From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Tue 9/8/92
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 15:10:11 GMT
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Summary: Unofficial Summary for Tuesday, September 8, 1992
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Tuesday, September 8, 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
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September 8, 1992

NEWS

o       Today's BC comic strip (by Johnny Hart) has the following
conversation between "Dr. Peter, Head Shrinker," and his patient
BC:

<<BC>> How can you tell if your mind is starting to go?"

<<Peter>> It's hard to say. There is only one *sure* sign . . ."

<<BC>> What's that?

<<Peter>> You will start to do jokes about Dan Quayle.

MORNING UPDATE

In more doom-and-gloom economic news, the Census Bureau reports
that 2.1 million more Americans are living in poverty today. Rush
has to ask, though, what is the definition of poverty in America.
The poverty line, according to the US Census Bureau, is slightly
more than $13,900, and 37 million Americans have incomes below
this.

However, the Census Bureau doesn't count the assets owned by the
poor, nor do they count the welfare benefits these people are
receiving. To get an accurate picture of America's poor, these
things must be counted, and it will then be easy to see that
poverty in America is nowhere near as bad as poverty in Ethiopia
and Somalia. However, the Census Bureau is painting a picture
that implies that America is in decline.

However, according to the Census Bureau's own statistics, 40% of
America's poor own their own homes, the median value of which was
$43,562 in 1989. This is 58% of the median value of all homes
owned by all Americans in 1989. Nearly 750,000 poor people own
homes worth more than $100,000, while 75,000 own homes worth more
than $300,000. 62% of poor households own a car, and 14% own two
or more cars. Nearly 50% of poor households have air conditioning
and 33% own microwave ovens.

America has elevated the level of poverty both in America and in
the world. Rush therefore repeats what he originally proposed
back on April 1, 1992 - taxes should be raised on the poor.

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       "I hate these pleated pants," states Rush who reveals
that all he wants to do is "sit down and have everything look
right." This is impossible to do, though, because these pleated
pants "puff out, ruining the contour." Plus, when he sits down
his tie gets lost in the folds of the pants.

However, although Rush hates this style of pants, his local
clothier refused to sell him anything but pleated pants because
it "wouldn't be right" for Rush to walk out of the store with
pants that are not "fashionable." Rush is being victimized by the
fashion-elite, and he wonders when Dan Quayle is going to start
speaking out on this.

Rush asks Diana, the editor of the Limbaugh Letter, to come into
the studio so that she can describe the affect of his pleated
pants; however, she starts laughing so long and hard that she has
to leave the studio. Rush promises to illustrate the problem
during the rehearsal of his TV show tonight. Kit Carson doesn't
know about this, though, because he doesn't think Rush can do
this and still keep his PG rating.

o       Rush's book is out nationwide, and his CompuServe mailbox
has been overflowing with mail from people who have already read
it. Everyone so far loves it. One letter writer says that he
talked with a bookstore manager who was putting Rush's book in a
front window display; the manager said that she didn't want to
put the book in such a prominent place, but upper management
required it because they think Rush's book will be a "big
seller."

The letter writer, Patrick Baer, says that this woman hates
conservatives and glared at him as he bought this week's issue of
National Review along with Rush's book. Mr. Baer comments that
the bookstore manager is proof of Rush's Undeniable Truth of Life
#24 - "feminism was established to allow unattractive women
easier access into mainstream society."

Rush is a bit miffed at this - not at what the bookstore manager
said, but at the fact that Mr. Baer did not put his city on his
letter. Rush again warns his audience that this slackness will
not do - correspondents must put where they live on their letter.

o       Today is the 100th anniversary of the Pledge of
Allegiance. Rush would like to do a special tribute for the
Pledge, but the staff isn't ready yet because they can't find the
music.

o       Last Sunday's Face the Nation featured three feminist
Senatorial candidates - Lynn Yeakel, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol
Moseley Braun. Rush wants to comment on this but he knows he will
be accused of hating women; it's become a cliche in America that
if you oppose feminism or any of its philosophies that you must
be anti-woman. However, this isn't true. In fact, Rush's driver
Irv told him that he was talking to some people from California,
and he asked them if they knew who Rush was. One woman said "oh
yeah, I know who he is - he's the guy that hates women." Irv
replied "Rush doesn't hate women - I've been driving him around
on dates all weekend."

Similarly, Rush had a conversation with a liberal woman who was
convinced that anyone who disagrees with feminism does indeed
hate all women. Rush is getting tired of this intolerance, and it
reminds him of the political cartoon that showed a feminist
librarian telling another women "We don't have a humor section!
This is a feminist library!"

Rush hopes, therefore, that even though he will criticize the
politics of liberal feminists that people don't come away with
the impression that he hates women. Rush's disagreement is with
liberalism, and he doesn't care if the liberals are men, women,
or Mrithi the Gorilla (now deceased).

o       Rush comments that "Bob Roberts," Tim Robbins' new movie,
"just isn't going to make it." The movie tries to portray
conservatives as "nazi zombies," with Tim Robbins as the title
character. Rush half expected that the typical New York liberal
audience would be laughing at every criticism of conservatives.
However, when Rush saw it yesterday he noticed that the audience
laughed at only two places.

The first place was when a character says that he's going to go
pray. The other place was when the feminist assistant director of
a Saturday Night Live type program pulls the plug on the show
when Tim Robbins is supposed to go on the air. Thus, the New York
audience laughed at praying and applauded censorship. This movie
is supposed to be a comedy, but people weren't laughing that
much.

*BREAK*

<<Right before the break ends, either my local station or the EIB
network plays the following short bit. The theme music to "I
Dream of Jeannie" starts playing.>>

<<Narrator>> Coming soon - Ross Perot's campaign! Wait, this
guy's back? Oh, no, sorry - it's Dan Quayle's Skool-O-Speling.
Hey, Dan, that's two l's in "spelling."

Items

o       Rush went to the NY Giants Stadium on Sunday for their
game with the SF 49ers. Unlike the game last year in which Rush
sat in the endzone, Rush was seated in the press box as a guest
of Tom Boister. Rush was told a hilarious story about Charles
Barkley, one of the NBA's "premiere characters" who is very
assertive and takes no "rough and guff" from anyone.

Barkley was recently traded to the Phoenix Suns, and a few weeks
ago he was playing golf with the Suns' coach, Cotton Fitzsimmons.
As they walked the links, Barkley stated that he was a
successful, black multi-millionaire who could live in any house
that he wanted. Furthermore, he was going to vote for Clinton.
Fitzsimmons told him that if Clinton was elected, Barkley would
become just a black millionaire. After a couple more holes, he
added "Charles, you better hope then you never get divorced,
because you'll just be black then."

o       Life magazine reports that researchers are expected to
make major advancements in aging. A "yeast researcher" says that
over the next few decades medical progress may allow people to
live for centuries, perhaps as long as 400 years. Rush says that
this news is the biggest reason for term limits yet advanced - if
elected officials can live for 400 years, then term limits are a
necessity today.

o       Atlanta restaurants and other business that serve and
sell liquor may be required to offer condoms for sale, if the
city council passes a regulation that's being considered tonight.
One city councilwoman, Caroline Long Banks, said that she hoped
the new ordinance would "stop the spread of AIDS." Rush wonders
if condoms will be offered as part of the entre or as part of the
desert. He is amazed that people still can't face the problem of
AIDS head-on instead of beating around the bush with such
ordinances.

o       The UN will monitor Iraq's nuclear programs by examining
the levels of radioactivity in its waterways. Rush calls this
urinalysis on a national level.

*BREAK*

Phone   Rod from Anaheim, CA

Rod says that Dan Quayle was on TV station KTLA's morning show
for an hour today. Quayle answered all sorts of questions from
people about abortion, gay rights, and AIDS. Rod says that he was
appalled at how many questions Quayle had to field from liberal
activist types. He wonders why these activists don't take some of
the money being spent on AIDS and use it to print some books that
teach responsibility.

Rush says that Rod shouldn't be surprised by the liberal slant
going on in the press. On Sunday night Tom Brokaw interviewed
President Bush and asked him if he ever had nightmares about
losing the election. Rush wonders if Brokaw would ask Clinton if
he ever had nightmares about the truth being revealed about
Gennifer Flowers. This is why People are asking if the
Presidential debates will consist of three journalists siding
with Clinton against Bush. Is it possible to get objective
members of the media to moderate the debates?

Rush doubts it, but he points out that Quayle has pretty much
asked for open debate on things such as family values by the way
he has spoken out on the subject. Thus, it's not surprising that
Quayle would be asked about abortion or gay rights; what's
important is how he answered them.

Rod says that Quayle gave great answers. About AIDS, Quayle said
that the government is doing all that it can do, and he pointed
out that more money is going to AIDS per death than to any other
disease such as heart disease. Rush again points out that not one
retrovirus has ever been cured by man. This should give people a
hint as to how AIDS must be dealt with. Some viruses do have
vaccines, but these do nothing to cure the disease. Viruses, such
as the one which causes the common cold, have no cures.

Thus, all of this blame being laid at the feet of the government
is pure hysteria, and it is worthless as far as stopping this
disease goes. In the far, far majority of cases, AIDS is
behaviorally spread, and this is how it's has to be stopped. Rush
looks at how people modify their behavior so that they don't
catch colds, and the same thing is called for with AIDS. The
spread of AIDS can't be blamed on government discrimination or on
the personal biases of President Bush; the only agent that can be
considered to be discriminatory is nature, and people have to
learn this important fact.

Phone   Riley from Boston, MA

Riley says that he gets the impression that Rush thinks the
Republican party is the party of high moral values. Rush answers
that he "senses a trap for the host," but he says that the
question of character, values, and morality is relevant to the
selection of America's leaders. However, liberalism is one
political ideology that tries to discount the importance of these
values, and the home of liberalism in America is the Democratic
party.

That being said, Rush knows that both sides of the political
spectrum have their scandals and fallen heroes. This is Riley's
point - a lot of high-level Republicans have gone to jail over
the past 20 years. For example, Mitchell, Colson, Agnew, and
Buford are just a few. Riley knows that Democrats have their own
problems, but he doesn't think Republicans should throw stones.

Rush says that these Republicans did go to jail, and neither
Quayle nor Bush was out there defending them. However, the topic
of family values has to do with the cultural war going on today
in America. Riley wouldn't call it a "war," but he admits there
are certainly battles and differences of opinion.

Rush wonders when the illegitimacy rate quintuples in 30 years,
and when Los Angeles has more murders after the riots, what is
the cause? It's a cliche that people always think modern times
are the worst times that have ever occurred, even though things
like riots and murder have occurred throughout history. However,
there certainly seems to be a cheapened respect for life today,
and the institution of the family is undergoing an assault.

Hubert Humphrey voiced his fears for the family 30 years ago, and
this is what Quayle and Republicans mean when they talk about
family values. Rush asks Riley to hang on through the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Riley from Boston, MA (continued)

Rush says that he believes liberalism is socialism, but Riley
disagrees. He is an entrepreneur who will be voting Democratic,
and he knows many other business owners who will be doing the
same thing. Rush points to Clinton's economic plan, which will
take nearly two-thirds of combined business profits.

When government mandates that a company spend its own money for
governmental programs, this is not just Democratic politics.
Plus, Clinton would implement a 7% payroll tax for his health
care plan, plus 1.5% for mandated family leave. Riley doesn't
think Clinton would be that extreme, and after 12 years of Reagan
and Bush it's time for a change. Bush has showed very little
leadership, especially after the example of Pete Wilson who
fought liberal Democrats to get what he wanted.

Rush says that Wilson at least learned his lesson from when in
1991 he capitulated to the Democrats. However, Rush will find
Phil Gramm's analysis of Clinton's economic plan and repeat it at
some point. He thanks Riley, though, for "letting me say so much
during your call."

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush praises how his team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, blew
out the Houston Oilers. He comments that his environmental wacko
method for picking winning football teams didn't do too good a
job last weekend - only one for three.

o       Rush recalls how the Memorial Day Parade in NYC was
cancelled because there wasn't enough interest. New York did have
a big Labor Day Parade, though - sort of. The city's unions and
other liberal head honchos marched in the parade, but there was
no audience. Hardly anyone at all showed up to watch. Rush says
that this was "great to see."

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Rush celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Pledge of
Allegiance by playing a rare recording of the Michael Dukakis
Campaign Band. Ralph Bellamy of Rome, NY composed the Pledge of
Allegiance to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of Christopher
Columbus' discovery of America. Since Dukakis had a problem with
the Pledge, Rush thought it was appropriate to use his band to
celebrate this centennial.

Rush instructs his audience to stand and hold their hands over
their hearts as he reads the original pledge. Rush knows that
this will be hard for some Republicans since they don't have
hearts, but he asks them to do their best:

"I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Republic for which it
stands, one nation, indivisible with liberty and justice for
all."

Rush points out that the reference to God was not added to the
Pledge until the 1950s. He comments that doing such a thing would
be impossible today.

Rush saw the appearance by several female Senatorial candidates
on Face the Nation Sunday and he wants to comment on what they
had to say. However, he again states that the fact he disagrees
with feminist politics doesn't mean that he hates women, as so
many feminists seem to think.

Bo suggests that Rush's Undeniable Truth of Life #24, "feminism
was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access
to the mainstream of society," is to blame for this perception.
Rush says that throughout his life he has heard many women
complain that most men care only about a woman's physical
appearance. These women don't understand why men aren't attracted
to their personalities instead of their looks.

Rush says that this is male biology, and men are this way so that
sex will happen, and so that the human race would survive. Men
can experience some of the most profound pleasure in about 30
seconds without having one thought of commitment. This is why
girlie magazines succeed while feminist attempts at the same
(e.g. Playgirl) have failed. Women simply aren't attracted to men
in the same ways that men are attracted to women.

"A woman falls in love with a man's mind," Rush states. Bo adds
"or his wallet," and Rush tells him to hush up. A man, though,
falls in love with a woman's physical appearance. This is not
because men are cads, brutes, insensitive, or uncivilized - this
happens because of male biology. "The ability for a normal man to
become aroused does not require love," but the same thing cannot
be said for the normal woman. This is why in the animal kingdom,
males are the aggressors - female animals have to go into heat,
while males are always ready to mate.

Thus, getting back to his Undeniable Truth of Life #24, Rush
recalls how in the 60s there was true inequality and
discrimination towards women in the job market and elsewhere. The
women who were more successful, though, were the attractive women
who might be called "bimbos" by some in society. Beautiful women
married wealthy men, and thus upgraded their status. Other women,
though, suffered discrimination, in spite of their
accomplishments, schooling, and abilities.

Rush is therefore convinced that the feminist movement was
started at least partially to overcome the deficiencies that some
women suffered because of nature. Rush would like to continue on
to his comments about the feminists who were interviewed on Face
the Nation, but since he has run out of time in this segment, he
will continue after he takes some phone calls.

*BREAK*

Phone   Lois from Lake Charles, LA

Lois asks if character doesn't matter why did the Democrats
persecute Clarence Thomas? Rush says that this is an interesting
question. Of course, the Democrats opposed Thomas not because
they were worried about his character but because he is a pro-
life black conservative. Thomas had to be discredited so that he
could not become a role model for other blacks, and thereby
encourage them to leave the "liberal plantation." The sexual
harassment issue was simply the vehicle that was used for this
purpose.

Lois also points out that if the defenders of Hillary Clinton
want to claim that what she wrote 20 years ago doesn't matter,
then this same logic should apply to Robert Bork. She thinks it's
unfair what the Democrats have done in this. Rush agrees, and
says that Hillary Clinton's paper trail is fair game in politics
today.

Lynn Yeakel, though, said yesterday that should Bill Clinton be
elected President that Hillary should be referred to as "First
Woman" instead of "First Lady." Rush adds that Hillary Clinton is
going to defend what she wrote in the Harvard Law Review during
an appearance on TV tonight with Jane Pauly. Hillary is going to
claim that she doesn't advocate children suing parents nor did
she equate the family to slavery.

*BREAK*

Item

o       Rush comments that Dennis Miller is now claiming that his
show failed because of Jay Leno. Rush wonders if he should use
the same excuse should his show fail, but decides against it.
"It's a competitive world out there, Mr. Miller," he states. "If
you can't get good guests, then you'll have to carry the show
alone." Miller's complaint is a microcosm of what is happening in
society today - blame everybody else except yourself for your
failures. Rush points out that the late night talk show "guest
wars" haven't hurt Arsenio Hall or David Letterman.

Returning to last Sunday's Face the Nation program, Rush says
that he resents the idea that many women have that women have to
be in charge of things before things will get better. However,
simply having women in positions of power isn't going to
necessarily change things for the better. For example, Dianne
Feinstein said "what we need to do is to get rid of this supply
side stuff and put people back to work."

Rush points out that the 80s saw a record number of jobs created
for a peace-time period; one thing that can be said about Reagan
is that he didn't need a war to create prosperity. Things got
worse only when supply-side policies were abandoned in favor of
the familiar Democratic tactics of increased taxes and increased
federal spending. The current recession is not simply cyclical -
the increased taxes made it worse. People didn't lose their jobs
during the 80s; it was when Bush capitulated to the Democrats
that unemployment started to soar.

Lynn Yeakel also stated that "only 2% of the Senate represents
52% of the population. This must change." Rush is confused since
every member of the Senate was elected - does Yeakel mean that
the only "fair" way to represent the people is by quotas? Must
the composition of the people's elected representatives exactly
match that of the people?

Rush points out that Bill Bradley and Paul Simon both defeated
Republican women in 1990. If it, though, was so important that
women should be elected then why didn't these good, liberal men
give up their seats? The feminist logic that only women can
represent women is absurd. If this were true, then women would
unite all over the country and vote en masse for female
candidates. Rush calls Yeakel's statement an example of "profound
ignorance" as to how the democratic system in America functions.

None of these women have said what they will work for should they
get elected. Yet nobody is challenging them, on either what they
have or haven't said. Carol Moseley Braun said that "women can
nurture the country and the economy back to health." Rush had
thought that feminists were battling hard to prevent women from
being looked at as only "nurturers." Aren't men and women the
same, according to feminist logic? Does "nurturing" apply only to
economic matters and not to the family?

Rush says that militant feminism, as it is defined by its self-
appointed leaders, is not a movement that is attracting the
majority of American women. Thus, he is tired of the intolerance
being shown by many women towards those who dare to agree with
their politics. These three women who appeared on TV obviously
were being sincere, yet their statements show how ignorant they
are about politics and the American system.

Rush wonders, by the way, where women go to learn how to nurture
- is this taught in daycare centers or nursery schools? Could
this be a part of nature and part of the female instinct? If this
ability really exists then shouldn't it be put to use? And isn't
the best application of nurturing for children? Yet, Carol
Moseley Braun seems to think women can nurture the economy back
to health - what exactly does she mean by this? How is she going
to do this amazing feat?

*BREAK*

Phone   Janine from Portland, ME

Janine says that a number of her liberal friends think Rush is a
chauvinist who hates women. Rush says that his show has dealt
with these accusations of hate for years now, even though every
day he shows that he doesn't hate anybody. He has come to the
conclusion that the accusation of hate is being made by people
who can't substantively respond to what he is saying.

Janine said that she suggested her friends listen to Rush more
often, but they just sneered and laughed at her. They are part of
the gay rights, Bill Clinton crowd and don't like any
conservatives. Janine is 29 and she wonders if any conservatives
her age still exist. Rush says that not only are there people in
her age group that are conservatives, but they are a majority.

The real problem in all this is that feminists cannot laugh at
themselves. Reporters always ask Rush if a liberal Rush Limbaugh
will surface somewhere, and he replies that it will never happen.
Liberals simply can't have fun for three hours a day - they're
too busy wringing their hands, worried about the fascists in
society, and how things are getting worse and worse. The liberals
end up becoming their own censors, which is shown by the movie
"Bob Roberts" in which a liberal director pulls the plug on her
own show.

Liberals accuse conservatives of supporting censorship, yet they
are the ones who implement it. Reporters have asked Rush if he
wants to get the Murphy Brown TV show off the air, but Rush
doesn't want to do that at all. He just simply wants liberals to
be honest about what they're doing, yet liberals are masters at
denying who they really are and what they really do.

*BREAK*

Yesterday's NY Times reports that air conditioner sales are down
sharply. However, sales are down because temperatures were down
this summer - NYC had its third coolest summer on record. Thus,
although there is reduced freon risk to the environment, jobs
have undoubtedly been lost because of the reduced sales. Rush
bets that this is all Bush's fault.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       The NY Times last week reported that the National
Institute of Health withdrew funding from a medical conference
that was investigating a genetic basis for criminal behavior. The
NIH decided not to fund the conference because they believe that
the conference was moving dangerously close to eugenics in their
readiness to accept the theory that criminal behavior does have
genetic causes.

Gary Stevenson of the University of Maryland, which was to host
the conference, says that the NIH withdrawal of funds constitutes
an "infringement of academic freedom" and that the university may
sue the government to reinstate the funding. "This is political
correctness in motion" states Stevenson.

Earlier this year, Doctor Fredrich Goodwin lost his job as the
head of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration
for saying that "half of male monkeys die of violence, a fact
with interesting evolutionary implications. Now one could say
that if some of the loss of social structure in this society, and
particularly in the high-impact inner city areas, has removed
some of the civilizing, evolutionary things that we've built up,
that maybe it's not just careless use of the word when people
call certain areas of certain cities `jungles.'"

Thus, Goodwin is "out of there," along with the research. Rush
doesn't see any problem with doing research on genetic causes of
crime, especially since white males are "known" to be the true
causes of all evil in the western world.

o       John McLaughlin's program on Sunday had the best
comparison of the Bush and Clinton health plans that Rush has yet
seen. Each program has four main parts, and the Bush plan
includes the following:

-       The poor (those earning less than $15,000 a year) would
receive vouchers worth up to $3,750 per year so that they could
buy health insurance from the private sector.

-       Families in the middle income range ($15,000 to 80,000 a
year) would receive tax deductions for their health care
expenses.

-       The self-employed would receive a 100% tax deduction for
the monthly cost of their health care.

-       This plan would cost about $20 billion a year over five
years, and it would be paid for by spending cuts and health care
reforms.

Rush recalls the number of calls he's taken from middle class
families who are livid that their tax deductions for credit card
interest, non-equity debt interest, and health care expenses are
gone. People evidently want tax deductions, so here they are, and
Rush asks why the consumer can't treat health care insurance like
any other consumer product. The Bush program therefore allows
people to pay for their own health care, which frees them from
having to take whatever their company decides to offer.

The Clinton plan is comprised as follows:

-       The poor and unemployed would receive publicly funded
health insurance.

-       Lower income Americans ($15,000 to $28,000 per year)
would receive government subsidies to buy their health insurance.
A subsidy means the government would pick up part, if not all, of
the cost of a program; thus, the government would be making up
the difference between market costs and what people are willing
or able to pay.

-       In a Pay or Plan program, employers would be required to
pay for their employees' health insurance or would be required to
contribute to a special fund that would buy health insurance for
those who need it. The "pay" portion of this plan would result in
an effective 7% payroll tax above and beyond those taxes
currently being assessed.

The myth in this plan is that the companies will pay this 7% out
of their profits. In reality, companies will be forced to
eliminate jobs, raise the price of their products, and/or lower
the wages of their employees.

-       The Clinton administration isn't even willing to hazard a
guess as to how much this plan would cost.

Thus, Bush's plan is aimed at the people, while Clinton's plan is
aimed at bigger government. Bush is not seeking to make the
government into an administrator of health care, while Clinton
wants government to grow. McLaughlin also pointed out on Sunday
that many countries that have socialized medicine (e.g. Sweden)
are now scaling it down because it doesn't work.

*BREAK*

Rush recalls that last week he received a video for his TV show
that was from a 7-year old boy who asked if there would be any
Social Security when he gets old enough to receive it. Rush
"freaked out" at what he thought was a kid who was already
looking for his first hand-out.

However, a CPA from the San Joaquin Valley wrote Rush to point
out that Social Security will not be a government handout for
people who are working now and who are expected to retire in 30
or 40 years. The CPA and his wife contributed over $7,000 to
Social Security in 1991, and they expect that this will continue
until they retire in 2027.

If the CPA and his wife could simply keep this money for
themselves and place it into a savings account that paid only 4%
interest, they would have over $500,000 when they retire. This
money would go directly to the man's wife and children should he
die, and until that point the bank could be lending it out to
spur economic growth.

However, what is actually being done is that this money is being
used to finance the growing federal deficit. If the CPA were to
die shortly after retirement, his wife would get very little
money and his children wouldn't get anything. Rush calls this a
good point - the CPA will never get anywhere near $500,000 from
Social Security, which has been turned into just another tax and
entitlement system.

Rush asks his audience to look at their paychecks and examine
their FICA deductions. Then listeners should imagine what they
could do with that money if they were allowed to save it
themselves in their own savings or investment accounts.

<<This reminds me of the McDonalds commercial that shows a 15 or
16-year old boy getting his first paycheck. He rips open the
envelope and then cries in disbelief "What's this FICA? Who said
they could take my money?>>

*BREAK*

In sad news, an "explosive" love letter attributed to Winnie
Mandela incriminates her and a former lover in the theft of funds
from the African National Congress. Both the Johannesburg Sunday
Times and Sunday Star are reporting that the unsigned letter
matches samples of Winnie Mandela's handwriting. The letter was
to her lawyer lover and warns him that the ANC accounts were
being audited. Furthermore, the letter warns that an ANC clerk
was gossiping about the checks she was being asked to cash. Rush
wonders how much of the money that was embezzled was raised
during Winnie's fund-raising tours in the US.

Phone   Turner from Macon, GA

Turner says Rush's show is "entertaining if nothing else," but he
thinks Rush suffers from "an acute fear of objective reality."
Rush rationalizes his political views in an attempt to deny that
people are suffering in America. Rush says that he doesn't deny
people are suffering, but he certainly would like to end it.

Turner thinks that Rush massages the truth in his statements that
feminists deny the nurturing capabilities of women. Rush says
that this was exactly what caused the flap over George Gilder's
book that said women were a civilizing influence on men.
Feminists went berserk over this comment and attacked him for it,
as they have attacked anyone who dares to state that families
need both male and female role models.

Turner sees Rush's point in this, but still thinks Rush uses the
most radical of liberal viewpoints to represent feminists and
liberals. Rush disagrees - he time and time again says that the
radical feminists and liberals are not representative of the
majority of Americans. He does highlight the extremes of the
feminist movement, though, because it is the extreme factions
that drive the movement.

It is extreme, for example, when a Senatorial candidate claims
women are not being represented in Congress because the Senate
has only two women members. Yet people are praising her for
making this argument, and the media is giving her prominent air
play. Rush, though, has been very careful in pointing out that he
has disagreements with people only in the political spectrum; he
does not hate or despise people like Lynn Yeakel, but he doesn't
think that people like her should be in positions of power.

Turner doesn't think that it would be too bad if Lynn Yeakel and
a few others were elected, and so Rush asks him why he feels this
way. Turner replies that he really doesn't know too much about
her stand on the issues, but at least she represents another
viewpoint. Rush says that this is exactly his point.

Lynn Yeakel claims that only 2% of the Senate represents 52% of
the American people, yet 52% is not a minority. But Yeakel speaks
of women as if they were a minority; if she were really
interested in resolving this "problem," she should be mad at
those "meanie" Democratic Senators such as Paul Simon who refuse
to abdicate their seat in favor of Republican women.

Rush doesn't like the continual calls for pain, suffering,
sacrifice, and more government programs that he hears from the
left. Suffering and hopelessness aren't the order of the day, yet
politicians are pretending that this is the case so that they can
be elected to save the public from these "horrors."

*BREAK*

A new book is out - "Political Babble - the 1,000 Dumbest Things
Ever Said By Politicians." Rush cracked the book at random and
read the following:

"Trees call more pollution than automobiles" - Ronald Reagan,
1981.

"If environmentalists had their way, we'd all be living in
rabbit's holes and bird's nests." - Ronald Reagan, 1981.

"There is today in the United States as much forests as there was
when Washington was at Valley Forge." - Ronald Reagan, 1983.

These comments are not "babble" - it's been shown in several
studies that trees do produce hydrocarbons that contribute to
smog, and militant environmentalists are trying to turn back the
standard of living in the western world. There are more forests
today than 200 years ago, thanks to man's ability to fight and
stop forest fires, not to mention that man plants billions of
trees per year.

This book is a classic example of pure babble since half of what
it claims is "babble" is actually true. Another example is that
Theodore Roosevelt said "the greatest thing for any woman is to
be a wife and mother." Rush is amazed when he next turns to
Ronald Reagan's quote from 1983 - "if it wasn't for women, us men
would still be walking around in skin suits, carrying clubs."
Reagan undoubtedly had just read Gilder's book "Men and Marriage"
right before he made that quote.

Phone   Tim from Springdale, AK

Tim says that anyone who speaks out against Clinton in Arkansas
is viewed with suspicion. People seem to be "super crazy" about
Clinton, and should a Clinton foe call into a talk show, they
will be ridiculed. Rush says that this isn't too surprising since
a Clinton Presidency would put Arkansas on the map.

Rush says that Clinton's standing in the polls appears to be
getting better, but he is tired of news organizations
commissioning polls and reporting them as news. Time magazine's
cover story this week is about a poll that they themselves paid
for. Rush warns Arkansas that if they think the economy is bad
now, they haven't seen the worst if Clinton is elected. Clinton
is going to be repeating experiments that have already been tried
have already failed in America. Rush adds "you in Arkansas are
going to be held accountable" if Clinton wins.

Tim adds that he thinks Arkansas conservatives can't lose in this
- if Clinton wins, he will no longer be governor of the state.
Rush calls that a selfish attitude - conservatives in Arkansas
should be willing to sacrifice their state so as to save the
entire country. "Thanks a lot, pal" Rush tells Tim, who admits
that in reality he is working for a Bush victory.

*BREAK*

Phone   Barbara from Grand Junction, CO

Barbara saw Dan Quayle yesterday and she admits she "lusted" in
her heart after him. She was impressed at the turnout for the
Quayle rally, but the news didn't bother to mention this fact.
Rush says that Clinton showed up at a stockcar rally over the
weekend and was booed, but this information was also omitted from
most reports of the event.

Barbara says that she thought a lot of older people would be at
the Quayle rally, but in fact the crowd had a lot of young
families. The only people who got in the news, though, were the
three token liberal protestors; however, during the local news
coverage of the protestors, one of the men in the foreground who
was staring down the protestors was wearing a Dittohead T-shirt.
Another man told the hecklers that the only time he was out of
work was during the Jimmy Carter Presidency. Rush says that this
guy should expect more of the same should the new "Fritz and
Grits" be elected.

-- 
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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