From: mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell)
Subject: Re: thEwIndBag bashes Rev. Jackson, again
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:29:00 GMT

In article <LARRY.92Nov22214808@peak.psl.nmsu.edu>, 
larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way) writes...

>I'd like to draw YOUR attention that alt.fan.rush-limbaugh has had
>postings both praising and complaining about Mr. Limbaugh since its
>inception. Flame baiting and chain pulling are going to continue here AND
>in alt.rush-limbaugh too.
> 
In light of that, I'd like to submit the following...

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^GAO reveals White House book-buying scheme<             
^AP Photos TAM1,3<
^By Akbar Mytie=
Associated Press Writer=

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Officials of the General Accounting 
Office (GAO) today revealed that the Committee to Re-Elect 
President Bush has, over the past four months, been spending 
large amounts of tax-derived campaign funds solely to 
purchase thousands of copies of the book "The Way Things 
Ought To Be" by nationally-syndicated radio talk show host 
Rush Limbaugh.

Speaking on condition of anonymity pending official 
announcement of the findings, a GAO spokesperson revealed 
that their investigation found leads - quote- "all the way to 
the top of the campaign."  "Apparently," the spokesperson 
said, "someone in the White House was afraid that Limbaugh's 
book would become a hotter item than the outgoing White-House 
Dog Millie's recently published memoirs."  "The plan 
backfired," he or she continued, "when White House officials 
saw the book climb to the top of the New York Times' best-
seller list.  They assumed that since nobody was reading the 
book that its release would be a disaster.  What they 
discovered is that the book has become a best-seller even 
when nobody actually reads it."

At a Rose Garden ceremony honoring past Rose Garden 
ceremonies this morning, outgoing-President George Bush was 
asked about the allegations.  Speaking on condition of 
anonymity, President Bush admitted that, maybe some of his 
staff "might have picked up a few copies just to see what 
that 'Bozo on the radio' was up to."  But Bush insisted that, 
since there were no pages to color, outgoing Vice-President 
and often mentioned candidate for President in 1996 Dan 
Quayle had no knowledge of the purchases.  "Hell," said the 
President, "my dog Millie knows more about being an author 
than that overbearing Bozo.  Do you know I invited him to the 
White House and he ate side by side with my dog Millie, left 
stains on the sheets in the Lincoln bedroom and then had the 
audacity to talk about it for days on his radio program?"  
The President continued his tirade as reporters slowly 
wandered away, seeming to be distracted by their shoelaces or 
by clouds in the sky.

On A-B-C TV's "This Week with Talking Heads," Kansas Senator 
and self-appointed nation's babysitter Robert Dole, 
speaking on condition of anonymity, expressed outrage at the incident, 
demanding that a special inquisitor be appointed to find out -quote- 
"who all these anonymous spokespersons may or may not be."

Speaking on condition of anonymity, Larry Harmon, the 
original Bozo the Clown for Capitol Records, announced he 
will be charging the outgoing president 50 cents each time 
the word "Bozo" is used officially, and a residual of 10 
cents each time the story is picked up by the media.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a White House anonymous 
spokesperson (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IS A DIFFERENT ANONYMOUS 
SPOKESPERSON AND SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE ANONYMOUS 
SPOKESPERSON WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN QUOTED IN EVERY 
OTHER PARAGRAPH OF THIS STORY) admitted that-quote- 
"thousands and thousands" of the books had been delivered, 
under cover of darkness, to a secret warehouse outside New 
York City.  When pressed as to the disposition of the books 
the spokesperson said "Oh, we just burned them.  We're very 
good at that, you know."


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