RUSH: James Carville and Stan Greenberg are out with their new poll on me. I told you McClatchy has one out. My approval number is 33%. I am one of the most popular individuals in America today. I have a higher approval rating than lawyers, journalists, doctors (well, not doctors) actors, Hollywood, and Congress. My approval number of 33% is higher than Obama's will be at the end of his term. My approval rating of 33% in the McClatchy poll is higher than Biden's IQ. So here come Carville...

RUSH: Here is Tom in Manhattan, Kansas. Thank you for waiting, sir, and hello.CALLER: Hello, Rush. It's an honor to talk to you, sir.RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: Yeah, before I get to my question I just want to say I find it hilarious that liberals have no problem linking the word "war" to the economy, but have major issues linking the war to terrorism.RUSH: Oh, exactly. We shouldn't have a war on terror. We shouldn't have war on terrorism. Exactly right.CALLER: Yes. But, anyway, Rush, I grew up...

RUSH: So here's the long-ago promised analysis of the Democrats' latest strategery to portray ourselves in a war with the US economy. By the way, from JP Morgan Chase, I have some astounding numbers here, worldwide market cap losses according to certain dates. Here are the values of the WCAU World Market Cap Index on requested dates. The market cap index on the day Obama was nominated was $47.3 trillion, which means the total market cap of industrialized countries around the world was $47.3 trillion....

RUSH: A teachable moment comes from a town I lived in for ten years, Kansas City, Missouri. Well, I actually lived in Overland Park, but it's all part of the same metro area. I had a great time there. By the way, anybody who knew me in Kansas City for those ten years would say I was an abject failure. (laughed) I failed. But those ten years of failure were among the most valuable that conditioned me, prepared me for what was to come later when I left Kansas City. I still stay in touch with...

RUSH: Okay. It's finally been posted. I've been waiting for this. When I got in here to our broadcast complex this morning, there was an e-mail from Bill Sammon at Fox News. He's the DC bureau chief there, and he said, "Rush, I'm working on a piece here, I hope to have it ready by the time your show starts, and here it is." And I read this, and I just smiled, mouth fell open a little bit, and I just smiled. And then Bill Sammon asked me for any input. "Would you like to reply to what I learned?"...

RUSH: I normally would not release this kind of information, but there have been noted efforts to impugn this program's ratings and success as part of the effort to demonize me. We here at the EIB Network, in the midst of a recession, have just closed the first quarter of 2009. Revenues at the EIB Network in the first quarter of 2009 are up 13.5% over first quarter revenues of 2008, and at our revenue baseline, that is not an insignificant percentage or amount represented by it. Now, here's the...

RUSH: Let's sum it up, Jack Welch, we got now Andy Grove, we got Barton Biggs, we got Jim Cramer, we've got Warren Buffett. They say that they don't want Obama to fail, but they know he is.BREAK TRANSCRIPTRUSH: Andy Grove, former Intel CEO, says in the Washington Post today, "We have gone through months of chaos experimenting with ways to introduce stability in our financial system. The goals were to allow the financial institutions to do their jobs ... I believe by now, the people are eager for...

RUSH: I see a president who won't veto this earmarks bill -- by the way, this omnibus, this is Earmarkulus. The Earmarkulus bill was signed after he said he wouldn't sign it and after he delivers his little press conference in the White House, he ducks out, does not take any questions and doesn't sign it in public because he knows he's a blatant hypocrite on this. Here, let's listen to a couple of sound bites from President Obama this morning speaking about the Earmarkulus bill.OBAMA: The awarding...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, and my fellow citizens, according to the latest polling data from the McClatchy news organization, you are listening to one of the most popular Americans in the country. Rush Limbaugh, host of the most listened to radio talk show in America, heard right here on the Excellence in Broadcasting Network. It's great to have you with us. The telephone number if you'd like to join us, as always, is 800-282-2882. Speaking of that, Open Line Friday on Wednesday today. I'm...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I didn't say what I said for the benefit of a party. I said what I said because I love America and our people, and I want everyone to succeed.""A football team cannot raise your taxes, a football teamcannot take away your freedom, and a football team cannot tell you what kind of car to drive. I mean, they can rape you financially with ticket prices, but that's up to you if you want to pay it.""Did you hear the president's press...

RUSH: James Carville and Stan Greenberg are out with their new poll on me. I told you McClatchy has one out. My approval number is 33%. I am one of the most popular individuals in America today. I have a higher approval rating than lawyers, journalists, doctors (well, not doctors) actors, Hollywood, and Congress. My approval number of 33% is higher than Obama's will be at the end of his term. My approval rating of 33% in the McClatchy poll is higher than Biden's IQ. So here come Carville...

RUSH: Here is Tom in Manhattan, Kansas. Thank you for waiting, sir, and hello.CALLER: Hello, Rush. It's an honor to talk to you, sir.RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: Yeah, before I get to my question I just want to say I find it hilarious that liberals have no problem linking the word "war" to the economy, but have major issues linking the war to terrorism.RUSH: Oh, exactly. We shouldn't have a war on terror. We shouldn't have war on terrorism. Exactly right.CALLER: Yes. But, anyway, Rush, I grew up...

RUSH: So here's the long-ago promised analysis of the Democrats' latest strategery to portray ourselves in a war with the US economy. By the way, from JP Morgan Chase, I have some astounding numbers here, worldwide market cap losses according to certain dates. Here are the values of the WCAU World Market Cap Index on requested dates. The market cap index on the day Obama was nominated was $47.3 trillion, which means the total market cap of industrialized countries around the world was $47.3 trillion....

RUSH: A teachable moment comes from a town I lived in for ten years, Kansas City, Missouri. Well, I actually lived in Overland Park, but it's all part of the same metro area. I had a great time there. By the way, anybody who knew me in Kansas City for those ten years would say I was an abject failure. (laughed) I failed. But those ten years of failure were among the most valuable that conditioned me, prepared me for what was to come later when I left Kansas City. I still stay in touch with...

RUSH: Okay. It's finally been posted. I've been waiting for this. When I got in here to our broadcast complex this morning, there was an e-mail from Bill Sammon at Fox News. He's the DC bureau chief there, and he said, "Rush, I'm working on a piece here, I hope to have it ready by the time your show starts, and here it is." And I read this, and I just smiled, mouth fell open a little bit, and I just smiled. And then Bill Sammon asked me for any input. "Would you like to reply to what I learned?"...

RUSH: I normally would not release this kind of information, but there have been noted efforts to impugn this program's ratings and success as part of the effort to demonize me. We here at the EIB Network, in the midst of a recession, have just closed the first quarter of 2009. Revenues at the EIB Network in the first quarter of 2009 are up 13.5% over first quarter revenues of 2008, and at our revenue baseline, that is not an insignificant percentage or amount represented by it. Now, here's the...

RUSH: Let's sum it up, Jack Welch, we got now Andy Grove, we got Barton Biggs, we got Jim Cramer, we've got Warren Buffett. They say that they don't want Obama to fail, but they know he is.BREAK TRANSCRIPTRUSH: Andy Grove, former Intel CEO, says in the Washington Post today, "We have gone through months of chaos experimenting with ways to introduce stability in our financial system. The goals were to allow the financial institutions to do their jobs ... I believe by now, the people are eager for...

RUSH: I see a president who won't veto this earmarks bill -- by the way, this omnibus, this is Earmarkulus. The Earmarkulus bill was signed after he said he wouldn't sign it and after he delivers his little press conference in the White House, he ducks out, does not take any questions and doesn't sign it in public because he knows he's a blatant hypocrite on this. Here, let's listen to a couple of sound bites from President Obama this morning speaking about the Earmarkulus bill.OBAMA: The awarding...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, and my fellow citizens, according to the latest polling data from the McClatchy news organization, you are listening to one of the most popular Americans in the country. Rush Limbaugh, host of the most listened to radio talk show in America, heard right here on the Excellence in Broadcasting Network. It's great to have you with us. The telephone number if you'd like to join us, as always, is 800-282-2882. Speaking of that, Open Line Friday on Wednesday today. I'm...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I didn't say what I said for the benefit of a party. I said what I said because I love America and our people, and I want everyone to succeed.""A football team cannot raise your taxes, a football teamcannot take away your freedom, and a football team cannot tell you what kind of car to drive. I mean, they can rape you financially with ticket prices, but that's up to you if you want to pay it.""Did you hear the president's press...

RUSH: James Carville and Stan Greenberg are out with their new poll on me. I told you McClatchy has one out. My approval number is 33%. I am one of the most popular individuals in America today. I have a higher approval rating than lawyers, journalists, doctors (well, not doctors) actors, Hollywood, and Congress. My approval number of 33% is higher than Obama's will be at the end of his term. My approval rating of 33% in the McClatchy poll is higher than Biden's IQ. So here come Carville...

RUSH: Here is Tom in Manhattan, Kansas. Thank you for waiting, sir, and hello.CALLER: Hello, Rush. It's an honor to talk to you, sir.RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: Yeah, before I get to my question I just want to say I find it hilarious that liberals have no problem linking the word "war" to the economy, but have major issues linking the war to terrorism.RUSH: Oh, exactly. We shouldn't have a war on terror. We shouldn't have war on terrorism. Exactly right.CALLER: Yes. But, anyway, Rush, I grew up...

RUSH: So here's the long-ago promised analysis of the Democrats' latest strategery to portray ourselves in a war with the US economy. By the way, from JP Morgan Chase, I have some astounding numbers here, worldwide market cap losses according to certain dates. Here are the values of the WCAU World Market Cap Index on requested dates. The market cap index on the day Obama was nominated was $47.3 trillion, which means the total market cap of industrialized countries around the world was $47.3 trillion....

RUSH: A teachable moment comes from a town I lived in for ten years, Kansas City, Missouri. Well, I actually lived in Overland Park, but it's all part of the same metro area. I had a great time there. By the way, anybody who knew me in Kansas City for those ten years would say I was an abject failure. (laughed) I failed. But those ten years of failure were among the most valuable that conditioned me, prepared me for what was to come later when I left Kansas City. I still stay in touch with...

RUSH: Okay. It's finally been posted. I've been waiting for this. When I got in here to our broadcast complex this morning, there was an e-mail from Bill Sammon at Fox News. He's the DC bureau chief there, and he said, "Rush, I'm working on a piece here, I hope to have it ready by the time your show starts, and here it is." And I read this, and I just smiled, mouth fell open a little bit, and I just smiled. And then Bill Sammon asked me for any input. "Would you like to reply to what I learned?"...

RUSH: I normally would not release this kind of information, but there have been noted efforts to impugn this program's ratings and success as part of the effort to demonize me. We here at the EIB Network, in the midst of a recession, have just closed the first quarter of 2009. Revenues at the EIB Network in the first quarter of 2009 are up 13.5% over first quarter revenues of 2008, and at our revenue baseline, that is not an insignificant percentage or amount represented by it. Now, here's the...

RUSH: Let's sum it up, Jack Welch, we got now Andy Grove, we got Barton Biggs, we got Jim Cramer, we've got Warren Buffett. They say that they don't want Obama to fail, but they know he is.BREAK TRANSCRIPTRUSH: Andy Grove, former Intel CEO, says in the Washington Post today, "We have gone through months of chaos experimenting with ways to introduce stability in our financial system. The goals were to allow the financial institutions to do their jobs ... I believe by now, the people are eager for...

RUSH: I see a president who won't veto this earmarks bill -- by the way, this omnibus, this is Earmarkulus. The Earmarkulus bill was signed after he said he wouldn't sign it and after he delivers his little press conference in the White House, he ducks out, does not take any questions and doesn't sign it in public because he knows he's a blatant hypocrite on this. Here, let's listen to a couple of sound bites from President Obama this morning speaking about the Earmarkulus bill.OBAMA: The awarding...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, and my fellow citizens, according to the latest polling data from the McClatchy news organization, you are listening to one of the most popular Americans in the country. Rush Limbaugh, host of the most listened to radio talk show in America, heard right here on the Excellence in Broadcasting Network. It's great to have you with us. The telephone number if you'd like to join us, as always, is 800-282-2882. Speaking of that, Open Line Friday on Wednesday today. I'm...

Rush's Morning Update: 008March 12, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Special agent "Double-O-Eight" has been assigned to Afghanistan. No, this agent isn't in a new James Bond movie, and he doesn't work for the Brits. He's former Guantanamo prisoner 008, Abdullah Rasoul, who now goes by the name Mullah Zakir.American authorities handed 008 over to the Afghan government in December, 2007. The transfer was obviously intended...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I didn't say what I said for the benefit of a party. I said what I said because I love America and our people, and I want everyone to succeed.""A football team cannot raise your taxes, a football teamcannot take away your freedom, and a football team cannot tell you what kind of car to drive. I mean, they can rape you financially with ticket prices, but that's up to you if you want to pay it.""Did you hear the president's press...

Story #1:Democrats Kill GOP Bid to Extend DC VouchersRUSH: By the way, in the Earmarkulus bill that was signed today, as predicted, the Democrat Party has sold out African-American schoolchildren in Washington, DC. They did sneak a provision into the Earmarkulus spending bill that cleared the Senate which closed down the school choice project in Washington, it's a special scholarship program. It takes African-American, minority kids, gives their parents vouchers and lets them go to places like...

Story #1:Democrats Kill GOP Bid to Extend DC VouchersRUSH: By the way, in the Earmarkulus bill that was signed today, as predicted, the Democrat Party has sold out African-American schoolchildren in Washington, DC. They did sneak a provision into the Earmarkulus spending bill that cleared the Senate which closed down the school choice project in Washington, it's a special scholarship program. It takes African-American, minority kids, gives their parents vouchers and lets them go to places like...

Story #1:Democrats Kill GOP Bid to Extend DC VouchersRUSH: By the way, in the Earmarkulus bill that was signed today, as predicted, the Democrat Party has sold out African-American schoolchildren in Washington, DC. They did sneak a provision into the Earmarkulus spending bill that cleared the Senate which closed down the school choice project in Washington, it's a special scholarship program. It takes African-American, minority kids, gives their parents vouchers and lets them go to places like...