RUSH: I want to expand on what essentially was a throwaway line right before the end of the hour because a lot of people are confused. I said liberals have their principles, and they stand for their principles above all else, and when they do, it is people who get hurt. It is not people that liberals stand for. And some of the e-mails that I have received, "Rush, liberals don't have principles." Oh, yes, they do. They have guiding principles. Doesn't mean they're right, but they have them,...

RUSH: I want to say something about this cyclone, this hurricane, in Burma. I know they want to call it Myanmar, but it's Burma. You probably heard that this hurricane claimed 22,000 lives, and they're now projecting that 50,000 people might have died from this storm. It could be even more than that, mostly from drowning, a 12-foot storm surge. When a tragedy like this happens, the reason I want to spend some time on this, not much, but I just want to put a thought in your head, when a tragedy...

RUSH: Fairfax, Virginia. Steven, glad you called, sir. Welcome.CALLER: Rush! This is Steven.RUSH: Yeah. Hi.CALLER: Hey, before I start, I wanted you to know that I was packing my boxes in my townhome to move to our nice new single family home that we're able to buy because of the current housing crisis.RUSH: Why is that, sir? The prices are cheaper?CALLER: Yeah. The prices are a lot cheaper.RUSH: Prices are cheaper, and of course interest rates are down now.CALLER: Right. But that's...

Germany's biggest newspaper, Die Welt, ran a story on Operation Chaos. It's hilarious...• Die Welt: "Operation Chaos" Unterwandert Hillarys Whler"Operation Chaos" Infiltrates Hillary's VotersMay 6, 2008The duel between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is costing the Democrats energy and money. Republicans are using it to their advantage: they're secretly voting in the Democratic primaries in order to prolong the duel - and see themselves as partisans of "Operation Chaos." Their goal: a disaster...

RUSH: My friends, I want you to know that I had easily 30 sound bites today in the roster. We have played four or five. Most of the sound bites were of Drive-By Media types discussing Operation Chaos. I did not share them with you today because yesterday was filled with that, and as you know, I hate making this show about me. Unfortunately, Operation Chaos is about me, and the Drive-Bys are talking about me. (interruption) It's about the volunteers, but the Drive-By Media analysts are not talking...

RUSH: Midland, North Carolina, this is Mary, and you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: I like your hold, by the way, love those temporary tattoo removal things. You're insane why you want anyone to vote for Democrats today --RUSH: Wait. Just a second here, Mary. You like to be on hold?CALLER: Yeah, I like to be on hold. Your hold was actually very good. I loved the tattoo thing and --RUSH: Oh, that you get to hear the parody songs, tattoo -- oh. I see....

RUSH: Fairfax, Virginia. Steven, glad you called, sir. Welcome.CALLER: Rush! This is Steven.RUSH: Yeah. Hi.CALLER: Hey, before I start, I wanted you to know that I was packing my boxes in my townhome to move to our nice new single family home that we're able to buy because of the current housing crisis.RUSH: Why is that, sir? The prices are cheaper?CALLER: Yeah. The prices are a lot cheaper.RUSH: Prices are cheaper, and of course interest rates are down now.CALLER: Right. But that's...

RUSH: Here is Peggy in North Shore, Long Island. Nice to have you on the program, Peggy.CALLER: Hi, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: I'm sorry, but I told Snerdley that chaos reigned supreme in the Republican Party. All of my friends, many of them who are Republicans, and I'm now asking them flat out are they going to vote for McCain, and they tell me without a moment's hesitation, "No." And I'm desperately frightened. I'm afraid you're playing a very dangerous game here. I think that a lot of the...

RUSH: Pittsburgh, Wendy, I'm glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. It's nice to talk to you.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I'm sorry to have to say this, but I just cringe when you yuk it up about Bill Clinton at the restaurant and about the crush on Hillary thing. It legitimizes them, and I just think about all the things that they have done over the years to people and the FBI files and Billy Dale and all the sexual harassment, and I just don't find them funny at...

RUSH: I want to expand on what essentially was a throwaway line right before the end of the hour because a lot of people are confused. I said liberals have their principles, and they stand for their principles above all else, and when they do, it is people who get hurt. It is not people that liberals stand for. And some of the e-mails that I have received, "Rush, liberals don't have principles." Oh, yes, they do. They have guiding principles. Doesn't mean they're right, but they have them,...

RUSH: Syracuse, Indiana. This is Chris. Nice to have you with us. Hello.CALLER: Hello?RUSH: Hi.CALLER: Hi. I wanted to compliment you first off with your work in funding for the assorted cancer organizations. That's really nice of you.RUSH: I appreciate that, ma'am. Thank you very much.CALLER: And, like I said, I'm from Syracuse, Indiana. And I've most often voted Democrat, but yesterday I called my secretary of state to get parameters because I was curious about what could be done to...

RUSH: I want to say something about this cyclone, this hurricane, in Burma. I know they want to call it Myanmar, but it's Burma. You probably heard that this hurricane claimed 22,000 lives, and they're now projecting that 50,000 people might have died from this storm. It could be even more than that, mostly from drowning, a 12-foot storm surge. When a tragedy like this happens, the reason I want to spend some time on this, not much, but I just want to put a thought in your head, when a tragedy...

RUSH: Last night I was watching television. I was zipping around. I very rarely do this. I have better things to do at night than watch cable TV. But I was zipping around, and I came across a segment on Hardball. We've got the audio sound bites. I don't even know if I'm going to play 'em. I just want to summarize it for you. They did a whole segment on Operation Chaos, refusing -- and I think this is purposeful, by the way -- to explain it properly. To them it's all about getting Hillary...

RUSH: Now let's go to these audio sound bites. This is this morning on the Ace and TJ Show. It's a syndicated, top-40 morning show, and their flagship is out of Charlotte, North Carolina, had Clinton on today and the first question came from TJ, "Mr. President I gotta tell you, I think it was like hilarious yesterday, the day before yesterday when your wife said that Rush Limbaugh had a crush on her. I thought that was funny."CLINTON: Yeah, I think ol' Rush might have a crush on her. ACE AND TJ:...

RUSH: I just got an e-mail right before the program started, said, "Rush, you're the lead at timemagazine.com. This is madness." So I went there, and it's Mark Halperin's blog, and there is a picture of me in a blue background with all kinds of stars surrounding my beautiful face and head, and the headline above this graphic is "CHAOS?!" with an exclamation point and a question mark. It references this story that I am holding here in my formally nicotine-stained fingers, the Indianapolis Star...

Rush's Morning Update: MenuMay 7, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Rising food costs have put turmoil on the menu. Violence over food prices has been reported in Egypt and Haiti -- and now at least two people have been killed in Somalia, where troops put down rioting over food.The Asian Development Bank is warning that over a billion Asians may sink back into poverty because of rising food prices. The Bank, of course, wants...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"A sincere thanks to all of you operatives for one hell of a job. I know how hard this has been for those of you to go out there and vote for a Clinton.""I think the central characteristic here of these massive humanitarian disasters is that when people are denied freedom, the results can be deadly.""Everything liberals try to fix gets worse. The most recent example: We are now producing food for fuel, and we have food riots around...

Story #1: It's All About Obama, Not Jeremiah WrightRUSH: Some very confusing poll numbers out today. Rasmussen is reporting a national telephone survey found that just 4% of American adults believe that comments made by Jeremiah Wright have helped Obama's bid for the White House. Sixty-six percent say that Wright's comments have hurt Obama's campaign. It was just yesterday the New York Times said just the opposite. USA Today has a poll today saying basically the same thing Rasmussen is saying....