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RUSH: An amazing debate last night... I was jumping out of my chair.

RUSH: People on the Republican side of the aisle are thirsting for somebody to say what they believe in a philosophical sense, in an ideological sense.

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RUSH: This audience, made up of conservatives, is like you and me. We're sick and tired of being called racists and bigots and sexists, when all we want is the best for everybody.

RUSH: A couple of things here about Governor Walker in Wisconsin. You are looking at somebody on the bleeding edge, not just the cutting edge. This guy is at the forefront of where every other governor in this country is gonna eventually end up.

RUSH: We have the governor of Wisconsin on the phone with us, Scott Walker, who is subject to a recall attempt in the state of Wisconsin because of the bang-up good job he has done in trying to reform some of the practices involving collective bargaining.

RUSH: People say, "You know, you need to write a new book."  And I don't want to write another book.  I've been there, done that.  Books are all over the place out there.  I don't have an iron butt.  I can't sit down long enough to write a book, and now I don't have to 'cause my buddy Mark Levin -- Flee -- new book is out called "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America." I don't have to write another book, at least not now.

RUSH: People want to know if I could snap the buff rag like professional shoe shiners. Damn right I could snap that rag! I could make that buff rag sing.

RUSH: There were other people on stage. We haven't had a chance to get to nearly all of them. Everybody was good last night.