RUSH: Norman Hsu is going to have a chance to get back out on bail, despite the suicide note, despite all of that. "Norman Hsu, the disgraced Democratic fundraiser in custody after jumping his $2 million bail in San Mateo County last week, will be spending an additional week in a Colorado jail -- unless he comes up with another $5 million. 'Two million wasn't enough to keep Mr. Hsu from running,' County Court Judge Bruce Raaum said Thursday at a hearing in Grand Junction, Colo. 'Let's see if $5...

RUSH: Get this, folks: "'Car-Buying Spurs Retail Sales Rebound.' Retail sales posted a modest gain in August, helped by the biggest jump in auto sales in more than a year. But there are concerns that spending could falter as the steep slump in housing and financial market turbulence weigh on consumer confidence." Of course, they had to add that last sentence because they cannot permit there to be a conclusion if there's good news out there. Now, why is all of a sudden car buying going through...

RUSH: Tina in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, welcome to the program.CALLER: Oh, God, Rush, 24/7 dittos.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: My question is, where is the fallout from the Drive-Bys? Remember this week you started calling Obama Ubama after, you know, renaming Usama.RUSH: You want to know why the Drive-Bys are not hitting me on this?CALLER: Yeah. I thought it would be immediate.RUSH: Well, they may not know it yet. If Media Matters for America hasn't reported it, then they may not know it. They...

RUSH: This morning on CBS, co-host Hannah Storm talked to Michelle Ubama: "When you look at the poll numbers, your husband really trails with women by some 30 points to Senator Clinton. Can you do something about that? Why is that?"MRS. OBAMA: You know, I -- we are working hard to ensure to the women of America that Barack Obama is who we need, you know, some women just feel like if you -- that it's a woman's turn, you know, that they just feel like, you know, it's Hillary's turn. That I reject...

RUSH: What's the mantra of the left here right now? The mantra of the left is, "We gotta change! Time for a change. We demand change," right? I got to thinking about this the other day. The president has changed the secretary of defense. The president has changed the commanders in Iraq. The president has changed the ambassadors to Iraq. The president has changed the entire Iraq strategy, and those changes changed the momentum! Now, the left, the Democrats, they haven't changed Harry Reid....

RUSH: Bob Torricelli, meanwhile, on a blog called PoliticsNJ, is defending Larry Craig. "Let me be clear. I don't like Larry Craig. He stands for everything that I abhor. ... The more that you read about the arrest of Larry Craig in a Minneapolis airport restroom, the more troubling the situation becomes." Why would The Torch want to come out and defend Larry Craig? Perhaps, ladies and gentlemen, this little montage of Senator Torricelli's April 18th, 2001, denial-of-charges with cut-ins from...

RUSH: Somewhere in Tennessee, this is Daniel on Open Line Friday. Hello.CALLER: Hello, Rush. I'm in the National Guard, and my blood is just boiling with the way Senator Clinton had talked to General Petraeus.RUSH: Suspending disbelief in order to listen to what he has to say -- that probably is what irritates you.CALLER: Roger that. That just makes my blood boil. The guy's a four-star general; I believe he's got a doctorate degree in military science; he's been over there three times; he...

RUSH: To Greenville, South Carolina. This is Brooks. Welcome, sir, nice to have you with us.CALLER: Thank you, Rush. It's good to talk to you.RUSH: I appreciate that.CALLER: I just want to say I was pleased to hear the influence that you still have over your audience, as evidenced today with the book sales. I have to say when I was in high school, the textbook that I read actually cited you as being influential in, I believe it was one of the Reagan elections, and this was just proof.RUSH:...

RUSH: Moraga, California. Stewart, you're next, and I'm glad you called, sir.CALLER: Rush, do you remember when the timeline for ending the war depended --RUSH: Stop it just a second! Stop just a second. Sir, do you have an iPhone? CALLER: No.RUSH: Would you like one?CALLER: Sure!RUSH: I'm going to send you one, and you know why?CALLER: Why? RUSH: Because you got right into it.CALLER: (Laughing.)RUSH: You just asked your question.CALLER: Thank you, sir.RUSH: You just got right into...

RUSH: All right, Mohammed in Richmond, Virginia, you're first as we go to the phones on Open Line Friday. Hello, sir.CALLER: Yeah, how's it going, Rush? I'm a big fan.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: Sir, I just wanted to tell you, I'm a Muslim who studies Homeland Security at my university, and we love this country very much. I've been to the Middle East. I've lived there almost half my life, and what we don't hear in the media is the other side of the Middle East that wants us to stay the course....

RUSH: Get this, folks: "'Car-Buying Spurs Retail Sales Rebound.' Retail sales posted a modest gain in August, helped by the biggest jump in auto sales in more than a year. But there are concerns that spending could falter as the steep slump in housing and financial market turbulence weigh on consumer confidence." Of course, they had to add that last sentence because they cannot permit there to be a conclusion if there's good news out there. Now, why is all of a sudden car buying going through...

RUSH: The New England Patriots have been fined $250,000. Their coach Bill Belichick has been fined half a million dollars for spying on the New York Jets with a video camera crew on the sideline last Sunday at Giants Stadium. They're also going to lose some draft choices. But the Patriots, I have to tell you something. This spying in the NFL goes on all the time. Do you know who the best spies in the NFL are? The players on the field. Now, what Belichick was doing is a violation of the NFL...

RUSH: Norman Hsu is going to have a chance to get back out on bail, despite the suicide note, despite all of that. "Norman Hsu, the disgraced Democratic fundraiser in custody after jumping his $2 million bail in San Mateo County last week, will be spending an additional week in a Colorado jail -- unless he comes up with another $5 million. 'Two million wasn't enough to keep Mr. Hsu from running,' County Court Judge Bruce Raaum said Thursday at a hearing in Grand Junction, Colo. 'Let's see if $5...

RUSH: Anyway, we had the news yesterday that the Breck girl had purchased time, two minutes of time, on PMSNBC in order to reply to the president's speech. Now, I thought that they would run the Breck Girl's response right after Bush's speech, but, no, they ran a rant response by Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, and then after that they did their roundtable discussions. They had Matthews on there, and they had Howard Fineman on there, and they had Tim Russert on there. Then they went and talked...

RUSH: Lanny Davis is upset at me. The former Clinton spinmeister was on the Fox News Channel this morning on Fox and Friends, and Steve Doocy, who does the weather, interviewed Lanny Davis. He said, "Look, I know you're familiar with Hillary. She wants to be president. She's not come out and denounced this MoveOn.org ad. Do you think she should?"DAVIS: Every single Democrat should say that MoveOn.org, using the expression General Betrayus is engaging in outrageous and, in my opinion, offensive...

Rush's Morning Update: Highway of DeathSeptember 17, 2007Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer My friends, you remember the "Highway of Death" in the first Gulf War, Desert Storm? The fleeing Iraqi forces facing obliteration? Saddam Hussein, a threat to the entire region, looked to be the next target. But "cooler" heads prevailed. Images of America's military running roughshod over the defeated Iraqis "shocked" the American left and...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"During the testimony from General Petraeus, not one Democrat asked, 'What can we do to help you, the troops, and the war effort?'''"You people are the greatest audience in the history of media, and I mean this from the bottom of my beating and sizable heart.""PMSNBC really screwed the Breck Girl. They made him pay for his little response to Bush, but they interviewed Biden and Huckabee before they played the Breck Girl's response.""Nebraska...