You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"We need this in perspective. Obama never had a birth certificate problem. He has a spending problem. He has a redistribution of wealth problem. He has a socialism problem.""Trump's not a conservative, folks. You don't promise to raise tariffs on the ChiComs 25%. That's not conservative, that's protectionism, and protectionism is Smoot-Hawley -- it's a death wish.""Is there anybody in our field who would refer to Obama as a disaster?...

RUSH: Ha! So, ladies and gentlemen, if it takes a reality star to force Obama's hand on his birth certificate... and everybody's asking, "Why now? Why now?" I think I've got the answer. I think it's all about polling data. I think up 'til now the polling data showed that it was a winning issue for Obama. The birthers were considered crackpots and the polling data showed as long as it continued that way, that there was hay to be made by Obama by not releasing the birth certificate and stoking...

RUSH: Joe Klein at TIME Magazine: "What Happened to All the Moderate Republicans?" And he praises this wunderkind writer at the Washington Post Ezra Klein. And why aren't there moderate Republicans anymore? This is sort of a takeoff on Pelosi the other day saying why can't we get back to the day when elections didn't matter that much? There wasn't any difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. It didn't really matter who won. What she really meant by that, why can't we get back to...

RUSH: Folks, we really need to put all of this in perspective. Obama never had a birth certificate problem. He has a spending problem. He has a redistribution of wealth problem. He has a socialism problem. There's a story today that Eric Holder had been investigating oil prices, gasoline prices, and found something very disturbing. These people are bordering on totalitarian authoritarianism. They are going to use the law for the most awful purposes, as they are with health care, flouting the...

RUSH: Libby in Miami. Great to have you. I'm glad you waited.CALLER: Hey, Rush. A pleasure speaking to you. Thanks for taking my call.RUSH: Yes, sir.CALLER: Rush, I have to make a quick comment getting back to Trump. I remember when Obama, before he was elected when he was anointed the up-and-coming star of the Democrats, I remember I was overjoyed. I was so happy. I kept thinking, wow, if he's the best that they have to offer, a guy that has no qualifications, a guy that had no experience,...

RUSH: Jennifer in Westfield, New Jersey, great to have you on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hi.CALLER: Yeah, hi, Rush. Listen, it's a big win for Donald Trump. He's the only one finally vetting Obama. And Obama, they're terrified of Donald Trump. He's got his own money. He can make decisions, and you know what? He's fearless. I am sick and tired of our defeatist Republicans like Bill Kristol, Krauthammer, Karl Rove, and Rich Lowry saying, oh, we can only hope to get the Senate or put up someone...

RUSH: Wall Street Journal, Washington wire: "Rep. Paul Ryan acknowledged he was handing Democrats a political weapon when he unveiled his fiscal 2012 budget proposal, including a controversial overhaul of Medicare. Congressional leaders in both parties now seem to agree with him. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he is 'not wedded' to Mr. Ryan’s plan to redo Medicare. 'Paul Ryan has an idea that’s certainly worth consideration,' Mr. Boehner said in an interview with ABC News....

RUSH: Edmonds, Washington. Hi, Tony. You're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Say, I'm kind of reluctant to bring up this point because it might tip the administration off but these yahoos are so ideologically driven that they wouldn't do anything about it. Oil prices peaked right at the point that Bush announced that he would repeal or remove the executive order restricting the ability to drill offshore -- and I mean that was, what, September '08? It was like a week before everything...