RUSH: I got a couple e-mails here. One e-mail: "Rush, I really enjoy listening to you talk about all this bailout and the economy and so forth. What do you know about any of it? You keep talking about how people are going to suffer, where nobody is going to have anything. What do you know about bailouts and fear and so forth?" Okay, okay. I'll answer the question, 'cause it comes up. "Rush, you're outta touch! You don't have to worry about any of this stuff. You've got reserves and resources....

RUSH: Jimmy, Kansas City, Missouri. Thanks for waiting.CALLER: Mega dittos, Rush.RUSH: Thank you. Thanks very much. Good to have you here.CALLER: From a Rocky Patel cigar smoker and Kansas City UAW Claycomo in Missouri, in desperate need of a Rush Pac.RUSH: (laughing)CALLER: What I wanted to call you about was I know for a fact, I worked with the UAW for many years and we've had a big problem with a pool hall across the street here in Claycomo and two different liquor stores at opposite...

RUSH: Rahm Emanuel, ladies and gentlemen, is imploding. He said today that he's not going to go to -- remember, now, it's been revealed that he's on the wiretap tapes and he spoke six times to Blago about all this, despite what Obama said yesterday. So Emanuel says he's not going to go to presidential transition offices in order to avoid reporters who want to ask him whether he did indeed have contact with Blago about the Senate seat. "According to an ABC News cameraman --" this is an ABC News...

RUSH: Karen in Lansing, Michigan. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. How's it going?RUSH: Pretty, well, thank you.CALLER: The reason I'm calling is to maybe show you a different point of view. My husband worked for one of the Big Three for 33 years as an electrical engineer. And in that time he put in an average of -- and I'm saying sometimes more -- 60 hours a week. He very, very seldom ever, ever, ever got something called overtime. Even worked Easter Sunday once to make...

RUSH: To the phones. We go to Matt in Baltimore. Matt, I'm glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush. Mega dittos. How you doing?RUSH: Very well, sir. Thank you.CALLER: Calling from the land of crabs, beer, and high taxes. But I wanted to kind of change the subject and maybe to get you to thinking about something a little bit more fun, and that's how you think your Steelers are gonna do against my Ravens this weekend.RUSH: My thoughts on the Steelers-Ravens...

RUSH: This coming Sunday on CBS 60 Minutes, Barney Frank is interviewed by the correspondent Lesley Stahl, and Lesley Stahl asked Barney Frank this question: "We're now faced with taxpayers having to prop up companies that made bad decisions consistently."FRANK: No, we're not propping up companies. That is your mistake! We're propping up individuals. The world doesn't consist of companies. The world are people. (sic) The country is people. And, uh, yes, it is possible to argue that the government...

RUSH: This situation in Chicago, by the way, with Blagojevich, there's something here that's not right. Yesterday Barack Obama went out there and said nobody at his staff had talked to Blago about this thing. One thing that's weird about this, it's totally normal that Obama would talk to somebody about it, it's his seat. There's something very strange about saying nobody ever talked to Blagojevich, when we now know that Rahm Emanuel did. He may even be on the wiretaps. Rahm Emanuel spoke six...

RUSH: Say, folks, look at me here, look at me. The auto bailout is going to happen at some point. It's either going to happen with the Bush administration tapping the TARP money or it's going to happen when the Obama crowd is inaugurated. It's going to happen. It's Friday. Let's go.JOHNNY DONOVAN: Live from the Southern Command in sunny south Florida via New York City, it's Open Line Friday!RUSH: Don't misunderstand me. What happened last night in the Senate is fabulous. It's great the...

Rush's Morning Update: BailoutDecember 15, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer My friends, I have grave news. Around the country, in communities large and small, after-school programs are seeing fewer donations. And without money to maintain their budgets, some are on the verge of shutting down.Many after-school programs have resorted to cutting hours of operation and eliminating field trips. But that’s not enough to bridge...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"When it's a Republican scandal, the press become prosecutors. When there's a Democrat scandal, the press become defense lawyers.""The auto bailout is going to happen at some point. It's either going to happen with the Bush administration tapping the TARP money or it's going to happen when the Obama crowd is inaugurated. It's going to happen.""It's not an auto bailout. It's a union bailout, and the union bailout is going to happen.""Barney...

Story #1: McCaskill Complains About Pork in BailoutRUSH: Claire McCaskill, by the way, the Senator from Missouri, is very upset. It turns out that there's a lot of pork in the auto bailout bill. She's accusing the bailout critics of hypocrisy. She is ripping pay raises for judges that are in the bailout bill, calling them unrelated. She said all these people that are opposing the bailout are throwing things in there, things that have nothing to do with the automobile companies. Is anybody stunned...