You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"The Democrat Party, the American left, have had their boot on the neck of the golden goose for 50 years, and that golden goose is down to its last breaths." "This is the tip of the iceberg as these governors continue to have to make budget cuts. Nobody's been using real money for a long time. It's come due now. It can't go on anymore.""We have Chuck Schumer out there advising everybody to call the Tea Party people extremists....

RUSH: I hold here, ladies and gentlemen, in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers today's column in the New York Times by Thomas L. Friedman. Can I read to you the last line of this piece? This is hilarious, but that doesn't do it justice. "Dear Lord, please make President Obama lucky." That's the last line of the lead foreign policy columnist in the New York Times today, and it's all about please get rid of Khadafy. Khadafy has to go. Please, God, make President Obama lucky. "Which is why, most...

RUSH: You know what I just heard the guy say? I just heard President Obama -- he's speaking before a bunch of kids again. I wish he'd start making speeches to adults. He goes out there and says, (imitating Obama) "Yeah, we can't drill, baby, drill." These stupid kids go, "Yay!" He's out there trashing the whole notion of drill, baby, drill. He said there's no quick fixes to our energy problem. No quick fixes and every president's promised to get rid of our dependence on foreign oil. There are...

RUSH: We do have these polls. It isn't working. His approval numbers are plummeting. He's at 42% in the Quinnipiac poll -- and, of course, we're not hearing about that. We don't hear about that. In fact, I'm gonna change my audio sound bite request on the fly. We'll do Schumer and stuff in the next half hour. Go grab audio sound bite number two. Who could forget this? Wolf Blitzer, March 13th, 2006...BLITZER: It's 4 p.m. here in Washington. So you're getting the first look right now at...

RUSH: Madison, Wisconsin, one of our favorite places in the country, by the way, and this is Mary Jo. Mary Jo, hi. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Hello. I am a state worker in Wisconsin, in Madison, and I really want to know why you haven't brought up Governor Walker in the last few days. You've been on Obama's case. I'd really like to know what you think of all the dirty politics going on with Governor Walker and how Senator Fitzgerald just got caught with his pants down (unintelligible)...

RUSH: We've only taken one phone call today, Mary Jo from Madison, Wisconsin. And just to remind you, I am not entirely comfortable with phone calls like that. I'm not into yelling and screaming with people, but it was required because she wouldn't shut up. (interruption) Well, compared to others, yes, I was polite. But I spotted the filibuster going on. The worst thing, though, about Mary Jo, our first caller, the most alarming and dispiriting thing is something that we're all fully aware of....

RUSH: We have 17-year-old Tanner from Cleveland on the phone, and thank you. Appreciate your patience.CALLER: How you doing, Rush?RUSH: Very good. Thanks.CALLER: Good. I've been listening to you for two years now, and I'm so happy that you're on the radio. RUSH: Well!CALLER: I found you and everything.RUSH: Well, congratulations to you, sir. Thank you. You made my day. I appreciate it.CALLER: Oh, man, I just want to tell you one more thing before I go on. I work at a golf range so any...

RUSH: Donald Trump, as you know, continues to stir this pot about where Obama was born. Now, to be fair, Trump says (summarized) "I know he was born in America but I don't know why he won't prove it. Why won't he prove it?" So Trump issued a birth certificate it happen turned out it was not the official one. So they had to go back and Trump found his official birth certificate, released that. One of Trump's lawyers said, "That was all silly anyway. Everybody knows Trump is from New York....

RUSH: Howard Dean, former chairman of the Democrat National Committee, sees an upside to a government shutdown. He went and spoke to the National Journal Insiders Conference panel. The moderator was Major Garrett, who used to be a reporter at Fox, and he said to Howard Dean, "Do you think there's anything to be said for a grand debate precipitated in part by a government shutdown?"DEAN: From a partisan point of view I think it would be the best thing in the world to have a shutdown. All these...