An effort has been made to compile groups of “Blast” e-mails in packets < 2 megs; the first such upload encompassing the initial “Thoughts” [I-XVII] can be searched for key-words. After having covered selected domestic, PA, and international issues, extensive info is provided by Jim Geraghty [focused on BHO] and Charlie Shipp [focused on Rush].

In miscellaneous domestic news, Ferguson Protests Organized by Left-Wing Groups [although it seems the part-time, non-sequestered grand-jury won’t issue a report until after the midterms] and Chicago Violence, as usual, Killed Two and Wounded Eight. MSNBC is Falling Behind CNN in Ratings Race and, thus, MSNBC is Looking to Cancel the Ronan Farrow Show [which was initiated less than a year ago, notwithstanding his being the son of actress Mia Farrow and either filmmaker Woody Allen or Frank Sinatra].

Regarding discourse on PoliticsPA, in the process of discussing the gubernatorial debate, I covered fracking [refuted were claims regarding Bromides and radium], education-funding [refuted were claims regarding budgetary manipulation and cut-backs], ethics [demonstrating Corbett has been squeaky-clean, notwithstanding tangential allegations to the contrary], and taxes [showing the Dems haven’t provided numbers to corroborate their claims]. I also noted, “The major issue is the power of unions to stop Corbett from achieving pension-reform [as well as state-store privatization and paycheck-protection]; this arose in myriad fashions throughout, eschewed by Wolf and emphasized by Corbett.” Also, in the process of discussing and polling, I covered AG-Holder’s two scandals [deceit regarding Fast & Furious about which AG-Holder lied and James Rosen whose wiretapping affidavit was signed by AG-Holder], while decrying the typical-Dem ploy of having claimed “racism” had motivated attacks on AG-Holder [and BHO, by extension]. I’m awaiting the latest reaction by “DD” as multiple contradictions have been elucidated. {Also, it was advised that an open-letter-to-patrick-henderson be scrutinized.}

Regarding Ebola [as O’Reilly just devoted two segments again to the topic], the CDC boss laid-out new steps to counter Ebola exposure; yet Officials Haven't Tested Whether Coughing/Sneezing Can Spread Ebola and some feel Ebola is 'Primed' to Go Airborne. Clearly, CDC Protocols Leave Health Care Workers Vulnerable to Ebola and it seems foolhardy to plan to dispatch teams to community hospitals that may have such patients when it is possible to ask that they instead be grouped in tertiary centers. Even MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said the US Gov't Ebola Response 'Reminds' Him of ObamaCare Rollout.

Regarding Anti-Zionism, after the UK Parliament Voted to Recognize State of Palestine in Non-Binding, Anti-Israel Supporters' Motion, Israel Said UK Palestine Vote Undermined Peace Prospects; during the debate, Sir Richard Ottaway MP abandoned his long-standing commitment to the State of Israel, and claimed that, due to a few months of frustration amongst years of support for the country, he wouldn't be voting against the recognition of a Palestinian state. Also, Tory MP Andrew Bridgen Launched an Anti-Semitic Attack at 'Jewish Lobby' and, when this Tory MP was Accused of Anti-Semitism, Blamed U.S. Politicians for 'Jewish Lobby' Smear. Illustrating the atmospherics [and ignorance] surrounding these events, the NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS even REJECTED an ANTI-ISIS MOTION AS 'ISLAMOPHOBIC.' Finally, the question was raised as to whether the Westminster Parliament Vote on the Palestine State Resolution was a “Hollow Victory.”

Anti-Semitism persists globally [Imam Calls Jews 'Pigs and Apes' in Danish Mosque Rant] and in America [Mob swarmed kosher deli in Brooklyn...Vandals screamed anti-Semitic slurs , Swastikas were drawn outside YALE dorm, and Swastika was chemically burned on lawn in Ohio].

Here are views of Richard Baehr [not online]; he decried the fact that Iran is slipping from the news [which quoted a Tweet that was reminiscent of Reagan’s famous query during his debate with Carter regarding whether the electorate feels “better-off” in ’80 when compared with ’76: "Are we more likely to be beheaded [the the Islamic State] or be infected [by Ebola] than we were 6 years ago??"]

He claimed “one of the nastiest pieces of work on the left is a man with no humility but lots of scorn for those who do not share his views, former Enron advisor Paul Krugman. Three times I forced Krugman to issue corrections on just one of his columns ten years back on how Bush allegedly stole the 2000 election in Florida. As usual, Krugman did not know what he was talking about, but gave ground very grudgingly when faced with the facts until he finally capitulated (perhaps under pressure from the paper's ombudsman, who detested him). There are facts in the world and there are opinions. For Krugman they are one and the same. Princeton University has become a better place since he decamped at CCNY. Now both that university and the New York Times can pay him for recycling his bile in columns and articles and blogs. One good thing however- the Krugman genes appear not to have been passed on to any children. Scientists now will have to work harder to find the gene for obnoxiousness. Two other views on the ‘great man’ were provided by Cliff Asness and Bret Stephens.”

In conjunction with this observation, he reprinted his 2004 article detailing what happened in Florida in 2000, prompting me to send him an e-mail [to which he rapidly replied] explaining why I concluded, legally, that the butterfly-ballots in Miami should have been counted and, thus, why Gore should have been elected; private renditions are available, upon request.

He also cited “Ed Lasky on how Obama's jayvee team treats Americans as if they were all children. A recent report evaluated the language Obama uses in speeches and press conferences and fundraisers. Overall, the vocabulary was aimed lower than for any other President who has been studied for this. But of course, the problem can't be Obama, since he is supposedly so brilliant. So it must mean the Administration thinks Americans are idiots.”

He noted that Camille Paglia unloaded on Obama and the Democrats and that a professor at Fordham College who challenged the BDS movement was accused of violating Title 9 rules.

Finally, he praised a new institute in Jerusalem that has been awarded $2.2 million to help Christians and Jews study Jewish texts.

Regarding miscellaneous foreign-policy concerns, the Kremlin Seeks to Silence Prominent Human Rights Group by Having Them 'Liquidated'; also, the Bosnia-Herzegovina President said Time is now for US to engage with my country and Catalonia Canceled Independence Vote.

Here is a sampling of recent NRO’s generic articles:

Thomas Sowell - The Left’s Central DelusionJonah Goldberg - Culture Wars All the Way DownDennis Prager - It’s All about the PartyJonah Goldberg - So What Was The Point of Obamacare Again?Thomas Sowell - Obama and the Art of PhoninessGeorge Will - When Obama Goes RogueVictor Davis Hanson - Obama’s Ideal Revolution

BHO is increasingly being slammed [Disapproval of Obama in San Diego Poll Reflects National Mood] and HuffPo's Perennial Obama cheerleader, Howard Fineman, Reluctantly Slammed 'Confused' Obama after having released a comprehensive breakdown of his disappointments with his shining star, calling him ineffective, confused, and bumbling; he had once glossed over Obama’s troubles in implementing Obamacare by comparing him to both Superman and Sisyphus. Dems are also increasingly being slammed [Jon Stewart Slams Dems for Fundraising Hypocrisy and Email Barrages], as R-policies appear to be preferred [Voters Trust GOP More on Immigration; 12-Pt Swing after Breitbart Texas Report on Warehoused Illegals and Dems Have Lost the Edge on Economy and Foreign Policy]; compounding this problem are BHO’s actions towards Illegals [Obama Allowing Illegals to Go Home Then Get Right Back Into the US] and his proclivity to $-raise privately [ABC News: President Obama Has Been to Zero Campaign Events This Cycle].

Regarding POTUS-’16 among R’s, TED CRUZ POSED A QUESTION FOR ALL GOP PRIMARY VOTERS, 'WHO IS STANDING UP AND LEADING?' and, surprisingly, Karl Rove's Crossroads is 'Unlikely' to Play in 2016 GOP Pres. Primary; the eternal search for an establishment-GOP candidate appears to be hanging [Jeb Bush: GOP Must Work with Dems on Amnesty if Republicans Control Congress and Ann Romney: Mitt and I Are 'Done' with the Presidency]. Surprisingly, Perry is Traveling Europe During Texas Ebola Crisis.

The real clear politics update of the 2014 midterm senate races just flipped New Hampshire to toss-up status [from lean-Dem], probably because the latest poll shows Brown ahead by 1%; desperation may be setting-in as a result [NH Sen. Shaheen Ad: Scott Brown 'Forces' Women to View Photos of Unborn Babies before Abortion]. In general, Hotline's Senate Race Rankings suggest Republicans are on the Brink of flipping the chamber; more specifically, surprisingly, the weak opinion of Conservative judge Posner [whom I met @ a Federalist Foundation event in Philly, a few years ago] regarding Voter ID Relied on New York Times Articles [reflecting ongoing strife].

Healthy trends are reflected in state-by-state updates: Arkansas [Cotton Ad Highlighted ISIS Ahead of Debate and Cotton Hammered Pryor as Obama 'Rubber Stamp' and Pryor Defended Vote for Obamacare, Attacked Iraq Vet's 'Ambition' and Mark Pryor Accused Iraq War Vet Tom Cotton of Feeling 'Entitled' to Arkansas Senate Seat], Kentucky [Dems pull ads in Kentucky and Grimes Again Refused to Say If She Voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 and ABC’S JON KARL MOCKED GRIMES' DEBATE ANSWER ON OBAMA VOTE], Iowa [IOWA LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE DIED IN PLANE CRASH], Louisiana [Sarah Palin claimed Col. Rob Maness Must Win Senate Race against Cassidy and Landrieu], Michigan [In Attempt to Disprove Story Showing He Fabricated Military Record, Gary Peters Gave Documents to Daily Beast Proving He Lied, South Carolina [New Poll Finds Tillis, Hagan Tied 40 percent to 40 Percent and The Hagans' 'Whites Only' Country Club Problem and Hagan Agrees: GOP Using Voter ID Laws to 'Screw' Black Voters and GOP Hammers Hagan over Recent Controversies], and South Dakota [SOUTH DAKOTA INDEPENDENT: WE NEED TO THROW OUR ARMS AROUND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS and Democrats Attack South Dakota Republican on Immigration and Democrat Investment in South Dakota: An Expensive Publicity Gambit?].

Regarding other races, again, the Dems appear desperate both on the gubernatorial level [ ANDREA MITCHELL QUESTIONED WENDY DAVIS FOR ATTACKING GREG ABBOTT'S 'SUPPOSED DISABILITY'] and regarding the House [Democrats 'Bail' on Vulnerable House Candidates in Virginia and Colorado].

Morning Jolt - . . . with Jim GeraghtyOctober 14, 2014

Oh Look, the Official Statements about Ebola Are Subtly Shifting

Uh-oh:

“We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control, because even a single infection is unacceptable,” Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a news conference.

Frieden did not detail precisely how the extensive, government-issued safety protocols in place at many facilities might need to change or in what ways hospitals need to ramp up training for front-line doctors or nurses . . .

Officials have said [nurse Nina] Pham wore protective gear, including a gown, gloves, a mask and a face shield, while caring for Duncan on multiple occasions. But Ebola can easily infect those who come into contact with the bodily fluids of Ebola patients, and the smallest slip in putting on or taking off protective gear can open the door to the virus.

“We need to consider the possibility that there could be additional cases, particularly among the health-care workers who cared for [Duncan] when he was so ill,” Frieden said. “We would not be surprised if we did see additional cases.”

Hey, remember when our government was all gung-ho, assuring us they were going to “stop it in its tracks”? Here’s the same guy, nine days ago:

Health officials stressed that they are confident they can control this situation and keep the virus from spreading in the U.S.

"We're stopping it in its tracks in this country," Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, declared during a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

See if you can spot the unnerving detail in our new airport screening policy:

JFK airport is the first U.S. airport to begin screenings for Ebola. Washington Dulles International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Hartsfield -- Jackson Atlanta International Airport will begin screenings this week.

Those five airports account for 94% of all the 150 travelers who on average arrive daily from those most affected countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over the past 12 months, JFK received about half the passengers from those countries entering into the U.S., according to the CDC.

So what about that other six percent? Are we just hoping that no one in that remaining six percent has Ebola? Sure, it’s just nine people a day, but that’s 45 people a week, about 180 a month . . . And before someone says, “Oh, what are the odds of someone with Ebola getting on a plane and coming to the United States?”, remember, this already happened.

Does this mean “rethinking” the U.S. troops in the hot zone over there?

Small numbers of highly-trained U.S. troops wearing full-body protective gear have been testing the blood of potential Ebola victims without coming into direct contact with them, the head of the U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday.

Army Gen. David Rodriguez initially said at a Tuesday Pentagon briefing that teams of three or four personnel working at mobile test labs were likely to have direct contact with Ebola victims. However, he later issued a correction to conform to White House and Pentagon policy directives against direct contacts by U.S. troops.

"I want to clarify my remarks," Rodriguez said in a statement. "U.S. military personnel working in the labs are not interacting with patients, only samples."

In last night’s Senate debate here in Virginia:

Amid news that a health care worker in Dallas had become infected with the disease, both candidates agreed that President Barack Obama has been too slow to deal with the Ebola crisis.

[Sen. Mark] Warner said it may be time to consider restrictions on flights as some European nations have done, “particularly with a nation like Liberia, where Ebola has spread so widely.”

[GOP Senate candidate Ed] Gillespie said it’s too late to merely consider stopping flights from West Africa where there is an Ebola outbreak. “It’s time to impose a flight ban in that regard and that’s what this administration should do.”

The Gender Gap and the Marriage Gap

Leave it to Ramesh to write a column picking up every aspect of the much-discussed “gender gap” in American politics and to come to the fascinating conclusion that Republicans don’t need to worry about it that much -- at least, not as much as they need to think about appealing to the changing American electorate as a whole.

Polling has for many years consistently found that women are more supportive than men of social-welfare spending, economic regulation, and gun control, and less supportive of military action. In August, for example, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that the gender gap on raising the minimum wage was in the double digits, with women more supportive. These issues provide an alternative explanation of why the gender gap opened up around 1980: The parties became more divided on size-of-government questions then, too.

The political difference between the sexes is small but persistent and pervasive. Some subgroups of women generally fall on the conservative side of policy questions but are generally less conservative than the equivalent subgroups of men. Romney won 53 percent of married women and 56 percent of white women, for example, but 60 percent of married men and 62 percent of white men.

Whether they are winning or losing, male or female, pro-life or pro-choice, Republican candidates win a larger percentage of male than female votes…

The Colorado Senate race between Udall and Gardner, where contraception has become one of the top issues, could be the most important one this fall. It will be a test of whether the Republican Party can compete in states that went twice for Obama. (Most of the competitive Senate races this year are in states that reliably vote for Republican presidential candidates.) Its rising Hispanic population makes it an important sign about the future, too. And if Republicans win there after renewed Democratic accusations that they are waging a “war on women,” perhaps they will be a little less spooked by the gender gap — and more focused on doing what it takes to build their baseline level of support among men and women alike.

Elsewhere, friend of NRO Ellen Carmichael lays out a bit about Gardner’s approach:

Instead of responding to Udall’s incessant fear-mongering by twisting himself into a rhetorical pretzel, Gardner simply dismisses this ludicrous mischaracterization, shrugging off these accusations for the wild blather they are. He then reinforces a reform he, along with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, champions: permitting the sale of contraception over the counter without a prescription. Udall, Colorado’s heralded Rosie Riveter mysteriously opposes this proposal . . .

As Udall and his allies hammer Gardner for views he doesn’t actually hold, the Republican congressman ties the liberal senator to a flailing president and his unpopular policies. While Udall carries on about fallopian tubes, Gardner champions fracking. While Udall drags on about abortion, Gardner dismantles Obamacare. While Udall breathlessly advocates for intrauterine devices as though he, himself, is implanted with one, Gardner talks about defeating ISIS.

Many have noted that the GOP does pretty well among married women, but they lose big among unmarried women. Analysts have suggested that unmarried women, facing more economic insecurity, are more likely to want to have government programs to help them. More Americans getting married

(and staying married, and hopefully being happily married!) would be good for the GOP, but also indisputably good for the country -- particularly its children.

Is there a way to encourage people to get married and stay married without sounding like a jerk? Everyone seems to recognize the benefits of marriage -- generally -- and a large portion of those who aren’t married would like to be happily married someday. But obviously, it’s not like you can just go to the Apple Store and pick up the iSpouse, programming it to all of your personal preferences.

[CUT TO: Apple headquarters, where CEO Tim Cook reads this and says, “I’ve just got a terrific idea!”]

Ross Douthat, back in January:

I think you can see this kind of soft, consensus-driven pressure at work in the decline of teen pregnancies over the last two decades (whether the cautionary stories aired on “16 and Pregnant” has played a recent role or not); I think you can see it, as well, in the way that elite culture subtly disfavors out-of-wedlock childbearing and divorce (especially divorce while the kids are young) among the college-educated upper class. In neither case are people who violate these soft norms being ruthlessly excluded from society or deliberately punished by policymakers. But in both cases there’s a gentler kind of stigma at work, one that mixes sympathy with disapproval, a promise of tolerance with a warning of negative life consequences, and that seems to have had some real effect on people’s choices without requiring vicious ostracism or abuse.

What keeps people in relationships from getting married? The fear of divorce? One partner’s fear of commitment? Both partners’ fear of commitment? This 2011 interview with a professor focusing on African-American families suggesting “economic factors factor-in greatly.”

Are there really masses of happy couples out there, otherwise ready to tie the knot, but holding back because of economic insecurity?

It’s fascinating to think that American society might have the need to “promote” marriage since, at first glance, our popular culture seems to do it already. We have an entire entertainment industry turning out one romantic comedy and romantic drama after another celebrating true love.

But I’d submit there’s a catch: a lot of romantic movies and shows end with weddings. Because some screenwriters and directors deem married life boring, they aren’t as interested in telling romantic stories about married people. Thus, young people perceive marriage as the end of their loving lives, instead of the continuance of it or even improvement of it.)

Obama Administration to Insurance Companies: Shut Up and Obey

Hey, remember Obamacare?

Robert Laszewski, president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, writes in USA Today that the Obama administration is putting the squeeze on health-insurance companies, trying to get them to remain quiet about any problems that arise in the second open-enrollment period:

The second Obamacare open enrollment is scheduled to begin on November 15th and end on February 15th. Instead of learning critical lessons from the mistakes of the first open enrollment fiasco, the Obama administration appears to be trying to silence potential critics.

Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the administration sent an email to the insurance companies participating in Obamacare telling them to keep their mouths shut about the testing of the new health law's enrollment system saying, that unlike last year, they would require "all testers (the insurance companies) to acknowledge the confidentiality of this process" before they would be allowed to participate. The administration reminded insurers that their confidentiality agreement with the Obama administration means that insurance executives "will not use, disclose, post to a public forum, or in any way share Test Data with any person or entity, included but not limited to media…." This includes any "results of this testing exercise and any information describing or otherwise relating to the performance or functionality" of the Obamacare enrollment and eligibility system.

A year ago when the Obamacare enrollment system crashed and shut out millions of people trying to sign up for health insurance the only credible information we had came from the insurers who were participating in the program.

But hey, what are the odds of something going wrong with Obamacare, right?

ADDENDA: The makers of Healthcare.gov mess up; they ask for more money. The U.S. Secret Service messes up; their director asks for more money. The Centers for Disease Control mess up, and they ask for more money.

★ Your Rush Limbaugh Echo for Tuesday, 10/14/14Opening: Will the Regime call us Ebola-phobic?_____________________________________________________________Seg#1: Too many people don’t know what they are doing

Leftists cannot accept criticism, and when they are in power, criticism will not be tolerated. Same with Global Warming. Refugees will march all over the globe to escape Global Warming, and The Regime will need to come up with measures with your money. It will be a crowd control operation from DoD. It’s ridiculous, and Chuck Hagel goes out and delivers speeches. I’m not kidding you, as they ramp up to fight results of Climate Change, their primary concern. Let’s review: 1. Ebola is not a threat and won’t come to America; 2. ISIS is not a threat and just the Junior Varsity team. 3. Global Warming is the greatest threat. We live in a rapidly changing world, dictated by social media. Obama has a lot of solutions for problems we don’t have: war on women, and no solutions for the real problems that we do have. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife donate $25million to fight Ebola. ((Reading: It could infect one million or more if not addressed. We believe our grant will help CDC to prevent this outcome.)) My problem with this is there aren’t any experts in the CDC—have they come up with the serum? No, but a private company has, from a tobacco plant. The CDC has a budget of billions. Why not donate to the private company?

FoxNews Gretchen Carlson interviewed ((Clip: Our own research shows Ebola enters from the airway to lungs. I’m not saying it is happening, but we can say it could happen.)) It was just yesterday they walked this back: they just don’t know. CNN Jake Tapper interviewed ((Clip-professor: It is adding confusion. Mandatory quarantine, each has its own authority. We have to stop flights. There was no process when I came back.)) Nobody knows what they are doing. >>> The CNN guy wanted the quarantine on the NBC reporterette. _____________________________________________________________Segment#2: Incompetence on the march

Did you hear about Susan Rice? H.R. pointed it out yesterday. She went on all five Sunday shows and lied, carrying the water for The Regime. It was not the obscure video, seen by nobody. Then she stuck to the story and helped keep Obama in office. She is back on Sunday “Slay the Nation” and says Turkey willingly granted us bases to attack ISIS, and Turkey immediately denied it.

>>> Who do we believe here? It’s incompetence on the march.Turkey bombed twice another ally of ours, the Kurds (who are fighting ISIS.) _____________________________________________________________Rush Limbaugh Morning Update: "Indigenous People’s Day"

The city of Seattle celebrated their first “Indigenous People’s Day.” And of course the day before that, the Seahawks lost to the Cowboys. The mayor made the holiday official. Meanwhile, the rest of the country, except the fringe liberals among us, celebrated Columbus Day.

National Review’s Tim Cavanaugh satirically notes that behind “Indigenous People’s Day” is the “same white male power structure” theory that “sabotaged the Susan B. Anthony dollar by making it indistinguishable from a quarter.” And the same liberal white male power structure that picked the shortest month of the year, February, for Black History Month. What and insult.

Cavanaugh says that a generic day is a deliberately empty gesture by liberals, honoring all so-called “indigenous people,” instead of an individual. Martin Luther King Day has a resonance that “Black People Day would not,” he points out.

Mayor Ed Murray told the Seattle Times that the new Indigenous Peoples’ Day will “add new significance to the date without replacing the Columbus Day tradition.” The reality is, liberals have been after Christopher Columbus’ scalp for years. They blame him, and European settlers, for spreading illnesses that wiped out native people. Libs believe disease-ridden Europe should have quarantined itself from America! They blame Columbus for genocide, homicide, patricide, racist-cide, homophobia-cide, and every other “-cide” you can think of.

But, Columbus Day is still a federal holiday. And will continue to be, unless liberals mount a full-fledged national campaign to dislodge it. And don’t think they won’t try.

National Review: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Is Offensive to Indigenous People

_____________________________________________________________ Quote Gems from Rush Limbaugh dot com:

"Do you have a feeling, get the idea, folks, that the experts in wherever -- whatever field -- have no idea what they're doing? Is your confidence shaken? I don't think you're alone."

"Liberals are never to blame for anything. Somebody always has to be the scapegoat. Somebody's always going to take the hit. Not them. Not their plans. Not their ideology. Not their agenda. Not their policy. Somebody else is going to take the fall for everything they screw up, yes."

"Rush Revere's horse Liberty is demanding we get him as many likes we can at his Facebook page -- to which we said, 'Whoa, buddy. It's on YOU to get likes.'" "I thought Ebola was hard to get. A lot of people told us it was going to be real hard to get this disease. Remember that? Now this nurse has come down with it."

"I apologize for getting to the phone calls so late today. But there was a lot on the plate, a lot on the agenda. I'll make it up to you tomorrow, I promise."

"It's clear that the United Nations is clueless. It's clear that the World Health Organization, which is part of the United Nations, is clueless. They're run by a bunch of leftists."

"I don't think anybody involved with Ebola knows what they're doing. I don't care if it's the WHO or the Centers for Disease Control, I don't think anybody knows what they're doing. I don't think we have any experts."

"All the increased funding the CDC got, something like 6% of it went to dealing with things like Ebola. The rest went to community outreach and so forth. Every federal agency has been turned into community organizing, registering of Democrat voters, passing out money to disadvantaged people to buy votes."

"ISIS is pretty much spreading at will wherever it wants to go. Our policy, according to the UK Telegraph yesterday, is an outright failure."

"Here we have the Democrat Party running an ad 'Republican Cuts Kill,' complete with pictures of dying or dead Ebola victims. It's no different than the ad against Paul Ryan and his budget pushing grandma in the wheelchair over the cliff. "

"Sometimes I do parody and satire, but I'm really serious when I tell you that the mindset of many liberals is just their presence alone means the difference. Their presence alone, you don't have to do anything but show up, means change. Obama's presence was going to cause terrorists to not be mean and Obama's presence was going to make the world love us. Obama's presence was going to stop global warming and the way it happens is the inherent decency, the inherent goodness and the arrival on the scene of this person has so much influence over mere mortals that everybody begins to behave. The evil stop doing evil things. Bad people stop doing bad things, and we all start to get along. And soon we'll be in utopia. That is not an exaggeration."

"Obama believes the world is governed by the aggressive use of speeches and words. And of course the world doesn't function that way at all."

"The NBC cameraman came down with Ebola. They put a voluntary quarantine. She said the quarantines are for the little people and I want some soup. She went to her favorite soup place. That's resulted in the whole unit being quarantined."

"You know, ladies and gentlemen, I spend a lot of time reading things written by leftists. I have for a long time, and this is how I know who they are. It's how I know what they believe, because they tell us. Now, oftentimes they camouflage it. But if you have a large enough base of knowledge about them you know when they're camouflaging and masking themselves. It's not hard."_____________________________________________________________Rush ‘Most Popular’ segments: · Obama Tells West Africans They Can't Get Ebola on a Bus, While His CDC Director Advises Against· Quick Hits Page· Ronald Brownstein: If Obama's Not Popular, Then Popularity Isn't Possible· Thoughts on the New Apple Products· Alison Lundergan Grimes Sounds Like Mark McGwire· Microsoft CEO Steps in It, Says Women Shouldn't Ask for a Raise· Securing the Border Solves Many Problems