From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Fri 11/6/92
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Friday, Nov. 6, 1992
Keywords: Rush Limbaugh Unofficial Summary
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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 21:10:33 GMT

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Friday, November 6, 1992

by John Switzer

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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.

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November 6, 1992

MORNING UPDATE

Rush doesn't want to be a nit-picker, but there is no mandate or
landslide for either Clinton or for the Democratic tax-and-spend
policies. Six out of ten people did not vote for Clinton, who
promised he would raise taxes so he could implement a government
program to solve every problem. Yet 55% of the people polled in
ABC's exit poll said they wanted less government and lower
taxers. The only way to reconcile this data is to realize that
the people did not vote for Clinton, but voted against George
Bush.

Further proof is shown by how Californians defeated a tax-the-
rich initiative, 58 to 42%; Colorado voters defeated a tax
increase for their state, while 72% of Arizona voters decided
that all future state tax increases must be approved by a two-
thirds majority in the legislature. South Dakotans defeated a
proposal to implement a state income tax, and limits on property
taxes were imposed by Florida voters.

The election showed very clearly that there is no mandate for big
government, no mandate for tax increases, and there was no
landslide.

<<Note - since Rush is taking a post-election vacation, today's
show is a "Best of Rush" show. The first hour is a repeat of the
first hour of Rush's show on Thursday, October 22, 1992. However,
EIB continues their salute to America's next President by playing
bumper music from the Woodstock Generation>

FIRST HOUR

The air hangs heavy as Rush starts speaking:

"Ah, let's get started - we may as well. Greetings to you,
conversationalists, all across the fruited plan and welcome to
yet another excursion in broadcast excellence. This is the Rush
Limbaugh program coming to you, firmly ensconced behind the EIB
microphones as I sit here, in the prestigious Attila the Hun
Chair of the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative
Studies.

"I feel so bad today. I am . . . I actually have the shakes and I
actually do not . . . do NOT want to do the show today. I wish I
weren't here. I'm not at all up . . . I'm troubled, conflicted, a
little down; rarely has it been the case that I have felt this
toward my daily tasks, responsibilities. Normally this is one of
the most fun things I do and I just don't have it today. Normally
I can sweep these things aside. Normally I can just pretend for
three hours that they don't exist, or even incorporate them into
the program and try to elevate myself out of the gloom that I
find myself to be in.

"But I'll tell you what it is - I just . . . see, I don't want to
tell you, that's another thing! I don't want to say this . . . I
feel unlike I have ever felt before. I feel like . . . normally
there's nothing that I don't feel comfortable sharing with you. I
can tell you anything, as you know. And I don't . . . it's the
first time I have felt like making it up. It's the first time
I've felt not . . . you know, just coming forward.

"But I have no choice. You don't know the pressure I've been
under. You people have no idea what it's like. You don't know -
you have a number one best-selling book . . . . By the way, we
made it again, I should be happy - sixth week in a row, number
one, NY Times best-seller list. Found out at six o'clock this
morning, they announced it for November 1st. Ought to be on top
of the world, I ought to not care about this other stuff.

"But, uh, you want to know something else? We just got the latest
information on "Rush Limbaugh, the Television Show" - after four
weeks in the new season, we are ahead of Arsenio Hall, David
Letterman, and the Whoopi Goldberg show, which is going the
opposite direction real fast. And uh, our demographics on that
show are just astounding - number one syndicated show, late night
syndicated show in the 25-54 demographics.

"I mean I ought to be sitting here, uh, just trumpeting this
stuff to you people, and I normally would . . . it just doesn't
matter. It is . . . well, you'll hear how bad it is; maybe you'll
understand it, maybe you won't, I don't know.

"My friends, it's just this simple - I've changed my mind on the
Presidential race. Uh, I, uh, I have no choice. I mean I have a
choice, but I've made up my mind. I've been hoping, been holding
out hope that there would be a massive rebound, I've been holding
out hope that the President could pull this thing out, but it
doesn't look like this will happen.

"And, uh, I have my career to think about, and if the mood of
this country is not where I am right now, then I'm the one who's
going to have to change. And, uh, I have been challenged to have
the courage to change, and so I have - I am here to tell you that
I, today, understand the mood of the majority of the people in
this country.

"I, uh - <<to EIB staff>> would you please quit turning on the
intercom in there and making sucking noises? It's distracting!
They just . . . I'm sitting here, trying to share with you the
heavy things that are preying on me, and I am getting an intercom
and there's sucking noises in there. What was it you said that
sounded like sucking noises?

"I, uh no, I . . . I . . . no, I'm not getting into the gloom and
doom. I'm getting into the gloom and doom about me - I can't tell
you because this is just horrible! But I, ladies and gentlemen,
here at 12 minutes after the hour on the 22nd of October am here
to tell you that I have decided to endorse the candidacy of Bill
Clinton for President.<<heavy sigh>>

"No, I'm not crying, I'm just . . . talk about having no choice,
talk about . . . <<sigh>> It's the only way I think the country
can really, truly be saved - not with Clinton. I don't think
Clinton himself is going to be the instrument of revitalization
by virtue of what he will do; it will be what he will cause to
occur elsewhere.

"And, uh, I don't know - I'm just . . . I'm . . . I wish I
wouldn't have to . . . I would love to sit here and continue the
charade of being for President Bush, but I can't, so there. I'm
sure you understand that this has not been easy. I've had to
weigh my thoughts very carefully, I've had to weigh this
decision, I've thought about it a lot, I've talked about it a lot
with a lot of people. I have not made this decision lightly.

"So, now you see why I want to go home? Now you see . . . now you
see why I don't want to be here? I don't know what I'm going to
get. <<heavy sigh>> Let's take a commercial break a little early
- I just don't feel like saying anything right now. Can we take a
break here, Lo Bianco? Good, all right, and we'll be back in a
minute."

*BREAK*

Rush returns and starts with some news but then says:

"Folks, here's my problem here - I just cannot continue to deny
the truth as I have been trying. I have been trying to put the
good on everything, but the truth just can't be swept under the
rug anymore. This is in the paper, today - Americans employed by
foreign-owned companies in the United States make 22% a month
more in wages than the total US workforce in private jobs in
1990.

"That's not good for America - if you work for a foreign company
in the United States, you make more than if you worked for an
American company. That's why we need change - these are the
government's own numbers. The Labor Department yesterday said
that the average paycheck for the 5.2% of American workers
employed by foreign-owned companies totalled $2,543 a month in
the final 1990 quarter, compared with $2,085 for employees at all
companies in the United States.

"So, you see, the situation needs fixing. We need the courage to
change and we need to be able to face these problems rather than
try to dress them up with things that are not true. Uh, I know,
you've also heard this - uh, the number of people who have filed
unemployment claims is down, and this is ostensibly the third
consecutive week in a row that these numbers have gone down, but
you know why this is? It's just because people have given up
looking for work. The only reason fewer people are filing
unemployment claims is because they've given up trying to find a
job and so there are fewer people - it's just that simple. There
aren't jobs to be had.

"Uh, let's see, what else do I have? Let me just go to the phones
. . . let's just do that, 'cause there's nothing here - it's all
untrue - all this good stuff out here is just - I mean I have
some funny stuff, but I don't feel funny."

Phone   Camille from Brooklyn, NY

Camille is surprised and shocked that Rush would throw in the
towel and vote for Clinton. Camille says that she is in tears
listening to Rush, especially when he said he would vote for
Clinton and Gore; "I'm really disappointed in you," she states.
Rush replies "you have to do what you think is right."

"But Clinton," pleads Camille, "that slimeball! How could you?
Oh, my god, I just can't talk no more, I'm sorry . . ." She hangs
up, leaving naught but a dial tone. Rush says "Hmmm. Well, that's
just an indication of how tough it is for everybody. See, I knew
this is the problem - what am I to do? Am I supposed to come in
here and make it up? The charade me `do you say what you think
the audience wants to hear or do you speak from the heart?'

"Well, what do you think? I can't make it up, I'm not an actor."

Phone   Mary Ellen from Vista, CA

Mary Ellen does not believe either what she is hearing or the
fact that she got through to Rush. "But, Rush," she says, "you're
up to something!" Rush denies that, saying that he is just
telling people what he thinks. Mary Ellen, though, can't believe
that Rush can throw in the towel and turn his back on everything
he believes. She points out that Bush still has a chance and has
a lot of supporters. Rush knows that Bush has his supporters,
"but I'm not going to be one of them," he states.

Mary Ellen, however, still has her suspicions - "mark my words,
tomorrow you're going to have a change - you're just up to
something. It's not like you to do something like this." Rush
wonders when he ever has not told the truth or equivocated, and
asks Mary Ellen is she's ever heard him lie.

Mary Ellen doesn't think Rush is lying, but perhaps he is trying
to make a point. Rush replies "I've never done that. I have
always - there have been times, like April Fools, when it's
obvious when I said `raise taxes on the poor.' But I never . . .
I have promised people, since this show has gotten so powerful,
since this show has gotten so big, I have learned so much about
the power of this microphone and the things you can make people
believe.

"And I've always promised I would never, ever use satire or
parody about things I truly, passionately believe. I would never
lie to people. I used to do it, it got me in trouble. The whole
reason that I've got this thing following me around about the
draft is that I tried to have some fun on this show one day
making up a story about a member of my family paying off the
draft board to get me out of it. The press was running around
trying to see if it were true, and it taught me you can make
people believe anything, and I'm never, ever going to misuse the
power of this microphone."

Mary Ellen asks about the poll on Current Affair last night, but
Rush discounts that because it's no more scientific than one of
his own 900 polls. Mary Ellen, however, still has her doubts
whether Rush is really saying is the truth; if he is, though,
then Mary Ellen is going to be very depressed.

Rush says "tell me about it! I'm depressed, too! I would love to
be able to sit here and not have to say these things." He thanks
Mary Ellen for calling, and she replies that she is still
thrilled she could get through to Rush, but she issues a
challenge to him - "just in case something's up, tomorrow I want
you to mention me and say I was right." Rush laughs but advises
her not to hold her breath.

Phone   Bob from Minneapolis, MN

Bob recalls that in the "olden days, when the Romans lost, the
general fell on his sword. Like all good Republicans, you should
probably take the lead and fall on your sword if you're so . . .
." Rush says that he has given his heart and soul to this
election and has told the Bush campaign how they can win, "but it
still hasn't worked! I'm depressed about this in so many ways.
There is no way that I could have been better than I've already
been, but what's it good for?"

Bob says that Rush can at least vote, but perhaps he should run
for office since he campaigns so well. Rush says that he is not a
good campaigner, but he has made a good case for the Bush
campaign. Bob hopes Rush is not too disheartened, but Rush
insists "I am, I am!"

Phone   Mark from Evansville, IN

Mark says that if Rush has become a liberal, then it's no wonder
why he's depressed. Rush says that he never said he became a
liberal - "all I've done was to come out for Clinton in this
Presidential race." Mark, however, thinks that Rush is trying to
make a point, and Mark is willing to stick with Rush "because we
need you." Rush thanks Mark for that.

*BREAK*

Phone   Phyllis from the Bronx, NY

Phyllis is a conservative who backs President Bush, and although
she stayed home today because she was sick, she has become really
sick listening to Rush. "Rush, what are you doing to us? I'm sick
and tired of the liberals in this country who are pushing our
button!"

Rush is confused and asks Phyllis what the heck she is talking
about. Phyllis asks why Rush is backing Clinton. Rush says "I am
not! I never said that!" Phyllis insists that Rush said he was
going to vote for Clinton but Rush insists "I did not! I did not
say that!"

Phyllis asks Rush what he said, and he replies that Phyllis is
just trying to twist his words around - "I never said it."
Phyllis says that she can barely talk because she is so upset,
and Rush has no patience with her.

"Look, all I can tell you is that I'm tired of this. Everyone
wants to look into my past. All anyone wants to do - it was 23
minutes ago. You keep talking about something that happened 23
minutes ago! It's irrelevant! Can't we move on to things that
matter! Can't we talk about the things that . . . you keep
talking about the things I said 23 minutes ago - it doesn't
matter! I didn't say it, I was younger 23 minutes ago! Cut me
some slack!"

Rush pounds the table in exasperation. "We're trying to move
forward, we've got things to do on this radio show and you want
to talk about something that happened 23 minutes ago!" Phyllis
insists that what Rush said is very relevant since the election
is 2 weeks away.

"You are talking to the entire country," Phyllis points out, "and
the entire country has been listening to you who has been our
leader - the one we looked up to for everything. Now you're
telling us that `I can't go with Mr. Bush.'"

Rush says that this is not true - he never said that people
shouldn't go with Mr. Bush. Phyllis, though, also faults Rush for
ignoring the fact that the country is on the rebound. "We need to
vote for Mr. Bush - we need Mr. Bush and he needs our support
now, more than ever!"

Rush replies "Let me tell you something. I couldn't agree with
you more. Where have you been? That's exactly the point I have
been making. You think that stuff, you know, . . . because of me,
because of this show, because I'm the one who's told you how good
things are. I've told you that things aren't bad, I've told you
there's reason to be optimistic because you live in the United
States of America, and you call in here and give me grief about
something that I've not even said."

Phyllis knows what she heard and says Rush is the "guru of the
conservatives!" Rush tells her "you're going to have to listen
more closely from now on. And you're going to have to think about
the future - what happened in the past is irrelevant, it doesn't
matter. You're talking about my character when you are
challenging something I've said 23, 25 minutes ago. You're
challenging my character. My character doesn't matter, what
matters is this country and how we've got to get it fixed and do
it right. I appreciate your concern, but you've got to get
focused on the things that are important!"

Phone   John from Dallas, TX

John says that it's been obvious Rush has been getting frustrated
for the past week, but all Bush has to do to win the election is
to get Florida and Texas, and then split the rest of the states.
"It's not that bad," he says. John also compares the election to
when the Cleveland Browns were down two touchdowns against the
Giants in a playoff game, and so John turned off his TV. However,
the Browns rallied and won. "You can't give up on Bush," John
says.

"I have not given up on Bush," Rush states. "I am not down on
Bush! What are you talking about?" John says that Rush was very
pessimistic a few minutes ago, and Rush says "I didn't say
anything like that! What are our affiliates doing out there with
our show? I did not say that! I didn't say it! You keep wanting
to talk about the past! Don't you know that it's the future that
counts!"

Phone   Peggy from Charlotte, NC

Peggy thinks that Rush is merely trying to light a fire under his
audience, and she encourages Rush to keep up with his information
campaign because she thinks he can turn the election around. She,
though, wonders if perhaps her local station is distorting the
show because of what she's heard so far. However, she doesn't
want to talk about the past.

Rush is grateful that finally somebody doesn't want to talk about
the past 30 minutes. Peggy asks Rush is he will keep up his
mission, and he pledges to do exactly that. "My mission is so
many things - it is to do the best radio talk show I can do,
based on my honesty and integrity in all things."

Peggy asks if Rush will help Bush get re-elected, and Rush
replies "that is what I fervently hope will happen. What do you
think I've been doing on this show?" Rush suggests that Peggy
listen intently to today's show because "I've got an entire stack
of stuff that should continue to blow a lot of the wind out of
the sails of the Clinton/Gore ticket."

Rush says that his show last night pointed out all the lies that
Gore made during a speech in Chicago. Gore claimed unemployment
was up, but this is untrue - unemployment has dropped for seven
straight weeks in a row. Unemployment now is only 7.6% compared
to the 10.2% high in the 1981-82 recession.

Gore also claimed that "fear is up and hope is down," and this is
right, but only because Clinton and Gore have a campaign based on
fear-mongering and are trying to scare people into voting for
them. The Democrats are using lies and untruths to make people
fearful.

Peggy asks if things are so bad, then why does Clinton have a
smile on his face all the time. Rush replies that the Democrats
have always needed the economy to go south so that they can claim
that they should be elected to fix it. Gore also claimed that the
deficit is up, and housing starts are down. The deficit, though,
is going to be only $290 billion instead of the projected $400
billion, and this is because the President has vetoed 38
Democratic spending bills.

Peggy would love to hear Rush dedicate an hour to callers from
Arkansas to get their perspective on how effective Clinton really
has or has not been. Rush says that he doesn't want to offend the
fine residents of Arkansas, but he has to ask what has Bill
Clinton really done to make himself ready to be the leader of the
US's domestic and international policies.

The average Clinton voter cannot supply an issue-based or
policy-based reason for their support. Some people may give some
topics like health care or abortion, but they cannot supply the
top three things that they are just itching for Clinton to do
when he becomes President.

Rush has asked Clinton supporters why they are voting for
Clinton, and more often than not he has heard nothing but an
harangue against Bush. For 20 or more years, every President that
has been elected has been the one who has promised the least
government. This was true even during the primaries, but now the
country seems ready to elect the biggest pro-government candidate
in 20 years. "It's puzzling," Rush states.

*BREAK*

Phone   Suzette from Chicago, IL

Suzette gives mega-dittos and accolades, but she almost had a
coronary at the start of the show. However, she quickly realized
that Rush is doing the "Bill Clinton flip-flop." Rush says "this
is really sad . . . this is really pathetic." Suzette knows that
Rush will deny it, and Rush says "of course, I'm going to deny
it. I didn't say it."

Suzette understands, but Rush will not stand for letting her make
him the issue on his show when there are so many real issues to
be talked about. "I think you are as pathetic as these other
people and it's an indication of just how we need to change."
Suzette, laughing all the while, says "I know, I know. Isn't it
terrible - I know I'm going 30 minutes into your past here and
holding this up. It's terrible."

Rush has to ask, though, "what difference does this make? The
Cold War is over, what difference does it make?" Suzette tells
the EIB audience that Rush is being a "Bill Clinton clone, flip-
flopping on everything," and she hopes that the "poor lady from
Vista, CA has someone with her because of what you're doing to
her."

Rush's patience has nearly reached its end and he asks "what did
I do to her? Suzette, would you tell me what it is that I did!
What are you talking about? What did I say!?" Suzette says that
Rush has denied saying that he was going to vote for Clinton.
Rush simply won't accept these repeated attacks, saying "I did
not! It didn't happen. I never said it!"

Suzette, though, says that Rush is proving a good point, which
leads him to say "this is really pathetic, you're really sad. I
never said I was for Clinton. You people out there are so worried
about my conservative views. You think I'm such a maniac out
there that now you're hearing me say things I've never said."

Suzette challenges Rush to play the tape, but he refuses to do so
because it's unnecessary - "I know what I said," he says. Suzette
still thinks Rush is making a good point, and Rush doesn't see
why he has to listen to callers who go over and over the same
pointless stuff. "We've been patient! I've tried to understand,
what am I doing?"

Suzette says that Bill Clinton for months has been flip-flopping
on so many issues; he says something than denies it. Although
this stuff is on tape, the liberal media ignores Clinton's flip-
flops, and the American people seem to believe whatever Brokaw,
Jennings, and Rather report. She thinks that Rush is doing what
Clinton has been doing - Rush has said something and is now
denying it, even "when we've got it right in black and white on
tape."

Rush says that he never said this, and he is disappointed that in
this call lasting 5 minutes all Suzette wants to talk about is
something that happened 45 minutes ago. "I was younger then,"
Rush states. "I would not do it any differently than I did it,
but I didn't do it!"

*BREAK*

Phone   Noel from Jacksonville, FL

Noel thought Rush was changing "as fast as the leaves we're going
to see"; however, she now realizes what Rush is doing and she is
having a good time listening to him doing it. Rush is rather
confused by Noel's remarks but thanks her for them anyway. He
wonders, though, why people keep talking about this and why he
has to keep on explaining the facts.

Phone   Annie from Brooklyn, NY

Annie enjoys Rush's program, but she regretfully has to repeat
what the other callers have been saying. She is not going to give
up hope on Rush, though, because she has trust and faith in his
intelligence and opinions. An exasperated Rush states "I don't
know why people keep on talking about what I said at the
beginning of the show. I didn't say it. They keep asking
questions about it and I explained it away. It happened now 45
minutes ago, and you still want to talk about that! Good grief!"

*BREAK*

<<The second hour is a repeat of the third hour from Friday,
October 16, 1992>>

SECOND HOUR

Update  Mario Cuomo         (Screamin' Jay Hawkins, "I Put A
Spell On You")

Governor Cuomo was featured on NBC after the debate last night.
What was interesting about his comments is that for some time
Cuomo has been trying to avoid any blame for New York's current
mess, and instead has been blaming Washington in general, and
Reagan and Bush in particular. For months Cuomo has been saying
that Bush has to be voted out of the White House because the
nation's cities have to be rebuilt; only a Democrat will be able
to give cities such as New York what they need (i.e. money).

Thus, Rush was a bit surprised last night to hear Cuomo state
that when Bill Clinton becomes President, he will have his hands
full trying to turn the country around from the current economic
malaise that Reagan and Bush have allegedly created. Thus, since
President Clinton is going to be so busy in rebuilding the
country, Cuomo will not ask him for any help in rebuilding the
nation's cities or states.

Thus, the "problem" with the nation's cities will cease to be a
problem once Clinton is elected, according to Cuomo. Even though
this statement is diametrically opposed to what Cuomo has been
saying for months, however, Tom Brokaw did not challenge Cuomo at
all on it. "It just slides on down like it's on a chute lined
with butter," Rush states.

Item

o       An Albuquerque man is suing the police for not preventing
him from driving drunk. The man, who was paralyzed during a
recent drunk driving accident, broke down in tears while on the
witness stand when he told how the doctors broke the news to him
that he would never walk again. The former construction worker
contends that the police deprived him of the rights which were
guaranteed to him under a state law that allows police to drive
intoxicated people to their homes, a detox facility, or jail.

The defendant's lawyers say that the police ordered the guy not
to drive and allowed him and a friend to walk away; the defense
claims that the police should have prevented the man from driving
away.

Rush recalls how Mothers Against Drunk Driving, MADD, was founded
after a convicted drunk driver killed the founder's daughter.
That drunk driver was arrested several times subsequently in
California for more drunk driving offenses; the man moved to
Wisconsin and has now been arrested there for drunk driving, too.
This, however, is his first offense in Wisconsin.

Update  Animal Rights         (Andy Williams, "Born Free" with
        "unusually rambunctious" gratuitous sound effects)

In a sad story, the city of St. Cloud, MN purchased a swan as a
mascot for Lake George. Some evil human beings, however, killed
the swan, and according to the local paper, "left its mate to
swim the lake alone." Witnesses saw the men who picked up the
swan, named Larry Bud, and took down the license number of their
car. The witnesses called police, who tracked down the car and
arrested six men, who were in the process of plucking the dead
bird.

These men, ranging in ages from 18 to 33, have been released
pending an investigation. Supposedly, the rumor in St. Cloud is
that Larry Bud actually wanted to die after he saw a news report
about Jack Kevorkian.

*BREAK*

Item

o       Certain welfare recipients in the Netherlands may be able
to qualify for government funds to pay for prostitutes. The
government's health secretary says that she cannot rule out
"professional sexual relief" for long-term patients in the
country's health care facilities. Rush says that this is just
another way of explaining what the US Congress has been doing to
US citizens for generations.

Phone   Clarence from Haines City, FL

Clarence gives "ozone-sucking dittos." He thinks that when Bush
was asked how long it would take before a woman became President,
he should have said that if Clinton is elected, a woman would be
running the White House.

Rush likes Clarence's comment, but notices that he sounds a lot
like Governor Clinton. Clarence is less than thrilled with this
compliment, but Rush asks him to say "the richest got all the
breaks in the 80s, saw their income go up and up, while the rest
of us saw our taxes go up and our incomes go down. We've got to
get rid of this trickle down stuff."

Clarence says that he feels like Benedict Arnold in saying this,
but he repeats it. Rush says "gollee, this sounds so close!" Rush
is intrigued by how much Clarence sounds like Clinton and he has
Lo Bianco start the tape recorder; he then has Clarence say "my
plan will destroy America." Clarence repeats it, but with not
enough conviction and so Rush has him do it again.

Rush then has Clarence say "My wife tells me what to do every
night." Clarence says this several times, and Rush promises the
send a tape of this to the Bush campaign for a commercial. He
then has Clarence say "these are not the worst times in the last
50 years," and Clarence does so with great passion. Rush wants to
think of more things that Clarence can say and so holds him over
the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Clarence from Haines City, FL (continued)

Rush has thought of some more things for Clarence to say. The
first is "I don't have any idea of what my policies are really
going to do." Clarence repeats this and then ad-libs at the end
"I just want to be President."

Next, is "I am amazed at how easy it has been to fool people into
believing I'm a moderate." Rush loves hearing this come from an
ersatz Clinton, and has Clarence change it a bit to "I am amazed
at how easy it has been to fool people into believing I'm not a
liberal."

Finally, Rush has Clarence say "I loathe the military. There
needs to be more places like Moscow. They'd love to know what I
really did there." Rush thanks Clarence for his help, and he
promises that his show is going to have some "fun promos" for the
remaining days of this campaign.

Clarence is glad he could help, and he adds that after hearing
the debates he is glad he doesn't make more than $200,000 because
they are "going to be picked on." Rush says that Clarence doesn't
even have to make that much - anyone making $64,000 a year is
going to get hit hard.

Rush has one final statement for Clarence to say - "Gennifer,
just be quiet! If you blow it for me it will be the last time you
do it for anybody." Clarence is hesitant to say this provocative
statement, but Rush tells him that it refers only to political
doings. Clarence accepts that and says the phrase; however, he
doesn't say it with quite enough passion, and Rush tells him to
be more "ticked off."

Rush thanks Clarence for calling and for helping him with such
great sound bites.

Phone   Cathy from Jersey Shore, PA

Cathy was impressed with Clinton's theatrics during the debate
last night, and wonders why he hasn't been attacked for being an
actor, as Reagan was. Rush admits he hadn't thought of that, and
Cathy adds that she kept wondering when the violins would come
in.

Rush says that last night showed the true meaning of media bias -
handling one candidate in a totally different way than the other.
Cathy comments that every issue was Clinton's "number one issue."
Rush says that Clinton stole this from Perot, to whom everything
was "the highest priority."

Cathy also mentions the election special in the November issue of
Good Housekeeping magazine, which lists all of the major issues
in the campaign. The article says that Clinton would start a
"national deadbeat databank" and make it a felony for parents to
cross state lines in order to avoid child support payments. The
article claims that Clinton would also use the IRS to track down
deadbeat parents, as well as report them to credit agencies so as
to prevent them from borrowing any money for themselves.

Rush says that this is straight from the "bitter, angry, and mad"
feminist handbook and show the influence of "Hillary and her
chums." Cathy is bothered by this example of big government
flexing its muscles and wonders where the ACLU is when the people
really need it. Rush says that he doesn't read Good Housekeeping
usually, but he thanks Cathy for cluing him into this, and he
promises to look into it.

Rush recalls how Clinton was applauded during the convention for
his statements on deadbeat dads, and Rush pointed out at the time
that a lot of divorced fathers are not being given their court-
ordered visitation rights. Clinton, though, is not talking about
this stuff right now, which makes one wonder what Clinton's real
agenda is going to be when he gets elected. "These people are
liberals, folks - they are social architects, and they cannot
wait to get their hands back on this whole society, and tinker
with it in ways that go far beyond economics."

Rush has tried to warn the country about this, but so many people
seem to insist on worrying only about economics. The economy,
though, is not that bad, and people should start worrying about
some of this other stuff.

*BREAK*

Phone   Nancy from Chicago, IL

Nancy wants to talk about euthanasia and how so many groups seem
insistent about giving doctors the right to kill. She says that
people can protect themselves from this movement, though, by
using some documents that are put out by an ad-hoc committee that
is interested in protecting the sick, elderly, and disabled.

One document is the "Patient's Self-Protection Document," and its
use will counter the efforts in America to degrade the sanctity
of life. Instruments such as the "Living Will" could allow a
patient to be killed by lethal injection, drug overdose, or
starvation, especially if laws such as California's Proposition
161 are enacted.

Rush says that this is especially true if doctors are absolved
from any liability in "physician-assisted suicide," which is
really the right to kill. California's initiative would give
doctors the power to kill if they decide that a patient has only
a limited time to live.

Rush says that this movement is "an organ donor scam," and he
suggests that people follow the money trail on it to get an idea
of what is really going on. Certainly, a lot of "lost souls" have
been captivated by the idea that euthanasia is a wholesome and
compassionate thing, but this movement toward death is a whole
lot more than that.

Phone   Russ from Aurora, CO

Russ watched Rush's TV show last night and saw the montage of
photos of liberals who have vanished from the national scene
during this campaign. Jesse Jackson, though, spoke recently at
the Metropolitan State College of Denver, and after his speech he
led the crowd to a place where they could fill out absentee
ballots. Rush finds it interesting that Colorado voters can vote
absentee even if they aren't going to be absent.

Russ adds that a number of College Republicans were also at the
rally holding Bush/Quayle signs. One woman had her Bush/Quayle
sign ripped in half by a member of the Rainbow Coalition who then
tried to walk away with it. The woman got her ripped sign back,
but the Rainbow Coalition guys told her that she wasn't welcome
at this public rally because "she wasn't invited."

Rush asks how many people were in the crowd, and Russ answers
that the school newspaper said 300 were in attendance. Rush is
incredulous that Jackson would have actually led the audience to
vote, and says that "it's over - pack up the Constitution,
folks."

Russ adds that on CNN's Moneyline program, a Nobel Prize-winning
economist stated that the economy was improving and was not in
the dumps. Rush says that a lot of other listeners have told him
about this, and he thanks Russ for calling with his story.

Rush points out that the reason Cuomo, Jackson, and the other
liberals are not out campaigning for Clinton nationally is
because they know that if people realize Clinton is really a
liberal, he loses. Rush hopes people soon figure out just how
much they are being suckered in this election.

*BREAK*

Phone   Dave from Trenton, NJ

Dave points out that "Bogus Bill" was on the air during the
Republican convention, defending himself from attacks by Buchanan
et al. Dave thus doesn't understand why Clinton, when his lack of
foreign policy experience was attacked time and time again,
didn't point out that he had been to Moscow and that he had
travelled across Europe.

Rush says that he has asked this question himself - if Clinton
really believed the philosophies behind his peace protesting,
then why didn't he come out and tell the country that he has
travelled across the world and has met people from all sorts of
foreign lands? There's obviously something in his trips that
Clinton doesn't want know people to know about.

Dave agrees completely, and adds that he has a winning campaign
commercial for Bush - display the Time magazine cover that asks
"Bill Clinton, can you trust him?" and then replace that with the
picture of Bill Clinton wearing sunglasses playing the saxophone.
Move this picture to the left side of the screen, and then show
in rapid succession all of the world's trouble spots - Bosnia-
Hercegovina, the Middle East, Russia, etc. Again ask the question
"who can you trust?"

Rush says that this would be a good ad that makes the point, but
unfortunately people "don't give a rat's ass about foreign
policy."

*BREAK*

<<The third hour is from the third hour originally broadcast on
Thursday, October 15, 1992>>

THIRD HOUR

A Congressional committee is probing charges of illegal links
between the 1988 Bush campaign and the independent group that
made the Willie Horton ad. CBS News reports that the FEC received
an anonymous tip that the woman who was part of the group that
developed the ads may have been given newspaper clippings about
Horton from a researcher for the 1988 campaign.

Rush wonders why there should be a problem even if there is a
link, especially since the Willie Horton ad only told the truth.
This whole story, with its anonymous tip, smacks of the same
tactics used against Clarence Thomas, and there's obviously a
clear double standard going on.

The Democrats are doing with Willie Horton what they are trying
to do with the successes of the 80s - they are trying to rewrite
history and intimidate into silence anyone who disagrees with
them. Rush wonders why there isn't an investigation going on into
Abrams' charges of "nazi" against D'Amato; he is incredulous that
a Congressional committee is investigating this matter.

"It's the same old truth," Rush states. "You can't tell the truth
about Democrats - you do that, look out, they're going to try to
shut you up." If anyone is practicing nazism, it is Democrats who
continue to attack the people who put on an ad that told the
simple truth.

The Democrats, of course, are now crying "witch-hunt" over the
stories about a search through State Department files for
information on Clinton's peace protesting past. Rush has an
alternate theory, however. The Clinton campaign has already
created its own "bimbo eruptions division" to investigate the
claims any woman might make that she had an affair with Clinton;
thus, the Clinton campaign hired their own investigator to look
into their own candidate's peccadillos.

The State Department, however, is not run by Republicans, and is
instead filled with bureaucratic appointees from years past. Is
it possible that Clinton's group lifted the files themselves or
perhaps a Clinton sympathizer was responsible? This is at least
as good a possibility as what Clinton's people are claiming.

Update  Gorbasm         ("Theme from the Empire Strikes Back")

Mikhail Gorbachev denied yesterday that when he was President of
the USSR he failed to disclose that Soviet leaders ordered the
execution of 14,000 Polish officers during WWII. "I didn't hide
anything that I knew," stated Gorbachev. The Russian government,
however, doesn't believe him, and thinks instead that he was
responsible for helping to spread Soviet lies.

Rush thinks we should perhaps call Gorbachev "Slick Gorby";
perhaps that was what Clinton was doing in Moscow in 1969 -
meeting with Gorbachev and giving him advice on how to get out of
tight situations.

Phone   Quentin from Kensington, MD

Quentin is voting for Clinton because of the "total decadence
that I've observed in the 12 years of the Reagan/Bush
administration." Quentin is a cab driver and a crisis
intervention specialist who thinks he has his finger on the pulse
of the country. Rush comments that Kit Carson talked to another
cab driver who was in favor of raising taxes on businesses and
Rush asks Quentin if he agrees.

Quentin replies that as a general rule, he is against raising
taxes on businesses. However, he's voting for Clinton because he
remembers seeing the soup lines in 1984 and they were a lot
shorter than they are now. Rush asks what Clinton is going to do
to shorten those soup lines.

Quentin ignores Rush's question, saying that he wants to talk
about the issues, and the issue is why should the country follow
Bush "down in a blaze." Quentin knows what Bush stands for, and
the Reagan/Bush prosperity was a short-lived flame. Businesses
are moving out of the country now.

Rush notices that everything Quentin has said so far has been
about what he doesn't like about the way things are. It seems
that Quentin is voting for Clinton solely because he wants to get
rid of Bush, which is what Rush suspected would be the case.

Rush asks what are the exact reasons that Quentin is going to
vote for Clinton. Quentin replies he doesn't want to see the
country killed quickly - the infrastructure of the country is
falling apart, and Quentin doesn't think that someone like Bush,
who doesn't even know what a supermarket scanner is, is really in
touch with the country.

Also, Bush's use of Willie Horton shows his hypocrisy, according
to Quentin. Bush is "very conservative when it comes to those
issues, but he's very liberal when it comes to all of that
corruption, including his son."

Rush thanks Quentin for calling, and again points out that it
seems Quentin's main motivation in this election seems to be to
get rid of Bush. Rush asks Quentin if he can name one thing that
Clinton will do to improve the country. Quentin answers that
Clinton will rebuild the infrastructure by providing jobs for
people; he can't provide specifics on Clinton's plans to do this,
but he remembers that Clinton did outline his program.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bridget from West Hartford, CT

Bridget started listening to Rush's show for the first time this
week, is 22, and just graduated from college with a degree in
business. She was raised as a Republican conservative, but is now
a "staunch" supporter of Clinton and Gore because she is still
jobless thanks to the recession in the Northeast.

Rush says that there is no doubt that there is a recession going
on, but is the President solely to blame for the Northeast's
problems? Bridget says that both Bush and Reagan are to blame
because their policies created a false prosperity that made this
recession inevitable. She predicted this would happen back in
1985 - "the Reagan years were inflated, phony wealth" created by
people using money they didn't have. Hartford was excessively
built up by developers who "sold their souls to the devils."
Thus, it's no surprise that this house of cards eventually
collapsed.

Rush says that the prosperity of the 80s was not phony; there are
always crooks around, but were all of the failed savings and
loans the result of criminal behavior? Rush doubts that more than
10 or 15% of the S&L failures were due to criminal behavior.
Isn't it possible that bad judgement was also to blame, and if so
how can Reagan and Bush be held responsible for that?

There's no doubt that recessions come in cycles, but the
prosperity of the 80s was not artificial. Bridget, though, still
thinks that Reagan was encouraging the economy to go out of
control by inflating the economy. Rush says that the 80s had the
lowest inflation rates in decades, and he holds her over the
break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bridget from West Hartford, CT (continued)

Bridget says that during the 80s, everyone was encouraged to
spend all their money and use credit; now everyone has to pay
back the piper. She thinks Republicans and Reagan encouraged this
spending and credit. Rush doesn't recall Reagan or any other
Republican encouraging others to spend money; rather, they
encouraged people to earn more money by engaging in commerce.
Granted some people ran up debt, but this is not all bad. The 80s
were not a party whose bill is coming due now; the 80s were
genuine prosperity, and to blame Reagan for it is actually to
blame the American people for enjoying life too much.

Bridget, however, just graduated from college and is still
unemployed. She lived with a friend of hers, though, for a while
in the East Village, which "is not pretty." This was quite a
contrast to the upper middle class home and community she grew up
in, and she was shocked to realize that her "fantasyland" idea of
America as a "land of prosperity in which everyone is taken care
of" was wrong.

She lived in East Village for a month and saw children playing
with rats and glass in the gutters, with their 14-year old
mothers standing nearby. One day she went to the neighborhood
grocery store and the clerk asked if she would be paying cash.
Bridget assumed that the clerk was asking if she was going to use
a credit card, but she realized her mistake when the cash
register was opened and "there were food stamps there piled a
mile high."

"I had the audacity," states Bridget, "to come in from the upper
West Side and ask if I could charge my groceries. How dare I, as
an American citizen, be that out of touch with what is going on
in our country! That is no different than Mr. Bush one year ago
going into a grocery store and saying `oh, gee, isn't that cool,
these scanner things.' This man has not been in a grocery store
for 35 years. This man has no idea of how hard I had to work to
get through college."

Rush disagrees, and says that this is simply not true. It is not
correct to say that you have to do something in order to know
what it is. Rush doesn't have to be a drug addict, poor, or
homeless in order to know how bad those situations are. He says
that Bridget seems to be possessed with a lot of guilt that she
is blaming on Reagan, Bush, and the Republicans. He asks her what
she thinks Clinton will do to get those children out of the
gutter with the rats.

Bridget says that Clinton has a domestic policy and wants to do
something about changing things. Rush asks what Clinton is going
to do that hasn't already been done, to the tune of $2 trillion?
Bridget doesn't answer, instead saying "Mr. Bush has no idea of
what we, as average human beings in his country want or need, or
what our daily needs are."

Rush asks since when has the President become the provider of
one's daily needs? The idea that the President, Washington, and
the government can provide for people's daily needs is precisely
why the country has the problems it has right now - these
policies have created a class of dependent people who expect
everything in their lives to come from the government.

Rush states that the country has spent itself into debt, not
because of military spending, but because of social spending.
Bridget says "that's not true," but Rush disagrees - the country
has spent more on social programs than on defense for that past
20 years. Bridget wonders, though, how this country can give
"billions to Russia, billions - B-I-L-L-I-O-N-S - to Russia? We
need it right here! Those kids didn't eat that evening!" Rush
wonders how Bridget can think that the government is not doing
enough for the poor when she herself saw a cash register drawer
piled high with food stamps.

Bridget doesn't answer the question and Rush asks the question
again; he then asks how Bridget can blame Bush for her lack of
knowledge about food stamps. Bridget says that it is the
mentality of Republicans that she objects to - a mentality that
ignores the poor. Rush says that Republicans know the poor exist
and in fact want to help them, not with government programs, but
by teaching them how to access the opportunities for prosperity
that exist in America.

Bridget says "I think Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore have a very
specific domestic agenda. Granted, I will be the first one to
admit that I was going to vote for Perot first." Rush asks what
Clinton is going to do to help those kids in the gutter. Bridget
says that it bothers her that Clinton doesn't have any
international experience, but she thinks he is "far more in tune
with the American people."

Rush says that this may be so, but "this touchy-feely stuff
doesn't mean beans." Just because someone knows how you feel
doesn't mean that they can help you. He asks Bridget how long she
thinks it will take Clinton to solve these problems. Bridget
replies that Clinton's focus on this issue and his desire to make
America a superpower again will be enough. Bush claims the
country is not coming apart at the seams, but "yeah, we are" she
states.

She doesn't think it will be an easy four years under Clinton and
Gore, but she feels betrayed by Bush's administration, especially
with his many scandals. Her friends at Fordham had to die because
Bush sold arms to Iraq and then had to fight a war. Rush asks how
many of her friends died in Iraq, and Bridget says "one kid in
New York" that she knew died. She wonders, though, why nobody
talks about Bush's scandals.

Rush replies that people are talking about them, and there has
been a $50 million, 5-year investigation into the Reagan and Bush
administrations. Bush has been asked over 4,000 questions about
Iraq, Iran, and Contra aid, and the Democrats have come up empty
with their investigations. Rush thanks Bridget for calling,
especially as she is intelligent, engaged, and concerned.

*BREAK*

Phone   Amelia from San Francisco, CA

Amelia doesn't see much difference between the Presidential
candidates since they all are after "enlarging government power
in one way or another"; thus, she will vote for Clinton because
he is strongly pro-choice. Amelia wonders why anyone would oppose
choice.

Rush replies that for one thing the fetus is not being given any
choice in the matter of its life. Amelia doesn't think a fetus
has any rights. Rush says that the Constitution guarantees a
"right to life," but Amelia says that this is "the right to life
for those who are actually living. That fetus is still actually
inside the woman's body."

Rush points out that abortion kills a separate individual. Amelia
agrees, "but that entity is inside the woman's womb" and the
mother has every right to do with her body whatever she wants "as
long as no other separate human being is being hurt in some way."
Thus, people should be able to use whatever drugs they want. Rush
asks if Amelia thinks that drugs be legalized and she answers
"oh, sure."

Amelia thinks having Clinton as President would also ensure that
the three liberal Justices who are planning to retire would be
replaced with proper Justices. Rush asks her if she thinks there
should be a pro-choice litmus test for Justices, which is what
Clinton has said will guide him if he becomes President. Amelia
says no, but doesn't think this matters because "the Justices
have been politically consistent to the point where people who
are very familiar with their political views can predict how they
will rule on any case."

Rush asks Amelia if she thinks pro-choice is the most important
issue facing the country, and she answers no; this is just the
only issue that separates the candidates in her mind. Rush says
Perot is pro-choice, but Amelia won't vote for Perot because he
is autocratic and authoritarian. For example, Perot has said he
is in favor of doing police drug sweeps through whole
neighborhoods, and Rush says that Perot has indeed made such a
comment.

*BREAK*

Rush promises to continue taking calls from Clinton supporters
when he tapes his TV show tonight.

Phone   Walker from Long Island, NY

Walker says that he listens to both Rush and Bob Grant on WABC,
and thinks that both men are the greatest campaign tool that
Clinton has. "All you got to do is listen to your program and
listen to Bob's program - what comes across [ . . . is that . . .
] people come to their own conclusions. I think you two guys are
doing the utmost greatest service to Clinton."

Rush is a bit disappointed that Walker seems to be saying that he
will vote for Clinton only because Rush supports Bush. If people
want to criticize Rush, they can go ahead, but they can do this
at any time; it would be nice now, though, to hear substantive
reasons as to why people are looking forward to getting Clinton
into the White House.

Phone   Tim from Weimar, CA

Tim says that the first debate changed his mind. Clinton told the
entire nation that Arkansas is the number one state in creating
new and high-paying jobs. If Clinton can do this in his 12 years
as Arkansas' governor, then he can do the same thing for the rest
of the country. Tim points out that Bush didn't refute Clinton on
his claim, and thus it must be true.

Rush says that Clinton was not telling the whole truth - Arkansas
is still near the last of all 50 states in terms of what people
earn. Tim challenges Rush to come up with some figures that might
change his mind as he doesn't see why Clinton would say something
like this if it weren't true. Rush wonders why Clinton would lie
about other things as well.

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