RUSH: Here is Ruth in Waverly, Ohio. Hi, Ruth. Great to have you here.CALLER: Hello.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: First-time caller also. Well, my question kind of goes with that saying. I'm working right now, but I'm wondering why the smartest people in my graduating class, none of the girls had children, and that's why our country is going in the downhill slide it is.RUSH: You know what you need to do? You need to go rent a movie called Idiocracy. Have you heard of that movie?CALLER: No, I haven't.RUSH:...

RUSH: Jan in Jackson, Michigan, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi. Hi, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: I was wondering, yesterday I heard on the news about this Obama administration going after some of these offshore accounts.RUSH: Yes, ma'am.CALLER: I'm wondering if you could shed some light on that. He's going after businesses and individuals. Could you expand on that?RUSH: Very simple. It's very, very simple. You don't even need to understand the details. You need to understand...

RUSH: To the phones, to Houston, this is A.J., great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush. How you doing? Mega dittos to you, big timer.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: Rush, Rush, I'm trying to figure out this so-called president. The black kids in Washington, what are these kids going to do about these school vouchers now? His kids ain't going through this. Why is he sending these kids through these changes, Rush, and taking this money away from these kids in Washington?...

RUSH: Boulder, Colorado, Kim, nice to have you with us. Hello.CALLER: Oh, thank you. I'm very happy to be on talking to you. It's the first time I've ever gotten through.RUSH: Thank you. I'm glad you made it.CALLER: Yeah, me, too. I wanted to make some comments about the Drive-By Media with their so-called pandemic of the swine flu. I'm a nurse, and this is no pandemic. This is some flu that's going around. "Pan" means all over. When you have a pandemic or an epidemic, it is affecting...

RUSH: Now, I got some sound bites here with Chris Matthews and Mike Pence last night. I want to play these for you because it's very instructive about what the liberal media is attempting to do to Republicans: portray Republicans as anti-science; portray Republicans as not believing in evolution, only believe in creationism; blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I play this Matthews stuff for you because I don't think it's just Matthews. Normally I won't give a hoot, but I think this is a...

RUSH: Wendy in Nashville, thank you for calling. Nice to have you with us.CALLER: How you doing today?RUSH: Pretty good. Thank you.CALLER: I wanted to call and thank you so very, very much for the Select Comfort bed that you sent me.RUSH: Well, I'm glad to know that you got it. How long have you had it?CALLER: I've had it about a week. It came in last Wednesday.RUSH: What kind did you get? Did you go full boat, did you get the king-size?CALLER: Yes, sir, I did.RUSH: Good.CALLER: I...

RUSH: Jan in Melbourne, Florida. Glad you called. You're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush, it's an honor. I just want to say that, once again, the far left and the Bamster have succeeded in destroying another private citizen. It's Carrie Prejean, I think. I'm not into pornography. I cannot stand that. I'm a Christian. Nor do I watch the beauty pageants. But I saw the following day. I liked her answer, and she actually stood up in front of Americans, what she believed in, and...

RUSH: This is Larry King Live last night talking to James Carville, and he asked Carville, "What about Sarah Palin?"CARVILLE: Well, uh, buh -- you had our friend, Rush Limbaugh, saying that she's the most articulate person in the Republican Party. Uh, these, uh, Republicans that were out at dat pizza parlor didn't want -- didn't want her. They were forced to sort of bring her in after Rush sort of pistol-whipped 'em.RUSH: Well, this is fascinating, too. This is the listening tour, and I guess,...

RUSH: A couple of audio sound bites here, then we'll go back to the phones. First off, this afternoon, CNN Live. The guest, American University Chair of Islamic Studies Akbar Ahmed, and he said this about Barack Obama's challenges.AHMED: Remember that today for President Obama his greatest headache is not coming from Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans. It's really coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan. He staked his reputation and his foreign policy in that part of the world.RUSH: So here you...

RUSH: I'm getting e-mail, people here at the studio, "When are you going to talk about Colin Powell?" Folks, I don't care, I don't care what Colin Powell says. This kind of stuff is said about me three times a day by all liberals under the sun, and Colin Powell is just another liberal. He did this back in December, and I responded to it then. Look, if you want to know what this is all about, Colin Powell is out there saying the American people want more taxes, they want bigger government. He's...

RUSH: Grosse Pointe, Michigan. This is Janet. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. It's splendid to talk to you again.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I'm calling because I wanted to point you in the direction of Ron Gettelfinger's op-ed in the Detroit News today. You can find it at Real Clear Politics, I think. And it's proof that you're right. Very early proof.RUSH: Well, tell me what it says.CALLER: What it says, he's advocating national health care. Now here's how...

RUSH: Two related stories. This is from St. Louis, Missouri, the Fox affiliate there, KTVI, Channel 2: "Officials from Boeing and the Machinists Union, are warning that the proposed Pentagon budget could result in the loss of 30,000 jobs in the St. Louis area over the next three years. The budget stops production of the C-17 cargo plane, and cuts production of the F-18 fighter by [25%]. Nine hundred Boeing workers here work on the C-17, while 5,000 work assembling various versions of the F-18."...

RUSH: If you've seen this story and you've only read the headline or even if you've only read the New York Times story about it, or if you've only heard the Drive-By Media discussing the story, you do not know the half of it. I'm looking at the headline here. I thought I put it at the top of the stack, but I didn't. Well, now, where the hell did I put this? Yeah, here we go. I did put it back in the stack when I shouldn't have. New York Times today: "Charges Seen as Unlikely for Lawyers Over...

RUSH: Bank of America needs $34 billion. Wells Fargo needs $15 billion. They didn't even want TARP money. All of these banks -- and these are not stress tests. You have to look at these stress tests as possess tests. They're leaking all this information about the banks, and guess what? The banks are all still in the crapper. And so guess what? We need more federal involvement in the banks; Obama gets to control the banks for a little while longer. You wonder when people are going to wake...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"They say Obama prays privately. I have no doubt about it! But does he pray to himself?""So here we have John Kerry suggesting to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 'Hey, look, pal, we'll let you stay in power. And in exchange for us being nice, you stop your nuclear program.' If I were Ahmadinejad, I'd say, 'Okay, I'd say that's a deal we can accept, Senator Kerry!'""Colin Powell's just mad at me because I'm the one person in the countrywho...

RUSH: Here is Ruth in Waverly, Ohio. Hi, Ruth. Great to have you here.CALLER: Hello.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: First-time caller also. Well, my question kind of goes with that saying. I'm working right now, but I'm wondering why the smartest people in my graduating class, none of the girls had children, and that's why our country is going in the downhill slide it is.RUSH: You know what you need to do? You need to go rent a movie called Idiocracy. Have you heard of that movie?CALLER: No, I haven't.RUSH:...

RUSH: Jan in Jackson, Michigan, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi. Hi, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: I was wondering, yesterday I heard on the news about this Obama administration going after some of these offshore accounts.RUSH: Yes, ma'am.CALLER: I'm wondering if you could shed some light on that. He's going after businesses and individuals. Could you expand on that?RUSH: Very simple. It's very, very simple. You don't even need to understand the details. You need to understand...

RUSH: To the phones, to Houston, this is A.J., great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush. How you doing? Mega dittos to you, big timer.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: Rush, Rush, I'm trying to figure out this so-called president. The black kids in Washington, what are these kids going to do about these school vouchers now? His kids ain't going through this. Why is he sending these kids through these changes, Rush, and taking this money away from these kids in Washington?...

RUSH: Boulder, Colorado, Kim, nice to have you with us. Hello.CALLER: Oh, thank you. I'm very happy to be on talking to you. It's the first time I've ever gotten through.RUSH: Thank you. I'm glad you made it.CALLER: Yeah, me, too. I wanted to make some comments about the Drive-By Media with their so-called pandemic of the swine flu. I'm a nurse, and this is no pandemic. This is some flu that's going around. "Pan" means all over. When you have a pandemic or an epidemic, it is affecting...

RUSH: Now, I got some sound bites here with Chris Matthews and Mike Pence last night. I want to play these for you because it's very instructive about what the liberal media is attempting to do to Republicans: portray Republicans as anti-science; portray Republicans as not believing in evolution, only believe in creationism; blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I play this Matthews stuff for you because I don't think it's just Matthews. Normally I won't give a hoot, but I think this is a...

RUSH: Wendy in Nashville, thank you for calling. Nice to have you with us.CALLER: How you doing today?RUSH: Pretty good. Thank you.CALLER: I wanted to call and thank you so very, very much for the Select Comfort bed that you sent me.RUSH: Well, I'm glad to know that you got it. How long have you had it?CALLER: I've had it about a week. It came in last Wednesday.RUSH: What kind did you get? Did you go full boat, did you get the king-size?CALLER: Yes, sir, I did.RUSH: Good.CALLER: I...

RUSH: Jan in Melbourne, Florida. Glad you called. You're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush, it's an honor. I just want to say that, once again, the far left and the Bamster have succeeded in destroying another private citizen. It's Carrie Prejean, I think. I'm not into pornography. I cannot stand that. I'm a Christian. Nor do I watch the beauty pageants. But I saw the following day. I liked her answer, and she actually stood up in front of Americans, what she believed in, and...

RUSH: This is Larry King Live last night talking to James Carville, and he asked Carville, "What about Sarah Palin?"CARVILLE: Well, uh, buh -- you had our friend, Rush Limbaugh, saying that she's the most articulate person in the Republican Party. Uh, these, uh, Republicans that were out at dat pizza parlor didn't want -- didn't want her. They were forced to sort of bring her in after Rush sort of pistol-whipped 'em.RUSH: Well, this is fascinating, too. This is the listening tour, and I guess,...

RUSH: A couple of audio sound bites here, then we'll go back to the phones. First off, this afternoon, CNN Live. The guest, American University Chair of Islamic Studies Akbar Ahmed, and he said this about Barack Obama's challenges.AHMED: Remember that today for President Obama his greatest headache is not coming from Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans. It's really coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan. He staked his reputation and his foreign policy in that part of the world.RUSH: So here you...

RUSH: I'm getting e-mail, people here at the studio, "When are you going to talk about Colin Powell?" Folks, I don't care, I don't care what Colin Powell says. This kind of stuff is said about me three times a day by all liberals under the sun, and Colin Powell is just another liberal. He did this back in December, and I responded to it then. Look, if you want to know what this is all about, Colin Powell is out there saying the American people want more taxes, they want bigger government. He's...

RUSH: Grosse Pointe, Michigan. This is Janet. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. It's splendid to talk to you again.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I'm calling because I wanted to point you in the direction of Ron Gettelfinger's op-ed in the Detroit News today. You can find it at Real Clear Politics, I think. And it's proof that you're right. Very early proof.RUSH: Well, tell me what it says.CALLER: What it says, he's advocating national health care. Now here's how...

RUSH: Two related stories. This is from St. Louis, Missouri, the Fox affiliate there, KTVI, Channel 2: "Officials from Boeing and the Machinists Union, are warning that the proposed Pentagon budget could result in the loss of 30,000 jobs in the St. Louis area over the next three years. The budget stops production of the C-17 cargo plane, and cuts production of the F-18 fighter by [25%]. Nine hundred Boeing workers here work on the C-17, while 5,000 work assembling various versions of the F-18."...

RUSH: If you've seen this story and you've only read the headline or even if you've only read the New York Times story about it, or if you've only heard the Drive-By Media discussing the story, you do not know the half of it. I'm looking at the headline here. I thought I put it at the top of the stack, but I didn't. Well, now, where the hell did I put this? Yeah, here we go. I did put it back in the stack when I shouldn't have. New York Times today: "Charges Seen as Unlikely for Lawyers Over...

RUSH: Bank of America needs $34 billion. Wells Fargo needs $15 billion. They didn't even want TARP money. All of these banks -- and these are not stress tests. You have to look at these stress tests as possess tests. They're leaking all this information about the banks, and guess what? The banks are all still in the crapper. And so guess what? We need more federal involvement in the banks; Obama gets to control the banks for a little while longer. You wonder when people are going to wake...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"They say Obama prays privately. I have no doubt about it! But does he pray to himself?""So here we have John Kerry suggesting to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 'Hey, look, pal, we'll let you stay in power. And in exchange for us being nice, you stop your nuclear program.' If I were Ahmadinejad, I'd say, 'Okay, I'd say that's a deal we can accept, Senator Kerry!'""Colin Powell's just mad at me because I'm the one person in the countrywho...

RUSH: Here is Ruth in Waverly, Ohio. Hi, Ruth. Great to have you here.CALLER: Hello.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: First-time caller also. Well, my question kind of goes with that saying. I'm working right now, but I'm wondering why the smartest people in my graduating class, none of the girls had children, and that's why our country is going in the downhill slide it is.RUSH: You know what you need to do? You need to go rent a movie called Idiocracy. Have you heard of that movie?CALLER: No, I haven't.RUSH:...

RUSH: Jan in Jackson, Michigan, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi. Hi, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: I was wondering, yesterday I heard on the news about this Obama administration going after some of these offshore accounts.RUSH: Yes, ma'am.CALLER: I'm wondering if you could shed some light on that. He's going after businesses and individuals. Could you expand on that?RUSH: Very simple. It's very, very simple. You don't even need to understand the details. You need to understand...

RUSH: To the phones, to Houston, this is A.J., great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush. How you doing? Mega dittos to you, big timer.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: Rush, Rush, I'm trying to figure out this so-called president. The black kids in Washington, what are these kids going to do about these school vouchers now? His kids ain't going through this. Why is he sending these kids through these changes, Rush, and taking this money away from these kids in Washington?...

RUSH: Boulder, Colorado, Kim, nice to have you with us. Hello.CALLER: Oh, thank you. I'm very happy to be on talking to you. It's the first time I've ever gotten through.RUSH: Thank you. I'm glad you made it.CALLER: Yeah, me, too. I wanted to make some comments about the Drive-By Media with their so-called pandemic of the swine flu. I'm a nurse, and this is no pandemic. This is some flu that's going around. "Pan" means all over. When you have a pandemic or an epidemic, it is affecting...

RUSH: Now, I got some sound bites here with Chris Matthews and Mike Pence last night. I want to play these for you because it's very instructive about what the liberal media is attempting to do to Republicans: portray Republicans as anti-science; portray Republicans as not believing in evolution, only believe in creationism; blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I play this Matthews stuff for you because I don't think it's just Matthews. Normally I won't give a hoot, but I think this is a...

RUSH: Wendy in Nashville, thank you for calling. Nice to have you with us.CALLER: How you doing today?RUSH: Pretty good. Thank you.CALLER: I wanted to call and thank you so very, very much for the Select Comfort bed that you sent me.RUSH: Well, I'm glad to know that you got it. How long have you had it?CALLER: I've had it about a week. It came in last Wednesday.RUSH: What kind did you get? Did you go full boat, did you get the king-size?CALLER: Yes, sir, I did.RUSH: Good.CALLER: I...

RUSH: Jan in Melbourne, Florida. Glad you called. You're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush, it's an honor. I just want to say that, once again, the far left and the Bamster have succeeded in destroying another private citizen. It's Carrie Prejean, I think. I'm not into pornography. I cannot stand that. I'm a Christian. Nor do I watch the beauty pageants. But I saw the following day. I liked her answer, and she actually stood up in front of Americans, what she believed in, and...

RUSH: This is Larry King Live last night talking to James Carville, and he asked Carville, "What about Sarah Palin?"CARVILLE: Well, uh, buh -- you had our friend, Rush Limbaugh, saying that she's the most articulate person in the Republican Party. Uh, these, uh, Republicans that were out at dat pizza parlor didn't want -- didn't want her. They were forced to sort of bring her in after Rush sort of pistol-whipped 'em.RUSH: Well, this is fascinating, too. This is the listening tour, and I guess,...

RUSH: A couple of audio sound bites here, then we'll go back to the phones. First off, this afternoon, CNN Live. The guest, American University Chair of Islamic Studies Akbar Ahmed, and he said this about Barack Obama's challenges.AHMED: Remember that today for President Obama his greatest headache is not coming from Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans. It's really coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan. He staked his reputation and his foreign policy in that part of the world.RUSH: So here you...

RUSH: I'm getting e-mail, people here at the studio, "When are you going to talk about Colin Powell?" Folks, I don't care, I don't care what Colin Powell says. This kind of stuff is said about me three times a day by all liberals under the sun, and Colin Powell is just another liberal. He did this back in December, and I responded to it then. Look, if you want to know what this is all about, Colin Powell is out there saying the American people want more taxes, they want bigger government. He's...

RUSH: Grosse Pointe, Michigan. This is Janet. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. It's splendid to talk to you again.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I'm calling because I wanted to point you in the direction of Ron Gettelfinger's op-ed in the Detroit News today. You can find it at Real Clear Politics, I think. And it's proof that you're right. Very early proof.RUSH: Well, tell me what it says.CALLER: What it says, he's advocating national health care. Now here's how...

RUSH: Two related stories. This is from St. Louis, Missouri, the Fox affiliate there, KTVI, Channel 2: "Officials from Boeing and the Machinists Union, are warning that the proposed Pentagon budget could result in the loss of 30,000 jobs in the St. Louis area over the next three years. The budget stops production of the C-17 cargo plane, and cuts production of the F-18 fighter by [25%]. Nine hundred Boeing workers here work on the C-17, while 5,000 work assembling various versions of the F-18."...

RUSH: If you've seen this story and you've only read the headline or even if you've only read the New York Times story about it, or if you've only heard the Drive-By Media discussing the story, you do not know the half of it. I'm looking at the headline here. I thought I put it at the top of the stack, but I didn't. Well, now, where the hell did I put this? Yeah, here we go. I did put it back in the stack when I shouldn't have. New York Times today: "Charges Seen as Unlikely for Lawyers Over...

RUSH: Bank of America needs $34 billion. Wells Fargo needs $15 billion. They didn't even want TARP money. All of these banks -- and these are not stress tests. You have to look at these stress tests as possess tests. They're leaking all this information about the banks, and guess what? The banks are all still in the crapper. And so guess what? We need more federal involvement in the banks; Obama gets to control the banks for a little while longer. You wonder when people are going to wake...

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