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April 22, 2008

Story #1: Zawahiri Echoes Democrat Talking Points -- Again

RUSH: Speaking of global warming, we have another message from terrorist honcho Ayman al-Zawahiri, chief deputy to Osama Bin Laden. "On Tuesday, he denied..." Now, this is a convoluted story. Zawahiri today, "in a new videotape[,] denied a theory that Israel carried out the September 11th attacks and blamed Iran and Shi'ite Hezbollah for spreading the idea that discredit the Sunni al-Qaeda strike against the US."

So, let me translate this for you. Zawahiri and Bin Laden and the rest of these Al-Qaeda guys are happy as hell to take credit for 9/11. Now, there's a rumor out there that Israel carried this attack out. For all I know, Jimmy Carter may be behind that rumor. Regardless, Zawahiri is all bent out of shape now. He's blaming Iran and the Shi'ite Hezbollah for spreading the idea that Israel blew up the World Trade Center in order to discredit Bin Laden. So that's where the whole thing started, and then it gets to this point. "Zawahiri spoke on a wide range of issues, even global warming, which he said reflected how..." -- this is quote -- "'criminal, brutal, and greedy the western crusader world is, with America at the top.' He predicted that global warming would make the world more sympathetic to and understanding of the Muslim jihad against the aggressor America."

Now, isn't that just heartwarming? Isn't that just delightful? The number two to Osama Bin Laden, using Democrat talking points to rip this country to shreds? To justify terrorism and jihad against the United States because we are responsible for global warming? If I were a liberal Democrat, I would be embarrassed that these terrorist idiots are using the same talking points I use on my blog, or my candidates use in their campaign commercials. But then I got to thinking: "No, it doesn't embarrass them because they don't consider Zawahiri and terrorism to be real threats to the country." They think Republicans and people like George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and Halliburton and global warming represent the real threats. But it's apparent to me that what happens is that these terrorist nut jobs monitor US Drive-By Media reports, and they end up parroting whatever the Democrats say. And why not? Because the Democrats rip this country to shreds on a daily basis. So the terrorists naturally think they have willing accomplices; they have a brotherhood with the Democrat Party.

The Democrats, you see, are out there saying: "We are responsible for global warming! It's destroying the world! It's destroying the planet!" In other words, America is dirty, rotten, and evil. That's what the jihadists want the rest of the world to think, too. So all they have to do is wait and see what liberal Democrats say in this country and echo those sentiments -- and, lo and behold, Ayman al-Zawahiri did just that in his latest tape.

Story #2: WWE Stages Hillary vs. Obama Wrestling Match

RUSH: I have to tell you people a story. Last night, I was sitting at my official talk show host and big guy desk in my home library. I did not have the TV on. (I very seldom have a TV on at night unless I'm watching one of the TV shows I like on the broadcast networks, or a movie or something like that.) Then I get an e-mail: "Rush, you gotta turn on the World Wrestling Federation! WWE! You gotta turn it on! Hillary and Obama are in the ring!" I didn't even know what channel it was on, so I did a quick search of the guide. I turned it on, and just as I turned it on, they had two actors in the ring. One was dressed up like Obama with giant ears. It was hilarious! And then they had a woman who pretty much looked like Mrs. Clinton: short and dumpy with a pantsuit. (I don't need to add any of the details.)

Then they had a guy who ran around who looked like Clinton. He did Clinton impersonations; he was there as Hillary's manager. Ha! So the referee starts. Obama's in a suit with a white shirt and a red tie, and Hillary is in her blue pantsuit with a scarf. The referee goes over to Obama's corner, making sure there are no foreign objects in the suit and so forth, and when he gets up to Obama's head and starts checking Obama's giant ears, Obama shoos him away and says: "Don't you do that! Don't you do that! I'm very sensitive about my ears." Then the referee goes over to Hillary and starts trying to do the same thing: Make sure she doesn't have any foreign objects in her clothes. So she's resisting this, she doesn't want any part of this, and Bill Clinton, from outside the ring, says to the ref: "I'm telling you, you leave her alone! She hasn't been touched by a man in years, and you're not going to be the first!"

I was laughing myself silly! "She hasn't been touched by a man in years..." Ha, ha! Apparently all three candidates, McCain and Hillary and Obama, taped campaign appeals to the WWE audience on videotape and they ran those. Then when it came time to have this fake match in the ring, they totally made fun of Obama and Hillary in every stereotypical caricature way you could have. They were body slamming each other... Obama was about to win; Hillary was on her back, knocked out from a body slam or some such thing, and Obama moved to get one final lunge in. Then Bill Clinton grabs his foot from outside the ring and trips him. Obama falls on his face and knocks himself out, and Clinton's running around the ring: "That wasn't me! I didn't do anything!" The crowd was just yukking it up, and the announcers were playing along as though it were real: "Gee, I hope this doesn't happen to these two in Pennsylvania tomorrow in the ring." It was great.

Story #3: Justice Department Monitoring Election in Philly

RUSH: As another example of Operation Chaos: "The US Justice Department says it will monitor voting in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania's presidential primary election Tuesday. The federal monitors will be deployed to try to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws, the Justice Department said in a news release Monday. The monitoring arises from an April 2007 agreement with the city that settled allegations Philadelphia had violated the Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration Act[.]" Now, when you hear the Voting Rights Act... Well, let me ask you, Mr. Snerdley, our Official Obama Criticizer. What do you think, when you hear the Voting Rights Act, and the Justice Department monitoring an election? That's right. That means that in the city of Philadelphia, according to the Justice Department, minorities are being disenfranchised.

Of course, what's interesting about this to me is that Philadelphia is a city with an African mayor. It is a city that is predominantly blue in terms of the Democrats that have run it for the longest time. I am literally stunned! As a US American, I am stunned that a city like Philadelphia, run by Democrats, with a black mayor, could possibly discriminate against blacks. Why, I thought only evil Republicans did that! But the mayor there does support Hillary, as does the governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia, "Fast Eddie" Rendell. So "a civil rights division attorney general is coordinating the monitoring and maintaining contact with local election officials. Among other requirements, Philadelphia is obligated to provide all election information, ballots, and voting assistance information in Spanish. Such monitoring, they say at the Justice Department is fairly common. More than 1,500 observers and other personnel watching 119 elections in 24 states in 2006." I wonder how many of those elections they monitored were in blue states?

Yes, Mr. Snerdley? Yes, that's right. The former mayor of Philly, Willie Wilson Goode, did bomb an African-American neighborhood to rout its criminal element. I forget the year, but the city had just descended into utter chaos. So yes: Democrat, African-American mayor blew up a black neighborhood in Philadelphia once.

Story #4: Barry Ducks Debate, Concentrates on Eating Waffle

RUSH: I mentioned earlier that Barack Obama has canceled -- well, that's not how they're phrasing this -- a debate between himself and Mrs. Clinton in North Carolina. The debate was scheduled for April 27th, five days from today, but it has been "canceled." It was to have been moderated by CBS News' Katie Couric. (By the way, the latest ratings for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric? They've now reached their lowest viewership in history. They've never had a smaller audience for the CBS Evening News than they have now.)

Hillary had agreed to it, but Obama had not, and state Democrats in North Carolina finally gave up negotiating yesterday. They sent out a letter saying they no longer had time to deal with the logistical issues associated with such a large event, which was pure pap. The real reason for the party's pullout could be found in this statement: "There were also growing concerns about what another debate would do to party unity." They were concerned about what another debate would do to party unity? That's a pure cover! Obama did dismally in the last debate and didn't want to do another one -- because he knows the same kind of questions are going to be asked since he had so much trouble answering them the last time. He's not even talking to the press anymore!

In fact, have you heard about the incident at the diner, where a couple reporters came up and asked him what he thought of Jimmy Carter's mission to talk to Hamas? He said, "Why can't I just eat my waffle?" -- once again showing an immaturity and a temperament unsuited to the office.

"Senator, you haven't talked to us. You haven't had any press conferences. You're not going to do this debate. We just want to know what you think of Jimmy Carter."

"I've answered that question eight times!"

"Yeah, but you haven't answered it, Senator."

The Clinton campaign was quick to express its disappointment that there wouldn't be a debate. They issued a statement that said, "It is becoming clear Senator Obama simply does not believe that North Carolinians deserve the opportunity to hear directly from the candidates." The bottom line is everybody who's paying attention to this now understands -- or thinks -- that he's just chickening out.

Story #5: Drive-Bys Transfer Racism, Bigotry to Republicans

RUSH: All right, ladies and gentlemen. You and I all know that the Uncivil War in this political campaign is exclusively on the Democrat Party side; that race and bigotry, prejudice and discrimination are all found in the Democrat Party. I now take you to a piece in The Politico today by Roger Simon. "I was talking the other day to a prominent Republican who asked me what I thought John McCain's strongest issues would be in the general election. Lower taxes and the argument he will be better able to protect America from its enemies," said Roger Simon. "Republicans have a pretty good track record with those two. The Republican shook his head. 'You're missing the most important one,' he said. 'Race. McCain runs against Barack Obama and the race vote is worth maybe 15 percent to McCain.' The man I was talking to is not a racist; he was just stating what he believes to be a fact: There is a percentage of the American electorate who will simply not vote for a black person no matter what his qualities or qualifications. How big is that percentage? An AP-Yahoo poll conducted April 2-14 found that 'about 8 percent of whites would be uncomfortable voting for a black for president.' I don't know if 8 percent sounds high or low to you, but I was amazed that 8 percent of respondents were willing to admit this to a pollster. And I figure that the true figure is much higher."

Now, this is an effort by the Drive-By Media to shift the whole concept of racism and bigotry to the Republican Party. And, of course, Simon has to qualify it: "He's not a racist! This Republican is not a racist!" I mean, the race vote is worth 15%? That's not even the way to put it: "the race vote". I think in this case, if I may disagree with the Republican, I think once Obama gets tagged as incompetent, inexperienced, and wimpy -- once his liberalism is fully explained -- that's going to be the primary reason people aren't going to vote for him. I wonder what the percentage of people in this country who would never vote for a woman is? I wonder what percentage of women would never vote for a woman, if the woman happens to be Hillary Clinton?

In fact, look at this Democrat primary -- look at this campaign -- and give me two differences between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, because that's all there are. It's race and gender, folks. They're the only things that are different about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Race and gender. My point is race and gender, as issues, are on the Democrat side. So here comes The Politico, trying to shift all this to some nameless Republican commenting on what McCain's strong suit is. How many other people out there, other liberals, are saying, "Democrats don't have a prayer if they don't get some white person on the ticket. They've gotta get a white guy on the ticket"? Whether it's racism or whatever it is, election returns are what they are historically. And the only two things that separate Obama and Hillary are race and gender.

Now, I can hear some of you saying, "Wrong, Rush. One of them is a b-i-itch." Well, true -- and one of them seems like a nice guy. True. "Seems." But I think they're both livid, they're both angry at different things. Besides, here is the real question: How many blacks, how many minorities will not vote for a white candidate? And guess what else is happening in the primaries? Many more whites are voting for Obama than they are voting for Hillary, but not that many blacks are voting for Hillary. Nice try, Politico. We're on to you.

Story #6: Mississippi Dems Run Conservative in House Race

RUSH: From the New York Times today: "In a Red State, a Blue Dog has Republicans Worried." This story, I can't tell you how this just ticks me off. The Democrats in Mississippi are going to run a conservative in order to grab a House seat. "[T]he Republicans' hold is being unexpectedly tested by a self-described 'Mississippi Democrat,' a gregarious local courthouse official whose positions on social issues... are indistinguishable from those of the other [guy]. Democrats are hoping to add the candidate, Travis Childers, 50, to the raft of conservative 'Blue Dog' Democrats elected in the 2006 midterm elections[.]" This is what ticks me off: The Democrats are running out and running conservatives in order to win elections, and we are out there trying to find Rockefeller Republicans, moderates and independents to lose elections!

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