RUSH: To set this up, you remember after the '04 election, there were a bunch of people down in Boca and Ft. Lauderdale who had postelection traumatic stress disorder? They were going to the shrink's office to deal with postelection stress disorder, PEST. They were just shocked. Get this. "Sarah Edwards worries about the gasoline she burns, the paper towels she throws out, the litter on the beach, water pollution. She worries so much, it literally makes her sick. 'Fear, grief, anger, confusion...

RUSH: We are looking forward to tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen. Tomorrow is our annual Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Cure-A-Thon. One day a year we devote a portion of the program to raising money to cure those blood cancers. Tomorrow is the big day, and I just wanted to mention it to you rather than surprising you with it out of the box tomorrow. It's always a fun day, and it's very meaningful, and you people have come through every year in an unbelievable fashion. Regardless of economic circumstances...

RUSH: We have an update on the CNN situation, the apology to the ChiComs. "China on Thursday snubbed an apology from CNN over remarks by Jack Cafferty as a wave of verbal assaults on foreign media raised concerns over coverage--" they might lose the CNN bureau in Beijing, Peking, Shanghai and Guangzhou. "Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu rejected CNN's explanation that commentator Jack Cafferty was referring to China's leaders -- not the Chinese people -- when he described them as 'goons and...

RUSH: It's a disaster, folks, in the Democrat Party now. It's an utter disaster, and there's only one thing for the superdelegates to do and that's to bag these two and to come up with a third candidate for the Democrat presidential race. That's the last option they have. If these two guys, Clinton, Obama, head to the convention down ten or 15 points to McCain, the only option they're going to have is to get somebody out there that's a fresh start, that they can run who's not a liberal and not...

RUSH: Back to the phones we go. Duncan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, great to have you here on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Mega dittos, Commander Limbaugh.RUSH: Thank you, sir. CALLER: I am heading up Operation Chaos here at my school, Wake Forest, and I won a front row ticket tomorrow to a Hillary Clinton event with Maya Angelou. I need your advice. I don't know what to do. This is beyond my knowing what to do with Operation Chaos. Do I ask a flattering question? Do I go after...

RUSH: Dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut. Go back to the Grooveyard of Forgotten Favorites. Klaus Nomi with the vocal portrayal here. It's our Gay Community Update Theme, my friends, coming up now. (playing of Gay Community Update Theme) RUSH: Looks just like he sounds, folks, trust me. (continued playing of song) RUSH: Controversy has erupted over a YouTube video, ladies and gentlemen, showing Philippine doctors laughing while removing an object, a canister from the rectum...

Now, we have some NAGS news, the National Association of Gals are very upset out there. One of my all-time favorite congresswomen -- who actually prefers to be called a congressman -- is Marsha Blackburn. She's a Republican from Tennessee. She's been in the Tennessee delegation in Congress since 2003, and she prefers to be called a congressman. You call her office and you get hold of the secretary, she'll say, "Hang on, let me grab the congressman for you, hang on just a second." Euphemistically...

RUSH: To set this up, you remember after the '04 election, there were a bunch of people down in Boca and Ft. Lauderdale who had postelection traumatic stress disorder? They were going to the shrink's office to deal with postelection stress disorder, PEST. They were just shocked. Get this. "Sarah Edwards worries about the gasoline she burns, the paper towels she throws out, the litter on the beach, water pollution. She worries so much, it literally makes her sick. 'Fear, grief, anger, confusion...

RUSH: We have Vice President Cheney last night at the Radio-TV Correspondents Dinner. He was hilarious. He was funnier than the scheduled comedian. BREAK TRANSCRIPTRUSH: We have Dick Cheney, also during the debate last night, was the final Radio-TV Correspondents Dinner for this administration. There are a series of these dinners in the spring, and one of them is the Radio-TV Correspondents Dinner at the Hilton hotel in Washington. The big finale for these things is the White House Correspondents...

RUSH: Here's the audio sound bite from last night about Obama and the American flag lapel pin. The question came from Pennsylvania voter Nash McCabe, and it was on videotape. The question, "Senator Obama, I want to know if you believe in the American flag. I'm not questioning your patriotism, but all our servicemen, policemen, and EMS wear the flag. I want to know why you don't." Now, this is what I mean. The very fact this question has to be asked of somebody running for the presidency,...

There's a directive from headquarters for those of you in North Carolina. Early voting in North Carolina for the primary there on May 6th starts today. Early voting, North Carolina, starts today. I am asking, I am commanding all Operation Chaos operatives in North Carolina, do not vote early. This primary is too volatile. There's too much effervescence going on here. This campaign could change on a dime. You vote now instead of on Election Day on the 6th, your vote might not count. Hold your fire....

RUSH: This is Jeff in California. Nice to have you, sir, on the EIB Network.CALLER: Thank you. Listen, I just called to ask you to keep it up. I'm a lifelong Democrat, almost 52 years old, voted for Jimmy Carter once, my first election, and I don't think you even know how right you are about everybody. The people you named that are a disgrace to this country and what party do you think they belong to, and these are the people that have taken over my party. And my greatest fear is that we let the...

If you're just joining us, I, as commander-in-chief, US Operation Chaos, after witnessing last night's debate and the meltdown of both of those inept candidates, watching the meltdown of the Democrat Drive-By Media today, watching the absolute hysterics that the left-wing fringe kook blogosphere has sunk to, I suggested to the Democrat Party superdelegates they have only one option. It's time for the Doomsday Option. It's time to get a third candidate and bag these two and get rid of these two....

RUSH: Now, ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to give you an example of just how successful Operation Chaos has been. Okay, so last night Obama was asked about his ties to the former terrorist William Ayers, who wanted to blow up the Pentagon, and said he was sorry he didn't blow up more things. Obama has not renounced him. So today at the Huffington Post -- a liberal blog, radical liberal blog -- some guy named Marc Cooper just posted this piece: "Hillary and the Commies." So while ABC exposed...

RUSH: I know. I know. It was total chaos, utter chaos at last night's debate, ladies and gentlemen, in Philadelphia -- or somewhere, Pennsylvania -- moderated by ABC. This is amazing to watch the fallout, not just the debate, but to watch the Drive-By Media pile all over itself for the way ABC's moderators asked questions. The left-wing blogs today are beside themselves. Operation Chaos, ladies and gentlemen. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this, but it's gotten to a point that I never...

Rush's Morning Update: International NotesApril 18, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Today, my friends,a brief review of international matters.First, Mrs. Clinton. Apparently, shedoes have influence with her foreign allies.The government of socialist thug Hugo Chavez has implemented "the Hillary Tax." Starting this week in Venezuela, foreign oil companies will have to pay between 50 and 60 percent higher taxes on earnings--...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"To the extent people are angry, it's not because the government's not doing enough. It's because it doesn't do enough right.""Obama's friends and associates include a crook, Tony Rezko, a terrorist, Bill Ayers, and Jeremiah Wright, an anti-American racist. Spin it however they will, this all tells us something about the man and his politics." "It's a godsend: Charlie Gibson actually asked Obama about the capital gains tax rate...

Story #1: NC Mistress Installs Rinnai Tankless Water Heater RUSH: A lot of people, by the way, when I was describing the frog in the hot water during the last segment, sent me e-mails during the break: "I know what you were doing. You were setting up a Rinnai commercial." That's right! I was setting up a Rinnai commercial, but I ran out of time with my frog in the water analogy. I was also going to tell you that a friend of mine, my North Carolina mistress, is having her Rinnai Tankless Water Heater...