RUSH: I've had some e-mails about this, and I want to go back and review something I said in response to the caller who was chastising me -- well, he wasn't chastising me, but he was talking about my lack of support for the Congressman Ron Paul, who's a presidential candidate. He pointed out something that I very rarely address, ladies and gentlemen, and very rarely acknowledge. It was a big moment in the history of this program. When this man said that I have the power to move the Republican...

RUSH: I read my e-mail, and I know that a lot of you people are... Well, I don't know if you're angry, if you're frustrated, but look, I can read between the lines even in e-mail. Such e-mail subject lines as: "So, what are you, the new Johnny Carson, four days a week?" "Are you sick?" "You keep leaving. What's wrong?" "How come you're missing so much time?" Ladies and gentlemen, I have allotted myself, as the CEO of EIB, unlimited vacation time. I take it whenever I wish. Now, you wouldn't...

RUSH: This was last night on CNN's Showbiz Tonight. That had to be CNN Headline News. I think it's Headline News that does that show. Well, that means nobody saw it. Well, this is even better. The host out there was "A. J. Hammer," and his guest was the Reverend Sharpton. Here's the question from the reporter, A. J. Hammer, and the Reverend Sharpton's answer.HAMMER: You look at a guy like Rush Limbaugh, okay? He has certainly said things and then later apologized for them. He talks about Barack...

RUSH: With much glee and excitement, Tony Snow from the White House. SNOW: (chuckling)RUSH: Tony, it's great to have you back, and how are you feeling, first? I bet you're tired of getting the question, but I haven't asked and I want to know.SNOW: I am never tired of gettingthe question because I've got an answer I like to share with people, which is I'm doing great. You know, I had surgery a couple months ago. I'm now doing chemo, finished round number one a couple of days ago. I'll go in...

RUSH: Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, hs put aside $1 billion to run for president. This is Ross Perot on steroids, folks. He wants Chuck Hagel as his running mate, or Hagel wants to be his running mate. Don't laugh at this. A billion dollars! He's got millions more than that, billions more than that. This is going to be interesting. This is a guy on a trans-fat ban, smoking ban, green up the city. Is the country really ready for somebody who absolutely believes in our freedom to...

RUSH: Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, hs put aside $1 billion to run for president. This is Ross Perot on steroids, folks. He wants Chuck Hagel as his running mate, or Hagel wants to be his running mate. Don't laugh at this. A billion dollars! He's got millions more than that, billions more than that. This is going to be interesting. This is a guy on a trans-fat ban, smoking ban, green up the city. Is the country really ready for somebody who absolutely believes in our freedom to...

RUSH: Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, hs put aside $1 billion to run for president. This is Ross Perot on steroids, folks. He wants Chuck Hagel as his running mate, or Hagel wants to be his running mate. Don't laugh at this. A billion dollars! He's got millions more than that, billions more than that. This is going to be interesting. This is a guy on a trans-fat ban, smoking ban, green up the city. Is the country really ready for somebody who absolutely believes in our freedom to...

RUSH: A couple things here about Edwards. Let's play Mike Huckabee last night from the debate. Wendell Goler said, "The Alternative Minimum Tax caught four million..." Now, this is 37 seconds. All I really want is the last couple lines, and you've heard this. I don't have time to edit it now. Just put it up with the first 30 seconds to get to the last seven.HUCKABEE: If we had a Fair Tax, it would eliminate not just the Alternative Minimum Tax, personal income tax, corporate tax, it would eliminate...

RUSH: We have John Edwards news. Dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut! Time for our update. We have numerous Edwards updates, but this one fits the update to a T. (Playing of "I am Woman" update theme.) RUSH: That's our buddy Paul Shanklin ans John Edwards and "I am Woman." There's a reason for this. Kate Michelman, the president emeritus of NARAL, Pro-Choice America. Kate Michelman said some weeks ago, John Edwards -- of all the candidates, including Mrs. Bill Clinton --...

RUSH: All right, here's Beth in Flint, Michigan. Beth, thanks for waiting. I really appreciate your patience.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Dittos from Flint. I can't believe I'm talking to you.RUSH: It's true, and it's a day worth celebrating and marking on your calendar so you never forget it.CALLER: Definitely. And please, I am one of those people who never wants you to take a day off. It's never as much fun if you're not there.RUSH: I appreciate that. But there is life to be lived.CALLER: Okay,...

RUSH: Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, hs put aside $1 billion to run for president. This is Ross Perot on steroids, folks. He wants Chuck Hagel as his running mate, or Hagel wants to be his running mate. Don't laugh at this. A billion dollars! He's got millions more than that, billions more than that. This is going to be interesting. This is a guy on a trans-fat ban, smoking ban, green up the city. Is the country really ready for somebody who absolutely believes in our freedom to...

RUSH: Now, I want to use this as a segue into a brilliant column in the Wall Street Journal today by Bernard Lewis. Bernard Lewis is probably the greatest living scholar and historian on Islam that there is. The whole piece is great. I don't know if they put it on their Opinion Journal site. That's important because it's free. If they've put it at OpinionJournal.com, we could link to it. Otherwise, it's on their pay site, and we wouldn't be able to link to it. I don't want to read the whole...

RUSH: I mentioned earlier that the Senate earlier today rejected the de-funding of the Iraq war and bringing the troops home by March 31st of 2008. It wasn't even close. It was 67-29. The whole thing went down the tubes. Of course, you can ask the question, "Well, I thought the will of the people -- the Democrats keep telling us the election last November confirmed the American people -- want out of Iraq." This is the third vote here that's failed on its own without pork being added to it or...

RUSH: With much glee and excitement, Tony Snow from the White House. SNOW: (Chuckling.)RUSH: Tony, it's great to have you back, and how are you feeling, first? I bet you're tired of getting the question, but I haven't asked and I want to know.SNOW: I am never tired of gettingthe question because I've got an answer I like to share with people, which is I'm doing great. You know, I had surgery a couple months ago. I'm now doing chemo, finished round number one a couple of days ago. I'll go...

RUSH: To the phones. Who's next? Bob in Columbia, South Carolina, you're next, sir, on the EIB Network.CALLER: Hey, Rush. Mega dittos from a USC grad in Columbia. I just wanted to talk about a little bit about what I saw around the debate yesterday.RUSH: Yeah?CALLER: I noticed for the last couple of months or ever since the Democrats took over Congress, they've been pounding it down our threats that the base is not energized, and it's just a matter of time until they sweep into the White...

RUSH: This just came across a PR Newswire. It's from our old buddies at the Center for Science and the Public Interest. I think this guy's name is Michael Jacobson. This is the guy who has taken coconut oil out of movie theater popcorn. This is the guy that's tried to tell you that Chinese food will cause you to die. Everything you eat, by the way, is going to cause you to die. As though you're never going to die! They have just filed a lawsuit against Burger King because they use trans-fat....

RUSH: I want to say something about Jerry Falwell. I never met him. I didn't know Jerry Falwell. Early on -- H.R., you might remember the year this happened -- Falwell invited me to go give a commencement speech at his university, Liberty University, and I didn't want to do it. I wasn't doing speeches. I had just done two years of doing 47 speeches every year, on weekends, and I was burned out. I'd been there, done that. So we said no. He was as persistent as he could be. He kept offering...

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RUSH: This was last night on CNN's Showbiz Tonight. That had to be CNN Headline News. I think it's Headline News that does that show. Well, that means nobody saw it. Well, this is even better. The host out there was "A. J. Hammer," and his guest was the Reverend Sharpton. Here's the question from the reporter, A. J. Hammer, and the Reverend Sharpton's answer.HAMMER: You look at a guy like Rush Limbaugh, okay? He has certainly said things and then later apologized for them. He talks about Barack...

RUSH: Let me tell a joke very quickly - - I've told it a couple times -- to set this story up. God is watching the Oprah Winfrey Show, and he says, "You know, I have screwed up. The human race has just failed. It's my worst creation. I'm going to end the world. I'm going to end it tomorrow." So he calls journalists, reporters from various newspapers.
First up he calls the New York Times and says, "Hi, this is God."
The reporter says, "I didn't know you existed."
"Well, I do, and...

RUSH: I read my e-mail, and I know that a lot of you people are... Well, I don't know if you're angry, if you're frustrated, but look, I can read between the lines even in e-mail. Such e-mail subject lines as: "So, what are you, the new Johnny Carson, four days a week?" "Are you sick?" "You keep leaving. What's wrong?" "How come you're missing so much time?" Ladies and gentlemen, I have allotted myself, as the CEO of EIB, unlimited vacation time. I take it whenever I wish. Now, you wouldn't...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"If the American people want out of Iraq, why'd the Senate reject a bill to cut off funding 29-67, even though Hillary and Obama voted for it?"
"I can read between the lines even in e-mail. I'm getting such e-mail subject lines as: 'Are you the new Johnny Carson?,' 'Four days a week? Are you sick?,' and, 'You keep leaving. What's wrong?' Ladies and gentlemen, as the CEO of EIB, I have allotted myself unlimited vacation time."
"Beth,...

RUSH: This was last night on CNN's Showbiz Tonight. That had to be CNN Headline News. I think it's Headline News that does that show. Well, that means nobody saw it. Well, this is even better. The host out there was "A. J. Hammer," and his guest was the Reverend Sharpton. Here's the question from the reporter, A. J. Hammer, and the Reverend Sharpton's answer.HAMMER: You look at a guy like Rush Limbaugh, okay? He has certainly said things and then later apologized for them. He talks about Barack...