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"To have a tax code this big and this bloated -- with so many complicated, contradictory exemptions all snaking and intertwining each other like spaghetti -- is a disgrace to any free society." -Mark Steyn

Our on-the-ball President has ordered his chief enforcer to re-examine the way he bullies the press.

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RUSH: I can't tell you the number of people I run into that think, "Okay, we've got Obama now.  This is it," a combination of IRS and Benghazi.  I'm not trying to be a downer here, I really am not.  I'm just the mayor of Realville, and, I'm telling you, none of this is going to result in any serious damage to Obama.  

RUSH: The Drive-Bys are overheated, folks, about the possibility here of Obama getting together with Chris Christie to once again walk the beaches of New Jersey. 

RUSH: You've heard the people in the Republican Party, the consultants and the whatever say, "The era of Reagan is over." What they mean is, "This business of the Republican Party being conservative? We gotta scratch that! We gotta wipe that. We need a more moderate Republican Party," and that's what Dole is saying... Here we have the most radical, leftist president and agenda that this country has ever faced, and the Republicans are in an argument over whether or not they ought to agree with part of it.

RUSH: The feelings of 'remorse' began for Holder after he read an article in the Washington Post about how the Justice Department, which he heads, investigated Fox News reporter James Rosen.

RUSH: Low-information voter.  This is exactly who the guy was.  That's what we're up against.  I could have kept the guy on the phone, told him the truth about the numbers -- it wouldn't have mattered.  

RUSH: I've often thought that the concept, the word that gives us as conservatives the biggest obstacle to overcome, is that whole concept of "fairness" and that word "fair," as it's utilized politically. 

RUSH: You can't have a flyover, but Obama took a helicopter from DC to Annapolis.

RUSH: This whole subject of taxes, this is one of those days where I'm worn out on it.  I have, for 25 years, told everybody the truth about taxes, lower taxes, high revenue, over and over and over again. 

RUSH: Now, I just want to be clear. He didn't say those words, but where does it go? You have a leading Democrat senator here trying to say that bloggers aren't journalists and tweeters aren't journalists and journalists, who are they? 

RUSH:  You might Google it by now, the Limbaugh Theorem.  Google that, David, and you'll find: Campaigning, constantly campaigning, that's the way they govern. 

RUSH: The minute that bill is signed, the next day it's gonna get challenged. Maybe even Schumer will challenge himself; who knows. But some activist group is gonna challenge the bill as unconstitutional. All you gotta do is go to a federal judge that agrees with the liberals, and, bammo, you got instant citizenship.

Alaska is making another attempt to break the stalemate over oil and gas development.

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RUSH: Now, I've learned. I'm gonna go with the polling data.  I'm not gonna sit here and say, "This can't possibly be true." 

RUSH: It sounds like numerous parodies that we have produced of congressional hearings in the past.

RUSH: You've been on the cutting edge. We've been talking about this for many, many moons now. 

RUSH: They want to upset the market and create a mess -- and, then to clean up the mess, they want everybody just to finally say, "You know what? You know what would fix this? Single payer! Just have the government do it. 

RUSH: Don't worry, folks.  We may have had a marathon bombing, little beheading here or there, but it isn't Al-Qaeda, because Obama defeated them. 

RUSH:  The reason there are five committees is because there are five egos. Oh, yeah! Five people want television time.

RUSH: He says that there will be aid forthcoming for Oklahoma, but let's actually wait and see.  Will it be little and late as it is in Staten Island?  Of all the places where Hurricane Sandy hit, Staten Island's gotten the least amount of assistance.  And it's a Republican borough.