From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Thu 1/21/93
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Thursday, Jan. 21, 1993
Keywords: Unofficial Summary Rush Limbaugh
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:26:25 GMT

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Thursday, January 21, 1993

by John Switzer

This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1993 by John Switzer.
All Rights Reserved. These summaries are distributed on
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to other electronic forums and bulletin boards is highly
encouraged. Spelling and other corrections gratefully received.

Please read the standard disclaimer which was included with the
first summary for this month. In particular, please note that
this summary is not approved or sanctioned by Rush Limbaugh or
the EIB network, nor do I have any connection with them other
than as a daily listener.

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January 21, 1993

LIMBAUGH WATCH

January 21, 1993 - It's now day 2 of "America Held Hostage" and
80 days after Bill Clinton's election and Rush is still on the
air with 546 radio affiliates (with over 14 million listeners
weekly) and 206 TV affiliates (with a 3.6 rating). His book has
been on the NY Times hardback non-fiction best-seller list for 18
consecutive weeks and is currently number one on the list.

Highlights from the TV show that aired on Wednesday, January 20,
1993

o       Rush showed a clip from Bill Clinton's appearance with Mr.
Rogers earlier this week. Clinton inspired the nation when he
said, "You know, the Clinton family likes Mr. Rogers'
neighborhood, and if we can make every neighborhood like Mr.
Rogers' neighborhood, America will be a happier place."

In honor of Clinton's visit, Mr. Rogers gave him a replica of the
trolley that appears on his show. Rush pointed out that this
trolley is used to take people "to the land of make-believe."

o       During the Inauguration's festivities, Edward James Olmos
praised the concept of "inclusion," and stated that this was
something he was personally familiar with since he "started out
in Africa." From there his ancestors went to Asia and then ended
up in the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. The Olmos DNA was
completed when "Jewish/Hungarian/Spanish" immigrants from Europe
came to the New World.

Rush wondered why Olmos didn't just call himself an American and
be proud of that; aren't we all just human beings? He points out
that it is the liberals who talk about how skin color and
ethnicities have to be ignored, yet they are the ones who make a
big deal about these very characteristics.

o       The EIB TV studios evidently have had massive staff shake-ups,
and the credits for tonight's show listed the following new staff
members:

- Head Writer: William Jefferson Clinton

- Staff Writers: Al Gore, Carol Moseley-Braun, Joseph Biden,
Patsy Schroeder, Tom Foley, Donna Shalala, Robert Reich, Lloyd
Bentsen, Zoe Baird, Les Aspin

- Special Material: Hillary Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Mario Cuomo

MORNING UPDATE

Now that the Bush Presidency is over, a lot of people are
referring to it as a "transitional Presidency" which did nothing
except provide a transition from the "archaic" World War II
generation to the modern era. Rush disagrees, though, because he
believes that the Clinton administration will turn out to be the
real transition Presidency. Rush is confident that when Clinton
leaves the White House, the influence and myth of the 60s flower
children who came into power with him will also finally end.

This will not happen any time soon, though, and Rush has an
example that shows how pernicious the 60s-style mindset is
getting. Anthropologist David Gibbons commented on the popularity
of Inaugural events by saying, "We're all primates. Primates want
to be physically close to powerful people and to see the Alpha
Male in person." Gibbons also said that these sorts of events
allow a type of "grooming" by "subdominant animals" of the
powerful people.

This is how people are describing the Clinton administration, and
Judy Collins didn't say anything much better. Clinton's
inauguration was "so heavenly," according to Collins, because it
made her realize what the past 12 years have been. "My god," she
said, "I'm lucky to have lived through this."

Rush thinks Collins is off a bit about this. Clinton and his
hangers-on will be in power for the next four years, which means
that "if we live through the next four years, we're the ones who
will be lucky."

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       Today is "Day Two of America Held Hostage," with 1460 days to
go, and just as Ted Koppell was on the air each day of the
Iranian hostage crisis, so will Rush be on the TV and radio
airwaves to help the country through this one. Bo Snerdley asks
Rush if he is ready to sacrifice in order to "revitalize the
country."

Rush calls that a good question - how can someone revitalize the
country via sacrifice? Obviously, Clinton defines "sacrifice" as
being willing to pay more in taxes. This shows the fundamental
difference in Clinton's philosophy of governing and that of the
Reagan/Bush administrations.

Rush can say, in all honesty, that his radio show has revitalized
much of the broadcast business, at least in the strict business
sense, and this was done without any "sacrifice." Though Rush
worked hard, and although he sacrificed perhaps in terms of a
social life, he didn't sacrifice in the way Clinton means.
Clinton thinks that those who are doing well and okay should be
willing to give up more of the fruits of their labors to help
those who aren't doing well. This is not the way to revitalize
anything.

"Hard work and good, old rugged individualism" are the key for
revitalization. Rush pointed out in last night's TV show that
it's now okay for people to have ambition and a desire for a
better life. This is quite a change from how liberals used to
complain about the "evil and greedy 80s."

o       Rush mentions Zoe Baird and her confirmation hearings. A lot of
people think that the US is an inherently biased and prejudiced
country, and that this is why it has laws against the hiring of
illegal aliens. This is not the case at all - when someone hires
a person from a war-torn or economically ravaged country, that
person will work for almost nothing, and this results in a
lowering of the wage scale.

Baird claims that she couldn't find anyone to be her children's
nanny, but Rush doubts that. He suspects that Baird was unwilling
to pay the going market rate for this occupation, and thus ended
up paying a much lower wage to an illegal alien. This is why jobs
get exported to foreign countries - the jobs pay less than what
Americans are willing to accept.

Rush also finds it interesting that if Clinton's nominee for
Attorney General had been a man and a conservative, and had he
done these things he would have never made it to the confirmation
hearing room. He would have been run out of town, with a special
prosecutor on his trail.

Baird, however, has escaped all of these criticisms from those on
the left, especially the feminists. Feminist leaders seem to care
more about having a female attorney general than in having a good
attorney general, and they are beside themselves making all sorts
of excuses for Baird.

Rush finds it interesting that Barbara Johnson, whom many
consider to the conscience of the Democratic party, has called
for Baird to be dumped because her activity is not in keeping
with the job she is being considered for. Rush points out that
Baird is a lawyer, as is her husband; she also asked another
lawyer for advice in all this, and she still ended up breaking a
number of federal laws.

Rush returns to the economics of the matter, and notes that if
the economy were really as bad as Clinton and Gore have been
saying, some Americans should have been willing to take this job.
However, it's clear Baird was not willing to pay the prevailing
market wage.

o       Liberals are continuing to act as if they have just been freed
from a concentration camp. Actor Ron Silver was at Sunday's
inaugural celebrations, and he got mad that a number of jets did
flybys over the Lincoln Memorial after Clinton had finished
speaking. Silver at first was "aghast" at this clash of pacifist
and military messages, "but then it came to me," he said. "Those
planes are ours now - they're ours!"

Rush finds that very curious - Silver has been an American as
long as he's been alive, so why is he now thinking that these
American planes are suddenly his? Rush has found other quotes
along these lines, as well as a column by Bob Tyrrell on this
subject.

o       NY Newsday has a phone number where people can call up and
listen to Maya Angelou's poem. Rush admits that he is not a
poetry expert, but he did not find one rhyme in her poem. He
knows, though, that poetry can have a number of forms and so
won't comment on its value as a work of art, especially as he
can't figure it out. However, he has it on good authority that
Iraqi intelligence officials are examining Angelou's poem because
they think it is a secret coded message to US forces in the
Middle East.

*BREAK*

Rush thinks this is a very good time to be alive in America, and
he points to how Barbra Streisand will finally have enough
creativity and artistic freedom to film the movie "Prince of
Tides." The EIB staff points out that Streisand has already made
this flick, and Rush wonders how during the oppressive Reagan and
Bush era she could have possibly had the artistic freedom to
complete this endeavor.

Since he is on the subject of films, Rush plays the trailers for
the latest movies about the Clinton administration:

<<Announcer, over dramatic but somewhat cartoony music>> First,
there were Gremlins . . .

<<Gremlin-type sounds>>

<<Announcer>> Then . . . Goonies, and now someone new is coming
to town. Washingtonian Pictures present . . . <<screams and
giggles>> . . . "Lefties." They appear cute and unassuming, but
feed their power-hungry appetites and they transform into little
monsters. A university chancellor becomes the Health and Human
Services Secretary!

<<Lefty, with a high-pitched voice halfway between Tiny Tim and
Alvin the Chipmunk>> Feed me! It's the way to be! Hee, hee, hee!

<<Announcer>> A corporate attorney becomes a maniacal Commerce
Secretary!

<<Lefty>> Conflict of interest? What conflict of interest?
Bwah-ha-ha!

<<Announcer>> A former Carter administration official becomes . . . 
Attorney General!

<<Lefty>> Really? I didn't know they were illegal aliens! Ha, ha, ha!

<<Announcer>> And a wife and mother becomes First Lady!

<<Lefty>> I'll have a say in everything!

<<Announcer>> "Lefties" will scare you to death as they ravage,
terrorize, and devour everything in sight.

<<Lefties, en masse>> We need more tax money!

<<Announcer>> And they're all led by the biggest lefty of all . . .

<<Numero Uno Lefty>> Invest in America!

<<Announcer>> And his little toad, Algore!

<<Second Banana Lefty>> Let's go to the Senate! Hee, hee, hee.

<<Announcer>> Lefties! No matter how much they beg, no matter how
much they whine, never, ever feed their power-hungry appetites.
Coming soon from Washingtonian Pictures!

Next, "Taxula":

<<Announcer>> In a castle, deep in the heart of Arksylvania,
there lives an evil as old as the Democratic party itself.
Terrormount Pictures presents Bill Clinton in Taxula!

<<Algore>> Count Taxula, arise! It is I, your faithful servant,
Algore. Your agenda requires that you feed!

<<Count Taxula>> Thank you, Algore! Have you raised the CAFE
standards?

<<Algore>> Yes, master!

<<Count Taxula>> Shredded my draft record?

<<Algore>> Yes, master!

<<Count Taxula>> Good, good! Then I am off!

<<Algore>> Happy hunting, master!

<<Announcer>> He lays in waiting until his hunger calls. Then he
pounces on anyone who makes over $36,000 per year, sucking the
life blood out of every American taxpayer.

<<Horrified townsman>> Sir! We found his paycheck lying here,
drained of every penny!

<<Outraged police officer>> How could anyone do this in good
conscience? It's inhuman!

<<Announcer>> All the while, using his charisma and slick
character to hypnotize his victims.

<<Count Taxula>> Just look into your television! Invest in
America! Invest in America!! Invest in AMERICA!!!

<<Announcer>> Bill Clinton is Taxula! He sleeps in the daytime
and has been known to prowl at night.

<<Southern belle>> Oh, Willie - do that again!

<<Announcer>> Bill Clinton is . . . Taxula!

<<Count Taxula>> Come on, Algore, let's go to Congress! I'm
hungry! Bwah-ha-ha-ha!

"It's a double feature, folks," Rush warns, "for the next 1460
days!"

*BREAK*

Zoe Baird is still on the Senate hot seat, and Rush is still
waiting for the "thoughtful, penetrating, and searing questions"
that will come from Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, who was dragged
fighting and screaming to this committee. Moseley-Braun, though,
is "leading the charge" to find the Peruvian woman whom Baird has
admitted hiring, and the Committee is even thinking of calling in
Baird's husband and attorney.

Senator Joseph Biden is being flooded with angry letters, though,
because he has been very tough on Baird. Senator Hatch, however,
is going very easy on her because she agrees with Dan Quayle on
the need for tort reform. The liberals don't like this, nor do
they like how Baird has not been a Legal Aid lawyer helping the
homeless.

Rush doesn't want to excuse the fact that Baird certainly and
knowingly violated the law, but it is interesting to see how the
left is treating her.

Phone Charley from San Francisco, CA

Charley is amazed that Rush is talking to her; she moved to
California from New Jersey and was incredibly grateful when she
discovered that Rush has similar opinions to hers. She is tired
of people no longer being responsible for their actions, and in
particular doesn't like how feminists are coming up with all
sorts of excuses for Baird.

Charley also doesn't think Baird did the right thing for her
children; she has seen other career women who hire nannies and
baby-sitters for their children, but they never want to pay the
prevailing wage. Rush agrees - many of these people complain
about how corporations don't pay "fair wages," but when it comes
time for them to pay others a fair wage, they don't. Baird is a
lot like Congress in that - they pass laws for everyone else to
follow, but exempt themselves from the same laws.

Charley thinks that people like Baird aren't willing to pay
prevailing wages for child care because they don't think it is an
important job. As to whether Baird should be approved, it is an
interesting trade-off - is her desire for tort reform more
important than her lack of credibility?

Charley also says that her son is in the Marine Corps, and he had
to sign an oath saying he didn't engage in homosexual activity;
why isn't anybody talking about how all of the gays in the
military have violated their oath in this? Rush says that this
may soon become a moot point because it appears that Clinton is
moving faster on the ban on gays than Rush had thought.

According to reports, Clinton next week will issue a directive to
Les Apsin, who is still probably answering the question on how he
feels about lifting the gays on the military; the directive will
instruct Aspin only to stop enforcing the ban. This will allow
Clinton and the military to study the issue for a year or so
before coming to any real policy changes.

Rush says that Charley has a good point about how people are no
longer responsible for their actions, and liberals in particular
make all sorts of rationalizations for people like Baird.

Phone Mark from Cincinnati, OH

Mark has been thinking a lot about Zoe Baird's situation, and he
thinks Clinton is being very slick about her nomination. Clinton
knew of Baird's past and thus it is possible that he nominated
her because he knows she won't be approved. If Baird is not
confirmed, Mark thinks that Clinton can at least claim that he
has tried to appoint a female Attorney General.

Rush doesn't think any President would send a candidate up to the
Senate knowing that she would be rejected out of hand. Clinton
has already stated that he wants a female Attorney General, and
Baird is his third choice. This shows what happens when you want
quotas instead of searching for excellence in a nominee, and the
hypocrisy of this situation is rampant, especially in the
feminists who are making excuses for Baird.

Clinton's administration is supposed to be blind to ethnicity,
gender, and race, yet these characteristics are turning out to be
the deciding ones for Clinton's appointments. This is why Clinton
has embarrassingly ended up with someone like Baird for a
prominent administration role.

*BREAK*

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

While reading the news accounts of the first day of Baird's
confirmation hearings, Rush came across a couple of paragraphs
about how Baird knew what she did was wrong, "but she blamed much
of the decision to break the law on her husband." Rush bets
feminists everywhere will rejoice at this. Baird's testimony is
why the Committee is now trying to bring her husband in to
testify.

Phone Russ from Greenwich, CT

Russ called the Senate offices yesterday to send a message to
Biden, but his secretary told him that they were not encouraging
anyone to send mail. Instead, the secretary asked if Russ was for
or against Baird's confirmation; Russ said he was against it, but
he still wanted Biden's address. The secretary refused to give
him that address and even hung up on him.

Rush says that this is not a great way to treat the public, but
he points out that Biden is getting a lot of flak for his
treatment toward Baird. Russ says that he doesn't think someone
who violated the US's immigration laws should be Attorney
General.

Rush admits this is a good point - immigration laws are a serious
issue to many people in California, Florida, and such, and a lot
of people will get very upset if a person who flaunted these laws
becomes the nation's chief law enforcement officer. This issue
doesn't get a lot of press in the country's heartland, but it
does affect the people living on the coasts and borders.

*BREAK*

Phone Lauren from Oceanside, CA

Lauren says that Rush condemns Baird for not offering enough
money to attract American workers, but then turns around and says
that it's okay for American businesses to send their jobs to
lower-paying Mexico. Rush says that businesses are in business to
make a profit, and if Americans won't do these jobs for their
real market wage, then companies have to send the jobs to foreign
countries.

Lauren says that she has been laid off from her job because the
company sent their jobs to Mexico. She thinks that there are no
other countries in the world whose businesses are so much against
their own country that they send jobs to foreigners. Rush asks
Lauren what kind of job she had, and she replies that she made
$7.25 making women's clothing; these jobs are now being done by
Mexicans for $4.25. She believes that this is stabbing Americans
in the back for the sake of business profits.

Rush asks Lauren if she was satisfied with her job, and she says
that although the pay wasn't great, the job itself worked out
well for her. Rush says that if the company that makes this
clothing wants to remain competitive, is it bad for them to do
what they need to in order to lower their wage costs? Lauren says
that she wouldn't blame them if this were the case, but they were
already making a profit before they moved the jobs south. Rush
says that this issue will certainly come up again, and probably
in the near future.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Rush just had an idea waft over him - Newt Gingrich's office
just called to say that public pressure is mounting against Zoe
Baird, and so if she doesn't get confirmed Clinton will have to
come up with another choice. Rush recalls that Daniel Ginsburg
was rejected for the Supreme Court because he once smoked dope;
however, times have changed, and since character no longer
matters, this may be Ginsburg's time and a prime opportunity for
the nation to apologize to him by making him Attorney General.
Rush thinks this would be a very "compassionate" thing to do.

o       Eric Brindle has a column in today's NY Post about the October
Surprise. Rush points out that Congress has totally discredited
this theory, and since Gary Sick has already made his small
fortune, he doesn't need his credibility.

Rush, though, finds it curious that Hussein is staying pretty
quiet, now that Clinton is President. Is there any possibility
that Clinton has worked out a secret deal with Iraq?

Rush admits he has no evidence for this - not one shred of
evidence exists for his theory. However, Congress had no evidence
for their October Surprise investigation, and thus it is
appropriate that Congress appoint a special prosecutor to look
into this "January Surprise." Plus, is it coincidence that Iraqi
intelligence officials, being totally unable to understand any
part of Maya Angelou's Inaugural poem, are now considering that
Angelou's poem is really a coded message to US troops in the
Middle East?

Rush adds that Warren Christopher, Clinton's Secretary of State,
was a driving force behind the October Surprise investigations.
According to Brindle, Christopher pushed for an investigation
into Gary Sick's allegations. It's curious that he did this last
year and is now Secretary of State.

Phone Marilyn from Blackfoot, ID

Marilyn has been watching the Baird confirmation hearings, and
has already called the Senate to oppose her confirmation. She
doesn't think anyone who broke the law like this should be
Attorney General. Marilyn, though, asks if she should change her
mind because Baird agrees with Dan Quayle on tort reform; Rush
says that this really doesn't matter as to Baird's fitness for
being Attorney General.

Marilyn is glad to hear this, and notes that when Baird was asked
by the Senate if she believes that punitive damages should be
capped, she replied "no." Rush is amazed because this is 180
degrees away from any form of tort reform, and it shows that
Baird may be figuring out what she needs to do in order to get
confirmed. Marilyn adds that she and her son have to fight over
Rush's book and tapes, and Rush suggests a Solomon-style solution
- "buy two copies."

Bo Snerdley tells Rush that a "hysterical" caller yelled at him,
telling him that Baird paid the Peruvian couple $2,000 a month
and thus was paying them a decent wage. She then screamed "I hate
Rush Limbaugh" and hung up. Rush, though, regrets that he wasn't
able to get her on the air because ABC News is trying to get some
footage of callers talking about this issue, and this would have
been a great call to record. He hopes that this caller calls
back, and if so he promises to put her on the air.

Rush likes what Cokie Roberts said about all this; she noted that
Baird made $660,000 a year as a lawyer and so "could afford to
hire Mary Poppins."

*BREAK*

Phone Susan from Maryville, TN

Susan says that Anna Quindlan has a great column out today, and
Rush says that he did see it in the NY Times yesterday. Susan is
tired of hearing about how working women can't afford decent
daycare; she quit her $12,000 a year teacher salary so as to take
care of her children. She thinks that working women simply aren't
willing to pay enough to take care of their children, and Baird
is a perfect example of this.

Susan is angry, though, because Quindlan isn't mad at Baird;
Quindlan doesn't think this is an ethics question at all, but
believes that Baird represents the problem of daycare in America.
Susan, though, wants to know what the answer is - if Baird
couldn't afford daycare, what are the rest of the people supposed
to do? Is the government supposed to assume this responsibility
now?

Rush likes the spin Susan has put on the issue, and regrets that
the ABC News crew has already left because Susan has come up with
some interesting thoughts on this.

Susan adds that she is a stay-at-home mom and bakes cookies, in
spite of what Hillary might think about this. Rush notes a bit of
hostility in Susan's voice toward Hillary and finds it
interesting that many people still are antagonistic towards Mrs.
Bill Clinton. He adds that the latest news reports indicate that
Hillary Clinton will lead and oversee the advisory team that is
coming up with plans to reform America's health care industry.

According to news reports, this is "an unprecedented role" for a
First Lady. Supposedly, Clinton's advisory team told him on
January 11th that their plans wouldn't save much money on health
care costs; Clinton went ballistic and thus put his wife in
charge to whip these guys into line. Clinton staffers report that
Hillary's role will be similar to that of a chairwoman of a large
company, while Ira Magaziner will be chief executive officer in
charge of day-to-day operations.

Rush says that his TV show showed a clip of Clinton's appearance
with Mr. Rogers who presented the President with a "trolly to the
land of make-believe." One clip that Rush didn't get around to
showing was of a child asking Clinton how he avoids losing his
temper. Clinton replied that he never gets mad and instead counts
to 10; Rush promises that he will save this clip until Clinton
shows his famed temper in public.

Rush promises that after the break, Bo "Angelou" Snerdley will
read his soon-to-be famous Inaugural poem.

*BREAK*

Rush now proudly introduces Bo "Angelou" Snerdley, EIB's official
poet laureate, who is even wearing a coat and African-print tie
for his poetry reading. Rush asks Bo if he has heard Angelou's
Inaugural poem yesterday, and Bo replies "I've been spared, sir."
Rush is aghast at this, but Bo explains that he hasn't had time
to listen to Angelou's artistic oeuvre because "thankfully I've
been keeping my attention focused on THIS program."

Rush accepts this explanation, and Bo notes that he has read
excerpts of Angelou's poem. Rush admits that he has never liked
poetry, and in fact has a most active dislike for the art form.
He suspects that the reason is because back in the fifth or sixth
grade he had to write his first poem about seeing a guy get hit
by a car. Bo starts guffawing, and Rush is disappointed that
someone with Snerdley's sensitivity would laugh at such a thing.

Rush says that he actually saw a guy get hit near his school, and
he ended up writing a poem about it. The poem was actually
printed in the hometown newspaper. Rush, though, has never been a
big fan of poetry and readily admits he is not a student of this
art. He is still mystified by Angelou's "The Rain, the Park, and
Other Things," especially since "there's not even one rhyme in
there."

Rush acknowledges that poetry does not have to rhyme, but he
states, with a bit of bitterness over the past creeping into his
voice, "when you're a student and they make you do these things,
it damn well better rhyme." However, once you leave school you
can do anything you want and have it considered as poetry.

Rush, though, still doesn't understand the point of Angelou's
poem, which he summarizes as "the Apache, the Sioux, and the
Shrew, and the Native American and the un-Native American, and
the black, the woman, the gay, and the straight standing on rocks
and watching the river go by, and the tree dumps some leaves on
them."

Rush is certain that the stuff-shirted literature snobs are
screaming at their radios right now, and he hastens to add that
he's not making fun of Angelou's work. He does bet, though, that
if Dan Quayle had written her poem, the snobs would still be
laughing at it.

Rush finally gets around to Bo's poem, and so "in the spirit of
the times, the Zeitgeist," he turns the stage over to Bo
"Angelou" Snerdley, who states that his poem will be dramatic.
Rush first wants to set the scene by pretending to be Clinton
finishing his inaugural address and so, in a suitably
Presidential fashion, he states "you suckers." Bo takes over from
there, and reads his copyrighted composition:

"Surrounded by splendor, befit for a king,
With pomp and sheer arrogance, Sir William marched in.
As Hollywood stars sang his praises with joy,
The news anchor persons saluted their boy.
But amid all the hoopla, with courage to change,
Are promises broken, and goals rearranged.
A jog before breakfast, a snack before lunch,
Let's stop by the White House, it's waffles for lunch!
His cabinet offers a chance to see why
The best or the brightest don't need to apply.
A quota will do it, a look for success,
Don't worry about it, we'll hire some illegal immigrants to clean
up this mess.

A middle class tax break? A deficit cut?
Forget that I said it - the Bush numbers went up (slightly).
The Haitians are coming, they think I said what?
No, no, fellows, stay home - you're just . . . out of luck.
Now don't get your hopes up, that talk of health care,
See, it wasn't a promise, it's just goals that we share.
Hey, Algore, don't pout, you'll be kept in the know.
Just don't you forget - Hillary's running this show!
Go play with those wackos, who love spiking trees,
Or write some legislation, bring big business down to its knees.
The left-leaning liberals say they're all filled with hope,
The rest of us wonder - has fate pulled a joke?

But fear not this nightmare of Clinton and Gore,
The nation has suffered a Carter before.
But this time it's different, there's a voice on the right,
On radio by day and on TV at night (except in Washington, DC).
So when Democrats attempt their huge spending spree,
This time we have Rush Limbaugh, telling them the `Way Things
Ought to Be.' "

"What a touching poem," Rush tearfully states.

*BREAK*

"What a poem, what a tremendous poem of true, heart-felt
compassion - a depth of understanding previously unknown to exist
in Mr. Snerdley," Rush states, having regained his composure. "I
was moved," he adds, and suggests that not only should this poem
be put on the 900 EIB listener caller line, but Bo should read it
on tonight's TV show.

"I'm troubled by the emotions that poem brought forth," says
Rush, adding that Bo's poem clearly shows that America is being
"held hostage - day two."

Phone Rick from Peoria, IL

Rick is a registered Republican who voted for Clinton as an
anti-Bush statement; he looked at the three candidates and voted
for the "evil of the three lessers." Perot was out of the
question because he was a "little dictator," and Bush proved
Clinton's statement that "we can do better."

Rick thinks Bush characterizes the arrogance of the elitist
establishment wing of the Republican party; Bush seemed to think
that being President and looking Presidential was good enough for
the American people, but this was not good enough for Rick. Bush
didn't seem to stand for anything or want to accomplish much.

Rick is not particularly fond of Clinton, although he is somewhat
hopeful for two reasons. First, at least Clinton recognizes that
there is a domestic side to the job of President, and second,
Clinton comes from a much humbler background than Bush. Rick thus
thinks Clinton can understand the problems of Americans better
than Bush.

Rush understands how Rick could think that, but he disagrees.
Bush's problem was not that he didn't understand the problems,
but that he couldn't communicate this to the people. On domestic
issues, the Bush administration had some great ideas, especially
on education, and as far as the economy goes, it was far better
than Clinton and Gore were saying throughout the campaign.

Rush asks Rick if character matters to him, and whether
Presidential lies are important. Rick says "read my lips" is a
biggie, but there are others. Bush built up Hussein in Iraq and
then turned around and said he was a greater monster than Hitler.
Rick adds that Bush did not give the country a "kinder, gentler
nation."

Rush thinks Bush did provide that sort of nation, but it's clear
there are some different standards being used for Bush and
Clinton. Bush lied once with his tax pledge, but Clinton has
already gone back on his word several times. Rush does understand
people's complaints about Bush, but just because Clinton feels
people's pain doesn't mean he can do anything about solving the
problems that cause that pain.

"This is real simple," Rush says. The Clinton administration is
going to fail because "their ideas do not work." Rush repeats
that simple phrase several times and then adds that socialism,
central planning, and a larger, more intrusive government (i.e.
liberalism) have been tried across the world, but these ideas
simply do not work. People can hope all day, but their ideas do
not work. Americans are being held hostage to a number of ideas
that do not work.

*BREAK*

EIB has been inundated with calls about who the mystery voice was
during yesterday's contest - it was "H. R. Halderman."

Update Timber (Jackyl, "Lumberjack" with a musical chain saw and
the sounds of falling trees)

Rush has bad news for Algore and other tree-huggers - Alpine and
subarctic forests may be culprits in global warming. Scientists
at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO
have discovered that vast boreal forests at the high latitudes
may increase global warming because dark green vegetation can
absorb up to three times as much solar radiation than white snow
or bare ground.

The boreal forests cover more than 11 million square kilometers,
and raise both summer and winter air temperatures in comparison
to simulations which replace the trees with snow-covered tundra.
So what is the solution to this problem? "We chop it down," Rush
suggests, "because we, after all, must save the planet. Somebody
tell Algore!"

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       Rush has been perusing his CompuServe mail and found an
interesting note from Rick of Toledo, who writes that Clinton's
Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary opposes building any new nuclear
power plants because they are uneconomical and hampered by public
opposition.

Rick asks how liberals can be against every possible form of
power production - coal is too dirty, oil is too dirty and also
makes too many people rich, solar power takes up too much land
area, windmill power is not aesthetically pleasing, hydro power
kills "little fishies," incinerators pollute the atmosphere, and
nuclear is no good.

o       Rush returns to Clinton's lifting of the ban against gays in
the military. Early next week Clinton will reportedly tell Les
Aspin to stop enforcing the ban and to stop prosecutions of
homosexuals in the military. Thus, Clinton won't lift the ban but
will simply stop enforcing it. Then after a year or so, during
which military officials can study the issue, Clinton will lift
the ban.

Gay groups are happy about this because this will prove that
there is no desire on the part of homosexual militants to use the
military as their next activist playground. Plus, after a year
people will see that fears against having homosexuals in the
military are unjustified. Rush agrees that this probably will be
true since people do get used to things over time.

Rush has not been alone in being perplexed and angry about the
attitude shown by some of the people attending Clinton's
Inauguration. These people are acting as if they have just been
freed from some terrible oppression and slavery. Bob Tyrrell's
column today quotes some of these people; for example, Luther
Vandross' manager Sheff Gordon said that Clinton's election has
"mobilized the whole entertainment community - we feel like we
can be heard again after all these years."

Rush wonders how anyone could think nobody has been hearing the
left. After all, did the Reagan/Bush years stop Barbra Streisand
from making her movie "The Prince of Tides?" Just because
Republicans didn't want to spend taxpayers' money to fund artists
who spread chocolate over their nude bodies didn't mean that
"artists" couldn't pursue such ventures; it's just that they or
someone else would have to pay for it, not the government.

What restrictions have these people been under for the past 12
years? Maya Angelou said that it was only Clinton's election that
had released her from "a long period of captivity or exile or
something or other that had made life hell." Rush wonders what
hell Angelou has been going through, except perhaps that she
"felt" other people's suffering. Yet, aren't people still
suffering, in spite of Clinton's election?

Tyrrell writes that the talk about "reclaiming America" and
"national salvation" also happened after JFK's election, although
not at the scale currently being seen. Tyrrell points out,
though, that "the millions shoveled out by corporate America" for
the inaugural festivities add irony to the left's complaints that
Reagan and Bush were corporate flunkies.

The best point Tyrrell makes, though, is about how the Democrats
would have whined and screamed had Reagan in his 1981
Inauguration speech claimed that Republicans were "reclaiming
America." Rush recalls how the liberals reacted with panic and
sheer hysteria when Buchanan during the Republican convention
talked about "reclaiming our cities." The left exploded with
panicked, knee-jerk reactions and they accused Republicans of
using tactics that smacked of "Nazism" and "fascism."

The left, though, is now doing the same thing - their guy wins
the election and they are running around talking about reclaiming
America. Are they saying that they have more of a right to
America than anyone else? Are they questioning the right's
patriotism and values? These are the complaints the left makes
whenever Republicans say anything about reshaping the nation.

Tyrrell points out that the hypocrisies of the Clinton
administration were so many that even before the Inauguration the
press was growing restless, and Tyrrell says that even the media
can take only so much. Tyrrell quotes a number of celebrities,
such as Christopher Reeves who stated last night "for the past 12
years, those in the arts were forced to take up the battle lines
and defend our existence. With the Clinton/Gore ticket, the life
of the artist is not something to be ashamed of anymore."

Rush comments that this sounds a bit paranoid to him. Christine
Laughty stated, "We were turned into human pancakes last night,
but I didn't care. What impressed me was that everyone last night
felt like `it's our turn!' Finally the needs of the people are
going to be listened to and acted upon. I had a headache this
morning because I cried so much - I was so moved by the whole
thing, especially by Michael Jackson and that song he wrote for
Ryan White."

Rush asks what people Laughty is referring to? People like her
have millions of dollars, so what do they do about the people
they claim to care so much about? Ron Silver echoed these
feelings by remarking that he was at first bothered by the jet
flybys, but then realized that "those are our planes now!"

Amy Pagnazi writes in today's NY Post "you don't have to be
convinced that Bill Clinton's ascension to the Presidency is the
beginning of anything to know what it is the end of - the end of
Presidentially-endorsed attacks on gays, single mothers, career
women, and people of color. It is the end of
Presidentially-endorsed neglect of poor people, homeless people,
and sick people. It is the end of Presidentially-endorsed
isolation of all those who are privileged."

"I tell you, folks," Rush states, "we have some sheer idiocy,
paranoia, and hypocrisy, all rolled into a bunch of people who
are so captivated with symbols that they have absolutely lost
touch with all reality or anything reality-based."

*BREAK*

The comic strip "Non Sequitur" has an interesting cartoon today -
a woman is standing in a dark doorway at the head of some stairs.
The light from behind her barely illuminates a dark basement in
which two eyes can be seen. The woman says, "It's official, dear
- the Reagan era is over. Now turn off Rush Limbaugh and come
back to the real world."

Rush marvels at the viciousness that's being showed by the left
nowadays, but points out that the Reagan era ended in 1988.

Update Jack Kevorkian ("Scared of Dying")

Jack "the Dripper" Kevorkian assisted his ninth suicide, Jack
Miller, who was suffering from bone cancer. Kevorkian's lawyer
insisted that "more will come." Kevorkian helped Miller, 53, to
inhale carbon monoxide in Wayne County township. The district
attorney has not yet commented on whether Kevorkian will be
indicted for this.

Rush points out that Miller is Kevorkian's first male victim; his
previous eight "patients" were all women.

Phone Paul from Manhattan, KS

Paul congratulates Bo for his "exquisite" poem, and he wants a
printed copy of it for framing. Rush says that Bo will probably
read his poem on the television show tonight, so Paul can have a
video copy of it soon. Paul thinks that will be something to
treasure.

Paul thinks Rush's last caller, Rick, really doesn't understand
the ideological battle going on in this country, and his
sentiment was sort of like saying "well, I traditionally vote for
American political beliefs, but I'm now going to vote for the
Nazis." Paul didn't like everything Bush did, but that still
doesn't mean that he would vote for Clinton.

Rush agrees, and notes that even if people like Clinton himself,
they still have to look at who he's bringing to Washington with
him. Rush holds Paul over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone Paul from Manhattan, KS (continued)

Rush says that the ideological differences between conservatives
and liberals are profound, and it's a major thing to casually
cast them aside. Paul agrees and says that in his conversations
with liberals, they routinely trash Republicans; however, every
once in a while he hears "Jack Kemp, he's not so bad." However,
Paul hasn't been able to find out why the liberals seem to feel
more kindly toward him.

Rush says that Kemp does have an aspect that liberals like, but
it's slipped from his mind for the moment. He'll cogitate about
it some, though, and he's certain it will come. Paul then asks
about the possibility George Bush will take on Ann Richards for
the governorship of Texas. Rush doesn't think this is a likely
possibility since it seems certain that Bush considers his
political career to be over.

Also, Rush suspects that Bush will probably try to spend more
time with his children, making up for the time lost while being
Vice President and President. In particular, Bush thinks that his
sons Neil and Jeb have been unfairly targeted by his political
enemies, and Rush agrees with that. Rush knows Bush has a great
affection for his children and since he holds himself responsible
for some of the troubles they have encountered, he'll probably do
what he can to help them recover their names and careers.

Phone Andre from Cherry Hill, NJ

"Bo felt my pain," Andre says, and he asks how Clinton managed to
blow his "honeymoon" with Saddam Hussein. Rush suspects that
Hussein is simply trying to test the new US President; Clinton
recently stated during a press conference that "American policy
is American policy" and that things with Hussein would not change
just because the US has a new President.

Phone Dave from Geneva, NY

Dave would like Rush to clarify his position on Zoe Baird, and
Rush replies that just because he mentioned Quayle's name with
Baird's doesn't mean he supports her. Rush brought up Quayle to
explain in part why the Democrats are going after her so hard
while the Republicans are not. Rush, though, thinks that the
Senate should reject Baird, and in fact Clinton should not have
even considered her.

Baird broke the law, and the country does not need an Attorney
General who can feel that she is above the law. Dave agrees
totally with that and asks Rush if he thinks any woman can do the
job of Attorney General. Rush replies "sure," and he bets that
there are many women out there who can do the job. However, when
the President decides that he's going to consider only women,
that shortchanges the country which may not be getting the best
person for the job.

It's even worse that Clinton is applauded for deciding that his
Attorney General must be a woman; this is more of the "get even,
it's our turn" mentality that is showing up so often now. Rush is
amazed that so much bitterness, anger, and resentment is
motivating so many people on the left who have now become
empowered. They seem to feel that it's now their time for all the
perks and goodies.

This is why the ideological battle does matter; although Clinton
is not as far left as others in the Democratic party, he's
brought many of the far left along with him, and these guys are
feeling their oats now.

Phone Dan from Dixon, IL

Dan asks what the difference is between Zoe Baird's disregard for
the law and what liberals think the Iran-Contra defendants have
done; why is Baird okay for breaking the law when liberals have
complained that Iran-Contra was all about Republicans thinking
they are above the law?

Rush points out that Iran-Contra was all about criminalizing
foreign policy, while Baird is guilty of breaking immigration
laws, which are essential to the proper functioning of the United
States and its economy. Illegal immigration is causing all sorts
of problems for California, which is paying welfare to many of
these people, and Baird has shown some great insensitivity to
this problem.

Dan heard that Baird also gave money to other illegal aliens to
help them come into the country. Rush hasn't heard this, but if
this is true, then it compounds what Baird has already admitted
doing. Rush thanks Dan for calling and restates his opinion on
Baird - she broke the law and nobody is above the law. Rush
doesn't care if she is a feminist or if she agrees with Quayle
about everything, she broke the law and thus should not be
Attorney General.

*BREAK*

Rush notes that on next Monday and Tuesday he will be doing the
radio show from EIB's San Francisco affiliate. Rush, as a
"dominant and glamorous" TV star, has to attend the National
Association of Television Programming Executives convention so
that he can "glad-hand" his way through an endless number of
station managers and other executives. This means that next
week's TV show will consist of reruns, although the radio show
will continue to be live on Monday and Tuesday.

However, there will be a "Best of Rush" show on Wednesday because
Rush will be moderating a panel at the convention on a subject he
knows nothing about - relations between networks and their
affiliates. Rush has nothing to do with this, but he will be
moderating it anyway. The producers even want him to pick up the
microphone and go into the audience a la Phil Donahue. Rush has
to wonder why he was chosen for this, but he's glad to take the
job.

Thursday and Friday, however, Rush will be back in New York and
things will go back to normal. This, of course, assumes the US
airline industry can get him back on time without hassle. He
remarks that every time he tells an airline story, he gets buried
by mail and faxes from airline employees who anxiously ask "it
wasn't our company, was it?"

Phone John from Toms River, NJ

John wants to respond to Kim Basinger's comment that a nation is
gauged by how it treats its animals. He found a quote in one of
his old school books; he doesn't know who originally said it, but
it goes "judge a nation by the heroes it honors." Rush thinks
this is a great statement, but bets that the animal rights people
will now start coming up with a bunch of animal "heroes."

Since John has brought up Basinger, Rush digresses for a minute
to define "coyote ugly," and John remarks that he has never
experienced this personally. He adds, though, that a common
tactic of the environmental extremists is exaggerating in order
to get people's attention. Rush says that "extremism in the
pursuit of liberty is no vice" has been taken to heart by these
people, except that they are pursuing their pet cause instead of
liberty.

Rush, though, thinks that this path eventually begs the question
of at what point do people get concerned about not telling the
truth about what they're saying? Rush would prefer to believe
that "the truth is always the safest refuge." H. R. Kit Carson,
however, disputes this because "the truth won't work if you just
got married."

Rush, though, still stays fast to this belief, but the problem
with it is that the truth makes many people defensive and nervous
and so it's a challenge to present the truth without getting
people's dander up. However, the truth is what Rush's show is all
about, and he plans on continuing down that path.

*BREAK*

Rush would like to end the program by doing something he should
have done earlier this week: thank Dan Patrick and his staff at
Houston's EIB affiliate, KSEV, for sending him a great birthday
present - a Houston Oilers home jersey with the number 42, which
is his current age. This is an official jersey and not the cheap
merchandise the regular public buys. Rush states that he will
proudly wear this jersey, in spite of what happened to the Oilers
this year.

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                         | to have economic legislation ready the day after the
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