From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Unofficial Summary for Friday, Apr. 10, 1992
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 22:34:32 GMT
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Friday, April 10, 1992

by John Switzer

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April 10, 1992

NEWS

o       President Bush waved federal regulations to allow
Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson to proceed with his reforms of
his state's welfare program. Bush praised Thompson's Learnfare
and Workfare programs, and said that he hopes that other states
would be as innovative as Wisconsin so that they could "break the
cycle of dependency." Bush also relaxed regulations for
Michigan's governor John Engler.

MORNING UPDATE

Magic Johnson says that he was "chosen by God" to get AIDS so
that he could explain the disease to the rest of the country.
After the NBA All-Stars Game, Johnson made this comment, but
nobody asked the obvious question. If Magic was chosen by God,
then the woman who gave the disease to Johnson is the real hero,
because if she didn't have it, Johnson would never have gotten
it. If God was truly responsible for Johnson's AIDS, then it's
possible that Johnson's sex partner was a virgin; thus, couldn't
this therefore be the "Immaculate Infection?"

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       The conservatives have won a clear majority in Great
Britain, allowing Prime Minister John Major to remain in office.
The British election may be a portent of what will happen in the
US in November.

o       Yesterday, Rush said that during hard economic times,
voters lean to the right. A number of people disputed that, given
that bad economic times are occurring and a conservative is
already in the White House. However, during bad times the people
listen to the liberal "solutions" and realize how unworkable they
are, and this is why they continue to lean to the right. The
British elections show this trend.

o       Manuel Noriega was found guilty of 8 drug-related
charges, and his sentence could be as high as 120 years. Rush
finds it interesting to recall how many leftists such as the
Christic Institute were certain that Noriega would never go to
trial. During the Panama invasion, these guys "knew" that Bush
was going to kill Noriega because he could bring down Reagan and
Bush for drug trafficking. When Noriega was caught, these same
liberals claimed that there would never be a trial because
Noriega would "sing." But in spite of all of the opportunities
that Noriega had during his trial to bring out "shocking
revelations," none came forth. This is because all of this
conspiracy thinking was nothing more than a "bunch of ranting and
raving by a bunch of ignorant idiots who were letting their
political desires shape their agenda."

The left was hoping that Reagan and Bush were running drugs as
part of Iran-Contra, and let their hopes destroy their common
sense. If anybody could bring the two men down, it would have
been Noriega, yet the Panamanian leader didn't say anything even
though doing so could have helped him with his trial.

o       Rep. Vin Weber (D-MN) decided to resign from the House
yesterday after 6 terms; Weber, 39, said that the mood in
Washington is too sour to even think about re-election. Rush
thinks that a lot of the 53 House and Senate members who are
resigning don't want to be around when the "proverbial you-know-
what hits the fan." A lot of the House's check kiters are the
ones who are resigning; Bob Mrazek (D-NY) wrote more than 900 bad
checks and was running for the Senate until he came in last in
Tuesday's primary. Mrazek has decided to withdraw from the race
but has claimed that the "checks have had nothing to do with it."

o       The Senate will begin hearings today on extending the
Endangered Species Act so as to protect species such as the
Spotted Owl and Pacific Salmon. Rush admits that since he has
changed his eating habits (he is NOT on a diet but is changing
his diet), he is more sensitive to endangered animals. "I need
salmon - they better start producing a lot more salmon! I don't
want to see salmon on the endangered species list."

o       An 11-year old Florida boy wants to divorce his parents
so that his foster parents can adopt him. This is the first such
lawsuit in the country, and Rush bets that it won't be the last
if Hillary Clinton gets her way.

Rush is not too impressed with the claims made on ABC World News
last night that Jerry Brown while Governor of California held
parties at which illegal drugs were used. Two anonymous sources
who said they were part of Brown's police security detail claimed
that the parties had "massive cocaine dealing and use." Brown,
however, was not accused of using the drugs himself. Nightline
last night covered the same story.

Rush can't help but be consistent and feel the same way about
these accusations as he did about Anita Hill's accusations
against Clarence Thomas - these alleged crimes both happened over
a decade ago, and surfaced at very suspicious times. He also
thinks ABC is guilty of "really shoddy" media work because a
number of people who were close to Brown have said that these
charges are totally spurious. Rush's own close friend, state
representative B.T. Collins, was Brown's Chief of Staff and has
said that Brown hated drugs and alcohol and hated being around
anyone who used them.

The basic question that needs to be asked, though, is that if the
governor of a major state such as California is holding coke
parties, how could this stay a secret for so long? Brown's
enemies would surely have used these charges, if true, against
Brown while he was still in office.

Brown, though, has also stated that it's real easy to see who is
behind these charges, given that he is in a presidential
campaign. Rush takes issue with that statement because Brown is
totally out of it. The only reason for these attacks, therefore,
is that Brown still refuses to get out of the race. Rush is
already suspicious about how Paul Tsongas got 29% of the vote in
New York this week; he suspects that the Democratic party played
up Tsongas's role in the election precisely so that he would keep
Brown from coming in second.

Tsongas was not even a factor in the election until a few days
before; Newsday's endorsement of Tsongas on Monday is especially
suspicious, as are Cuomo's speculations about Tsongas shortly
before the election. It seems obvious that the Democratic party
is trying to stop anyone who could slow down Clinton's momentum
and thereby weaken him for the fall race.

Now after all of this, come the accusations against Brown. It
bothers Rush that ABC was willing to run with this story, using
anonymous sources, and ignoring the contradicting testimony and
evidence. It's similar to how women today can make rape charges
in total anonymity years after the fact. You can't criticize the
woman or demand that she go public, because that would be
"attacking the victim."

Now, anonymous accusers are trying to bring Brown down, while a
number of people who are willing to go public are denying that
these charges could be true. So why did ABC run with the story?
It is a curious situation, to say the least.

*BREAK*

Item

o       EIB affiliate WBT radio (1110 AM) in Charlotte, NC is
celebrating its 70th anniversary. They were the first radio
station in the South, and Rush and EIB congratulate their
affiliate. Rush praises the station as being a home for geniuses,
and he points out that the fact that they carry his show proves
their genius.

Phone   Becky from Mustang, OK

Becky's husband thinks Rush is a "racist bigot"; the husband
despises Rush so much that when Becky was watching the Rush III
video, he grabbed the tape, took it out to the garage and "took a
hammer to it." Rush laughs at the idea that someone would hate
him so much that they would destroy his video tape. Becky wanted
her husband to watch the part where Rush introduced his staff,
but the husband was not impressed with Bo Snerdley's endorsement
of Rush. The husband claimed that Rush simply paid off Bo to say
those things; Rush says that "if your husband knew how proud a
man Bo Snerdley is, he would know how offended Bo now is." In
fact, Bo's comment was totally spontaneous and surprised Rush,
who had no idea what Bo was going to say.

Rush says that Becky's home is a "weird household" because it's
usually the wife that despises him. Becky says that her husband
is actually a conservative, but he doesn't like how Rush
criticizes people like Jesse Jackson. Rush responds that Jackson
is responsible for far more racism in America than he could be,
and he holds Becky through the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Becky from Mustang, OK (continued)

Rush thinks Becky's husband is the real racist since he's the one
who's destroys and censors videos. However, Jackson is a
"legitimate racist" whose message is a continual "us versus them,
anti-capitalist, socialist message." Rush resents the idea that
he can't criticize a black politician without being made out as a
racist.

However, the far more important point is that Becky's copy of the
Rush III video has to be replaced. He simply won't allow
"Rushophobes" to destroy his videos. Becky would appreciate that
since she never did get to see the end of the tape. She admits,
though, that her husband isn't all that bad, and that she might
have "overpushed the issue that night - you know how women are."

Rush has Bo take down Becky's address, and tells her that not
only will he send her a copy of the Rush III video, but also a
copy of the Conservative Forum video. This way, Becky's husband
can destroy two tapes next time.

Phone   Jewel from Lancaster, PA

Rush reminds the audience that the ever-charming Jewel was the
woman who suggested the mission for the Amazon Calvary Battalion
in Rush's Gulf War Miniseries - they will wipe out future members
of the Iraqi Republican Guard who are in maternally fortified,
intra-uterine bunkers, using wire hangers as their weapons.

Jewel calls Rush "professor" because she never got through
college - she quit after two weeks. Rush remarks that this must
have been because she was "raped" by her husband. She says no -
she was just a "flowering young virgin then." Jewel, though, has
analyzed the abortion rights march in Washington, DC, which she
calls a "collective, massive menstrual cramp." The march was
"like watching a rabid dog, in the final stages of its disease,
in the throes of death."

She started wondering, though, what was going to be done with all
those feminists when nobody needs them any more. "With the
inevitable demise of militant feminism," Jewel wonders if it is
possible to "find a way of extracting all of that vitriol, hatred
and acid, and producing a cleaning agent that would be strong
enough to clean my oven, on account of all the baking I do." She
in particular thinks that Jane Fonda and Gloria Alred could
produce an environmentally-safe cleanser that is also lemon-
fresh.

Jewel, though, makes a lot of cookies, and she "doesn't have an
oven that's motivated enough to clean itself." Rush says that
what's interesting about the abortion rights march is that his
show has received so many female callers this week that a letter
writer, "R. Richards," is angry that Rush is talking to too many
women. Richards claims that he won't listen to the show any more
if this continues, and Jewel adds "gee, we'll miss him sorely."

Rush is also taking a lot of grief from women who think his
Feminazi Trading Cards commercial and new Feminist Update Theme
("Men") are personal attacks against them. Rush tells such women
that they've "got to lighten up," and Jewel agrees saying "it's
only radio, for crying out loud." Rush says that what's bugging
these women, though, is that he's right about these things, and
is having fun at the same time.

Jewel has a beauty tip for Patricia Schroeder - "make sure your
eyes are dry before applying falsies." Rush appreciates that
input and thanks Jewel for calling. He says that he has received
a letter from a graphics artist for a large newsweekly who has
proposed doing graphics for Rush's Feminazi cards. Rush and the
artist will modem their graphics back and forth between their two
Macintosh computers.

*BREAK*

Rush plays his new feminist update theme - "Men" mixed in with
the slogan "we're fierce, we're feminists, and we're in your
face." The lyrics to the song are:

"They buy you dinner, open your door,
Other than that, what are they good for?
Men . . . I'm talking about men.

They all want a girl, just like the girl
That married dear old dad, they make me so mad.
Men . . . I'm talking about men.

Well, you can't beat them up 'cause they're bigger than you,
You can't deal with 'em and you just can't shoot 'em.
Men . . . I'm talking about men."

<<repeat and fade>>

He then plays his commercial for Feminazi Trading cards.

*BREAK*

Phone   Lauren from Manhattan, NY

Lauren doesn't see Perot's electronic town hall as a problem -
she thinks it's simply a way to give people more access to their
legislators. Rush comments that Perot has been promoting his
electronic town hall as part of the solution that will make
Washington listen to the people. Thus, if people participate in
the town hall, but Congress doesn't do what they want, then the
people are going to be angrier than ever. If the electronic town
hall is not binding, then it's worthless; and if the town hall is
binding, then Congress is no longer needed. If people vote and
their wishes aren't heeded, then they'll just ignore the town
hall like they ignore Congress now.

Lauren, though, thinks that Washington, New York, and Los Angeles
are the main centers of power in this country right now. The
mainstream has to be brought back into power. Rush is not opposed
to people being involved with their government; however, he
doesn't think that Perot's idea can work. He thinks that people's
enthusiasm for Perot and his ideas is already misguided, simply
because they think he will re-empower them as citizens.

Lauren doesn't think that Americans are involved enough today -
this is what Perot was alluding to when he said this morning that
Americans have abdicated control over their government. Lauren
thinks that "it's too late" by the time people get to the ballot
box, and that they have to become more directly involved with
government. Rush says that people have the right not to be
involved in this country.

Rush understands Lauren's frustration, but he thinks that Perot's
supporters are so wrapped up with Perot's image that they are not
examining his proposals. "If they involve you and it doesn't
work, what good is your involvement?"

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) endorsed Bill Clinton
today, saying that "Clinton knows what the American family
wants." Rush wonders if the American family really wants children
to have the right to sue their parents. Rush says that
Rockefeller's endorsement is an attempt to get the Democratic
Super-delegates behind Clinton so as to secure his nomination.

o       The Federal Election Commission (FEC) voted to seek the
return of $311,000 of federal money from Jesse Jackson after an
audit revealed that this money should not have been given to
Jackson during the 1988 election. The audit revealed that Jackson
had $632,000 in undocumented expenses, and an unexplained
overpayment of $185,000 to a media vendor. Jackson received a
total of $8 million of federal matching funds in 1988, and his
campaign was the last one to be audited.

Phone   B.T. Collins from Sacramento, CA

Rush has called B.T. Collins, a Republican state representative
who was Governor Brown's Chief of Staff, so as to get the true
scoop on Brown's alleged drug use. B.T. greets Rush with the line
"how are you doing, balloon belly?" Rush tells him that the
"balloon is shrinking," and B.T. wonders how many seats Rush buys
when he goes on an airplane. Rush answers "one, and just like you
politicians, other people pay for it." B.T. laughs heartily at
that remark.

Rush asks B.T. about Brown's feelings about drugs, and he replies
that Brown hated being around anyone who drank or used drugs.
B.T. thinks there is something "really cooked up" about the
allegations against Brown. He says "this guy never held parties
at his house. 1) there's no parking, 2) there's no silverware, 3)
there's nothing in the refrigerator." Brown always held his
parties at the El Adobe restaurant in Los Angeles.

Rush asks B.T. what is going on and why Brown's accusers have to
be given anonymity. Rush says that a lot of people have denied
the story, which makes ABC's coverage seem very strange. B.T.
thinks that Ted Koppel looked very uncomfortable during the
Nightline story, and he doesn't think Koppel would have run this
story if he had been in charge. B.T. also wonders why the
accusers can't come forward and state their allegations publicly.

B.T. says that Rush is a "radio journalist of sorts and a
marginal human being," and bets that if Rush really had the goods
on someone, he'd want to go public with it. Rush says that these
allegations are similar to Anita Hill's accusations against
Clarence Thomas. The timing of the allegations, though, troubles
Rush, too - they are coming right after Brown has been relegated
to political unimportance by his poor showing in the New York
primary. The Tsongas revival is also suspicious to Rush, given
that Tsongas came out of nowhere to eliminate Brown's candidacy.

However, Brown is not quitting, and Rush suspects that this is
aggravating a lot of people. B.T. says that there is no question
about this - Brown's continuing candidacy means that Clinton will
have to spend money to fight his attacks, instead of using that
money for the fall race. Brown has failed to be a "good soldier,"
and has also been giving Bush all of the ammunition he needs to
fight Clinton. B.T. says that you have to be a good soldier in
politics - Richard Nixon, JFK, and Bush all discovered this.
However, "politics is getting even," says B.T. and he suspects
Clinton is getting back at Brown for his earlier remarks about
Hillary Clinton.

Rush says that he is not a "Jerry Brown aficionado," to which
B.T. replies "certainly not, I don't think you can spell
`aficionado.'" Rush spells the word just to prove him wrong, and
says that ABC's media approach is bordering on tabloid reporting.
B.T. says that this kind of thing can happen to any public
official, and this is what is terrifying about it.

Rush comments that he read a column in the San Francisco Examiner
by John Jacobs about Jacques Bargazi, who is Brown's closest
advisor. B.T. says that Bargazi is not a Rasputin-type character
who controls Brown, but rather is a friend who serves as Brown's
"bookmark" and helps keep him on track.

Rush comments on the house that Brown used at the time, and how
shoddy it looked. B.T. says that the house was the only property
that Brown really owned himself, and he let it get run-down. The
new owners probably bought it only for the location. B.T. adds
that it is ridiculous to think that Brown's security and police
people cleaned up after his alleged coke parties; this kind of
thing would have gotten their unions all over Brown.

B.T. does thank Rush for contributing a refrigerator to a
battered woman's shelter, and Rush is only too glad to help.

*BREAK*

Items

o       H. Ross Perot has returned from a 10-day trip abroad. He
was interrogated by the press after he made a speech to the
American Society of Newspaper Editors. Perot compared the
situation of the United States to the decline of General Motors,
and again stated that he was not interested in becoming
President. "I'm not driven to do this. As a matter of fact, the
more I'm in it, the less interested I am. The more I'm in it, the
less interesting it is." Perot, though, claimed that he will make
a formal announcement about his presidential candidacy in June,
when he is on the ballots in all 50 states; however, some states
will not put him on the ballots until July or August.

Perot did not like how he was questioned on specifics as to his
programs and proposals. When he was questioned about where he
would cut $180 billion of government waste and abuse, he said
that this figure came from the White House and "it would be a
great place to start." Perot, in effect, is telling the press
"don't challenge me. Don't ask me to explain it, we're just going
to do it."

When asked if he belonged to any private clubs that discriminated
against blacks, he replied "I don't play golf. I belong to a
couple of clubs. If I run for office, I'll resign. If I get into
this, we'll look at whatever's there and clean it up." Rush
wonders why someone like Perot should have to resign, and why
does resigning mean anything anyway?

When asked about drug use, Perot said that he had never used
marijuana or any other illegal substance. Perot also said that he
had never cheated on his wife or his taxes. Rush has to admire
these answers, especially because Perot is not bowing under
pressure to provide details on his proposals. People seem to like
this attitude of confidence.

o       Jack Ruby died recently, and the toe-tag that was
attached to his body was sold for $6,600 at a New York auction.

*BREAK*

Items

o       The May issue of Vanity Fair should be out on newsstands
soon, and Rush highly recommends it.

o       Rush will be doing the Phil Donahue show on Monday, and
Donahue wants to wear a Dittohead T-shirt. It's likely that
Donahue will use some comments from Mick of New Mexico about
shooting a bull calf for a barbecue. The show will air live in
New York at 4 pm EST, but other stations may air it later. Rush
bets that the Donahue show will be fun, and he plans to take a
gurgling cod with him to the taping.

Phone   Peter from Summersville, ME

Peter says that Rush should ignore the gurgling cod and instead
pick up a Maine lobster. Rush comments that animal rights
extremists claim that lobsters scream when they are thrown into
boiling water, but this is not true. Lobsters don't have vocal
cords and can't make any sounds; any sounds that are produced are
the result of the shell expanding with the boiling water.

Peter wonders if Rush will send out free gas masks to help his
listeners deal with all of the perfume ads that are inserted into
the Vanity Fair issue. Rush comments that Ivana Trump is also in
this issue, and she talks about her new novel which is about a
Czechoslovakian skier who "meets and falls in love with a real
rich guy, but their marriage is broken up by some southern
floozy." This book, of course, is only a work of fiction. Also,
this issue has the interview with Hillary Clinton in which she
accuses Bush of having a mistress.

Peter reminds the audience that this is the last weekend before
April 15th, which is not only tax day, but also the 80th
anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. This seems very
appropriate to him, given the mood of the country.

Phone   Bob from Vienna, VA

Bob used to be a security officer for John Connolly when he was
governor of Texas, and says that he was asked to come up with
dirt on Connolly by some of his political enemies. He doesn't
think that Brown's accusers should have opened their mouths
unless they had physical evidence. Rush agrees and says that even
though Brown is not being accused of using drugs, he could be
found guilty of possession if the stories are true.

Rush has to wonder why these police officers allowed the law to
be broken and didn't report the drug user earlier. This is
exactly like Anita Hill's accusations - the charges are being
made years after the fact, and there is not a shred of evidence
to support them. In fact, after listening to all of the other
people, it becomes clear that there's no basis to make the
charges. However, ABC decided to go with the story because of the
"seriousness of the charges," which is a phrase that was bandied
about during the Anita Hill hearings. The "seriousness of the
charges," though, is subordinate to the nature of the evidence,
and there is no evidence.

*BREAK*

Rush says that charges such as those made against Brown, or the
rape charges made against the three NY Mets players, can be made
at any time. The press is willing to accept these accusations as
fact, even if there is no evidence.

Phone   Fred from Houston, TX

Fred wants to know why Mikhail Gorbachev is running his columns
in US papers. Rush answers that Gorbachev's column is actually
running in Italian newspapers, and the NY Times has translated it
and syndicated it for US papers. Gorbachev, of course, is the
"savior" of the world, who has been unfairly kicked out of office
by his ungrateful people.

Rush comments on the caller yesterday who talked about William F.
Buckley's comments during a speech at the University of New
Mexico. Buckley was asked why Rush's writings didn't appear more
often in the National Review magazine. Buckley answered that Rush
didn't consider himself to be a political philosopher, but
Buckley said he would eagerly look at any manuscript that Rush
cared to submit.

Rush comments that the March 30th issue of National Review has
printed the letter that he wrote to Buckley after Buckley
defended Bush from accusations that he was out of touch because
he was surprised by a supermarket scanner. Buckley wrote how he
himself had never done a lot of things that are in the popular
realm, such as watch that "black woman who's alternately fat and
thin."

In his letter, Rush praised Buckley for showing that you didn't
have to engage in an activity in order to be able to know about
it or comment on it. Rush then said that Buckley should have
admitted in his column that he listens to Rush's show because
this would keep him in touch with the world around him. However,
Buckley should pay a little attention to the daily TV tabloids,
so that he can keep in touch with pressing issues such as "gay
nuns on dope." "After all," Rush wrote, "I can't do it all."
Buckley replied that "Rush, what do you mean you can't do it all.
That's never been my impression. I thought you did do it all.
Disillusioned."

Buckley will be interviewing Rush on the Reagan legacy as part of
his set of video tapes on current events and issues.

*BREAK*

Phone   Mike from Rosemead, CA

Mike says Rush has encouraged him to follow his feelings and
realize that he is actually a conservative, after being a liberal
Democrat for most of his life. Mike has also been encouraged to
look beyond his current job and try his hand at being a sports
writer for a local newspaper. Rush is glad to hear the news and
thanks him for calling.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       Rush has Tony Lo Bianco stop the show for a second
because the bumper music sounds muddy. Lo Bianco puts the cart
into another machine, and the music sounds great. The EIB staff
isn't convinced, though, and Rush has them do a couple of tests.
Rush knows how engineers are - "you could play something that
sounded like a roll of toilet paper, but if it looked good on a
meter, the engineer would say it's all right."

A union-type engineer comes in to clean the defective machine,
and afterwards Rush says that the difference is clear. However,
the staff says that the engineer didn't actually clean anything,
and thus the difference is all in Rush's mind. Rush has them
clean the machine for real this time, and now the music sounds
far better.

Rush says that a dirty machine simply can't be tolerated on the
Excellence in Broadcasting Network. The staff, though, claims
that the audience can't hear any difference because they're
listening on cheap radios. Rush calls that a typically liberal
remark.

o       The New York Post reports that Magic Johnson has become a
regular customer at Bare Elegance, a strip joint that is near the
Los Angeles Lakers' Forum. The club doesn't serve alcohol, and
thus its female dancers can be completely nude. Johnson has given
tips of up to $200 to each dancer at a time, and has spent over
$2000 a night. One dancer made $600 from Johnson, and all of the
club's staff recognizes Johnson. The owner, though, refuses to
confirm Johnson's patronage since he considers the identities of
his clientele to be confidential, "like a lawyer with a client."

AIDS activists, though, are upset that Johnson is spending his
money on "bimbos," and say that he should instead give it to AIDS
groups. Johnson's agent would not comment on any part of the
story.

o       An engineer invades Rush's studio so he can "blow the
microphone out" with compressed air; the can uses CFCs, and Rush
uses the air to spray his microphone. He gives the mike a "good
jolt," and it sounds like a hurricane is happening in the studio.
The engineer claims that Rush has "broken the satellite."

*BREAK*

Rush comes onto the air, and his voice sounds as if he is muffled
with blankets. Rush knows he should have learned one lesson "many
moons ago" - when you criticize engineers, "especially this
crew," they exact their revenge by doing bizarre things. Rush
masterfully keeps his temper in control throughout; he considers
suspending Lo Bianco, but this is his last day as broadcast
engineer for a while. He could make sure Lo Bianco doesn't come
back, but Rush tells him that he won't do that because "it would
ruin your life."

Phone   Doug from Port Huron, MI

Rush's screen says that Doug is actually in Virginia, so he
checks the computer screen for more practical jokes - the screen
says "Helena, LV; Tremonton, Puerto Rico." Rush wonders why is
losing control, and continues on with Doug's call. Doug thinks
that Perot is not going to be able to get any of his grandiose
ideas through Congress, should he be elected President. Doug
doesn't think that Perot, who is a total outsider, will be able
to work with Congress.

Rush says that this is the purpose of the electronic town hall.
In his 60 Minutes interview, Perot said that he was going to get
everyone to agree with him. However, this isn't how politics
works. The town hall, therefore, would be a way that Perot could
get the people to support him; in effect, the town hall would be
his club that he would bludgeon Congress over the head with. Doug
comments "Sieg Heil." Rush tells Doug he shouldn't go that far.

Doug just came back from a six month stay in England, and he says
"thank goodness Neil Kinnock lost. Kinnock is so far off to the
left, [it makes] Republicans and Democrats look like little dots
on the horizon." Kinnock has advocated getting Britain out of
Nato, unilateral disarmament, and has complained about everything
the US has done. Rush recalls how the Sunday Times of London
reported that KGB files revealed that Kinnock was trying to help
Edward Kennedy in his efforts to meet with Soviet leaders, in an
attempt to nullify Reagan's foreign policies.

Doug says that Kinnock said little about the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan, and that the Labour party has bordered on rabid
socialism/Communism. This is why the British didn't vote for him,
because they fear his extremism. Rush says that he has heard that
the people didn't vote for John Major as much as they voted
against Kinnock. Doug adds that Major is far more popular than
Kinnock, who is viewed as the "crusty old man down the street
that nobody likes." Doug bets that Kinnock will not survive as
party leader since he's lost two elections in a row now.

Rush says that he saw a photograph of a London tabloid that had
the headline "The only question left is if Labour wins, who will
be the last person on the train out of Britain." Kinnock is
depressed over his loss, but Rush says that even if Kinnock had
won, it would have left Parliament without a majority party; none
of the parties - Conservative, Liberal Democrat, and Labour -
would have had a clear majority. Thus, a "hung parliament" would
have resulted, and another election would almost certainly have
followed within a year or so. The best Kinnock could have hoped
for was a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. The British
elections should therefore show that conservatives are not on the
run as many seem to think.

*BREAK*

Items

o       President Bush says that negative ads are an "option" in
his presidential campaign, to which Rush says "goody! Hip, hip,
hooray!"

o       Rush is tired of the "unsightly attacks" on the
effectiveness of the Patriot missile, Stealth fighter, and Cruise
missile. The weapons were not as effective as previously
reported, but Rush says that "the stuff worked - we won, we
really won."

Phone   Arnold from Brooklyn, NY

Arnold has a song for Jerry Brown, and Bo Snerdley has approved
it, so Rush lets him sing it. The song goes:

"Oh would you like to vote for a star?
Ride with Moonbeam in his old car,
You'll be much worse off than you are,
Or would you rather be a flake?

A flake is a guy named Brown who preaches flat tax,
Who picks as his VP Jesse Jacks.
He won't take big money or any PACs,
We don't know what's fiction or even fact.
But ethics he says he surely doesn't lack,
This 1-800 guy's a whack.

But if you buy his talk about jobs,
Remember how he weaves and he bobs.
Those social program he guarantees
They don't exactly come tax-free.
Now if there's one thing we could tell you,
Don't vote for this sixties guru.

Rush praises both the song and Arnold's signing as "very good,"
and Arnold said he tried to sing this song on another talk show,
but he was hung up on. Rush says that the other host obviously
didn't recognize quality. Arnold also has a song about "El
Supremo" - Mario Cuomo - and he promises to send it to Rush.

Arnold, though, thinks that Rush should change EIB to mean
"Equality in Broadcasting," but Rush says that this would not be
correct - "there is no equal to me out there."

Phone   Linda from Tampa, FL

Linda says that Rush misquoted Perot's remark about loans to
Israel on the Phil Donahue show. Rush says that Perot was asked
about settlements, not about the loan guarantees. Perot said that
he didn't know anything about the subject and would have to look
into it. Linda thinks that Perot said he didn't "know enough"
about it, but Rush says Linda is splitting semantic hairs. Rush
didn't mean to imply that Perot was totally ignorant about the
issue, but rather that he hadn't thought about it enough to be
able to state an opinion.

Linda says that she's not crazy about Clinton or Bush, and would
probably vote for Perot. She went to a rally that Perot spoke at
in November; the rally was not a "Ross Perot for President"
rally, but was meant only to get people "educated and informed
enough to vote." Linda says that she didn't think Perot was
running for President at the time, only that Perot was supporting
a local campaign. She does say that there was a number that she
could call in January to voice her support for Perot's
presidential campaign, but she doesn't think Perot was sponsoring
it.

Rush says that this is everything that he has been saying about
Perot's campaign. Linda went to a Perot for President rally, but
won't admit that this is what it was, even though she was
encouraged to call a number in January to voice her support for
Perot's presidency. Perot himself, though, never talked about
being President until he appeared on the Larry King show on
February 20th.

*BREAK*

Phone   Mary from Tremonton, UT

Mary thinks that term limits will not be enough to stop
Congressional abuses - congressional pensions should also be
eliminated. If members of Congress really want to help the
country, then they should be willing to go back to work in the
private sector after leaving the House and Senate. Rush says that
this is a good point since a lot of former members get
substantial pensions, although term limits would by its nature
also reduce the size of member's pensions.

Rush wants to comment on the rape allegations that have been made
against three Mets baseball players. The woman claims she was
raped during spring training in Florida last year, but because
she did not provide any evidence, the Florida District Attorney
decided not to bring the case to trial.

All of the players, though, took lie detector tests and passed
them when they said the sex was consensual. The woman, however,
did not pass her own lie detector test. The most interesting
thing, though, is that David Cohen admitted to participating in a
menage-a-trois with the woman several weeks before the alleged
rape took place.

Rush again points out that it is the nature of the evidence that
was important in these types of cases, and there was no evidence.

Phone   Chris from Binghamton, NY

Chris thanks Rush for making her laugh. She hopes that Rush will
let Donahue promote his program with Rush as being "on the
cutting edge of societal pollution." Rush comments that Donahue's
show used to focus on serious, substantive issues. However, once
he was successful, he had to deal with a number of competitors
who did shows like "gay nuns on dope."

Donahue, though, in the past has used his show to do serious
interviews of both Clinton and Perot, and these shows have had
his lowest ratings. Donahue is willing to do this because he
thinks these issues are important, but you don't see any of his
competitors doing anything similar. Rush therefore thinks Donahue
is fully aware of where competition has pushed his show.

*BREAK*

 Phone  Paul from Helena, MT

Paul wonders if the US would be better served if there were a
Republican House and/or Senate, even if there was a Democratic
President. Rush answers that this depends on how effective a
communicator the President is; Reagan managed to get his programs
through a massively liberal Democratic Congress precisely because
Reagan had a mandate and could effectively address the people. "A
powerful President with an agenda and a good legislative staff"
can get a lot accomplished. Rush does think a Republican Congress
would be a wonderful change in the status quo, given that the
House has been controlled by Democrats for 39 years.

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