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RUSH: Somebody go get me some medicine. My heart rate is so fast here I need to slow it down, I\u2019m so excited. All right so, 200 billion, got to cut all this spending, got to cut the Iraq spending. We\u2019re neglecting our needs here at home. On August 31, 2003, on Meet the Depressed, Tim Russert said to John Kerry, “Do you believe that we need to reduce spending in Iraq, reduce spending that we are now providing for the operations in Iraq?”<\/line>KERRY: No. I think we should increase it.<\/line> <\/line>RUSSERT: Increase <\/emphasize>funding?<\/line> <\/line>RUSSERT: Yes.<\/line> <\/line>VOICE: By how much?<\/line>KERRY: By whatever number of billions of dollars it takes to win. It is critical that the United States of America be successful, Tim.<\/line>RUSH: What\u2019s going on, on August 31st of 2003? Howard Dean is what\u2019s going on, and Howard Dean is out there saying what Kerry is saying today. So Howard Dean: “Yeah, I got to separate myself from Dean.” Why don\u2019t you try telling the truth? What\u2019s your plan! What do you really think, senator? I don\u2019t think we know. I don\u2019t think he <\/emphasize>knows. I really don\u2019t think he knows what he thinks. I don\u2019t think he thinks that matters. Whatever he says today is what\u2019s operative, based on his ability to be nuanced about things, but this is… What would you call this? Today bellyaching about $200 billion we\u2019re spending in Iraq, a year ago saying, “Spend whatever it takes to win.”<\/emphasize> Our final sound bite here before we go back to your phone calls. Here is John Kerry reading from the Michael Moore playbook on the Saudi Royal Family.<\/line>KERRY: — and because of this president\u2019s wrong choices in Iraq, we\u2019re spending $200 billion there instead of investing in making America energy independent. George W. Bush\u2019s energy policy is to trust the big oil companies and the Saudis [sic]. In fact, a national news magazine [no name given] just reported that a senior member of the Saudi royal family said that as far as they\u2019re concerned in the U.S. presidential election, it\u2019s Bush all the way. Well, I want an America that relies on its own ingenuity, on our old intervention, not <\/emphasize>the Saudi Royal Family. (Kerry, April 2004: “Jawbone” OPEC Nations to Lower Oil Prices)<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: (Rim shot) That\u2019s my attempt at doing a snare drum. Say what it is. So here we have a conspiracy theory that is made famous in that idiotic movie by Michael Moore now being popularized by a Democratic presidential candidate. For those of you who were not on the program yesterday, I want to tell you a little story. I had a little fun with a liberal over the weekend. When Clinton was announced as having heart problems, was going into the hospital, and tests revealed severe blockage. By the way, I actually think that he only had three arteries blocked but he went for four because the polls said he\u2019d get 87% sympathy instead of 62%. So the more blockages the more sympathy but that\u2019s neither here nor there. The fact is he had blockages. (snickering) I said to this liberal, I said, “You don\u2019t believe this, do you?” Well, what do you mean? I said, “You don\u2019t believe <\/emphasize>that Clinton reeeally <\/emphasize>has heart problems. He\u2019s not even 60 years old. He\u2019s not overweight. He\u2019s got a very firm jaw line. He\u2019s out there walking around. He\u2019s dating! What do you mean? How could he possibly have heart problems?”<\/line>Well, what are you saying? “I\u2019m saying the whole thing is trumped up! I\u2019m saying there are no heart problems. There is not <\/emphasize>going to be any open heart surgery. This is all being done to sabotage the Kerry campaign.” Oh, you don\u2019t really believe that, do you? I said, “Hell yes I do! You note that he didn\u2019t announce this during the Republican convention. If he\u2019s got blockage, he had it two weeks ago. If he had blockage he had it a month ago. If he had heart pains yesterday, he had heart pains last week. He could easily have done this and stolen all the thunder as far as the media is concerned from Bush\u2019s convention, but no! He waits until the day after and then sabotages Kerry\u2019s attempt to stop the Bush bounce? You don\u2019t think this really is real.” They said: But you mean the doctors are all part of this and the nurses in the hospital and everybody that\u2019s involved in this has to go along with the fact it\u2019s a joke? I said, “Yep. How does it feel?” What do you mean? I said, “Well, isn\u2019t this the same kind of garbage Michael Moore does that you people just lap up? <\/line> Duhhhhhh<\/emphasize> (rim shot) and so here\u2019s Kerry picking up on this same sort of conspiratorial bilge <\/emphasize>about this. I mean, wasn\u2019t it just a year ago or earlier this year that Bush was going to be in league with the Saudi royal family to lower the oil price, to lower the gasoline price so as to win the election? Imagine that! Lower gas prices in America to win the election. Kerry was opposed to it. He said the American people would not stand for lower gas prices. “I didn\u2019t meeeean to say thaaaat.” Well, that\u2019s what it sounded like. But now, where is this conspiracy? Where are all these plummeting gasoline prices because of this close connection Bush has with the Saudis? <\/line>END TRANSCRIPT<\/line><\/p>\n

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