RUSH: Boy, this is fascinating. There are so many elements here and we are once again learning that conventional wisdom is BS. Let's start with one thing, and that is all last week we heard, "The Democrats can pass this if they want to, why wait for the Republicans?" Obviously that wasn't true. There's another thing that's a factor in this House vote today. It has failed. However, they suspended the vote, and Nancy Pelosi, she needs to get 11 Democrats to change their minds. Can you imagine...

RUSH: We'll start with Joan in Boca Raton. It's great to have you with us. Hello.CALLER: Hi. How are you? RUSH: Fine.CALLER: I'm not so good. I've been sitting here watching C-SPAN. It's a joke. It's a total joke. I'm sitting here watching Pelosi shake her finger at them and tell them that this is the Republicans' fault. How can the Republicans vote yes in a situation like that? I just can't believe it.RUSH: Well, it's what I was talking about earlier.CALLER: I know. I heard you, and...

RUSH: So what got us here? Well, you can say "white guilt" got us here, political correctness got us here, or a combination of all those things. Democrats' desire to socialize the country got us here. Efforts to stop it failing -- and we're on the verge of even more of it, ladies and gentlemen. Stanley Kurtz has been researching Obama, and he has a great piece today. Let me just give you a couple excerpts. "What exactly does a 'community organizer' do?" and one thing a community organizer...

RUSH: Barack Obama expresses tepid support for the bailout plan? Wonder why that is since it's his party's? Since it's his whole party's bailout plan, why tepid support? Greetings, my friends, from the EIB Southern Command in beautiful south Florida. I would like to dedicate today's program and the Dow Jones Industrial Average today to the honorable Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barney Frank, ladies and gentlemen. It's Rush Limbaugh and the Excellence in Broadcasting Network. Great to have...

Rush's Morning Update: ApologySeptember 30, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, with so much focus on the $700 billion bailout boondoggle,you may have missed a rare event: a Drive-By Media apology.At issue?A column by Drive-By journalist Heather Mallick after the Republican convention,posted on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation website. Ms. Mallick wrote that Sarah Palin looked like a "porn actress" and was chosen...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"When the government fails to pass a socialism bill and the market goes south, let it go south.""Regardless how the vote turns out, I am not going to quit today until everybody listening to this program understands who's responsible for what is going on, and it's the very same people who screwed up.""Here's what we're dealing with, folks: Senator McCain is doing a rally right now in Ohio, and he's promising to end pork barrel spending....

Story #1:Obama Campaign Sought Out Rape Victim for AdRUSH: This from Jonathan Martin at the Politico. This is sick. This is an outrage, and nobody is going to care. "Barack Obama's campaign earlier this month sought to find a rape victim to appear in a campaign commercial, according to an e-mail obtained by Politico. Kiersten Steward, director of public policy at the Family Violence Prevention Fund, served as a conduit between the campaign and victims and women's advocates. 'Obviously, this...