From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Fri 10/9/92
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Friday, Oct. 9, 1992
Keywords: Unofficial Summary Rush Limbaugh
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:17:26 GMT

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Friday, October 9, 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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October 9, 1992

MORNING UPDATE

What is Bill Clinton's record on education? Clinton has claimed
that Bush is not doing anything about America's educational
problems, yet Clinton is the one who opposes Bush's voucher plan
for school choice. Bush's plan would simply allow all parents,
regardless of their income, to choose the best schools for their
children.

Clinton's "School for the Gifted and Talented" in Arkansas
provides some clues as to what he would like to see happen in
education. This state-funded school includes courses on atheism,
feminism, environmentalism (as taught by militant extremists),
multiculturalism, and more.

The 1991 curriculum featured one course that included an anti-
Christian diatribe that compared Christ's crucifixion to
necrophilia. Hillary Clinton is one of the school's frequent
guest lecturers, and her agenda can be seen in one student's
comment that she trusts big government more than big business.
The current director of the school is proud of the fact that his
curriculum "alienates religious fundamentalists."

This is the kind of school that teaches kids everything they need
to know except what would help them become happy, prosperous
Americans. It's clear that the reason Clinton criticizes and
opposes letting parents have educational choice is because it
would move him and his program of indoctrination out of the
picture.

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       EIB has upgraded their 900 polling software so that it
can handle more than two answers. Today's poll will be a very
unscientific poll to find out how EIB's listeners are going to
vote in November for President:

-       If you are going to vote for Bush, call 900-446-6661

-       If you are going to vote for Clinton, call 900-446-6662

-       If you are going to vote for Perot, call 900-446-6620

The price is 85 cents per minute, and calls can be placed up
until the end of today's show. Rush knows that many of his
critics will think that he and EIB are "just a bunch of greedy
Reaganites who seek to profit at every opportunity." Well, of
course EIB seeks to profit at every opportunity, but not because
of greed, but rather out of a sense of responsibility. Rush's 900
polls are done with "class, dignity, care, compassion,
sensitivity, understanding, finesse, and savoir faire."

The last Presidential 900 poll that EIB took was back in March,
and Rush was stunned at the results - 53% of the listeners said
that they would consider supporting Perot. Since this result was
totally opposite to Rush's opinion about Perot, some EIB
executives suggested that Rush should tone down his attacks
against Perot. Rush refused to do this, though, since he has
never done his show by moistening his finger and testing the wind
to see what his audience wanted to hear. He couldn't do his show
without being honest and saying what was really in his heart.

However, the poll on Perot did make everyone at EIB concerned
about how Rush's ratings would be affected; would the Perot
supporters stop listening because of Rush's refusal to get on the
Perot bandwagon? When the spring ratings came in, though, Rush's
numbers were higher than ever, showing that honesty and
forthrightness really are the best way to go.

Since the first Presidential debate will be held on Sunday, Rush
therefore wants to take a snapshot of his audience to see how
they feel right now. He will then take another poll on Monday to
see if the debate changed anyone's opinion one way or another.

o       William Norwich's column in today's NY Post has an
incredible story about Perot. Norwich admits that he can't
confirm this story, but if it is true, then Perot and his
candidacy have become all the more ludicrous. Rush will tell the
story later, but he comments that he is finding it hard not to
laugh whenever he sees Perot on TV anymore.

o       Jerry Hall has said some incredible things about her
marriage to Mick Jagger, and Rush will relate her remarks later.

o       Today's USA Today reports that another deep space probe
has been sent into space in the hope of contacting alien life; of
course, any alien life form is always assumed to be far more
intelligent than man. People are probably expecting that it will
turn out to be a race of hyper-intelligent trees or some other
sort of politically correct vegetation.

o       Lynn Yeakel has gained 8 points in her Senate race with
Arlen Specter, leaving the race in a dead heat. The conventional
wisdom says that Yeakel's advance is due to the "new attention"
being given to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings on the
hearings' one-year anniversary. Rush wonders how there could be
any new attention when Hill has never stopped getting any
attention for the past year.

o       Rush has to laugh because Columbus Day in New York City
used to be a grand event, with all sorts of politicians and
ethnic groups participating in a monster parade down 5th Avenue.
Now, though, politicians are running over each other in their
attempts to be the first to state that they will have nothing to
do with this politically incorrect event. "Those spineless,
wishy-washy, malleable little people," Rush remarks.

The hysteria about Christopher Columbus epitomizes the
multiculturalist agenda. Even if the multiculturalists are right,
what can be done about this anyway, except perhaps to have all
Americans pack their bags and return to the country of their or
their ancestors' origin?

*BREAK*

Phone   Paul from Mesquite, TX

Paul would like Rush to explain why, if the economy is so bad,
does the October issue of Money magazine say that small investors
have earned an average annual return of 10.7% during Bush's term,
making it the highest return in 20 years. Rush replies that
today's news includes all sorts of robust, positive stories about
the economy - the NY Times reports that the nation's chain stores
had their strongest monthly sales gain in a year.

Of course, "analysts" caution that people shouldn't get too
optimistic about this news. The Times even claims that cold
weather and a late Labor Day "rescued" the stores, adding that
things have to be unique or be on sale before people will buy.
This is the same sort of garbage which was heard last Christmas.
Rush asks when were things any different? People have always
shopped with an eye for the best price, and few people are
willing to throw their money away.

Yesterday Rush read two letters from businessmen who are doing
well, and this inspired a listener to send Rush a hate email on
CompuServe. The letter writer attacks Rush for "not getting it"
and for being insulated from how people feel about their personal
lives; Rush "just doesn't realize how bad things are." The
listener then claims that for every business that is doing well,
there are 10 or 15 in trouble.

Rush doesn't know what statistics this man used for his claim,
but he points out that for the past 10 years the economic profits
of doom have been continually claiming that the economy is worse
off than it actually is. These economist chicken-littles year
after year have predicted that Reagan's tax cuts would destroy
the economy, yet every year their prognostications never came
true.

This unabated negative news, though, has finally had an effect on
consumers, and it's not surprising that people have been beaten
down by it. The economy is also going through shifts, resulting
in jobs being permanently lost from certain industries. This,
though, was going to happen no matter what since the US is taking
part in the global economy.

Furthermore, even when good news is reported, it is always
accompanied by all sorts of qualifiers that caution against being
optimistic. However, even though consumer confidence is way down,
people are still spending money. How people spend their money is
a far more accurate indicator than any consumer confidence
survey.

Clearly these are not the best of times, but on the other hand
they aren't the worst of times either. People should be
suspicious when they hear good news that is always accompanied by
qualifiers and a negative slant. Many people think things are a
lot worse than they really are, simply because this is how the
media has portrayed things for years; unfortunately, this trend
has been a major boom for those politicians who are running
against incumbents.

*BREAK*

Phone   George from West Palm Beach, FL

George says that Forbes magazine printed a list of the wealthiest
400 Americans, and they show Perot's net worth at about $2.4
billion. According to Forbes, though, over 90% of Perot's assets
are in tax-free municipal bonds. This means if Perot has an
annual income of $150 million, he will pay about 1% in federal
income taxes. This would continue to be the case even if Perot's
economic plan was implemented; thus Perot's own plan would not
affect his wealth much if at all. "We pay, Perot doesn't" states
George.

Rush finds this news somewhat humorous since Perot has said that
it was the rich who weren't paying enough; wasn't this the whole
point of his economic program - to make sure everybody pays their
"fair share"?

George says that the picture of Perot in Forbes magazine is
pretty comical as well - Perot is standing on a camera box. Rush
says that his TV show uses a great caricature of Perot - Perot is
sitting at an oversized desk, with his knees barely reaching the
end of the chair.

George adds that he is making a few sweet deals of his own - he
bought Rush's book on sale for $12.98 at Sam's Wholesale Club;
there were plenty of copies available. Rush is glad to hear this
because people are still having problems finding his book. A
bookstore in Myrtle Beach, SC advertised that it had 150 copies
of Rush's book available starting at noon today. People ended up
standing in line just so that they could be sure to get a copy of
the book.

About 1,200,000 copies have been printed, and the book is on the
NY Times best seller list for the fourth week in a row. Rush
tells George that he should have bought multiple copies at this
great price, and George admits that he is planning to give some
copies as Christmas gifts.

Rush says that he is glad to hear about stores that are doing
well, especially as so many people seem to think that the country
is on its last legs. The real danger for Bush about this attitude
is in how he deals with it. Should Bush approach the public with
the truth and tell them that it's not that bad, or should he
commiserate with them and pander to their mistaken beliefs?

The problem is that if a candidate panders to the public,
policies could be implemented that would only make things worse.
Rush would therefore like to hear from those members of the
public who think that things are darkest now and that their
children will not do as well as they have.

A phone call on the episode of Rush's TV show which will air
tonight was from a 23-year old man who was angry at his parents'
generation for leaving his generation with such a mess. He thinks
that his generation will have to "work so hard" in order to clean
things up. This guy obviously has been influenced by Perot who is
continually talking about how our children will be burden by
today's debt.

Rush told this guy, however, that he didn't know what hard work
really is, given what his parents and grandparents had to live
through. This guy didn't grow up during a Great Depression or
live through a World War. In fact, this guy has grown up with all
sorts of things that his parents never dreamed of having -
computers, technology, medical advances, and so forth. Of course
every generation will have to work hard - this has always been
the case, yet so many young people seem to think that hard work
is some sort of insult to them.

A story is told about Reagan while he was Governor of California.
Some anti-Reagan protestors were haranguing him for his stand on
the Vietnam War and for his use of the National Guard. One
protestor stood up and said "what do you know, old man, about
what the young have to deal with today? You don't know anything
about our lives and you can't relate to what we're going through.
When you were growing up you didn't have telephones, satellites,
or jet airplanes."

The guy continued to list off one technological advance after
another, while Reagan sat there calmly, listening quietly. When
the protestor was finished speaking, Reagan said "well, you're
right - we didn't have any of those things. We had to invent them
for you."

The moral for today's youth is that they should stop and think a
bit before complaining about how tough their life is today. Look
back at what health care, technology, and life in general was
like 20 years, 40 years, or 50 years ago. America is by no means
finished, and the only time America will die is when the youth
decide that America's salvation lies only with a larger, more
socialist government.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bill from Harvard, OH

Bill has been waiting for the media to cover Clinton's anti-war
demonstrations, and he is amazed that nobody seems to think that
this issue matters at all. Rush says that the New York papers are
even worse - every headline ignores Clinton's actions and instead
attacks Bush for challenging Clinton's patriotism.

Everyone is missing the point about this - nobody cares if
Clinton protested the war. What's important is that Clinton
doesn't want to talk about it, which makes Rush believe that
there's something more to this story that hasn't yet been brought
out. Clinton, though, is not telling the whole story, and is
instead attacking the President for his "sad" tactics and for
"reopening the wounds" of the Vietnam War.

Bill saw someone from the Clinton campaign on Nightline last
night, and she refused to answer any of these questions, nor did
she address how Clinton's description of his past conflicts with
what has been printed in several sources. Rush says that this is
what makes him so curious about this; all Clinton has to do to
stop these stories is to come clean and explain what he did. The
American people are really forgiving and can understand a lot.

Bill says that when Clinton's spokesperson was asked about
McSorely's comments last night, she refused to address the issue
head-on and instead tried to divert attention to "the real
issues." Rush thinks that Clinton is obviously trying to ride
this issue out and not say anything more than he has to; he seems
to believe that he can capitalize on his youth and the
generational differences in the US.

This is all going to make the debates really interesting to
watch, and Rush is looking forward to next Sunday's debate. Rush
has no idea how Clinton and Bush are going to handle things, and
of course nobody knows what "Powderkeg Perot" will do. Rush
suspects that Perot will side with Clinton and say that all of
these stories about Clinton's past are non-issues. One thing is
certain, though - the debates will be worth watching.

*BREAK*

Rush recalls that his last Presidential preference poll had 53%
of respondents saying they would vote for Perot if they could.
Today's poll will take a snapshot of how people feel now, when
they get a chance to choose between Perot, Bush, and Clinton.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Rush notices that he hasn't had an update on the 900 poll
appear on his computer screen for a half-hour, and he wonders if
his modem has lost the connection. As soon as he speaks, however,
the company doing the 900 poll snaps up some new numbers. Rush
won't reveal the results, though, until the end of the show.

o       Rush's show is still creating an uproar in Durango, CO,
which has become the latest haven for trendy leftists who are
leaving communities in California and elsewhere after their
liberal policies have screwed those places up. These liberals are
upset that Rush's show is on the air, and as the "sole guarantors
of the First Amendment clause protecting Freedom of Speech are
demanding that this show be taken off the air."

The Durango newspaper is a weekly, and they are running a poll to
"settle the Rush Limbaugh controversy once and for all." The poll
asks readers to check one or more of the following:

[ ] I've listened to his show and think it should remain on the
air.

[ ] I've listened to his show and think it should be taken off
the air.

[ ] I don't have time to listen to his show and could care less.

[ ] I wish everyone would stop talking about him.

[ ] I wish we would spend our time on issues that matter like
_________.

Rush bets that the Clinton campaign is running this newspaper
since they are using the same logic - "come on, let's talk about
things that matter." Anyone desiring to send in their own
response to this poll can send the form in to the Durango Weekly,
10 Town Plaza, Drawer 305, Durango, CO. Rush is not worried,
though, because his Durango affiliate, KENN, has told him that
they are going to keep him on their air no matter what the poll
says.

o       William Norwich's column in today's NY Post relates a
story that is being told by Dallas socialites about Ross and
Margot Perot (the Perot theme music starts). Norwich can't
confirm the story, but it is well known that Margot Perot is far
more popular in Dallas social circles than her husband. Perot has
also reportedly told his family that they are not to give any
interviews while he is running for President.

An editor for Redbook, however, called the Perot home and got
Mrs. Perot on the line. (The Perots evidently answer their own
phone while at home. Rush is not surprised to hear this because
"if you were Ross Perot, would you trust anyone else to answer
your phone?") Mrs. Perot tried to tell the editor that she
couldn't give an interview, but the editor insisted, saying that
Redbook is not a political magazine and is interested only in
"recipes and serving tips."

Mrs. Perot accepted that and gave a 30-minute interview about her
domestic life. About a half-hour after she hung up, Ross "blew
into the house, his little ears flapping with rage." When Mrs.
Perot told her husband that she indeed had been talking with the
editor of Redbook, Perot reportedly replied "that wasn't an
editor, Margot, it was one of my people checking you out." Rush
lets the Perot theme music play on for several seconds so as to
let this story sink in, but he reiterates that this tale is
unconfirmed.

Update  Feminist         (The Forester Sisters, "Men" with "in
your face" slogan)

The EIB staff decides to editorialize a bit by throwing in some
moos from feminazi cows; Rush tells them to knock it off. He
explains to his audience that his Update Theme contains actual
audio from a feminist march in Washington earlier this year. <<I
think Rush is referring to the "in your face" slogan, not the
mooing of the feminazi cows. I could be wrong, however.>>

There are two items in this update:

o       Jerry Hall, 34, has gone public about her marriage to
Mick Jagger in the current issue of McCalls magazine. Her 15
years with Jagger have taught her a lot of things, and she says
"There's nothing more humiliating than loving him so much that
you accept the infidelities, but I've always hoped that he'd
outgrow these things and it won't happen again. You know, we
always live in hope, and time always heals. The girls just sort
of fall like flies over Mick. . . . I suppose some people are
very lucky and they've found true love - there's never been any
third parties. But I've never had any relationships like that."

Thus, Hall evidently has been cheated on throughout her whole
life, and yet she still stays with Mick. Rush wonders if this
description would also be an accurate one of Hillary Clinton. The
only possible difference would be if Hillary does or does not
love her husband as much as Hall loves Mick.

o       Sinead O'Connor is interviewed in this month's issue of
Rolling Stone. Among the things she says is "poor Mike Tyson -
he's only a tiny, little baby, and all these people are trying to
****ing kill him. If he looks for solace in the arms of lots of
women, what do you expect him to do?"

O'Connor has no compassion for Desiree Washington who was raped
by Tyson, saying "that woman who is suing him is a bitch. I don't
care if he raped her; she used him. She's a disgrace to women as
far as I'm concerned."

Rush, as a man, is a bit confused how he should react to these
opinions from a "social leader" who is as esteemed and respected
as Sister Souljah. Of course, O'Connor, like Souljah, can't sing
either.

*BREAK*

The EIB staff tells Rush that Lo Bianco is being interviewed by
two reporters. Rush comments that Lo Bianco was at the set of the
TV show last night, and audience members actually wanted him to
sign Rush's book. Lo Bianco comes in and Rush asks him to explain
who was interviewing him. Lo Bianco replies that he was actually
talking with his friends, Liz and Marko, who were stopping by to
give him his birthday presents in anticipation of his birthday on
Monday. Rush is not surprised that his staff was just playing a
joke on him.

Lo Bianco adds that he was up late last night, and Rush points
out that this is because he and Roger Ailes had invited Lo Bianco
to have dinner with them. Lo Bianco admits that this attention
has gone to his head as even addressed Ailes as "Roger" last
night instead of the much more respectful "Mr. Ailes."

Phone   Tim from Hagerstown, MD

Tim wonders when Rush's show is going to finally be aired in
Washington, DC, and Rush replies the show is on 207 stations and
is in every major market except DC. It's only a matter of time,
though, before the nation's capitol finally figures things out.

Tim also praises Rush for his book, which he bought for 30% off.
He really, though, wants to talk about the economy; he started
his business in 1979, and the last seven years have been great
for him. His sales have gone up 17% in the last year alone.

Rush wonders what Tim's answer would be to negative nabobs who
think most businesses are failing, and Tim says that some people
aren't working very hard. Also, the media is convincing people
that things are incredibly negative, but this isn't so. Certainly
Tim is working hard and isn't making a fortune, but he's doing
okay.

Tim is worried about Clinton getting elected since this would
really hurt his business; Clinton is telling everyone what they
want to hear, but Tim has to wonder just who is going to end up
paying for all of Clinton's programs. Rush says that Tim and
other small businesses will be the ones to foot the bill,
especially if they, as small businessmen, file personal tax
returns. These are the taxpayers who will be hurt the most by
Clinton's tax increases. "You're going to get nailed," Rush
warns.

*BREAK*

Phone   Lisa from Kinnelon, NJ

Lisa thinks that women are shooting too low by "jumping all over
Mick" since they should instead be setting their sights on Rush.
Rush says that the reason this doesn't happen is because these
women know how virtuous Rush is, and thus their groupie attempts
on him would be fruitless. "Besides," Rush states, "my lips
aren't that big."

Lisa is actually calling about her fiance, who is a liberal
raised by a mother who hates men. As a consequence, her liberal
boyfriend doesn't have the "sensitivities that a man should have,
such as being a breadwinner and caretaker." Rush asks if Lisa is
in love with a deadbeat, but she says that this is not the case.
Her man is hard-working and intelligent, but since he is
illegitimate and since he grew up without the father around, he
never had any positive male models.

In fact, the mother has taught him that men are scum and that it
is women who are strong and who should be the breadwinners in the
family. Thus if the two of them get married and have a child, he
wants Lisa to go right back to work. Lisa, though, thinks that it
is an important part of a man's character to be willing to work
hard to support his family.

Unfortunately, Lisa's fiance has also bought into the liberal
economic gloom-and-doom line and thinks that life will always be
a struggle for the two of them, and therefore he will never get a
decent job that would let him support a family. Rush asks when
the wedding is, and Lisa admits that she has been putting the
wedding off.

Lisa wonders how she can convince her future husband to let her
stay home with the kids when they are born. Rush suggests that
she should turn feminism back on him by saying that it is her
choice to say home and raise their children. If he disagrees with
this, then he isn't a "real feminist or liberal."

Lisa is glad Rush is around to give her this type of guidance.
Rush is pleased to be of service, and wishes her the best of
luck. "You'll triumph," he confidently states, "and all because
of me."

Phone   Ryan from Denver, CO

Ryan is a young skull full of mush who says that the President is
only as effective as Congress lets him be. Rush doesn't think
this is quite correct - Reagan showed during his first term that
Congress could be defeated by going directly to the American
people. Reagan ran for office on two basic principles - "cut
taxes and beat the commies." Congress had no choice but to go
along with him.

Ryan sees this, and he believes that Bush will be re-elected to a
second term. What worries him is how Bush will deal with the new
Congress during his second term. Rush says that Congress will
have about 150 new members after the November elections, but it
will probably still be a Democratic Congress.

However, Reagan showed how a Republican President could defeat
such an institution - you get great legislative aides and great
liaisons between the White House and Capitol Hill. However,
Reagan also had a mandate when he was elected and was therefore
able to go to Congress with the power of the people behind him.

If Clinton is elected with his "mandate" of increased taxes and
increased spending, however, a Democratic Congress will open the
flood gates. If Bush wins, though, he will have to decide on a
mandate that he can use. Bush, though, must be willing to take on
Congress head-on, especially since a Republican victory will
greatly disappoint those Democrats who are already measuring the
curtains for the White House. The Democrats will be livid and
they will pose quite a challenge for Bush.

The day after Bush wins, Foley and Mitchell will be spitting
their words in rage, daring Bush to cross them in any way. This
will make it all the more important for Bush to face them head-on
and beat them back.

*BREAK*

The Bush campaign recently ran a print ad that listed 100
economists who support the Bush economic plan. Clinton's campaign
has retaliated by claiming that they have 556 economists,
including 9 Nobel Prize winners, who think Clinton has the better
economic program. Rush wonders who these 556 economists are, and
what kind of success they have had in managing the economy.

The recession is only two years old, and it amazingly coincides
with the 1990 budget deal and tax increases. Yet Clinton is still
trying to put out economic misinformation designed to frighten
and scare people into voting against Bush.

Phone   Charlie from Bayonne, NJ

Charlie is a male, conservative feminist who says that many
feminists and lesbians are in Rush's camp. Rush comments that he
doesn't mind having feminists or lesbians as fans, and Charlie
says "they love you, babe." Charlie doesn't think Rush is doing
enough to help Bush; Rush is doing more than anyone else, but so
much more needs to be done. Charlie is particularly upset about
Richard Darman's appearance on Meet the Press last Sunday.

Rush says that a lot of people are running for cover right now
trying to set things up so that they don't get blamed if things
go sour in November. For example, Darman is blaming a Bush aide
named Jim Pinkerton for the current economic mess. Charlie
wonders why the Bush administration is using people like Darman
as surrogates when they have better people available.

Charlie was frustrated at how Darman didn't attack any of Tim
Russert's accusations against Bush, and he wonders why Darman
didn't react more strongly than he did. Rush says that Darman is
not a wallflower or shy, and he can indeed be very effective at
times. Shows like Meet the Press, though, try to goad people into
reacting wildly. Rush holds Charlie over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Charlie from Bayonne, NJ (continued)

Charlie thinks that the Republican Party and the Bush
administration would be well served if they had a half-hour TV
show in prime time with Rush as moderator asking questions of
people such as Newt Gingrich. Rush says that a lot of these
people are busy with their own re-election battles right now.

Charlie says that even showing clips from the past two years of
Congress would be useful; this would show exactly what the
liberal leadership in Congress has been doing to block economic
progress. Rush agrees with that and says that this is why so many
people are upset with the lackluster Republican campaign.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       Rush is disappointed to learn that he won't have accurate
results for his 900 poll until later this afternoon after his
show ends. Thus, he will have to wait until Monday's show before
giving the final figures. However, he will have preliminary
figures available at the end of the show today; although the
total numbers won't be accurate, the percentages will still be
close to the final figures.

Today's poll, though, is registering calls at a record rate, and
it appears that it will break EIB's previous record for a 900
poll, which was set last year during the Clarence Thomas
hearings. In fact, the large number of calls is what is causing
the problem - so many calls are coming in that the 900 polling
service is getting backlogged in entering the counts into the
computer.

o       EIB's FAX is also getting overloaded - so many calls are
coming in to it today, that another phone network on the 17th
floor was shut down. Rush laughs and says "I love it when we
screw up the works."

o       According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the national cost for motor vehicle crashes in
1990 was $137 billion, which is more than 2% of the Gross
Domestic Product. 1986 crash costs were $74 billion. Rush wonders
at first if this is just the auto repair bill, but on closer
examination it turns out that these figures includes all related
costs, such as lost wages, medical expenses, and the like.

The average cost for each of the 44,531 auto-related fatalities
in 1990 was $702,000 in lost wages, medical, and other bills.
Over 5.5 million people were injured in auto crashes, and 28
million vehicles were damaged. Property damage because of car
accidents was $47.5 billion, which is the largest portion of the
total cost. The average bill, though, for a critically injured
survivor was $250,000. Alcohol-related crashes accounted for 34%
of the total costs.

Rush wonders why America just doesn't ban the wheel so as to curb
these costs.

o       Rep. Stephen Solarz (D-NY) was a nine-term congressman
who lost his district during the 1990 redistricting. He therefore
ran for re-election in a new district that was predominantly
hispanic, and ended up losing the primary to Nidia Velasquez. It
has just been revealed, however, that Velasquez attempted suicide
in 1991, leading some to wonder about her fitness to serve.

Mario Cuomo and David Dinkins have rushed to defend Velasquez,
saying that her suicide bid has "no bearing on her ability to
serve." Rush disagrees - attempted suicide should enhance her
qualifications since it seems that suicide is all the rage
nowadays. Velasquez's only problem in 1991 was that she didn't
seek the advice of a professional like Jack Kevorkian.
"Obviously, too many people are taking life too seriously."

o       Rush comments on the Brookline poet who won the Nobel
Prize for his poetry. Interestingly enough, Brookline, MA is a
liberal enclave that could have served as the East Coast branch
office of the Kremlin.

o       The September 18th edition of the Lowell, MA newspaper,
the Sun, reports that some citizens are upset about a traffic
sign posted in Ayre, MA. The sign says "Slow Children" so as to
warn motorists to slow down because children might be playing
nearby.

Now most people would understand that this sign, which has a
picture of a child running, simply means that motorists should
slow down and keep an eye out for children running into the
street. However, some paternalistic liberals have complained that
this sign is offensive; they evidently think that most people in
Ayre are so stupid that they will interpret this sign to mean
that the local children are somewhat slow mentally, which of
course would seriously damage the self-esteem of these poor kids.

These liberals want the sign taken down because "it draws
attention to the mental health of the youngsters in the
neighborhood." Rush laughs as he says "this is liberalism to a
`T' - this is all it's good for. This is it in a nutshell!"
Governor Clinton wants to talk about the issues, and yet his
liberal colleagues in Ayre are worried about a traffic sign
because it might give the children a complex.

The Sun story says "because of the possibly derogatory
interpretation, `slow children' signs will one day become as rare
in Massachusetts as signs permitting traffic at 70 m.p.h." The
Massachusetts highway department has agreed that these signs
"might pose a potential insult," and therefore will advise its
workers to replace them with the "less ambiguous signs reading
`children.' "

Rush is glad that he is reading this story at the end of a Friday
since it might cause him "to loose his cookies" for a couple of
hours or so. He wonders, though, if adults will now be offended
by the new sign since it ignores the possibility that adults
might be present, too. Rush promises to feature this story on
Monday's TV show.

*BREAK*

Rush just talked to the people who are running his 900 poll, and
it's obvious that today's poll is going to set a new record for
the number of calls. EIB's previous record was set during the
Clarence Thomas hearings, but the number of calls the phone
center is processing now is way beyond that figure already. Rush
won't have an accurate count until Monday's show, but he will be
able to provide fairly close percentages at the end of the hour.

Phone   Daniel from State College, PA

Daniel likes Rush and thinks he is right most of the time, but he
doesn't think it's correct to ridicule Perot for investing his
money in municipal bonds. Rush says that he did not ridicule
Perot's investments at all; the point was that Perot's personal
investments are configured so that his economic plan won't affect
him that much. This is perfectly legal, but the caller just
wanted to point out some possible hypocrisy on Perot's part. Rush
holds Daniel over the break because he doesn't want to end this
call on "such a strident tone."

*BREAK*

Phone   Daniel from State College, PA (continued)

Daniel says that bonds are a decent investment that allows cities
to rebuild their infrastructure and such. Rush admits that this
is a good point about municipal bonds, but he didn't think the
previous caller was attacking these bonds as much as he was
pointing out some hypocrisy on Perot's part.

Daniel thinks that since municipal bonds usually have a lower
interest rate, that Perot shouldn't be criticized - he could
either get the lower rate or pay taxes, and Perot has chosen the
former course. Rush agrees, adding that he is all for the rich
not paying taxes; the rich are punished too much in America as it
is.

Daniel also would like to address the national debt, which he
thinks is the country's biggest problem. Rush disagrees - if the
national debt was going to bankrupt the country, then why hasn't
it already? Daniel says that 20% of each tax dollar is spent to
service the interest on the debt. Rush agrees, but if the budget
deficit was simply eliminated then the debt's importance would
greatly lessen.

Rush doesn't want to defend the monumental national debt, but he
doesn't think it portends an apocalyptic future. Daniel, though,
thinks that spending 20% of the tax dollars on interest payments
is a waste, especially since the country can use this money for
better things. Rush is curious if Daniel is feeling negative
about the future, and Daniel replies that he is pessimistic. He
thinks a balanced budget amendment is essential to this country's
future.

Rush understands why people want a balanced budget, but a look at
Clinton's economic plan will show billions of dollars in mandated
spending. Even if a balanced budget amendment was in effect,
Clinton and Congress could still go ahead and implement these
mandated spending programs. Just because the government can't
spend any more of its money doesn't mean that they can't require
businesses and taxpayers to spend their own money for this or
that program. A balanced budget amendment is not the panacea to
profligate, wasteful government spending.

A listener sent Rush a note the other day that showed that if
welfare and entitlement programs were cut by the same percentage
that Clinton wants to cut military spending, it would result in
about five times the savings that would be produced if only the
defense budget was cut.

If Daniel and his generation really want to save the country,
they will have to realize that it is liberalism and its rampant
social spending that are the problem. On his TV show yesterday,
Rush took the same chart that Perot used to illustrate child
poverty levels and compared it to the trillions of dollars that
the US has spent to fight poverty.

The conclusion is inescapable - if the country has spent so much
money on this problem, and it has only gotten that much worse,
then we're doing something wrong. Too many liberals are
empowering and enriching themselves by building bases of support
among a dependent constituency. They keep their power base by
promising these people more and more goodies each election year,
and this is what is bankrupting this country.

Defense spending is not the problem, and in fact it is our
military spending which resulted in one of the greatest victories
of the century - the defeat of Soviet Communism. The US has lost
only one war - Vietnam, and our military spending has produced
this. No similar victories can be found in social spending, which
is far greater than what is being spent on the military.

Daniel sees Rush's point but he thinks that the government has to
do more to cut costs. Rush suggests that Daniel start focusing on
term limits - two good books about term limits are out, one by
George Will and the other by John Fund. "Term limits is one of
the single most important changes that we, the voters, can
affect. It's getting rid of career members of Congress." Rush
adds that "it is the welfare state that has put the country into
debt, not working, successful, achievement-oriented people."

*BREAK*

It's time for this week's environmentalist wacko football picks:

o       The Philadelphia Eagles will be at Kansas City playing
the Chiefs. The environmentalist wacko method would normally pick
the Eagles, those noble birds who soar through the air, looking
down on the weak, choosing which one will be dispatched next.

However, the Chiefs are the most sensitive of all humans to walk
on the North American continent. Plus, this game will be played
on the eve of Columbus Day. In that context, the Eagles represent
America, the land of bigotry, selfishness, and greed. As such,
the Kansas City Chiefs will destroy the Eagles.

o       The Miami Dolphins will be at home playing the Falcons.
Both of these teams represent the animal kingdom, and as such are
smarter than man. The dolphins, though, are the smartest
creatures living today, and in fact they choose to live in the
sea so as to stay as far away as possible from evil man. The
Dolphins, furthermore, will be playing at home, and thus they
will be in water, and as everyone knows, the Falcons can't swim.
Thus, take the Dolphins.

o       The Red Skins will be playing the Denver Broncos. This is
another challenge for the environmentalist wacko system - the
Broncos are noble animals who were introduced to North America by
evil white men, but the Red Skins represent all that is good,
pure, and holy.

These Native Americans show what the world would be like today
had not white men been allowed to dominate it. This is a
difficult choice, but since the Red Skins are playing at home,
and since it was the Red Skins who tamed the Broncos when they
were first introduced to America, take the Red Skins to win.

*BREAK*

It's time to present the preliminary results of today's 900 poll;
not all of the calls have been tallied yet, but the basic
percentages will hold. Rush is interested, though, in that back
in March a 900 poll showed that 53% of Rush's audience would be
willing to vote for Perot. Today's poll, however, shows that
91.3% of Rush's audience are planning to vote for Bush, 4.6% are
going to vote for Perot, and 4% are going to vote for Clinton.

This isn't really surprising in that it is Rush's audience who is
doing the voting. However, the 53% rabid support for Perot that
was seen last March has vanished. The poll is also receiving a
record number of calls, even for one of Rush's 900 polls.
Political pundits have claimed that the people have no passion
for Bush and that Clinton has a slam-dunk in this election.
However, what Rush is seeing is an overwhelming response for
Bush, which means that a lot of people have been feeling that
their voice hasn't been heard.

If there is a lot of this hidden support for Bush that is being
ignored by the pollsters, then this election is not over by a
long shot. Also, since the Republican convention, Rush's show has
had caller after caller voicing their anger at the media's bias
which makes Clinton appear like a shoo-in. This anger appears to
be reflected in today's poll.

Rush will have final figures on Monday, including the total
number of calls. He will say, though, that the sheer volume of
calls he is getting is astounding and intriguing. Plus, if 53% of
the audience no longer supports Perot, then it appears that they
have gone back to Bush. Rush is interested in seeing how these
figures compare to the results from the poll which he will do
Monday, after the first Presidential debate.

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