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Some of the topics we're loaded with today:
Gingrich vs. Pelosi || Romney on Offense || Blasts in Kabul

Another one! Seasoned citizen Lenore Zimmerman told AP she was strip-searched at Kennedy Airport. The 85-year-old woman, traveling to Fort Lauderdale, asked TSA employees if she could skip the body scanner due to worries it would interfere with her defibrillator.

RUSH: It's like clockwork. It's becoming predictable. I don't care who it is, a Republican presidential candidate breaks out of the pack, gets close to Romney -- or even surpasses Romney in polling data in certain states -- and the Republican establishment goes after him.

RUSH: The Occupy Wall Street movement was a creation of the regime's, because Romney is perceived as Wall Street. They want Romney.

RUSH: This outfit that Clinton was the head of was getting 50 grand a month on a retainer from Corzine, because Corzine said he wanted access to Clinton's political "family." That's sort of like saying you want to be in with the Gambino bunch or the Lucchese mob.

RUSH: The left is constantly out there trying to convince people that every big industry and corporation in America is trying to kill its customers. Big Oil is trying to pollute the world and destroy it. Every outfit out there is trying to pollute the water and the air, and the Republicans like dirty water and dirty air and so forth. And now isn't it ironic? We finally have a corporation that's trying to kill its customers, there's no outrage about it.

CALLER: Well, I'm not saying that I'm confused. I'm wondering if you're confused...

RUSH: Conventional wisdom is groupthink. In other words, the Democrats, the Drive-Bys, Republican "insiders" will not admit that anybody can beat Obama.

RUSH: Ron Paul blames America for 9/11. That's not what the Tea Party thinks.

 RUSH: It's not just Newt. I mean, every Republican's gone over there to Trump Tower to kiss the ring. Every one of them has.

RUSH: Here we've got the absolute worst president in our lifetime and the Republican National Committee apparently has just had a conference call where they've told people, "Don't say that!" Obama IS his policies! They are inseparable!

RUSH: Think of me as a solid, mature oak tree that stands even after all of these hurricanes have come and gone. A lot of other people are wishy-washy little sprigs, get blown about with the public winds.