RUSH: Yesterday on Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer spoke with David Brooks of the New York Times about McCain. And Bob Schieffer says, "You've written a lot of stories. You've chronicled many McCain campaigns. You were one of the early riders on the Straight Talk Express back in 2000. Are you surprised by the tone that this campaign seems to have taken?"BROOKS: Some of us who were on that bus, this is not the campaign we were hoping he would run, and, frankly, this is not the campaign he was...

RUSH: All right, folks, you gotta hear this because I'm sure most of you did not. It happened this morning on PMSNBC, DNCTV on Joe Scarborough's show. The columnist for the New York Times, Bob Herbert, was the guest. Bob Herbert bent out of shape over the Britney Spears, Paris Hilton ad run by McCain, but he thinks it's a racist ad. When you listen to this, there's only one conclusion. I'll tell you what, you figure it out on your own, but he refers here to the Washington Monument, and what...

RUSH: Here's Lindsey, 17 years old in Rockford, Illinois. Thank you for calling the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush. I just wanted to let you know before I started talking that Rush is one of my top male names for males anywhere.RUSH: Well, thank you. I appreciate that. I'm not told that very much, Lindsey.CALLER: Yeah. I think it's a great name, and I just wanted to let you know my mother is really jealous that I'm talking to you right now. I'm a first-time caller. I've been listening to...

RUSH: This is Jerry in Atlanta, nice to have you on the program, sir. Welcome.CALLER: Hey, Rush, first time I ever talked to you, but I've been listening to you for a long time.RUSH: Thank you very much.CALLER: Well, hey, one of my concerns is and what I want to share is that not all Democrats are like what you're saying. And my concern is, I'm very concerned about energy policy, and I think it should be a strategic element in our security of our country. And the example I used is, if I use...

RUSH: As you know, Barack Obama, the Most Merciful Lord Barack, The Messiah is very offended as is his campaign over the McCain ad featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton portraying both Obama and his voters as celebutards. So while whining about being compared to vacuous pop stars, Obama spends Saturday night with three of the dumbest celebrities on the face of the earth. Saturday in South Beach, Florida, during a fundraiser at Set nightclub for Senator Obama, Matt Damon said this.DAMON: This...

RUSH: It really was comical yesterday to watch Tom Brokaw and Bob Schieffer. Schieffer on Slay the Nation; Brokaw on Meet the Press. They were just beside themselves with these McCain ads. The McCain ad that has Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, the insinuation, the implication being that Obama is just a B-rated celebrity himself, and that all of his voters are just a bunch of celebutards, and then the other ad, which makes fun of Obama's self-impression that he is indeed the light and The Messiah....

RUSH: Now, let me go back to Pelosi and Obama and this whole energy business. As you know, one of the constant refrains, and Obama made mention of it today in his energy plan speech, of which there was not one plan to develop new energy, there wasn't one solid thing that would lower prices, increase supply, not one. This was a speech designed to blame America for the problems that we have, and he came up with a new platitude: "We need to end the age of oil in our time." Oil is now officially...

RUSH: I don't know whether to admit it or not. No, I don't know if I'm going to post -- (interruption) you think I should tell 'em? Folks, I was up in Connecticut this weekend. A couple weeks ago, three weeks ago I was supposed to go up there for a member-guest golf tournament. I had to cancel it. So I took the trip this past weekend to make up for it. And my hosts, good friends of mine who live here in Palm Beach during the winter, bought a Smart Car. They bought one of those bubble things,...

RUSH: Yesterday on Stephanopoulos' Sunday show, the guest was Nancy Pelosi. Now, we have three bites here. The first bite is a montage -- it's comical -- a montage of questions that Stephanopoulos asked Pelosi because he knows, Stephanopoulos knows this issue is killing Democrats. And you'll hear here, he begs Pelosi to allow a vote. Question after question after question. But he never got the answer he wanted.STEPHANOPOULOS: Why won't you permit a straight up-or-down vote? Members of your...

RUSH: That idiot Obama is saying some of the most ridiculous things. He is presenting his energy program in Michigan. Anyway. Anyway, greetings, my friends. Hope you had a great weekend. Rush Limbaugh, the Excellence in Broadcasting Network, raring and ready to go. Another summer spectacular from the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. Here's the phone number if you want to be on the program today. 800-282-2882. The e-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com. He actually just...

Rush's Morning Update: Hurtin' TimesAugust 5, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, according to the Associated Press, the rich are finally beginning to "share your financial pain." (It's about time!)The rich are hurting, my friends; they are scraping,they are scrimping. They aretrying to make ends meet just like you do.Want to know how bad it is? They're investing their dough more conservatively. They've cut back on...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I am just stupefied here. The left has officially stamped it now: Oil is a villain. Now, please ask yourselves: When did this start?""I don't know whether to admit it or not. You think I should tell them, Snerdley? Okay. Folks, some good friends of mine who live here in Palm Beach bought a Smart Car... and there's a picture of me in it.""We have the most liberal, the most leftist candidate who has ever run for president in my...

Story #1: Run for Your Lives People of Galveston, Texas RUSH: Look at that -- are those people stupid or what? They should be running for their lives! I'm looking at a picture of the beach in Galveston, Texas, which is in the track forecast for tropical storm Eduardo. Those people should be running for their lives, but they're out there having fun while a tropical storm is on the way. Don't they understand that they should be scared to death? Story #2: McCain Campaign Gives Out Tire Gauges RUSH:...