RUSH: I have a piece here today from the American Thinker, Michael O'Shea, who I think has done a brilliant job in putting into perspective just who congressional leaders today are. I just want to share some brief excerpts with you. The title of the piece is "Child's Play In Iraq," and he starts out really interestingly with a quote. "'I am reminded of the time I saw my 3-year-old daughter trying and failing to tie her shoes. She got angry. Still, she kept trying. "This is difficult," she concluded....

RUSH: Mrs. Clinton got the next question from Bill Maher. "Senator Clinton, all the Senators here except Senator Obama voted for the Iraq war resolution in 2002 saying their decision was based on intelligence they believed to be accurate at the time. In other words, George Bush fooled you. Why should Americans vote for somebody who can be fooled by George Bush?"HILLARY: (Cackling). Well, Bill, it was a little more complicated than that. I sought out expert opinions from a wide variety of sources,...

RUSH: We've talked about the congressman, shared the piece with you from Michael O'Shea and the AmericanThinker.com. They're gutless. They don't have beliefs. They don't keep promises. They don't stick to things and so forth. We've discussed all aspects of their arrogance today; their conceit; their elitism; and they're nuts. There was an online forum with the Democrat presidential candidates moderated by Bill Maher. Senator Biden got this question from Bill Maher: "Senator Biden, forgetting...

RUSH: Mary in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. Hello.CALLER: Hello, Rush.RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: Thanks for taking my call.RUSH: You bet.CALLER: You're brilliant, and you're my hero.RUSH: Well, thank you so much.CALLER: My comment is on the report by General Petraeus to the Senate, which I watched on CNN. After it was over, I was switching channels to get some feedback, and I happened to catch Anderson Cooper on CNN --RUSH: Yeah?CALLER: -- taking General Petraeus's report point by point and challenging...

RUSH: Dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut. Trumpet fanfare. It means an update is coming. We go to the Grooveyard for it. Slim Whitman. (Playing of Una Paloma Blanca.) It's a Peace Update. (Continued playing of song.) Where are the machine guns? (Continued playing of song.) From the Grooveyard of Forgotten Favorites, from the archives of the Rush Limbaugh program, Slim Whitman, Una Paloma Blanca, our Peace Update theme from many moons ago. It was actually born on this program in Sacramento,...

RUSH: Bethesda, Maryland, this is Bob. You're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Rush, it's a pleasure talking to you, sir.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: Thank God for you and thank God for George W. Bush. I'm a long-time listener of yours, and I was a member of the 82nd Airborne back in the Korean War, and I'm recovering from a stroke. (laughs) It's pretty difficult watching this TV with how they treated General Petraeus. I remember as a young kid when I was in the 82nd and went through that,...

RUSH: By the way, Norman Hsu sent a suicide note. My friends, I knew this last week. I knew it, but I couldn't confirm it, so I kept alluding to, "Will they find the body?" But I knew, and it's been confirmed now in two different stories. He left a suicide note apologizing to people he donated to.BREAK TRANSCRIPTRUSH: There was a mention right before the previous hour ended: Norman Hsu did leave a suicide note, and I knew this last week. I cannot divulge sources, but I knew this last week. I just...

RUSH: Vickie in Reno, Nevada, you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: I called about the letter carriers.RUSH: Yes.CALLER: I've been a letter carrier for over 35 years.RUSH: Now, wait, which letter carrier, Mr. Paw?CALLER: No. He lives in California. I live in Reno, Nevada.RUSH: No, I know, but which letter carrier are you calling about? He was a letter carrier.CALLER: No, I'm calling about the National Association of Letter Carriers.RUSH: Oh, you're talking...

RUSH: I want to go to the audio sound bites. I want you to hear what happened last night, Chris Matthews interviewing Laura Ingraham about -- well, theoretically about -- her new book, Power to the People.MATTHEWS: You're beautiful. I get in trouble for this. You're great looking, obviously. You're one of God's gifts to men in this country.RUSH: He told Laura Ingraham she's beautiful, "one of God's gifts to men in this country." I happen to know Laura and she's not that way. (chuckling) Snerdley's...

RUSH: What a great juxtaposition of headlines on the Drudge Report page today. First headline: "Al-Qaeda in Iraq Takes Heavy Losses." The headline right under it: "Frustrated Democrats Mull Strategy." (Laughing.) If that doesn't say it all: "Al-Qaeda in Iraq Takes Heavy Losses," meaning we're kicking butt, and "Frustrated Democrats Mull Strategy." UPI: "Al-Qaida militants in Iraq have taken heavy losses in two joint U.S.-Iraqi raids north of Baghdad, the U.S. military reported Thursday. In...

RUSH: Mrs. Clinton had a conference call with reporters, and we had the story yesterday, she's actually going to try to send a note out with the money going back saying, (paraphrasing) "Feel free to send it back in." Turns out, this is illegal. Federal Election Commission rules make it illegal. I got a note from a guy who worked on John Anderson's campaign in 1980, who ran that third-party independent candidacy when Reagan and Carter were battling it out, and they had a snafu. They had to give...

RUSH: Dawn, do you think those two guys are listening? I was at home last night, ladies and gentlemen, as I mostly am when I'm here in Florida, minding my own business, bothering no one, and -- (interruption) you don't want me to tell the story? (Laughing) You can't make me stop telling the story now. These guys like you. It's not going to change. Oh, my gosh, she's turning red in there. Dawn is a court reporter, Dawn does the transcriptions -- (interruption) I won't. You just chill in there....

Rush's Morning Update: The DotsSeptember 14, 2007Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer I have a couple stories here that I doubt you’ve heard on your Drive-By newscasts.# 1, from Baghdad, concerning an attack on our military headquarters. Major-General Kevin Bergner said it appears the attackers, who killed one person, were followers of Moqtada al-Sadr -- Mookie -- who has been back and forth to Iran. The rocket was Iranian....

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Story #1: NY Times Feels Backlash Over MoveOn.org Ad DiscountRUSH: I made a prediction yesterday. When we learned that the New York Times and that Little Pinch sold the full-page ad to MoveOn.org in Monday morning's paper for $65,000 when the going rate on their rate card for that page is $167,000 -- so they got a $102,000 discount -- I predicted this is going to lead to problems with other advertisers in the New York Times. They've got back-page, full-page sponsors for cosmetics, whatever the...