RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen... (sigh) This is just indescribable. It's unbelievably hysterical. The sad thing is that the mayor of New York is dead serious about this. Last night in Las Vegas.BLOOMBERG: The blackout that hit New York and the Northeast five years ago was a wake-up call that it was time for us to change course, and fast. Some evidence shows that wind farms located far off our shores could meet up to 10% of our city's electricity needs within a decade. So when it takes to producing...

RUSH: A couple sound bites here from yesterday. Monday on the Fox News Channel's Happening Now show with Jon Scott, they talked to the cofounder of Recreate '68, the militant protest group planning to gear up for action in Denver next week, the cofounder Glenn Spagnuolo. He was asked this question. "You've seen some pictures of what this holding cell looks like, and you're not too happy about it, eh?"SPAGNUOLO: No, we're not, Jon. We went and saw this holding facility, and right now it really...

RUSH: Vladimir Putin just said that Russia's response to our defensive missile shield in Poland will go beyond diplomacy. Vladimir Putin said, "You put those missiles in there, and I'm going to do something other than talk." Now, this, ladies and gentlemen, is a moment of truth. Imagine President Obama versus President McCain. You just signed a deal with the Polish to put an Interceptor base with ten Interceptor missiles in Poland to protect them against attacks from people like the Russians....

RUSH: An AP story: "Flag Lover or America Blamer? Questions About Patriotism Often Dog Democratic Candidates." This is a story much akin to Obama going to the VFW and saying, "By the way, I love my country. I do." Obama telling McCain, "You call me a patriot." (laughing) "The political landscape is littered with Democrats whose campaigns have been hurt by questions about their patriotism. Barack Obama wants to avoid the same fate. Critics have questioned Obama's patriotism for months, whispering...

RUSH: Dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut. Trumpet fanfare. It's time for an update. (playing of homeless update theme song) Clarence "Frogman" Henry. I take the job. I take the job. This, of course, from the Grooveyard of Forgotten Favorites, our official homeless update theme. Here is Clarence as a frog. (continued playing of song) Ain't Got No Home, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, that's from 1956, and from Channel 4 Denver: "The City of Denver has been working to make sure everything is in tip-top...

RUSH: Lorraine X joins us, ladies and gentlemen, from San Diego. Hi, Lorraine X, nice to have you back.CALLER: Thank you, Rush. Listen. Hear me out today. Let me tell you something. I am tired of that wrinkly old man who made all those outrageous claims at the Saddleback Forum the other night and no one in the right wing Fox media --RUSH: Hang on a minute.CALLER: -- is calling him on it.RUSH: Lorraine, hang on a minute. What outrageous claims? He didn't make any outrageous claims.CALLER:...

RUSH: Ladies, the Drive-Bys went nuts yesterday when they got wind of my analysis of what would happen to the Republican Party and the conservative movement if McCain chose either Lieberman or Ridge. I mean, they went nuts out there. On all these cable shows, Good Morning America, they just went nuts, and they got funny. It's hilarious. Here is a montage with the Drive-Bys buzzing over my warning to McCain.WOLF BLITZER: Rush Limbaugh making it clear he would not be very happy if a Tom Ridge...

RUSH: Last night, Greenville, Delaware. This is Joe Biden speaking to reporters outside his home.BIDEN: I'm not the guy.REPORTER: Do you know for sure?RUSH: Joe Biden last night: "I'm not the guy." Then a couple hours later he says he didn't mean that.BIDEN: I promise, I don't know anything. I have no idea. I have spoken to no one.REPORTER: Have you spoken with the campaign at all?BIDEN: (crosstalk) I have not spoke --REPORTER: You said, "It's not me."BIDEN: I have not spoke with anyone....

RUSH: I know Obama is not responsible for his brother. We all have oddballs in our families. We do, but they're our family. There's something here, even though this guy is living in a hut, long lost brother found in Kenya by Vanity Fair of all places, imagine they beat the National Enquirer to this story, but what is it, Obama's favorite biblical passage, "Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, you do to me." And Obama's a big believer in the redistribution of wealth. And there's one...

RUSH: Let's go to the audio sound bites first, the story that just won't go away. Last night on ABC's World News Tonight, reporter Neal Karlinsky reporting on the troubles of children going back to school.KARLINSKY: Along historic Route 66 in Kingman, Arizona, we found a close-knit community strapped by high food and gas prices and struggling to get their kids ready to go back to school. BACA: We're definitely having to just buy the bare minimum this year.KARLINSKY: Really, the bare minimum?BACA:...

RUSH: Folks, it is panic time in the Democrat Party and with the Drive-By Media. They are in full-fledged panic mode. McCain is up by six points in one poll. The Messiah and McCain are tied in every other poll. The LA Times/Bloomberg poll that I previewed yesterday indicates that The Messiah is not attracting new voters. By the way, Obama's long-lost brother has been found, living in a shantytown hut in Kenya, proud to say he's living on less than a dollar a day over there. I guess Vanity...

Rush's Morning Update: Real PeopleAugust 21, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Aside from all the usual Democrat party hacks who are lined up to try to dupe America at their convention next week in Denver, Democrats have reserved prime-time spots for what they're calling "real people."The convention organizers hope these "real people" will counter the image of Obama as an out-of-touch celebrity elitist...as he delivers his...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"If you don't like barbecue, you're not one of us." "The left cannot accept the fact that Obama is dropping in the polls because of his radical views, because of his screw-ups, because of that ill-fated trip to Europe. No, no, no; can't be any of that because he's the perfect candidate! Blessed by God are we to have Obama in our midst (so says Nancy Pelosi)!""I also have a little bit of a desire for Obama to choose Evan Bayh as...