RUSH: Listen to former Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h, who was on DNCTV yesterday. He was on with Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, Washington, and she said, "Do you really think that either of these energy plans, Obama's or McCain's, will do anything in the short term to fix America's reliance on foreign oil?"REICH: In the short term the only thing we can do with regard to our reliance on foreign oil, Andrea, is help American consumers who are getting clobbered with four dollar...

RUSH: Let's go back to Elkhart, Indiana, yesterday, at a campaign event, Senator Barack Obama.OBAMA: As president, I will put the full resource of the federal government and the full energy of the private sector behind a self-image, overarching goal: in ten years, we're gonna eliminate the need for oil from the entire Middle East and Venezuela. (applause) All of it.RUSH: (laughter) What is this magic ten years? In ten years, we're going to destroy the oceans! In ten years we've got no hope of...

RUSH: Ed in Houston. Ed, well known to the EIB Network, sir, you're next. Hi.CALLER: Hello, Rush. (laughs) Thanks a lot for putting me on after that guy. If I was ever wavering between voting Libertarian and conservative, I think he just made my mind up. How you doing, Rush?RUSH: Never better, sir. Doing excellent to outstanding.CALLER: Well, lifelong friend here. I was listening to you even before you came to Houston and picked you up on the radio between Corpus Christi and Houston, and...

RUSH: Robert in Detroit, you're next on the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush?RUSH: Hi.CALLER: Hello?RUSH: Yeah, hi.CALLER: How you doing? Uh, I'm glad you took my call. You know, I've been listening to you for, you know, I don't know, probably about this political season. And, you know, basically the thing with the oil, the whole right wing is making this whole thing with drilling for oil -- and of course Americans definitely want relief from these high oil prices. But let's face...

RUSH: Steve in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Great to have you on the program, sir.CALLER: Rush, it's a great honor to speak to you -- RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: -- and dream of mine.RUSH: Thank you very much.CALLER: I want to congratulate you your 20-year anniversary, and my father introduced me to your program nearly 20 years ago. He's a World War II veteran, and some of my fondest memories are listening to your show with him.RUSH: Wow. Well, that's cool. I appreciate that.CALLER: Rush, you know,...

RUSH: This is Kendrick in Gaston, Alabama. Kendrick, nice that you called. Great to have you here.CALLER: Hello?RUSH: Hello.CALLER: Oh, how you doing?RUSH: Good.CALLER: I'm doing fine. My mistake, man, I'm sorry, I wasn't ready for you.RUSH: That's okay. You got the radio on by any chance, because if you do, you need to turn it down.CALLER: Yeah, I'm upstairs, yes sir, but the radio is on downstairs.RUSH: Okay. You can't hear it, though?CALLER: No, sir.RUSH: Okay, good. Well, it's...

RUSH: I was thinking last night, the shallowness and the lack of substance in this presidential campaign. It really hit me last night when I got home and I was thinking about the show yesterday -- especially the first hour and a half of it -- totally devoted to this insane, ludicrous proposition that properly inflated tires is a central, central, central aspect of an energy policy. I think, "Is this the best we can do?" Is this the best we can do? There's another story from the Associated Press...

RUSH: Now, here's the good news in the McCain campaign. He's actually attacking a Democrat now rather than somebody in his own party. I had to hear this twice before I believed it. McCain's in Lima, Ohio, this afternoon at a town hall meeting.MCCAIN: Behind all the words, Senator Obama's agenda can be summarized as this: Government's too big, he wants to grow it; taxes are too high, he wants to raise 'em; Congress spends too much, and he proposes more; we need more energy, and he's against producing...

RUSH: Remember all those times, ladies and gentlemen, I warned you never, ever trust a Clinton? Nothing that happens with the Clintons is a coincidence? Isn't it interesting, with the Lord Barack Obama plunging in the polls, there's a story today from the Huffington Post about how he's losing in Pennsylvania, and they can't believe it. He ought to be cleaning up in Pennsylvania. We can believe it. We saw him lose Pennsylvania to Mrs. Clinton, and there was no evidence that he was going to pick...

RUSH: I want you to hear a piece of audio, because, folks, after yesterday's program, especially the first hour-and-a-half of yesterday's program, you surely remember that I was just confounded here. I was on the verge of being incoherent having to discuss the silly proposition that tire gauges and inflating tires was a salient, relevant, important part of our energy policy, which is to produce more energy. I went home last night, thinking about all this, even though yesterday's program was tons...

Rush's Morning Update: AmusementAugust 8, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Visitors to New York City's famous Coney Island this year will find a new attraction: the "Waterboard Thrill Ride." For one dollar, they can look into a "Guantanamo-like interrogation room." Inside are two hooded figures-- animated robots. When the lights come on, the "interrogator" robot leans over the other figure and pours water into his nose and...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"You know what the burning question is in Detroit today, folks? It's whether or not their mayor will be out of jail in time to campaign for Obama.""If you're in a bar anywhere, and you see an attractive woman, and you think she's a liberal and you want to get to first base (or maybe further), just go up and start talking about 'alternative energy' or 'renewables' -- you will not be able to get rid of her!""A little girl asks you...

Story #1: Pelosi Can't Sell Books; Anti-Obama Books Top ListsRUSH: Have you seen how few books Nancy Pelosi has sold -- 2,737 copies of her book. She did all of the appearances last week. She did The View, she did Good Morning America, she did a whole bunch of things, and her office is saying, (paraphrasing) "Well, you know, she really wasn't trying to sell the book last week, too much going on. There will be an uptick this week." I'm sure her publisher likes hearing that, that she wasn't trying...