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February 26, 2008 |
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Story #1: Were They Drunk When They Wrote This Headline?
RUSH: Where is this? I had it right here in the stack. Somebody has been tampering with my stacks! Where is the...? Ah. I think I found it. Here it is. You won't believe this, folks. This is a headline at the NewScientist.com News Service. I kid you not. The only question I have is: Were they drunk when they wrote this headline and story? Here's the headline: "Hope Dims That Earth Will Survive Sun's Death -- The future looks bright for the Earth, but not in the way we'd hoped. The slim chance our planet will survive when the Sun begins its death throes has been ruled out. In a few billion years, the Sun will fuse the last of its hydrogen into helium, turn into a red giant and expand to 250 times its current size. At first, the Sun's loss of mass will loosen its gravitational pull on Earth, which will allow the planet to migrate to a wider orbit about 7.6 billion years from now." Some scientists are actually sitting around speculating, curious, whether or not the earth can survive the sun's death! I'm speechless on this. I know what they're talking about. They're talking about when the sun begins to die out, not when the sun has gone dark. I understand that, but, you know, if there are a bunch of scientists wondering about this, how in the world can they also have some scientists in this global warming hoax totally ruling the sun out of being a factor in anything going on?
Story #2: North America Snow Coverage Greatest Since 1966
RUSH: By the way, the National Post in Canada with a great story: "Forget About Global Warming; Welcome to the New Ice Age -- Snow cover over North America, much of Siberia, Mongolia and China, is greater than at any time since 1966."
Story #3: Dodd Endorses Obama; Hobbit Endorses Clinton
RUSH: Chris Dodd has endorsed Obama. Can somebody tell me the last person Chris Dodd endorsed in a presidential campaign? Nope. It wasn't John Kerry. No, it wasn't Jimmy Carter. Dawn, you want to take a stab at this? The last candidate was not Bill Clinton. Brian, take a stab at this, the last candidate endorsed by Chris Dodd. It's not that big a deal. Name was Ned "Lament," who ran on the Democrat ticket for Lieberman's seat in the Senate in 2006. So there's the value of a Chris Dodd endorsement. Also, ladies and gentlemen, Hillary's not left out of this. Hillary got a major endorsement today it is being reported by the Drive-Bys. A hobbit endorsed Hillary today, Samwise Gamgee, otherwise known as Sean Astin, has endorsed Hillary Clinton today.
Story #4: Smoking Gun: "Clintonite" Stabs Obama Supporter
RUSH: I love this headline. This is the headline on the Smoking Gun website: "Clintonite Stabs Obama Supporter." Ha! Clintonite! I love that word. Usually we use Clintonoid. "Clintonite Stabs Obama Supporter." This is a story we had yesterday. This is Pennsylvania. "Jose Antonio Ortiz stabbed his brother-in-law in the stomach after they quarreled about their respective support of Democrat presidential candidates Obama and Hillary."
Story #5: Black Hillary Supporters Get Death Threats?
RUSH: Marc Sheppard in the American Thinker has an intriguing, compelling, provocative story today. "'Black Hillary Supporters May Be Receiving Death Threats.' -- There's mounting evidence that at least some of Obama's faithful intend to see a black American president sworn in next year -- no matter what it takes. Earlier this month, popular black author and talk-show host Tavis Smiley disclosed death threats he'd received from those accusing him of blasphemy against their black prophet. Then, at Saturday's Smiley-hosted State of the Black Union forum, Congressional Black Caucus member Stephanie Tubbs Jones lent credence to Smiley's claim by suggesting that many black elected officials not swearing allegiance to Obama have also been the target of violent threats. While widely ignored by the mainstream media, the implications here are nothing short of momentous. The very prospect of physical intimidation as a means of garnering political compliance from Americans awakens frightening images of the thuggish antics of one William M 'Boss' Tweed in mid-nineteenth century New York." Didn't Chris Matthews call me Boss Tweed? He did.
Anyway, "Having survived the 2000 election debacle without even the threat of bloodshed, would some now have us back on the road to the iniquitous days of Tammany Hall? Not surprisingly, no one in the black community has come forward with specific complaints." Then Sheppard goes on to list what we do know, and it basically is a list of people who claim to have been threatened with violence or their lives because they are not supporting Obama. I think it's pretty brilliant, too, to get this news story out there. I have no clue whether this is true. Tavis Smiley says he got a death threat, and so does Stephanie Tubbs Jones, and there are apparently more than that.
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Story #6: Alaska's Babe Governor on McCain VP List
RUSH: Speaking of vice presidential nominees, a new name has surfaced on the Republican side. She is Sarah Palin. "Sarah Palin  (born as Sarah Louise Heath on February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho) is the current Governor of Alaska. She is the youngest governor in Alaskan history (42 years old upon taking office), as well as the first woman to hold the office in Alaska. In addition to being Alaska's youngest governor, Palin is also the first who was born after Alaska achieved statehood. She is also the first Alaska governor not to be inaugurated in Juneau, instead choosing to hold her inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks. She took office on Monday, December 4, 2006. Her Lieutenant Governor is Sean Parnell. Palin is the former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. Palin's husband, Todd, works on the North Slope and is a commercial fisherman. She also has four children: Bristol, Piper, Track, and Willow." What, Snerdley? Yeah, the kids have strange names, but that's off limits. The names of the kids are: Bristol, Piper, Track, and Willow -- and she's a babe. She's a babe. I mean, you've gotta say it. She's a babe. So her name has surfaced. It's high up on the list, now, of potential vice presidents for Senator McCain.
Story #7: Use Ethanol: Starve People and Feel Good About It
RUSH: We gotta save the planet! The planet's going to burn up, and if people have to starve, well, then tough. Here's the way you need to look at this, folks. Use ethanol. Use it. You can starve people all over the world and feel good about yourself at the same time. It's sort of like the Obama campaign.
Story #8: EIB Southern Command Keeps Power Amid Outage
RUSH: We're getting all kinds of e-mail questions here concerned about whether or not we at the EIB Southern Command still have power. We always have power, ladies and gentlemen, here at the EIB Network. South Florida is experiencing random power outages right now. Four million people from Daytona down to Miami, are without power. The only time we've lost power here -- it even blew up our generators -- is when Martha MacCallum came down here with her Fox crew. Otherwise, we always have power.
Story #9: Democrat Governors Sing McCain's Praises
RUSH: Washington Post today, headline, "Democrat Governors See McCain as Formidable." They cite his life story and his appeal to independents. There are quotes here from Janet Napolitano of Arizona, from Fast Eddie Rendell of Pennsylvania, Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, who is supporting Hillary Clinton, by the way.
Now, why would a bunch of Democrat governors come out and start singing McCain's praises, other than I'm sure they're telling the truth. I'm sure the Democrat governors love McCain, what Democrat wouldn't love McCain? But why do you think they're doing this? Hazard a guess here, Snerdley? Why would they be singing McCain's praises? Why would Democrat governors, "This guy's going to be tough, well, this guy is formidable," could they be angling for the veep? Could they think that McCain might put a Democrat governor on the ticket? Well, who knows? It's an awful strange time in the midst of chaos in the Democrat Party for a bunch of Democrat governors to come out praising McCain. You don't think it's strange? It is strange. I'm telling you, it's strange.
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