Now, this business about what he inherited drives me batty. He keeps blaming it on his "predecessor." No president has ever done that. This is childish. It is immature. It's narcissistic. Let me tell you what Barack Obama "inherited," as president of the United States. Barack Obama inherited greatness. He inherited the birthplace of the individual. He inherited the defender of liberty at home and abroad, the United States of America. He inherited American exceptionalism. He inherited the...

RUSH: Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, Fox News, Twentieth Century Fox, da-da-da-da-da-da, last night he was on the air with Neil Cavuto on Fox. Cavuto said, "Many argue that President Obama's building a totally different kind of government, a much bigger -- some would argue more intrusive -- government. A lot of people either don't appreciate its magnitude or they look at all these 'czars' or task agency heads, and they don't appreciate what's going on here. What do you say? What are...

RUSH: Here is Marty Biloxi, Mississippi, great to have you with us, sir, hello.CALLER: How you doing, Rush?RUSH: Good, thank you.CALLER: Listen, number one, mega dittos from the Magnolia Gulf Coast. But I want to tell you something. I have the deepest respect and regard for you, and for years I have followed what you've said. I told people that I think you are probably the finest constitutionalist in America. You are able to articulate what it means, what it stands for, and for years I've...

RUSH: This is Gary in Herndon, Virginia. Thank you for waiting, sir, and hello.CALLER: Hello. Thank you for taking my call, Rush.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I wanted to give you an on-site report from the Republican House-Senate event last night, a couple of quick observations. By the way, that Jon Voight speech was the best speech of the night. He was incredible.RUSH: I've got some e-mails about that speech. I didn't see the event, what was I doing last night?CALLER: If you were there we...

RUSH: Isn't this just rich, President Obama just concluding another economic session and announcement at the White House. He announced a program that we've heard before, starting in 2007 from Nancy Pelosi, paygo. We are no longer going to spend money we don't have. See how easy this is? You go ahead and bankrupt the country, you destroy the American dream for two generations, and then all of a sudden you find religion. Ah, we can't go on this way. Pelosi promised paygo, by the way, back in...

RUSH: Yesterday at the White House, Vice President Biden's chief economic advisor, Jared Bernstein, held a press conference to talk about the new unemployment rate and the economic stimulus package. And during the Q&A, Jake Tapper of ABC says, "In January you and Dr. Romer issued your recommendation for the stimulus. It turned out to be rather optimistic. I think it's fair to say you said without the stimulus the unemployment rate will be just over 8%. Obviously it's 9.4% with your stimulus....

RUSH: What I've done here, I went back, he made a YouTube speech on January 10th. This was President-elect Obama and if you go back and you listen to President-elect Obama in January of this year selling his stimulus plan to the nation, it is hard to listen to it. Because even then there was time to help the economy and to protect jobs. It's just five months ago and there was time to make sure that he wasn't going to do what he ended up doing. It's hard to listen to this because the opposition...

RUSH: You know, folks, it's funny how Sarah Palin's future is so much brighter than Katie Couric's. Katie Couric's CBS Evening News ratings have fallen to an all-time low. Since Nielsen began taking television ratings, CBS Evening News has fallen to an all-time low. Sarah Palin was the center of attention at the big Republican dinner last night where Newt Gingrich was the keynote speaker. CNN very, very approvingly reports, "Newt Gingrich was the keynote speaker at Monday night's fundraising...

RUSH: No, no, no, I don't think of it as courage. I don't think of it as courage at all. Snerdley is talking to me here, people are telling him that they can't believe how much courage I have speaking out against Obama. It's not courage, Mr. Snerdley. It's actually love. I'll explain this here in just a second. Greetings, my friends, and welcome. It's the Rush Limbaugh program. We're back at it at 800-282-2882 if you want to appear on the program. This is the EIB Network and the nation's...

Rush's Morning Update: The GutterJune 10, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Ratings for two of the government-controlled cable news networks are in the toilet. If you add the audiences of CNN and MSNBC together, they still lag far behind the Fox News Channel.Reese Schonfeld, the co-founder of CNN, has an explanation why they are doing so poorly. More like second-rate excuses than an explanation but here they are. First,...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I love America; I love the people who make it work. I love the ability to speak. I'm in the free speech business and I don't take it for granted.""This smug, inexperienced, egocentric fool has to be stopped. This has to be said now. He's had five months with no check and no balance on virtually anything he has done." "What about the starving kids and what about the homeless? What about people losing their hair who don't have...

Story #1: Hassett: Obama Tells US Businesses to Drop DeadRUSH: There's a piece today by Kevin Hassett at Bloomberg. It's a commentary piece. Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy studies at AEI, the American Enterprise Institute. "Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead," is the headline. Writes Mr. Hassett, "I've finally figured out the Obama economic strategy. President Barack Obama and his team have been having so much fun wielding dictatorial power while rescuing 'failed' firms,...