensibly because Ferraris and Porsches produce too much carbon dioxide. For those who abhor sports cars as vulgar symbols...

RUSH: Cindy Sheehan, as you know, made it official. She's going to run against Nancy Pelosi in her San Francisco district in 2008. She was on Scarborough's show today on MSNBC via phone, and Scarborough said, "Now, you've been critical of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat Party. You made a lot of people in the Democrat Party very angry." What did I miss? What has she made angry in the Democrat Party? Who in the Democrat Party has been mad at her? Tell me. Have I missed something? I don't know...

RUSH: All right, Pete in Napa, California, I'm glad you're on the program. It's nice to have you here, sir.CALLER: Hey, mega dittos, Rush. Fourth-time caller. I'm calling to say I want to apologize for sitting on my hands in 2006. I was one of those disgruntled conservatives, and I know now that it didn't win us anything. In fact, we got more weak-kneed Republicans and turncoat Democrats in Congress, and it's something that we don't need. I have relatives in the Army, and I don't know how...

RUSH: Well, for the first time, ladies and gentlemen, "Leading Democratic presidential candidates will participate in an unprecedented televised debate focusing exclusively on 'gay,' bisexual and transgender issues.... [T]he one-hour Aug. 9 event in Los Angeles scheduled to be broadcast on the homosexual-oriented LOGO network and live streamed at LOGOonline.com." Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the Breck Girl have confirmed that they will participate. "Several other Democratic candidates also...

RUSH: Now, I want to continue a little bit of a theme that I have started today. There's all this talk about the Fairness Doctrine, and the Democrats say, "We need to balance the news out there. We're not able to manage the news on talk radio. We're able to manage the news, because our guys are in charge over at NPR and PBS and ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, wherever, and the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today. Our guys are in charge, and we can manage the news there but we can't...

RUSH: Now, to follow up, last November, a group of US Marines apparently went on, quote, "the worst rampage by US service members in the Iraq war, killing as many as 24 civilians in cold blood." Remember what Jack Murtha, the architect of defeat in the House of Representatives, said after US officials learned of the alleged massacre a few days after it had happened? He said it was an organized a cover-up. Murtha said, "This is what the Marine Corps told me at the highest level. The commandant...

RUSH: "Michael Chertoff, the director of homeland security yesterday, told the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune he had a 'gut feeling' about a new period of increased risk." I do, too! If I were Chertoff or anybody in the administration, I wouldn't blame 'em for having a "gut feeling" about a new period of risk. You have the Democrats and a bunch of weak-kneed Republicans talking defeat. The media glorifies every bomb going off over in Iraq as some sort of devastating defeat for the United...

RUSH: Now, this David Vitter thing. Have you noticed...? You know, we have Larry Flynt out there now, and Flynt is taking credit here now for outing David Vitter, and Flynt says, "Well, we're going to find some Democrats in this list, but probably we'll throw 'em back in the river, because Democrats are not hypocrites on this. Democrats are not out there talking about moral values." Well, that may be true, and I'm not nave and I understand this, but I gotta tell you something. Have you noticed...

RUSH: I'm amazed and amused as we watch the Drive-Bys try to analyze the McCain thing, and it runs the gamut. "Well, his close association with Bush brought him down. Well, his close association to President Bush and the war in Iraq and supporting an increased troop buildup, brought him down." Whatever. They're totally missing this, totally, totally, totally missing it. McCain was never (except maybe in his mind and in the minds of the Drive-By Media) the "presumptive nominee" of this party....

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You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Do you think Senator Lindsey Grahamnesty has noticed the problems in Senator McCain's campaign?""I had the most unbelievable e-mail: 'Rush, what does Lakoff rhyme with? I don't get the joke.' Needless to say, folks, I did not reply. If you don't get it, go ask your mom. No, actually, don't do that.""The biggest threat that we face right now, besides the ongoing threat of another attack, is the continuing collapse of any kind of...

Story #1: Government Ethanol BS Raises Soap Prices RUSH: This is just rich. Get this, folks, from the Wall Street Journal: "Government efforts to reduce U.S. reliance on imported oil are forcing up prices for another indispensable commodity: soap. Soap and detergent makers say they are being hurt by a double whammy of federal subsidies and mandates that has reduced the supply and pushed up the costs of a key ingredient, beef tallow. The steeply rising price of corn, driven by a federal requirement...