This is a brief description of the topics covered on Rush's program today. The time noted indicates where in the podcast (mp3 file) the topic begins.
Hour 1 - Rush Limbaugh Program
:45 - At a fundraising event last night President Bush finally took the gloves off/Rush gets tired of carrying the water for this administration/MSM most interested in the porn star who attended the event
2:43 - Rush's web site has a Gitmo brochure that includes a picture of a guy on a sailboat/the guy is Senator Kennedy/liberals in Congress make the US appear weak/McCain says that our country's reputation is suffering because of treatment of Gitmo detainees
7:35 - Rich Galen's blog thinks that if Sen. Biden insists on closing Gitmo, we should move the terrorists there to a prison in Delaware/prisoners at a prison in Delaware are not treated real well
10:06 - McCain said on TV that the judicial process should be moved forward/Thomas Friedman in the NY Times got the close Gitmo idea started
13:06 - Friedman in the NY Times today calls for doubling the number of troops in Iraq
16:03 - Caller comments on Sen. Sessions comments that the whole tone of the Gitmo hearings is ridiculous, that it gives aid and comfort to the enemy
20:00 - Bush rips Democrats as nothing but obstructionists/media today has not covered the event/Bush contined with the message and tone the next morning
24:08 - Energy bill is held up by Democrats not wanting to drill for oil in Anwar
27:50 - NY Times did cover the President's speech
28:18 - Ohio primary yesterday: son of Sen. DeWine lost, finished fourth/people of Ohio are fed up with judicial activism and voted against DeWine's son
29:54 - Caller says Rush being unfair to Friedman because he's defended the war in Iraq/Rush says Friedman has been uneven about the war/Rush has noticed a pattern/Rush thinks there's collaboration between politicians and journalists - from both parties
34:15 - Caller says that loss of DeWine's son makes it clear that a McCain candidacy is dead in the water
Hour 2 - Rush Limbaugh Program
:25 - Rush researched Friedman's record on Iraq/in May 2004 he wrote a column saying that the Bush cares more about winning reelection than doing well in Iraq
3:05 - Republicans thinking about raising retirement age to 69/increase in age would be over 20 or more years
5:57 - Gov. Schwarzeneger's speaking out against high property taxes/lawmakers are surrendering to the governor on major issues
10:28 - Caller reminds people that Kerry and others protested Nixon in the 70's when he tried to send more troops to Viet Name/Rush says Kerry et. al. are being consistent because the goal is to remove the President from office/the more troops in Iraq, the more troops at risk
14:24 - Caller says that the President is preaching to the choir, that he needs to get out of the oval office and tell the people
15:49 - LA Times piece asks who should apologize for the filibuster that was employed to stop anti-lynching legislation/the filibuster remains indefensible
20:54 - 1968: Senator Byrd condemning Martin Luther King/Democrats lead the filibuster to stop anti-lynching legislation
22:17 - Caller says that military doesn't have the resources to double the troop numbers/will give Democrats the chance to call for a draft
24:03 - Caller says that a hostage was rescued in Iraq
25:40 - American Muslims of Puget Sound discussed with FBI agents as to how to relate to Muslims/gave them list of what to avoid when with Muslims
28:42 - Reporter called Byrd's spokesman if Byrd had participated in any lynchings/spokesman said he wasn't sure
30:15 - Caller wants to see McCain compare Gitmo to the Hanoi Hilton
34:17 - Sen. Leahy soundbite ridiculing Sen. Duncan's focusing on excellent food served at Gitmo
35:40 - Frist says he'll force a vote on Bolton this week
Hour 3 - Rush Limbaugh Program
1:45 - Democrats want to see more documents re the Bolton nomination/Rush thinks that the gang of 14 deal has emboldened the Democrats to keep the filibuster alive
4:18 - Environmentalists have gotten cave bugs more protections than people in Texas/movement is economically foolish
11:48 - Drive by caller suggests that if kids in NY are hot, we should send them to air conditioned Gitmo
14:24 - Caller wonders why NY didn't let kids out of school earlier in the year when it's cooler/reason is that kids have to attend school a certain number of school in order to qualify for federal money
17:40 - Caller says Club Gitmo is lacking entertainment/people at Club Gitmo don't like fun
19:00 - Caller reports that his Senator compared Gitmo treatment to Pol Pot, etc.
22:50 - A principal asked teachers to reconsider grades of 98 high school students to see if they could get D's instead of failing grades
24:40 - From the American Thinker blog: Rush reads Durbin's statements on the floor of the Senate yesterday/compares treatment of Gitmo prisoners to way Nazi's, Soviets and Pol Pot regimes treated their victims
31:33 - Caller outraged by Durbin's comments and called his office and told him he was a traitor
33:22 - Caller says that there's already entertainment at Gitmo: puppet shows and women
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