RUSH: Mr. Brooks at the New York Times is back at it today, mentioning me, as he also did last night on All Things Considered on NPR. When I read these guys and Fred Barnes' piece today -- and, by the way, you need to understand something. I have no personal animus. I never met David Brooks. I've met Fred a couple times, and back in the early days of this program Fred guest hosted this program when we were looking for a roster of guest hosts. I have nothing personal here. In fact, these are...

RUSH: I'm looking at South Carolina. Mrs. Clinton has pulled out of there. The story is Mrs. Clinton's conceding it. She's left. At the debate last night, she got aboard the charter jet (paid for with Norman Hsu money), and flew out to states getting ready for Super Tuesday on February 5th. Of course, the conventional wisdom is that Mrs. Clinton knows that Obama's going to win the state of South Carolina. Why? Because of the black population. Now, what a coup it would be for Mrs. Clinton...

RUSH: All right, Ron in Las Vegas, thank you for waiting and welcome to the program, sir.CALLER: Hello, Rush. It's an honor to speak to you. Mega dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: And my question to you is, there's been talking about this tax rebate thing with $145 billion. Wouldn't the American people be better served to stimulate the economy by giving tax incentives to people that are buying houses that -- you know, there's a lot of houses here in Las Vegas I think they paid $25,000 that...

RUSH: Mr. Brooks at the New York Times is back at it today, mentioning me, as he also did last night on All Things Considered on NPR. When I read these guys and Fred Barnes' piece today -- and, by the way, you need to understand something. I have no personal animus. I never met David Brooks. I've met Fred a couple times, and back in the early days of this program Fred guest hosted this program when we were looking for a roster of guest hosts. I have nothing personal here. In fact, these are...

RUSH: Mrs. Clinton, by the way, we've got audio sound bites of this debate last night. It was entertaining as it could be in spots. Did you see it? Did you watch it, Snerdley? Oh, reading the transcript will not do it for you in this case. You had to see it. Barack and Hillary went at it there for a while. Hillary accused him of doing business with a slum lord after he accused her of being a corporate lawyer on the Wal-Mart board while he was fighting for the little people in Illinois. He...

RUSH: Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, as you know, we discussed in some detail or some length a piece that appeared Sunday in the Washington Post. The essence of the piece was that I am now irrelevant, that Senator McCain beat me in the South Carolina primary -- even though I was not on the ballot. I've been rendered irrelevant. No longer do conservatives and Republicans follow my advice. You heard all this yesterday. I'm not going to relive it, but that was the essence of it. I also said...

RUSH: The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates 75 basis points today, three-quarters of a cut. Everybody expecting half a point, got three-quarters of a point, and so now the interest rate is down to 3 1/2%. And CNBC, well probably CNN too, they have just been spoiling for a recession. They have been spoiling for a crash today. Of course, that means ratings for them. But they've been doing everything they could to make this worse. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened today down about 300,...

Rush's Morning Update: DirtJanuary 23, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer All right, folks. I know you've got a lot to deal with out there.Drive-By Media doing its damnedest to create an economic depression; your obese, fat-slobkids can't learn squat in school; everything you like to eat is bad for you; there are two Americas, and one of them is full of illegal aliens who can get driver's licenses and benefits easier than...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"It's so simple: I am a conservative who puts the country first, not a political party or a particular nominee.""Harry Reid says the economy is or could be heading towards a recession. Now that, folks, is the best news of the week! The politician who said we lost the war is now saying that we are losing the economy. I mean, when Dingy Harry makes a call, the opposite is almost a sure thing.""CNBC has the Money Honey over there...

Story #1: Dogs, Cats Hardest Hit by Home Mortgage MessRUSH: Try this headline from Chicago Tribune. This is as bad as what CNBC has been trying to do all day by running the market down. Anyway, all you really need to know about the story is the headline: "'Dogs, Cats Latest Victims of Subprime Mortgage Mess; Animals Lose Families as Owners Lose Homes -- The tentacles of the foreclosure monster reach all the way into a Naperville animal shelter, where McKenzie and Rocket are its collateral damage....