From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Thu 8/27/92
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 21:57:48 GMT
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Summary: Unofficial Summary for Thursday, August 27, 1992
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Thursday, August 27, 1992

by John Switzer

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August 27, 1992

NEWS

o       From ABC Radio News - the American Federation of Teachers
reports that teachers' salaries have risen over last year but
complains that this is the lowest increase in 27 years, resulting
in a net drop in purchasing power for teachers from what teachers
of equivalent experience had 20 years ago. The 1991 average
salary nationwide is $34,213.

Secretary Treasurer Ed Macaulroy blamed not only the current
recession for this "poor showing" but also "the lack of substance
of our self-appointed education President." However, Macaulroy
did have kind words for Bill Clinton, as he pointed out that
Arkansas has had the highest salary increase, and this rocketed
the state from being number 49 to 42 on the list of teachers'
pay. This means that only 41 states are paying their teachers
more than Arkansas.

MORNING UPDATE

A headline on the August 21st edition of USA Today was "Media
Bash Back at Republicans." Rush calls this an amazing headline,
especially as the media is confirming that it considers itself to
be in a war with the Republican party; the media is admitting
that they have an adversarial relationship with the GOP, in spite
of their continual claims that they are fair and unbiased.

The media was angry at all of the criticism they received for
their biased coverage of the Republican convention. Some members
even had special T-shirts made that conveyed their feelings. A
typical example said "Yes, I'm with the media - screw you!" Rush
calls this a perfect example of the media's condescension and
arrogance.

The New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers even
tried to distribute their papers free of charge to the delegates
but were repeatedly told "get that liberal trash away from me, I
don't want it." The Democrats, though, never claimed about the
media during their convention because they had no reason to.

Rush predicted back before the Democratic convention that the
media would do their best to resuscitate Bill Clinton and his
Presidential ambitions, and they have done exactly this. It's
almost impossible to find a negative news story about Bill
Clinton. Rush hopes that people remember how the media responds
when they are criticized - "I'm with the media - screw you!"

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       EIB is still accepting short VHS videos for use on Rush's
upcoming TV show. "Brevity is the soul of wit," and tapes should
have some sort of comment which will make Rush look good. Rush
suggests that people pretend that these videos are just phone
calls that are being taped. Send the videos to Rush Limbaugh, the
Television Show, 515 West 57th Street, NYC, NY 10019. EIB will
not return any of these videos, however.

o       Tonight Rush has to write a 1200 word piece for National
Review on what Bush has to do to win. Although he has known that
he needed to write this article for a month, Rush wanted to wait
until the last minute so that he could put as much information as
possible in it. Rush now believes that he has found the issue
which will divide Clinton and the Democrats - the North American
Free Trade Agreement.

Rush knows that people may not understand this agreement, and
this is why he will explain it to his audience, just like he
explained Bush's 10% taxpayer checkoff plan earlier this week.
Rush was curious at first as to why Bush introduced this
agreement during the campaign, since critics claim that Americans
will lose their jobs because of it.

However, there is a good political reason for this, and Rush will
explain later. One reason to support the agreement, though, is
that Richard Gephardt is against it. As usual, Slick Willie is
positioning himself on both sides of the fence on this issue.

Update  Woody Allen         (Shep and the Limelighters, "Daddy's
Home")

Rush wonders what will happen if Allen and Soon-Yi get married
and later get a divorce - will Soon-Yi be awarded both alimony
and child support payments? Will Soon-Yi be awarded custody of
herself? And if Soon-Yi has a daughter who grows up and marries
Allen, then would he become his own brother-in-law? Rush comments
that not even Alex Haley would be able to make sense of this
family.

Item

o       Gloria Estafan and Julia Iglesias were among the
celebrities whose Florida homes were spared by Hurricane Andrew.
Madonna's new $4 million estate in Coral Gables took a "big
beating, though." Windows were broken and the landscape was
damaged. Rush says that this is no big deal for Madonna - "it's
not the first time that some guy blew into town for a night,
trashed her, and then left."

The mention of Julio Iglesias reminds Rush to ask his staff why
they haven't found his new Slick Willie Update theme - "All the
Girls I've Loved Before." The staff replies that they're still
looking, which Rush interprets to mean that they've forgotten
about his request. He says that he will obviously have to bring
in his own copy of the song.

This reminds Rush of the time he was taking a cruise and had a
number of guests in his stateroom. A waiter came in with their
food order, but there was no place in the stateroom in which to
set the tray down. After 30 seconds of turning around in circles,
the waiter finally got their attention by repeatedly saying
"still looking, still looking, still looking."

*BREAK*

Rush realizes that he has damaged his image by admitting that he
owns a Julio Iglesias CD. However, Rush relates that he bought
this CD because it has a duet between Iglesias and Diana Ross.

Phone   Doug from Rosalyn, NY

Doug thinks Bush's new checkoff plan is humorous because he
suggested to Rush back in 1988 that people should make voluntary
contributions to pay off the deficit; this, along with a cap on
spending, would solve the deficit. Rush says that Doug's comment
proves that Bush has been listening to his show for four years,
and obviously stole the idea from Doug.

Rush admits that Bush's idea does set a risky precedent because
you can't allow taxpayers to specify everything that their money
can or cannot be used for. However, Rush likes the idea because
it is a good political step; it shows the true hypocrisy of the
Democrats in Congress. Congress says that it's concerned about
the deficit, but it continues to spend, spend, spend. They then
turn around and blame Bush for the deficit.

Rush is also excited about his theory that the Free Trade
Agreement will show how much of a fallacy it is to believe that
the Democrats are now a party of moderates and centrists. He
believes that this issue will drive a wedge between the true
moderates in the party and the liberals who are only pretending
to be moderates.

Phone   Ed from Colorado Springs, CO

Ed wants to know the truth about Clinton's 128 tax increases
since both sides have different views on this. Rush says that
while Clinton has been governor, Arkansas has implemented 128
increases in taxes and fees; this doesn't mean Clinton signed 128
separate bills, but he did support 128 separate items.

However, Rush thinks Bush should get off of this 128 figure since
the real issue is Clinton's proposed economic plan which would
take two-thirds of American businesses' profits. All Clinton
knows about is raising taxes and spending money; he's never had a
job in the private sector.

Ed says that you can get a good idea of the sides of the issues
that Bush and Clinton are on by looking at the special interest
groups who are aligning with them. Rush agrees - just look at who
is endorsing Clinton and you will see that liberals are still
alive and well and supporting Bill Clinton.

Rush goes off on a tangent to comment that in Minneapolis, gases
released from liquid manure pits have killed four Minnesota
farmers in the past few weeks. Rush points out that manure is a
natural substance and he links this to a 1974 issue of Readers
Digest which reports that "ominous trends" in the world's climate
point to a global cooling trend. Rush laughs at how quickly the
doom-and-gloomers change their minds on things.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush starts laughing because Tony Lo Bianco has come in
with more photos; one shows him on the set of the WABC Channel 7
news set, and the other shows him with Phil Collins. In both
pictures Lo Bianco is wearing a stupid grin that can be
characterized only as "dumb happy." Rush is amazed at how Lo
Bianco is able to sneak by any security cop and through any stage
door.

o       The July 1974 issue of Readers Digest contained excerpts
from a piece printed in Fortune magazine. Tom Alexander is the
author and he writes that "ominous changes in the world's
weather" may indicate a "global cooling trend that could bring
massive tragedies for mankind." This fear has now been forgotten
as people are claiming that the Earth is now threatened by
cataclysmic global warming.

Al Gore writes in his "Earth in the Balance," page 325, that "we
now know that automobiles' cumulative impact on the environment
is posing a mortal threat to the security of every nation that is
more deadly even than that of any military enemy that we are
again likely to confront." In other words, the common car is more
dangerous to the Earth than the nuclear weapons in the hands of
the enemies of the United States.

Gore would obviously do something about these evil automobiles -
at the very least he would restrict the use and manufacture of
the automobile, no matter what the cost would be to consumers or
to auto industry workers. Will Gore insist on cars that get 70
m.p.g.? Will he insist that certain cars be banned altogether?

Gore is not alone in his beliefs, and these beliefs will clearly
harm the American worker and consumer. Clinton and Gore are
attacking Bush's record on jobs, but jobs can come only from the
private sector, which Gore evidently considers to be one of the
worst enemies of the environment.

Gore also writes on page 325 that "I support new laws to mandate
improvements in automobile fleet mileage, but much more is needed
than just that." Rush doesn't know why he is the only one
bringing out these points, but he is more than able to handle the
load.

o       The American Federation of Teachers has distributed a
list of average teacher salaries for each of the 50 states.
Connecticut tops the list with an average salary of $47,510 per
year. Alaska is next at $43,800 and New York pays $43,335 per
year. Rush comments that this is not bad money, although in New
York this figure isn't a lot to risk your life for, not to
mention that NY teachers have to buy their own body armor.

Michigan pays $40,700, Rhode Island pays $39,397, and Arkansas is
near the bottom of the list. California, which pays $40,425, is
having a budget crisis because the "education czars" don't think
education gets enough money. New Jersey is now spending over
$7,000 per student per year, which works out to $210,000 per an
average-sized classroom. Since teachers get paid an average
$41,000, what happens to the remaining $169,000? Does this money
go to classrooms, chalk, blackboards? Rush, though, feels sorry
for these poor teachers who are earning so "little" when compared
to the rest of the country.

Rush digresses to comment on how the Republicans were criticized
for spending as much money as they did on carpeting the
Astrodome. Yet, of course, the media didn't mention anything
negative about how much the Democrats spent on their convention.

o       The number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits
dropped below 400,000 for the first time in 22 months. The
decline of 90,000 claims was the largest drop ever recorded since
1967. Rush shakes his head at this horrible news, and the EIB
staff inserts the sound of a baby crying about this tragedy.
However, labor officials remained optimistic as they cautioned
against "reading too much" into these statistics.

Rush bets, though, that if the unemployment claims went up, the
economists would not advise against "reading too much" into the
rise. Instead, the increase would undoubtedly be used as a
bludgeon against the Presidency of George Bush.

*BREAK*

The EIB staff, having been chastised for their slackness, has
finally found "All the Girls I've Loved Before," and Rush plays
it to introduce it as his new Slick Willie Update theme. The
first time through the song Julio sings it solo, after which he
is then joined by Willie. Rush at first thinks that Clinton is
singing a duet with Ted Kennedy, but then realizes that it's
Willie Nelson, not Clinton.

*BREAK*

Phone   Tom from Atlanta, GA

Tom thinks that the male equivalent of "slut" is "lecher" and not
"satyr." He also saw the Mark Russel special on PBS in which
Russel sang a song about Rush. Rush's mom heard the song and
thought it was very "cute." Tom, though, came away with a
different view about the song which referred to "right-wing talk
radio." Rush holds Tom over the break.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

o       Jeff Goodblum, Roger Ebert, and David Bowie are all
either dating or married to black women. The September issue of
Ebony magazine focuses on interracial couples composed of black
women and white men. Ebony quotes a psychologist who says that
successful black women are increasingly dating and marrying white
men because, in the psychologist's words, "there is a shortage of
successful black men." The magazine identifies Whoopi Goldberg
and Nell Carter as two famous black women who have chosen white
mates.

Rush is curious about this, though, because he had thought that
white men were the reasons for all of America's ills. White males
are so evil that the politically correct crowd wants no trace of
them to remain in history courses. White men are evidently pigs,
unless you want a happy and successful marriage.

One member of the EIB staff who wishes to remain anonymous tells
Rush that if a movie were made about Whoopi Goldberg's and Nell
Carter's romances, the title would be "White Men Can't See." Rush
laughs shamelessly at this joke. Bo Snerdley, however, is not
happy with this line of humor, and Rush comments that Bo is
seething so much that he is doing a great job of imitating a
booster rocket.

o       In more racial news, Spike Lee has issued calls for
American blacks to "go on strike" when his new movie about
Malcolm X is released. Lee's movie is going to open up at
theaters on November 20th, and Lee would like all blacks to go on
strike from work or school that day so that they can attend the
movie's premiere.

Lee was quoted in yesterday's LA Times as saying "we're telling
them that they've got to turn out to support this film and
support Malcolm X. It's not Hollywood, this ain't Walt Disney.
This is about the state of race relations in the world." Lee said
that "skipping school for the opening is okay because the film
presents the American history that students are not getting in
school. If they go see the film and write a report about what
they've seen, the teachers can't hold that against them."

Rush suggests that Spike Lee should go all the way - not only
should kids skip school to see the movie, but they should loot
the concession stand on their way out and then burn up the
building. The kids would thus get a complete educational
experience.

Phone   Tom from Atlanta, GA (continued)

Tom says that Mark Russel's song was about "right-wing radio,"
and in it Russel referred to "even the guy with half his brain
tied behind his back." Tom also thinks that if Spike Lee really
wants to make an impression across America, he should give free
admission to his movie to anyone who has a note from their
employer or teacher. Lee could then reimburse the theaters for
the loss in ticket revenues.

Tom, though, really wants to talk about the Presidential election
as he is having a hard time with it. Tom definitely won't vote
for Clinton, and when he was in Little Rock recently he couldn't
find anyone who supported Clinton. However, he can't buy into
Bush either, especially since Bush seems to think that family
values should be dictated by the government. Rush says that this
is not what Bush is saying, but William Bennett pegged the issue
right on the money - Bush should not be trying to portray family
values as a good-vs.-evil type of battle.

Family values is a worthwhile issue, but the focus should be on
the ideology of liberalism which promotes a permissive society.
However, family values is being overblown and this only threatens
to turn people like Tom off of the entire subject. The importance
of family values can be seen by people like Robert Alton Harris
who claimed that he killed two kids because his mother drank
while he was in the womb.

The same people who claim that they shouldn't be held responsible
for their actions because of a dysfunctional family are the same
ones who most ridicule the concept of family values. However, if
a family can screw a child up, then can't a good family help a
child become a moral and responsible citizen?

*BREAK*

Phone   Brendan from Toledo, OH

Rush comments that the average teacher's salary in Ohio is
$33,198 per year. Brendan agrees with most of what Pat Buchanan
said during his speech at the Republican convention. Brendan
thinks Buchanan was not being divisive or putting down gays but
expressing his disagreement with the gay life-style.

Rush thinks that Buchanan was trying to focus on the political
agenda of militant homosexual groups, and just because Buchanan
opposes that agenda doesn't mean he is gay-bashing. Brendan
comments that during the Democratic convention the Toledo Blade,
a gay newspaper, featured a front-page picture of Jesse Jackson
with the caption "Jackson states liberal manifesto." During the
Republican convention, though, this same paper featured an AIDS
activist smearing red paint on GOP posters. This bias is typical
of gay activist publications.

Brendan thus agrees with Rush that Buchanan was attacking the
militant gay activists' agenda, and he personally is not
impressed with the violent, dirty tactics that these people use.
Rush says that activists use these kind of tactics because they
work - they consider it a victory when the Toledo Blade has a
front page photo of one of their activists at work. He therefore
sees no harm with identifying the gay activists' agenda and
challenging it.

Rush is intrigued that the Blade identified Jackson with the
"liberal manifesto" since the "new" Democratic party is supposed
to be a "moderate" party that is no longer a liberal homeland.

*BREAK*

Rush believes that the unmasking of Bill Clinton as a bona fide
liberal is essential for a Bush victory in November. If Clinton
gets away with his masquerade as a moderate, then things look bad
for Bush's re-election. This, of course, would benefit Rush since
a Clinton Presidency would make Rush the pre-eminent critic of
his administration; however, Rush is not so selfish as to place
the success of his show over the well-being of his country.

The press, though, will not show the truth about Clinton because
they want him to be elected. Thus, Rush has felt a need to find
an issue on which he can expose Clinton's true agenda and
motives, and he has found such an issue in the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Bush's support for this treaty has
been attacked by numbers of liberals because they claim the US
will lose jobs. However, Bill Clinton was notable during the
Democratic primaries for his support for NAFTA.

But when Clinton now speaks to union members in Michigan, he says
that "he has to look at the fine print" before he gives his
consent to this agreement. Richard Gephardt, though, has no
doubts about NAFTA - he considers it to be unacceptable in its
present from and that it "in no way will work." Gephardt further
attacks Bush for his support of this "job-killing" treaty.

Thus, Clinton has backtracked from his earlier support of the
agreement, and a prominent liberal Democrat has declared it to be
a bad idea. It should be obvious that if Clinton is elected,
NAFTA will not be implemented. Rush calls out some statistics -
the US this year will have a $7 billion surplus with Mexico, and
US exports to Mexico are expected to soar to $40 billion. In 1992
Mexico will become the US's number two market for manufactured
goods, pulling ahead of Japan. No matter how NAFTA is
interpreted, it means more jobs will be created in the US than
lost, simply because of the high Mexican demand for US
manufactured goods.

Certainly, a number of jobs on the low-end of the pay-scale,
including union jobs, will be lost. The jobs gained from NAFTA,
though, will be high-tech, higher-paying jobs. This is exactly
what Clinton is claiming that he wants for America - higher-
paying jobs. Furthermore, the reason jobs are exported to Mexico
is usually because American workers won't do those jobs at the
price that employers must pay to remain competitive in global
markets.

Mexican workers will accept less for their jobs because they
don't have any jobs right now. Furthermore, having Mexicans work
in Mexico means a drop in illegal immigration. So, although some
US jobs will be lost, the main effect of NAFTA will be to spur a
transition in the types of jobs Americans will be doing.

It's important to remember that there's no way to stop US
companies from manufacturing abroad. It's also important to
remember that Mexico has an economy one-tenth the size of
Japan's, yet they already buy as much as Japan does, even with
their current slack economy. Almost all of US exports to Mexico
are manufactured products.

It's absurd to think that the US economy is in trouble because
Japan won't open its markets, because Mexico is already buying
almost as much as Japan. Thus, why not build up the Mexican
economy so that they can continue to buy even more from us?
Richard Gephardt, though, doesn't want any part of this because
he firmly believes in protectionism and because he has no
understanding of how business works.

Clinton, though, has previously stated that he likes the basic
concept of NAFTA, and Rush hopes that Bush's raising of this as a
political issue will expose how liberal the Democratic party
really is. Clinton is backing down in the face of his party's
liberal leadership, and although he likes the agreement's
concepts, he is now refusing to commit himself to any of its
specifics. This issue therefore is one that can be exploited by
Bush to weaken both Clinton and the liberal Democrats.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush hopes that his audience realizes how fortunate they
are that he was born when he was so that he could explain the
major issues of today with the incredible clarity that he just
showed on NAFTA. Rush laughs at his ego, and explains that he is
trying to satirize Larry King's interview in TV Guide in which he
admitted that he had his doubts at first, but is now coming to
believe that he was indeed the man responsible for Perot's
decision to run for President. Rush wonders if King has realized
yet that the first Perot for President rallies were being held a
year and a half before Perot's appearance on King's show.

o       Rush has just been told why the Queen Elizabeth II ran
aground off the Massachusetts coast - it didn't run into an
uncharted reef, but instead hit Ted Kennedy's 1969 Oldsmobile.

*BREAK*

If people would like to call into Rush's TV show, they can call
212-397-7367, 7368, and 7369. Just like the radio show, the TV
show will have no set topics, and thus calls can be on any
current topic. Callers can try dialing into the show tonight
during Rush's rehearsal, which starts about 5 p.m. EST. The TV
show may also feature callers into the radio show who didn't get
a chance to go on the air.

However, Rush warns that since his TV show will be only a half-
hour each night callers must be brief. He decides to illustrate
what TV calls will be like with his next caller.

Phone   Elizabeth from Hampton, VA

Elizabeth gives mega-dittos and Rush thanks her for calling. Rush
laughs and promises Elizabeth that he'll talk to her during the
third hour.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       Rush puts out another call for videos for his upcoming TV
show, and he again reminds the audience that "brevity is the soul
of wit." He asks if anyone knows who originally said this, and
the EIB staff answers "Lincoln." Rush corrects his staff and
tells them it was "Willie Shakespeare." Rush admits, though, that
the really great thing about these videos is that the "callers"
won't be able to talk back once Rush responds.

o       Elaine Chou has been named the new director of the United
Way, and Rush recalls that he met her at a White House
Correspondents Dinner in May. Chou's previous position was
running the Peace Corps, and she had the distinction of being the
highest-ranking Asian woman in the Bush administration. After the
White House dinner, Rush flew back to New York with John
McLaughlin. McLaughlin said he had seen Chou sitting at Rush's
table, and he then suggested to Rush "you should date her!"

Update  Feminist         (The Forester Sisters, "Men" with "in
your face" slogan)

Bella Abzug is the new chairperson of David Dinkins' Commission
on the Status of Women. Rush wonders why NYC would need this sort
of commission, especially since everyone knows that women are
being raped, misused, and molested all the time, and are never
paid the same wages men are paid. Feminists and the media have
been telling us all about this for years. Abzug, though, explains
that the "goal is not to maintain our status, but to improve our
status."

Dinkins referred to Abzug as "one of the mothers of our modern
feminist movement, a fighter who told us that women belonged in
the House and the Senate." Rush wonders how this could be since
men are needed at some point before women can become mothers. And
if Abzug is a "mother" than it means she must have given birth to
something, but birth is not what feminism is all about either.

Update  Timber         ("Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey, Hey Hey Goodbye)

The Bush administration yesterday asked a US Appeals Court to
lift a timber ban on logging in the Pacific Northwest forests
that are home to the Northern Spotted Owl. An injunction had been
put on logging by a Washington state judge last month, and the
Bush administration said that the Spotted Owl's survival didn't
need the ban.

Rush says that this battle won't go away, and it is a battle
between an owl and jobs. The very same people, especially Bill
Clinton and Al Gore, who criticize Bush for not doing enough for
the American economy are the same people who would sacrifice
thousands of jobs for an owl.

*BREAK*

Phone   Elizabeth from Hampton, VA

Elizabeth saw two TV shows on network TV this week. One show,
"Downshore," is about a group of men and women who live together
in a beachhouse. In this week's episode two women decide to go
topless on the beach and get arrested, and of course one of the
women indignantly decides to fight her arrest in court. The other
show, "Arresting Behavior," had a guy discover that his sister
was gay by going to a lesbian party and having his advances
rebuffed.

Elizabeth is troubled by these shows because she can't believe
shows like this would be put on national TV, especially during
the summertime. Elizabeth is 21 and knows she should be
"progressive," but she's gotten to the point where she won't
watch TV anymore. Rush says that this is the option people have,
but he encourages her and says that when his own TV show starts,
he'll often comment on things such as this.

Elizabeth asks if Rush's show will be on "regular" TV, as opposed
to cable TV, and Rush confirms that he will be on regular TV
stations that broadcast over the air. Elizabeth sighs and says
"finally, something decent will be on television - I can't wait."
Rush asks her to be patient, but warns that there will be a
breaking-in period during which Rush will experiment with the
show and its format.

Phone   Bob from New Orleans, LA

Bob gives "dittos from the big breezy," and he comments on how
the local EIB affiliate preempted Rush during the crisis with
Hurricane Andrew. He tells Rush that he knows his TV show will be
nominated for an Emmy - that's a given - but he's confused as to
which category the award will be in.

Rush says that this would be nice, but he doubts it would happen.
The people who win Emmy awards are "producers of documentaries
that nobody ever sees and leftist-oriented television shows, be
they sitcoms or talk shows." Rush bets he will be nominated for
an Emmy just so that the announcers can proclaim "who loses the
Emmy this year - Rush Limbaugh." This is why, Rush states, "we
don't go for awards here, we go for audience."

*BREAK*

Phone   Scott from Vancouver, WA

Scott is a young ex-school teacher, and he comments that when he
went back to school to get his credential he knew he was going to
get a pay cut. Rush asks him why he became a teacher, and Scott
replies that he idealistically thought he could provide a role
model and as well as shape young minds. Rush jokes that Scott
should have gone into journalism if that was his goal.

Rush comments that Washington state's average pay for teachers is
$34,880 per year. Scott says that he was paid somewhere around
$22,000, and that you have to put in about 16 years to get that
average salary. However, he points out again that teachers know
this going into the job.

The reason he left the teaching industry, though, is that when
last year Washington state had a surplus, the teaching unions
immediately moved in and demanded a pay increase. In spite of the
fact that these teachers had already signed a contract for that
year and agreed to their current salaries, the teachers went on
strike. There was no respect at all for the contract that they
signed.

Rush says that the National Education Association is a "terrorist
group," and all one has to do in order to tie Bill Clinton to
liberalism is to link him with the NEA. Rush thanks Scott for
calling and pointing these things out.

Phone   Dennis from Des Moines, IO

Dennis doesn't like four-letter words, but he has to ask about
"Ross" and his political aspirations. Dennis thinks Perot either
has a grudge against Bush or is trying to undermine the American
political system. Rush thinks that Perot does want to destroy
Bush, and he has to wonder what would happen if Perot decides to
inject himself into the political debate. From which candidate
will Perot take voters? Won't he take voters from Clinton?

Rush admits that he is "polled out" - it's only August, and there
are polls coming out every day and every week. Polls talk about
"there was a bounce, there wasn't a bounce, the bounce was
small," etc. News organizations are manufacturing their own news
with their polls.

Rush wonders why a poll isn't taken just to see if people are
going to vote in November. Rush bets that most people are fedup
with politics right now, and a proper poll would show this. The
current polls, though, are worthless as they put words into
people's mouths, and just how much can they show about an
election that is still three months away?

*BREAK*

A show with Lisa Gibsons and John Tesh is being discussed as a
competitor to the Regis Philbin and Kathy Lee morning show. Rush
enumerates all of the daily talk shows (Geraldo, Sally Jesse
Raphael, etc. etc. etc.) and comments that they seem to be
reproducing each other, which is not surprising since aberrant
sex is about all they ever talk about.

Phone   Billie from Pine Bluff, AK

Billie says that Bill Clinton claimed in his acceptance speech
that he has balanced the Arkansas state budget in every year he's
been governor. However, what he failed to say was that Arkansas
has had a law mandating a balanced budget since 1934. Clinton
also told the people of Arkansas in 1990 that he would be their
governor for four years because this was the job he wanted.

Rush says that George Stephanopolous claims Clinton went to the
people in a series of town meetings and got their permission to
run for President. Billie says that these town meetings were very
structured and consisted only of Clinton supporters. They were
not "Jimmy Stewart type town meetings," but rather pure politics.

Billie adds that Arkansas needs foreign markets for its farm
exports and this is why most Arkansas residents are in favor of
NAFTA. Clinton was always totally in favor of this agreement
until he got the Presidential nomination. Rush pounds the desk as
he excitedly claims "I told you, folks, I told you." Billie
continues on to say that Clinton supported Polly Williams and her
school voucher idea until he got the endorsement of the NEA;
since that point he has backed off on his support of this idea.

Billie praises Little Rock reporter Paul Greenberg who has
exposed much of Clinton's "slickness"; Greenberg invented the
phrase "Slick Willie." Greenberg also has pointed out Clinton's
"forgeterry" - when Clinton is backed into a corner on an issue,
his "forgeterry" takes over.

Billie also points out that the main highways in Arkansas are a
disgrace, and Arkansas is number one in only one area - teenage
pregnancy. Billie wishes people would concentrate on the fact
that Clinton is the "most taxing" governor in Arkansas' history,
and he wrote the two largest tax increases in the state's
history.

Billie saw Paul Greenberg on CSPAN during the Democratic
convention, and Rush comments that the callers were very hostile
to him. He thanks Billie for her eye-opening remarks.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ben from Ft. Meyers, FL

Ben says that Dan Rather did quite a hatchet-job on Ft. Meyers -
he repeatedly stated that Hurricane Andrew was headed right for
Ft. Meyers, and that this area was "totally devastated." This
scared a lot of residents, not to mention tourists. Rather,
though, was wrong - the storms just touched the area and left it
practically unscathed.

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                           | I'm a higher mammal!"
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