RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, before we get into the political news of the day, I want to play for you something that happened this morning on the White House lawn; the largest welcoming ceremony ever in the history of the White House for Pope Benedict XVI. We have audio sound bites of the president's greeting to the pope, the pope's response, and I saw something that genuinely moved me. I was sitting here staring at this and listening to this, and I was just blown away by it. Two things happened....

RUSH: I got a note from a friend this morning and it says, "I was thinking last night after your discussion of the ozone hole yesterday and that story--" and we did our Morning Update on this yesterday on the inciting of thinness in France. I had this in the Stack yesterday. I didn't have a chance to get to it, but the French have decided that thinness is very bad for you because it can kill you, and they're going to go after any magazine or television show that incites thinness. If anybody dies...

RUSH: Rick in Pocatello, Idaho, great to have you, sir. I'm glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Thank you, Rush. It's a great honor to talk to you. And mega dittos from a small town in Idaho.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: What I wanted to talk to you about was Bill Maher's insulting remarks he made about my church and my pope, comparing them to the pedophile compound of what's going on in Texas. And, being bitter, you know, going to church, what Obama said, I take my family...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, before we get into the political news of the day, I want to play for you something that happened this morning on the White House lawn; the largest welcoming ceremony ever in the history of the White House for Pope Benedict XVI. We have audio sound bites of the president's greeting to the pope, the pope's response, and I saw something that genuinely moved me. I was sitting here staring at this and listening to this, and I was just blown away by it. Two things happened....

RUSH: This is Neil in northeast Pennsylvania. Hello, sir. Thank you for waiting.CALLER: Hi. Mega dittos, Rush. Pleasure to talk to you from a gun-toting, God-fearing man from a small town in Pennsylvania.RUSH: Well, it's great to have another one of you hicks on the program with us.CALLER: That's correct. Although this hick is a licensed attorney in the state, so I guess my backwoods attitude has been shined a bit.RUSH: Well, do you go to church, have a gun?CALLER: Absolutely.RUSH: Then...

RUSH: I got a note from a friend this morning and it says, "I was thinking last night after your discussion of the ozone hole yesterday and that story--" and we did our Morning Update on this yesterday on the inciting of thinness in France. I had this in the Stack yesterday. I didn't have a chance to get to it, but the French have decided that thinness is very bad for you because it can kill you, and they're going to go after any magazine or television show that incites thinness. If anybody dies...

RUSH: Here's Michelle Obama yesterday at a rally in Pennsylvania talking about elitism.MICHELLE OBAMA: There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that. But let me tell you who me and Barack are so that you are not confused. Yeah, I went to Princeton and Harvard. But the lens through which I see the world is the lens that I grew up with. I am the product of a working-class upbringing. I grew up on the south side of Chicago in a working-class community. I want people to know when they...

RUSH: Rick in Pocatello, Idaho, great to have you, sir. I'm glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Thank you, Rush. It's a great honor to talk to you. And mega dittos from a small town in Idaho.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: What I wanted to talk to you about was Bill Maher's insulting remarks he made about my church and my pope, comparing them to the pedophile compound of what's going on in Texas. And, being bitter, you know, going to church, what Obama said, I take my family...

RUSH: While in the Middle East this week, the former worst president of the United States in our lifetimes and maybe ever, Jimmy Carter, has generated some press for his efforts to befriend Hamas. For those of you in Rio Linda, Hamas is an Islamic terrorist group. Israel said, "Please don't do this." The United States said, "Mr. Carter, please don't do this." Jimmy Carter is playing the role of communicator, as he calls it, gathering information from Hamas and Syrian leaders to then relay to...

RUSH: Yesterday on this program, we spent quite a while in the third hour of the program discussing Obama's phrase, "We are the ones we've been waiting for" and how these hicks in the small towns of America don't understand it after they come home from their second job of banging the cash register. They turn on the TV for a little news and they see Obama saying, "We are the ones we've been waiting for," and they go, "Huh?" We found the roots of this. I don't even remember what the roots are,...

RUSH: Doug in Seattle, you're next, welcome to the program, sir. CALLER: Hey, Rush. I'm an African-American business owner out here, and actually I just closed the business today. It's kind of a sad moment, but I wanted to say that I'm optimistic about America. You know, I'm a black business owner. I've never wanted the government to do something for me, because all I needed is an opportunity, and there's hurdles down here for everybody regardless of color, and, sometimes, I'm not going to lie,...

RUSH: More audio sound bites here before we get to some lighthearted stuff in the Stacks today, as well as the big, big, big debate tonight in Pennsylvania between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The Drive-By Media is now getting in gear and talk of Operation Chaos is heating up. This morning on Fox & Friends, Steve Doocy talking to Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online. DOOCY: Rush Limbaugh on the radio is encouraging Republicans to vote in the Democrat primary and calls it Operation...

RUSH: "CNN said Wednesday that commentator Jack Cafferty was referring to China's leaders -- not the Chinese people -- when he described them as a 'bunch of goons and thugs,' and apologized to anyone who thought otherwise. On Tuesday, China demanded an apology for Jack Cafferty's comments broadcast on CNN, in which he also described Chinese products as 'junk.' Beijing had already singled out US-based CNN as among Western news outlets that produced allegedly biased coverage of violent anti-government...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, before we get into the political news of the day, I want to play for you something that happened this morning on the White House lawn; the largest welcoming ceremony ever in the history of the White House for Pope Benedict XVI. We have audio sound bites of the president's greeting to the pope, the pope's response, and I saw something that genuinely moved me. I was sitting here staring at this and listening to this, and I was just blown away by it. Two things happened....

Rush's Morning Update: TributeApril 17, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer While in the Middle East this week, former president Jimmy Carter has generated some press for his efforts to befriend the Islamic terrorist group Hamas.Despite rebuffs from Israel-- and our own government-- Carter is playing the role of a "communicator," as he calls it, supposedly gathering information from Hamas and Syrian leaders to then relay to...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"The pope's speech was just uplifting to me; I take this stuff personally. I love this country, and I love anyone else who loves this country.""As your Commander-in-Chief US, Operation Chaos, I'm looking out over the battlefield. Mrs. Clinton's in trouble, and something that I never anticipated may be necessary:mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.""I heard The Battle Hymn of the Republic start, and I told Cookie up in New York, 'Get...

Story #1: Drive-Bys Ignore Pro-America Berlusconi WinRUSH: Not enough is being made, ladies and gentlemen, about the victory in Italy of Silvio Berlusconi. Silvio Berlusconi ran as a conservative. Sarkozy ran as a conservative. Angela Merkel in Germany did not run on an anti-American ticket. Berlusconi's opponent ran as the Italian Obama. He lost by 11 points. The point here is that while the liberals and Democrats keep telling you that we're hated around the world, that our image is horrible,...