RUSH: Steve in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, welcome to the EIB Network. Great to have you here.CALLER: Rush, how are you?RUSH: I'm fine and dandy, sir.CALLER: I wanted to say thank you on behalf of all free-minded, profit-seeking people around the world here. Hey, I think my Minnesota Vikings are going to trounce on your Steelers this weekend.CALLER: Well, let's see, the Vikings are at Pittsburgh. It's a one o'clock game. It's on grass.RUSH: Yeah?CALLER: Vikings don't play a whole lot of games...

RUSH: David in Indianapolis, you are up next as we go back to the phones on Open Line Friday. Hi.CALLER: Hello. How are you today, Rush?RUSH: Very well, sir. Thank you.CALLER: First I wanted to call and let you know I am not probably one of your most typical listeners. I am a gay 50-year-old man in Indianapolis, Indiana, but I do agree with you 99.2% of the time.RUSH: Well, 99.2%, and since I'm almost always right 99.3, you're close.CALLER: Well, I'm working on it. The double standard...

RUSH: Obama yesterday afternoon in Washington at the White House East Room. This is about the pay czar and his 90% reduction in salary.OBAMA: I've always believed that our system of free enterprise works best when it rewards hard work. This is America. We don't disparage wealth. We don't begrudge anybody for doing well. RUSH: Yes, you do. Yes, you do.OBAMA: We believe in success. But it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms, firms that are struggling, pay themselves...

RUSH: Renee in Orland, Maine. I'm glad you called. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush. This is so great to talk to you. I'm a little nervous so just bear with me.RUSH: Sure.CALLER: I really just want to thank you. I've listened for two years, and with help from my husband and from you I have learned so much. And I want to admit today on air that I had some liberal views that I am just totally ashamed of, looking back on my career as health teacher in Massachusetts. And I really...

RUSH: High Point, New Jersey, next, Bob, welcome to the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Yeah, hi, Rush. Nice to speak with you.RUSH: You bet.CALLER: I'm calling in reference to a PBS special they had on, Frontline, it was called The Warning and what it did was it focused on this lady called Brooksley Born, who was the chairman of the Commodity Future Trading Commission in the Clinton administration. And it shows exactly what happened with the derivatives, and they knew as far back as 1997 that...

RUSH: Here's John in Indianapolis. Welcome, John. It's great to have you here on the EIB Network.CALLER: Hey, Rush. What prompted my call is Sarah Palin's endorsement of the conservative running for Congress in New York and juxtaposed against Newt Gingrich's endorsement of the liberal RINO. And the point I want to make is I think the Republican Party has a very important choice to make. They risk losing me and millions of others if they don't once again reclaim the mantle of the Reagan conservative...

RUSH: To St. Louis. James, you're first. I'm glad you held on during the first hour. Nice to have you here.CALLER: Hi, Rush. I wanted to get your take on states being allowed to opt out of the public option in the health care bill. Basically I was just wondering if they're crunching the numbers and counting all the states and as a taxpayer I'm paying for this bill, if a state such as Missouri were to opt out wouldn't that eliminate all the tax money from coming in? Or am I missing something?RUSH:...

RUSH: All right, now, if you will indulge me, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to go to the top of the audio sound bites here because I want to get this out of the way once and for all. A bunch of news organizations have now retracted the use of their so-called quotes of mine that were totally fabricated during this whole NFL spat, quotes that I never uttered. They finally, after the damage is done, they have withdrawn the quotes, and Michael Smerconish, who I've met and who I like, does a talk...

RUSH: Michael Ledeen has posted something today that dovetails with this. This has surfaced just today. "Obama and the Constitution: He Has His Doubts." Michael Ledeen: "I missed this first time around. Brian Lancaster at Jumping in Pools reported on Obama's college thesis, written when he was at Columbia. The paper was called 'Aristocracy Reborn,' and in the first ten pages (which were all that reporter Joe Klein -- who wrote about it for Time -- was permitted to see), the young Obama wrote:...

RUSH: I have never, in my life, seen what I saw today on the front page of the Washington Post. I have never seen this. It has begun, folks. Something is happening out there and I'm going to tell you all about all of what it is. Also some people are off base on this NFL business and me again today. Not in a big way, but I'm going to set that straight -- so a lot to do. It's Friday. Let's get started here.JOHNNY DONOVAN: And now, from sunny South Florida, it's Open Line Friday!RUSH: Yip...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Barack Obama's head is getting so big now that his ears look like they fit.""You Blue Dog Democrats, let me tell you something: You have to vote against this socialist, fascist agenda because it's the right thing to do. You Blue Dog Democrats are inexorably tied to those of us who want to save this country from the direction it's headed.""When a person in power believes he is more important than the nation he leads, and believes...

RUSH: Steve in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, welcome to the EIB Network. Great to have you here.CALLER: Rush, how are you?RUSH: I'm fine and dandy, sir.CALLER: I wanted to say thank you on behalf of all free-minded, profit-seeking people around the world here. Hey, I think my Minnesota Vikings are going to trounce on your Steelers this weekend.CALLER: Well, let's see, the Vikings are at Pittsburgh. It's a one o'clock game. It's on grass.RUSH: Yeah?CALLER: Vikings don't play a whole lot of games...

RUSH: David in Indianapolis, you are up next as we go back to the phones on Open Line Friday. Hi.CALLER: Hello. How are you today, Rush?RUSH: Very well, sir. Thank you.CALLER: First I wanted to call and let you know I am not probably one of your most typical listeners. I am a gay 50-year-old man in Indianapolis, Indiana, but I do agree with you 99.2% of the time.RUSH: Well, 99.2%, and since I'm almost always right 99.3, you're close.CALLER: Well, I'm working on it. The double standard...

RUSH: Obama yesterday afternoon in Washington at the White House East Room. This is about the pay czar and his 90% reduction in salary.OBAMA: I've always believed that our system of free enterprise works best when it rewards hard work. This is America. We don't disparage wealth. We don't begrudge anybody for doing well. RUSH: Yes, you do. Yes, you do.OBAMA: We believe in success. But it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms, firms that are struggling, pay themselves...

RUSH: Renee in Orland, Maine. I'm glad you called. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush. This is so great to talk to you. I'm a little nervous so just bear with me.RUSH: Sure.CALLER: I really just want to thank you. I've listened for two years, and with help from my husband and from you I have learned so much. And I want to admit today on air that I had some liberal views that I am just totally ashamed of, looking back on my career as health teacher in Massachusetts. And I really...

RUSH: High Point, New Jersey, next, Bob, welcome to the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Yeah, hi, Rush. Nice to speak with you.RUSH: You bet.CALLER: I'm calling in reference to a PBS special they had on, Frontline, it was called The Warning and what it did was it focused on this lady called Brooksley Born, who was the chairman of the Commodity Future Trading Commission in the Clinton administration. And it shows exactly what happened with the derivatives, and they knew as far back as 1997 that...

RUSH: Here's John in Indianapolis. Welcome, John. It's great to have you here on the EIB Network.CALLER: Hey, Rush. What prompted my call is Sarah Palin's endorsement of the conservative running for Congress in New York and juxtaposed against Newt Gingrich's endorsement of the liberal RINO. And the point I want to make is I think the Republican Party has a very important choice to make. They risk losing me and millions of others if they don't once again reclaim the mantle of the Reagan conservative...

Don't Be Fooled: Any Obamacare Bill Will Include the Public OptionRemember this: It's all government-run health care. Rasmussen: 49% Say No Health Care Reform Would Be Better Than the Democrats' Plan

RUSH: All right, now, if you will indulge me, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to go to the top of the audio sound bites here because I want to get this out of the way once and for all. A bunch of news organizations have now retracted the use of their so-called quotes of mine that were totally fabricated during this whole NFL spat, quotes that I never uttered. They finally, after the damage is done, they have withdrawn the quotes, and Michael Smerconish, who I've met and who I like, does a talk...

RUSH: Michael Ledeen has posted something today that dovetails with this. This has surfaced just today. "Obama and the Constitution: He Has His Doubts." Michael Ledeen: "I missed this first time around. Brian Lancaster at Jumping in Pools reported on Obama's college thesis, written when he was at Columbia. The paper was called 'Aristocracy Reborn,' and in the first ten pages (which were all that reporter Joe Klein -- who wrote about it for Time -- was permitted to see), the young Obama wrote:...

RUSH: I have never, in my life, seen what I saw today on the front page of the Washington Post. I have never seen this. It has begun, folks. Something is happening out there and I'm going to tell you all about all of what it is. Also some people are off base on this NFL business and me again today. Not in a big way, but I'm going to set that straight -- so a lot to do. It's Friday. Let's get started here.JOHNNY DONOVAN: And now, from sunny South Florida, it's Open Line Friday!RUSH: Yip...

Rush's Morning Update: Get Along!October 26, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Come January, doctors are facing a scheduled 20 percent drop in their Medicare reimbursement rate --so Senate Majority Leader Dingy Harry Reid tried to ram through a measure to reverse that. Price tag: a quarter trillion dollars. Sadly for the Dingy One, 13 fellow Democrats didn't back his play; they citedthe out-of-control deficit and budget...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Barack Obama's head is getting so big now that his ears look like they fit.""You Blue Dog Democrats, let me tell you something: You have to vote against this socialist, fascist agenda because it's the right thing to do. You Blue Dog Democrats are inexorably tied to those of us who want to save this country from the direction it's headed.""When a person in power believes he is more important than the nation he leads, and believes...

Story #1:Costly Fraud Reported in Home Buyers' Tax Program RUSH: Get this. Talking about the redistribution of wealth: "The rush to implement a tax credit for first-time home buyers opened the program up to potential fraud by people who hadn’t bought a home or already owned one, Congress was told yesterday. J. Russell George, Treasury inspector general for tax administration, questioned the eligibility of some 100,000 claims out of the 1.5 million who have sought to take advantage of the...