RUSH: We have a couple sound bites here from President Obama, who's out there at the town hall at AARP headquarters. By the way, Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, Washington, when she introduced the show, she actually said Obama was appearing before a willing audience. A willing audience! (laughing) That's an interesting way to describe a bunch of people that have been picked and chosen and screened: "a willing audience." As opposed to people who don't want anything to do with this. So we have these...

RUSH: This is George in Columbus, Ohio. You're next, sir, on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hey dittos, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: I love your show.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: I called because I saw CNN the other day and in the --RUSH: Wait a minute whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's a total waste of time. I am stunned to hear somebody in this audience, other than for research purposes, was watching CNN.CALLER: It was to see Eric Cantor.RUSH: Oh, you wanted to see Eric Cantor.CALLER:...

RUSH: The Democrats have come up with a way here that we might seriously make a dent in the annual budget deficit. "The Senate Finance Committee has discussed imposing a 10 percent excise tax on cosmetic surgery deemed unnecessary for medical purposes." We could lop off who knows how much money just off Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi alone. And John Kerry, The Lurch, good grief. Now, it's a 10% excise tax on cosmetic surgery deemed unnecessary for medical purposes. Well, now, wait a minute, unnecessary...

RUSH: Back in November of 2004, Obama was on the radio -- and he had a discussion with the insane, lunatic host about the whole process of legislation.OBAMA: When you rush these budgets that are a foot high and nobody has any idea what's in them and nobody's read 'em.INSANE, LUNATIC HOST: Fourteen pounds, it was!OBAMA: Yeah. Uh, and it gets rushed through without any clear deliberation or debate, uh, then these kinds of things happen, and I think that this is -- is in some ways what happened...

RUSH: Now, they need a demon. There's a story in the stack here today on the health care bill and the Democrats in Congress need a demon, they need a villain but there aren't any Republican villains. And Bush is gone, and Cheney is gone, and Scooter Libby is gone and Karl Rove is gone, they don't have any villains. The villains in the House on the health care bill are the so-called Blue Dog Democrats. They can't get anything done without a villain. Everything that they do has a demon or villain...

RUSH: By the way, CNN, you wizards over there, consumer confidence plummeted this month. Your report on the rebounding economy yesterday didn't have much influence out there with people who are living in it. "A private research group says Americans' mood darkened further in July as worries about job security offset any enthusiasm about the resumed stock market rally that has helped bolster retirement accounts." Who wrote this? Oh, yeah. State-Run AP. Helped bolster retirement accounts. Retirement...

RUSH: Looks like President Obama's now going to have to invite a black female cop, who says she won't vote for him now, over for champagne with Gates and Crowley on Thursday. They're going to get beer, but this cop, maybe they'll make her a czar of something. (interruption) You don't know what this is about? Oh, let's go right to the audiotape. This is last Saturday night, CNN's Newsroom, the anchor Don Lemon interviewing Cambridge police officer Kelly King. Now, you have to just love this....

Rush's Morning Update: HydraJuly 29, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Those who studied mythology recall Hercules' war with the nine-headed hydra. When Hercules smashed one head,two more popped out. One head was immortal;it had to be severed and buried under a boulder before the battle was won.The modern hydra is being battled in Congress. Yet another health care "reform" plan is popping out,this one from the Senate Finance...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Remember when smoking was the big demon? Or Republicans, or greedy corporations, or Big Oil? Now it's obesity, chubbies, fatties.""Obama, you spent 150 days working in the Senate. You organized riots and communities and stuff in Chicago. And you're now going to run the medical business and appoint people to determine how well doctors are doing their jobs? Play that sound bite again!""We all hear about how smart Obama is, but he's...