RUSH: Carol in Cary, North Carolina. Great to have you on the program. Thank you for calling.CALLER: Thank you. It's an honor to speak to you, Rush.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I've been a fan since the beginning of your show and I told all my friends and family, "You would not believe this guy on the radio, he agrees with me, I can't believe it."RUSH: That's exactly the way to tell 'em, too.CALLER: And my dad became absolutely your biggest fan. I have no doubt that he was a bigger fan than...

RUSH: Here's Laurie in White Plains in New York. Hi, Laurie. Glad you waited and welcome to the program.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Mega dittos from myself, and I know my Uncle Bob is sending them out to you as well.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: First of all, I know you have your nicknames for our president, and I like to call him MacBama and Lady MacBama along with the three weird sisters: Rahm Emanuel, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. But my point is, I think to move the conservative party forward, we need...

RUSH: This is kind of a waste of time because we're going to be giving airtime to a stupid person, and I'm growing more and more unable to suffer fools politely. Well, we haven't played Biden a lot lately, frankly. We've played Biden, but Biden is funny when he's stupid and ignorant. But stuff... There are a lot of fools out there today, particularly in politics. But people say these are funny, so here we go. It's C-SPAN's Washington Journal yesterday morning. Steve Scully spoke with Connie...

"Wall Street is not going to play as dominant a role in the economy as regulations reduce 'some of the massive leveraging and the massive risk-taking that had become so common,' President Barack Obama says. The changes in the role of Wall Street and the huge profits that came from that risk-taking could mean other adjustments as well, Obama said." Oh, it's the New York Times Magazine, but this is the AP writing about it. So it actually came out over the weekend. I was right. What he said was...

RUSH: I'm going to start here at the top of these sound bites with Jeb Bush again. Jeb is the focus because of the newspaper headlines, but it's not just Jeb. There is a whole movement in the Republican Party that does want you to forget Ronald Reagan. Snerdley asked me during the break... What was your question to me? How can...? Yeah. "How can they be so blind to ignore what the Republican Party's successes were with Reagan?" They're not blind. They are threatened. The simplest way to understand...

RUSH: Washington Times yesterday had the following headline: "Jeb Bush, GOP: Time to Leave Reagan Behind -- Jeb Bush said Saturday that it's time for the Republican Party to give up its 'nostalgia' for the heyday of the Reagan era and look forward, even if it means stealing the winning strategy deployed by Democrats in the 2008 election." What was that strategy? (interruption) What? Be conservative? Oh, he's talking about conservative Democrats, not Obama. I don't know what Obama strategy we're...

RUSH: Let's go back to me on this program on Friday. I made this prediction.RUSH ARCHIVE: So here's the money question: Did the big banks decide, out of the goodness of their hearts, to go along with Obama and settle for pennies on the dollar, or did they do it -- There's three possible reasons. They did it out of the goodness of their hearts. They did it because TARP money was sent to them under the table to cover their losses. We'll never know if that's the case, but it's a good bet. Maybe...

RUSH: The sitcom just keeps on coming. A half hour ago Timothy Geithner, well-known tax cheat, announcing the closing of loopholes, so-called loopholes on American businesses doing business overseas. Ha! Greetings, my friends. Great to have you here as we kick off a solid three hours of broadcast excellence from me, Rush Limbaugh, here at the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. The telephone number if you want to join us today, 800-282-2882. The e-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com....

Rush's Morning Update: ScrewedMay 5, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, the New York Times announced that, as required by law, it is notifying the federal government of plans to shut down the Boston Globe, the biggest newspaper in New England.The move came after negotiations failed to produce concessions that the Times demanded from labor unions. "Industry observers" are speculating that the threat to shut the Globe isjust...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"A lot of people don't like absolutes, right and wrong. It makes them uncomfortable. But I guaran-damn-tee you life is filled with absolutes.""The Democrats are saying, 'You know, you Republicans need to become more like us.' They know full well what they're doing. They want to encourage the McCains of the world to go out and continue to muddy the water of what a Republican or conservative is.""If you have the money to buy a Rolex,...

Story #1:180: Obama to Revive Gitmo Military Commissions?RUSH: There are other things going on out there, and I want to mention this one before it slips my fertile mind. For all you libs Democrats out there, the Drive-By Media reported over the weekend (a couple of days ago) this: "The Obama administration is moving toward reviving the military commission system for prosecuting Guantanamo detainees... Officials said the first public moves could come as soon as next week, perhaps in filings to...