RUSH: This is Karen in Mahwah, New Jersey. It's nice to have you on the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush, how are you?RUSH: Fine. Thank you.CALLER: Mega dittos from an oil lover. I wanted to speak to you because I signed this Drill Here, Drill Now, back in May. There was about 11,000 signatures on it at the time.RUSH: Yes?CALLER: Now there's 85% of Americans want to drill for oil. What I don't understand is why is this lobbying going back between the Democrats and the Republicans? Why aren't...

RUSH: The Democrats are very, very worried over the lack of Obama's dominance in the polls. In fact, The Politico has this story, apparently this Jerome Corsi book that's been opening at number one on the New York Times list, the anti-Obama book, and they put John Kerry on the Swift Boat team now to rebut these attacks, because they said Kerry didn't do it fast enough, Obama is not doing it fast enough, they're not going to sit by and let happen to Obama what happened to John Kerry. This whole...

RUSH: Steve in Middleburg, Virginia, you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thanks for taking my call.RUSH: Yes.CALLER: And I'd skip work for you, too. The thing I wanted to ask on a lighter note, it's about the Chinese girls getting switched, you know, at the Olympics.RUSH: Yeah. They got rid of the bucktoothed babe that actually sang the song, the hymn to the motherland, and they replaced her with this really cute little girl with pigtails that lip-synced. Yes. It's...

RUSH: We have a 14-year-old young man named Matt from Falls Church, Virginia, on the phone. Welcome, young man. Nice to have you here with us.CALLER: Hey, sir, you're a great American.RUSH: Thank you very much.CALLER: I just wanted to say about Nancy Pelosi and all these Democrats just worried about the environment, global warming, and where I stand on global warming is, if someone gave me solid proof that global warming was caused by humans, I would believe it. But there's no solid proof...

RUSH: Queen Bee Syndrome has struck again. This is yesterday, San Francisco, on the radio. The host out there, Ronn Owens on KGO, talking to Nancy Pelosi said, "Will you agree with the statement that there have been people who have lost primaries who have been more gracious than Hillary Clinton?"PELOSI: I think Hillary Clinton has been very gracious. I think some of her supporters have been less than gracious.RUSH: Oh! Nancy Pelosi ripping into Hillary's supporters. Let me tell you what this...

RUSH: Drive-By Media, Russia and Georgia, perhaps the most idiotic, stupid question yet was asked by CNN info babe Suzanne Malveaux. Last night, The Situation Room, she was talking with the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili.MALVEAUX: Have you reached out to them? Do you feel there's any room for negotiation or at least to begin a dialogue or discussions?SAAKASHVILI: Well, we did our best. So far we've done -- we've done our best but so far the only thing we've been getting from that is...

RUSH: I want to spend a little time here, just a brief moment, on the Breck Girl. This is a story, ladies and gentlemen, not going away. People ask me, "Rush, it's over. What's the big deal? Why stick with Edwards?" This is a multilayered story, and to illustrate this, I am holding in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers (shuffling paper) a printed copy of an article by the illustrious Walter Shapiro writing at Salon.com. Walter Shapiro is a Drive-Byer, and he used to write for USA Today. "After...

RUSH: Well, let's move on to politics, folks. I teased this at the conclusion of the previous hour. The Atlantic Monthly blog by Marc Ambinder reporting that Hillary Clinton's name will likely be placed in nomination at the convention. This is already the Clinton convention. They got two nights of it. Hillary's got Tuesday night, Bill's got Wednesday night. Edwards is nowhere to be found. Oh, and there is some juicy stuff on that coming up today. This story is not going away. Now, what...

RUSH: Now, sticking on the subject of oil, can I now discuss the war between Russia and Georgia? I can, because it is my show. As I said earlier this week, this war between Russia and Georgia is about many things. At the top of the list is oil. This is a war for oil. Have I got your attention? Let me explain it to you. Charles Krauthammer writes about it very well today in a column that I have from the National Review website. He describes what Russia is trying to do as the Finlandization...

RUSH: Last night on the Fox News Channel's Special Report, correspondent James Rosen interviewed South Carolina Senator Lindsey Grahamnesty, and Grahamnesty said this about the Gang of Ten.GRAHAM: If your goal is to come back in and embarrass Democrats and not solve the energy prices, you're missing the point. America will not tolerate either party ignoring this issue. It doesn't increase taxes by one dime. It's an incentive. And what I think would be good public policy is to give incentives...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, my computer IT guy, Scott Schaefer, sent me an e-mail note about 7:59 last night, said, "You gotta turn on the History Channel because they're doing one of their Modern Marvels series," and it was a show devoted to everything that we get from oil and how it is made. I watched this thing last night and I was mesmerized. In a broad base, I knew it all, but to see it spelled out and to see how the refining process takes place, to see all of the ancillary products -- for...

Rush's Morning Update: More WoeAugust 15, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer I recently reported the disturbing news that American children face a bleak school year – because their selfish parents have chosen to buy gas and household goods … instead of new back-to-school clothing. I had hoped that my shining the light on this tragedy would inspire parents to reconsider – and put their children first.Sadly,...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"The market hasn't found anything that is anywhere close to replacing or even supplementing oil.""Russian troops are peacekeepers? Fine, let the raping of the women and children begin, then! That's what UN peacekeepers do in Africa.""Obama's running two campaigns. He's running a postracial campaign and a racial campaign, and he goes to either one whenever he thinks it's necessary.""There's so much that is derived from a single...

Story #1: Krauthammer's Cards to Play Against Russia RUSH: Can I now discuss the war between Russia and Georgia? I can, because it is my show. As I said earlier this week, this war between Russia and Georgia is about many things. At the top of the list is oil. This is a war for oil. Have I got your attention? Let me explain it to you. Charles Krauthammer writes about it very well today in a column that I have from the National Review website. He describes what Russia is trying to do as...