From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Thu 11/12/92
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Thursday, Nov. 12, 1992
Keywords: Unofficial Summary Rush Limbaugh
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Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 04:39:09 GMT

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Thursday, November 12, 1992

by John Switzer

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November 12, 1992

NEWS

o       ABC Radio News reports that Finland is planning on
installing reflective neckbands on the country's 400,000 reindeer
in an attempt to cut down on the number of deer killed by
motorists at night. The deer were unavailable for comment as to
how they will like being even more visible to the nation's other
nocturnal predators.

o       Today's USA Today shows the results of a Gallup poll
taken on whether women military personnel should be allowed in
combat. 18% of those polled thought women should never be allowed
in combat, 26% thought women should be allowed in combat only on
the same terms as men, and 53% said women should be allowed in
combat only if it is their choice.

o       Presidential candidate Dave Barry has not given up on his
campaign yet. In an interview on Larry King Live today, Barry
explained that the reason he lost the election was "bottom line,
Larry - nobody voted for me."

However, Barry did not bother to hide his contempt for the other
candidates, saying "President Bush and Ross Perot showed why they
aren't qualified to be President by dropping out of the race
because they lost the election. I'm in it for the duration . . .
right up to 1996 or whatever."

Barry also did not have many kind words for President-election
Clinton, rather bluntly stating "if you ask me, Larry, the
Clinton Presidency has failed. We had a good, positive period
there for 15, 20 minutes right after the election. But now, what
has he done about foreign trade? Nothing! What has he done about
the economy? Nothing - it's still in the toilet! How long are we
going to give this guy?"

Barry added that he does not think Clinton cuts a Presidential
figure, asking "what is that thing on his lip? You want the
President of the United States representing you with a cold sore
on his lips?" Barry admitted that he does have a pimple on his
own forehead, but Larry King's first-rate makeup man did a great
job covering it up.

MORNING UPDATE

New York has chopped down its tree for the Rockefeller Center
Christmas display, and so Rush is feeling the Christmas spirit.
Thus he introduces EIB's latest Christmas gift:

<<Harp music starts followed by Santa Claus>> Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!

<<Announcer>> This year, the EIB Network helps you enjoy an old-
fashioned politically correct Christmas. Order your special
someone a gift from our PC catalog! Featuring the perfect doll
for little girls who want to grow up to be flag-waving man-haters
- it's the new Feminazi Blabby doll! Just pull the string and she
gets in your face with a host of nutty expressions.

<<Sound of string being pulled, followed by high-pitched doll
voice>> Which comfortable shoes should I wear to the NOW rally?
<<sound of string>> Clarence Thomas is such a jerk! <<sound of
string>> If HE doesn't have to wear a shirt, then neither should
I!

<<Announcer>> The Feminazi Blabby doll - comes with a variety of
accessories - comfortable shoes and a dream condo, complete with
a Clarence Thomas dart board.

<<Doll>> Clarence Thomas is such a jerk! <<sound of string>>
Fight the real enemy! <<sound of paper tearing>>

<<Announcer>> Photos of the Pontiff not included. This year, make
it a Politically Correct Christmas - order the EIB PC catalog!

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       EIB now has 532 affiliates, with 13.5 million listeners.

o       Rush extends his best wishes to his good friend B.T.
Collins, who was overcome by chest pains while visiting
Washington, DC to attend Veterans Day celebrations at the Vietnam
Memorial. Collins is an ex-Marine and California state
assemblyman.

o       President-elect Clinton is conducting his first press
conference since the election today, and Rush is not pleased that
it will start at 1 o'clock EST. "Previous Presidents have known,"
Rush states, "that you do not conduct press conferences during
this show. The first act of retribution has been made!"

Rush knows that Clinton and his staff are hoping that many of
EIB's affiliates will preempt Rush's show so as to air the press
conference live. Rush is angered by this blatant attempt to
sabotage his show, and he will not take this assault lying down.
Thus, should President Clinton in the future again hold a press
conference during Rush's show, Rush will no longer withhold his
"A" material during that time period.

Usually when Rush knows that some affiliates are broadcasting a
Presidential speech or such, he instructs Bo to take only the
most boring callers available, so that the dittoheads who are
missing the show don't miss anything of importance. However, Rush
will not follow this procedure during the Clinton administration;
EIB's new policy will be to do its "A" material during Clinton's
press conferences, "and if you miss it, it's President Clinton's
fault!"

Rush points out that Clinton could have scheduled his press
conference during the 21 hours of the day in which Democrats have
their talk shows, but President-elect Clinton has singled out the
sole national Republican talk show. However, EIB's flagship
station, New York's WABC, will not fall prey to Clinton's attempt
to evoke retribution on one of his primary enemies, and thus will
play all three hours of Rush's show.

Rush promises that his second hour today will be loaded with all
sorts of good stuff, and he apologizes to those listeners who
will be at the mercy of their affiliates who seek to curry
Clinton's favor by cutting into Rush's show. However, Rush again
points out that this is Clinton's fault.

o       Today's Morning Update featured EIB's commercial for the
new politically correct Blabby doll, but the reaction has been
far more muted than what happened when Rush originally played his
Feminazi Trading Cards commercial. The feminists seem to be less
concerned about being ridiculed and satirized now that the
election is over.

Rush plays the commercial again, and notes that this commercial
would have frosted the feminists had it been played before the
election. Feminists, though, along with other liberals, have won
the election and thus are feeling more magnanimous and less
reactionary. Rush is glad to see this since it has always
bothered him how conservatives have always been a legitimate
target of humor, but should anyone aim some barbs at liberalism's
sacred cows, liberals have a cow.

Rush is convinced that this political correctness has been an
outgrowth of liberals enduring 12 years of defeat. Now that
they've won again, though, they don't seem as overly-sensitive as
before, and Rush welcomes liberals to "maturity." He is glad that
"those of you on the left will finally be less sensitive when
good satire and sharpened wit are aimed in your direction."

Rush knows that the honeymoon won't last too long, but he'll
rejoice in it while he can. He notices, though, that if the
liberals are all ecstatic about Clinton winning, but Clinton
claims he isn't a liberal, then what conclusions can people come
to? He is also curious at all of the special interest groups that
are lining up to petition the Clinton administration.

Rush doesn't recall too many of these groups, with the possible
exception of some fundamentalist groups, lining up to make
demands of Reagan and Bush. Certainly the sheer number of
petitioners wasn't as great as it is with Clinton now, and it
appears that the demands are also more strident on the left than
they were on the right.

o       Unemployment claims are at a new low this week,
continuing the decline of the past few weeks. Furthermore, the US
Chamber of Commerce is looking at a first quarter that may see
unemployment fall far further. Yet Clinton is still talking as if
the economy were a basket case.

Rush points out that there are only two reasons for Clinton to be
doing this and for him to be calling for his economic summit. The
first reason is that it allows Clinton to start assuming power
before the inauguration. The second reason is that Clinton will
be able to implement massive, panic-driven, crisis-oriented
solutions; in fact, Clinton will be able to claim that he can no
longer do what he promised to do because "the situation is too
bad."

"Look out, folks," Rush warns. The economy is improving, "but the
only guy who doesn't see it and doesn't believe it is the man YOU
elected President." Rush breaks down into sobs of despair, but
quickly recovers - "that is what the liberals were hoping they'd
hear after election day, but I was able to hold off for a week."

*BREAK*

Update  Slick Willie         (Billy Joel, "Pressure")

On the day after the election, Rush predicted that what America
has to worry about first from Clinton are the cultural bones he's
going to throw to his liberal special interest friends. Of
course, Clinton's economic proposals are worrisome, too,
especially after his talk about creating an Economic Security
Council, but the cultural aspects of his administration will be
his administration's greatest legacy.

In his first major speech since the election, Clinton yesterday
said that he was going to get rid of the ban on gays in the
military, dismissing any concerns that military experts might
have about this move. Thus, only one week after the election
America has its first clear evidence that Clinton will use
America's institutions to implement liberal social policies, and
it is this way in which he will pay back his liberal special
interest supporters.

Rush points out that what the country has to be concerned with is
how quickly Clinton might overreact during a crisis in order to
prove his capabilities as Commander-in-Chief. This was a common
complaint against Reagan in 1980, but those fears were unfounded
as history shows. Clinton, though, may very well prove these
fears true as he tries to prove to the country that he is not
some sort of "wuss."

*BREAK*

Rush admits that he has lied to the country, but this doesn't
mean that he is still not a "nice guy." After all, if Sol
Wachtler's alleged attempts at extortion, blackmail, and
kidnapping don't make any difference about Wachtler being a nice
guy, then Rush's simple lying doesn't affect him, either.

Rush has been telling the country for years that his name is
"Rush Limbaugh," but this is not totally true. His full, real
name is "Conservative Rush Limbaugh," and his nickname is
"Ultra-right-winger Rush Limbaugh." The media, however, has done
its job by publishing Rush's full name whenever his radio show,
TV show, or best-selling book are mentioned, and so Rush has to
come clean with his loyal fans.

Rush points out that America is in a New Age, where the only
dirty word is "conservative." He notes, however, that nobody ever
refers to "liberal Ted Koppell" or "communist Vladimir Posner."

Phone   Tom from Santa Maria, CA

Tom did not vote for Bill Clinton but wonders why Rush feels that
Bill Clinton is going to destroy this country. Rush points out
that the chapter on environmentalism in his book states that the
planet is not a fragile creation and that man cannot destroy it.

Rush similarly doesn't think American society is that fragile,
and Clinton certainly cannot destroy it; however, Clinton can
definitely send our society down the wrong path, making things
worse. The battle between liberalism and conservatism will be
never-ending, but that doesn't mean conservatives should give up
the desire for dominance.

Clinton's stated intention of ending the ban on gays in the
military is a good indication of what can happen. Granted the
Supreme Court has sided in the past with those who have been
unfairly treated because they have been homosexual, and this is
as it should be. However, for Clinton to sign an executive order
allowing gays into the military has a totally different impact on
society.

The fact that the President will have a sympathetic Congress does
mean there will be a shift towards the cultural left. This,
though, doesn't mean that Clinton can destroy the country, and
whenever the country shifts toward any extreme, whether on the
right or left, the people will eventually rise up and beat the
extremists back.

Tom agrees, and says that it's been 12 years since liberal
extremism has had free reign in Washington. Rush points out that
the Clinton Presidency could well be the best opportunity for
conservatives to show what unbridled liberalism will do.
Clinton's impact on economic matters is still unknown, but it's
clear Clinton and his wife are cultural leftists and that's the
direction they will be taking the country.

This is what the country decided, which is fine. However, four
years of unabashed liberalism will show the country the
hideousness of liberalism. Liberals will get whatever they want,
whether it be NEA grants, condoms in schools, or whatever, and
they will no longer be able to blame conservatives or the
religious right for their failures.

Liberals will still try to blame Reagan and Bush for their
economic failures, of course, by claiming the problems created by
Reaganomics were worse than they knew. However, in a cultural
sense, liberalism's excesses will be exposed for the world to
see.

*BREAK*

Phone   Allen from New Canaan, CT

Allen saw an article in the local paper that had the headline
"Clinton Offers Reassurances, Promises Continuity." Clinton
stated that nothing much between the US and its foreign allies
would change, yet hasn't Clinton for the past year been talking
about nothing but change?

Rush says that Clinton really never said much about foreign
policy during his campaign. Since he never promised change in
foreign policy, he really isn't contradicting himself when he
promises continuity to other world leaders. Yesterday, though, he
also said that he will implement his promised extra $60 billion
in military cuts, but he tried to reassure people that his will
be a streamlined and effective military.

Allen agrees that Clinton's statements are not a contradiction
but he does think they are a curiosity. He comments that he would
have called Rush earlier but he's been busy reading Rush's book.
He plans on giving copies of it to all of his liberal friends.
Rush says that this will be a great gift since his book is
concentrated truth which is poison to liberals.

EIB's latest intern, a 20-year old student at Wellesley starts
rolling her eyes at Rush's comment, and Rush is saddened that the
feminists have already gotten their hooks into her. He also has
to sadly report that for the third consecutive week, Madonna is
still on top of him on the NY Times best-seller list. Rush is
still number two, Schwarzkopf's book is number 3, and Kathie Lee
Gifford is "batting clean-up" at number four.

Rush still pledges that his book "will re-assume the number one
position" on the list, since many people are going to follow
Allen's lead and buy multiple copies as Christmas gifts for their
liberal friends. Rush starts the ball rolling by giving a copy of
his book to EIB's liberal intern, Joanne, who shies away from the
gift like a vampire avoiding a silver cross. Rush consoles her by
promising to personally inscribe the book for her so that she can
proudly display it to her classmates at Wellesley.

*BREAK*

Rush signs his copy to Joanne, a 20-year-old liberal who tells
him that she did not vote for Clinton. Rush asks her why then did
she roll her eyes at his statement about liberals and truth, and
she replies that although she doesn't believe in feminism, she
does believe in the feminist ethic. She reluctantly admits that
Rush's book is indeed pure, undiluted, unadulterated truth.

Rush thus signs her book "Dear Joanne, thanks for the wonderful
weekend. My best, Conservative `Rush' Limbaugh." He bets that
when she shows this inscription to her friends at Wellesley, she
will become more popular than she can possibly believe.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Rush notes that conspiracy theories helped Perot and so he is
jumping on the bandwagon; Clinton's press conference just
started, but not at 1 o'clock. Instead, Clinton started his press
conference at 6 minutes after the hour, which is exactly when
Rush's show is scheduled to start. Rush asks what further
evidence is needed for proving that Clinton is obviously trying
to scuttle Rush's show.

Rush cuts over to the Clinton press conference and catches
Clinton saying "in the past Presidents-elects have been in a
*rush* to fill their cabinet positions." Rush points out that not
only is the proper term "Presidents-elect" but that Clinton has
already mentioned his name. "Get rid of it," Rush demands. "He is
mentioning my name in the press conference. I'm telling you, my
friends, this is a brazen, blatant attempt to interrupt this
show!"

Rush returns to the press conference, and Clinton says that he is
"deeply engaged personally" in evaluating his cabinet
appointments, but he will not be making any names public for a
while. Rush translates this to mean that Clinton has no idea of
what he is doing so the media should stop pushing him for the
names of his cabinet appointments.

Clinton also reiterates his commitment to "look beyond
partisanship in bringing together public servants to help out our
nation for the next four years." Rush points out that this is
what he predicted - Clinton will appointment some moderate or
liberal Republicans to a few minor positions so that he can claim
he is not acting in a partisanship manner.

Rush knows that some people are angry that Rush is interrupting
Clinton's press conference with his running commentary, but he
points out that he is doing his Peter Jennings impression. "For
12 years I've had to sit here and listen to my President being
analyzed while he's making a speech, and it's time for tit for
tat."

Rush returns to the press conference and is surprised that
Clinton's speech is over, and that the question and answer
section has begun. A reporter asks Clinton about how he will
fulfill the nation's expectations of him, and Clinton replies
that he will have to put together a "world-class economic team."
Clinton adds that he will also communicate with the American
people to explain where the country is at any time. "We've been
in a deep recession a long time now," Clinton states, adding that
he is planning to raise ordinary incomes of Americans "for the
first time in a decade."

Clinton is also confident that the American people don't expect
quick fixes, and he promises to impose a tax package "that is
consistent with what I recommended during the campaign, and I
have no decision to change it." He says that he will still follow
the plans he put forth in his Putting People First book, and will
inform the American people when he changes his mind.

A reporter asks Clinton about the S&L bailout and where Clinton
will get the $50 billion he will need for it. Clinton says that
he hasn't been advised about the $50 billion figure, but notices
that it is higher than the figures put forth before the election.
Clinton, though, refuses to give any specifics on what he will do
because he needs to still study the issues, but he comments that
he has no confidence in the RTC's handling of the situation.

Rush points out that this is basically what Clinton has said
throughout this press conference - he basically has no idea of
what he's going to do. Rush bets, though, that Clinton will avoid
scheduling press conferences during Rush's show, just so that he
can avoid Rush's biting and running commentary.

Update  Sexual Harassment         (Frankie Valli, "My Eyes Adored
You")

Rush took a call yesterday from a listener in Hawaii who
mentioned the new sexual harassment allegations being made
against Hawaii's Senator Daniel Inouye. Hawaii state
representative Annelle Amarol held a press conference yesterday
about how nine additional women have come forward after the
elections to tell their stories about how they were also harassed
by Senator Inouye.

Inouye, however, is "outraged" because he doesn't know who these
women are. His spokesman demanded to know what evidence the women
have to support their charges, but Rush points out that during
the Thomas/Hill hearings, the evidence didn't matter - "it was
the seriousness of the charges." If liberals are going to be
consistent, they will have to treat the charges against Inouye
exactly like they did with the charges made against Thomas. Of
course, there is a difference in this case - Thomas was a
conservative while Inouye is a good liberal, and thus different
rules apply.

Rush returns to Clinton's press conference, and Clinton is heard
talking about his plans to "strengthen global economic growth,
resolving outstanding issues in Mexico and Europe." Rush is
amazed that Clinton is now taking responsibility for the entire
world, especially since he was elected to fix domestic problems.
Rush points out that if Clinton is worried about world trade,
signing the North America Free Trade Agreement is all he really
has to do.

*BREAK*

Phone   Dan from Woodbridge, VA

Dan has been in the military for 10 years and he sees many
problems with having gays in the military. One is the barracks
system - how can the military put gays, who are attracted to men,
in the same barracks as other men. Rush had thought this was
already being done in the Navy and wonders how it is handled.

Dan was a legal clerk and handled several cases involving
conflicts about this, such as a homosexual assaulting another man
while in the shower. Dan also wonders if gays will be allowed to
marry and collect the corresponding military benefits. Rush says
that this has also been happening in some areas of the country,
and it's clear that this trend will continue under a Clinton
administration.

Rush is amazed that when Colin Powell and other military experts
say that having gays in the military is a bad idea, Clinton
ignores them, even though their opinions are not based on
discrimination but on a knowledge of the reality of what the
military is. Clinton, though, refuses to listen to these experts,
who have years of military experience to tell them what does and
does not work.

The basics of the military really haven't changed much. For
example, bombing cannot win wars - you need ground forces who can
take territory. Liberals, of course, love bombing because they
think it's "surgical" and "painless"; Rush points to Clinton's
calls during the primaries for "surgical strikes" against Serbia.

There have been many lessons which have been learned over the
years, and it's folly for Clinton to ignore these lessons. For
example, Israel has experimented with women in the military, and
they have backed off from including them in full, active combat
units.

The military is not a repository for trying out social programs;
the military has a very well-defined purpose - to wage and win
wars, and to protect the country. To do this, it needs to be
properly disciplined and trained, and anything that interferes
with this discipline should be avoided.

Gays, however, claim that their exclusion from the military is
motivated solely by discrimination and homophobia, yet the real
reasons are that the military has a job to do and military
leaders have learned through experience what will help and hurt
them in doing their job. Excluding gays from the military is not
an arbitrary or bigoted decision.

*BREAK*

Rush starts the segment with some more music from the Woodstock
era, and cuts to the Clinton press conference. Clinton is saying
the following:

"If I catch anyone in the State Department acting like that, you
won't have to wait until after the election to see them gone. I
don't want to talk about what happened in the past - the election
is over. We don't have a minute to waste. I just want you to know
that the State Department of this country is not going to be
fooling with Bill Clinton's politics, and if I catch anybody
doing it, I will fire them the next day. We won't have to have an
inquiry, or rigmarole, or anything else because it is too
important to me that the rest of the world see us having a
coherent and as much as possible non-political foreign policy."

Rush wonders why Clinton went to Moscow and protested the war if
he wants non-political foreign policy.

Rush notes that it's unlikely Clinton's attempts to sabotage the
EIB network will be successful; when EIB affiliates used to run
Emergency Broadcasting System tests during Rush's show, both
EIB's affiliates and the FCC were deluged with letters from
outraged listeners.

Thus, the FCC gave special dispensation to EIB affiliates so that
they didn't have to do EBS tests during Rush's show; Rush is
being now notified, however, that many of his affiliates have
decided to run EBS tests during Clinton's speech, and he enjoys
the irony of this. Rush also noticed that during the break
Clinton's "promises" have turned into "recommendations."

Phone   Jim from Orange County, CA

Jim has heard that Senator-elect Barbara Bouncer has been
promised an assignment on the Senate Arms Appropriation
Committee, and he is curious why Boxer, who has called for
massive cuts in the military, should be given such a plum choice
when she is only a freshman Senator. Rush is surprised that Jim
would imply partisan politics are playing a role in these
committee assignments since "everyone knows" that these
assignments are like the State Department - purely non-political.

Rush notices that Rep. Ron Dellums is also on the House Arms
Committee, and he is confident that the nation will be able to
continue to survive having these socialists/liberals on these
committees. Jim also has heard that Dianne Feinstein may be on
the Judicial Committee. Rush hasn't heard this, but wouldn't be
surprised since this is why these women supposedly entered the
elections in the first place. In fact, these women should simply
form a "Congressional Sexual Harassment and Male Abuses
Committee."

Phone   Mike from Houston, TX

Mike recalls that during the campaign Rush mentioned how the
Republican party has moved away from the American people and
middle-class. Rush recalls that he really first noticed this when
he saw an early Bush/Quayle fund-raiser for the 1992 campaign;
the dining hall was filled with older, patrician types who did
not appear at all similar to the middle class and younger crowds
that Reagan attracted.

Mike recalls how as a college student the only way he could get
into one of the Republican party fund-raisers was by being a
waiter or cook. He hopes that Rush can help him and other
Republicans reform their party. Rush says that one of the best
ways people like Mike can do to influence things is to set an
example by living their lives the way they think they should be
lived.

Others may smirk at this, but it really is the most important
thing people can do to influence others. Next, Mike should join
organizations and be part of the reformation. Rush thanks him for
reminding him about this aspect of the Republican party - the
great thing about the GOP during Reagan is that the party did
become the party of the middle class and this feeling needs to be
recaptured.

*BREAK*

Rush announces that he has been signed to appear as Wiley Post on
Broadway's Will Rogers Follies next year.

Phone   Jeff from Toledo, OH

Jeff says that there are more gays in the military than the
Navy's one Petty Officer. He doesn't think gays should be
excluded from the military although homosexual activity should be
discouraged. Rush wonders how this can be done since
heterosexuals in the military certainly have sex; Jeff says that
this shouldn't happen either.

Rush says people have to look at reality and wonder how
homosexual behavior can be banned if homosexuals are allowed in.
Jeff says that this all has to do with morality and discipline;
sex outside of marriage is wrong. Rush points out that there is
no marriage for homosexuals, and Jeff says that this is why he
thinks homosexual activity should be banned in the military.

Rush says that sexual activity occurs in the military, regardless
of morality, and he wonders if Jeff is suggesting celibacy.
"Anyone who is not married should not have sex," Jeff states.
Rush agrees, but he wonders how this could be enforced. Would
soldiers who violate this rule be discharged?

Jeff says that this is a good point, but he goes back to the fact
that gays are already in the military. He has known homosexuals
who entered into the military but withdrew because they "weren't
getting what they expected. People are who serious about their
commitment to the military and this country would defend this
country."

Rush bets that this most certainly has already happened, and that
many homosexuals have performed heroically and with great valor.
He would not deny this possibility, but he is worried by how the
homosexual life-style is defined by sexual activity in most
cases. This is the defining point of the gay life, and is what
the entire cultural battle about homosexuality is all about.

Thus, how could the military admit homosexuals but then tell them
"don't be gay while you're here?" This problem has to be
addressed before admitting gays into the US's military
institutions.

*BREAK*

Phone   Jane from Peoria, IL

Jane gives "megadittos from an ultraconservative Catholic mom
who's wasting my education raising three children and who hopes
to get raped many more times." She would like Rush to comment on
the three points that Cal Thomas made in his column yesterday:

1) Conservatives should educate their children with an old-
fashioned world view and should have the goal of installing a
morally superior school system so that public schools will have
to change or close.

2) Preachers should get back to their primary mission of building
up members spiritually and morally, and of attracting new members
to a life not of this world.

3) Religious conservatives need to reposition themselves and be
primarily known for what they are instead of what they oppose.

Rush saw Thomas' column and agrees with it; Thomas echoes what
Rush told a previous caller about how the best way to change
things is to live your life and be an example to those around
you.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

The NY papers have lists of potential cabinet appointments for
Clinton's administration. The names mentioned include:

o       Secretary of Defense - Rep. Les Aspin (D-WI) or Rep. Sam
Nunn (D-GA); Patsy Schroeder is evidently not in the running.

o       Commerce Secretary - John Sculley (Apple), Mike Walsh
(Tenneco), John Young (HP), Robert Ruben (Goldman-Sachs)

o       Treasury Secretary - Roger Altman (one of Clinton's
economic advisers during the campaign), Felix Rohatyn (who has
endorsed Jesse Jackson's proposal to use money from American
pension funds for infrastructure investment), Paul Volker, and
Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX).

 Also, during his press conference today Clinton named his long-
time friend from Oxford, Robert Reiche, as head of his
administration's economic transition team. Reiche believes that
the only way the economy can be saved is by "investing" in
America through borrowing money. Reiche sees no harm in
increasing the deficit as long as the money raised is used for
"investment."

Thus, Reiche is willing to say "to hell with the deficit,"
showing that the whole "invest in America" rhetoric is just the
same old deficit-spending that Democrats have depended on for so
long. Of course, any money that's spent is invested in one way or
another, but what Reiche wants to do is implement a government-
sponsored form of trickle-down economics.

Reiche is hoping that jobs will be created through massive
government spending; Rush, however, sees no difference in this
type of deficit spending and any other. What's the difference
between building a bridge with borrowed money and giving more
money to welfare recipients? If you give more money to those on
welfare, these people are going to go out and spend it; the money
will still enter the economy, and the money is still the result
of deficit spending.

The government, by the way, doesn't build things like bridges.
People known as union workers build bridges, and these guys get
union wages. Building bridges is not going to create all sorts of
jobs for the unemployed. Reiche, however, is a think-tank
academician who's been spending his whole life coming up with
theories and just itching for a chance to try them out.
Unfortunately, being able to write perfect books and papers is
not the same as actually working in the real world economy.

Update  Anita Hill         (The Guess Who, "It was Too Late -
She's Come Undone")

In Washington, DC yesterday Carol Moseley Braun met with Anita
Hill for the first time at a Democratic Women's Reception. Braun
entered through the door and was surprised at the screams of joy
and delight that erupted when the crowd saw Hill following Braun
in. According to the newspaper account, "the crowd parted to
allow Hill to make her way through."

Rush has no doubt that this scene resembled that classic moment
in The Ten Commandments when Moses parted the Red Sea. The
"goddess of sexual harassment" and "the first welfare cheat
elected to the Senate" hugged each other, and Braun told a
reporter that Hill "looked just like my little sister, she really
does."

Braun added later that the meeting "was right up there" with the
experience of sitting in the same chair that Stephen Douglas once
sat in once he defeated Abraham Lincoln for his Illinois Senate
seat. Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski told Hill "never again
when you walk into the Senate will you have to blanch or fear -
you have a welcoming committee there now."

Thus, Anita Hill will undoubtedly give an encore performance at
some time in the future. Rush can hardly wait for the all of the
fun he is planning to have during the next four years.

*BREAK*

Phone   Greg from Jamestown, ND

Greg thinks he misunderstood Rush on his TV show last night - he
is a Vietnam Vet who protested the war when he got back from
serving his tour. It seems like Rush was complaining last night
about all baby boomers, but Republican baby boomers shouldn't be
lumped in with this group.

Rush thinks he was clear as he could be last night in what he was
saying - there is a huge generational difference between the
generation of Dole and Bush, which had to fight for things which
were far bigger than themselves, and the current generation which
simply has not. Rush holds Greg over the break so as to continue
this discussion.

*BREAK*

Phone   Greg from Jamestown, ND (continued)

Rush says that what he was trying to point out last night was how
seriously he appreciates the commitment that allows two life-long
rivals, Bob Dole and George Bush, to come together in the face of
an enemy that threatens the US. Contrast these two men with those
that the media thinks are the nation's biggest "news" and
possible "leaders" - the "Naked Guy" at UC Berkeley and Axl Rose,
to name just two.

Rush doesn't think his generation knows what sacrifice really
means, yet people like Axl and the Berkeley student are going
around complaining about how tough life is. Rush was just trying
to highlight the passing of the old guard which is a generation
that gave this country so very much.

Greg says that he is a hard-working, veteran baby boomer, and
Rush doubts if Greg is a rock star who has dived off the stage to
beat up a fan who paid big bucks for a front row seat at a
concert. These spoiled baby boomers will never have to face
anything that is bigger than themselves because their selfishness
and ego won't let them do it.

Rush doesn't want to make it appear that he wants to hold on to
the past forever, but he does want to point out the greatness of
the generation that is passing; it consists of some of the
greatest, toughest, and most loving people seen in the US, and
their passing is regrettable although inexorable.

Phone   Leonard from White Plains, NY

Leonard thinks Rush is right in absolute terms about how Clinton
will not destroy this country, yet this doesn't mean that Clinton
can't still implement policies that will turn out to be
irreversible. Clinton can certainly increase the tendency to
social anarchy, thereby bringing the US closer to future
cataclysmic disasters.

For example, one of Clinton's first economic statements was about
increasing taxes on married couples earning more than $200,000,
and on single people making more than $150,000. Thus, rich
married couples are penalized by $100,000, meaning that it's more
likely celebrity couples will avoid marriage so as to avoid an
additional penalizing tax on their income. This will only
increase the trend toward social anarchy.

Rush asks if Leonard thinks this is something Clinton is
deliberately trying to do or is simply misguided. Leonard doesn't
think this distinction really matters. Rush says that he is fully
aware of the potential horrors that may occur during a Clinton
administration, but he still has faith in basic human nature and
in people.

As Clinton pushes the country more and more to cultural anarchy,
more and more people will be awakened and start battling this
trend. Rush has faith that people will ultimately wake up,
especially in the face of the extremism that is possible during
the next four years.

And, of course, people like Rush will still be around to help
wake the country up and keep it informed as to what's going on.
"Have faith," Rush counsels, "I'm still here."

*BREAK*

Update  David Dinkins         ("General David Dinkins, Where Are
You?")

Mayor Dinkins was informed today that President-elect Clinton
will not be able to show up for a fund-raiser later this month
that Clinton had previously promised to attend. Rush gives his
condolences to the poor, disappointed mayor. "All those mighty
plans, flushed away! It doesn't look good for the cities!"

Phone   Paul from Manhattan, KS

Paul was looking at Clinton's Putting People First plan, and
Clinton says that he wants to help business by offering tax
credits and other breaks. Also, Senator Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
recently talked about a capital gains tax cut. Thus, Paul is
curious as to whether Clinton is really trying to sneak in a
scaled-down version of trickle-down Reaganomics.

Rush would love to believe this, but he is not heartened by how
many socialists Clinton has surrounded himself with. It should be
obvious, though, to any thinking person that the old socialist
welfare policies have been tried and failed, and thus the only
thing that can revive the economy is the private sector. Having
Robert Reiche as the head of Clinton's economic team, though,
does not bode well for the country.

Rush is also troubled by how Clinton wants a totally unnecessary
Economic Security Council; although the NSC has a clear
constitutional mandate to protect the country, the ESC's only
purpose will be to intervene in the economy and tinker with it.
It's bad enough when the government starts manipulating the money
supply and interest rates, but when this kind of thing is
institutionalized, government will end up controlling more and
more.

The 1982 recession was far worse than the current one, which is
already ending, yet Clinton is still talking about an economic
apocalypse. The only reasons for this are to allow Clinton to act
before he is inaugurated, and to allow him to get out of having
to fulfill the promises ("recommendations") which he made during
the campaign.

Rush hopes people are suspicious of this, and he gives a good
economic rule of thumb - any time a Democrat is in charge of the
economy, people should be suspicious. Should things turn out
better than expected, it will be a pleasant change, but if the
Democrat screws things up as is the normal case, then at least
people will be prepared.

*BREAK*

Phone   Mike from Windsor, CT

Mike says that his co-worker, Laurie, was actually on the line
but had to go to work. Laurie disagrees with Rush about Clinton's
economic plan, and Mike has failed to convert her to proper
conservative thinking. Mike has been trying for four years to get
through to Rush, and thus was willing to pick up the phone when
Laurie had to leave for an appointment.

Rush is glad to be part of passing the torch from caller to
caller and asks what Laurie was going to say. Mike says that
Laurie believes in taxing the rich, making foreign corporations
pay their own fair share, and such liberal cliches. Rush again
points out that just because someone else is being taxed more
doesn't mean your taxes are going to go down.

Mike also wonders if Clinton's plan to allow gays into the
military will result in wholesale resignations in the military;
Mike adds that Admiral Crowe opposes allowing gays into the
military. Rush has no doubt that Crowe will soon come around to
Clinton's way of thinking, but he hasn't thought about whether
high-placed military officials will resign because of this issue.

He bets that if this does happen, it'll be "hello, Qhaddaffi, and
hello, Saddam! We've got some new guys here!" Such mass
resignations would certainly put a dent into the military's
readiness, at least for a short period of time, but Rush doesn't
want to speculate too much on this. Rush thanks Mike for calling,
and asks him to say hi to Laurie for him.

-- 
John Switzer               | "If you ask me, Larry, the Clinton Presidency
                           | has failed. What has he done? Nothing!"
CompuServe: 74076,1250     | --Dave Barry to Larry King, November 12, 1992
Internet: jrs@netcom.com   | (P.S. Impeach Clinton, support the coup!)
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