RUSH: This ought to disqualify the Breck Girl. His whole campaign is based on wiping out poverty. Listen to this lead from the AP, which is unusual. "Five years into a national economic recovery, the share of Americans living in poverty finally dropped." Now, they had to put the word "finally" in there. "The nation's poverty rate was 12.3% in 2006, which was down from 12.6% a year before, according to the Census Bureau. Median household income increased slightly to $48,200 per year." Median,...

RUSH: John in Mount Shasta, California, welcome to the program, sir. It's great to have you with us.CALLER: Good day, Rush. Earlier you mentioned that the Democrats had wasted the Craig situation.RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: I don't think they did because the Hillary-Chinese contribution thing has kind of been slipped under the rug, and nobody seems to be talking about it.RUSH: You know, it's an amazing thing. When the Clintons get into trouble, they always turn to the ChiComs, and the ChiComs always...

RUSH: Do you have any problem with presidential candidates announcing their intentions on Jay Leno or Letterman or what have you? Mr. Snerdley nods in there that he does not. What about you, Maimone? Have any problem with it? Oh, you do? You disagree with going on the Leno show? Oh, good. See, I have problems with it, too. Now, the Thompson explanation from the media guy running the Thompson campaign is that there will be far more normal Americans watching The Tonight Show, or shows like...

RUSH: I want to comment further here on the Miss Teen South Carolina answer. She was asked a question in a pageant: "Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the United States on a world map. Why do you think this is? " Here was her answer: "I personally believe the US Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education, like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like, such as -- and I believe...

RUSH: This ought to disqualify the Breck Girl. His whole campaign is based on wiping out poverty. Listen to this lead from the AP, which is unusual. "Five years into a national economic recovery, the share of Americans living in poverty finally dropped." Now, they had to put the word "finally" in there. "The nation's poverty rate was 12.3% in 2006, which was down from 12.6% a year before, according to the Census Bureau. Median household income increased slightly to $48,200 per year." Median,...

RUSH: Boy, it's tough on my little cat. I was gone for, it must have been eight or nine days, and we left Hawaii and we flew over to Honolulu after golf this past Saturday. We went over to the University of Hawaii football game against Northern Colorado. June Jones, the head coach is just doing a fabulous rebuilding job of that program. He has a potential Heisman Trophy quarterback over there. This kid threw six touchdown passes, 416 yards in the first half. We were watching the game from...

RUSH: This John Edwards story in which he said Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require all Americans go to the doctor for preventive care: Now, I have a question. His universal health care is socialized medicine, and I have a simple question for you people. Under socialized medicine, who is in charge of your health? Do you realize it ain't going to be you? You will not be in charge of your health under socialized medicine, and some of you may actually like that, which is...

RUSH: You know, folks, I was so hoping when I was in Hawaii last week that when Larry Craig announced he was quitting the Senate, that instead he had come to the microphone and said, "I am announcing today that I intend to switch parties and become a Democrat." (Playing of Happy Feet.) I guess we can call this the bathroom stall update theme, Paolo Conte on the vocal portrayal here. Let's go to the sound bites. The real point about this, I think, has been missed and that's because, of course,...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Do we really want to live in a country where men cannot pick up men? We must think about the implications of this Larry Craig incident." "What was Larry Craig's mistake? Larry Craig's mistake was not tapping his foot in the Oval Office. If he was tapping his foot in the Oval Office, he'd still be in the Senate. But no, he had to go to a men's room." "Where is Snerdley? We can't start the program without the call screener! I can't...