RUSH: Bruce in Fort Wayne, Indiana, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Proud corporal during the Indiana Inquisition, sir.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: First I want to say something to Mona, Pete, and the last woman. Keep your head held high and grow a spine. I'm absolutely disheartened by the negativity. You have to first master your own life before you can try to help others, and this disheartening just absolutely makes me feel horrible, absolutely horrible. And you have given me...

RUSH: Senator McCain, even as we speak, is on television speaking at the Florida Press Association. He's going on and on and on about how much he loves town halls and he's encouraged Obama to join him at these town halls -- which is actually not bad strategic news because you get Obama off the prompter and he's a different guy. There's nothing soaring; there are no wild, cheering accolades and fans fainting and any of that sort of stuff. He's not nearly as good on the stump. He's okay in debates,...

RUSH: We'll go to Anacortes, Washington. This is John. Thank you, sir, and welcome.CALLER: Hey, Rush, great to talk to you, and mega dittos from a retired Army officer.RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much.CALLER: While I was waiting to ask my question I was just listening to you talk about Obama and all the people pulling the strings, it kind of reminded me of the Manchurian Candidate. While everybody is manipulating him the press keeps saying he's the bravest, kindest, warmest, most wonderful...

RUSH: Let's move on to this Tony Rezko situation. Obama yesterday issued a statement saying: "This isn't the Tony Rezko I knew." But Obama "knew Rezko as a close friend and an ally for over 20 years, as Rezko rose to become Illinois's top political fixer." What Tony Rezko did Obama know if he didn't know this guy? What Jeremiah Wright did Obama know? And of course we're not allowed to talk about these guys. We're not allowed to talk about Rezko. That's the politics of distraction. We've gotta...

RUSH: I'm watching the news also at the top of the hour break, and no matter what channel I turn to: "Hillary Clinton exiting race on Saturday. Hillary Clinton is going to praise Obama on Saturday. Hillary Clinton getting out," blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That's not what's happening here. It is not what's happening. What you've gotta read between the lines... You gotta understand how to understand what a Clinton is saying. She did say that at some event so Saturday that she would "extend..."...

RUSH: I was perusing various websites, conservative websites. (I'm not going to mention the names; it doesn't matter; they're a dime a dozen now.) But I ran across some guy in a little post on his blog say, "You know, conservatives have got to change with the times. This is not Reagan anymore. They can't keep talking about Reagan. We've gotta modernize. We've gotta adapt." You know, the problem with this is... Let me make it as simple as possible. It has nothing to do with Reagan. It has...

RUSH: Now, a couple thoughts here. I meant to get into this yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, and events just superseded my intent. But I had a bunch of stories, and I talked about it on the margins yesterday, all these Drive-By Media stories, there was one Washington Post story mentioning Obama is black four or five times. There were three or four other Drive-By Media publications focusing on Obama's race and how what a great step this is for the United States of America, we've passed a major...

RUSH: Now, we've talked a lot in the past couple days about what to do here. You have called. You have asked me for leadership. You have asked me for guidance. You have called me a wimp. You have called me your hero. You've said I need to have answers. I don't have all the answers for a situation like this. Thomas Sowell has written a piece. We got two of the most inadequate candidates running for president in his lifetime, two of the most inadequate. And here's what Sowell said, by the way,...

RUSH: Yesterday morning on WLS in Chicago, the Don Wade & Roma Morning Show, our 50,000-watt blowtorch affiliate in Chicagoland, they talked to the chairman of the Republican National Committee Mike Duncan. And Don Wade said, "So, here we have the Rush Limbaugh problem. How are you going to get Rush Limbaugh on the Republican team?"DUNCAN: Well, obviously we hope that everyone joins the team, and what I'm seeing right now is that nine out of ten Republican voters are rallying around John McCain....

RUSH: This is a story in the Denver Post today. They're outta money at the Democrat National Committee and their convention. They have a host committee out there in Denver, and the host committee was responsible for raising $40.6 million in private cash donations by June 16th, and they spend the money for things like transforming the Pepsi Center into a convention hall, media facilities in and outside the hall, and hosting all of the parties. However, the Denver host committee had banked only...

Rush's Morning Update: Swallow This! June 6, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, apparently, folks, there's no rest for the weary. Now Hillary Clinton is being asked -- herself -- to shoulder the burden of healing angry Democrat women (when she's not the one who made them mad). Missouri Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill, an Obama supporter, thinks it's up to Hillary to deliver a strong endorsement of Obama to promote healing....

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Obama is Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter rolled up into one candidate: Clinton speak, Carter policy.""I'll believe it when I see it -- that the Democrats are not going to have all these parties.It's not likewe'retalking about a bunch of destitute people. We're talking about filthy rich limousine liberal Democrats. Somebody's going to throw a party!""I mean, the word 'gravitas' is not even appropriate for a messiah like Obama....

Story #1: Retail Spending Exceeds Expectations in MayRUSH: Retailers report that May spending results were above expectations yet again. "Consumers stepped up their shopping in May after tax rebate checks began hitting mailboxes, giving many of the nation's retailers stronger than expected sales for the month. Still, there were signs that many people are still focusing on necessities such as food and gas" -- which is the first time, by the way, in American history that people have focused on necessities,...