RUSH: We welcome back to the EIB Network Tony Snow, who just left the White House as the press secretary. So now I guess, Tony, you're free to get partisan?TONY SNOW: Well... (laughing) I'm partisan anyway, Rush!RUSH: I understand that. Have you been watching any of the hearings so far?TONY SNOW: You know, I just got out of the Oval Office, but I got back in time to see this Code Pink demonstration. Did you see this during your break?RUSH: I did. TONY SNOW: (laughing)RUSH: I did. I saw...

RUSH: Washington is abuzz, the Drive-By Media, even though they know what he's going to say, they're abuzz with the testimony on Capitol Hill of General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker. And, of course, the New York Times yesterday ran an ad purchased by MoveOn.org in which General Petraeus was referred to as General Betrayus. It's running today. I became aware of it last night, thought it was in yesterday's paper. But regardless, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to have a stirring monologue coming...

RUSH: In a just political environment, these hearings taking place in the House right now with General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker would be enough to nullify any future electoral victory on the part of Democrats. What has happened up there today, ladies and gentlemen, so far is a complete disgrace and a total assault impugning the integrity and character of a four-star general sitting in full-dress uniform by telling him before he's even testified that his testimony is a lie. The Republicans...

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RUSH: Let's go back to last Friday. This is one of the things I was describing, the Drive-By Media reaction to the Osama Bin Laden tape.RUSH ARCHIVE: See, Bush has failed. We haven't killed Bin Laden, and until we kill Bin Laden, we haven't avenged the deaths of 9/11, and until we kill Bin Laden, we haven't won the war on terror, and how can we kill Bin Laden when we're in Iraq? And that's the thought process. They love seeing Bin Laden show up.RUSH: They do. They love Bin Laden, because...

RUSH: Just to sum up General Petraeus, the Democrats are fuming today. General Petraeus told members of Congress the Iraq troop buildup had met its objectives in large measure, said he believed 30,000 troops could be withdrawn by next summer. But that didn't sit well. There was Code Pink in there. You heard Tony Snow refer to it, we discussed it. Code Pink, the communist-sympathizing anti-war group in this country, was in there, along with Cindy Sheehan, who was arrested as part of the group,...

RUSH: We welcome back to the EIB Network Tony Snow, who just left the White House as the press secretary. So now I guess, Tony, you're free to get partisan?TONY SNOW: Well... (laughing) I'm partisan anyway, Rush!RUSH: I understand that. Have you been watching any of the hearings so far?TONY SNOW: You know, I just got out of the Oval Office, but I got back in time to see this Code Pink demonstration. Did you see this during your break?RUSH: I did. TONY SNOW: (laughing)RUSH: I did. I saw...

RUSH: You know, ladies and gentlemen, it's amazing. The Democrats' experts on the military, they have no concept how to win. They don't want to win, and they challenge the integrity and honor of General Petraeus, sitting before them in full military dress with his four stars, and they tell him that he's come up to lie to them. They also tell us they need to run our health care industry, not the doctors, not the medical professionals, not the highly trained specialists in medicine. No, no, no,...

RUSH: Norman Hsu. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge scandal. It reaches into the depths of the Democrat establishment. It touches very deeply their presidential front-runner to the core, and the broadcast media have done everything possible to downplay it or ignore it. The same media that focused on what shoes Fred Thompson was wearing in Iowa -- hey, they were Guccis. I wear 'em, too. Way to go, Fred. Screw you, elitists. What the hell are you drinking and eating behind closed doors,...

RUSH: From the Politico today, Mike Allen. This is interesting. "A well-known anti-war leader has gone public with the transcript of a private conference call that shows peace activists are exasperated with the Democratic congressional leadership and at a loss for a long-term strategy. The Aug. 29 call highlights divisions in the Democratic Party that Republicans are gearing up to try to exploit as Congress debates its response to the report on Iraq this week by Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador...

RUSH: I am beside myself. What I just predicted 20 minutes ago just happened, and if I were sitting on that committee today, I would stand up when it was my turn and I would lambaste and I would lash out and then I'd have to resign for violating House rules. Tom Lantos, who is co-chairing the committee today (he's from California) has just told Petraeus (I'm going to have to paraphrase this) that he knows -- he, Lantos, and all Congress knows -- that Petraeus and Crocker have been sent up there...

RUSH: Washington is abuzz, the Drive-By Media, even though they know what he's going to say, they're abuzz with the testimony on Capitol Hill of General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker. And, of course, the New York Times yesterday ran an ad purchased by MoveOn.org in which General Petraeus was referred to as General Betrayus. It's running today. I became aware of it last night, thought it was in yesterday's paper. But regardless, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to have a stirring monologue coming...

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RUSH: We welcome back to the EIB Network Tony Snow, who just left the White House as the press secretary. So now I guess, Tony, you're free to get partisan?TONY SNOW: Well... (laughing) I'm partisan anyway, Rush!RUSH: I understand that. Have you been watching any of the hearings so far?TONY SNOW: You know, I just got out of the Oval Office, but I got back in time to see this Code Pink demonstration. Did you see this during your break?RUSH: I did. TONY SNOW: (laughing)RUSH: I did. I saw...