RUSH: What was it, a couple days ago I mentioned Gary Sheffield's remarks about why there are fewer and fewer blacks playing Major League Baseball, and Gary Sheffield said, "Look, it's a simple matter that you can't control my race, but you can control these Latins." He said, "I called this a long time ago. You're going to see dark faces on baseball fields but there isn't going to be any English coming out of their mouths. They go down there and they recruit, they can control these Latins because...

RUSH: Here's what happened last night on the immigration bill, as written up by the AP and then I will give you the correct analysis of this. "A fragile compromise that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants risks coming unraveled after the Senate voted early Thursday to place a five-year limit on a program meant to provide American employers with 200,000 temporary foreign workers annually. The 49-48 vote came two weeks after the Senate, also by a one-vote margin, rejected the same amendment...

RUSH: Bruce, Fort Wayne, Indiana, you're next, it's Open Line Friday on Thursday here. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Hello, Rush. Mega dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: The last month I've noticed you spouting this 80% statistic about Hillary winning the election, and I've been listening since '01. I've been kind of a post-September 11th listener, and you kept on saying she wasn't the smartest woman in the room; the American people would see right through her; that she wasn't a very appetizing...

RUSH: Bruce, Fort Wayne, Indiana, you're next, it's Open Line Friday on Thursday here. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Hello, Rush. Mega dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: The last month I've noticed you spouting this 80% statistic about Hillary winning the election, and I've been listening since '01. I've been kind of a post-September 11th listener, and you kept on saying she wasn't the smartest woman in the room; the American people would see right through her; that she wasn't a very appetizing...

RUSH: Patrick in Buffalo, you're next on the EIB Network.CALLER: Yeah, I need some help from a brilliant mind, Rush.RUSH: Well, you've happened to call the right place.CALLER: I'm trying to find out how I should deal with the education system here in New York.RUSH: Oh.CALLER: When they schedule a field trip to a mosque for sixth grade children under the guise of diversity and broader understanding. They gave us a two-day notice on this field trip. You get the notice on June 4th for a June...

RUSH: Michael in St. Petersburg, Florida, you're next. It's great to have you, sir.CALLER: Well, you're a national treasure in a lot of people's books down here in Florida.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I've been listening to you on WFLA. Ted Webb turned me on to you in the August of '88.RUSH: We own Tampa-St. Pete! WFLA is a fabulous affiliate, a fabulous station. We made that station but it's still a good station.CALLER: I know it. I was born and raised in St. Louis, and went to school and bummed...

RUSH: John in Milwaukee, you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Rush, 15-year, daily listener dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir. I appreciate that.CALLER: Of course. It's been time well spent. Two TIME Magazine covers this past week will just add to -- I know I can't add to the host's comments on the subject, but you spoke about religion and politics. This will clarify how liberals think about religion and politics. The first magazine cover was Mitt Romney. "Sure, he looks presidential,...

RUSH: "The AP's latest national Republican presidential poll was underway on Monday night, and by yesterday afternoon, some raw numbers began rolling in, and analysts were surprised by the initial take. 'If things keep progressing the way they do, some Republicans are in for a surprise,' said an AP employee familiar with the statistics that are being broken down." Apparently Mitt Romney is moving into a strong number two position, knocking McCain out of it. We wonder why. By the way, McCain...

RUSH: Wayne in Morristown, Pennsylvania, it's great to have you on the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Hey, good to talk to you, Rush. Greetings from the allergy capital of the world.RUSH: I didn't know that. Learn something every day. Allergy capital of the world?CALLER: Of course. Out here in the mountains and the hills. The reason I called, I had a question about former President George Bush, Sr. I was kinda wondering why he hasn't been more in the spotlight on the conservative movement,...

RUSH: I knew it. I knew it. I told you people. I knew this was what was going to happen, and it has happened. Dingy Harry took to the microphones after the vote for cloture in the Senate this morning on the immigration bill went down the tubes. They needed 60 votes to shut off debate and basically end debate and they didn't have the vote. They got 33. "The Senate refused to limit debate on overhauling US immigration law, as Democrats urged President Bush to rally Republicans to rescue the...

RUSH: Jo in Norfolk, Virginia, I'm glad you called. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Hello there, Rush.RUSH: Hello there. How are you?CALLER: Fine. My whole point is, last week you were talking about choice, women have choice, and I have a very good friend who is a prostitute, and she's gotten trapped, she's gotten thrown in jail --RUSH: Wait, wait, wait. (Laughing)CALLER: Yeah, I know. RUSH: No, wait a minute. I'm trying to remember the context here --CALLER: It was about abortion.RUSH:...

RUSH: Some time ago, in the past three months or so, we had a caller asking me why I thought liberals or the Democrats are so enraged all the time, so angry. I hem-hawed around about it, I gave the usual answer, Florida 2000 and this sort of stuff, and I said, "If you want to know the real reason, it's me and my success." They owned media for 50 years. They never had to debate anybody. They never had to have anybody challenge them. They didn't have to explain what they believed. Not just liberal...

RUSH: Bruce, Fort Wayne, Indiana, you're next, it's Open Line Friday on Thursday here. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Hello, Rush. Mega dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: The last month I've noticed you spouting this 80% statistic about Hillary winning the election, and I've been listening since '01. I've been kind of a post-September 11th listener, and you kept on saying she wasn't the smartest woman in the room; the American people would see right through her; that she wasn't a very appetizing...

RUSH: What was it, a couple days ago I mentioned Gary Sheffield's remarks about why there are fewer and fewer blacks playing Major League Baseball, and Gary Sheffield said, "Look, it's a simple matter that you can't control my race, but you can control these Latins." He said, "I called this a long time ago. You're going to see dark faces on baseball fields but there isn't going to be any English coming out of their mouths. They go down there and they recruit, they can control these Latins because...

RUSH: Here's Josh in Rochester, Indiana, you're up first on the EIB Network today. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush, how's it going?RUSH: Just fine, sir, never better.CALLER: Hey, my question is about the Sopranos coming up on Sunday. What do you think is going to happen?RUSH: What do I think is going to happen on the Sopranos Sunday night?CALLER: Yeah, you think Tony's going to get clipped or do you think he's going to make it?RUSH: I've got two theories about what I think's going to happen on the...

RUSH: Here's what happened last night on the immigration bill, as written up by the AP and then I will give you the correct analysis of this. "A fragile compromise that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants risks coming unraveled after the Senate voted early Thursday to place a five-year limit on a program meant to provide American employers with 200,000 temporary foreign workers annually. The 49-48 vote came two weeks after the Senate, also by a one-vote margin, rejected the same amendment...

RUSH: Let's go to the audio sound bites here. Number one, this is sort of interesting. This is yesterday on Channel 5 in Los Angeles, KTLA, their morning show. Their entertainment reporter Sam Rubin and his guest, the actress Rosie Perez, are speaking about fairness in the media. And here is a portion of their remarks.PEREZ: The liberal voice is not heard in America as much as it could be. And even the center, like you said, the center voice is not really heard as much as it should be.UNIDENTIFIED:...

RUSH: I have to tell you that when I got in here this morning and started doing the show prep, the TV networks were going bonkers with this Paris Hilton stuff. They were literally going bonkers with it. I continue to sit here and be amazed that anybody cares about Paris Hilton. I think that what's happened today with the coverage of this, this is a perfect illustration, a perfect example of the power of the Drive-By Media to take nothing, and I mean nothing, and make people care about it. You...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"This show is not the voice of the Republican establishment. It is the voice of American conservatism.""By the way, I'm not going to be here tomorrow. I'll tell you Monday where I was; if I tell you where I'm going now I'll get mobbed when I get there. But I'm taking a bunch of Allen Brothers steaks with me!""How can liberals be entertaining? How can anybody be entertaining if they're constantly outraged and angry and ticked off?...

RUSH: Patrick in Buffalo, you're next on the EIB Network.CALLER: Yeah, I need some help from a brilliant mind, Rush.RUSH: Well, you've happened to call the right place.CALLER: I'm trying to find out how I should deal with the education system here in New York.RUSH: Oh.CALLER: When they schedule a field trip to a mosque for sixth grade children under the guise of diversity and broader understanding. They gave us a two-day notice on this field trip. You get the notice on June 4th for a June...

RUSH: Michael in St. Petersburg, Florida, you're next. It's great to have you, sir.CALLER: Well, you're a national treasure in a lot of people's books down here in Florida.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I've been listening to you on WFLA. Ted Webb turned me on to you in the August of '88.RUSH: We own Tampa-St. Pete! WFLA is a fabulous affiliate, a fabulous station. We made that station but it's still a good station.CALLER: I know it. I was born and raised in St. Louis, and went to school and bummed...

RUSH: John in Milwaukee, you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Rush, 15-year, daily listener dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir. I appreciate that.CALLER: Of course. It's been time well spent. Two TIME Magazine covers this past week will just add to -- I know I can't add to the host's comments on the subject, but you spoke about religion and politics. This will clarify how liberals think about religion and politics. The first magazine cover was Mitt Romney. "Sure, he looks presidential,...

RUSH: "The AP's latest national Republican presidential poll was underway on Monday night, and by yesterday afternoon, some raw numbers began rolling in, and analysts were surprised by the initial take. 'If things keep progressing the way they do, some Republicans are in for a surprise,' said an AP employee familiar with the statistics that are being broken down." Apparently Mitt Romney is moving into a strong number two position, knocking McCain out of it. We wonder why. By the way, McCain...

RUSH: Wayne in Morristown, Pennsylvania, it's great to have you on the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Hey, good to talk to you, Rush. Greetings from the allergy capital of the world.RUSH: I didn't know that. Learn something every day. Allergy capital of the world?CALLER: Of course. Out here in the mountains and the hills. The reason I called, I had a question about former President George Bush, Sr. I was kinda wondering why he hasn't been more in the spotlight on the conservative movement,...

RUSH: I knew it. I knew it. I told you people. I knew this was what was going to happen, and it has happened. Dingy Harry took to the microphones after the vote for cloture in the Senate this morning on the immigration bill went down the tubes. They needed 60 votes to shut off debate and basically end debate and they didn't have the vote. They got 33. "The Senate refused to limit debate on overhauling US immigration law, as Democrats urged President Bush to rally Republicans to rescue the...

RUSH: Jo in Norfolk, Virginia, I'm glad you called. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Hello there, Rush.RUSH: Hello there. How are you?CALLER: Fine. My whole point is, last week you were talking about choice, women have choice, and I have a very good friend who is a prostitute, and she's gotten trapped, she's gotten thrown in jail --RUSH: Wait, wait, wait. (Laughing)CALLER: Yeah, I know. RUSH: No, wait a minute. I'm trying to remember the context here --CALLER: It was about abortion.RUSH:...

RUSH: Some time ago, in the past three months or so, we had a caller asking me why I thought liberals or the Democrats are so enraged all the time, so angry. I hem-hawed around about it, I gave the usual answer, Florida 2000 and this sort of stuff, and I said, "If you want to know the real reason, it's me and my success." They owned media for 50 years. They never had to debate anybody. They never had to have anybody challenge them. They didn't have to explain what they believed. Not just liberal...

RUSH: Bruce, Fort Wayne, Indiana, you're next, it's Open Line Friday on Thursday here. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Hello, Rush. Mega dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: The last month I've noticed you spouting this 80% statistic about Hillary winning the election, and I've been listening since '01. I've been kind of a post-September 11th listener, and you kept on saying she wasn't the smartest woman in the room; the American people would see right through her; that she wasn't a very appetizing...

RUSH: What was it, a couple days ago I mentioned Gary Sheffield's remarks about why there are fewer and fewer blacks playing Major League Baseball, and Gary Sheffield said, "Look, it's a simple matter that you can't control my race, but you can control these Latins." He said, "I called this a long time ago. You're going to see dark faces on baseball fields but there isn't going to be any English coming out of their mouths. They go down there and they recruit, they can control these Latins because...

RUSH: Here's Josh in Rochester, Indiana, you're up first on the EIB Network today. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush, how's it going?RUSH: Just fine, sir, never better.CALLER: Hey, my question is about the Sopranos coming up on Sunday. What do you think is going to happen?RUSH: What do I think is going to happen on the Sopranos Sunday night?CALLER: Yeah, you think Tony's going to get clipped or do you think he's going to make it?RUSH: I've got two theories about what I think's going to happen on the...

RUSH: Here's what happened last night on the immigration bill, as written up by the AP and then I will give you the correct analysis of this. "A fragile compromise that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants risks coming unraveled after the Senate voted early Thursday to place a five-year limit on a program meant to provide American employers with 200,000 temporary foreign workers annually. The 49-48 vote came two weeks after the Senate, also by a one-vote margin, rejected the same amendment...

RUSH: Let's go to the audio sound bites here. Number one, this is sort of interesting. This is yesterday on Channel 5 in Los Angeles, KTLA, their morning show. Their entertainment reporter Sam Rubin and his guest, the actress Rosie Perez, are speaking about fairness in the media. And here is a portion of their remarks.PEREZ: The liberal voice is not heard in America as much as it could be. And even the center, like you said, the center voice is not really heard as much as it should be.UNIDENTIFIED:...

RUSH: I have to tell you that when I got in here this morning and started doing the show prep, the TV networks were going bonkers with this Paris Hilton stuff. They were literally going bonkers with it. I continue to sit here and be amazed that anybody cares about Paris Hilton. I think that what's happened today with the coverage of this, this is a perfect illustration, a perfect example of the power of the Drive-By Media to take nothing, and I mean nothing, and make people care about it. You...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"This show is not the voice of the Republican establishment. It is the voice of American conservatism.""By the way, I'm not going to be here tomorrow. I'll tell you Monday where I was; if I tell you where I'm going now I'll get mobbed when I get there. But I'm taking a bunch of Allen Brothers steaks with me!""How can liberals be entertaining? How can anybody be entertaining if they're constantly outraged and angry and ticked off?...

Story #1: Fox Must Keep Apologizing to John Conyers RUSH: You may be aware of the hurt feelings of John Conyers, the esteemed congressman from Michigan. The other day the Fox News Channel was doing a story on the indictment of Congressman William Jefferson (Democrat-Louisiana), and they rolled tape of Conyers! (Ha, ha!) Conyers, of course, got very upset about this. He couldn't believe they would make such an error -- and of course the underlying "offense" that congressman Conyers felt was that...

Story #1: Fox Must Keep Apologizing to John Conyers RUSH: You may be aware of the hurt feelings of John Conyers, the esteemed congressman from Michigan. The other day the Fox News Channel was doing a story on the indictment of Congressman William Jefferson (Democrat-Louisiana), and they rolled tape of Conyers! (Ha, ha!) Conyers, of course, got very upset about this. He couldn't believe they would make such an error -- and of course the underlying "offense" that congressman Conyers felt was that...