From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Wed 10/14/92
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Wednesday, October 14, 1992
Keywords: Unofficial Summary Rush Limbaugh
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:01:30 GMT

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Wednesday, October 14, 1992

by John Switzer

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Please read the standard disclaimer which was included with the
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this summary is not approved or sanctioned by Rush Limbaugh or
the EIB network, nor do I have any connection with them other as
a daily listener.

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October 14, 1992

MORNING UPDATE

The country's love affair with the condom has gone haywire, just
as Rush predicted it would. Only a few months ago during one of
his Condom Updates, Rush asked if society would reward rapists
for using a condom. Rush has his answer - in a chilling bit of
news, a grand jury in Austin, TX has refused to indict a rapist
because his victim asked him to use a condom. This decision, not
surprisingly, has outraged people in Austin and throughout the
country.

The victim said she was afraid she might contract a sexually
transmitted disease while she was being assault at knife point
for 45 minutes. The rapist, Joel Valdez, who broke into the
woman's apartment, later said that if the woman didn't want to
have sex with him, why would she have given him a condom?

The answer is obvious to anyone, except to those who sit on the
Austin grand jury, who ignored a confession by Valdez. The victim
is infuriated by the decision not to indict, and she asked how
this can happen. Rush replies that this can happen because "the
condom, as a way of life, is now an excuse to replace behavioral
choices, even for criminals. A criminal using a condom is not
guilty of rape? It's gone haywire, folks!"

FIRST HOUR

Rush knows millions of Americans are anxiously waiting for him to
state his opinions on last night's debate, and he obliges by
saying that "this, my friends, was a slam-dunk for the Vice
President of the United States." Liberals, such as the feminist
with whom Rush made a bet about this, refuse to admit it, but
their denial doesn't change reality.

Even liberals have to confess, though, that Gore did not
devastate Quayle like everyone expected him to. Liberals across
the country are disappointed that Al Gore didn't put Quayle away
once and for all; instead, Gore came across as "Robo-Candidate
2," who was wooden and programmed in his responses.

A lot of people are claiming that the debate last night was a
horrible thing for democracy because "of all that shouting." Rush
wonders what people want - they complain when the debates are
staid and polite, and then complain when the debates are vigorous
and confrontational. Critics are upset because the candidates
were arguing with their opponents and not letting them talk, yet
this is what happens on Crossfire, the McLaughlin Group, and so
many other programs. How can democracy be harmed when ideas are
being discussed? The democratic process in this country has
always involved arguments.

Regardless of how the election goes, Vice President Quayle has
vindicated himself after four years of ridicule and attacks. Last
night was Quayle's best public performance in four years - Quayle
was responsive and spoke about the themes that matter. Plus, it's
about time someone started asking if Clinton can be trusted.

The EIB staff asks about Stockdale, and Rush says that he and
Felix Rohatyn appeared on the Charlie Rose show last night after
the debates. Rohatyn mentioned to Rush that he couldn't see why
Perot sent such a nice man as Stockdale, who has suffered so much
in his life, into a fray with two experienced politicians.

Stockdale is certainly a sympathetic figure, but he had nothing
to lose by appearing. Perot chose Stockdale as his VP candidate
during the primary season because he needed a running mate to get
on the state ballots. However, it's always been obvious that
Perot was looking for a replacement, and had Perot remained in
the race, he would have done so.

Perot left the race, though, and when he re-entered, the
deadlines for many states had already passed, and so Perot had no
choice but to keep Stockdale on the ticket. Stockdale, however,
was not the pathetic figure that some are claiming; he wasn't
prepared for debating with Quayle or Gore, but he was clearly
speaking from his heart and he did show he is a man of great
character. The American people root for the underdog and are very
forgiving in this sort of situation.

Rush doesn't think the Vice President really matters to a ticket,
either in adding or subtracting votes. Gore didn't do any damage
to Clinton and Rush doubts Stockdale changed the minds of any
Perot supporters. Rush, though, got a letter from a conservative
who was angry that Rush called conservatives "stupid" for
allowing a Clinton victory. The man says that conservatives have
a right to be angry about what Bush has done and that the fight
right now is not just for the Presidency but also about control
of the Republican party.

Rush says that he wasn't talking about Republicans, but rather
the people who are abandoning the issues to support Clinton.
These people complain that the issues aren't being talked about,
but they don't care about the issues anyway. If everybody was
investigating the issues, they'd realize the catastrophe that
Clinton poses for the nation, and he would end up with only the
die-hard party loyalists.

On the Charlie Rose show last night Rush said that he used to
believe people voted according to the issues during Presidential
elections; this is why Reagan won in both 1980 and 1984 - Reagan
lowered taxes and fought the Communists. Now, though, Rush is
having problems believing that people really care about the
issues - the Clinton supporters have abandoned the issues because
they are so angry at Bush.

This also applies to those conservatives who are willing to see
Clinton become President in order to "save" their party. Anyone
who cares about the issues simply can't afford to stand by and
let Clinton win - Clinton has pledged to provide comprehensive
and universal health care coverage, to provide college loans to
everyone regardless of income, to force businesses to supply
worker training in the amount of 1.5% of their payroll costs, to
require companies to provide unpaid leave to new parents or those
with sick family members, to open 170 new manufacturing centers
to help companies improve performance, to create 100 community
development banks to foster community investment, and to index
the minimum wage to inflation.

Who really believes that the government can do all this, and who
really wants the government to be that involved in people's
lives? Yet this doesn't matter to some people because their anger
for Bush is so great that they'll elect anyone instead of him.
People are behaving foolishly and stupidly in this regard, yet
then they complain that the issues aren't being given enough
attention.

The issues are being discussed, and Rush angered a lot of
liberals last night when he challenged those appearing on the
Charlie Rose show to list off the three things that they can't
wait for Bill Clinton to do as President. What is Clinton's
mandate? Reagan's mandate was a simple one - lower taxes, beat
the Communists, and restore the US military.

Rush doubts that anyone can tell him what they think Clinton will
do because they don't care about this; people are so angry at
Bush that they'll take anyone else, and the issues be damned. If
anyone disagrees with this, then Rush would like them to call and
explain what Clinton's major policies will be.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Yesterday's St. Louis Post Dispatch has another article
by Jerry Berger, who last month interviewed Rush about his use of
marijuana. Berger ran into Admiral Crowe at a hotel brunch on
Sunday, and he asked if Crowe thought whether "controversial
broadcaster Rush Limbaugh is going to hurt Clinton?" Crowe
replied "Rush is going to hurt everyone, followed by the whole
country." Rush would be hurt by this remark except that Crowe has
already stated his support for Clinton.

o       William F. Buckley has a column today about Clinton's
judgment in journeying to Moscow in 1969. In a "brilliantly-
crafted and razor-sharp paragraph" Buckley writes "But an effort
by the KGB to recruit, assuming such an effort was made, suggests
nothing more than that like all the apostles in Cambridge who
were recruited into the KGB during the 30s, Clinton was bright
enough to be attractive to the KGB. After all, he's bright enough
to be attractive to the majority of Democratic voters, so what
else is new?"

Phone   Tom from New York City, NY

Tom is working on the "Street of Greed," i.e. Wall Street. Tom
thinks Rush upset some conservatives along with liberals last
night during his appearance on the Charlie Rose show. Tom's
conservative soul has been molded by Rush's show, yet he was hurt
by Rush's comment about how the election this year is like a
Superbowl in which none of your favorite teams are playing.

Rush says he has used this line before, and he holds Tom over the
break because he is the second person who has made this comment
to him.

*BREAK*

Phone   Tom from New York City, NY (continued)

Rush says that on the Charlie Rose show he stated that he feels
that the election is like a Superbowl in which none of your
favorite teams are playing, and thus you root for somebody to
lose instead of win. He has used this analogy several times and
wonders why Tom found it so depressing last night.

Tom says that Rush's mood was what was really depressing - "you
pulled a Clinton on me," he says. By the time Rush finished
speaking last night, Tom felt like there was no hope left, and
several of his conservative friends felt the same way. Rush
admits that he has been depressed about the election, although he
realizes that Bush is a decent man who is a far, far better
choice than Clinton.

Rush, though, is depressed and somewhat angry not at Bush but at
how the people are giving Clinton so much of their support.
Clinton is just the last guy standing among a crowd of mediocre
Democratic primary candidates. Clinton doesn't represent any
substantive issues to people, all he represents is change from
the hated Bush.

Gore started off the debates last night by talking about how much
the country was in a crisis, and this is what so many people seem
to think. It's a bit late for Bush to turn things around, and if
Bush can do it, he will have to convince people that Clinton
can't be trusted. Bush came into this election with the advantage
of being President - Bush could have won the election by
governing. He didn't do this, and so he now has to convince
voters that Clinton is unacceptable.

Tom admits that this makes him feel a little better, but he is
used to Rush being more upbeat than he was last night. "You're
the only happy man in America," Tom states, but he feels better
now that he's gotten on the show and expressed his opinions. Rush
admits that he was somewhat depressed after the debates last
night, but maybe it's time for people to be depressed about the
possibility of a Clinton victory.

Barbara Streisand claimed that she would move to England if Bush
won, and now it appears that the rest of the country may have to
emigrate if Clinton wins. Rush calls it frightful how so many
people are so supportive of Clinton.

Phone   John from Richmond, VA

John wonders why Quayle and Bush don't listen to Rush. When Gore
talked about the extreme right, why didn't Quayle talk about the
extreme left who is supporting the Democrats? Quayle could have
listed one liberal special interest group after another to
illustrate who is really behind Gore and Clinton.

Rush thinks that Quayle missed a great opportunity in not taking
apart Gore's book. Quayle seemed so focused on the Democratic
economic proposals and tax plans that he missed some real chances
to destroy Gore's credibility through his book. The one reference
Quayle mentioned was relatively innocuous; there are so many
examples of Gore's extremism and lack of credibility that Quayle
could have destroyed Gore utterly.

Gore claims the automobile is the greatest danger facing the
world, yet Quayle talked only about Gore's proposals for fuel
economy standards. Bush missed an opportunity, too, when Clinton
talked about right-wing extremists in the Oval Office, and Rush
hopes Bush takes a lesson from Quayle's behavior and takes the
gloves off for Thursday's debate.

John says that Bush has a difficult record to defend, but Quayle
did a good job. Rush says that Bush and Quayle have to straighten
the record out and point out that supply-side economics work. The
rich are paying more in taxes than they were before Reagan took
office, and this was done with lower tax rates.

The Democrats, though, think "fairness" means only higher rates;
they don't care if the rich are paying more, all they care about
is punishing the rich. Bush had better start pointing out that
trickle-down economics did work and bring about prosperity.
Trickle-down economics is nothing more than people risking their
money and investing it in business; by lowering taxes, people get
a larger reward when they take risks. This creates good jobs and
good businesses, and the country got into trouble when Bush
abandoned this philosophy by compromising with the Democrats.

Clinton, though, is saying that the 1990 Budget Deal was so good
that he wants to do it all over again - raise taxes and punish
the rich. It is doubly frustrating that people not only are
believing this garbage but that Bush is not explaining the truth.
Trickle-down economics is based on making it easier for people to
open up businesses, which in turn will employ more workers.

This is what trickle-down economics means - providing and
creating jobs. Liberals, though, are claiming that trickle-down
means that tax breaks are given to the rich, who will then have
more money in their back pockets, and somehow this money will
trickle down to the poor living in the gutters. This is how
liberals have defined supply-side economics, and the way the
history of the 80s is being rewritten is "one of the greatest
bastardizations in all history."

Liberals have to destroy the 80s because the Reagan years worked
and reduced the people's dependence on liberal largess. Liberals
get power only when people are dependent on them, and people
won't be dependent if they can fend for themselves, without the
help of big government.

*BREAK*

Phone   Scott from Las Cruces, NM

Scott thinks Quayle did a lot in the debates last night to
improve the bad reputation he got in the 1988 debates. Rush
agrees, but this won't matter to Quayle's critics. Scott, though,
thinks that Quayle could have done a lot more to bring things out
about Gore's book. Rush agrees with that as well and adds that
you can open the book to any page and find some example of
environmental extremist wackoism.

Rush points out that Quayle did mention Gore's book a couple of
times, and Gore did not defend his book or speak about the
environment in terms of specifics. Instead, Gore talked about the
environment only in general terms, and thereby avoided directly
answering Quayle's questions.

It seems clear that the Gore/Clinton campaign is trying to avoid
mentioning Gore's book and to prevent it from being examined in
public. Their reasons for this are obvious - Gore's book shows
that Gore is not the centrist or moderate that the Democrats are
claiming he is.

*BREAK*

Phone   Mike from Cincinnati, OH

Mike thinks Bush should give Quayle some kudos for his
performance last night, and Rush says that Bush has already
stated that Quayle hit a home run. Mike is confused, though,
because during CSPAN's phone calls after the debate, a majority
of people seemed to say that Quayle won, yet the papers this
morning are claiming that 50% of people think Gore won the
debate.

Rush says that the debate last night didn't change anybody's
mind, and those who are going to vote for Gore will think he won
while those are planning to vote for Quayle will say Quayle won.
This is what the debate polls are really reflecting.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Rush has decided that the last hour of today's show will feature
only callers who are planning to vote for Clinton and who can
give their reasons why. It's not enough to say that you hate Bush
or want a change; you have to provide specific issues that you
think Clinton is going to address as President.

Rush warns people that there's no First Amendment on his show -
nobody has the right to be a boring caller. "You don't have a
right as a caller to cause listeners to tune this show out."
Other radio stations don't purposely put on bad records and
Rush's show won't put on bad calls.

Nevertheless Rush would like to try dedicating an hour for people
who 1) are going to vote for Clinton, and 2) can tell him why.
Rush is convinced that in the 1992 election issues don't matter
because if they did Clinton would be running behind Stockdale in
the polls.

Rush adds that he is not planning to set anybody up, or to
embarrass Clinton supporters. All he wants from his third hour
callers is for them to be honest about what issues are driving
them to vote for Clinton.

Rush has always believed that people are intelligent and vote on
the issues, even though his chief of staff Kit Carson has his
doubts. Kit talked to a cab driver yesterday who was going to
vote for Clinton because raising taxes on business would give him
more money. This is absurd logic, but the Democrats have
convinced people that if the rich get punished, then the average
person will be better off.

This same thing is happening with minority communities - someone
like Jimmy the Greek will make an allegedly racist remark and
thousands of people will demand that he be fired. Yet will the
lives of minorities be improved by this firing? Jimmy the Greek
may have deserved to have been fired, but how does this help
anyone else?

The 1990 Budget Deal promised to punish the rich by making them
pay a luxury tax on their yachts, and the average in-the-street
guy thought this was a good deal. Yet who got hurt? The rich were
able to go overseas to buy their yachts, while the American yacht
makers ended up without a job.

The same thing happened in New Jersey - Governor Jim Florio
imposed a big sales tax on heavy machinery and trucks. All that
happened was that buyers of such items went to Pennsylvania,
while dealers in New Jersey lost many sales. People's lives are
not improved just because someone else is getting screwed.

Rush knows life is tough, but people are responding emotionally
to things that sound good. People seem to think that things must
be "fair," and that a relentless pursuit of fairness and equality
of result is the country's number one goal. Equality and fairness
cannot be imposed on society without destroying the individual
and tearing down those achieve.

Why can't society simply accept that you have to give people the
equal chance to work for their own prosperity? A relentless
pursuit of excellence would bring about a lot more prosperity to
far many more people than will benefit if fairness is imposed on
society from without.

*BREAK*

Rush recently read a letter from a middle school teacher who is
in charge of lunch detention; 7th grade students who misbehave
have to eat their lunch in a quiet and semi-darkened room, away
from the other kids. The teacher uses this lunch hour to get her
work done and to listen to previously recorded tapes of Rush's
show.

What has happened, though, is that some students want to stay in
lunch detention even after they've served their time because they
want to listen to Rush's show. When Rush read this teacher's
letter on the air, Mike Maimone predicted that the liberals in
America's education establishments are going to demand that this
practice be ended. Sure enough, a school district official has
called the EIB offices to demand the name of this teacher and her
school. Rush and EIB politely thumbed their noses at this
request.

Phone   Ralph from Lake Village, AK

Ralph thinks the polls are accurate about people's support of
Bush and Clinton because Bush has not done what the people wanted
- to continue Reagan's economic policies. Rush agrees that this
is one reason people are mad at Bush, and their anger is
understandable. He recalls how during the Conservative Forum in
Long Beach a seminar discussed renewing conservative traditions
and rebuilding the Reagan agenda.

However, if Clinton is ahead by 20 or 30 points, then more people
are mad at Bush than just conservatives. Ralph agrees, and says
that Bush has done other things to anger people. For example,
people know that Bush has moved up the date by which all freon
will be banned in America. This unilateral action by Bush will
cost Americans billions of dollars over the next decade. Rush
holds Ralph over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ralph from Lake Village, AK (continued)

Rush doesn't know the exact cost of replacing freon in America,
but Bush did move the elimination date up from 1999 to 1995.
Ralph says that Bush did this all on his own, but Rush disagrees
a bit. This is what Gore claimed last night, but Bush was only
once again agreeing with Democrats.

The economy is in a recession precisely because Bush went along
with the Democratic tax policies of the 1990 Budget Deal, and
this is his main problem. Bush has caved in to the Democrats,
starting from day one when he called for a more cooperative
government. Bush pledged to work together with the Democrats, but
the Democrats are not interested in cooperating, but in usurping
as much executive power as possible.

This is how the American political system works, and Bush didn't
realize this back in 1990. However, all of the policies, economic
and environmental, that are so severely affecting the economy
today are Democratic policies, and Bush's failure is simply that
he went along with them.

Phone   Moira from Long Island, NY

Moira thinks that Dan Quayle beat Hank Aaron's home run record
during the debates last night, and she doesn't think anyone
should be depressed because of Rush. She mentions that she's been
a fan of David Letterman for 10 years, but when Rush's show came
on at the same time she switched to Rush without a second's
hesitation.

Moira also thinks that having Rush on the air is like sending her
eight children to parochial school because he reinforces the
moral guidelines that she has been trying to teach them. Rush
thanks Moira for calling and for making his day.

Rush remarks that he received a long letter from Hank of Bonita,
CA who urges him to keep on with his show and efforts to fight
liberalism. Hank adds that he is a long way from conceding the
election, but "if worse comes to worse, we still know who and
what is right with this country." As a conservative, Hank is
perfectly willing to "assume my rightful place on the outside,
banging to be let in."

Rush says that this is a point he made during the Conservative
Forum - that conservatives for the longest time were always on
the outside, banging on the door to be let in. When conservatives
do get power, though, they often don't know what to do with it.
Thus, the only thing left of the Reagan legacy today is the
judiciary.

Liberals still control the country's institutions, schools, and
bureaucracies. They still run Congress and most state houses.
Even if Bush wins, there will still be enough battles to fight
against liberalism's advance. However, conservatives make their
points best when illustrating "liberalism run amuck," and if
Clinton gets elected liberalism will certainly run amuck.

Hank's letter reminded Rush of what he wrote as part of the
program for the Conservative Forum - "conservative ideals are
those that transcend political party lines and have truth,
honesty, and integrity as a basis. We look at the future of
America with optimism, and fervently believe that right will
prevail, while the institutions of greatness will be perpetuated
by the generations to come. Conservatism is an ideology of
positive outlook."

Rush has been saying this for months as he has been continually
perplexed by how many people seem captivated by the Democratic
calls for pain, suffering, and misery. Why is an optimistic
person who has hope for the future looked upon as a senile fool?
Rush hopes that he might get a clue as to the source for this
pessimism during the third hour.

*BREAK*

Phone   Wayne from Cataula, GA

Wayne thinks that kids have it a lot easier today because when he
got in trouble as a kid he had to listen to Sam Donaldson. Wayne
liked Quayle during the debate last night, but thinks that he
could have done better on the abortion issue. Quayle acted almost
as if he were ashamed of the "choice" issue; Quayle should have
pointed out that the choice was already made back when the child
was conceived, and that "choice" has now become a euphemism for
murder.

Rush says that the abortion battle is a battle for hearts and
minds, but the heart must be won first. Although the term
"murder" may be accurate as far as Wayne thinks, it is not a term
that is going to attract people and win them over to the pro-life
side. Republicans do sometimes seem to think that their pro-life
beliefs are an embarrassment, but pro-life is a winning issue and
being pro-choice does not guarantee landslide victories.

However, Rush thinks Quayle's answer on abortion was thoughtful,
especially in the face of Gore's idiotic challenge. Wayne wishes,
though, that Quayle would have said more about Stockdale's
comments that women have a right to do whatever they want to with
their own bodies. Rush says that Stockdale's claim that women can
do whatever they want to with their bodies ignored the fact that
people are in fact limited as to what they can do with their own
bodies - they can't inject drugs or do a number of other
dangerous things. Unfortunately Stockdale's answer was designed
to pander to the pro-choice community and was not founded in
intellectual honesty.

*BREAK*

Phone   Sam from Sun City West, AZ

Sam says that it is very noticeable how black leaders are not in
the election this year; he is curious as to what the reason for
this is. Rush says that not only are black leaders such as Jesse
Jackson not being seen in public much, but other liberals such as
Molly Yard and Eleanor Smeal are staying out the picture, too.
Rush reveals that he is planning to illustrate this point by
putting up some mug shots of these missing liberals on his TV
show.

Rush says that the reason all of these liberal Democrats have
vanished from the political landscape is because Clinton and Gore
are trying to convince the people that they are not traditional
liberal Democrats. Thus, to "prove" that the ticket is composed
of moderates and centrists, the typical liberals are staying out
of sight so as not to offend the mainstream people that the
Democrats are trying to attract right now.

Obviously, Clinton and Gore have cut a deal with these
traditional mainstays of the Democratic party, and the question
has to be asked about how they will be paid back if Clinton gets
into office.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Rush isn't certain whether this hour will prove his theory that
people aren't paying attention to the issues this election, but
he will be taking calls only from those voters who will be voting
for Clinton and who have substantive reasons for doing so.

Update  Feminist         (The Forester Sisters, "Men" with "in
your face" slogan         including the gratuitous mooing of
feminazi cows)

Rush stops the update theme for a second to reign in his
recalcitrant staff who insists on inserting the moos of feminazi
cows; the moos drop in volume but continue, leading Rush to say
"don't do it! I'm trying to be a good boss, so don't do it!" The
staff, evidently feeling secure in their jobs during this violent
recession, ignores his entreaties. Rush gives up and welcomes the
Clinton people to his show.

There are two items in this update:

o       Genetics plays the largest, single factor in whether
women become alcoholics, according to a study of 1,030 sets of
female twins. This study contradicts a previous study that
claimed men largely inherited their alcoholic tendencies while
women are affected more by their environment. The EIB staff
suggests that men drive women to drink, but Rush thinks it is the
other way around.

This is "interesting" news - could genetics actually be
responsible for alcoholism in both sexes? It is as "shocking" as
the Time magazine cover which announced in amazement that men and
women were born differently.

o       A Wisconsin high school principal has resigned in
disgrace, while three assistant principals have been disciplined
over charges that a school election was interfered with so as to
prevent a pregnant senior from being elected homecoming queen.
The pregnant winner received over 100 votes, while the runner-up
had at most 70 votes, but the runner-up served as homecoming
queen for the school's October 3rd and 4th festivities.

Rush comments that if there was ever a case for condoms in high
school, this is it - a girl is given a chance to be homecoming
queen, and is cheated out of it. Obviously, the least the school
should do is give her the title of Miss Popularity.

Phone   Margie from Philadelphia, PA

Margie thinks Clinton is a "fine, healthy person" who has been
chosen as the top governor of the US by the nation's other
governors. In particular, Clinton is in better health than Bush,
who is 68 and has Grave's disease. Margie is also certain that
once Clinton stops his campaigning, his voice will get better.
She feels that should Bush be elected, Quayle will become
President within two years.

She thinks that Clinton is a great candidate, and when she has
had these feelings before they have panned out. Rush asks if
Margie supported Bush or Reagan, and she says no - she doesn't
support winners but people who are the best candidates. She
didn't vote for Nixon either because he reminded her of her ex-
husband.

Margie is a grandmother who also wants her grandchildren to grow
up in a country without a massive debt. She thinks that higher
taxes on the rich will help the less fortunate people who don't
have as much money as the rich.Rush guesses that this is a new
variant of the trickle-down economic theory.

Margie adds that Clinton has also withstood a lot of attacks and
smears, which seems to be Bush's greatest ability - to smear his
opponent. Rush thanks Margie for calling and for giving him and
his audience their first glance at why people are going to vote
for Clinton.

*BREAK*

Phone   Sandy from Scranton, PA

Sandy is a self-described "confused voter" who is leaning towards
Clinton because of his pro-choice beliefs and his support of
public education. She thinks if abortion is ever going to be
stopped it will be done through sex education that teaches people
how to avoid getting pregnant by mistake.

Rush comments that during his acceptance speech at the Democratic
convention Clinton criticized the GOP for having a pro-life
litmus test on Supreme Court appointments. This isn't true, as
shown by the actions of Justices Souter and Kennedy who supported
Roe vs. Wade during the last session.

Clinton, however, made it quite clear that he will have a litmus
test that allows only pro-choice Justices on the Supreme Court.
Sandy doesn't think this is proper, but she does support a 24-
hour waiting period and the requirement that minors should get
permission from a parent or guardian before having an abortion.

Rush says that Clinton has, as usual, supported both sides of
these two issues. Sandy agrees that Clinton flip-flops in his
attempts to make his current audience happy. Rush wonders how
Sandy can then know what Clinton will really do. Sandy says that
the one thing she does know is that Bush is pro-life, and this
will bring a lot of unwanted children into the world.

Rush doesn't want to get into an abortion argument, but he does
say that it's a lousy way to determine who will live and die by
virtue of whether they are wanted. Sandy says that she has had
miscarriages, which she feels are abortions performed by God; why
can't women have this choice as well?

Rush says that women can make this choice right now since
abortion is legal. He points out that Bush is indeed against
abortion and against Roe vs. Wade. However, if Roe vs. Wade is
overturned, all that means is that abortion will be decided on a
state-by-state basis through the democratic process, with the
people deciding. Abortion will always be legal somewhere.

Phone   Dan from New Jersey

Dan says that if Clinton can lie to get his vote, then he can lie
to get on Rush's show. Rush is shocked that Dan lied to Bo, and
Dan confesses that he told Bo he wanted Clinton to stop trickle-
down economics. Rush points out that Dan has upset the continuity
of his program, and Dan admits this is true, but he has made his
point.

Rush says that this call also shows how easy Bo can be fooled,
but on second thought he realizes that this couldn't happen and
asks if Bo was in on Dan's deception. Dan evades the answer,
confirming Rush's suspicions. Rush tells Bo that by injecting
himself into the show, he has muddied the integrity of the
remaining half-hour.

Rush may have to dedicate another hour to Clinton voters in an
attempt to redeem himself, and he remarks that he has previously
suspended Bo before for interfering with other polls on the show.
Rush will have to think about what he is going to do over the
break.

*BREAK*

Rush has assured himself that the remaining calls this hour are
all legitimate since Mervin Snerdley has been drafted as a
substitute call screener. Rush is confident that this Snerdley
will perform his job properly as he is a Gore supporter.

Phone   Phil from St. Louis, MO

Phil lists his reasons for voting for Clinton - economics,
environment, equal rights, law enforcement, Bush's record, armed
forces, Vietnam War, and schooling. As far as economics goes,
Clinton will raise taxes on those who make more than $200,000 a
year, and Phil suspects that this is why Rush doesn't like
Clinton.

Rush says that he is not overjoyed at the prospect of his taxes
going up, but Clinton simply cannot raise the $150 billion he
claims he can by taxing only those making more than $200,000 a
year. Clinton, though, has said that he will raise taxes on the
upper 2%, which starts at the $64,000 level. When Democrats raise
taxes, everyone gets soaked, especially as it is the middle class
who has the money in this country.

Phil says that the rich just keep getting richer, while the poor
are still stuck in the ghettos. Rush says that everyone got rich
during the 80s, which was a period of upward mobility and
prosperity. Phil, though, says that there are people out on the
streets without homes, food, or medical care, and Clinton will
change this by raising taxes on the rich. If Clinton raises
taxes, then the government will have the money it needs to help
these people.

Rush says that these government programs already exist. The
abortion mills are one example of social programs that get rich
off of their "help" to the poor. Phil, though, is for bigger
government, which Clinton supports - the "government needs to
take more control over this country," says Phil, "and I'm for
that 100%."

Rush says that Clinton would not like hearing this because he is
trying to pass himself off as an moderate who supports the
private sector and entrepreneurs, and who does not support bigger
government. Phil agrees, but "all politicians want bigger
government, every one of them - that's my true belief."

As far as the environment goes, Phil thinks Bush has lost the
battle. "We have people out here who have these animal farms and
kill these little animals so that they become coats and such -
that is wrong. That is 100% wrong." Rush says that this is called
"husbandry" and has been going on for centuries. Phil doesn't
think that this means it is right - "animals make the environment
go round, without animals, we would not exist. There's an
ecological system that we revolve around, and if we take
something out of that ecological system, something messes up."

Rush points out that if man does not get involved, things can go
wrong, too - raccoons with rabies invading homes, mountain lions
killing kids, and such all because man is not allowed to
participate in nature. Phil says that the Earth survived for
billions of years without man, and Rush agrees, but points out
that the world is a better place now because of man. Phil doesn't
think that and disagrees completely.

Rush is surprised that someone could truly believe this and
wonders why Phil doesn't commit suicide if this is what he
believes. Phil says that this would be against God, which leads
Rush to ask if Phil thinks God is the one who screwed up the
planet by putting man on it. Phil doesn't think so - it's man who
has caused the problems.

Phil is really concerned about law enforcement, however; 90% of
his friends who are police officers can't do their job because of
the red tape and bureaucracies, and he blames Reagan and Bush for
this. Reagan and Bush may have helped in some areas, but they
destroyed it in other ways.

Rush says that law enforcement has suffered because of liberals
on the Supreme Court which has come down on the side of the
criminal instead of the victim. Rush is somewhat aghast, though,
that people can really believe things like Phil has stated.

Phone   Jennifer from Holt, MI

Jennifer is voting for Clinton because is pro-choice and
"respects the right of an individual to do what they want to do
with their own body." She also likes Clinton's economic plan
because it will increase spending on social services, which are
desperately needed to solve the country's social problems.

Rush says that the US has spent nearly $2 trillion since the
mid-60s on social programs, and yet the percentages of the poor
have not improved. He asks if Jennifer really thinks spending
more money will help. She replies that Clinton's plans, which
include job training, are a new direction which will reverse the
unwise spending of the past.

Rush wonders what kind of jobs Clinton can create, and Jennifer
replies he can certainly create jobs in the social sector -
instead of having people work in the military, they can work to
solve social problems. She thinks the country can afford to cut a
lot more from the military than it is now.

Rush says that the money spent on the military has produced real,
physical benefits - the end of the Cold War, incredible
technological advances, and such. There is clearly a far greater
cost benefit attached to military spending than can be seen in
the social spending of the past 30 years.

Plus, the military is a Constitutional requirement, and it
consists of people who have volunteered to put their lives on the
line to defend this country. These are not lazy, non-working
people. Jennifer agrees, and she knows how many technological
advances occurred during WWII.

Rush points out that no such technological advances have come out
of the social spending of the past 30 years. Why, in fact,
there's still no way to indicate whether a homeless person is
sleeping in a dumpster.

*BREAK*

Rush had speculated that this hour of pro-Clinton calls would be
a mistake because the Clinton campaign might decide to flood the
EIB switchboard with Clinton staffers who would read out of the
party handbook. However, it's obvious that this has not happened.

In addition, the EIB staff has told Rush that social spending has
produced at least one technological advancement - the Club (tm),
which was developed to stop the car thefts that are a symptom of
the increased crime that liberal policies have produced. So, $2
trillion in social spending has resulted in at least one great
device, the Club.

Phone   Harry from Cookeville, TN

Harry says that there is a huge international currency crisis
brewing, and he thinks that Clinton's election will trigger a
"humongous crisis"; "let's get it over with," he states. This
crisis will propel the price of gold into the stratosphere, which
will allow the US to get back onto the gold standard and have
"honest money" again. Why should the nation "die by inches" when
it can be accomplished all at once, thereby allowing rebuilding
to take place that much sooner.

Rush admits that he hadn't thought of this possibility - that a
Clinton Presidency would get the US back onto the gold standard.
Rush hopes the Clinton campaign is listening right now.

Phone   Evan from Chicago, IL

Evan says he is going to vote for Clinton because his Presidency
will concentrate the country's resources on problems which have
been ignored for far too long. Evan is in the retail industry,
and he hopes that Clinton would restore worker confidence. Also,
he hopes that Clinton's economic plan would somehow get the
economy moving again.

Rush says that it sounds like Evan is looking for a big change,
and Evan admits that this is true; however, he is not that
confident about his decision. His income is above $64,000 a year
and so he will be affected by higher taxes; however, the "average
Joe" making $20,000 a year is hurting, and Bush doesn't seem able
to do anything about it.

*BREAK*

Phone   Joe from Manhattan, NY

Joe thinks Clinton is a real hero because he protested the war;
Joe doesn't believe in war and would never fight for America; he,
in fact, went to Canada during the Vietnam War. Rush comments
that he has previously stated that the new politically correct
definition of "hero" is someone who opposed the Vietnam War and
dodged the draft.

Rush wonders if there is any war that Joe would support, and Joe
replies "no, it's not worth fighting for. To drop bombs and kill
babies? No." Rush says that the Commander-in-Chief of the US may
have to make this decision someday, and Joe is confident that
Clinton will keep the nation out of war. "He represents 1960s
people and it's about time we had one of our people in there."

Rush asks if Joe believes that this is a world governed by the
aggressive use of force, and Joe doesn't believe that either.
Rush thanks Joe for calling, and he promises to take some more of
these pro-Clinton calls during his TV show. However, he thinks he
has heard enough to know that his prediction about why people are
voting for Clinton was pretty accurate.

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