RUSH: Suzanne, Blounts Creek, North Carolina. Hi.CALLER: I cannot believe this. This is just a thrill of a lifetime. But I want -- let me get to my point really quick so I don't tie you up. There is no racial division except the division that is created by those who make money off of it. This is about right and wrong, not black and white. And I must say, you are brilliant and that's why they're afraid of you.RUSH: Well, thank you very much. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. I...

RUSH: Travis in western Kansas. Great to have you on the program, sir. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush. How are you today?RUSH: Good, sir. Thank you very much.CALLER: Rush, I know you've heard it a million times but it really is a thrill to speak with you and I don't think that you realize how much of an inspiration you are to millions of us across this country. There's a very short list of people that have had a profoundly positive effect on my life, and you, sir, are right there at the top of...

RUSH: Jennifer in Fresno, you're next on the EIB Network. Hi.CALLER: Hi, Rush. How are you?RUSH: Great, thank you.CALLER: Well, I was calling today I'm sure you know that tomorrow we're going to have a large gay rights march here in Fresno. Apparently the gay --RUSH: I actually did not know that. That's not something I keep track of.CALLER: Well, they've decided that because the Central Valley voted 70% in favor Proposition 8, that we're a valley full of bigots, and so they need to come...

RUSH: Robert in Surprise, Arizona. Arizona has some of the greatest names for its cities and towns in the country, like "Show Low." Show Low, Arizona. This is Surprise, Arizona. It's Robert. Great to have you here.CALLER: Robert, west of Phoenix, Rush. Been listening for over 15 years.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I have a question. How much influence do you think that staffers and lobbyists have over elected officials?RUSH: Profound. It is profound. In fact, I read a piece from the Wall Street...

RUSH: This is Moscow Mills, Missouri, and Rich. Hello and thanks for calling.CALLER: Hey, Rush, great to get through and talk to you. I've been enjoying the show more so than ever with everything that's going on.RUSH: Thank you very much.CALLER: The reason I'm calling is, you know, this Senator Cornyn's comment. You know, I understand the truth. Us folks out here in flyover country, we get the truth, we understand the truth when we hear it. And I think that's why the mainstream media, with...

RUSH: Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hi, Linda, you're on Open Line Friday. Great to have you here.CALLER: How are you today?RUSH: Fine. Thank you.CALLER: I -- I must tell you that I have never really liked you, but I listen to you sometimes just to get another opinion. And I kind of agree with you on the thing with the new appointee for the Supreme Court, even though I'm a Democrat.RUSH: Yes, ma'am?CALLER: Because I don't -- ahem. I don't know whether the lady is a racist or not, but people...

RUSH: As America's piata, I'm getting a little tired of getting whacked by everybody out there and it's just time to respond to some of it. I don't often do it 'cause that's all I would do. Today is an exception. What we're going to do here at the beginning of this hour is we're going to go back in time. We're going to go back to our archives and we're going to listen to how Democrats tried to destroy -- with the help of CNN -- Samuel Alito. I want you to keep in mind as you listen to these...

RUSH: All right, it's time to put a stop to this, ladies and gentlemen. I appear to have become America's piata, a national piata. Everybody is beating up on me. Everybody. So it's time to leak some acid on them. Greetings, great to have you here. Rush Limbaugh on 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: And you know the rules on Friday. When we go to the phones the program is all yours. Monday...

Rush's Morning Update: WarfareJune 1, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, friends, a fresh battle report has arrived. There are heavy casualties in Maryland. Democrats,fighting in the war on prosperity,have shot themselves in the foot...and other parts of their anatomy. Maryland's budget came up short last year,so the elected tax-happy vampires came up with another one of their tax-the-rich schemes. This one took the...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I am now the new passkey for RINO Republicans. I am the passkey that opens the door for them to get unchallenged media coverage from the left.""The fact of the matter is, ladies and gentlemen, that my wit and wisdom and brilliance is being drowned out, and I have learned over the course of many, many moons that if you don't stand up for yourself, nobody else will, either." "Now, a day is going to come here when reality hits....

Story #1:Dialing Obama: Another 911 Call Over Fast FoodRUSH: We've got a another 911 call over McDonald's. It's not in Port St. Lucie. This is in Oregon. Now, folks, there's something going on here. We had Port St. Lucie, a woman call 911 a number of times 'cause she didn't get Chicken McNuggets, or they didn't have them when she ordered them. This guy goes in McDonald's and he didn't get the orange juice that he ordered from the drive-thru, so he called 911. There's a reason for this. The...