RUSH: Pamela in El Cajon(es), California, nice to have you on the program.CALLER: Well, thank you, Rush. I am so honored! First of all, I want to let you know I'm a recovering Democrat.RUSH: Well --CALLER: And I'm 81 years old. (laughing) It took me a long time.RUSH: You know, recovery is a never-ending thing.CALLER: Right. (laughing) I hope you recover quickly! In this last year, I've listened to you every day.RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: Before that, I thought you were terrible. I just... I couldn't...

RUSH: I got a couple of audio sound bites I want to play here for you from President Obama. Before playing these two sound bites, I want to recognize something that I don't think the White House seems to understand, or maybe they do. It's always problematic to characterize these people because you really don't know what they know, what they understand, because they are so inwardly focused. But I want you to understand that I understand just how much fear there is in this country among people...

RUSH: Here's John in Centerville, Ohio. Hi. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Thank you, Rush. It's good to speak to you.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: Just a quick thought. I don't think the administration fears you being the leader of the Republican Party. I think they fear that you're fast becoming the leader of Libertarians, Democrats, liberals, and some of the Hollywood likes. Look at Whoopi, after all.RUSH: Look at what?CALLER: Whoopi. Whoopi Goldberg.RUSH: Oh, you think that I'm the...

RUSH: Wendy in Nashville, Tennessee, welcome to the EIB Network. Nice to have you here. Hello.CALLER: Well, thank you. How are you?RUSH: Fine, thank you very much.CALLER: Well, I hope you feel better. Hey, I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you so very much for opening up my eyes --RUSH: You're welcome.CALLER: -- to the real world. I thought that my local news -- ABC, NBC, CBS -- was like the gospel, and my husband and I had got in an argument one night and he said, "Just listen to...

RUSH: Charles Barkley, Milk Dud head, weighed in. This is a tent city press conference. Charles Barkley on March the 7th in Phoenix, Arizona. Audio sound bite number 19.BARKLEY: President Obama's a good friend of mine, and I'd just like to think about him and, you know, I know -- you know Rush Limbaugh and a lot of jackasses give him a hard time right now. They always trying to divide and conquer the country. They've already ruined the country, and now he's trying to save the country, and...

RUSH: This is Anna Lee in Grass Valley, California. Hi.CALLER: Hi there. It's a pleasure to speak to you, Rush. I listened to your speech to the nation a couple of times, enjoyed every minute of it, and I'm really confused. I heard a blurb on Fox News last night that was Newt Gingrich, and I thought he was a friend of yours and in a very derogatory tone, he partially quoted you saying, "I want Obama to fail." Now, what's up with Newt?RUSH: Um... You know, let's listen to the sound bites....

RUSH: Jim Cramer, poor guy, his head's about to explode out there, the CNBC reporter. He continues to be appalled by the Drive-By Media, when they're simply acting the way the Drive-Bys always act without fail. Now, Jim Cramer is experiencing what I have been talking about and dealing with for two decades, and he doesn't understand it. He was an Obama supporter. He is a liberal Democrat. But I want say, "Welcome to the club, Jim." Because you're finding out what it's like to run afoul of your...

RUSH: To New Britain, Connecticut. Norman, I'm glad you called. Hello, sir.CALLER: Hey, Rush. How you doing?RUSH: Just fine, sir. Thank you.CALLER: Hey, I'm a little confused, okay, so maybe you could clarify some points for me. Are you or are you not the head of the Republican Party?RUSH: I am not the head of the Republican Party. CALLER: Okay.RUSH: There is no --CALLER: I'm not that confused. Okay, and then the second thing is, have your ratings doubled since Begala and, what, the...

RUSH: This is an outrageous story that I'm holding here, my friends, in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers. This is a story from the Australian. It's a newspaper in Australia, for those of you in Rio Linda and Port St. Lucie, and it's actually a French News Agency story. "The official Vatican Daily newspaper said in an International Women's Day commentary on Sunday [yesterday] that the washing machine has had a greater liberating role for women than the birth control pill." I know that you...

RUSH: Here's Warren Buffett on CNBC today.BUFFETT: I think the secret ballot is pretty important in the country. I'm against card check, to make a perfectly flat statement.RUSH: That's Warren Buffett disagreeing with President Obama. Warren Buffett was on CNBC Squawk Box, the co-hosts Becky Quick and Joe Kernen were interviewing Warren Buffett, a big supporter of President Obama. And the question to that sound bite was, "Some say that EFCA and card check would -- would narrow the disparity,...

RUSH: Now, about this failed business, some interesting discoveries over the weekend. A Fox News poll from 2006, and it was Garden State Patriot who discovered the poll. Fifty-one percent in 2006, 51% of Democrats wanted Bush to fail. Fifty-one percent of Democrats wanted Bush to fail. Here's the question in a Fox News poll, number ten. "Regardless of how you voted in the presidential election, would you say you want President Bush to succeed or not?" Now, this is not a prediction. This is...

RUSH: I want to start with this, Rasmussen Reports: "'Republicans See Their Party as Leaderless' -- Who is in charge here? Sixty-eight percent of Republican voters say that their party has no clear leader according to Rasmussen, another 17% are undecided, just 5% view either McCain or Michael Steele as the party's leader." I have already dealt with this. The Republican Party does not have a leader, and it will not have a leader until the next presidential nominee of the Republican Party is decided...

Rush's Morning Update: Global ScreamsOriginal Air Date: December 13, 2007Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, of course the Drive-By Media is ignoring the new report from NASA that Arctic ice is refreezing at a record pace. Instead, to hype the global warming hoax, AP reports on scientists predicting an "ominous tipping point" for Mother Erf.One scientist speculates that all ice in the Arctic Sea will be gone in five years....

Story #1: Obama Signs Embryonic Stem Cell Executive OrderRUSH: Another executive order signed at the White House today. The embryonic stem cell research executive order of President Bush is overturned, opening up the number of lines of embryos that can be used. For the embryo to be used, of course, it must be killed. Pro-lifers are very much worried that this will promote abortion. The problem with this is that the research all indicates that adult stem cells are proving far more useful and productive,...