RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, in a manner of speaking, on the floor of the Senate just now, I, your host, have been partially blamed for the housing crisis and the financial credit crunch. They have moved on from blaming George W. Bush to blaming me. Senator Dick Durbin.DURBIN: We adopted the mentality that was dominant in this city for so long that first get government off my back, government is my enemy, deregulate. You know, that was a pretty popular mantra around here 10 or 15 years ago,...

RUSH: Lana in Greeley, Colorado. Nice to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi! First, he's a hard act to follow.RUSH: Yeah, but I know you can do it.CALLER: Oh, I'm gonna. I am real tired of hearing people get by with the phrase, "They may not pay income taxes, but they pay payroll taxes." In many cases, they don't. They get earned income credit, additional earned income credit, child credit. Most, if not all of their payroll taxes, in many cases, are given back to them. And,...

RUSH: This is George in Vacaville, California. This was once a place where Charles Manson was in prison, by the way, not far from Sacramento. Yes, it's very true. George, welcome to the program.CALLER: Dittos, Rush.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I wanted to call and thank you because you were a big influence in my decision to join the Army, sir. I've joined the Army and I'm going to basic training soon, and you helped me realize what a great country we have, sir, and I just wanted to call and personally...

RUSH: Yesterday Amir Taheri in the New York Post quoted the Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari as saying that Obama made the demand when he visited Baghdad in July that (paraphrasing) "You guys shouldn't start talking about troop withdrawal now, you should wait 'til the next president's elected." The quote here from the Iraqi foreign minister, "He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement on US troop withdrawal until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration...

RUSH: Now, Troopergate. Touched on it just a little bit earlier. Here is an AP headline: "John McCain Campaign Tries to Quell 'Troopergate.'" It's by Gene Johnson. No, Gene, you are a complicit member of distortion and lies in the Drive-By Media. The headline is: "McCain Tries to Get Truth Out About Bogus Troopergate." In fact, it's not even Troopergate. We ought to call it Tasergate. It's Tasergate. Sarah Palin has issued a response to all of this, this investigation of Tasergate. She...

RUSH: I am focusing on this economic turmoil for a host of reasons, but number one is, it's a sitting duck issue for the Republicans, just as energy is, just as global warming is. All of these liberal cliche issues are sitting duck issues just to be swatted out of the park. Democrats created this mess that exists in the mortgage crisis, the housing crisis. And, by the way, folks, let me make one thing abundantly clear. It is not entirely fair to simply blame this whole thing on the fact that...

RUSH: I'm watching Senator McCain. I don't know where he is. He's doing a campaign appearance right now, and he's bashing Wall Street regulation and this sort of thing. He's doing a good thing. He's demanding an investigation. You know, where is the investigation of all of the individuals involved with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae? I did a little bit more research, you would not believe the extent to which Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae existed to prop up liberal Democrat politicians and their...

RUSH: This next is unreal. Joe Biden was on the Today show talking to the hostette there, Meredith Vieira, who asked him, "What specifically will your tax plan do to boost the economy?"BIDEN: Our tax plan would take that tax cut of another $130 billion that John wants to give to people making over $250,000 next year, not let it go forward and give it to the middle class, the very people who desperately need it to stay in their homes, to buy food, to take care of the gas to fill up their tank,...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, over the course of many sterling broadcasts, over the course of many years I have constantly told you to look at the Democrats and the media and the American left in this way. Whenever there's good news for America it's bad news for them. America wins in Iraq, bad news for the Democrats. America's economy goes up, new jobs, wages go up, bad news for the Democrats. Consequently, when the economy appears to go in the tank or there's some statistics out there that say...

RUSH: Discouraging polling data all over the place for Obama-Biden, and the talk continues to percolate out there, started here, started by me, of Biden being replaced on the ticket sometime in October. I keep hearing little whispers about this. I don't know how likely it is, but there are people talking about it, and the people talking about it are on the Obama side. Now, in Ohio, let me set up Ohio for you just to show you the Palin impact and to once again demonstrate for you the impact of...

Rush's Morning Update: BetraySeptember 17, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer This week --just outside Baghdad, at a palace once occupied by Saddam Hussein -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates presided over an understated ceremony attended by top Iraqi and American officials. There, General David Petraeus handed over the flag of his command, the Multi-National Force, and said his farewells.The farewell came almost a year to the...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Let me tell you the dirty little secret here, folks. When did Barack Obama get rich?During the Bush years!""Obama has no fundamental understanding of some of the most important institutions that have led to this nation's greatness. All he has is anger about them, a disrespect for them, and a distrust of them because of how he has been educated.""I'll tell you what this Troopergate's all about: it's all about the good old boys...