There's a guy in Germany by the name of Henryk M. Broder, and he has written a book. In English, the translation of the title of his book is "Hurray! We're Capitulating!" Der Spiegel has translated a chapter of this book to English and put it on their website, and this guy... It is amazing because this is a German. When the Germans start calling us a bunch of wimps and wusses, it tells me things have gotten pretty bad! He doesn't just focus on us, he focuses on the entire Western societies, Western...

RUSH: Let's first listen to Dingy Harry. He was on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night. Question: What did you think of your colleague, John Kerry, Democrat nominee last time around who you worked hard for dropping out of the 2008 so early in the battle?"
REID: He did the right thing. I acknowledge that. But he came so close, and that was such a terribly unfair election.
RUSH: Ha!
REID: Here's a man who was a hero --
RUSH: Yeah.
REID: -- decorated war hero --
RUSH: Yeah.
REID:...

Chuck Hagel was on the Today Show. The Washington Post has a story. "Hagel Ponders White House Run as War Criticism Raises His Profile -- His Republican colleagues regard him warily. The White House barely speaks to him. He is reviled by his party's conservative base. Looks as though Sen. Chuck Hagel is on a roll." What a conclusion! "Both parties have their Iraq war contrarians. For the Democrats, it is [Lieberman; for the Republican it's] Hagel, a career maverick from Nebraska and the only...

Let me read a little story here to you from Pierre, South Dakota: "A Statehouse scandal in which a lawmaker is accused of fondling a page has transfixed South Dakota, with many people following the case on TV and the Web as if it were a Hollywood reality show. Sen. Dan Sutton, 36, is accused of groping the young man last year while the two shared a motel room at the start of the youth's week-long stint in the Legislature. The young man was 18 at the time."
I'm starting on the third paragraph:...

RUSH: You know, we hear the Drive-By Media continually complaining about the economy. In fact, ladies and gentlemen, David Bauder of the AP reports: "ABC News is airing a special Friday on struggling families in Camden, N.J., because many Americans see more images of what poverty looks like overseas than in their own country, Diane Sawyer said on [yesterday]." Sawyer's " 10 p.m. EST report, 'Waiting on the World to Change, 'contrasts the lives of children in a small city considered among the nation's...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"War is not something you put on a timetable. You don't say, 'We're going to start at this date and we're going to quit on this date no matter what happens.' War is something where you have an objective called victory, and you keep going until you get it."
"This program makes more sense in five seconds than anything else people could possibly listen to. You know what you'll hear on NPR in five seconds? 'Hm-hm. Hm-hm. Hm-hm. Hm-hm.'"
"There's...

RUSH: Peter in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, welcome, sir, to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Yes, sir, it's a privilege to talk to you, sir.
RUSH: Thank you, sir.
CALLER: You're a neighbor. Anyway, I'm talking about the waning liberalism that you talk about from time to time.
RUSH: Yes.
CALLER: Just keep 'em around just so we know what they stand for, anyway. But I'm a member of the Republican Party, and Mel Martinez being the chairman of the GOP? I don't think he's a conservative,...

We'll go to St. Louis next. Steve, thank you for waiting. You're on the program, sir.
CALLER: It's an honor to talk to you, Rush.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: I am furious, and I've been furious for quite some time. (Oh, third-time dittos, by the way.) This whole thing with the nonsupport of the war and everything that's going on over there and the political parties? I've got a question for you -- and I know you can answer this, and I know it's going to make you look good. How would...

RUSH: Now we move on to the minimum wage debate. I told you, I warned you people last year before the election. All during the year, I told you that the big problem here with coming up with meaningful reform in immigration -- meaning border security first, no more illegals and trying to track down the current ones here -- is opposed by big business, and many of you said, 'That can't possibly be, Rush! I mean, maybe some, but you can't possibly believe that." Well, I did, and as usual, I was right....

RUSH: Bev in Longmont, Colorado, welcome to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Thank you. This being Open Line Friday, I just wanted to call and thank you so much for introducing me to the Vince Flynn-Mitch Rapp book series.
RUSH: Are they not great books?
CALLER: They are. He is just amazing, and the fact that he predicted who the terrorists would be -- he talked about Saddam and his WMDs, even before 9/11. They're wonderful. And I want to thank you.
RUSH: Well, you're more than welcome....

I occasionally get e-mails from people: "Rush, don't you care what they're saying about you on X? Why, it's outrageous what they're saying about you!" Yeah, sometimes I do, but most of the time I don't. It happens too much to get worried about it and be affected by it. But I did an NPR interview recently. It aired yesterday, and one of the questions -- I'm going to play my answer to the question -- one of the questions that the reporter from NPR asked me was, "You use terms like feminazi. You...

RUSH: Roberta in Pittsburgh, welcome to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Hi there! Thanks for taking my call.
RUSH: You bet.
CALLER: I was just curious as to your opinion on the selection of the new head coach for the Steelers.
RUSH: Mike Tomlin?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: You know, I didn't know anything about him until his name started showing up on the list of potential head coach candidates, and then I started reading about him. He's a disciple of Tony Dungy; he's worked with Dungy....

RUSH: Phillip in Houston, welcome, sir. I'm glad you waited. You are on the EIB Network.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush. And mega-non-brainwashed dittos.
RUSH: Thank you, sir.
CALLER: I have an idea for you for a new TV show, if I could have the opportunity to discuss it.
RUSH: Well, everybody wants to be a creative artist today. I welcome the idea.
CALLER: Well, I know you value your off time, and I'm thinking of a series -- maybe four times a year during sweeps week to maximize...

RUSH: Men and women are "dying in Iraq," and this is unspeakable! This is intolerable; we can't have this, even though in war (may I speak brutally and bluntly?) In war, death happens. It's, in fact, one of the ways in which you define who wins! There is a statistical expectation that when you get in a car, you could be in an accident and you could die, but by definition, the automobile was not invented so as to be able to limit the population by assuring that X numbers of thousands of citizens...

Now, this is just, frankly, absurd, and this is an example of the histrionics that are out there. "Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix..." He is a former weapons inspector; he is not a climatologist; he is not a weatherman; he's not accredited by the American Meteorological Society, and he probably doesn't know who Heidi Cullen is at the Weather Channel, but he warned yesterday while he was in Cairo "that global warming was a greater threat than weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear...

RUSH: Have you seen the latest story on smoking and how to maybe cure it or curb it? "Damage to a silver dollar-size spot deep in the brain seems to wipe out the urge to smoke, a surprising discovery that may shed important new light on addiction. The research was inspired by a stroke survivor who claimed he simply forgot his two-pack-a-day [habit] ? no cravings, no nicotine patches, not even a conscious desire to quit. 'The quitting is like a light switch that went off,' said Dr. Antoine...

Now, isn't this rich? "Nancy Pelosi has traveled to Iraq," she's there now, "for a quick fact finding visit that will include a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister, al-Maliki. The congressional delegation traveling with her includes Tom Lantos, Democrat from San Mateo; Ike Skelton of Missouri; Jack Murtha, and a couple of others. They are scheduled to return to Washington on Monday." Now, what is this really all about? We know these people are trying to lose the war. They are invested in...

RUSH: Ed in Jacksonville, Florida, welcome to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Yes, Rush. Nice to speak with you.
RUSH: Yes, thank you.
CALLER: I've seen in the news in the past day or two that President Bush has okayed the killing of militant Iranians in Iraq.
RUSH: Yes.
CALLER: Do these sorts of political and military strategy decisions actually come from the president?
RUSH: Well, actually they could have come from Scooter Libby.
CALLER: (Laughing.) I was just wondering...

Gregg in Canton, Ohio, home of the pro football Hall of Fame. Welcome, sir, to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Hello, Rush. I talked to you the other day about the war. I was wondering are you still going to keep fighting for the New World Order, or are you going to take a stance on the [kook] Resistance Manifesto like we talked about before and go against these criminals that we have in power and stand up and be a man about it and join --
RUSH: I am going to stand up and be a man, and I'll...