RUSH: On Morning Joe today, they interviewed Barney Frank about the mortgage crisis.FRANK: We made the mistake of assuming -- and I tried to protest against this -- but everybody else could be a homeowner. Home ownership is a good thing but for many people in this country decent rental housing is the appropriate forum. And people have said to me, "Well, gee, don't you wish, uh, everybody could own a home?" I wish I could eat more and not gain weight but I don't act on that -- or at least I do...

RUSH: I'm watching Governor Palin here in the breaks in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The crowd's going nuts again up there. They just can't contain 'em. Let's listen to how two Drive-Bys analyzed Governor Palin's appearance on this program last hour. Here is Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, Washington, with Chris Cillizza from the Washington Post.MITCHELL: Let's listen to a second to Rush Limbo (sic) and Sarah Palin.RUSH ARCHIVE: [A]s I listen to your campaign appearances and Senator McCain's, it seems...

RUSH: I think you read Stanley Kurtz, and just apply some common sense to this, it was kind of like a light going on with me. One of these things that you know, one of these things you expect, but it never made it to the frontal lobe to the point of being voiced. It made no sense to me why, with so much rampant prosperity all around us, the opportunities for expanding one's circumstances to become educated, to become prosperous, to become successful, why is it that one group of Americans for some...

RUSH: The New York Post today: "Seven-year-old Gets an ACORN Vote." Her name is O'jahnae Smith. "O'jahnae Smith is ready and registered to vote this November. There's only one problem: She's 7 years old. The Connecticut girl is 11 years too young -- and nobody in her family knows how she ended up on a voter registration form submitted by ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now," that Obama worked with, there are pictures of him, he's denying it, he's lying about it,...

RUSH: Patrick Healy in the New York Times: "A Riveting Speaker, Waving the Flag -- Here is the thing about Gov. Sarah Palin: She loves America. Really loves it. She loves the smell of cut grass and hay, as she told Ohio voters Sunday. She loves Navy bases, she said in Virginia Beach on Monday morning. She loves America's 'most beautiful national anthem,' she told a crowd here a few hours later. ... As the Republican vice-presidential nominee for six and a half weeks now, Ms. Palin has emerged as...

RUSH: McCain was out there today in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. We have some sound bites of his latest economic pitch.MCCAIN: Current rules mandate that investors must begin to sell off their IRAs and 401Ks when they reach age 70 and one half years old. Those rules should be suspended to spare senior citizens from being forced to sell their stock just as the market is hurting the most. We will also cut the tax rate for withdrawals from tax preferred requirement accounts to ten percent. Retirees have...

RUSH: Now, John Harris, this is from the Watertown Daily Times, and he spoke yesterday on the election at St. Lawrence University's Eben Holden Conference Center in Canton. Man, this story is all over the place, and I'm sorry, I've got the print version so I really don't know where this is, but I'm thinking since they say it's near Canada -- it doesn't matter where it is, I just like to know so I can report fully. "John F. Harris might not have the best record for his political predictions --...

RUSH: Try this. This is from the StarGazette.com. It's a Gannett Paper. It's in Elmira, New York. "Ron Havens has a reputation for provocative Halloween displays that reflect his strong political views. But even Havens was pretty sure his latest effort was over the top. That didn't stop him from setting it up in plain sight anyway. Havens, who lives on Schuyler County Route 15 (Ridge Road) just south of Odessa, this week set up a Halloween display featuring mannequins that look like [Obama and]...

RUSH: Would you like to hear how the Drive-Bys dealt with the Tim Mahoney story today in the Mark Foley seat. These people went nuts over Foley. They yuk it up here over the Mahoney story. They will not give "the ugly details." Here are the Co-Host Willie Geist and the exchange with political analyst Chuck Todd and Mika Brzezinski. BRZEZINSKI: Uhhhhh.GEIST: You want to talk about the smut in Palm Beach?BRZEZINSKI: (cackling)TODD: Only the poor folks in Palm Beach. One congressman in one sex scandal...

RUSH: Campbell Brown, who works at CNN, has done a commentary: So what if Obama were a Muslim or an Arab? So what? That's right, Campbell. But what if Obama were a Mormon? Then we'd need a media anal exam, right, Campbell? I'm certain Campbell, when Mitt Romney was being attacked over his religion you were the first so-called journalist to stand up in his defense, right? Rather than report how his religion could be a problem for him, you did that, didn't you, Campbell, I'm sure you wrote a...

RUSH: Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Rush Limbaugh and Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by The Hollies taking us into our little chat here with Governor Sarah Palin, the vice presidential nominee for John McCain. Governor Palin, welcome to the program. It's nice to have you here. It's a pleasure to speak with you.GOVERNOR PALIN: Hey. Thank you so much and dittos from Scranton. RUSH: Scranton, Pennsylvania, on the bus?GOVERNOR PALIN: We just got off the bus. We're heading into a rally...

Rush's Morning Update: OilOctober 15, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer In early summer,as crude oil was inching toward $150a barrel,I, El Rushbo,predicted thatthe "bubble" would burst -- that oil prices would fall. At the time, legions of analysts were predicting the exact opposite; some even said that oil would reach 200 bucks a barrel.Well! This past week, Goldman Sachs-- among the firms predicting the $200-a-barrel...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"This ACORN stuff is crucial, folks. It puts the lie to all of Obama's airy rhetoric about change and social justice." "Campbell Brown, who works at CNN, has done a commentary: 'So what if Obama were a Muslim or an Arab? So what?' That's right, Campbell. But what if Obama were a Mormon? Then we'd need a media anal exam, right, Campbell?""Who the hell are the Democrats? They're nothing but partisan hacks. They are the most hateful...

Story #1: Zogby Poll Shows Race in Statistical Dead HeatRUSH: Among other things, there's a Zogby poll out today, and we're at a statistical dead heat: Obama 47.9, racist America, 43.6. That's exactly what I mean, Mr. Snerdley. John Lewis said, and all the Democrats are saying, if you don't vote Obama you're racist, right? So Obama is at 47.9, racist America at 43.6. Story #2: Must Read: The Latest David Brooks ColumnRUSH: There is a piece today in the New York Times by David Brooks. I don't...