From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Fri 8/14/92
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Summary: Unofficial Summary for Friday, August 14, 1992
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Friday, August 14, 1992

by John Switzer

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August 14, 1992

NEWS

o       The divorced parents of 15-year old Ryan O'Shaughnessy,
who died in an automobile accident, are fighting over his remains
in Santa Barbara courts. The mother, Connie O'Shaughnessy-Los,
wanted her son's body cremated, while the father, Peter
O'Shaughnessy, wanted the body buried in a Santa Ynez cemetery.

A county judge initially ruled in favor of the mother, but a few
hours later issued a restraining order against the cremation so
that the father could appeal. The mother, however, had already
cremated the body, and so the judge has ruled that the ashes
should be split between the two claimants, both of whom agreed
not to do anything with their portion of the ashes until after an
appellate court's ruling.

MORNING UPDATE

It's simply not true that the current generation of Americans
will have to settle for less than their parents did. One of
Rush's pet peeves is the attitude that so many people have that
America is a land of misery that has no future. A recent Gallup
poll showed that 57% of voting age Americans would be willing to
elect politicians who would implement more environmental
regulations on business. About 59% of those polled said that they
would prefer environmental "cleanliness" over economic growth and
success.

Rush wonders if these people who support putting more of an
environmental burden on businesses are also those who are
complaining about how America is no longer a land of economic
opportunity. Perhaps it is these people who have gone wrong, and
not America. Instead of whining about how unfair and hopeless
America is, they should realize that when they elect politicians
who plan to punish business under the banner of environmentalism,
that they are guaranteeing themselves a life of misery.

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       Rush and his EIB entourage will be leaving for Houston
tomorrow, as they will spend the entire next week there in honor
of the Republican convention. Rush was interviewed by Ken Huffman
of the Houston Post yesterday about why he was going to Houston
if he wasn't intending to have any guests on his show. Rush
replied that the convention is "where rich people get together
and have fun," and he is required by party by-laws to be there.

o       A certified public accountant in Tacoma, WA writes Rush
about an "intolerable situation" which exists in the Oakland
Athletics Triple A Stadium, which is where the Tacoma Tigers
play. EIB's Tacoma affiliate is advertising Rush's show with a
billboard at the ballpark - "KBI 570 Stimulating Newstalk Rush
Limbaugh 9 to Noon." The listener praises the sign, but he is
worried about where it is located - in "foul territory, as far
left as possible." Rush suspects that this is an attempt to send
a subliminal message to the fans.

o       A CompuServe listener wrote Rush with an excerpt from the
Question and Answers section in the August 13 edition of the
Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Readers write in questions
about the news stories that are printed, and the newspaper
replies. One person asked that if Democrats are supposed to be
the "tax and spend" party, then how did LBJ's administration pay
for his Great Society programs since he didn't have any massive
tax increases?

Rush loves this question because the answer, as supplied by the
newspaper, is that although taxes were raised near the end of
LBJ's administration, his programs were paid for mainly by "a
revenue windfall from a vigorous economy . . . which came about
from the Revenue Act of 1964 which cut taxes, including those on
capital gains." Rush explains that this act was authored by JFK,
who proved that lowering taxes results in a booming economy and
rising tax revenues.

This is more evidence that tax cuts stimulate growth and an
increase in taxes, while tax increases do nothing of the sort.
Rush comments that he was at an editorial board meeting recently,
and one of his journalistic idols, Karen Elliot House, was in
attendance. House is a Mideast expert with Dow Jones who coined
the phrase that explains the reason for the Gulf War - "free flow
of oil at market prices."

During the conversation, Rush referred to the "Atlanta Urinal and
Constipation," and he was amazed that it took the other editors
by surprise, and they didn't laugh for several seconds.

Update  Patsy Schroeder         (Elton John, "The Bitch is Back")

A new newsletter, Majority Rules, which is "for and about women
in politics in the 90s," interviewed Rep. Schroeder about her
standing as a feminist role model. The interviewer amazingly
asked Schroeder "you've taken many insults on the abortion issue
and other issues, parodies on Saturday Night Live . . . do you
ever get fatigued beyond belief and want to just go home and
cry?"

Rush laughs at the audacity of the question, and he tries to
imagine what would have happened if he had asked this question
during his recent interview of "Chuck Heston." What's really
funny about this is that when Schroeder decided in 1988 not to
run for President, she started crying during the press conference
and then ran into the arms of her husband. This, of course, was a
dual shocker for the feminazis in attendance - not only was
Schroeder not going to run, but she cried and ran to a man for
support.

Publicly, though, the feminazis praised Schroeder for showing
that women can be "fully expressive." Thus, for Schroeder to be
asked this question is somewhat remarkable. More remarkable,
though, is Schroeder's answer - she doesn't mind parodies and
other criticisms, but she did single out "the radio talk guy. I
am astounded that every other group has been able to keep radio
talk from just banging them 24 hours a day, but we haven't been
able to. But to have this guy out there calling us `feminazis'
and all sorts of things I must say makes me very angry, and it
scares me just a bit because of the violence in the culture."

Schroeder then complained about the magazine "Soldier of Fortune"
because it "promotes violence." Schroeder wants woman to be in
combat, but evidently feels that a mere word "feminazi" will
promote violence against women. Rush tries to shrug off this
criticism, but it's just too much for him, and his usually
granite-hard exterior falls away as he starts crying about how
nobody really understands him or cares.

*BREAK*

Update  Slick Willie         ("Can You Blow Your Saxophone, Billy
Boy?")

Rush is amazed at how much the Clinton campaign is getting away
with. On Crossfire last night, one of Clinton's campaign staffers
claimed that George Bush presided over the second largest tax
increase in history, while Ronald Reagan presided over the
largest tax increase. Rush is amazed at the 180 degree turn being
made by the Democrats - until now they have been claiming that
Reagan's tax cuts were the problem with this country.

The Clinton staffer was actually talking about the Tax Equity and
Financial Reform Act (TEFRA) which was only half implemented.
TEFRA was Bob Dole's idea to reduce the deficit, and the plan was
that for every dollar's worth of tax increases, Congress was
supposed to cut two dollars from the budget. The tax increases
were done, but not the corresponding spending cuts. This failure
is the sole result of the Democratically controlled Congress.

The Clinton staffer also was doing history revision on Clinton's
positions on the Gulf War, and Rush will continue the update
after the break.

*BREAK*

Update  Slick Willie         ("Can You Blow Your Saxophone, Billy
Boy")

The willing press is not challenging Clinton on his claims that
Reagan and Bush are the largest tax raisers of all time. Reagan
simply did not get the spending cuts he was promised by Congress,
and now Bush is being attacked for implementing the Democratic
tax increases of 1990.

Clinton has made a foreign policy speech to the World Affairs
Council in Los Angeles, and he attacked Bush for not backing
democratic movements. "Time after time, this President has side
with the status quo against democratic change with familiar
tyrants, rather than with those who would overthrow them; with
the old geography of repressions rather than with a new map of
freedom."

Rush can't believe Clinton is getting away with this - Bush led a
world army against the tyrant who invaded Kuwait, and Clinton
sided with those opposing military action. Clinton must be
referring to Bush's speech at Kiev in which he opposed the
disintegration of the USSR. In this Bush was siding with Mikhail
Gorbachev, who is the single, greatest modern hero to the liberal
Democrats today.

For Clinton to claim that Bush is opposing democracy and standing
in the way of freedom is outrageous. There are more people
walking in freedom today than in 1980 because Reagan and Bush
have been in the White House for the past 12 years; in fact,
freedom would have come to Central America a heck of a lot sooner
had not liberal Democrats fought Reagan every step of the way.

The media, though, is not challenging Clinton at all on this;
instead, the press calls Clinton's speech "great and thoughtful."
Yet Clinton is flat-out lying with these blatant attempts at
history revisionism. This is all part of the same illusion that
the Democrats are trying to fabricate that they are no longer a
bastion of liberty.

These attempts, however, don't seem to be working as Clinton is
dropping in the polls. Last week his lead over Bush dropped from
30 to 26 points; in the latest CNN poll, Clinton's lead is now
only 19 points. Thus, Clinton has dropped 11 points in two weeks,
yet the media acts as if this were a victory for Clinton. USA
Today writes "Bush team down 19 points"; the headline should be
"Clinton losing support."

Fortunately, this news is correctly reported on Rush's show, and
Rush comments that Bush's deficit in the polls is only 2 points
behind the 17 points that he trailed Dukakis in 1988, and the
Republican convention hasn't even happened yet. So why is Clinton
plummeting in the polls? Rush wonders if it's because Bill and
Hillary are both making speeches, and people don't like what they
hear?

In a final bit of news, former San Antonio mayor Henry Cisneros
has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve
Bank in Dallas so that he could join the Clinton campaign.
Cisneros, though, stated that he did not envision receiving a
cabinet position in a Clinton administration since his family and
business are too great a burden.

Rush comments that all of the news stories about Cisneros omit
the reason that he is no longer mayor of San Antonio - Cisneros
had an affair, which he fully admitted when it was discovered.
Thus, "people of like mind" are getting together in the Clinton
campaign.

*BREAK*

Phone   Mark from Richmond, VA

Mark agrees 101% with what Rush has been saying all summer except
for one, tiny thing - Rush had said earlier this week that the
only people who wanted to legalize drugs were potheads and
libertarians. However, William F. Buckley has already called for
the legalization of drugs.

Rush remembers Buckley's comments, but as far as his own
statement on drug legalization goes, it was made in the context
of a libertarian caller who wanted to know why Rush didn't like
this political group. Rush replied that it just seemed to him
that whenever libertarians get together, the only thing they talk
about is the legalization of drugs. However, this is a
generalization which is not altogether true.

Buckley, though, wants to legalize drugs only because he thinks
it would reduce the criminal element involved, not because it
would solve the drug problem. Mark says that this is the basic
libertarian view - if you do more damage with your laws than
without, then you should get rid of the laws, and let society
deal with the problem.

Rush says that libertarians can make this argument for almost
anything except for national defense. However, there always have
to be limits on freedom and behavior, and if nobody enforces the
limits then they aren't much good. Mark agrees, but doesn't think
that there are too many examples of government intruding upon
society without screwing things up. There must be law enforcement
and accompanying regulations, but as far as drugs go, Mark thinks
that Buckley has a valid point in believing that current drug
laws only encourage more and more lawlessness by restricting the
ability of market forces to control the drug trade.

Rush says that many conservatives are advocating the election of
Clinton just to show America how bad things can be with liberals
in charge; this same logic could be used with drugs - legalize
drugs, turn America into a sewer for a few years, and people will
rise up against their use. However, people are not perfect, and
temptation is great to misuse drugs. The law not only provides a
way of enforcing limits and punishing those who go beyond those
limits, but it also acts as a teacher. Rush admits he may be
idealistic on this, but he just can't see the point in legalizing
drugs.

*BREAK*

Mortgage rates are at their lowest point since 1973, and Rush
pounds the table, wondering how this can be. Mortgage rates
should be sky-high if the country is full of the pain and misery
being described by the Democrats. Of course, things aren't that
bad, and these low rates prove it.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       A FAX from "Harold of BR" reminds Rush to tell his
audience that they have got to put their addresses on their
correspondence. Harold thinks the media should be referred to as
"Slick Willie's Liberal Propaganda Ministry." Rush likes the
idea, and he recalls the caller earlier in the week who suggested
that a Clinton administration would not need a press secretary
since the liberal mainstream lapdog media doesn't need any
coaching.

o       P.J. O'Rourke has a great piece in the recent Rolling
Stones magazine that refers to Rich Bonds' comment that a Clinton
Presidency would see Jane Fonda spending the night in the Lincoln
Bedroom, after a state dinner for Fidel Castro. Rush laughs at
the comment and says that this is not as great an exaggeration as
one might think.

Last night on Crossfire, though, Michael Kinsley was "popping the
veins on his neck" as he demanded "proof" from Charlie Black that
Clinton would have a state dinner for Castro. O'Rourke mentioned
in his Rolling Stones piece that Castro was one of the most
heavily applauded of world leaders who spoke at the Earth Summit.
UN delegates applauded Castro as he walked all the way from the
podium to his seat.

"You throw these guys out the door of human liberty, and back
they come through the window of ecological concern," writes
O'Rourke, who adds that "old busy-whiskers, a back-water tyrant
abandoned at the altar of Marxism" is now a "friend of the
Earth." The delegates cheer the likes of Castro and then wonder
why the US won't give them money. Rush calls this a well-stated
observation, and notes that Al Gore sides with people like Castro
in portraying the US as the sole evil in the world.

o       Rush's Morning Update today was criticized by members of
his staff for not being funny enough. However, Rush doesn't think
this topic is funny - a recent Gallup poll indicates that more
than half of Americans want to be miserable and in pain. About
57% of those polled want to elect politicians who will impose a
greater burden on businesses for the sake of the environment,
while 59% prefer the environment over growth in the economy.

This is all well and good, but then why are these people
complaining that America is now a land of lost opportunity? Why
are people complaining that they won't be able to have a better
standard of living than their parents? The idea that economic
growth hurts the environment is totally wrong, yet people who
believe this seem to want it both ways. They want to help the
environment at the expense of business, but then complain when
they lose their jobs because businesses can't afford to hire
them.

Rush says that if his listeners really think that businesses must
be punished in order to "save" the environment, then they deserve
a lower standard of living than their parents.

Update  Animal Rights         (Andy Williams, "Born Free" with
gratuitous sound effects)

There are two items in this update:

o       An alert listener from Carpenterville, IL sent Rush a FAX
about his recent experience at the dolphin park at the Brookfield
Zoo. The man remembered visiting the park three years ago, but
instead of the "immensely entertaining exhibition I remembered,
with dolphins doing their thing," environmental wackos presented
a crude, politically correct program.

The wackos presented dolphins as victims of man, who only
polluted the seas, and staffers dressed as Snidely Whiplash-type
villains had pollutant artifacts attached to their capes. These
cans, bottles, and such were thrown into the dolphin tank to show
how man was polluting the planet. The staffers then pointed to
the audience and asked "who lets the polluters get away with
this? You are responsible!"

Rush can't believe someone would pay to go to a dolphin park,
only to end up watching some wackos dump garbage in the pool and
claim that the audience was responsible. The people just wanted
to see some dolphins, but instead got attacked with a heavy-
handed piece of moral propaganda. Rush says that the park should
keep this up, and they'll just end up driving their customers
away.

o       As reported in the Chicago Tribune, six South Korean
athletes were re-instated in the Summer Olympics at Barcelona.
The athletes had been banned before the games because urine tests
indicated that they had been consuming steroids. However, the
South Koreans protested, and a further examination showed that
the athletes' evening meals were the source of the steroids - the
South Koreans were eating dogs that had been given steroids
before being slaughtered. Rush wonders why PETA is silent on such
a vital issue.

*BREAK*

Phone   Dan from Boston, MA

Dan comments that liberals are always harping on the need to have
an open mind, yet they forget that a mind that is open on both
ends is consistently empty. He thinks liberal Democrats are
inconsistent in their principles - they attack Reagan for his
deregulation of business, yet they refuse to discipline their
children at all. Dan wonders why liberals even bother with toilet
training since it is a "inherently restrictive and punishing
practice." He bets that liberals will soon stop this practice,
but then "hand society the pooper-scooper."

Dan comments that Boston conservatives need to carry dramamine
around with them at all times so that they can avoid vomiting
when a Democrat starts praising Ted Kennedy. Rush knows
conservatives has a tough time in Boston and have to keep a low
profile in this haven of liberalism. Dan says that the December
1988 issue of Research and Development magazine reports that "too
many ignorant people" are making important decisions. Rush
agrees, and notes that since this magazine was printed before
Bush's inauguration, the story must have been referring to
congressional Democrats.

Rush thanks Dan for calling, and mentions the discovery in Israel
of the family tomb of a first-century Jewish leader who is
suspected of being Joseph of Caiphus, who presided at the trial
of Jesus. This is believed to be the first archeological remains
of a New Testament figure.

*BREAK*

In semi-big news, Perot was in New York City yesterday, and Rush
plays the James Bond 007 Theme to give a hint of Perot's
intentions. Rush is convinced that Perot is only a couple of
years away from being a "bona fide Bond villain." Perot was
offering to pay people to continue collecting signatures so that
he can get his name on the New York Presidential ballot.

Channel 2 TV of NYC speculated that Perot's return to
Presidential politics "could be the worst nightmare of the
Clinton and Bush campaigns." Perot told the TV station that "of
course" he was still trying to get his name on the ballot because
"people are unhappy with the current political situation." The
whole focus of this story was "is Perot plotting to return?" This
juxtaposed nicely with Nightline's report last night on why the
Perot campaign failed.

Rush has talked to a surprising number of people who think Perot
might very well get back into the race, and Rush has to wonder if
Perot's supporters will flock back to him. Perot has told other
states that he wants his name left on their ballots, and so he
could very well have an impact on the November elections.

Phone   John from Los Angeles, CA

Rush starts laughing because he sees on the computer screen that
John is opposed to his "cholesterol comments." John thanks Rush
for giving his call priority, and he said he complained to his
local affiliate about Rush's comments on fat and cholesterol.
Rush says that he was replying to the anti-beef people who are
saying that eating beef and fat will kill you.

John thinks that this is "irrefutable" and he is worried that
people will just follow Rush's comments on this blindly. He
doesn't care about Rush's remarks on Democrats and Republicans,
but he is concerned that Rush will be encouraging his listeners
to eat badly. Rush points out that all he did was to air a
Morning Update on how those with low cholesterol have higher
risks of death from causes other than heart attacks.

John says that this study simply says that low cholesterol isn't
good for everybody, and that people should find out what their
normal cholesterol levels are and keep them at that point.
However, John is upset that Rush is encouraging people to put
"fat in their veins. This is not a good thing." John hears this
sort of thing every day on Rush's show, and he wishes Rush would
ask some dietetic experts before he starts talking about
cholesterol. "The only place you can get cholesterol is meat,"
states John, who describes himself as a "health professional."

Rush sums up his comments by saying that America is being
bombarded with pseudo-scientific news every day, especially about
foods and what people should and should not eat. People have
gotten so caught up in every ingredient of their diet that they
can't just enjoy life, and their attitude is that "you're going
to die if you don't do things right." The problem is that each
week's study contradicts the previous one, not to mention, of
course, that everybody is going to die since nobody lives
forever.

John agrees that there are a lot of charlatans who love to make
controversial statements. He thinks the media gives far too much
attention to people trying to sell their books or diet programs,
and people should instead go to hospitals and ask the patients
what caused their heart bypass operations. He wishes Rush would
"do a little more research and get on the health bandwagon."

Rush points out that he reports what is in the news, and he tries
to show the absurdity of people such as the AMA splinter group
that tried to redefine the four food groups. He is tired of the
never-ending assaults from so-called researchers who tell people
that eating this or that forbidden food will kill them.

John states that nobody in the health profession has ever claimed
that eating fat is a good idea, and it's irresponsible to claim
otherwise. Rush has never claimed this either, but points out
that he has had normal cholesterol levels for his 41 years, even
when he weighed 320 pounds, and has eaten beef for every day of
his life. His father was the same way and lived to be 90, and his
grandfather is over 100. John comments that "there's nothing like
youth," and with a sigh Rush holds him over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   John from Los Angeles, CA (continued)

Rush says that he has tried a dozen or more crash diets and they
have all worked while he was on them. However, he finally
realized that he had to change his eating habits on a life-long
basis in order to lose weight. By changing the types of food he's
eating, he's lost weight, and so he agrees that eating right is a
good thing.

However, he's against the extremism shown by those who insist
that people should not eat any meat ever. Also, he's tired of the
never-ending assault that this or that substance causes cancer or
will kill you. Soon, it's going to get to the point that simply
swallowing your own saliva will cause cancer.

*BREAK*

"Get High, Get Stupid, Get AIDS" is a new educational cartoon
unveiled by Federal officials yesterday. In the cartoon, a man
and woman wake up after a night of drugs and anonymous sex, and
they then worry about the morning-after risk of getting AIDS.
Rush wonders why people can never hit an issue head-on and
instead skirt around it, thereby guaranteeing that the problem
will never be solved.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       Los Angeles prosecutors have decided not to press drunk
driving charges against Rodney King. Rush has a reliable source
who reports that the residents of the neighborhood in which King
was stopped have thereby decided to burn down their houses as an
expression of their rage.

o       One of Rush's California friends commented that nobody is
talking about how much money from all sources is now flowing into
South Central Los Angeles. Another friend in Walnut Grove also
talked to Rush about this, and Rush is reminded of Humphrey the
Whale who is a whale with "obvious mental problems." Humphrey
kept swimming through the bay and up the California delta;
scientists would escort him back to the open sea, but Humphrey
would return.

One genius of a researcher claimed that Humphrey was trying to
devolve back into a land animal. It's amazing how many people
thought that Humphrey was a perfect animal of nature who was
following an instinct that man could never understand; yet the
bottom line is that Humphrey was simply a retarded whale.

Rush finally gets back to the point of his friend in Walnut
Creek, who reports that Bill Clinton is having dinner tonight
with the California Insurance Commissioner, John Garimendi, who
lives about a half-mile from the home of Rush's friend who lives
on an island, Grant Island. Clinton is supposed to land by
helicopter at a mainland school and then motorcade across the
river to Garimendi's home.

There's a drawbridge connecting Grant Island to the mainland, and
Rush's friend is desperately trying to have the state raise the
bridge so as to prevent Clinton from getting too close. Rush
calls this a "nice and courageous effort."

o       NBC News has suspended Arthur Kent without pay because he
refused an assignment to cover relief efforts in Zagreb,
Yugoslavia. Kent, however, claims that this is part of an on-
going dispute he has been having for some time with NBC.
Apparently Kent doesn't want to go to a war zone, but NBC claims
that Zagreb would be 200 miles from any fighting.

o       Phillip Morris will be advertising a new cigarette,
Benson and Hedges Special Kings, in the next issue of Genre, a
fashion magazine for gay men. This is the first time that the
company has advertised in a national gay publication, but they
have refused to release an advance copy of the ad, which is
supposed to target a gay audience.

Homosexual rights groups are critical of this move. Gay activist
Penny Perkins says that "this seems so hypocritical. Don't
forget, Phillip Morris donated $250,000 to establish a Jesse
Helms library." Rush laughs and wonders what it is like to have
every nuance and detail of your life controlled by your political
affiliations. He envisions people like Perkins examining every
box in the supermarket to make sure it was not produced by a
corporation that contributed to a political enemy.

o       Rush yesterday discussed the "secret memo" that was
supposedly sent by one member of the Democratic National
Committee to another; the memo, which was published in
yesterday's Wall Street Journal, disclosed parts of Al Gore's
book that the staffers considered "vulnerable points."

A friend, though, told Rush that the memo smelled of a
"deliberate leak" and he asked how many other such memos have
been leaked to the press. Rush admits that no other such memos
have been disclosed, and he started thinking that this memo was
deliberately leaked so as to embarrass Rush and other
conservatives who might try to make political hay out of it.

The memo is written so that a casual observer would not think
that they would have to read Gore's book in order to get to the
truth. In particular, the memo cites parts of Gore's book and
then interprets them in bizarre ways. Rush noted this yesterday -
he cross-checked the memo with Gore's book, and there's no way
that the book could be interpreted in the way the memo states.

Thus, Rush thinks that the memo may have been designed so as to
encourage conservatives such as him to discuss the memo without
first referring to the book. The Democrats could then pounce and
show how the conservatives are misinterpreting what Gore really
wrote. This would embarrass and discredit the conservatives.

Rush is proud, though, to point out that this crude attempt at
sabotaging him and other conservatives did not work. Rush cross-
checked Gore's book himself, and said yesterday that the fears
brought out in the memo were groundless. Rush had thought at the
time that the memo was somewhat strange to begin with, and the
more he thinks about, the more he suspects that this "leak" was a
deliberate attempt to discredit conservative commentators such as
himself.

*BREAK*

Phone   Pat from Dunedin, FL

Pat has a new idea for EIB's merchandise department. She had been
a prisoner in her house for years because she had to stay home to
listen to Rush. Now, though, she has developed the "Portable Rush
Room" - a personal stereo set that allows her to listen to Rush
no matter where she is. When she was in the mall the other day,
numerous people asked her what she was listening to, and she
found a "small brotherhood" of Rush fans. She even converted a
fellow shopper into a dittohead; Rush comments that he would like
a picture of this historic moment to put in his newsletter.

Pat also asks why the media has become so biased that it is
nothing more than "one fabrication after another." Rush says that
the question "why" is an important question because when you ask
"why," you are asking a question that has no answer. The search
for this answer is an endless question to know more, and this
search for knowledge is a question that "will ring from the lips
and tongues of humanity for as long as humanity has lips and
tongues, because without the question `why?' there goes the quest
- the quest for knowledge, the quest for truth. `Why' is what
leads us to higher things. `Why' is what leads us to become
great. `Why,' if it is not asked, leads us to mediocrity,
averageness, and worthlessness."

Thus, there is no answer to "why is the press liberal," but to
the question "is the press liberal," Rush can answer with a
resounding "yes."

Phone   Walter from Syracuse, NY

Walter thanks "Dr. Limbaugh" for his show and he thinks that the
Democrats have a greatly different definition of "family values"
than the Republicans have. He thinks most Americans want to
return to the traditional Judeo-Christian values that have been a
moral guide stone for centuries. Rush agrees and holds Walter
over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Walter from Syracuse, NY (continued)

Walter thinks that when Republicans talk about family values they
are referring to a traditional family with a mother and father
who are committed to one another, and who believe that children
are a blessing that is worth the sacrifices needed. Democrats
like Patricia Schroeder, though, think family values are creating
a $1 billion child-care system in which governments are involved
in the life of the family as much as possible.

Rush agrees, and adds that liberals are especially interested in
getting children into federal institutions as soon as possible so
as to indoctrinate them in liberal ways as quickly as possible.
This is why Democrats think that family values are breast cancer
research and fetal tissue research, and Rush thanks Walter for a
great call.

Phone   Dave from Grand Rapids, MI

Dave gives mega-dittos to both Walter and Rush. Dave would like
to rephrase Rush's question from why Bush's standing in the polls
have fallen so far to why Clinton's ratings have risen. Rush
calls that an interesting way of looking at the question, since
the media is concentrating their reporting on Bush's fall from
grace.

Dave says that he watched Clinton and Gore on CBS This Morning
last Monday, and he was struck by how quickly Gore would jump in
to answer questions from the audience. Whenever Clinton paused to
take a breath or clear his throat, Gore would insert himself into
the discussion, and he would usually provide an answer that was
at odds with Clinton's. This has led Dave to speculate that the
reason the Democrats want Gore on their ticket is so that he can
keep Clinton from getting too conservative.

Dave says he is impressed with Clinton as a person, although he
doesn't like Clinton's politics. Rush warns Dave against those
type of tendencies since the more he looks at Clinton's campaign,
the slicker it becomes. Clinton has brought the arts of
revisionist history and slick campaigning to new levels, and this
bothers Rush.

Dave, though, remembers how the Democratic leadership was
frightened during the primaries when Clinton took the lead. On
Monday's performance, Gore would contradict Clinton and recast
his statements in another light. Not only is Gore trying to cover
the "mistakes" that Clinton might make, but Dave wonders if the
Democrats are looking to get a liberal President in case Clinton
dies in office.

Rush says that Dave should be careful with this type of
conspiratorial theory because it implies that Gore is being run
by somebody in the Democratic party. At a recent dinner, Rush was
the only one who wanted to answer a question about whether
Clinton would implement a national health care plan. Rush said
that Clinton would not get his health care plan approved in 100
days as he has stated because the Democrats simply cannot agree
on what plan to have.

Rush doesn't think congressional Democrats care much at all about
party unity; they instead are trying to usurp as much executive
power as they can, regardless of whether the President is part of
their party. Plus, the Democratic leadership in Congress is
heavily liberal, while Clinton is part of a group trying to cut
back the liberal dominance in the party. The Democrats in
Congress are not going to be willing to follow Clinton's lead in
many policy areas.

Thus, there is not much cooperation between the liberal
leadership and Clinton, and therefore Rush can't see them
dictating the choice of Gore as Clinton's VP. Rush thinks Clinton
was the one who chose Gore. Gore, though, before his selection
claimed he didn't want to be President because he "had far more
important work to do in the Senate." The fact that Gore didn't
run for President means that he didn't think he could win.

Gore probably accepted the VP position initially because although
he didn't think Clinton could win, he did remember how Senator
Lloyd Bentsen's stature was improved by his failed bid with
Dukakis in 1988. Thus, he may have simply been trying to position
himself for the 1996 race.

However, even if Rush is wrong in this, Gore is still only 45,
and he would be more than willing to invest 8 years of his life
as Vice President in order to secure the Presidency. Plus, Rush
predicts that the economy will eventually rebound, probably right
after the November elections. The main beneficiary of this
improvement will be the President, but if Gore is in office, even
as VP, he will benefit as well. Thus, running on Clinton's ticket
this year is a no-lose proposition for him.

In any case, Rush can't believe that a massive Democratic
conspiracy is what got Gore on the Clinton ticket.

*BREAK*

Phone   Gary from New York City, NY

Gary liked Rush's earlier comments about disciplining children,
and he thinks that many people have a misconception that
disciplining a child is a primitive, tyrannical behavior that
oppresses the child. This type of thinking leads to the Child's
Bill of Rights and the proposition that children should be able
to divorce their parents.

Children, though, need to be disciplined. Youngsters are not
taught to lie; this is something that comes naturally to them,
and they need to be trained not to lie. The point of discipline
is to break the will of the child, without breaking their spirit.
Children need to be taught not to lie and not to be lazy, but at
the same time parents need to uplift the spirit of the child.

Rush calls that a reasonable approach, although many parents do
try to do it, but mess up. Gary agrees and says a common failing
is that parents apologize to their children for disciplining
them. Rush admits that this is a personality failing he once was
guilty of; when he would win some type of negotiation, he would
feel guilty almost to the point of wanting to give something back
so that he would be perceived as a "nice guy."

*BREAK*

Phone   Rich from Boston, MA

Rich is another Boston conservative, and he wants to explain that
the Queen Elizabeth 2 did not run aground off Cape Cod, but it
was just Ted Kennedy out for a Sunday drive. He wants to know,
though, what Barbara Bush said about abortion. Rush explains that
Barbara Bush said that the Republican party platform should be
silent on the abortion issue because she has Republican friends
who are both pro-choice and pro-life.

Rush finds it interesting that Barbara Bush is inserting herself
into this debate, and this could not happen by accident. He
suspects that the Bush campaign team may be making a mistake by
having her speak out like this. Rich thinks this, too, and
doesn't know why she would say such a thing.

Rush says that the pressure on Republican candidates over the
abortion issue is intense, and Barbara Bush's statement may be an
attempt to placate all sides. He is sure that this issue will
come up again next week during the convention.

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