RUSH: "In the end, backers of a cigarette tax increase for children's health couldn't assuage voters' worries about monkeying with the state constitution -- an issue stoked by a record-shattering $12 million TV blitz financed by the tobacco industry." We're talking Oregon here. "The result was a shellacking of Measure 50 -- voters trounced it by a 60 percent to 40 percent margin in Tuesday's special election -- and a stinging setback for backers of the effort to extend health care to 100,000 uninsured...

RUSH: I want to move on to President Sarkozy of France for just a second. President Bush hosted a big state dinner in Washington last night for him. How many times in the last six years have you heard the liberals and the left say that the Bush administration, or Bush personally, has destroyed our image in the world? Our allies hate us, and we got so much to do to rebuild our goodwill. (sobbing) We have destroyed every bit of goodwill we ever built by going to Iraq and all this. Have you noticed...

RUSH: Jeff in Bangor, Maine, you're next on the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Hey. Mega moose dittos from Maine, Rush.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: Hey, not to regurgitate some old Clinton material, but, boy, Hillary really earned the title of "Slick Hilly" last night with her response to Candy Crowley's question about the illegal aliens and the license debate. You know, she completely skirted the issue, and yet gave an answer that targeted local politicians and sort of said, "Hey, as your...

RUSH: James in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. You're next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hi.CALLER: How's it going?RUSH: Fine, sir, thank you.CALLER: Good. I'm a college student here in Cedar Rapids at a community college, and last night Barack Obama was here and he was speaking, and I just wanted to know your opinion on his race, because I thought it was horrible. I have never heard so many contradicting statements in one speech. What is your opinion on Barack Obama?RUSH: Well, he's a liberal. I...

RUSH: In the New York Times today: "Bill Clinton's suggestion that his wife faced a Republican-style 'Swift boat' attack during and after the last Democratic debate drew a rebuke yesterday from [Barry] Obama, who said, 'I was pretty stunned by that statement.'" This story is all about Clinton trying to stick the attacks on Hillary with Swift Boat imagery. What really killed Kerry -- you know, the Swift Boats were one thing, and they were right on the money, and nobody has disproven anything they...

RUSH: Yesterday, folks, we were going to talk a little bit about Hillary, but I cut back. (interruption) If you point at me and start mouthing at me without talking -- (interruption) that's exactly right, that's exactly right. (interruption) What Snerdley? He's pointing at me and he's shouting at me, but, of course, he didn't turn on the IFB mic, so I have no clue what he's saying. He just told me, "This is why they hate you. You got this whole thing started over a week ago over this illegal...

RUSH: You all know that Mark F. Lee Levin, my nickname for him, is a very close friend of mine, and, of course, I am the reason why everything good that has happened to him has happened to him and he knows it, and he's highly appreciative of this. He has a great book out. You know I'm an animal lover and you animal lovers out there are -- I can't tell you how you are going to be moved and affected if you read Mark's book. It's called Rescuing Sprite, about a shelter dog that they rescued, and...

Rush's Morning Update: Chilled!November 8, 2007Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Hey, something happened this week in Oregon --one of America's most liberal states -- and I'll bet you haven't heard much about it unless you listen to my radio program. Oregon voters had the chance to provide insurance to "the children" by implementing a new tax on Big Tobacco. Advocates rolled out TV ads; theysent mailers "telling stories of debt...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"'Swiftboating' is telling the truth about somebody, generally the truth about a Democrat.""You all know that Mark F. Lee Levin (my nickname for him) is a very close friend of mine, and, of course, I am the reason why everything good that has happened to him has happened to him. He knows it, and he's highly appreciative of this.""Now Hillary's team is debating what color her pantsuit should be in the next debate: Should it be black...

Story #1: Studies: Being Fat Won't Kill You; Could Save You RUSH: All right, try this headline. First of all, how many of you believe -- because you have been told over, and over, and over again -- that if you are overweight, you're going to get Type 2 diabetes. You're going to die, kidney failure or heart attack, and if you smoke, you're going to die. But if you're overweight, you're going to die. We're not talking obese. If you're obese, of course, you're already dead, you just don't know it,...