From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Summary Mon 11/9/92
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Monday, Nov. 9, 1992
Keywords: Rush Limbaugh Unofficial Summary
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:13:42 GMT
Distribution: world,usa,alt,na
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Monday, November 9, 1992

by John Switzer

NOTE: This is being posted to both alt.fan.rush-limbaugh and
alt.rush-limbaugh and thus you may see it twice if your sysadm
aliases the two newsgroups together. Since most sites don't
support both groups, this double-posting appears to be
unavoidable, however, if anyone has any ideas on how to avoid it,
please let me know. Thanks - jrs@netcom.com.

This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1992 by John Switzer.
All Rights Reserved. These summaries are distributed on
CompuServe, GEnie, and the Internet, and archived on GEnie (NPC
Roundtable) and Internet (deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu).  Distribution
to other electronic forums and bulletin boards is highly
encouraged. Spelling and other corrections gratefully received.

Please read the standard disclaimer which was included with the
first summary for this month. In particular, please note that
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.

******************************************************************

November 9, 1992

MORNING UPDATE

America's mecca of liberalism, New York City, tried something
recently which actually worked. Any visitor to NYC will report on
the "sights and smells" of the city which result from how many
city residents answer the call of nature outdoors. This does not
help the morale of the majority of the city's inhabitants who
prefer more civilized answers to this basic human problem, and so
NYC installed pay toilets at various city locations.

The four month trial program was a success - the toilets cost
their 40,000 users only 25 cents each, no vandalism or graffiti
appeared on the toilets, and no muggings were reported. Over
2,000 people wrote in to praise the toilets. Obviously, the
toilets were a success, so the plan will be implemented, right?

"My friends, this is New York City," Rush explains, "and the pay
toilets are no longer on the streets." In order to implement this
plan, the city will need a legislative waiver from the state,
will need to take public bids for the toilets and undergo a
public site selection process, and then the city art commission
will have to approve the "design" of the toilets. Thus, it will
be 1994 before the toilets will be installed.

Thus, according to Rush, this is "another shining example of why
liberal big government, and alas the streets of New York, stink."

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       Spike Lee's movie about Malcolm X opens today, and Bo
Snerdley has shown up for work, spurning Lee's call for a black
boycott of work and school.

o       The Denver Post reports that at the Rocky Flats Nuclear
Power Plant it takes 43 people to change an "emergency" light
bulb, such as the red light on top of emergency vehicles. The 33
steps necessary to change the bulb include 1,087 man-hours; it
used to take only 12 workers 4.15 hours to change these bulbs,
but this has been changed "for the sake of safety." The steps
include:

-       Receive a work control form.

-       The lead planner discusses the form at the work control
meeting.

-       24 hours later a dry run of the light bulb repair is
done, requiring four people.

-       Next, the dry run participants fill out information
sheets and return them to the planner.

-       The planner formally proposes a work package to be
submitted to the lead planner.

-       The lead planner submits the work package to the
committee for review.

-       After the work package is changed by the committee, it is
returned to the planner, who revises it accordingly.

-       48 hours later, the work package is delivered to nuclear
safety officials who fill out a safety evaluation screen form.

-       The planner returns the signed safety evaluation screen
form to nuclear safety officials, and then gives a copy of the
work package to logistics officials.

Rush says that this procedure goes on and on, and it's evident
that a nuclear accident could occur in the time it takes to
change a single bulb.

o       A new Rush Room has opened in San Diego at Brewski's Bar
and Grill.

o       The New York Times today has a front page headline saying
"Clinton, After Raising Hopes, Tries to Lower Expectations." Rush
will comment more on this later, but it's obvious that the media
knew about this throughout the campaign.

The press and media coverage of Clinton and his preparations for
the White House are a great example of the media bias that
occurred during the campaign. This is exactly what the Times
story is - this story could have been written before the
election, but the Times evidently decided to save it for the
"honeymoon period" before Clinton takes office.

o       Clinton exploited class envy and hatred to get elected,
but if he is going to fix the economy, he's going to have to
reject the old and discredited socialist, liberal philosophies.
The question is whether Clinton will take the liberals head on
over this, and the latest rumor is that Clinton is preparing to
reduce the capital gains tax.

This tax cut is essential for capital formation and economic
recovery, and it is interesting that no Democrat even mentioned
the possibility of such a tax cut during the campaign. It's clear
that Clinton is going to move the country left culturally, but it
remains to be seen if his economic policies will move to the
right or left.

o       Forbes magazine has produced a great review of Rush's
book, and Rush will read excerpts from the review later on.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush thanks the people at American Airlines for the
kindness they showed him on his flight back from San Francisco.
The copilot, Bill, even brought Rush a copy of his book to sign.
Rush, of course, always flies first class, but he used to be
careful about which planes he used since smaller planes like the
767 were simply too cramped for his former 300-pound plus bulk.

As usual, Rush booked two flights for his trip back, in case the
main flight is delayed. United Airlines had mechanical problems
and so Rush went to his backup American Airlines flight, even
though it was a 767 instead of a larger DC-10.

Rush was hesitant about the flight since the seats on this plane
used to be too small, but the planes have now been reconfigured,
and this, together with his smaller size, made the flight a
comfortable one. Also, all of the American Airlines people were
very nice to everyone, which made the flight a real joy.

o       James Dunn of the Dunn Corporation, an Albany corporation
of engineers, geologists, and environmental scientists, sent Rush
a letter with a list of 670 scientists who agree with Rush on the
"environmental kooks." This list includes 63 Nobel Prize winners,
and Rush promises to read what these science leaders have to say
later in the show.

*BREAK*

Phone   Lester from Brooklyn, NY

Lester disagrees with Rush's point that conservatives are really
winning now, but he first wants to comment on how the media in
the past few months has convinced half of Americans that they are
in danger of losing their jobs, even though unemployment is at
only 7.5%. This shows just how much fear the media can instill
into the public.

Rush says that it wasn't only the media, but also Clinton and
Gore who were claiming that the economy was the worst in 50
years. The media and the Democrats have been predicting economic
gloom-and-doom for over a decade, and this negativity finally
took hold.

Lester says that winning and losing don't depend just on who wins
the election, but also on getting what one wants; as far as
liberals are concerned, when they get what they want it's here to
stay - it'll never be reversed. This has been the case with the
Supreme Court's rulings on Roe vs. Wade and civil rights quotas,
and the Democrats are chomping at the bit to continue the trend.

Rush understands this which is why he repeatedly discussed the
importance of the Supreme Court to last week's election, but it's
useless now to discuss it. Lester is right, though, in that the
battle is never over and Rush points out that Reagan, although
the most conservative President ever, still didn't get a lot of
things done in his two terms.

This is why Rush tried to focus on the real issues this year, but
the issues didn't seem to matter to many people. The NY Times
article on Clinton claims it has polling data that indicates
Clinton supporters had specific things they wanted Clinton to do,
yet Rush hasn't seen evidence of this. Whenever Rush has talked
to Clinton voters, they have stated they want general change
about welfare, health care, or whatever, but no specifics have
been mentioned.

Lester's concern about the Supreme Court is justified, and Mario
Cuomo is even putting out feelers for an appointment to the
Court; Cuomo wants the job very badly although he has no court
experience which would qualify him for it. Rush, though, will not
sit around and cry about this because the die is cast. People
have to accept the situation now and start getting on about
living their lives.

Phone   Scott from Orlando, FL

Scott gets in the mood by giving Rush "hunkering down dittos."
Scott would like Rush to mention more about Clinton's advisers
and staffers who are from the Carter era. Rush says that he has a
list over at the TV studios that has one name after another from
the Carter, Mondale, and McGovern eras. People think they voted
for change in voting for Clinton, but they are getting nothing
but a rehash of the old Democratic administrations.

Scott mentions how the liberals were all silent before the
election and Rush says that this silence is over - these
liberals, such as Jesse Jackson, Bella Abzug, and Mario Cuomo,
are all coming out of the woodwork and making their demands in
one way or another. It will be interesting to see if Clinton will
capitulate to these special interests in whole or in part, or
whether he will take them on.

Clinton was on both sides of every issue during the campaign, and
thus can now do anything and claim that he is only doing what he
promised. The battle is on for the Democratic party, and liberals
will certainly not be silent. Rush recalls how when Bush was
elected in 1988, the Democrats were stunned and foaming at the
mouth; House Speaker Jim Wright even went on TV to defiantly
state that Congress was "going to set the agenda."

This is not happening now, or at least it is not happening not
yet; but there are signs of stress from within the Democratic
party, and Rush predicts this will be one fun battle to watch.

*BREAK*

Rush proudly shows the Forbes review of his book to EIB's Johnny
Donovan. He reads the following:

"If the author had been in charge, the Republicans would have won
this election easily. Rarely has there been a radio/TV
commentator who consistently makes sense on so many subjects -
taxes, environmentalism, animal rights, inner cities, crime,
extreme feminism, condoms in the schools, government regulations,
and Congress. Limbaugh's hard-hitting humor will have you
laughing out loud. Your voice will crack from saying again and
again `right on.' On a sensitive subject like abortion, Limbaugh
marshals his pro-life arguments far more plausibly than any
national candidate did."

Donovan says that this excerpt should be made into a "long
bumper," and Rush agrees, telling Donovan to start producing one.

Phone   Tom from Butler, PA

Tom enjoyed the repeat on Friday of Rush's fake endorsement of
Clinton, and he wonders if Bush told Rush last week in New Jersey
how many members of the Republican National Committee had heart
attacks the first time it was aired. Rush says Bush didn't bring
this subject up at the rally.

Rush asks Bo if the repeat of his hoax fooled anybody, and Bo
replies that some people did call about it. This amazes Rush
since the election was already over by Friday.

Phone   Brent from Kansas City, MO

Brent says that the country is full of "black David Dukes" like
Maxine Walters, Spike Lee, and Jesse Jackson, and it seems to him
that these blacks want superiority, not equality. Rush says that
he doesn't want to hurt Brent's feelings, but this topic is not
what Brent told Bo he wanted to talk about. Brent had told Bo
that he wanted to talk about Spike Lee's statement that he will
talk only to black reporters.

Brent has brought up the long-standing issue of race relations in
America, and Rush would prefer not to revisit the same old
arguments time and time again. However, he will address this to
some extent after the break, but he begs callers to please keep
to their stated topics.

*BREAK*

Rush refers to Brent's call before the break by saying that the
racial strife that exists in this country is due in large part to
self-appointed civil rights leaders. These leaders have placed
their own career and lifestyle above that of the needs of the
people they claim to be serving. These leaders are performing a
big disservice to their constituents by motivating them toward a
life of dependence on government largess instead of economic
independence through a pursuit of personal excellence.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Rush welcomes back broadcast engineer Sue Ronanberger who
has been spending the recent months "giving television a whirl."
During the break, Rush gave her a hug, and Sue was astounded to
realize that she was now able to put her arms fully around him.

o       Last Thursday the NY Post had an exclusive story that
asserted Bush had told the Labor Department to "cook the books"
so as to produce better than expected unemployment figures which
would help him win re-election. The Post claimed that the new
unemployment figures would show a rise in unemployment since Bush
no longer had any reason to play with the statistics. However,
last week's unemployment figures continued their descending
trend, disproving the Post's story.

Friday's USA Today, though, is following the Post's lead by
saying that Clinton's election may "greenlight the Iraq bank
probe." A special prosecutor may thus be appointed under
Clinton's administration to continue to piling on accusations
against previous Republican administrations. Rush again points
out that any arms-for-hostages deal may have been bad policy, but
Democrats are trying to turn it into criminal behavior. This same
thing has been attempted for the Iran-Contra diversion of funds
from Iranian arms sales to the Contras.

USA Today has another story by Tony Morro about how Bush
administration officials are being warned "not to clean house" by
destroying documents or removing them when they leave office. The
story says that "public interest groups" may go to court to
prevent the destruction or "theft" of such papers, leaving the
impression that the entire Bush administration is nothing but a
bunch of criminals and thugs. The brazen arrogance of the
Democrats on this is offensive, especially when one looks at who
is making the allegations.

o       Friday's USA Today also proclaims that October marked the
third month in a row that retailers ended up making a profit, and
the paper predicts that retailers will have a great Christmas
season. Rush wonders why this story was not reported until after
the election; before last week the papers instead predicted that
this Christmas season would be nothing but gloom-and-doom.

There's not been much reported yet about what Clinton will do,
but the media is coming out not only with all sorts of stories
implying that the Bush administration is full of crooks, but also
with lots of good economic news. Rush bets that the media will
continue this trend by becoming the lapdog for the Clinton
administration.

One thing that cannot be denied, though, is that members of the
press "earn their stripes" by beating up the President; thus, the
media will not give Clinton a complete and total honeymoon, but
the press will certainly be far more forgiving of Clinton than it
ever has of Bush.

o       Rush comments how his program started airing ads for
Snapple back in 1989 after Rush discovered Mike Maimone drinking
it. Rush tried the drink and then started on a campaign to get
Snapple as an advertiser; since Rush's show at the time was new,
he hoped that he could demonstrate how well his show could move
product. Snapple became an advertiser, and even though they were
happy being a limited regional concern, Rush's advertising made
Snapple into a national brand. Snapple had to build 11 new
bottling plant to satisfy the resulting demand.

USA Today has a story today about "alternative drinks" which are
nudging out established soft drinks. The paper reports "demand
for Snapple teas and soft drinks is so strong in the west that
the firm has rerouted shipments from the midwest and east coast.
Snapple's consumer marketing chief says `we still can't meet
demand. We've ended up running ads apologizing to customers.' "

Rush is pleased as he can be for the Snapple owners, and he is
glad that his show has been able to make things go so well for
them. He comments that he has always tried to be positive, and
has stated many times that neither EIB nor its advertisers know
how to spell "recession." Snapple has become an incredible
success, and they've done it without cheating anybody or by
"being mean."

Rush finds it curious how the media is just discovering the fact
that things have been going well for many sectors of the economy
for quite some time. This shows that people have far more control
over their future than any President does, and Rush again
congratulates his friends at Snapple.

*BREAK*

Showing how EIB always stays right on the cutting edge, this
segment opens up with Johnny Donovan doing a promo based on the
Forbes review of Rush's book.

Phone   Pat from Arlington, VA

Pat and her husband are confident that they will be able to
handle anything a Clinton administration throws at them, but they
are worried at how many more millions of human lives will be
destroyed by Clinton's support for abortion. Rush says the pro-
life cause will always be an uphill battle, but there's some good
news in the exit polling data from last Tuesday's election.

Only one in eight voters nationwide decided their vote according
to the abortion issue. Of those one in 8, over 65% said that they
were pro-life; thus, the pro-lifers voted on this issue more than
pro-choicers did. This shows how few people are voting on the
abortion issue in the first place, and refute those political
commentators who thought that abortion would be the key issue in
the 1992 elections.

Pro-choice groups, of course, will be heavily lobbying Clinton to
appoint pro-choice, pro-abortion Justices to the Supreme Court.
The battle against abortion will be never-ending, especially
since it's clear that Clinton will do everything he can to
culturally move to the left and appease the pro-abortion crowd.

*BREAK*

Phone   Dick from Minneapolis, MN

Dick is a little disappointed in how the media covered the
election, and Rush tells him that it is too late now. Dick,
though, still thinks it was a dirty trick how when President Bush
appeared on Larry King Live, Clinton staffer George
Stephanopoulos was allowed on as a caller. Dick can't believe
that King was able to sit there and claim he didn't know that
Stephanopoulos was calling.

Rush says that he would tend to believe King if King said he
didn't know who was on the line. Apparently when Bush was on the
show he was talking about the indictment that was just handed
down by Lawrence "I'm going to go out in a blaze of glory if I
have to get anybody yet" Walsh, and Bush kept asking "where's the
smoking gun?" Stephanopoulos then came on the phone lines to
explain what the smoking gun was. Bush told King that he was
willing to debate King but not the Clinton campaign as well. King
replied that "we don't set them up, Mr. President."

What had happened, though, is that the Clinton campaign already
knew the private telephone number for Larry King since Clinton
had himself appeared on the show. Stephanopoulos called the
private number and gave his information to the show's producer,
but the producer told him that he should just go on the air
himself. The producer was the one who made the decision to put
Stephanopoulos on with President Bush, and it is quite possible
that King didn't know who the next caller was.

Dick, though, doubts that Rush or Bob Dornan would have had been
able to get on the air when Clinton was one of King's guests, and
Rush has no idea about that. In any case, though, it was
disingenuous for King to claim he didn't set anyone up since
Stephanopoulos did use a private number to get on the show;
Stephanopoulos didn't just happen to call in like any other
person, but this was the impression that King left.

Another thing that some viewers thought was disrespectful was
when Bush did answer Stephanopoulos' claim about the smoking gun,
King let Stephanopoulos respond. This is not King's usual method
of handling callers. Rush, though, still doesn't believe King
lied about the call, nor does he believe King set up the call.
"He doesn't do setups," Rush states.

Granted, Perot's February 20th appearance on the King show was
not as spontaneous as it appeared, but Rush doubts King was part
of any conspiracy. Dick is willing to believe this, but he also
wants to bring out how Lawrence Walsh issued a press release a
day in advance of his indictment. Rush agrees, but says that this
is old news, too - the Clinton campaign was calling everyone and
their brother with advance news about the indictment.

Dick thinks that Walsh's indictment really hurt Bush during the
last few days of the campaign, and Rush agrees. He says that on
his TV he might show the CNN tracking polls that show Bush's drop
after the Walsh indictment. Rush points out this grandstanding
was done by an "aging lawyer who who's dying to salvage some
reputation after six years of failing to get anybody big, after
spending $40 million."

Dick wonders if Robert Dole (R-KS) might be able to follow-up on
this, and Rush hopes so. Dole has said that he wants a special
prosecutor to investigate the special prosecutor, and Rush wishes
him luck and success on this.

Rush points out that the anti-Clinton vote totalled almost 60% of
the electorate, and Clinton got a smaller percentage of the
popular vote than Dukakis got in 1988. The only representation
for all of those voters who didn't vote for Clinton is the
Republican party in the House and Senate. This is what Dole was
talking about - the Republicans are the only representation for
nearly 60% of the American electorate, and thus the GOP is not
going to roll over and play dead for the Democrats.

Rush hopes that Dole, along with Newt Gingrich and other
conservatives, can keep the pressure on the Democrats. These men
have loud voices and are unafraid to speak out against the
majority, and Republicans did gain 9 seats in the House. All in
all, the Republican party is not down and out, and it should be
remembered that the minority party is representing the majority
of Americans.

*BREAK*

Rush welcomes his Chief of Staff, Kit Carson, back from his
honeymoon in Barbados. He remarks that Kit's wedding was a
beautiful one, and what was particularly impressive was how Kit
couldn't take his eyes off of his bride. In fact, when the vows
were said and the minister pronounced the couple husband and
wife, Kit gave a little jump and put his fist in the air as if to
signify "Yeah!"

However, Rush is amused that as he predicted, the first casualty
of the wedding has been Monday Night Football. Rush slyly tested
Kit during the break by asking him who was playing tonight, and
Kit didn't know because he and his new wife will be watching part
2 of the Sinatra series.

One week ago, Kit would have been able to rattle off any and all
sports contests being fought, but not anymore since he's taken
"that next stage" in his life. Rush predicts that Kit won't even
see all of the Sinatra special because "somebody" will have to go
pull the socks out of the dryer.

Phone   Dan from Cambridge, MA

Dan is not a political expert, but he wonders why Rush is making
a big deal about how six out of ten voters voted against Clinton.
Dan wonders why Rush doesn't say anything about the seven out of
ten people who voted against Bush.

Rush replies that when seven out of ten people vote against you,
you should lose, and Bush lost; however, when six out of ten
people voted against Clinton, Clinton still won. Rush told people
from the very beginning that this election would be about whether
the American public wanted to keep George Bush, and the public
has made their decision.

Rush pointed out after the election that Clinton does not have a
mandate because the election was not about Clinton's policies but
about a repudiation of Bush and his policies. Dan is not too sure
of his figures, but he bets that more people voted for Clinton in
1992 than voted for Bush in 1988.

Rush bets that this is probably true considering the large
turnout last week. Dan wonders if the larger number of people who
voted for Clinton this year isn't some sort of mandate. Rush says
that what Dan has proven here is that "you crafty leftists from
Harvard" can take the numbers and come to any desired conclusion.

Dan says he is a "proud college dropout," and Rush agrees that
Dan is probably better off if he dropped out of Harvard. However,
Rush holds Dan over the break because he's "swerved into
something."

*BREAK*

Rush reveals that his comments about the Sinatra special have
created the latest uproar at the EIB studios - the special is on
tomorrow night, not tonight. "Whoopi," says Rush, and he points
out that Kit Carson didn't know what night the special was on,
which shows all the more how much his life has changed now that
he has to daily prove his love to his wife.

Phone   Dan from Cambridge, MA (continued)

Rush says that what Dan swerved into is that it's probably true
that more people voted for Clinton than for Bush in 1988.
However, it's also true that the percentage of votes for Clinton
is still less than what Dukakis (The Loser) got in 1988. Thus
Clinton won even though he got less of a percentage of the vote
than Dukakis got four years ago.

Dan says that it's still good that more people voted this year
than last and Rush agrees in theory; however, he doesn't
necessarily think that the more voters the better, especially if
the voters are nothing more than party robots who don't think
about their vote.

Dan thinks that most voters are more intelligent than that, and
vote according to the issues. Rush says he used to think this
until this election came along; he knows that this sounds
somewhat insulting, so he'll explain more during the third hour.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       Rush believes it when he says that the people did not
vote the issues during this election. Although his staff thinks
he was harsh, Rush recalls how in 1980 Reagan said he was going
to do three specific things - lower taxes, beat the commies, and
strengthen the military. The people wanted these things done and
they voted for Reagan so that he would do them.

Liberals, though, believed that the people were simply taken in
by Reagan's slick marketing. Rush, though, always has thought
that the people have voted the issues, and in particular going
back to 1968 they have voted for the candidate who promised them
the smallest government. This was the case even in this year's
Democratic primaries and with Perot's candidacy.

In spite of this trend, though, the biggest government guy in 25
years was the one elected to the Presidency this year. Rush
therefore can't believe that the people voted for Clinton on the
basis of the issues; the people voted simply to get rid of George
Bush. Somebody told Rush, though, that Bush was the issue this
year, and thus people still voted according to the issues.

If Bush really was the issue, then the real issue was the economy
and how people wanted a change from the status quo. A vote
against Bush certainly was a vote against Bush's handling of the
economy; yet, what is the change people voted for? If people
listened to Clinton's economic ideas, they wouldn't have voted
for him.

The exit polls show that 58% of the people are deeply concerned
about a Clinton Presidency, while in state after state the people
voted down tax increases. In one exit poll, about 60% of the
people said they wanted small government and less taxes. Big
government was defeated in one initiative after another,
especially in California's "tax the rich" Proposition 167. If
people really wanted Clinton's policies, these things would not
have been defeated.

Rush thus stands by his contention that the issues didn't matter
in this election - it might have been a desire for change or for
a different approach to the economy, but it was not issues. If
Bill Clinton, though, does implement the big government programs
he promised, the 6 out of 10 people who did not vote for Clinton
will be angry as they can be, while the 4 out of 10 who did vote
for him will be scratching their heads wondering what is going
on.

o       Today's USA Today has an editorial about how "fear and
ignorance are tough plays" even for Magic Johnson. The editorial
hopes that the "truth about AIDS will win out in the end" over
"fear and ignorance." The editorial criticizes the NBA players
who did not want to run the risk of being infected with the HIV
virus because Johnson was playing.

Last week during a TV interview Johnson said that he cut his arm
in an exhibition game this season, and this resulted in a number
of players becoming standoffish. Rush says that this is how it
should be - it has always bothered Rush how those who take the
steps necessary to prevent themselves from being infected with
this disease are immediately labelled "fearful and ignorant."

It's almost as if people should have to subject themselves to the
risk of AIDS in order to be compassionate and open-minded. Anyone
who tries to limit their risk, though, is accused of fear-
mongering. Yet, why should anyone want to open themselves up to
the risk of playing a game in which bodily contact could transmit
blood and other fluids? What's the difference between people
avoiding situations in which they could get AIDS and situations
where they could get the flu?

What's ignorant is ignoring what is known and subjecting yourself
to the known risks; this is what is truly questionable and
ignorant behavior. The NBA players aren't trying to punish
Johnson, who has admitted he has slept with multiple women many
times. These other players simply don't want to run the risk of
getting a fatal disease.

Yet AIDS activists and the media have made it a cliche where
anyone who wants to limit their risk is automatically assumed to
be fearful and ignorant. The media never challenges Johnson,
though, but instead assumes that anything he does or wants to do
is right and correct. By this same idiotic logic, the other NBA
players are considered bigoted and fearful simply because they
want to limit their risk.

*BREAK*

Rush has a solution to the problem of Magic Johnson and the NBA -
simply make everybody play. Johnson and all of the other players
will have to play games whether they want to or not. After all,
isn't this the "humane" and "sensitive" thing to do, if the
insensitive thing is not wanting to play with Johnson?

The USA Today editorial seems to believe that this is the only
"real" solution since it writes "Johnson's retirement need not be
a tragedy, but a constant reminder of what happens when fear
overrides the facts." The editorial makes a big deal about the
"fact" that out of the 250,000 AIDS cases reported in the last 10
years, not one has been attributed to sports contact.

Yet Rush remembers how before Kimberly Bergalis publicized her
case, the "experts" proclaimed that there was not one case of
someone being infected by their dentist. Of course, now there are
several such cases, and Bergalis is now dead. Rush doesn't
understand why society should force people to take the risk of
getting a disease that will kill them?

Rush knows he will be accused of being fearful and ignorant, yet
he understands that it is within the nature of a virus to attack
and take over cells. It is the human immunological system which
fights and defeats these viruses; thus, the truly frightening
thing about AIDS is that it attacks those cells whose purpose is
to defeat invading viruses. The body is left unable to defend
itself from any other virus or disease.

There aren't too many killers like AIDS in man's history, and
it's even more frightening to realize that man hasn't cured even
one virus. Faced with all this, Rush is incredulous that USA
Today and others are criticizing people for not being willing to
subject themselves to the risk of getting this fatal disease.

Phone   Paul from Baton Rouge, LA

Paul heard on this morning news that the Clinton people are
already getting the word out that they can't make good on all of
the promises that Clinton made during the campaign. Rush says
that this sounds like the NY Times story he reported on earlier,
but all of this is fine - Rush and the EIB network are
chronicling Clinton's promises in an upcoming edition of the
Limbaugh Letter so that people will remain aware of just what
Clinton has pledged to do.

Thus, Clinton is admitting that he got elected because he
promised the moon to the country, but he has no idea of what
he'll be able to do. Paul points out that a minority of America
elected Clinton and yet Clinton cannot make good even on his
promises to this minority. Paul is therefore willing to let
Clinton make a mess of things, and meanwhile conservatism will
grow stronger and get the country back in 1996.

Rush, however, doesn't want to see the country screwed up; this
is why he still voted for Bush even though a Clinton Presidency
will help him professionally. It is a simple fact that the
traditional liberal fixes of government spending and inflation
will not help the country because of the size of the deficit. It
will thus be interesting to see what Clinton will do.

*BREAK*

Rush bets that Clinton will soon offer a proposal to reduce the
capital gains tax. This will undoubtedly be accompanied with some
sort of tax increase on the "rich," but Rush would like everyone
to remember that George Bush wanted to reduce the capital gains
tax because he understood that it is private capital which will
spur the economy on to recovery.

It is private investors who are the only ones who can create new
jobs through investment, but right now the money simply isn't
there because America is over-taxed. Capital formation is
essential to the recovery, and individuals have to put their
capital at risk in order to create and expand business.

Clinton's "invest in America" plan is nothing more than
exploitation of class envy, and Rush is certain that America
doesn't have the money for fund Clinton's grandiose plans. Some
liberals, of course, will go down to their dying breath believing
that bigger government will always be the answer.

Rush doubts that Clinton really believes this in his heart, and
he is certain that there will be no love lost between Clinton and
Congressional liberals. The liberal leadership in Congress still
wants to set the agenda, and after the honeymoon they will start
turning the screws.

However, if Clinton does reduce capital gains, which is
necessary, Rush will be particularly interested in how he
explains his about-face. After years of telling the country that
capital gains tax cuts will benefit only the rich, what kind of
explanation can the Democrats give to support the tax reduction
now?

Of course, if this does happen, they'll balance it out with other
tax increases on the rich, which will be counter-productive. But
the bottom line is that the only way the economy can return to a
robust state is through private sector investment. Clinton will
either try his "invest in America program," which will further
destroy the economy, guaranteeing he'll serve only one term, or
he'll try a more moderate fiscal policy, which will incur the
wrath of congressional liberals, resulting in more government
gridlock.

What will be especially revealing is who Clinton will appoint to
his cabinet, but it appears now that Clinton's administration
will be a rehash of McGovern, Carter, and Mondale supporters. The
future is hard to see, though, since Clinton's administration is
even now experiencing some profound power struggles.

Rush recalls the video Clinton biography which was done by Linda
Bloodworth-Thomason and shown during the Democratic convention; a
few seconds of the film showed a 16-year-old Clinton shaking
hands with JFK. Now, though, a disagreement is going on as to who
found this footage - both Thomason and Mandy Grunwald are
claiming credit for discovering the film, and this dispute is
only a small indication of what is to come.

In addition to these minor problems, President-elect Clinton is
now faced with the reality that the welfare state has failed, and
Clinton cannot return to these policies without destroying the
country. Regardless of this, though, over half of Clinton's
economic advisers and over half of Congress want nothing less
than a restoration of the welfare state.

*BREAK*

Andrew Martinez, a UC Berkeley student, has been dubbed the
"Naked Guy" because he rides his bike and shows up at class
naked. Martinez has been charged with violating nudity laws three
times, but the courts have dismissed the charges because "his
behavior didn't qualify as lewd and lasciviousness under
California law." Martinez says that he is pursuing his unusual
mode of attire as a "protest of society's insistence that people
wear clothes."

The UCB Chancellor has therefore issued an edict banning public
nudity, sexually offensive conduct, and indecent exposure on
campus. The new rule doesn't have the force of law, but does
allow campus police to escort offenders off campus.

Rush has to wonder what kind of Pandora's box the Chancellor has
opened with his new edict, and suggests that UCB should become a
whole nudist camp. "Oh well," he sighs.

Phone   Mike from Montasano, WA

Mike is a bit intimidated at having to follow that news story,
and Rush suggests that Mike take off his clothes and make the
call in the nude. Mike demurs since he does live in more
conservative Washington. Mike says that George Will's most recent
column has said that Clinton must index capital gains for
inflation, and Rush says that Clinton may do this as well, but
the rumors are that he's looking into actual rate reductions.

Many Republicans begged Bush to index the capital gains tax, but
his own Justice Department talked him out of it. Had Bush done
this, though, he could have gained a lot for the election. Mike
says that Bush should have been more aggressive throughout the
campaign, and definitely should not have waited until the GOP
convention to start campaigning. Bush should have been attacking
the Democrats head-on from the very beginning. Rush agrees that
Bush's was "an unwise and flawed campaign."

Mike reads the last paragraph in Will's column which says that if
Clinton does index capital gains "Republicans will know he is
serious about keeping power by using it." Rush says that Clinton
doesn't have too many choices if he wants genuine growth, and the
question is whether Clinton will have the courage to do what is
necessary.

Mike says that the American public is in a one-term mood right
now, and thus Clinton will have to be a very good President or
he's out the door in 1996. Clinton also has to show that he is
not a Washington rubber stamp for the liberal Congress. Rush
predicts that Clinton will take the special interests on in some
very strategic ways; culturally, Clinton will give liberals
whatever they want, but in some key economic areas Clinton will
put up a strong fight.

*BREAK*

Phone   Joe from Corona, CA

Joe thinks if the government must seek the absolute truth about
Iran-Contra, then it must also seek the absolute truth about the
leaks in the Clarence Thomas hearings. Furthermore, if Iran-
Contra was an "abuse by the executive office" as George Mitchell
has claimed, then the withholding of 100 judicial appointees by
the Senate Judicial Committee surely must be an abuse by the
legislative branch.

Rush says that this is a good point, and he is amazed that the
Bush campaign said nothing about this. There are over 100 judges
waiting to be confirmed by the Senate, and these hearings have
been held up until after the election. If these judges aren't
confirmed before Clinton is sworn in, then Clinton can nominate
whomever he wants.

This is politics, and is certainly not illegal, but it does show
that politics is a pure battle for power, and it is a battle that
must be fought. Why Bush didn't make an issue about this is one
of those questions which probably will never be answered.



-- 
John Switzer               | Impeach Clinton!
                           | Support the coup!
CompuServe: 74076,1250     |
Internet: jrs@netcom.com   |
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh