RUSH: Ruth Ann in Bloomington, Indiana, you're next on the EIB Network. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Hey, Rush.RUSH: Hey.CALLER: Yes. It's nice to talk to you, and I thought it was absolutely hilarious that this restaurant meeting with the president, ex-president was just fine, and you did predict what the media would say or whoever encountered you. I think that was funny, and that was very intuitive of you to know that. I mean you've been in the public eye for awhile. You know what's...

RUSH: E-mailers: "You are still skating on the question you were asked yesterday from the woman in Flint about why Exxon can't lower its profits a little bit to be fair." I'm not skating it. I thought I explained it, and I thought, frankly, that most everybody wouldn't need that stupid question explained. But I will be glad to endeavor to answer it. The first thing you've gotta do, is you've got to throw out this concept of "fairness." There is no word fair in market economics, at least as...

RUSH: Now, I was just talking about spending. I have a radical idea. You know all this complaining that's going on out there about the dafycit. (Jim Sasser pronunciation of "deficit.") "The deficit's too high!" All these things are cyclical, and they repeat. Now we gotta do something about the deficit. People get all worried about it. You get all worried about it. "Ooh, the deficit! Oh, my God! What's going to happen to interest rates, oh, the national debt, the Chinese own it all, ohhhh",...

RUSH: Doug in Bonita Springs, Florida. Nice to have you on the program.CALLER: Mega dittos, Rush.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: Yeah, last hour you mentioned that President Bush has become a little bit more partisan lately, and I just had a general question. Do you think politicians advance their cause better by attacking the other side or by pointing out the benefits and strengths of their own positions and --RUSH: I think you gotta do both because when you're attacking the Democrats, you're...

RUSH: Now, I want to try to be as brief with this as I can. I mentioned this at the beginning of the program. I have, all throughout the history of this program starting in 1988, loved to share my passions, and I have shared with the audience, because we have a connection, you and I. I'm not just here pontificating and you're out listening. This is not a classroom where you're students and you just sit there and listen. There was an interactivity here, and not just based on the phone calls....

RUSH: E-mailers: "You are still skating on the question you were asked yesterday from the woman in Flint about why Exxon can't lower its profits a little bit to be fair." I'm not skating it. I thought I explained it, and I thought, frankly, that most everybody wouldn't need that stupid question explained. But I will be glad to endeavor to answer it. The first thing you've gotta do, is you've got to throw out this concept of "fairness." There is no word fair in market economics, at least as...

RUSH: Ruth Ann in Bloomington, Indiana, you're next on the EIB Network. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Hey, Rush.RUSH: Hey.CALLER: Yes. It's nice to talk to you, and I thought it was absolutely hilarious that this restaurant meeting with the president, ex-president was just fine, and you did predict what the media would say or whoever encountered you. I think that was funny, and that was very intuitive of you to know that. I mean you've been in the public eye for awhile. You know what's...

RUSH: This is Lynn in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It's great to have you with us.CALLER: Rush, it's an honor to speak to you, and I am apoplectic about this immigration bill. I agree with you a thousand percent. Do you realize, Rush, that former ace prosecutor Rudy Giuliani couldn't properly vet out Bernie Kerik for Homeland Security advisor, but we are expected to believe that 12 million illegal aliens from countries replete with corruption which keep no verifiable legitimate record whatsoever...

RUSH: I just had a news story sent to me. This is from San Antonio, WOAI radio reporting. This is one example, and this is going to be happening all over the place. "Hundreds of illegal immigrants have registered to vote in Bexar County in recent years and dozens of them have actually cast ballots, canceling out the votes of U.S. citizens." Figures obtained by the radio station in San Antonio "show that 303 illegals successfully registered to vote, and at least 41 cast ballots in various elections."...

RUSH: Tony Blair and the president had a joint presser today in the Rose Garden, and Blair was just superb on Iraq and on terrorism. We have three bites. Here's the first.BLAIR: Thank you also for the strength of your leadership over the past few years. You have been a strong leader at a time when the world needed strong leadership. You've been unyielding and unflinching and determined in the fight that we face together, and I thank you for that. And I also take this opportunity of saying...

RUSH: Having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, Rush Limbaugh, talent on loan from God-d. Kelly in Dubuque, Iowa, you're next. It's great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Rush, I can't believe I'm talking to you.RUSH: Well, it's your big show biz break.CALLER: (Laughing.) I'm totally livid, but don't worry, it's not the Clinton thing. That's just silly. I'm mad about the immigration thing, something that actually affects our country. I just feel like our...

RUSH: To the phones! We'll start here in the Arizona desert, the arid Arizona desert. This is Hildy. Hildy, welcome to the EIB Network. It's great to have you with us.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thanks for taking my call. I can't believe I'm the first caller and I have to reprimand you. Why are you acting like a little schoolgirl about meeting Mr. Clinton? I mean, this is your world. This is where you belong, and I want to throw back something you said about the NFL players. Remember a couple of years...

RUSH: I have an immigration stack today that we're going to be spending a lot of time on. I'm going to answer questions. I have a lot of people upset that I didn't fully answer the question from the woman that called yesterday from Flint, wondering why can't the oil companies just "be fair" and lower their profits a little bit so as to help us all out. I'm going to answer that in great detail here from a number of different points of view, contexts, or what have you. I have lots of other interesting...

Rush's Morning Update: VacationMay 17, 2007Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer The Center for Economic Policy Research – a Washington think tank – has a new study comparing guaranteed vacation time in America to that in Europe. Our euro-friends win. The French get 30 paid vacation days, guaranteed. Other Europeans are given at least 20 days. But America – with the world’s largest economy – doesn’t...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"If the immigration bill goes through, we're doomed in '08. This will be the last straw for the GOP base as far as trusting the Republicans it elects.""I remember telling you this in the early to mid-nineties, Bill Clinton is the kind of guy that you probably would love to go to a ball game with, chase women afterwards, and have a great time.""What am I supposed to do, folks, when Bill Clinton comes to my table? Am I supposed to...

Story #1:Porn Star Endorses Mrs. Bill ClintonRUSH: : I tell you, the Clintons get support from all over the place. Jenna Jameson is the most recent famous American to come out and endorse Hillary Clinton. Jenna Jameson has been called the world's most famous porn star, is the author of the New York Times best-seller "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star," talked about Hillary Clinton in an interview with PR.com on May 17th. That's today. This is the 17th, correct. Question: "Who's your favorite...