From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Mon 12/7/92
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Monday, December 7, 1992
Keywords: Unofficial Summary Rush Limbaugh
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 00:42:20 GMT

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Monday, December 7, 1992

by John Switzer

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This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1992 by John Switzer.
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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
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December 7, 1992

LIMBAUGH WATCH

December 7, 1992 - It's now 35 days after Bill Clinton's election
and Rush is still on the air with 546 radio affiliates and 207 TV
affiliates, and his book has been on the NY Times hardback non-
fiction best-seller list for 11 consecutive weeks and is
currently number one on the list.

MORNING UPDATE

Jesse Jackson supports sending US troops to Somalia but for the
wrong reasons. Somalia is experiencing a civil war, with black
people being killed and starved by other black people, just as
happened in Ethiopia. President Bush is sending troops to the
country on a humanitarian mission, in the hope that they can help
feed the starving people.

Jesse Jackson, who opposed Desert Shield and Storm because an
unfair percentage of the military was composed of black soldiers
who thus would do an unfair percentage of the dying and bleeding,
praised Bush's action because "it's about time the US has finally
committed troops to die for black people."

Rush points out that during the Civil War, more Americans, both
white and black, died so that slavery could be ended in the US.
Jackson's assumption that the US is finally "moral" because
Americans will be dying for blacks is absurd, and Rush wonders
why Jackson hasn't yet criticized the blacks who are killing the
blacks in Somalia.

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       Amazingly, now that the glut of Christmas trees on the
market has really lowered prices, the EIB staff has bought an
artificial tree, and they managed to buy one that is so realistic
that it even sheds its needles. Rush points out that artificial
trees are supposed to help the environment, but because its
filled with plastic and such they probably cause all sorts of
environmental damage when they are manufactured.

o       Rush wishes he could get out of the "telepathic orgasm"
mode, but now there's a news item about an NEA grant being given
to art that concerns much the same subject matter. He thus
doesn't know whether he should bring this up because he knows
he'll take all sorts of grief for doing so, yet this is something
that people should know about.

Also, if he talks about the story, he'll be accused of reaching
for any news story he can find so that he can keep this issue
alive. However, it was EIB's intern from Wellesley who found the
item. Rush will have to make up his mind on this later in the
show.

o       A letter writer to the St. Louis Post Dispatch has
complained about the baboon footage that Rush showed on his TV
show last week. The man thinks that this was "nazi-like hate-
mongering," and even though he doesn't support censorship, he
doesn't want the local EIB affiliate to carry Rush's show any
more.

This letter has pointed out to Rush why many people get so
outraged at what he says and does. Rush takes the liberals' logic
to its ultimate conclusion, thereby "closing the loop"; liberals
don't clearly think out their statements and positions, and so
Rush shows them just what exactly these things mean.

Rush has seen an example of this about his comments last week
about the mayor of Boulder, CO, Leslie Dirgen, who complained
that her city had too many rich, white people. Dirgen said "I'm
worried that Boulder is becoming an upper-middle class and very
white community. I don't think that's healthy for any community."

Rush simply pointed out that if the problem is that the city is
too white and too upper middle class, then the solution is to
bring low-income and non-white people into the area. Rush does
understand the concern of city officials that their city doesn't
become so expensive to live in that people with lower paying jobs
can no longer afford to live there. This is a problem many cities
have since the support and service industries are needed for
every community, but they typically are low-paying jobs. This is
happening in many areas, especially in California.

This concern is fine as far as it goes, but Dirgen went further
that this. An editorial in the Boulder Daily Camera, however,
doesn't get this point, and instead criticizes Rush for his
comments. Rush notes that the editorial blows it by saying his
show originates from Chicago, but he's willing to let that error
slide.

The editorial criticizes Rush for claiming that Dirgen wanted to
import poor people into her city, and states that Dirgen's
concern was simply about the city's high cost of living which
makes it "difficult for Boulder to maintain economic and racial
diversity. Rush Limbaugh twisted the mayor's comments around and
broadcast the idea that Boulder is in the market for low-paying
jobs and black people, and that the city will make sure that they
stay poor. It's easy to dismiss the rantings of Limbaugh, who
from what we know of him never lets a possible charge of
absurdity stand in the way of shouting off his mouth."

Rush points out that this editorial shows how people get mad when
he points out the meaning behind what they say; people say things
without thinking them through and so Rush closes the loop and
brings the thoughts to their logical conclusions. Whenever he
does this, though, people get angry and claim Rush is not
interpreting them properly.

Rush points out that someone may certainly complain that their
city is predominantly upper middle class and white and that
there's not enough economic or racial diversity, but the issue
doesn't stop there. The only way to balance out having too many
rich white people is to have poor non-white people, yet if you
bring in poor non-white people and they don't stay poor, then
this has defeated the whole purpose of bringing them there in the
first place.

Rush hates to point out such glaring realities and doing so is
not ranting; all he is doing is illustrating the absurdity of
what people in Boulder are saying. Rush understands the need for
lower-income housing so that people from all walks of life can
find a place to live. Yet to say that the city needs low-income
housing means that the city needs low-income people to live in
the low-income housing; should residents make enough to afford
better places to live, that's exactly what they'll do.

Rush suspects that what really bugged the people in Boulder was
that his TV show had pictures of refugees from across the world
making their way to Boulder. He warns people, though, that he
will attach the meaning to what they say, and he, unlike
liberals, is not willing to be satisfied with symbolism instead
of substance.

Barbra Streisand may not have intended anyone to take her call
for a boycott of Colorado seriously, but it's happened. Streisand
undoubtedly intended her statements do nothing more than show
that she's a good, compassionate, caring liberal. Yet the boycott
has already started, and so the liberals in Colorado are
complaining. Rush suspects that the same people complaining about
the boycott supported the one against Arizona over Martin Luther
King.

Of course, how could anyone not join in on the boycott of
Colorado, when "one of the paragons of virtue and most highly-
placed, well informed sociologists in the world, Barbra
Streisand," has said it was necessary? Rush, though, again warns
people that he will logically analyze what they say and do.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush notes it is the 51st anniversary of Pearl Harbor,
and this year's commemorations are far more low-key than last
year's.

o       Last weekend's Saturday Night Live did a funny skit of
Clinton jogging into a McDonalds; as Clinton talked to everyone
about the issues of the day, he started eating their food as
well. This was a funny skit, but on Sunday Rush got a CompuServe
letter from someone who said that the skit proved that the media
was not biased and that they will be making as much fun of
Clinton as they did of Bush and Reagan.

Rush points out Saturday Night Live did a totally non-political
skit that commented only on a nuance of Clinton's character; when
people made fun of Bush and Reagan, though, politics was often a
central element. Rush also recalls how after the elections Phil
Hartman apologized in advance for making fun of Clinton on the
show. Rush has no doubts there will be a difference between how
the media will handle Clinton and how they handled Bush.

Rush also notes that the show opened with a Wayne's World skit in
which they took a blatant shot at Chelsea Clinton - Wayne and
Garth said "puberty has not been kind to her. We have hopes that
she will become a babe in the future." Rush recalls the attacks
he suffered when his show mistakenly insulted Chelsea, and so he
is interested in seeing if SNL will get the same sort of grief
for making a deliberate dig at her.

*BREAK*

Clinton's transition team is having problems finding a cabinet
"that looks like America," given that it's impossible to
represent America's diversity with only 14 cabinet seats.
Furthermore, the transition team has discovered that America has
a lot of white guys, and in particular there are too many white
guys among the top candidates for cabinet seats.

And, of course, there are a lot of white women, too. Yesterday on
Meet the Press Nina Totenberg said that the feminists she's been
talking to are expecting that Clinton will have at least 7 women
on his cabinet, given that women make up a "51% minority" in
America. The NY Times, however, reported yesterday that it looks
like Clinton will name only three women in his cabinet.

Madeline Cunan, former governor of Vermont, appears to be a
shoo-in for the Environmental Protection Agency, which is not
good news since she is a socialist through and through. Also,
Mrs. Bill Clinton's <<"Hail to the Chief" plays>> friend at the
University of Wisconsin, Donna Shalala, appears to be Clinton's
choice for a high-ranking post such as Secretary of Education,
and Rep. Jill Long (D-IN) is rumored to be under consideration as
well.

Senator Lloyd Bentsen is rumored to be the next Treasury
Secretary, and his appointment is reportedly scheduled for
Thursday. Rush notes that Clinton's "economic summit" has now
become a "retreat"; Clinton made such a big deal about this
summit, but today's USA Today is reporting that not one elected
official is going to be invited to it because the economy is
improving so rapidly. In fact, the summit has become such a white
elephant that nobody in the Clinton administration wants to be
responsible for making out the guest list.

Of course, Robert B. Reich is expected to have a prominent place
on Clinton's economic team. Reich, who attended Oxford with
Clinton but unlike Clinton actually went to class, was on
television two weeks ago telling the American public that all of
the good economic news should not be taken too seriously until
the latest jobs figures are seen. Reich even said that "America
is getting back on track, but we're still on the wrong track."

Rush, however, doesn't want to change tracks - he likes the track
the country's on right now since it's a good route that stops at
a lot of places. Putting someone like Reich in charge of changing
tracks might signal a derailment in the future. What Reich was
really saying, though, was that if the economy is improving, it
won't deter Reich and his socialist buddies from tinkering with
it and applying their pet theories. If the economy isn't broken,
they'll break it a bit so as "to make it better."

Rush has to wonder, though, what kind of change it means when
Lloyd Bentsen takes over the Treasury. However, Rush is heartened
by the fact that the NY Times is against giving this post to
Bentsen; in particular the Times' editorial attacked Bentsen for
being responsible for "tax cuts for the rich." Thus, Rush thinks
things could definitely be worse.

*BREAK*

Rush is going to put off his comments on Bentsen's appointment
until the second hour, but he has thought of a new acronym - RWG
for "rich white guy." Rush has to laugh at how Clinton, a force
for "change," wants his cabinet to "look like America"; yet his
first appointment is "older than Uncle Sam," and he's rich and
white. Bentsen is a RWG, and thus is the antithesis of what
Clinton has said he wanted his cabinet to look like.

It has to be remembered, though, that Bentsen currently is
chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is a
powerful position. The current rumors are that Bentsen will take
the job at the Treasury only if he is assured of having a
position of equal influence and power.

Rush whispers, though, "Bentsen's better than the guy we have in
there now." This is good news for the country since Bentsen is a
lot better than the worst Clinton could do. Things could
certainly be worse, and this recalls what Rush said after the
election - that Clinton knows the welfare state hasn't worked and
that it will be telling as to whether he realizes he needs to
depend on the private sector to get the economy moving.

Phone   Cynthia from Gross Point, MI

Cynthia works for the White House transition team and is in
mourning because she just found out that her family, which is
composed of Rich White Guys, has turned liberal; they voted for
Clinton because they were scared by the Republican convention
which they thought was co-opted by the religious right.

Rush has his doubts as to whether Cynthia's family was ever
really conservative, but Cynthia says she was part of the family
and she's conservative. Things have gotten so bad that her uncles
told her 83-year-old grandfather at the dinner table that they
supported marriage for gays.

Rush understands the problems Cynthia is facing - she has two
choices, though. She could realize that liberalism is a dangerous
disease and thus help her relatives through this difficult time
with love and understanding; or since Cynthia does live in
Michigan, she could assume that this disease is terminal and call
in Jack Kevorkian to put her relatives out of her and their
misery.

Rush comments that Barry Goldwater has become pro-choice and has
been endorsing every Democratic candidate he can, saying "I'll be
damned if I'll stay in the Republican party when the religious
right has taken over." This is surprising since it was Goldwater
who founded the conservative movement of the Republican party,
and who welcomed the religious right into the party. However,
it's absurd to think the religious right has taken over.

It should be remembered that it's a lot easier to be a liberal
than conservative since liberals don't have to do anything but
say the right things and feel the right "feelings." Being a
conservative, though, requires commitment to one's principles,
even though it means being portrayed as a member of a minority.

However, exit polls on election day showed that 60% of Americans
consider themselves to conservatives, while only 34% classify
themselves as liberals. Conservatism is thus not a minority.

*BREAK*

Phone   Frank from Mays Landing, NJ

Frank praises Rush for his excellent application of the socratic
method, which teaches by asking questions that lead the student
into answering the questions himself. Frank is a teacher who's
home sick today, and thanks to multiculturalism and political
correctness he's lost job opportunities because he was white. He
also was in Jimmy Carter's army, which was a devastating
experience. If it weren't for Ronald Reagan, he'd never have
become a teacher. Rush thanks Frank for calling and for his kind
words.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Rush notes that the Pittsburgh Steelers are the first
team in the AFC to clinch the playoffs, but Bo Snerdley is not
impressed and remarks that the AFC must be doing badly. Rush
points out that this is the point he was going to make - the
Steelers, like Rush and his book, don't get any respect
regardless of how well they do. Even the Chargers are getting
more respect with their 8 wins than the Steelers are getting with
their 10.

Rush remarks that there aren't many talk shows that offer in-
depth analysis of both sports and politics, which goes to show
that Rush's show is all anybody needs. It even includes a
national weather forecast - "look for some precipitation, with
temperatures ranging from 2 to 89."

o       Rush commented Friday that he was tired of hearing the
"experts" talk about how unprepared American troops are to go
into Somalia and distribute food. These critics said the same
thing before the Gulf War, claiming that America's volunteer
military could not hold a candle to Saddam's "tough and battle
hardened" forces.

However, for the first time since November, food was able to be
distributed in Mogadishu simply because the warlords and their
punk armies knew the US military was coming. The Marines did
their job without even being over there; the US could probably
accomplish the mission just by announcing each day that troops
were coming.

Certainly some dangers exist in Somalia, but it's ridiculous for
people to claim that US troops are not equipped or trained for
this mission. There are some things to be careful of, and the US
has to be able to get out of Somalia at some point, but the US
military can do their mission.

o       Rush knows he'll get lambasted for using his radio show
to promote his TV show, but he doesn't care. EIB's Philadelphia
TV affiliate is performing a three-week test by moving his TV
show from 1:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Rush thinks people need to be
continually tested if they are going to continue to excel and
improve themselves.

Rush encourages his Philadelphia listeners to stay up to watch
his show at 11 p.m., and since this is when most network and
local news shows are aired, they should thus watch the FOX news
at 10 p.m. Listeners will therefore get the news from FOX and
then learn what to think about it from Rush.

Rush knows this will be a challenge but he welcomes it since, as
he said, tests are needed to keep growing, and it's a golden
opportunity for him to pick up new listeners. He warns people,
though, that the anti-Rush crowd will be calling the TV station
in droves to complain about his show, and thus if people like the
show they should call the station to let them know.

*BREAK*

Phone   Beverly from Lamar, CO

Rush asks Beverly about Amendment 2, which the press is
characterizing as an anti-gay initiative. Beverly says that this
is not true - gays still have the same basic human and civil
rights that everyone else has, but the Amendment forbids the
state from giving special rights to homosexuals on the basis of
their sexual preference (i.e. no quota laws and such).

Beverly agrees that the media has misportrayed the amendment, and
since the elections the Hollywood elite has been boycotting
Colorado. Rush notes that the Hollywood left has been boycotting
only those portions of the state that they don't normally visit;
they are still visiting their homes in Aspen and such.

Beverly has seen this hypocrisy as well, and points out that
Whoopi Goldberg is the latest celebrity to join in on the
boycott; however, her TV show is still being aired in the state.
Beverly thus thinks Goldberg hasn't boycotted the state enough
and should therefore go the whole way and take her show off the
air.

Rush admits that this would be the enlightened thing to do -
after all, if the people of Colorado are such scummy people to
begin with, they shouldn't have the privilege of seeing such
quality entertainment as the Whoopi Goldberg show. "Obviously
these people aren't ready for the enlightenment of Whoopi's
show," Rush states.

Beverly, however, notes that Whoopi's show follows Rush's show,
and she suspects that Whoopi Goldberg is trying to maximize her
ratings by following the proven leader in syndicated talk shows.
Beverly and the state's other dittoheads, though, would rather
have Rush on for an hour.

Rush thanks Beverly for that, but notes that he has long since
stopped trying to figure out why shows are scheduled as they are,
and when it's explained to him he still doesn't understand the
logic. However, he admits that Beverly's shrewd analysis may be
right.

Phone   Eric from Harrisburg, PA

Eric wants to touch on the dreaded topic which has caused Rush so
much agony over the past week, but he wisely avoids the "o-word."
Eric says he doesn't look to Rush's show for morals but for
information, and he thinks the information Rush presents is more
important than how Rush presents it.

Rush thanks Eric for this, but adds that some complaint letters
have said that this information wasn't something they needed to
know. Eric thinks people may need to be more tolerant; if they
don't like something Rush does, then they can turn a deaf ear to
it, but they don't need to make such a big deal about it. Rush
thanks Eric for his words of support.

*BREAK*

Rush says that it was so cold in New York City over the weekend
that the Christmas tree at Lincoln Center was blown down. The EIB
staff wonders what Rush is talking about, and Rush corrects
himself to say that it was both bold and windy over the weekend,
with winds up to 30 m.p.h. He explains that he got only about
four hours of sleep last night, and thus may have some residual
mental problems.

The EIB staff asks if Rush was alone last night, and he confirms
that he was, and he stayed up simply because he was reading a
good book in front of the fireplace and didn't want to go to bed.
He says the current weather is almost perfect, and the only thing
the city needs now is some snow.

Phone   Rick from Orlando, FL

Rick thinks the woman from Gross Point, MI should be happy that
the RWGs in her family have turned liberal, because this means
that they will now be sharing all of their wealth with the poor.
Rush recalls the news story from last week about how Michael
Eisner cashed in his stock options early so as to avoid Clinton's
tax increases.

In one of Sunday's papers, Rush read that this sort of news was
good for Clinton because it will make the middle class even
angrier at the rich, who are so obviously trying to evade his tax
increases. If this theory is right then it proves that Clinton's
tax increases on the rich are purely punitive in nature and are
designed to promote class envy against the rich.

Why should anyone be angry that the rich are taking advantage of
what the law allows them to do? Why should anyone have to sit
still and pay more taxes? If there is something moral in paying
more taxes, then why don't the critics of the rich voluntarily
pay more in taxes?

If someone is happy about rising middle class anger about the
rich, then raising taxes on the rich is not about raising more
money but about stirring up class envy and pandering to those in
the middle class who think their lot in life will be improved if
someone else pays more taxes.

If people think paying more in taxes is better, than why don't
people pay twice the listed price for a Big Mac at McDonalds? Why
don't people ignore sales and wait until the price rises before
they buy something?

Juliann Malvo had an editorial in USA Today last week about how
it was unconscionable for Clinton to hold a $20 million party
when so many people are unemployed and "hurting." Rush wonders
just what Malvo and those like her think happens to this $20
million? Does it go directly into the pockets of the rich or does
it go to pay people who bake cakes, provide limousines, make
party favors, and such?

Ordinary people, not the rich, are going to benefit from this $20
million, and Rush has never understood why it's considered
immoral for people to spend money. When the rich build a second
home, it's the contractor, the construction worker, and the mason
who benefit. This whole issue shows how class envy promotes a
basic lack of understanding about money and how the economy
works.

The EIB staff brings Rush in a super-large cup of coffee, making
him wonder if they think he really needs it, given his comment
about the cold blowing down a tree. Rush bets that a case could
be made that colder temperatures help to create gusty winds but
he won't say anything more since that would mean he'd be talking
about the forbidden subject of science.

*BREAK*

Phone   Rick from Santa Barbara, CA

Rick gives "dittos from the home from the Santa Barbara News
Suppress" and says since conservatives so obviously dominate the
general populace, he is in favor of Clinton's promise to make his
cabinet "look like America." This would mean that 8 members of
his cabinet have to be conservatives and 3 have to be strongly
pro-life.

Rush notes that this exit poll was done by Public Opinion
Strategies, but Clinton said he wants his cabinet to only "look"
like America; conservatives and pro-lifers don't "look" that much
different from liberals. Rush has to wonder, though, if
conservatives do comprise 60% of the voting populace, and
liberals are 34%, then what are the remaining 6% - socialist
journalists, perhaps?

Rick also comments on the woman from Gross Point whose family was
scared by the "religious right taking over the Republican party."
Rick suspects that if modern Americans were compared to the
country's forefathers 200 years ago, 90% of today's people would
be much further to the left religiously and culturally. The
forefathers even wrote into many state constitutions the
requirement that public officials must declare their belief in
Jesus Christ as their savior.

Rush says that this is true - South Carolina still requires its
Governor to publicly declare this, and one guy even ran for
office simply to challenge the law. This is one reason Rush finds
it amazing that anyone could be upset when someone says America
is a country that has strong Christian roots, since this is just
a simple fact.

Rush asks Rick about a SB News Press columnist, Barney
Braningham, who wrote about a homeless guy who took up shop next
to a woman collecting food for a local charity that services the
area's poor. The homeless guy had a "will work for food" sign and
so the woman offered him a job in return for some of the food she
collected; the guy refused saying that he just wanted the money.

The woman was angry that this guy was taking money that would
help Santa Barbara's needy families and so put up her own sign
that said "have offered work and food, he wants only money." Rick
says that this sounds about right, and adds that his wife manages
three apartment buildings; when Rick approached and offered a job
to a man who was with his family and carrying a "will work for
food" sign, the man replied "give me your card and I'll call you
back when we get back from our vacation in two weeks."

Rush says that these are very instructive encounters that anyone
else can duplicate - simply offer a job to the guys with "will
work for food" signs, with the same conditions that everyone else
has to endure (taxes, Social Security, etc.). You'll find just
how unwilling these guys are to work at all, whether it be for
food or money. He predicts that it won't be long before social
commentators will follow Jesse Jackson's lead during the
Democratic convention and start comparing today's homeless to
Mary and Joseph.

*BREAK*

Rush points out that Clinton promised "change" and a new,
younger, outsider administration, yet he has chosen Senator Lloyd
Bentsen as his Secretary Treasury. Even the NY Times complains
about how Bentsen is an insider, but Rush has to point out that
Bentsen does represent some change.

For example, the US has never had a Treasury Secretary named
"Lloyd," plus Bentsen is also someone from the "post-war
generation," although in his case this is the Civil War. Plus,
Clinton wants to have a cabinet that looks like America, and
since America has a bunch of rich, white guys, Bentsen certainly
represents that portion of the country.

Bentsen also looks just like Uncle Sam. Finally, Rush recalls
Bentsen's famous quote - "I knew Adam Smith. I partied with Adam
Smith and George Washington, and I can tell you, I'm no Adam
Smith." It would thus be unfair to criticize Clinton for his
choice of Bentsen since the Senator does fit right in with
Clinton's calls for change.

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       TV Guide has finally come out with the story on Rush that
they promised to do back in September. Rush is fairly pleased
with the picture that the magazine used, although it is somewhat
bizarre. Rush suggests that everybody go out and buy several
copies of this week's issue, which is sure to become a
collector's item.

o       The Lesbian Avengers is a small New York-based group
which has now voiced their outrage over Colorado's Amendment 2,
passed last month by Colorado voters. The group is also promising
to harass the mayor of Denver, Wellington Webb, who is coming to
New York to meet with General Dinkins. Webb is also trying to
persuade people not to participate in the boycott of Colorado
which Barbra Streisand has endorsed.

Rush points out that Amendment 2 simply refuses special status,
such as minority or protected status, to homosexuals. Liberals,
though, have claimed that it violates the civil rights of gays,
and their boycott is having some effect on Colorado. Thus, Webb
is doing everything he can to keep up the tourism industry.

David Dinkins now has an interesting decision to make, given that
he owes his election in large part to New York's gay and lesbian
community. Furthermore, two members of New York's City Council
are openly gay, and one of them has vowed to introduce
legislation that would prevent the city from doing business with
any company based in Colorado.

However, Mayor Webb is black and has a gay stepson, and so he
normally would be perceived as a member in good standing of the
liberal community. The Lesbian Avengers, however, are upset that
the mayor is trying to encourage tourism in the face of their
boycott; the fact that Mayor Webb has a gay stepson means that
"he should know" what's at stake here, and he thus should be
travelling around the country encouraging people to support the
boycott.

Rush wonders why a meaningless group like the Lesbian Avengers
can become a major news story on the network; this group has a
handful of members, yet they're still treated like a significant
organization. Of course, should NOW hold a rally, the media would
also portray it as a major event, even though perhaps only 50
people would show up. Other groups could hold a convention with
thousands of members, and the press would act as if the
convention were totally insignificant.

Rush, however, does love how the politically correct "get
themselves all pretzled up in their positions." For example,
Dinkins knows the political realities of a boycott and the
problems black mayors have, yet he's also beholding to NYC's gay
community. "You life by the photo-op, you die by the photo-op,"
states Rush; if you base your positions on the prevailing winds
of the moment, as opposed to personal convictions and beliefs,
you're going to get hung up sooner or later.

o       Today's USA Today has an editorial by Dan Duffer, a West
Chester businessman who thinks Marge Schott should have the same
First Amendment rights as anyone else in this country. He doesn't
think she should be fined, censored, or driven from baseball
because of her private speech, regardless of how offensive it may
be.

Duffer does not want America to become so intolerant that it
imposes a form of speech control that is reminiscent of Nazi
Germany and Stalinist Russia. Duffer deplores racism, but doesn't
think it will ever be solved by punishing everyone who ever makes
a racist comment.

Rush recalls that Harry Edwards, "race coach" of the SF Giants,
said last week that getting rid of Marge Schott wouldn't solve
any problems. Firing her would not help the problems that are
based on "intrinsic racism." Certainly Schott's comments can be
condemned as racist, but should she be "fired" for making private
comments?

It's also been revealed that Schott consumes "massive quantities
of adult beverages," which gives baseball their "out" as far as
this matter is concerned. Liberalism is based on finding excuses
for people's unpleasantries, and so Schott can now be portrayed
as a victim of her alcoholism.

Rush, however, thinks Duffer's comments on free speech rights,
especially in regards to private speech, are good points. Do you
really take people's property away from them because of what they
say in private?

*BREAK*

Phone   John from Shreveport, LA

John heard on the news that AIDS trading cards are going to be
released; each card will have a photo of an AIDS activist or of a
celebrity who has AIDS. AIDS facts will also be on the back of
each card. Rush has trouble believing this, but John insists he
heard this on ABC Radio News. Rush asks if gum is included with
the cards, and John replies that each pack will instead come with
a condom.

This strikes a chord with Rush - he recalls hearing something
like this being done for World AIDS Day. John thinks the cards
could be a good companion for EIB's Feminazi Trading Cards.

John also mentions that now that the Supreme Court has refused to
review a lower court's ruling against Guam's abortion law,
Louisiana's laws will be the next to go before the Court for
their consideration. Rush says that the Court just recently
refused to hear a case about another state's abortion law, and
according to the reports he's heard, the Court is refusing to
rule on the abortion issue state by state.

John recalls that during the flap about Pennsylvania's law, that
an ACLU lawyer on NPR warned if Roe vs. Wade was overturned, it
would make it "easier to ban other forms of contraceptive
devices." In other words, the lawyer was considering abortion to
be a form of birth control. Rush suspects the lawyer slipped up
on that statement, but will look into it.

Phone   David from Jackson, TN

David says that the local paper polled its readers about Rush
Limbaugh. Sunday's paper a week ago showed the vast majority of
calls were in favor of Rush, with only six against him. However,
each one of the six dissenters had their comments printed, while
only three or four of the pro-Rush people were so featured. Rush
explains that this is what it's like to be him, and David found
it an interesting example of how the media flavors the news.

David also has to wonder how Rush managed to get through Gore's
"Earth in the Balance," since it's the most boring book David has
read. David also notes that about two months ago the League of
Conservation Voters released their scorecard for Congress, and
Gore's rating on 12 environmental issues was 58% this year and
66% last year. Gore scored so low because he missed 5 important
votes on environmental issues, yet Gore is supposedly the leading
environmentalist in the country.

Rush is not surprised, but adds that it's possible Gore may have
known his vote wasn't needed. Amazingly, though, Gore is planning
on holding a Spotted Owl Summit next year, so in spite of the
League's rating, Gore's still pretty extremist on the
environment.

*BREAK*

Phone   Steve from <<missing>>

Steve says that Rush was probably right in saying that cold air
was responsible for the tree falling down; he's a weather
forecaster for the Air Force and knows that cold air tightens the
pressure gradient and increases wind speed. Rush is glad to have
his comments vindicated, since he caught some grief from the EIB
staff over his comment. He thanks Steve for calling.

Phone   Theresa from Sacramento, CA

Theresa is a 22-year-old "staunch Republican college student" and
has been listening to Rush for three years; she agrees with him
on everything except abortion. She grew up accepting the fact
that abortion was a woman's right and thus didn't understand
Rush's anti-abortion views. However, she bought Rush's book as a
birthday present for her mother, and of course snagged it for
herself when her mom was finished with it; although Rush's
chapter on abortion didn't change her mind, it did give some
things to think about and explained why Rush thinks the way he
does.

Two weeks ago a man in her speech class gave a speech against
abortion and used as a visual aid a three-month-old fetus in a
jar. This really hit home with Theresa because she could see that
the fetus was a little person. Then last week one of her female
coworkers at work was anxious about whether she was pregnant.
Theresa asked her what kind of contraceptive protection she used,
and she replied that she never bothered with that because she
never thought she could get pregnant.

When Theresa asked her what she would do if she was pregnant, the
coworker replied that she wouldn't get an abortion. However, her
attitude was sort of flippant and nonchalant about the whole
thing, as if abortion was just another birth control option.
Theresa therefore now has doubts about her own support for
abortion.

Rush says that even the Alan Guttmacher Institute, which is a
Planned Parenthood group, acknowledges that to most women who
have them, abortion is just another type of birth control. Rush
adds that the Supreme Court refused today to hear a case against
Mississippi's 24-hour waiting period, and it's instructive to see
that the abortion activists are upset about this.

A 24-hour waiting period was also upheld by the Court's ruling on
Pennsylvania's abortion law. Feminists and pro-choicers claim
that a 24-hour waiting period is bad, but what can possibly
happen in 24 hours, except perhaps that women change their minds?
If choice is the real goal, then what's wrong with that?

Furthermore, if the issue is one of privacy, then what business
is it of pro-choicers whether a woman changes her mind about
having an abortion? The pro-choicers claim that a 24-hour waiting
period will put an undue burden on women because it would mean
staying in a hotel overnight, taking an extra bus trip, missing
an extra day of work, etc.

However, these are the same people who were demanding 12 weeks of
unpaid family leave for parents after a baby is born. The
question can thus be asked, if a 24-hour waiting period is such
an undue burden, then how could anyone possible afford 12 weeks
of unpaid leave? Why can a woman afford 12 weeks after the baby
is born, but not one day before the birth so that the woman can
make her decision about having the baby in the first place?

However, the most important question to ask pro-choicers is what
business it is of theirs whether a woman changes her mind about
abortion? Why are they so distressed when a woman decides against
having an abortion? What pro-choicers say sounds so caring and
understanding, but when their arguments are examined, it still
has to be asked what business it is of theirs whether a woman
changes her mind.

A 24-hour waiting period has not outlawed abortion or made it
impossible for any woman to get one. All Rush would like people
to do is to examine the arguments that the pro-choicers make and
see if their reasoning makes any sense.

*BREAK*

Phone   Mike from Vallejo, CA

Mike is a loyal listener, but he wonders why Rush doesn't "give
our man a chance - you're bashing him all the time. He hasn't
done anything." Mike is referring to President-elect Clinton, but
Rush has to wonder why Mike thinks he's bashing Clinton. Mike
says that Rush is criticizing Bill Clinton, his wife, and his
daughter.

Rush won't let that stand and asks Mike just what exactly he said
about Chelsea Clinton. Mike replies "I have not heard the exact
comment - I heard you on TV the other night say what you did say
about Chelsea." Mike also doesn't like how Rush refers to Clinton
"with his pants down." Rush disagrees with that, too - all he did
was play a clip of Clinton playing volleyball and then comment
"we've seen this guy without his pants on more than any President
I've ever seen."

Mike says that Clinton's a baby-boomer which is why he doesn't
wear pants all the time. "You've got to give the man a chance,"
Mike adds, pointing out that "Mr. Bush" vetoed the unemployment
bill "when so many of our people were out of work - he has no
consideration [for] the average working man."

Mike also says that "2% to a millionaire means he may not have
one more limousine but to me, that's a lot of money, Rush." Rush
is amazed that Bo was able to find a "walking, talking liberal
cliche" but tells Mike "you're right, sir - tax `em even more.
After all, they have it."

Rush, though, points out that President Bush vetoed the
unemployment bill because he knew that any long-term solution
depended on jobs, not continual unemployment benefits. Bush had
hoped that Congress would work with him and pass legislation that
would vitalize the economy, but the Democrats didn't want to do
this since they knew the worse the economy got, the better their
chances would be for winning the White House.

Mike says "but that's politics, Rush - that's politics." Rush
points out that the Democrats played politics with the most
important aspect of people's lives - the economy and money. They
purposely kept the economy depressed so that they could win at
the ballot box, without regard to the damage this would have on
the working man.

Evidently, playing politics in this manner is okay when the
Democrats do it, but should Rush comment on President-elect
Clinton, he's accused of "bashing." Rush would love to see
Clinton do the "Lou Gehrig" speech, saying "I consider myself to
be the luckiest man in the world" since he can blame everything
bad that happens on Bush and take credit for everything good.

This is why Rush calls it the "Clinton deployment"; he realizes,
however, that should everything turn out to be okay, that Clinton
will get the credit, but that's the risk that has to be taken.
However, Rush refuses to allow people to claim that he has been
bashing Chelsea; Saturday Night Live deliberately bashed
Chelsea's appearance but Rush did not. What happened on Rush's
show was a mistake by someone who's no longer working for the
show.

Rush has heard that the Clintons believe he ridiculed their
daughter, but he refuses to let this accusation stand. Rush
points out that Mike is living proof of how this game is played,
though, as he has accused Rush of saying all sorts of things
which he has never said.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bob from Los Angeles, CA

"Montana Bob" tells Rush that there were 19,000 new companies
created in California in the first six months of 1992. For
example, one Frenchman tests bolts for the aerospace industry,
and this entrepreneur remarked that things were much worse in
France because the people there "don't want to work."

Rush is amazed that Californians were so optimistic and positive
back during the New Hampshire primary that they created all of
these jobs; they obviously knew Clinton was going to win, and
this is yet another example of why Californians are trend
setters. The EIB staff ventures their opinion that Bush perhaps
had something to do with this, but Rush poo-poos that idea -
"obviously" these Californians were spurred on by their firm
belief Clinton was going to be their next President.

Phone   Dave from Fountain Valley, CA

Dave thanks Rush for his Veterans Day tribute, and he would like
to know what is happening on the House Bank and Post Office
scandals; "are they going to sweep them under the rug?" asks
Dave. Rush suggests that Dave instead say "have swept it under
the rug." He notes that, in the words of Speaker Foley, "it
wouldn't be useful" to continue the investigation.

Dave had suspected that this would be what would happen, given
that Barbara "Bouncer" Boxer was elected to the Senate. Rush
suspects that nothing more will happen on either scandal since
the names have been made public and the bank and post office
closed.


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