RUSH: On Friday, ladies and gentlemen, we reported to you that Countrywide Financial, the home mortgage bunch, "the largest mortgage lender at the center of the US housing crisis, regularly gave loans on favorable terms to prominent lawmakers and former cabinet members... The preferential treatment for senators including Democrat Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and a recent presidential candidate, was approved by Angelo Mozilo, chief executive of Countrywide Financial, the...

RUSH: Obama went out there and he did a Father's Day speech. It was the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, Sunday morning. Don't you love all these Democrat politicians that go deliver sermons in churches? They're making a big deal out of Obama's speech, as if nobody's ever said these things before. We have a montage here of the Drive-Bys, we have Jake Tapper, we got John Roberts, Kiran Chetry, and Robin Roberts, Jeff Glor all going nuts here over Obama's speech. We've got sound bites of Obama's...

RUSH: We start in Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Alan. Thank you, sir. Glad you waited.CALLER: Thank you. Right thinking dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: As always, Rush. I just wanted to make a quick follow-up to the rumor concerning the, as I call it, the not-so-charming Michelle Obama.RUSH: Yes.CALLER: Well, it certainly seems possible that the whole thing was orchestrated by the left to impugn conservatives. What I haven't heard anyone say is that it's believable. If you think...

RUSH: "Saudi Arabia will raise oil production to record levels within weeks in an attempt to avert an escalation of social and political unrest around the world. King Abdullah signalled the commitment to the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, at the weekend after the impact of skyrocketing oil prices on food sparked protests and riots from Spain to South Korea. Next month, the Saudis will be pumping an extra half-a-million barrels of oil a day compared to last month, bringing total Saudi production...

RUSH: "The Supreme Court" this morning just prior to the program starting "made it easier ... for some foreigners who overstay their visas to seek to remain in the United States legally." The Supreme Court today 5-4, the same bunch that voted the issue last week with Anthony Kennedy writing the opinion, has just green-lighted illegal immigration. "The court ruled 5-4 that someone who is here illegally may withdraw his voluntarily [sic] agreement to depart and continue to try to get approval to...

RUSH: Let me give you an example of the recent attempt by the Drive-By Media to establish a narrative and how that narrative has now been blown to smithereens, and yet the Drive-Bys won't give it up. This all started last Wednesday or Thursday. And, by the way, let me take a new tack on this. When I talk about the Drive-By Media, of course you know to whom I refer. I refer to CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, LA Times, you name it. It would be easier...

RUSH: Tim Russert passed away before the program ended, but the news on Friday didn't happen until afterwards. I actually got the news at about a quarter of three Friday afternoon in an e-mail that said "Not For Reporting" because it hadn't been confirmed. A very, very, very sad thing. I knew Tim Russert, and he was just a prince of a guy. But I have to tell you, folks, this orgy of coverage from about four o'clock Friday afternoon on ceased to be about Tim Russert and instead it's been about...

Rush's Morning Update: Speculation!June 17, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Say, those of you frustrated by the impact that gasoline prices are having on your lifestyle --you need to ask a question: Does what you're hearing from Democrats make any sense at all?Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat, North Dakota, appeared on Fox News Sunday with Texas Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and the president of the American Petroleum...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Tim Russert was one-of-a-kind, and there's nobody they can put in that chair to replace him. There just isn't.""McCain is doing a press conference out there talking about how we need to find alternative resources and tax the energy companies to get rid of global warming and all that stuff, so I turned that off and I turned on the US Open playoff on ESPN.""Tim Russert was everything that you thought he would be. He was part of...

Story #1: King Abdullah: We'll Pump More; You Cut Taxes RUSH: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia says, "Okay, okay. We'll pump 500,000 more barrels, but you gotta lower your gas taxes." But if it's okay for him to pump 500,000 more barrels how come it won't matter if we pump a million from ANWR, liberals? Hmm?Story #2: Private Sector Scientists Make Bugs Crap Crude RUSH: I found a fascinating story in The Times Online, the UK Times Online: "Scientists Find Bugs That Eat Waste and Excrete [Oil]." Let...