From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Wed 8/26/92
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 23:27:02 GMT
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Summary: Unofficial Summary for Wednesday, August 26, 1992
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Wednesday, August 26, 1992

by John Switzer

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August 26, 1992

NEWS

o       From 60 to 100 American, British, and French planes will
be used to enforce a "no fly zone" in southern Iraq, in an
attempt to prevent Hussein from using his air force to attack
Shiite Muslims. Iraq had agreed in the surrender agreements
signed last year not to fly its warplanes on combat missions.
Hussein, however, has promised to bathe Iraq with the "blood of
invaders."

o       In the August 29th issue of TV Guide, humorist Dave Barry
reports that one of his favorite shows was the Clarence
Thomas/Anita Hill hearings. "I don't think it was as believable
as Night Court," states Barry. "The senators were less realistic,
but they were all major talents." Barry adds that he is looking
forward to seeing a made-for-TV movie on the hearings, and he
hopes that Flip Wilson will play both title characters - Clarence
Thomas and Anita Hill.

MORNING UPDATE

It's back to school time, and Rush has some great advice, which
is to ignore the class being taught by Kennel Jackson of Stanford
University. Jackson says that he "couldn't have taught this
course ten years ago," adding that "people don't look at me like
I'm crazy any more."

Jackson is talking about his upper division history course, Black
Hair as Culture and History. This course's intent is to explore
how "black hair interacts with the black presence in American
history," and what the contributions of black hair to America
exactly have been.

Jackson's syllabus includes lectures on "the rise of the Afro"
and "braiding and dreadlocks," as well as a viewing of the 60s
musical Hair and Michael Jackson's video "Man in the Mirror."
Jackson says that "black hair has interacted with society, and
today I'm trying to make it into a field [of study]."

Rush bets multiculturalist freaks are ecstatic at this news, but
as for the rest of his audience he says "skip this course and
anything like it - it's gobbledegook."

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       Rush's CompuServe mailbox is filled with hate mail
attacking Rush for his support of Bush's 10% checkoff deficit
reduction plan. One letter writer also warned Rush that if he
didn't get off the topic of family values, he would lose all
credibility with his listeners, which would give a couple of up
and coming talk show hosts in Mississippi their chance to
dislodge Rush from his perch. Rush, as one might expect, is
properly frightened of this possibility.

Many complainers, though, asked why, if taxpayers could allocate
10% of their taxes for the deficit, then shouldn't they be
allowed to specify in detail the other places that their money
should or should not go to. Rush realizes that he went too fast
yesterday for some students at the EIB Institute and he thus
explains this it again.

Bush's checkoff plan is essentially a rhetorical one that is
designed to illustrate the blatant hypocrisy of those on the
left. The Democrats in Congress are the ones who refuse to limit
their spending in any form whatsoever, and thus something must be
done to impose these limits on them. This is similar to the
concept of term limits - people are unhappy with Congress, but
these guys keep getting re-elected.

Democrats can't have it both ways - they blame Reagan's tax cuts
for the deficit, which means that it's really the people's fault
for wanting tax cuts in the first place. But if the people are
really the ones responsible for the deficit, then shouldn't the
people be allowed to fix it, too? In reality, though, Congress is
the one spending too much, and Bush's plan illustrates this fact
in a very direct manner.

o       The right of New Yorkers to be rude to each other is
still alive and well. Rush experienced this rudeness himself last
year when Madison Square Garden was being refurbished in
anticipation of the Democratic convention. The continual
construction made it impossible to easily find a way into the EIB
building and so when Rush asked a construction worker where the
new entrance way was, the reply was "it's around the corner,
fatso."

Two Japanese tourists experienced this aspect of NYC for
themselves when they arrived at the Empire State Building, which
is undergoing some construction work. They asked a worker where
the Empire State Building was, and were told "so, you could find
Pearl Harbor, but you can't find the Empire State Building? Well,
you're here, you little twerp!" Rush laughs at an exchange that
could happen only in America's finest city.

o       Rush reports that if Woody Allen does get married, Roman
Polaski will be his best man, and Woody will give away the bride
to himself. Allen is also planning to star in an upcoming TV
movie - "Close Encounters of the Third Grade." Rush plays his new
Woody Allen Update theme - Shep and the Limelighters singing
"Daddy's Home."

o       Rush taped a rehearsal for his upcoming TV show last
night, and one of the phone calls he took was about family
values. The caller had misunderstood one of Rush's comments
yesterday and so Rush will try to explain further. George Will
has also written a column that excoriates Bush and the Republican
party for trying to attack Clinton and the Democrats on the
family values issue.

o       Bush's press conference today about establishing a no-fly
zone in Iraq confirms what Rush said earlier this year that one
of Bush's big advantages as President is that he can appear
Presidential. Bush hasn't done very much with this ability, and
in fact he appears to consider governing to be totally unrelated
to his campaign.

Bush, though, did score a direct hit on the media when he was
accused by reporters of encouraging the belief that the Democrats
are a party of unpatriotic people. Bush denied this and then
praised Clinton for sponsoring an anti-flag burning bill in
Arkansas. He asked the reporters, though, why they aren't asking
questions like this of the Democrats (e.g. Mario Cuomo) who
accuse Republicans of being nazis because they dare to talk about
culture.

Rush is glad to see that Bush is pointing out the media's bias in
constantly accusing the Republicans of being excessive or
extreme. Yet when Democrats make such statements, the media never
challenges them. Rush also points out that few people are
attacking the Democrats' patriotism, but rather pointing out
their lack of judgment in foreign affairs.

Update  Slick Willie         (Johnny Preston, "Charming Billy")

Rush has been accused of being too derisive towards Bill Clinton
by referring to him as "Wilhelm von Clinton"; after all, not one
Iraqi soldier made it past Little Rock during the Gulf War. Also,
in his speech yesterday to the American Legion, Clinton listed a
number of other "great" Presidents who never served in the
military - Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln, for example.

Rush, however, refuses to let this stand and states "Mr. Clinton,
I knew Abraham Lincoln, I stayed overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom
in the White House, and Slick Willie, you are no Abraham
Lincoln."

 *BREAK*

Hillary Clinton is now back out making speeches, showing that the
Democrats are responding to every criticism that is made of them.
No sooner were critics pointing out that Hillary had been
silenced then she started speaking again. Hillary said that as a
last resort welfare benefits should be withheld from pregnant
women who repeatedly decline to get pre-natal care.

Hillary said this at a news conference at which she announced a
package of financial incentives for women who visit doctors
monthly during pregnancy. Such visits reduce the incidence of low
birth weights and other problems among babies, and Hillary said
that she hoped "that we will continue to be tying the continued
receipt of benefits from the government to fulfilling the health
requirements of one's own family. That is the ultimate step."
Rush whistles and comments that "the illusion continues."

Rush also wants to ask if Presidential administrations have no
impact on family values, and if family values are indeed not a
valid campaign issue, then why are AIDS activists insisting that
President Bush talk about AIDS to show that he "cares?" By the
same token, why did liberals demand that the President visit Los
Angeles after the riots and talk about what happened? If family
values are so inconsequential to the Presidency, then why is the
President being asked to do these things?

*BREAK*

Rush plays one of the public service announcements that EIB plays
during the breaks. A stammering announcer says that Earth Share
didn't want to hire a professional announcer because "we want to
save the Earth." He says that people should buy cloth shopping
bags, buy recycled paper, and switch to energy-saving light
bulbs. Half-way through the PSA, Rush starts speaking over it and
complains "ah, man, this ad is destroying our machinery! Who
snuck this piece of junk in?" When the announcer praises himself
for taking the bus home after the taping session, Rush suggests
that he breathe the bus' exhaust to see how much it helping the
environment.

Phone   Diane from Detroit, MI

Diane saw Bush during his appearance yesterday in Detroit, and
she was impressed by what he said and how he seemed to care about
meeting the people. She was also impressed by how Air Force One
flew over the stadium. Rush says that in 1987 he attended his
first Superbowl between San Diego and the Redskins. An American
flag spanned the entire length of the stadium as Herb Alpert
played the National Anthem.

The Blue Angels flying team was circling the stadium, and they
were obviously supposed to fly directly over the stadium as
Alpert ended the National Anthem. The anticipation hung thick in
the air, and as Alpert held the last note of the Anthem the jets
flew bye with a tremendous roar. Those in the stadium erupted in
a roar of their own, and Rush turned to his neighbor and said
"how could anybody vote for a Democrat after that?"

The couple in front of him were evidently Washingtonian Democrats
as they turned around and gave him a big sneer. Democrats,
though, have always been on the wrong side of American foreign
policy and the US military for the past 20 years. Rush admits,
though, fly-bys such as this are thrilling and exciting. Diane
agrees and says that Air Force One is especially impressive, and
it made her laugh to compare this giant plane to Clinton's
pathetic tour bus.

Diane says that she felt Rush was at Bush's speech in spirit
because she had her radio tuned to his show. She at first thought
that security would refuse to let her in with it, but the guys
waved her through saying "oh, it's tuned to Rush." Right before
she sat down, she also saw Secret Service agents pick up a bag
that contained an empty Snapple (tm) bottle.

Diane was impressed with Bush's speech, especially as she was
only a few feet from the President; the only people between her
and Bush were the Secret Service and the press. On his way out
Bush stopped directly in front of her and shook hands with Diane,
her husband and children. The crowd was very enthusiastic
throughout Bush's speech.

Rush says that in all of the news coverage he saw of Bush's
speech, he didn't see anybody applaud, which is typical of the
sly kind of TV editing that goes on. The media is also trying to
claim that Bush's "bounce" has evaporated. A CBS/NY Times poll
shows that Bush is still at 36% and Clinton is at 51%, and this
is being reported with great glee.

Rush heard one Republican strategist make the case that the
election in November will not be a close one. His theory is that
this election is a referendum about Bush, and if Bush can regain
his credibility, he'll win in a landslide; if Bush fails to do
this, though, he'll lose by a similar margin.

*BREAK*

Phone   Joe from Wichita, KS

Joe saw Clinton's town hall meeting last night, and Joe and his
wife thought Clinton said a number of hypocritical things. One
woman asked Clinton why he was abandoning Jesse Jackson and the
black wing of the party. Clinton replied that he knew of no
evidence that he was no longer representing Jackson's contingent
of the Democratic party. Joe thinks that this was very
hypocritical of Clinton since he has been portraying himself as a
centrist, yet now claims he is also representing liberal
factions.

Rush says that Clinton originally presented himself as a moderate
during the primaries, but when Perot entered into the race,
Clinton started moving back to the left. The first thing Clinton
did after Perot's announcement was to move to California and
promise everything to every special interest liberal group.
Clinton needed to do this so as to shore up his base of support
among liberals, who would not support Perot.

Now that Perot is out of the campaign, though, Clinton has
allegedly moved back to the center; this is why he attacked
Sister Souljah, so that he could attract those who are offended
by Souljah's type of liberalism. This is why Slick Willie is so
slick - he tries to be all things to all people.

At his speech to the American Legion yesterday, Clinton said that
it was their right not to vote for him because he ran away from
the draft and Vietnam War, but he claimed that he did this not
because he was a coward or because he wasn't patriotic, but
because he "didn't believe in US policy in Vietnam." This is yet
more history revisionism from Clinton; however, he did finally
admit that he did something illegal in dodging the draft.

Joe adds that Clinton said he wanted his Presidential cabinet to
mirror the make-up of the country, yet in the next paragraph he
said that he was against quotas of any kind. Rush says that this
is normal for Slick Willie, and that Clinton should be promising
that he would fill his cabinet with the best people he can find.
Instead of pursuing excellence, though, Clinton is clearly going
to implement quotas in his administration's appointments, and he
has admitted this is his own words.

Clinton also accuses Bush of having a pro-life litmus test for
his Supreme Court appointments, yet Clinton is the one who stated
point-blank that he would demand support for abortion from all of
his appointments to the Court. Democrats attack their opponents
for certain things, and then turn around and do these very same
things.

*BREAK*

Phone   Steve from Grand Rapids, MI

Steve says that the Democrats want a multicultural society in
which different and conflicting cultures exist side-by-side, yet
they then demand that Bush provide a vision for unifying the
country. The Democrats want Bush to do something about America's
fractionalization, even while they responsible for dividing the
country up.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

One CompuServe correspondent wrote Rush to tell him that his
attempt to link the Democrats to Woody Allen is absurd. The
letter writer wants to know if the Democratic Congress started
Allen's relationship with Farrow, which existed during the main
part of the Reagan era.

George Will's column today makes many of the same points. Will
writes that "honorable Republicans" are feeling the same fury
that they felt during the McCarthy hearings 40 years ago. Will
attacks the "intellectual slum that is the Bush campaign, with
its riffraff of liars and aspiring ayatollahs." While the Bush
campaign is calling for a return to values, Will thinks that the
campaign itself is a perfect example of why these values are
needed.

Rush says that he obviously didn't make his point clearly enough
on Monday. He tried to encourage Republicans to go easy on the
family values issue since if this is overdone people can easily
get sick of it and start to ignore the whole debate. Dan Quayle
was speaking to a group of policemen in Knoxville the other day,
and he made a point that "good police work requires strong family
values." This is exactly the type of gratuitous use of this
phrase that is going to turn people off. Good police work
requires putting criminals away.

Molly Ivens of the Ft. Worth Star Telegram has written a column
that ridicules Time magazine for devoting so much of this week's
issue to family values, which she does not consider to be a "real
issue." Ivens says that family values did not create the deficit,
"but it was Ronald Reagan who cut taxes and spent $2 trillion on
the military." Family values also didn't create the health
insurance "crisis," recession, or the savings and loan scandal.

Rush asks, though, if so many commentators are upset that the
whole idea of family values is an issue, then why does it play so
well as a political topic? The reason is that a majority of
people in America believe that traditional American values are
under attack. These values are laughed at and ridiculed, and
people are tired of this.

Rush hopes that these people will not be talked out of their
concern for family values and that they will continue to believe
that they are an important aspect of life in America. The people
who oppose family values and laugh at them are the same people
who think that there is no absolute right or wrong; the people
who snicker at the concept of traditional morality are the same
ones who refuse to allow anyone to define what morality should
be. These are the same people who are hell-bent in keeping any
reference to God out of any part of public life, whether it be
schools, commencement services, or Christmas nativity displays.

These are the same people who claim that kids are going to have
sex no matter what and thus schools must give them condoms. In
short, the people who laugh at family values are predominantly
liberals, and most liberals are liberal Democrats. This is where
Woody Allen comes in - his relationship with Mia Farrow is a
direct result of the basic concept that there is no valid
definition of propriety or morality.

Nobody has accused the Democratic Congress or Democratic
political policies of creating the Woody Allen-Mia Farrow
relationship. However, the liberal reluctance to condemn behavior
which is considered by most Americans to be bad and wrong has
certainly created an atmosphere in which anything goes. The
liberal view of humanity and the liberal view of right and wrong
create a state in which people think that they can do whatever
they want to, without having to worry about consequences. The
liberal view defines freedom as being able to do whatever one
wants without having to worry about being responsible or dealing
with any consequences of one's actions.

Isn't society itself affected by the values that are held by its
members? The abortion battle is an apt one for this discussion -
the fact that people can support the deaths of 1.5 million babies
a year without any regard whatsoever for these lives means that
the value of life itself is cheapened all across the board. If
the life of a fetus doesn't matter, then what about the life of
an old man, a sick man, or an unwanted man?

Strong traditional values are needed to fight this decay in
society, but it is liberals, and in particular liberal Democrats,
who are opposed to those changes which are needed to restore
values to their rightful place as custodian of society. It is not
liberal policies which are causing this, but when permissive is
allowed to reign, then it should not be surprised that the result
is an "anything goes" attitude.

Liberals, though, don't even want to talk about family values
because they can't stand the light of truth. Liberals may not
have caused things such as Woody Allen's relationship with Mia
Farrow, but by refusing to believe in the concept of traditional
values they have allowed such things to happen.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ed from Warren, MI

Ed wants to talk about family values from a conservative atheist
perspective. He disputes the idea that atheists are all
Communists as he believes most atheists are probably
conservatives. Rush says that this perception may be commonly
made just because Communism and socialism both require a basis in
atheism if they are to have any chance of survival.

Ed disputes this, but Rush says that Soviet Communism required
its citizens to believe that the state was the highest entity and
the ultimate arbiter of society. The biggest underground activity
in the Soviet Union was going to "illegal" churches. Rush holds
Ed over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ed from Warren, MI (continued)

Ed thinks that the atheism of Soviet Communism was coincidental;
Marx insisted on atheism because the Church at that time was
linked with the state. Rush says this may be so, but atheism
became a fundamental part of Communism regardless.

In any case, Ed doesn't think American conservatism really
represents true conservatism. For example, a bill is in Congress
that would allow lawsuits to be brought against those who produce
"adult entertainment," and it is getting most of its support from
those who call themselves conservatives.

Rush says that this bill has proposed because all other efforts
to control this type of pornography has failed. Ed says that the
American sex industry is so repugnant precisely because it has
been pushed into a dark corner by American conservatives. This is
not the case in Europe, where open and honest relationships with
sexuality can be observed.

Rush says that the problem with legalizing pornography is that it
means society will be giving up its fight to do what is right. Ed
replies that it is the efforts to ban pornography that have
caused America's problems, and that this is wrong since the vast
majority of Americans are participants in America's pornography
industry.

Ed feels that if pornography is legalized, and if people are
realistic about sex, then a lot of problems would be eliminated
in America. Rush wonders if Ed really thinks that having an
"adult" attitude towards sex would meant that pornography would
cease to be exploitative? Ed just thinks people should be allowed
to do what they want.

Rush says that people cannot be allowed to do whatever they want
to do in a civilized society; there are limits on all forms of
behavior, including speech. Ed, though, thinks that any limits on
behavior will force the society one step closer to a
dictatorship.

Rush points out, though, that in America it is the people who are
deciding these issues, through their elected representatives.
This is different from a dictatorship in which one man decides
what shall or shall not be allowed. If the people, though, want
to limit pornography, then these limits are acceptable under a
democracy.

Rush says that the many people have Ed's attitude towards drugs,
crime, and all sorts of other forms of behavior. Murder has
existed since the creation of man, and man has never succeeded in
being able to stop it. For someone to claim that murder is a
problem because society has made it illegal is absurd.

This is why the debate is going on about family values - people
are tired of these permissive attitudes. Ed replies that murder
is not something people want to have happen to them; these crimes
have real victims, but pornography and drugs do not. Rush says
that John Belushi wanted to be shot up by drugs by a "floozy
groupie" and he died because of it. Because Belushi was a
consenting adult he died.

Furthermore, the pornography business is not filled with nothing
but consenting adults. It is an exploitative business that uses
people who are trapped on drugs and such. Ed says that these
people are trapped on drugs and in the pornography industry
because it has been needlessly criminalized.

Rush says that even if this were legal, it would still be
inhumane and putrid. Ed still thinks that the people have in
effect given their decision on this since pornography is a $5
billion industry, supported by the vast majority of people in
this country. Rush disputes that - most people in this country do
not want to see teenage girls exploited.

Ed agrees, and says that if the industry were legalized, it would
be regulated and such abuses would not occur. Only adults would
be allowed in the industry. Rush wonders why Ed now wants to
regulate and restrict the industry if he's calling for its
legalization? Why allow just adults to participate and not
children? Why allow just adults to drive and not children? The
reason is that there are limits on behavior and there should be
limits on behavior.

Rush thanks Ed for calling but says that Ed is certainly not a
conservative; perhaps a libertarian or liberal, but not a
conservative.

*BREAK*

Phone   Charlie from Virile Beach, FL

Charlie asks if it is proper to now call Rush "Dr. Limbaugh"
since he has received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from
Honolulu University. Rush answers "absolutely." Charlie says that
he and his friends are all raving about Lynn Martin's speech at
the Republican convention, and they are speculating as to what
her future in politics might be; he thinks that Martin might be a
great Vice Presidential running mate for Jack Kemp in 1996.

Rush says that he has always been impressed by Lynn Martin's
intelligence, loyalty, and competence. She is a great example of
the really qualified, substantive Republican woman, and presents
an alternative to the typical feminist that the media seems to
think represents modern American women.

Martin is just one of a number of great women that Bush has
appointed to important positions, and Bush has appointed more
women to positions of prominence than any previous President. The
Republicans have not sold this story very well, though. In 1990
there were more Republican women running for office nationwide
than Democratic women who are running today, yet the media still
thinks 1992 is the Year of the Woman.

In actuality, 1992 is the Year of the Liberal Woman, and in spite
of their rhetoric, Democrats and the media are far more concerned
about whether candidates are liberal as opposed to whether they
are female.

*BREAK*

Phone   Paul from Santa Fe, NM

Paul praises Rush for his monologue at the start of this hour,
and suggests that it could be replayed on a "Best of Rush" show.
Paul thinks that the 1992 elections should become a referendum on
values, and Americans should make a determination on just what
they want this country's values to be. The country can fight
crime all it wants, but a better way to stop crime is to teach
people values.

Rush says that this at least should be tried, but if one thing
can be said, it is that liberalism is the one political ideology
in America that sets the stage for declining values and
encourages the permissiveness that forbids anyone to talk about
right and wrong. Liberals would attack the Savings and Loan
scandal, but there is nothing in the conservative ideology that
condones theft of this type. However, liberalism does promote
attitudes of permissiveness and tolerance which support the
proposition that nothing is wrong and that any form of behavior
is okay.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Another CompuServe subscriber wrote Rush about the concept of
family values, and Rush wants to again make the point that those
who do care about this issue should take care not to harp on it
day after day as it runs the risk of alienating many people in
the audience <<not to mention summary writers whose fingers are
getting tired>>.

However, this issue is being miscast and misrepresented by a
number of people. During his rehearsal last night for his TV
show, Rush talked about Hillary Clinton and how her opinions and
thoughts are valid issues for debate. But when Hillary and her
positions are scrutinized, Clinton's campaign starts screaming
"foul." Hillary then waits a little while before making her next
statement, and when Republicans respond the Democrats start
whining again about how "sleazy" Bush's campaign is.

The same sort of thing is being done about the family values
issue. Cuomo calls anyone who dares to talk about values and
cultures "nazis" and the worst scum of the earth. This relentless
criticism of those who care about this can force these people to
give up and not try to discuss the issue any more.

Yet the people who snicker at family values are the same ones who
want abortion-on-demand and who think that Magic Johnson is a
hero for being so promiscuous that he contracted AIDS. The war on
drugs is another example - Nancy Reagan tried to fight drugs with
a "Just Say No" slogan. She was derided and laughed at from one
end of the liberal landscape to another. But isn't this exactly
the message that should be taught in drug education classes? Kids
are taught that they shouldn't do drugs; they aren't taught that
they should just do a little cocaine or heroin.

This being so, then why did so many people laugh at Nancy Reagan
for trying to get kids to "just say no?" This slogan is one of
the foundations of parenting, and Rush remembers that he was told
"no" many, many times. His parents didn't do this to punish him,
but to teach him the difference between right and wrong.

So aren't the people who snicker at family values the same people
who think it's ridiculous to believe that "just saying no" can
solve societal problems? But saying no is one of the best ways to
teach values and morality. Rush doesn't know many conservatives
who feel that "just say no" is funny, but he does know a lot of
liberals who think this.

Rush doesn't know a lot of conservatives who think that trying to
teach abstinence is a worthless endeavor, but he knows a lot of
liberals who laugh at this effort. And, once again, most liberals
are in the Democratic party. This is why people are concerned
about family values - they don't want this permissive view of
society to become the predominant view in society.

Nobody is blaming Richard Gephardt or Tom Foley for passing laws
that encourage permissiveness, but it is the liberal Democratic
party in which this permissiveness resides. So values are
important, but they have to be portrayed in a proper way;
otherwise, people will just run away from the battle.

People should realize that wanting to have a society based on
traditional values is a belief that is generated by a desire to
have the best society possible, in which standards of decency and
conduct are maintained. These must be present if society is to
have a future.

*BREAK*

 Phone  David from St. Charles, IL

David was disappointed in President Bush because instead of just
pointing out the flaws in Clinton's record he is appearing to be
mean-spirited. For example, in his acceptance speech at the
Republican convention Bush said that Clinton raised taxes 128
times and "enjoyed it every time." David doesn't think that
Clinton enjoyed it, and believes that Bush's point would have
been more effective if he just pointed out Clinton's record
without any "jabs" or name-calling.

Rush says that this figure of 128 tax increases is in dispute
right now, but the Bush campaign is standing by it. Michael
Kinsley claims that if the Bush administration's definition of
"tax increases" is used for Bush, it can be shown that Bush has
raised more taxes in 4 years than in Clinton's 12 years as
governor. Kinsley also disputes the idea that if one bill
includes 8 separate tax items it should be counted as 8 tax
increases.

Rush, though, doesn't mind Bush's use of the phrase "and he
enjoyed it every time" because Clinton's economic plan is full of
increased taxes and fees. Liberals love spending money because
this is the source of their power, and raising taxes is the only
way they can get more money. This is why liberals think tax
increases are the main solution to all government problems. Bush
was simply warning the electorate that Clinton never met a tax
increase he didn't like.

David, though, still thinks that this was a gratuitous remark in
any case - had Bush just said Clinton raised taxes 128 times, the
emphasis would have remained on that number instead of on Bush's
cheap shot. Rush says that he and David obviously disagree on
this, but since it is personal opinions and perceptions that
matter to voters, David does have a point.

*BREAK*

Perot collected 80,000 signatures in New York, which far exceeds
the required number of 15,000 to get on the state ballot. In
spite of this, though, Perot appeared on Good Morning America
yesterday to state that "it was virtually impossible" that he
would seek the office of the Presidency. Rush calls him a
"megalomanic" who should be called "Ernst Stavro Perot" <<the
James Bond theme music starts>>.

Perot added that the chances of him re-entering the Presidential
campaign are so remote that "it's not worth talking about." When
asked if he was keeping his options open, he replied "well,
there's also an option that a hurricane will go straight up
today."

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

The New York Senate campaign is heating up as a number of
feminists are competing with each other to unseat Senator Alfonse
D'Amato. Elizabeth Holzman is now broadcasting commercials that
"aim for her opponent's jugular by linking her opponent to a
mob-tied child pornographer." Holzman's opponent is Geraldine
Ferraro, and Rush comments on what a cat-fight the race is
turning out to be.

Rush laughs because he had thought that all feminazis were united
in their common cause. Ferraro called Holzman's commercials
"desperate" and "repugnant"; Holzman is running a distant third
in the race. Ferraro also called these charges an "anti-Italian
smear."

Rush wonders if Holzman will now be accused of using "Republican
tactics." To honor Mario Cuomo, who usually is the one who
accuses others of being anti-Italian, Rush plays his tune
"Mario." He laughs and says that it is "so neat" to see these
feminists engage in such tactics.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Jane Fonda is going to quit her acting career so that she
can devote more time to her fitness business; she also wants to
"savor time" with her husband Ted Turner. Thus, she is yet
another feminazi who is betraying her sisters. What's next for
Jane - breast implants? The EIB staff tells Rush that this has
already happened, and Rush is "shocked." He comments that Jane
Fonda's last movie was "Old Gringo" and he asks if anybody
remembers it. And, of course, Fonda made her fortune in the
health business during the evil, capitalist 80s.

o       One of Rush's friends has been listening to the show
today, and she suggests that Rush should stop referring to
"family values." Instead, they should be called "functional
values" because they work.

o       The newspapers have printed a picture of the "Wild Man"
who was featured in Rush's Homeless Update yesterday. Rush says
that now that his TV show will be on the air, he will finally be
able to show such things to his audience <<evidently holding them
up to the microphone has not been effective>>. The EIB staff,
though, is concerned about this because they don't want to see
"another Willie Horton." Rush reassures them that this won't be
the case.

Phone   Karen from Glastonbury, CT

Karen thinks that family, or functional, values should also be
referred to as traditional values since they form the basis for
society. Being a good Christian, Karen realizes that she is
nothing more than a "nazi-babe," but she really liked Buchanan's
speech at the convention. "Sometimes the truth hurts," she says,
"but he was right on the money with everything he said."

Karen recalls a speaker at her church who commented that if God
wanted same-sex marriages, there would have been an "Adam and
Steve" instead of an "Adam and Eve." Rush bets that this is
probably the case in some churches around the country. Karen says
she has to leave to pick up her kids at their first day in
school, and Rush remarks on how quickly the summer is passing him
by.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bill from Queens, NY

Bill almost had an accident when he heard Clinton's claim that
Lincoln was never in the military. Abraham was a captain in the
militia in 1832 during the Blackhawk wars in Illinois and
Wisconsin; Zachary Taylor was his commanding general. Rush
promises to look into this and to produce Clinton's exact quote
tomorrow.

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