Some background. Democrats are calling their big confab “the People’s Convention” a title Chairman Mao woulda loved. They promised their dupes -- er, donors -- that “the People’s Convention” will be the most transparent and accessible convention in history.

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RUSH: Probably the most disturbing part of the Pew study is this:  Sixty-three percent of the general public, including 67% of the middle class, think that people who want to get ahead can make it if they're willing to work hard.  Only 63% -- in the United States of America.

RUSH: We have the first polling data out from Missouri. It's a Rasmussen poll, and it isn't good.

RUSH: It is gonna be the Democrat Party's 30-year-old playbook every night at their convention.

RUSH: I cannot sit here and listen to this without practically exploding. Anyway, before I explode, we have put together our own ad. We've put together our own version of Clinton and this ad interspersed with what Clinton really thinks.

RUSH:  The American people, as you and I have known them to be anyway, are resilient, and we can overcome whatever obstacles are put in our way.  What we can't overcome is a country made up of losers, morons and takers that would elect a guy like Obama.  

RUSH:  That's an amazing admission. I don't recall incumbent presidents acknowledging their opposition in such fashion.

RUSH: "Stop Snitchin'" is the name of the DVD, and it shows drug dealers talking about the terrible things that happen to people who cooperate with the police.

RUSH: We still have people in our media, in our party, who are obsessed that the liberals not think of them as they think of all conservatives.  It grates on me.  It bothers me. I know it's hard, 'cause everybody wants to be loved and everybody wants to be respected and everybody wants to be highly thought of.  So any time a massive bunch of criticism hits, most people wilt 'cause they don't know how to deal with it.

RUSH: This does not surprise me. You know me. I haven't held back. I don't have any scientific basis for my belief; just my gut.