RUSH: Audio sound bite. Sam Donaldson, Good Morning America today. It's over, he says.DONALDSON: I think he's headed for a loss with allllll the people out there saying they trust the Democrats and Obama, more than the Republicans to fix this, I think he would be headed for a loss. I don't see anything that he can do. Now, I'm a (haughty chuckle) political reporter, as you know, Diane, and I know all we can do is watch, and something could happen. But unless it does, he's going to lose.RUSH:...

RUSH: People have been waiting patiently as they always do on this program, so we will reward them by returning to the phones. We go to Miami. Jack, you're next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hello, sir.CALLER: Hey. How you doing?RUSH: Just fine, sir.CALLER: Great. Longtime listener, first-time caller.RUSH: Great to have you with us.CALLER: Great. I wanted to ask you a question. RUSH: Yeah?CALLER: I've been listening all week, and then you mentioned that we would have to drag McCain to...

RUSH: This is Shara in Taylor, Michigan. Hi, Shara. Nice to have you with us.CALLER: Thank you very much for having me. How are you today?RUSH: I'm never better. Thank you.CALLER: Okay, that's good. I'm a longtime Hillary Clinton supporter. And there are a couple issues that have just been frying my brain. The other day, I believe it was on CNN, they had a lady named Karen Finley on there. She was a spokesperson for Barack Obama.RUSH: Karen Finley?CALLER: Yeah.RUSH: Wait a second now....

RUSH: When I look at some of this post-debate analysis and when I look at some of these idiots that these focus group people find to play with their little gadgets and meters during the debate, you know what I think? I think there's so much psychology in this. I think people go in -- and this would be true for some of the post-debate media analysts as well -- and they think Obama is going to win so he won the debate. The two just naturally flow. "Well, I think Obama's going to win. Yes, he won...

RUSH: You know, according to Obama -- I listened to his performance last night in the debate -- according to Obama, the purpose of taxes is not to build roads, pay for the national defense, or provide Social Security. The purpose of taxes is to equalize incomes. To Obama, the purpose of taxes is to punish achievement. Now, I have to believe, based on if the polls are correct and so forth and who knows, I have to believe most of the country has no idea how Obama looks at taxpayers. All of us...

RUSH: Joe the plumber. Joe the plumber has become the star of this election right now. Joe the plumber was on Katie Couric, he was on Good Morning America today. He had a press conference outside his home in Ohio today and the Drive-Bys are dumping all over Joe the plumber. They're calling him a racist. You know why they're calling him a racist? Because he said Obama talks as smoothly as Sammy Davis, Jr., could tap dance or something like that. Oh, racist comment from Joe the plumber! Biden...

RUSH: Let's go to the audio sound bites. Joe Biden yesterday in Athens, Ohio, at a rally.BIDEN: John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs, j-o-b-s, jobs.RUSH: Jobs is a four-letter word, Senator Biden. This little bite reminds me, they've been keeping Biden away from me. They have been hiding Biden because of this.BIDEN: Uh, Uh, Chuck Graham, state senator is here. Stand...

RUSH: I watched the debate last night, as everybody did, and I'm thinking, "This is cool. McCain finally on message. McCain finally on offense." I thought Obama looked like he was stumbling around. I thought Obama looked off his game. I thought Obama was totally on defense. I did not see somebody cool. I did not see a mountain. I did not see somebody elegant. I didn't see any of that. I saw somebody who was lying through his teeth time after time after time. I saw somebody who seemed irritated...

Rush's Morning Update: MurthaOctober 17, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Folks, maybe it'stime to change the state slogan, "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania",to something like: "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania...if you're a working-class racist slimeball Democrat."Now, don't misunderstand; that'snotmy view of Pennsylvanians --it's the view of Pennsylvania Democrat JackMurtha. Congressman Murtha told the Pittsburgh...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"One day after Obama talked to Joe the Plumber, Joe has been all over the media. Where are the Drive-By interviews of Bill Ayers?""There you have it: David Brooks, the 'conservative' columnist for the New York Times, reassured by the 'mountain'-like stature of Obama. Is this drooling or what? Does he want to marry the guy? Does he want to have kids with the guy? What is this?""What the press can't get through their heads is that...