RUSH: Betsy McCaughey, who is one of the people doing yeoman work deciphering the contents, the details of every Democrat health care plan that's proposed starting with Hillarycare, has another piece today in the Wall Street Journal entitled, "'Obama's Health Rationer-in-Chief -- White House Health-Care Adviser Ezekiel Emanuel,'" brother of Rahm Emanuel, "'Blames the Hippocratic Oath for the 'Overuse' of Medical Care' -- Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, health adviser to President Barack Obama, is under scrutiny....

RUSH: So here's Ted Kennedy. He's up there now lying in repose, getting ready to be taken to wherever in Boston for two days of lying in repose. I'm looking at the Kennedy compound. I'm seeing pictures and angles and views of the Kennedy compound that I have seen before, and I'm wondering about Senator Kennedy's will. Senator Kennedy a man of the people, Senator Kennedy who is beloved for one reason, folks: He used the government to take money from people that work to give it to people that don't...

RUSH: Now, this is kind of funny. This is yesterday in Jefferson City, Missouri, the state capital of my home state. A town hall meeting, and Senator Claire McCaskill said this to the audience.MCCASKILL: Obviously you've got every right if I decide to run again to -- to do everything in your power to fire me if you don't like -- AUDIENCE: (wild cheers and applause)RUSH: We cut the boos and applause and so forth in the interests of time, but the crowd went nuts at the concept of getting rid of...

RUSH: Muskegon, Michigan, this is Bruce. You are first. That carries pretty high responsibility to get things off on the right foot. How are you?CALLER: I'm doing fine. Thank you, Rush, for taking my call. I'll get right to my point. I was listening to you and Glenn Beck yesterday talk about this Mark Lloyd, this new "chief diversity officer," and this is scary. I can't believe what I was hearing. You know, he's advocating charging $250 million to these radio stations if they don't comply...

RUSH: Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Teddy Kennedy, he yelled an awful lot. He yelled all the time. Sometimes he yelled and got out of control, and we're told today how he was a "uniter" and how he was a legislator. You know what? I actually want them to put Ted Kennedy's name on the health care bill. I want 'em to do it. The DC elite just don't get it. In fact, they don't get the reaction to the coverage out there. They are in a totally different world from the rest of this country. I think...

RUSH: The State-Controlled Media is getting worried, ladies and gentlemen. Listen to this from this morning on MSNBC.WATSON: Kennedy's passing, Rush Limbaugh and some other conservatives worried out loud, very bluntly that Democrats would use that to try and pass the health care bill that they oppose, that Rush Limbaugh and others opposed. Do you think that Kennedy's legacy, the positive memory, the fond feelings that he had even across the aisle ultimately will help President Obama pass this...

RUSH: Senator Kennedy screwed up everything he touched. You get all this discussion about what a great legislator he was. I got the cover story of Newsweek magazine from May 28th, 1979. May 28th, 1979, a cover story on Ted Kennedy: "Teddy Comes on Strong. The Battle Over Health Care." "We can't do it piecemeal." It's the same tired script. It's the same old, tired scripts. They have been working on this massive health care program, and 1979 is the same year that they ran covers on global...

RUSH: "The gross domestic product, the US economy declined 1% in the second quarter, better than expected." Well, let me tell you something, folks. I am Rush Limbaugh. I am EIB, always performing better than expected. There are never any unexpected lows or highs here. We only have the highest expectations of ourselves, and you do, too, and we meet and surpass those expectations each and every day on this program and therefore always performing better than expected. Rush Limbaugh, household...

Rush's Morning Update: The BillsAugust 28, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Last Sunday, the Washington Post ran a Q & A in their "Money and Ethics" section. A woman,describing her family as being "of modest means",asked if was "fair" that she and her husband ask their teenage kids to contribute some of their earnings toward the family budget.Knight Kiplinger, editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance, responded: "Yes." Not...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Senator Kennedy is beloved for one reason: He used the government to take money from people that work and give it to people that don't.""If all you do is use the government to take money away from people who work and give it to people who don't, you are compassionate! You are caring, and you are virtuous, and you can go into La Brasserie in Washington with your buddy Chris Dodd and start having waitress sandwiches.""I've been...

Story #1:Weird Poll: Support for Obamacare Stops FallingRUSH: Snerdley, stop screaming at 'em! You know, if you're going to scream at 'em, don't put 'em up. It's real simple. Just say, "Thanks for calling, you're not going to work out today." What? Oh, you weren't screaming at a call? At a poll? Yeah, I saw that poll, too. That's the weirdest wording of a poll I've ever seen. Fox just talked about a poll that said, "Support for Obama's health care plan has stopped falling." Is that not a strange...