RUSH: I watched a little bit of the Petraeus hearings this morning, and a couple things stood out. Of course, somebody let a Code Pink protester in there, took about a minute to get the idiot out of there. But here's the thing that really amazed me. I'm watching Carl Levin give his speech, his opening statement, he's talking to General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, and he's going on and on and on about how the Maliki government in Iraq has not met its benchmarks and has not found a way to...

RUSH: Cory in Richland, Washington, welcome to the EIB Network, Sir. Hello.CALLER: Hello. Hey, Rush, how's it going?RUSH: Good.CALLER: A couple things, actually. First one was with the new emissions tax down in California.RUSH: Yeah, I know all about it. I'm the host.CALLER: Well, they claim that the people that it's going to hurt is the rich people or whoever can go out and buy the big gas guzzler and whatnot, and they're the ones who are gonna end up paying that tax. So what about the...

RUSH: Chris in Middlebury, Connecticut, welcome to the EIB Network, Sir, thank you for waiting.CALLER: Thank you so much. Before I make proper greetings, I just want to be sure to get this name out. Stuart Kauffman, autocatalytic set is the theory. Now for the proper greetings, O great one. I've been a big fan of yours for a long time. My late father was, too, and I just love what you do.RUSH: Thank you, Sir.CALLER: Thank you for everything. I just hope I can convince you that the big tent...

RUSH: I don't think Obama has gotten his turn yet with General Petraeus at the Senate committee today. But this morning on the Today Show, cohost Meredith Vieira talked to Obama, and she asked, "What's the key question, Senator Obama, you want answered today? Number one question you're going to ask General Petraeus."OBAMA: Well, I think the most important issue is still the one that was asked in September, which is: How has this war made us safer, and at what point do we know that there's success...

RUSH: Clark, New Jersey. This is Michelle. Thank you for waiting, Michelle. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Hello.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: Hi. My name is Michelle, and I'm a first-time caller.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I just want to say that I listen to your show. I think you're very comical. It's pretty funny to listen to, unlike the Hannity show. I think he's bitter.RUSH: Hannity's bitter?CALLER: Yeah, he's kind of bitter. But anyway, I think you're pretty funny. But, anyway, I just wanted...

RUSH: This is from Reuters: "British physicist Peter Higgs said on Monday it should soon be possible to prove the existence of a force which gives mass to the universe and makes life possible -- as he first argued 40 years ago. Higgs said he believes a particle named the 'Higgs boson', which originates from the force, will be found when a vast particle collider at the CERN research centre on the Franco-Swiss border begins operating fully early next year." By the way, it is this vast particle collider...

RUSH: We'll go to Slidell, Louisiana. This is Gale. Hello.CALLER: Hi. Hi, Rush, how you doing?RUSH: Fine, Sir. Thank you for waiting.CALLER: Rush, I just want to tell you I'm a little bit nervous, I'm a little bit angry, but I tried getting through yesterday about you talking about the economy and everything, and I'm just really, really upset. I guess you could say I'm a Rush Baby, pretty much through high school. I started my own business, and you've been there, but I just don't think --...

RUSH: This story has hit the Drive-Bys in their media coverage. Perhaps you've seen this. If you haven't, I'll inform you briefly and then give the appropriate commentary. There's an outfit out there that researches radio ratings, and it's called Coleman Insights ... Jon Coleman's the guy. I don't know him, I've never met him, but radio ratings are undergoing a little bit of a revolution. They've always been done by those of you who have participated in them, with diaries. You have a diary,...

RUSH: It's an uh-oh, moment: a Reuters story. "Republican presidential candidate John McCain has spoken out about lavish pay packages for corporate [CEOs], but his top adviser said on Monday the senator wants to shine a light on the issue and is not offering specific new proposals to rein it in. 'Job No. 1 of the president is to use the bully pulpit to shine a light on behavior that is less-than-exemplary,' McCain's top economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin told Reuters in a telephone interview....

RUSH: We have a report from the field in Pennsylvania. This is from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Headline: "'Another GOP bastion falls' -- Bucks County, for the first time since 1978, has more Democrats than Republicans. It might be temporary." (laughing) The Drive-Bys are still doing everything they can not to mention you or me or Operation Chaos, specifically in these stories. As I said to you the other day, there are budget meetings every morning. They're just twisting themselves into knots...

RUSH: Mrs. Clinton this morning on the Early Show on CBS was interviewed by Harry Smith, and he said to her, "Yesterday you were advocating the boycotting of the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games. Could you elaborate on that just very quickly?"HILLARY: President Bush should, uh, decide not to attend the opening ceremonies unless and until the Chinese do what, uh, the world is calling for them, which is, uh, to end the oppression in Tibet and give back religious and cultural freedom to the...

RUSH: I watched a little bit of the Petraeus hearings this morning, and a couple things stood out. Of course, somebody let a Code Pink protester in there, took about a minute to get the idiot out of there. But here's the thing that really amazed me. I'm watching Carl Levin give his speech, his opening statement, he's talking to General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, and he's going on and on and on about how the Maliki government in Iraq has not met its benchmarks and has not found a way to...

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You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Conservatism is an intellectual application. Yes, it is. I am the leader of the conservative movement. I know what I'm talking about.""Here is a liberal Democrat senator from Michigan, Carl Levin, telling the Iraqi government to shape up and become self-sufficient. Wouldn't it be great if liberal Democrats told their own voters the same thing?""This is the song that we hope will become the theme for the Democrat convention in...

Story #1: Clinton's Petraeus Questioning a Big Snooze RUSH: By the way, I said that our video machines were rolling on Hillary Clinton's questioning of General Petraeus and that we would have appropriate sound bites. Well, we don't have any appropriate sound bites because there was nothing worth recording and passing on to you with Mrs. Clinton's appearance. She was boring. She just read Petraeus' own quotes back to him and droned on and on and on. There were no fireworks. She was very subdued.Folks,...