From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Fri 9/25/92
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 22:17:42 GMT
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Summary: Unofficial Summary for Friday, September 25, 1992
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Friday, September 25, 1992

by John Switzer

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

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September 25, 1992

NEWS

o       A thought for the day (source unknown): "You say that we
should save the rainforest because its trees might contain the
cure for cancer. Why, then, do you support abortion which might
kill the scientists who will discover the cure?"

MORNING UPDATE

Rush wants to provide a public service by playing his new
political ad for the Bush campaign:

<<Announcer>> First, there was the Carter administration . . .

<<Panicked man>> 22% interest rates??

<<Hysterical woman>> Double-digit inflation??

<<Man and woman>> Aauughh!!!

<<Announcer>> Now, Pinhead is back and he's got his eye on the
White House . . . again! Bill Clinton in "Tax Raiser 2" - he's a
tax-and-spend Democratic, dressed in sheep's clothing. But don't
let his clever disguise fool you.

<<Clinton>> Invest in America!

<<Announcer>> He's got only one thing on his mind - taking more
of your money out of your pocket.

<<Screams of fright and horror>>

<<Announcer>> Bill Clinton is Tax Raiser 2. He's a master of
waffling on issues and stretching the truth.

<<Clinton>> The draft board never called me. Uh, I never used my
influence. Ah, Gennifer who??

<<Announcer>> Bill Clinton in Tax Raiser 2. He and his wife
Hillary have got a whole bag of tricks they want to try on you!
<<evil laughter from Bill and Hillary>> Bill Clinton in Tax
Raiser 2 - elect to see this, and you'll be paying for it for the
next four years!

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       "Ozone hole day" is 15 days earlier this year - the so-
called "ozone hold" has appeared over Antarctica 15 days earlier
than in 1991; however, the "hole" will be there for only 3 weeks
or so. Rush wonders if man and his air conditioners and cars and
other pollution are responsible for this. He thinks about this
for a second and posits that perhaps, just perhaps, Mount
Pinatubo's eruptions might be responsible.

"We didn't cause it, folks," Rush states, and he points out that
the so-called "hole" is actually just a thinning of the ozone
layer. However, if a volcano caused this thinning, and if
volcanos have been on Earth for billions of years, then doesn't
it stand to reason that the ozone layer is more resilient than
some might think? If the ozone layer has survived incredible
volcanic activity for millions upon millions of years, then can't
it survive man?

o       A letter from an Oregon City, OR man reveals that a
dittohead went into Powell's Books in Portland to buy Rush's
best-seller. However, the woman at the counter said that they
would never carry Rush's book, and if they did it would be in the
children's section. The letter writer comments that he used to be
a customer of this store, but no longer. "The last time I
checked, this country was built on free speech," the man writes,
and he adds that he doesn't agree with Rush on everything but is
still glad Rush is around.

Rush knows that this situation is not happening as much as it
used to, but he received another letter which throws an
interesting light on this. On page 1-B of the September 19th
edition of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is a story owner about a
deli owner who was fined because he refused to serve workers from
an abortion clinic.

Tim Glass is the deli owner who told the abortionists that he
didn't have to serve drunks and thus didn't have to serve them
either. Jerry Rasmussen, director of the Midwest Health Center
for Women (aka abortion clinic), filed a complaint with the
Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights, which in 1989 found that
Glass was guilty of discriminating on the basis of creed. Glass
is appealing that decision now.

The letter writer makes the point that few reasonable people
would call abortion a "creed." Rush compares these two letters -
on the one hand, a deli owner is found guilty of discrimination
because he won't serve abortionists. On the other hand, a
bookstore refuses to sell Rush's book to willing customers. Rush
wonders if the bookstore customer could go to court to force the
bookstore to sell him the book. Obviously not, and Rush has no
problems with letting the bookstore choose this path.

However, what's the difference between the bookstore and the
deli? Why can one refuse to service a customer on the basis of
creed but not the other? Rush would be interested in finding out
what the judicial logic is about this decision. It does show,
though, the hypocrisy of those on the left - liberal abortionists
demand to be served by a deli, while liberal bookstore owners
feel free to tell conservative customers to get out of their
store.

The EIB staff suggests that the reason for this disparity is that
the law says food must be served to all customers; however, food
for thought has no such requirement.

o       A TV critic for a San Diego newspaper reportedly wrote a
very "shallow, jealous, bitter, envious, and childish" review of
Rush's TV show. This resulted in an outpouring of complaint
letters about the critic. The paper printed these letters, which
got Rush's enemies riled up, and so they then wrote in to defend
the jealous, bitter, envious, and childish TV critic.

Rush has to laugh at this "tastes great, less filling" type of
argument. One of the letters the paper printed, though, told
about a dittohead's trip to a San Diego bookstore which not only
refused to sell Rush's book but also Norman Schwarzkopf's new
book. Rush is pleased that he is now in such illustrious company.
He has to laugh at all of this hubbub, though.

o       4200 UAW auto workers in Lansing, MI have walked off the
job; the reason they gave for their strike is that they're
worried about job security and work rules. Rush has to laugh at
this - these workers are worried about keeping their jobs, so
they walk away from their jobs.

He adds that he has found the perfect solution for people who are
worried about keeping their jobs - just do a good job. Rush knows
he will be called insensitive for his remark, since a job seems
to be no longer about doing good work but only about being paid.

o       Students at a Louisville, KY school can no longer use the
age-old excuse that they left their homework at home. The school
has now installed a fax machine so that should students "forget"
their assignments, the school will call their parents and have
them fax the assignments to the school. If parents don't have
their own fax machine, they can head off to the local copy center
to use their fax.

o       The Settle Inn in Kaukauna, WI has just opened a new Rush
Room near their pool area. Rush therefore warns listeners at Rush
Rooms that this next story may disturb their dining pleasure. The
noses of about 20,000 Koreans which were cut off by Japanese
invaders 400 years ago will be dug up from a tomb in Japan and
returned to South Korea in November. The noses were cut off and
sent to Japan as proof of the number of Koreans who were killed
by the invaders; they are currently stored in the "1000 Nose
Tomb" in Japan. Rush has to wonder why anyone would want the
noses back.

*BREAK*

Phone   Gayle from Santa Cruz, CA

Gayle is a former Democrat and former feminist who wants to talk
about some more "wacko stuff out of Santa Cruz." The latest news
is that there are voter registration tables all over town that
have signs reading "Democrat voters register here." Since Gayle
is now a Republican she was curious about whether she would be
allowed to register as a Republican. The voter registration
people were willing to give Gayle the form so that she could
register, but told her that she would have to mail it in herself.

Rush says that this is nothing unusual - if the people at the
registration desks had refused to give Gayle the form at all,
then a complaint could be filed. But they don't have the
obligation to actually process the form for her. This kind of
selectivity is nothing new.

Rush recalls how in 1984 Jesse Jackson urged black churches to
"pass the plate" for him on selected Sundays. Rush wondered at
the time about the issue of separation of Church and State.
Jackson also conducted massive voter drives both in 1984 and
1988, with the express goal of getting Democratic voters. Thus,
the Santa Cruz registration drive really is nothing new.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush moves everything that could be broken or destroyed
out of the way because Kiki dela Garza has arrived with her six-
month old baby daughter, Kateri. Rush is pleased to note that
Kateri is not spitting up on him. He tries to get her to say
something to America, but she is somewhat reticent. Rush suspects
that the baby is in awe being so near to him. Rush holds the baby
for a bit and then says "if Murphy Brown could see this" before
handing it back to Kiki.

Rush asks when Kiki is planning on returning to work as his
broadcast engineer, and she replies that she'll be back the first
week of December. Rush warns her that she had better watch her
back, because Mike Maimone and Tony Lo Bianco are both angling to
permanently get her job.

Kiki is amazed at Lo Bianco's Wall of Fame, and Rush agrees that
his staff has taken over. Rush says goodbye to Kiki and her baby,
who is now smiling; Rush suspects that the baby is smiling only
because she is leaving.

o       Liz Smith's gossip column mentions Madonna's new coffee
table book being published by Time Warner. The book contains
nothing but racy sex photos and will cost about $50. Smith
details the instructions that Time Warner gave Madonna as to what
kind of photos would not be acceptable:

"No sex with children, no sex with animals, no sex with religious
objects, and no actual penetration."

Rush is amazed that a publisher would have to tell one of its
authors that these things should not be included. Most people who
would do a pictorial book about themselves would not have to be
told "no sex with children, animals, religious objects, and no
actual penetration." Rush calls this story a real eye-opener.

Phone   Susan from Millersburg, OH

Susan was somewhat upset at how Rush called the military "the
scourge of the planet" during his story yesterday about Tent City
in Florida. Rush asks Susan how long she's been a listener, and
she answers that she's been listening at least a year. Rush
wonders if Susan has ever thought that he had an anti-military
bias. She replies no, and she is aware of Rush's close friendship
with Marine Colonel Oliver North.

Rush says that the point he probably failed to make yesterday was
that he really did find it great and ecstatic that Florida women
would be attracted to the Marines at the Tent City. He tried to
express this in a satirical and sarcastic form, so as to
highlight those people, such as Bill Clinton, who genuinely loath
the military.

Susan is glad to hear this because she and her husband just sent
off their Marine son to Okinawa and they won't see him again for
a year. Certainly neither her son nor his friends are a "scourge
of the planet," and she is glad that Rush doesn't really believe
this.

Rush says that he wanted to make this point because Clinton is
running for President, and therefore wants to be Commander-in-
Chief, yet he wrote in a letter that he loathed the "immoral"
military. He also participated in anti-American anti-war protests
while attending college at Oxford. Rush is simply tired of people
who think the military is a joke and a threat.

The peace movement thinks the only threat in the world is the US
military and the soldiers who serve in it. These people claimed
that they supported the troops during the Gulf War but not the
war itself, yet this is ludicrous - you can't support the troops
without supporting their cause, which was victory. Thus, Rush
wanted to needle these people by gloating about how women in
Florida were forsaking any man who wasn't in a Marine uniform.

Rush totally supports the military and its soldiers, and he has
been quite clear in this for years. Rush has to wonder why
Susan's faith in him was shaken by this one off-hand comment.
Susan replies that she took his comment personally, although her
husband told her that Rush was just being satirical. She adds
that her son and his friends told her before they left for
Okinawa that the one thing that saddened them most was the
disrespectful attitude that so many Americans have towards the
military.

Rush hopes that Susan understands his point and why he said what
he did. Susan just wants Rush to tell her that he in his heart
truly doesn't believe that the military is the scourge of the
planet. Rush states unequivocally that he doesn't believe this in
any way, shape, or form.

Before the break, Rush says that today will be not only Open Line
Friday, but also an "Ask Rush" day - if callers have anything
that they would like to get cleared up, today's the day to call.

*BREAK*

Phone   Glen from Texarcana, AK

Rush comments that Nightline just called to say they want to get
some footage of people's reactions to Perot's expected
announcement to get back into the race; however, none of the
calls on the board so far are about Perot. Glen says that he's
not a fan of Perot or of any politician. Rush says that Glen
should like Perot then because he's not a politician. Glen,
though, agrees with Roger Ailes' comment that Perot is a "control
nut."

Rush says that Perot replied to this by saying "Well, I've seen
Mr. Ailes and I think he could use some Slim-Fast." Ailes
answered back by admitting he could use some Slim-Fast, but "when
they lower his scrawny little body into the ground, he'll still
be nuts."

Glen thinks Rush should leave Arkansas alone - the state has been
doing its best as far as its governors go. As to schools, Clinton
has reconsolidated the schools in a first attempt to get the
educational levels up. Glen wouldn't give Clinton a "warm bucket
of spit" but he's the best the state has been able to come up
with so far.

Rush says that he's already apologized for his snide comments
about Arkansas; he theorizes that he might instead start making
jokes about Durango from now on. Glen appreciates that and points
out that the fact that Clinton is running for President shows the
state that Arkansas is in - "if he's the best we could come up
with, goodness, we're not doing too well."

Rush again apologizes for his previous jokes about Arkansas and
promises not to repeat them again. He adds that he's just been
told that Hillary Clinton mentioned him during a phone interview
with EIB's Cleveland affiliate this morning, and the affiliate is
sending him a tape of the interview now. Rush promises to play
some audio from the interview after the break.

*BREAK*

Hillary Clinton did an interview with affiliate WWWE in
Cleveland, and when she was asked about Rush Limbaugh's comments
on her husband's lack of a college degree she laughed and replied
"you know, Rush Limbaugh has this great racket going where he
says whatever he wants to say regardless of the facts, because
it, you know, it makes news and it's controversial. I mean that's
how he makes his living." Hillary then laughs again.

Rush marvels at Hillary's comment about "regardless of the
facts." He picks up a copy of "The Life and Career of Bill
Clinton" by Jonathan Portice and turns to page 31. Rush reads in
this sympathetic biography the following:

"Clinton looks back with mixed feelings about his decision to end
his study at Oxford. `I kind of regret the fact that I never got
a degree from Oxford. My class had the highest percentage of
Rhodes scholars that never earned a degree because we were right
there in the middle of the Vietnam War build-up.'

"Clinton said the threat of being drafted into service in Vietnam
practically dictated a students' curriculum. `We were over there
changing courses three or four times because we knew we'd get a
year and be done, and so ironically, at the end of my first year
is when President Nixon started to wind the war down so there
were only a couple of us who didn't get drafted.' "

Thus, the facts are simple - Clinton didn't get a degree, not to
mention that Clinton's class had an 80% graduation rate for its
Rhodes scholars, which is the average at Oxford. Rush is pleased
to say that Hillary also met up with a Rush Limbaugh poster in
Colorado, and he promises to tell that tale later in the show.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Rush comments that he will be playing a post-season water
volleyball game tomorrow, and it will be played outside. William
Bennett also invited Rush to a think-tank football game on
Sunday; Rush pointed out that Tropical Storm Danielle may be on
its way, but Bennett said that this didn't matter - "we're the
mudders."

Bennett's conservative think-tank always takes on a liberal
organization, and Rush wishes he could play the game, so as to
have a chance to face off against some of those liberal
intellectuals.

Rush admits that the volleyball pool will be heated, but people's
bodies are only half in the pool. However, one nice thing about
this game will be that it won't have caterers passing around
shrimp to the players in the pool. After all, volleyball is a
serious sport.

o       Rush asks Bo Snerdley, Kit Carson, and Diana Schneider to
step into the EIB booth so that they can testify as to whether he
set up the previous bit with Hillary Clinton's interview. Rush
knows that some listeners will doubt that this really happened as
spontaneously as it appeared, especially since he just happened
to have had Clinton's biography at hand. Thus, he wants his staff
to bear witness about it.

Rush asks his staff if anyone had heard Hillary Clinton's
comments before they were actually put on the air. Kit Carson
swears to tell the truth and says "yeah, it was accidental
brilliance, Rush, it just happened." Rush is not impressed with
the level of passion in this statement and so asks him to try
again. Kit emphatically says that he didn't know what Hillary's
statement was either, and then "all of a sudden you whipped out
the book, turned to page 31, and we're sitting here with our jaws
open like we can't believe this."

Diana says that it was "totally spontaneous." Bo says "of course!
You say it, it's the truth. I don't know why there are any
doubts." Rush says that Hillary obviously has her doubts since
she has accused him of ignoring the facts. The naysayers are once
again claiming that Rush makes his living by making things up. Bo
points out "Rush, they're Democrats!"

Rush thanks his staff for confirming the truth of what happened.
He promises to make a bump of Hillary's comment, and he plays it
again, pointing out that her laugh at the end "almost sounds like
dolphin lingo."

o       John from Livermore, CA sent Rush a fax about Hillary
Clinton's visit to a Pleasanton women's health clinic (e.g.
abortion center) recently. A number of conservatives showed up
with Bush/Quayle signs, along with a 3-foot cardboard
advertisement for Rush's book.

When Hillary left her motorcade to wade into the crowd, John and
his friends held up the cardboard picture of Rush's book. Hillary
looked at it, stared at John, rolled her eyes, and said "Good
Lord, you've got to be kidding." John adds that "she left early,
Rush, as her broom was to take off soon."

o       The latest rumor is that Ross Perot is going to announce
Monday that he is re-entering the Presidential race. Perot's son
denies this, but Rush has heard that Perot has bought huge
amounts of television time for the two week time period before
the election. Rush admits that he is somewhat burned out today
about the political campaign, although he will be glad to discuss
it with callers.

o       Paul Gigot has a "really good column" in today's Wall
Street Journal about the "blame game" going on about "who lost
George." People are already discussing who would bear
responsibility should Bush lose the election. Gigot's point is
that people are already blaming Reaganomics for a possible Bush
loss - Reaganomics is being blamed for saddling Bush with an
impossible economic situation that is crippling him.

Gigot refuses to let this theory stand, and Rush says that Gigot
is absolutely right. Democrats have been attacking Reaganomics
mercilessly because they know Reaganomics worked. And because
Reagan's policies worked, they showed that liberal Democratic
policies were not needed.

o       George Brett is 7 hits away from having 3,000 hits. Rush
has no doubts that Brett will be able to make this goal before
the end of the current season.

*BREAK*

The Nightline camera crew arrives to get caller comments about
Perot. Rush tells Bo to keep a sharp eye out on the phones" for
callers who want to talk about "Ross Perot's threat to assault
the political process once again with another brilliantly
executed psychological ploy."

Phone   Cathy from Roseville, CA

Cathy is upset about how feminists are teaching that child-birth
is rape; she is not affected by this theory, though, because
although she has three children, they were born through C-
section, and thus didn't come through the birth canal.

Rush laughs and explains that Catherine MacKinnon teaches that
all consensual sex between men and women is still rape because
women are just brainwashed into believing that they are in "love"
with the men. MacKinnon has been featured as a feminist leader
time and time again by the media; for example, Peter Jennings had
her on as an "expert" during a show about rape.

Similarly another professor at Buena Vista College in Iowa is
teaching that child-birth is rape because it is the result of
what MacKinnon thinks is rape. This is why Rush asks mothers how
many times they've been raped - to illustrate how absurd this
logic is by using it himself in everyday situations.

Phone   Rosie from Altoona, PA

Rosie wants to ask about why Rush refers to the homeless as
"human debris." She says that a lot of homeless don't choose to
be that way; circumstances have made a lot of people homeless
against their will. Rush says that he uses the term "human
debris" to describe those people who are human debris; he isn't
suggesting that these people should be thrown away, but he wants
to point out certain people for whom this term is accurate.

Rosie agrees that some people are human debris - a former
landlord, for example, stole her money. However, she doesn't
think this term is applicable to the homeless. Rush says that he
has researched the homeless issue and is tired of the myths and
frauds being perpetrated by the homeless advocacy.

In particular he is angry at how all homeless are always
portrayed as poor, decent people who have been victimized by
Reagan and his "politics of greed." The truth is that many
homeless are among the most vicious and dangerous people on
earth, and it is to these people that Rush refers when he uses
the term "human debris."

*BREAK*

Rush proudly announces that EIB's latest service to the American
public is now available nationwide:

<<Jim Wright type>> We only want to help you!

<<Woman>> What?! Congress cut cable TV costs and my bill goes
up!?

<<Jim Wright>> We, we only want to help you!

<<Man>> And the good news is Congress got us free medical. The
bad news is it cost me my job!

<<Jim Wright>> We only want to help you!

<<Second Man>> Hey, look - I was happy when Congress added the
luxury tax on those boats until I realized I make the boats!

<<Announcer>> Are you getting wiped out by Congress? Is their
helpful hand the hand that's driving you to the poorhouse? Well
now you can protect yourself and your family. You have car
insurance. You have home insurance. You have fire insurance. Now
you can have Congress Insurance.

That's right! EIB Actuaries, Incorporated can help you survive
the helping hand of Congress. Here's all you do - send us
everything you make over $20,000, and we'll guarantee you and
your family food, clothing, and shelter, no matter what the goofy
laws Congress passes. That's three meals a day, and snacks!

The next time you hear . . .

<<Jim Wright, but more vicious>> We . . . only . . . want . . .
to help . . . you.

<<Announcer>> Pick up the phone and call 1-555-CON-GRAB. Not
available to federal employees.

Rush adds that EIB may have to downsize the income limit to the
poverty level of $13,795, so that they can be even more efficient
in helping Americans - not only will EIB provide its customers
with the necessities of life, but these people will also qualify
for welfare. Rush is confident that EIB can help Americans far
more efficiently than Congress, not to mention that Congress
Insurance makes this more profitable for Rush and EIB.

Phone   Bill from Duncanville, TX

Bill thinks Mr. Ross "egomaniac" Perot will jump back in, even
though it will be a stupid thing to do. Rush says that the polls
show that Perot will get 14% right now, which is down from his
high of about 36% back during the primaries. Bill thinks that
Perot wants back in only to "hurt ol' George."

Rush isn't sure if this is what will happen since if Perot re-
enters the race, he will take some votes from Clinton. What has
bothered Rush about Perot's campaign, though, is that Perot has
been a fraud since day one, yet none of this mattered at all to
his supporters. Rush would show the fallacies of Perot's
positions, yet his supporters would write Rush to tell him what
Perot would really do.

Phone   Carl from Atlanta, GA

Carl has noticed that in past Presidential elections the polls
have tended to be skewed about 10% towards the Democratic
candidate until shortly before the elections in November. Carl
thinks that Perot may be figuring that the race is tighter than
the polls appear.

Rush asks if Carl thinks Perot wants to be President. Carl
doesn't think so, but if Perot re-enters the race he will end up
pulling votes from Bush. Carl has noticed that Perot's stickers
were never prevalent in the Democratic parts of town, while the
areas dominated by conservatives seemed to be full of them before
Perot pulled out.

Rush points out that Perot has always claimed that the course of
his campaign would be dictated by the volunteers - if the
volunteers want him back in the race, he will re-enter the
campaign. Yet the volunteers have always wanted him back in the
race. Rush says that the fact that some people are willing to
ignore how Perot has treated them, is an indication of just how
angry they are about politics as usual.

Carl thinks Perot is literally suffering from a Napoleon complex,
and "money can buy you many things, but it can't buy you another
six inches in height." Rush is very glad that Carl said "height"
and thanks him for calling.

*BREAK*

Phone   Charlie from New Jersey Turnpike, NJ

Charlie wants to know why he should vote for a quitter, since
after he gets elected Perot might very decide that he doesn't
want the job anymore. Rush calls that a very good question, and
comments that when he talked to Ed Rollins during the Republican
convention Rollins revealed that Perot was stunned by the
accusations that he was a quitter. According to Rollins, Perot
really believed he would be praised for revitalizing the
political system. Rollins even predicted that Perot would re-
enter the race by October.

Perot did quit, however - that much is clear. One interesting
thing is that the latest rumor is that Perot is actively courting
Jesse Jackson to be his running mate. Thus, suppose Perot did
win, but six months after entering the White House he decides to
quit the job. What if his Vice President is some sort of radical
like Jesse Jackson? "This is something to consider."

Phone   Loy from Great Lakes, IL

Loy thinks that the Murphy Brown show took Quayle's phrase
"family values" and picked the wrong half to speak about - they
talked about "family" instead of "values." Rush says that this is
exactly the point he made the day after the season premiere of
Murphy Brown.

*BREAK*

Phone   Jamie from Lexington, KY

Jamie is a new listener who heard about Rush in Readers Digest.
He is worried about Perot because he doesn't think a professional
businessman will be able to deal with professional politicians
who are "snakes-in-the-grass." Rush thinks that Perot is probably
the "snake of all snakes-in-the-grass."

Jamie, however, thinks that there are politicians who know how to
play the game; Perot, though, thinks he has the ball and will go
home with it if he wants to. Perot may be a cobra, but the real
politicians are rattlesnakes, as far as Jamie is concerned.

Rush says that many people think that politics is one of the main
problems of government. However, politics cannot be separated
from government - it is how the problems are solved, and it is a
business and a career, just as much as any other business or
career.

Perot has succeeded in business precisely because he is a supreme
politician. The people have not created Perot's candidacy, but
have been masterfully manipulated by Perot. Rush wonders how many
other politicians could do what Perot has done - jerk his
followers around, leave them lying in the lurch, and then have
them rejoice when he comes back.

It was Ross Perot who had the most traditional-looking political
rallies, with straw hats, bands playing on bandstands, and such.
Perot is the quintessential politician, yet he has bamboozled the
country into thinking he is an "outsider." Rush knows that
Perot's candidacy will do marvelous things for his show, but he
is still agog at how Perot can get away with it. People seem to
be so livid at Washington that Perot's failures don't matter to
them anymore.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       Magic Johnson has resigned from the President's
Commission on AIDS. Johnson claims that he can no longer serve on
the Commission because "AIDS is so utterly ignored by this
administration." Rush calls this resignation some 39 days before
the election an interesting piece of timing on the part of a man
who has been called a "hero" because of his promiscuous behavior.

o       Al Gore told David Frost last night that Ross Perot would
make a "great cabinet secretary." Rush comments that Ross Perot's
son is still denying that his father will re-enter the race. This
would be strange since Perot has spent $3.8 million in the past
few weeks to make sure he got his name on the ballots in all 50
states, and Rush has to wonder why this was necessary if Perot's
volunteers are still out there in force.

Rush says that "it's over for this guy" as far as the Presidency
is concerned, but Perot never wanted to be President in the first
place. Clinton aides have admitted that they will be meeting with
Perot on Monday in Dallas.

Phone   Allen from Schenectady, NY

Allen is EIB's resident liberal and thus is "hurt" that he wasn't
invited to Rush's book party. Rush comments that his publisher
originally was worried that nobody would show up to his book
party since New York is such a liberal town; however, 400 people
ended up attending. Allen also thinks that EIB's new Congress
Insurance is a "great deal," but since Rush is "big business"
Allen bets he would probably just default and abscond with the
funds.

Allen thinks Rush should hold off on attacking Perot because
Perot might just "help save George's rear." Perot must know that
he can't win, and Allen is suspicious of all the recent rumors
about him. It seems obvious that if Perot wants Clinton to win he
should just stay out of it, not to mention that Perot's people
have already met with Jim Baker's aides. However, nothing has
been released about this meeting between the two. Allen just
doesn't see what is motivating Perot if his real goal is to hurt
George Bush.

Rush says that Perot's ego is a big motivator. Perot has already
said that he is distressed that neither the Democrats nor
Republicans are talking about the deficit. Clinton then almost
immediately started claiming that his economic plan will reduce
the deficit, although in the primaries he admitted that his
proposals would increase the deficit.

Allen has no idea what Perot is really doing, but if he really
wants to help Clinton, he should just stay out of the race. The
big bump for Clinton after the Democratic convention was not just
a post-convention reaction; it had to do with Perot's
announcement that he was leaving the race, and his "endorsement"
of the Democratic party.

Rush says that Perot quit on July 16th precisely so as to boost
Clinton; so what is his motivation to help Bush now? Allen
doesn't know but says that Perot has to understand that his exit
from the race helped Clinton, and that therefore his re-entry
into the race will hurt Clinton. Perhaps Perot along with some
Democrats, really don't want to see Clinton in the White House,
and thus are looking ahead to 1996. Allen isn't sure, but he just
doesn't see any other reasons for this; he is certain many
Democrats don't want to see Clinton win in November.

Rush recalls that he predicted that liberals would eventually
sabotage Clinton's campaign. Allen doesn't see any active
sabotage in progress, but some liberals may not be willing to
help him. Rush, though, says that some Democrats have had this
"throw-away" mentality in 1984 and 1988; how much longer can they
continue to wait four more years?

Allen suspects that many Democrats had already thrown away the
election back in 1991 when they say Bush's 80% approval ratings.
Now that Bush's fortunes have turned for the worse, though, there
must be many Democrats who are kicking themselves for not running
this year.

Rush asks if Perot is meeting with Baker so as to plan a strategy
in which Perot keeps on titillating his supporters so as to take
support away from Clinton. Allen thinks that this may be one
possibility. Rush, though, points out that Clinton still wins
California, even if Perot gets back in the race. Bush could also
lose Texas and Florida.

Allen admits this is possible, but by no means certain. Perot,
though, can throw a lot of states towards Bush. The basic thing
to remember is that Clinton's support is very soft - it's not
based on any great feelings towards Clinton but on a strong
anti-Bush sentiment. Nobody really has much passion about a
Clinton victory; Clinton is simply these people's only choice, at
least as long as Perot stays out of the race.

Rush, though, has to wonder what sorts of voters will support
Perot if it means a Bush victory? Rush promises, though, to send
Allen an invitation to his next book party, which will be when
his next best-seller, "See, I Told You So," comes out.

*BREAK*

Nightline has asked that Rush remove the American flag from its
perch in the EIB studios so that they can get a better angle to
take their pictures. The flag is still flying, though, and will
be returned to its usual place of honor once the network guys
leave.

Phone   Raphael from Campbell, CA

Raphael thinks that Clinton, Bush, and Perot are all using
psychological ploys. Rush admits that this is true, but Perot is
doing a better job of it than anyone else. Raphael, though,
doesn't think that this psychological manipulation should matter,
and instead wants to concentrate on these candidates' approach to
problem-solving.

Raphael says that in his business he can't afford to come into
client's offices with any presuppositions about their needs or
problems. Instead he has to talk with them to find out their
needs. Thus, he respects Perot for saying basically the same
thing about the country's problems.

Rush says that Bush said this in his 1989 inauguration speech -
he promised that the days of confrontation were over and that he
would try to work with Congress. Yet, this approach got him and
the country nowhere. Raphael doesn't think, though, that either
Clinton or Bush have an "objective approach to problem solving."

Rush says that nobody knows what Perot will do. However, it's
clear that the battle between Congress and the President is a
battle in which the stronger will prevail. Perot, though, claims
that he has a brilliant economic plan even while he claims that
he is the people's servant who will do whatever they want him to
do. This is an incredible mix of signals.

Besides, the country needs leaders who are elected by the people
to get things done. This is why the US is a representative
republic instead of a true democracy. Raphael, though, hasn't
decided whether he wants a leader who actually leads the people
or one who claims he wants to serve the people's wishes.

Raphael does say that he likes Rush's show because Rush has
assumed a leadership role. Rush agrees that leadership is
important, and many critics of Bush have attacked him for his
lack of passion. Raphael, though, thinks that the passion should
be both in a leader's oratory and in the execution of their
duties.

Rush adds that leadership also inspires people, and this is what
Perot is really good at - he makes people feel good about
themselves and their ability to control their own lives. Perot,
though, has never had any intention of letting people tell him
what to do. This is why Perot cracks up any time the press asks
him a probing question or anything that deviates from the
agreed-upon topics.

Perot has surrounded himself with a bunch of yes-people. Raphael
wonders if Perot might just be insecure, and Rush says that
everyone is insecure to some degree, including Rush himself.
Besides, Perot's book clearly shows that he is a liberal. This
alone is enough for Rush to oppose him, regardless of what kind
of psychological ploys he is using.

*BREAK*

Yesterday Rush commented on the USA Today story about Nebraska
state senator Lavonne Crosby who attacked Nebraska's plan to
delay AFDC payments to pregnant mothers until after the baby is
born. USA Today presented Crosby as a member of one of the many
feminist women's groups who were outraged about this plan.

However, Senator Crosby is not a member of any outraged feminist
liberal groups. She wrote Rush a letter about this, saying that
she was misquoted on the current Nebraska budget crisis.

"First and foremost, I am pro-life. Always I support legislation
to protect the unborn child. Along with that I work very hard for
legislation protecting families and for helping poor women
survive. Never have I ever said anything about `white males
flying around.' Secondly, I was born and raised Republican and
have always supported the Republican party. I will indeed vote
for President Bush."

Crosby continues on in her letter to supply data about the AFDC
program, but her main point is that she supports the AFDC
payments to pregnant mothers as part of her continual efforts to
protect unborn children. Rush sees her point in this and
apologizes for miscasting Crosby as a pro-choice feminist.

He admits that his main fault in all this was in trusting a news
account in USA Today. However, he also mistakenly assumed that
Crosby was part of the collection of "outraged women's groups"
who compared the cuts in AFDC payments to sending Scud missiles
against women.

Thus, Rush will apologize tonight on his TV show as part of EIB's
policy of correcting mistakes in the most prominent place
available, as opposed to newspapers who bury their corrections in
the back pages. Rush also appreciates Crosby's nice note which
requested that he make this correction.

Phone   Bob from Stuart, FL

Bob's 16-year old daughter came home from her high school history
class and stated that she was disappointed that her father was a
conservative Republican. Her teacher said that "conservatives
were against change, liberals were for change." Rush says that
this is a bogus dictionary definition which means nothing. Bob
says that he talked to the teacher, who admitted that he was a
Clinton supporter.

The teacher also administered to his class a test which
supposedly tells whether one is a conservative or liberal. The
test lists 20 statements and you're supposed to answer whether
you agree, strongly agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with
them. Bob has the test in front of him, and Rush says that he
would like to "play the game."

The first question is "should there be fewer laws to protect the
environment." Rush sighs at the obvious bias in this question,
and he points out that this test was administered in a high
school history class.

The next question is "should there be fewer laws protecting
consumer safety and health." Bob says that all of these questions
are similarly slanted towards the leftist approach on things.
Rush says that he would love to rewrite both questions as "do you
believe in bigger government?" Bob says that he rewrote the first
question to say "laws should be passed to protect the environment
regardless of the adverse effect on the economy of jobs."

Rush calls that a very good rewrite of the question, and Rush
asks if Bob could fax this test to him. Bob agrees and so Rush
takes him off the air to give him the "super-duper, secret,
private fax number." Rush then pledges that this test will be a
guest on his TV show so that America can learn what the public
schools in America are "teaching."

Bob reads the third question - "There should be no federal
department of education. School decisions should be left to
states, counties, and townships." The fourth is "Equal
opportunity and affirmative action laws should be relaxed." Rush
comments that it's an oxymoron to put "equal opportunity" and
"affirmative action" in the same sentence since what's really
being discussed here is reverse discrimination.

The next question is "the federal government should not pay for
poor women on welfare to have abortions." Rush is silent for a
moment and says "man - folks, what have I told you? Education in
this country is not education anymore, it's indoctrination."

Bob says that the best question is "there should be no laws
limiting the ownership of handguns." His daughter strongly
disagreed with this because "I don't want criminals to have
guns." Bob agrees, which is why he thinks the question should be
"there should be no laws limiting the ownership of handguns by
private, law-abiding citizens."

Another question on this test is "the United States should expand
economic trade and exchange with Communist China even though they
have a bad record on human rights." Other questions are "there
should be a nationwide law banning abortions," and "President
Bush's budget and taxing program should be passed by Congress."

Rush calls this incredible stuff, and offers to send Bob two
copies of "The Way Things Ought to Be," one for him and the other
for his daughter. He hopes that this will help counter the
"bilge" being pumped into America's schools.

*BREAK*

Phone   Sherry from Santa Barbara, CA

Sherry works at a center that offers alternatives to abortion,
such as adoption, help with housing, and such. She has lived in
California for about a year and a half, and she notes that Santa
Barbara has a large number of liberals. However, she met a guy in
March while trying to sell a bed, and decided to go out with him
because he listened to Rush's show. Now six months later, the two
of them are getting married.

She thanks Rush for helping her and her future husband get
together, adding that she's looking forward to "getting raped
every night after we get married." Rush is proud that his show
has it all - romance, virtue, traditional family values, all with
a sense of humor."

Rush comments that he's been in Santa Barbara a couple of times,
and it is indeed a very liberal place. He thanks Sherry for her
call, and she invites him to their wedding on October 17th. Rush
thanks her for the invitation, but he will be giving a speech on
October 16th and thus won't be able to make it to Santa Barbara.
He congratulates Sherry on her upcoming wedding and thanks her
for sharing the good news.

*BREAK*

Phone   Tony from Atlanta, GA

Tony says that the TV section in the Atlanta Journal and
Constitution gives highlights for every TV talk show except
Rush's. Tom called the paper to find out why and was told that
since Rush doesn't have guests, there aren't any highlights. Tony
persisted with his questioning, and the editor of the TV section
finally ended up making personal attacks against Rush. Rush is
not surprised since this sort of stuff is never ending.

-- 
John Switzer               | 50 years from now, nobody will
                           | remember Candice Bergen or Murphy
74076.1250@Compuserve.com  | Brown, but every school kid will
jrs@netcom.com             | be taught about President Quayle.
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