RUSH: To the Obama press conference sound bites, from this morning, here is a portion of our president-elect opening statement.OBAMA: I was as appalled and disappointed as anybody by the revelations earlier this week. I have never spoken to the governor on this subject. I'm confident that no representatives of mine would have any part of any deals related to this seat. I think the materials released by the US attorney reflect that fact. I've asked my team to gather the facts of any contacts...

RUSH: You know, Ayn Rand wrote the book called "Atlas Shrugged," and I'm wondering if we are living the sequel, "Atlas Puked," or "Atlas Laughed His Butt Off." The sitcom that we are living through is funny. The consequences, though, are not amusing at all. The ChiComs are showing the world how to get an economy going. It used to be us that did that. With a liberal president-select and a liberal Senate and a liberal House of Representatives unchecked by a liberal media, is there any hope for...

RUSH: Chicago politics: "Cut me in or cut it out." Love that. (laughing) I'm sitting around, folks, the Drive-Bys are portraying Blagojevich -- we've played the audio for you here -- as a lunatic, insane, wacko, he's delusional, psychopath, sociopath, insane. His wife is a cussing, loose lipped slut. Blagojevich is going to work, he's defying Obama. Our president-elect asked him to resign, Blagojevich said no. He just got up and went to work. You know he's watching all this stuff. What is...

RUSH: I think that I have discovered, I think I have found out just who the grim reaper is. We've all heard of the grim reaper. You see the grim reaper, you know that death is near, it's there. And, ladies and gentlemen, I am convinced, it just hit me here at the top of the hour, they're watching the news monitors in Snerdley's office, and as you may have heard, they have discovered the skeletal remains of the little girl Caylee. They think -- it's not confirmed -- but they think they have found...

RUSH: Earl in Angola, Indiana. Nice to have you on the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Yes, Rush, it's good to talk to you.RUSH: Same here, sir.CALLER: After almost 20 years trying to get through (chuckles). I have a comment and then a question, follow-up.RUSH: Yes, sir. What would that be?CALLER: My comment is, if you recall when the prosecutor was trying to prosecute Scooter Libby, he went through great lengths to do it knowing that he wasn't the guy that was the leaker and he knew who...

RUSH: This is Jim in Chicago. Nice to have you on the EIB Network, Jim. Hello.CALLER: How you doing, Rush?RUSH: Good, sir. Thank you.CALLER: I've been listening for the last couple of days and the media's been saying, you know, Obama wouldn't give him anything, and it's kind of funny to me that the media all skipped this part of the transcript, where Rod Blagojevich said that the consultants are telling him that he has to suck it up for two years and do nothing. You have to learn how to speak...

RUSH: Ed Morrissey writing at HotAir.com: "'Is China Now More Capitalist Than the US?' -- In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the United States has responded by nationalizing industries and electing a president who promised to raise taxes on entrepreneurial efforts. China, the nominally Communist nation, has responded," to its economic crisis, "by cutting business taxes to stimulate growth. Remind me which nation supposedly supports capitalism and free enterprise." Here's the story:...

RUSH: Doug from Myrtle Beach, welcome to the show. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, right?CALLER: Yes, sir.RUSH: Great to have you on the program.CALLER: Thank you. Mega dittos. I wanted to comment about the notion of appointing an outsider as a car czar, and that is that the person that was at the helm of General Motors prior to Rick Wagoner was a man by the name of Ron Zarella that had come to General Motors from Bausch & Lomb and had no automotive experience.RUSH: Bausch & Lomb, the lens people,...

RUSH: I made a prediction on this program yesterday. It has already come true. Here is what I said.RUSH ARCHIVE: In fact, I have a prediction for you. It won't be long, mark my words, for the next round of media spin, and it will go something like this. "You know, Abraham Lincoln had to deal with lots of distractions. Abraham Lincoln had to deal with a lot of innuendo. In fact, Jesus Christ did, too. Jesus Christ had his problems dealing with people in his immediate orb who were corrupt....

RUSH: I kid you not. He did. The Reverend Jeremiah Wright in a triumphant return to the pulpit, ladies and gentlemen, at the Trinity Church in Chicago this past Sunday, of course, this past Sunday was Pearl Harbor day. Here is what the Reverend Wright said about December 7th. He said, "Today is December 7th, the day that this government killed over 80,000 Japanese civilians at Hiroshima in 1941, two days before killing an additional 64,000 Japanese civilians at Nagasaki by dropping nuclear...

RUSH: The sitcom continues, ladies and gentlemen, unabated. Barack Obama, the president-elect, poor guy, I believe him. I saw his press conference today, and Obama said he had no knowledge, had no idea any of this was going on. I think we have no choice but than to believe the president-select. Look, ladies and gentlemen, this man, a tough row to hoe here. This man is walking a straight line in a crooked world. He is able to walk on the cesspool that is Illinois and Chicago politics without...

Rush's Morning Update: The NarrativeDecember 12, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Here's the narrative drive-bys use to explain the rash of foreclosures: Unsuspecting, goodhearted people with a desire to own a home...walked into a lending institution, where evil predators sized them up, then exploited them -- pushing them into mortgage deals they didn't understand. When interest rates rose, these goodhearted people were thrown...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"This guy Blagojevich looks like a Cabbage Patch doll.""I think we have no choice but than to believe the President-select Obama. This man is walking a straight line in a crooked world. He is able to walk on the cesspool that is Illinois and Chicago politics without being touched by it." "I think that Blagojevich is just as normal as any other liberal Democrat politician. They're just trying to say that he is insane and delusional...

RUSH: You know, Ayn Rand wrote the book called "Atlas Shrugged," and I'm wondering if we are living the sequel, "Atlas Puked," or "Atlas Laughed His Butt Off." The sitcom that we are living through is funny. The consequences, though, are not amusing at all. The ChiComs are showing the world how to get an economy going. It used to be us that did that. With a liberal president-select and a liberal Senate and a liberal House of Representatives unchecked by a liberal media, is there any hope for...

RUSH: Ed Morrissey writing at HotAir.com: "'Is China Now More Capitalist Than the US?' -- In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the United States has responded by nationalizing industries and electing a president who promised to raise taxes on entrepreneurial efforts. China, the nominally Communist nation, has responded," to its economic crisis, "by cutting business taxes to stimulate growth. Remind me which nation supposedly supports capitalism and free enterprise." Here's the story:...

RUSH: You know, Ayn Rand wrote the book called "Atlas Shrugged," and I'm wondering if we are living the sequel, "Atlas Puked," or "Atlas Laughed His Butt Off." The sitcom that we are living through is funny. The consequences, though, are not amusing at all. The ChiComs are showing the world how to get an economy going. It used to be us that did that. With a liberal president-select and a liberal Senate and a liberal House of Representatives unchecked by a liberal media, is there any hope for...

RUSH: Ed Morrissey writing at HotAir.com: "'Is China Now More Capitalist Than the US?' -- In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the United States has responded by nationalizing industries and electing a president who promised to raise taxes on entrepreneurial efforts. China, the nominally Communist nation, has responded," to its economic crisis, "by cutting business taxes to stimulate growth. Remind me which nation supposedly supports capitalism and free enterprise." Here's the story:...