I have to tell you a quick little story. Thursday night last week, I had a bunch of friends arrive on Wednesday afternoon. I had fifteen people here through about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, and it was just a hoot, people from all over the country. But Thursday night I had to leave 'em, because I had to fly to New York for the annual Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation annual dinner and ball, and there was three people that received awards that night. Well, two people, Secretary of State...

RUSH: Jimmy Carter has made news. This was ABC's This Week with George "Stephy" Stephanopoulos. Stephanopoulos said, "President Carter, you're going to be the highest-ranking American ever to meet with the president of Hamas," or the leader or the head terrorist of Hamas. "His group is labeled a terrorist organization by the US, and the State Department advised against the meeting. Why are you doing it, anyway?"CARTER: As a matter of fact, uh, I've been meeting with Hamas leaders for... years....

RUSH: Jimmy Carter has made news. This was ABC's This Week with George "Stephy" Stephanopoulos. Stephanopoulos said, "President Carter, you're going to be the highest-ranking American ever to meet with the president of Hamas," or the leader or the head terrorist of Hamas. "His group is labeled a terrorist organization by the US, and the State Department advised against the meeting. Why are you doing it, anyway?"CARTER: As a matter of fact, uh, I've been meeting with Hamas leaders for... years....

RUSH: Jimmy Carter has made news. This was ABC's This Week with George "Stephy" Stephanopoulos. Stephanopoulos said, "President Carter, you're going to be the highest-ranking American ever to meet with the president of Hamas," or the leader or the head terrorist of Hamas. "His group is labeled a terrorist organization by the US, and the State Department advised against the meeting. Why are you doing it, anyway?"CARTER: As a matter of fact, uh, I've been meeting with Hamas leaders for... years....

RUSH: John in Mineral, Virginia, you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Yeah, Rush, it's an honor. Thank you so much. This is a great birthday present for me.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: My concern is, like I expressed earlier, I'm sick of the candidates that we have all together. I do believe that what we need is a candidate that will protect America, and all this fighting amongst ourselves internally is destroying us. And I just, I'm from a small town, I've served my country, I...

RUSH: Bob in Erie, Pennsylvania, I'm glad you called, sir. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Thanks for taking my call, Rush, from Erie, which right now is being inundated by Ted Kennedy, surrogate for Obama. He's in town speaking several places.RUSH: By the way, you know where Obama is not going to speak himself?CALLER: I don't know.RUSH: Black neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Obama is studiously avoiding black neighborhoods in Philadelphia in an outreach effort to the white vote.CALLER: Okay....

I have to tell you a quick little story. Thursday night last week, I had a bunch of friends arrive on Wednesday afternoon. I had fifteen people here through about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, and it was just a hoot, people from all over the country. But Thursday night I had to leave 'em, because I had to fly to New York for the annual Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation annual dinner and ball, and there was three people that received awards that night. Well, two people, Secretary of State...

RUSH: Joe in Rockland County in New York, you're next. I'm glad you waited. Hello.CALLER: Rush, how you doing?RUSH: Fine, sir. Thank you.CALLER: I hope that my whole comment can come in because I know you have the delay system going on there, but there's just a few things that I would like to state. One is I want to thank you and Sean Hannity for proving to the world that Barack Obama is not a Muslim but that he's a Christian. That helped us out in a great way. I mean no one could have done...

RUSH: Bruce in Brooklyn, thank you, sir, for waiting, and welcome.CALLER: Thanks very much, Rush, and greetings from the conservative insurgency and elitist (unintelligible) New York City.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: I want to first entirely agree with your point that what Limbaugh said in San Francisco was not a misstatement. I think that his rhetoric is finally catching up with his record.RUSH: You mean what Obama said in San Francisco? Because I haven't been there in a long time.CALLER:...

RUSH: Hi ya, folks. Rush Limbaugh and the Excellence in Broadcasting Network and the commanding officer of Operation Chaos here to report to you that the objectives are being met and exceeded, ladies and gentlemen, bloodletting, blood on the floor at the Democrat Party. It is a beautiful thing to see. Here you have Barack Obama running around and calling all these people in small towns basically a bunch of racists and bigots, phony religious people, they only cling to God when things are going...

RUSH: I was recuperating from the weekend last night, just resting, and I got an e-mail flash, "Are you watching this Compassion Forum on CNN?" I say, "Hell no. What do I need to watch a bunch of liberals in a Compassion Forum on CNN for? "Well, you gotta watch, you gotta see what Obama is saying." I said, "I don't need to see it. I know these people." Nevertheless, I turned it on, and I'm watching Marxist Christians in the audience. I'm watching these Marxist evangelicals. And, by the way, you...

RUSH: Even without me, for four days, Operation Chaos is proceeding beautifully, ladies and gentlemen. A Democrat dream team is now in a total nightmare. It is a total nightmare. As Operation Chaos continues to draw Democrats into bloody bickering throughout the country. ... So, Barack Obama, talking to a bunch of elitist millionaires and billionaires in San Francisco on April 6th, basically reveals what we have all known that all Democrats think of the people who make this country work. They...

Rush's Morning Update: Blowing Smoke!April 15, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer You remember years ago --liberals sued Big Tobaccoand then hit consumers with massive tax increases, andI predicted that the settlement money would fund government operations-- not health care, as promised. And I said a thriving black market for cigarettes would emerge.Well, since then, states have indeed spent their settlement money on non-health...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Obama is the most radical Democrat to run for president in my lifetime -- and I'm including McGovern, Mondull, and John Kerry on that list.""If you hate America, you are now a patriot. Because your country's not worth all these great traditions and institutions! This country fights unjust wars! This country oppresses people! This country makes it possible for people to suffer in Darfur!" "What's happened here, folks, is that...

Story #1: Obama Camp to Repackage Michelle for the GeneralRUSH: From the American Spectator today, The Prowler column: "Michelle Obama believes she is her husband's best advocate, but some of Sen. Barack Obama's inner circle believe that should he win the Democrat nomination, they will have to 'repackage and redirect' Mrs. Obama for the general election, according to one Obama donor, who has voiced her concerns about the missus. 'You look at what she says about America and some of the policies she...