RUSH: But let's go back to March 6th, me, on this show.RUSH ARCHIVE: If they get national health care, folks, the country as you and I have known it is over. But the failing health of Senator Kennedy, as I told you way back when, is the driving force here. The failing health of Senator Kennedy is already being used as an inspirational effort or technique to get national health care on the fast track. Before it's all over it will be called the Ted Kennedy Memorial Health Care Bill.RUSH: And...

RUSH: Now, the Associated Press ran a Fact-Check article. They produced a fact-check of Obama last night. Here we've got the corresponding portions of the speech with the AP Fact-Check. It's kind of weird here. On this one, the Associated Press says, "The long-term prognosis for costs of health care legislation has not been good." This is what they were fact-checking.OBAMA: I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future. CONGRESS: (applauds)RUSH: (laughing)OBAMA:...

RUSH: I have been asked if we got sound bites of McCain this morning on the Today Show. Let me quickly look here at it sound bite roster. I don't believe so. Let's see. We don't have any McCain. What did McCain say on the Today Show? What did he say? Hmm? Hmm? Hm-hm. Hm-hm. He threw Palin under the bus? Well, that's because Obama gave him a big compliment last night. McCain was out there giving a thumbs up. Marty in Virginia Beach, you're next on the EIB Network. Hi.CALLER: Hi. One...

RUSH: We have two sound bites from the cabinet meeting. Here's number one.OBAMA: I am confident the plan that we put forward is the right plan for the American people. (camera shutter snaps) I continue to be open to suggestions and ideas from all quarters. (shutter snaps) House members, Senate members, Democrats, Republicans, outside groups.RUSH: Well, he has no plan. Whatever he mentioned last night doesn't exist. The "plan" he talked about last night does not exist. There is no plan! He...

RUSH: I want to translate the speech last night in the words of Obama. So what comes next is me speaking as Obama, giving that speech last night, what he really meant; because the inherent inconsistency in his position remains. He says, "We spend too much on health care but we need to spend more. We need to add more people to the system by force if necessary. We need to expand health care as a matter of law, no exceptions. We need to compel insurance companies to provide more benefits to anybody...

RUSH: It was disgusting and it was reprehensible and it was predictable. Greetings, my friends, it's Rush Limbaugh, this the EIB Network and the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. Great to have you here. Telephone number, 800-282-2882. And the e-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com. The office of the president of the United States was demeaned last night. President Barack Obama gave a grossly inappropriate and, to me, embarrassing speech, a campaign speech disguised as a big...

Rush's Morning Update: The StakesSeptember 11, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer The great debate being waged across our country is not over health care reform. It is over our very form of government.In the past, conservatives argued for limited government – while liberals passed big-government programs and policies that have become institutionalized in the fabric of our lives. Now, the stakes have been raised. The argument...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Joe Wilson simply articulated what millions of Americans were saying. I was shouting, 'You're lying!' throughout the speech at the television.""President Barack Obama gave a grossly inappropriate and, to me, embarrassing speech, a campaign speech disguised as a big speech to a joint session of Congress.""That speech last night was a fraud. It was dishonest. It demeaned the office of the presidency.""We are in the midst of an...

Story #1: Fundraising Windfall for Joe Wilson's Opponent?RUSH: Now, look at this. Look at this. A fascinating story here in the Wall Street Journal: "' Joe Wilson's 'You Lie!' Provides Fund-Raising Boon for Opponent' -- Proof that one man’s loss is another man’s gain: in the hours following South Carolina’s GOP Rep. Joe Wilson's 'You lie!' outburst during President Barack Obama’s joint address to Congress Wednesday evening, his 2010 Democratic opponent has raised about...