************************************************************ Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show for Tuesday, November 30, 1993 by John Switzer This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1993 by John Switzer. All Rights Reserved. These summaries are distributed on CompuServe and the Internet, and archived on CompuServe (DL9 of the ISSUES forum) and Internet (cathouse.org and grind.isca.uiowa.edu). The /pub/jrs directory at netcom.com contains the summaries for the past 30 days. Distribution to other electronic forums and bulletin boards is highly encouraged. Spelling and other corrections gratefully received. Please read the standard disclaimer which was included with the first summary for this month. In particular, please note that this summary is not approved or sanctioned by Rush Limbaugh or the EIB network, nor do I have any connection with them other than as a daily listener. ****************************************************************** November 30, 1993 LIMBAUGH WATCH November 30, 1993 - It's now day 315 (day 334 for the rich and the dead) of "America Held Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal") and 393 days after Bill Clinton's election, but Rush is still on the air with 636 radio affiliates (with more than 20 million listeners weekly world-wide), 234 TV affiliates (with a national rating of 3.7), and a newsletter with over 370,000 subscribers. His first book was on the NY Times hardback non-fiction best-seller list for 54 consecutive weeks, with 2.6 million copies sold, but fell off the list after Simon and Schuster stopped printing it. The paperback version of "The Way Things Ought To Be" has been on the NY Times paperback non-fiction best-seller list for 11 weeks and is currently at number one. Rush's second book, "See, I Told You So," has been on the NY Times best-seller list for 2 weeks and is currently at number one. LEST WE FORGET The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Tuesday, December 3, 1991: o Homeless in Santa Ana, CA were given 60-gallon garbage cans by the city, an action which Rush called "insulting and demeaning." He recalled that Santa Ana was also the city that awarded $11,000 each to 31 homeless people earlier in the year for an "unfair rousting from their digs" by city police. The intelligence of this $341,000 award was shown by the fact that eleven of the 31 homeless were already again homeless, while the rest were down to their last $10. This, above all, should teach Americans that throwing money at the homeless problem was not the way to fix it. o Madonna said that her two favorite Christmas presents were "intimate gifts" and "MTV," so Rush guessed that the perfect gift for her would be "a vibrator that's cable ready." He thought this news fit nicely with a recent poll that showed 60% of men said that even if they had the chance, they wouldn't sleep with Madonna. o Toni from San Jose said that her son took a college class that was derived directly from the NOW gang's rhetoric. Among other things the class taught was that a woman who stayed at home hurt both society and the woman's movement. Her son rejected this notion and wrote a paper that made the case that his mother did help society because she raised two healthy, well-adjusted children. Rush recalled how Barbara Bush a couple of years earlier was ridiculed at Mills College for saying that a woman's most important role in life was "raising and rearing her children." o Bruce from Indianapolis, IN was out Christmas shopping when a local TV station interviewed him, asking whether he was buying less than last year. Bruce answered no and added that he made more money in 1991 than ever before in his life. However, when the station aired its story that night, they aired only negative views, ignoring Bruce's positive comments. Rush bet that this story was being repeated across the country, and he was told by a friend who owned an appliance store that people were not only buying stuff, but were going for the big ticket, quality items. o Conservative groups in California were disappointed that Rush was planning to attend a Sacramento fund-raiser for his friend, state representative B.T. Collins had disappointed both the California Republicans Assembly and the Monterey Country Republicans by winning his congressional seat from a "staunchly conservative" woman. Rush understood these groups' points of view, but he noted that he was not an ideologue, nor did he "march in lock-step" with any one group. Furthermore, Collins, who lost an arm and a leg while serving his country in the military, was a friend who had more than earned Rush's respect and confidence. While Collins and Rush didn't agree on everything (for example, Collins was pro-choice), Rush wasn't going to base his allegiances on any one "litmus test." The basic reason Rush was attending the dinner, though, was that Collins was a friend who needed help in retiring his campaign debts. o Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Clinton hired some of the same campaign advisors who helped Senator-elect Harris Wofford win his Pennsylvania Senate seat. o Brooklyn's District Attorney announced that his city would pay up to $75 for any gun, no questions asked. What made this buyback program different from previous ones was that it was being done in the high schools. Rush noted that it was almost embarrassing to be living in a time when the DA of a major metropolitan area had to beg kids to turn their guns in, especially when the real solution was to take the guns away from these kids. The DA's plan was simply more evidence that "the inmates are running the asylum." o A New Rochelle man was sentenced for up to 9 years in prison for "acquaintance rape." The man met his 19-year old victim in a bar, after which they went for pizza. The woman then asked if she could crash at the man's home, where he lived with his mother. There the man "slapped, choked, and threatened" the woman during the rape. Rush was glad to see this man convicted, but he didn't like the categorization of rape that was being encouraged by the feminists. Rape was never justified, and it should be called "rape"; making up categories for rape threatened to trivialize the fact that rape was a very serious crime. Tina from Towson, MD agreed that "rape is rape" and didn't think it should be tolerated. However, she wondered why the law protected alleged victims of rape by refusing to allow their names to be printed, while at the same time allowing the names of the alleged rapists to be publicized. Rush said that while Florida had such a law, its constitutionality was unknown, given that it had yet been challenged in court. This practice of refusing to identify the victim, though, was mainly an unwritten journalistic law. Tina, though, thought that if the papers were going to publish the accused's name, they should publish the accuser's as well. Rush said this opinion was getting wider support. o Even though Rush had yet to debut on Pittsburgh radio station KDKA, the Pittsburgh media was already crucifying him. Rush noted that if he were half as bad as the press was making him out to be, he wouldn't have lasted as long as he has. o Michael Cato was convicted for murdering his brother-in-law, Gulf War veteran Anthony Riggs. Rush recalled how Jesse Jackson and others used Riggs' murder as a reason to claim that "life for blacks in America" was more dangerous on American streets than in the Gulf War. These critics stayed silent, though, after it was revealed that Cato killed his brother-in-law for a share of the $175,000 in insurance money that Riggs' widow would have received. o Patricia Ireland, the incoming president of the National Organization for Women, announced that she was involved in a lesbian relationship, even though she had been married for 25 years with one child. While some observers claimed this revelation could "undermine NOW's chosen role as a mainstream women's group," Rush noted that NOW had never represented the mainstream of American women. When NOW concentrated on issues such as equal pay for equal work, it had a much broader membership, but it lost most of that support by focusing primarily on abortion and lesbian ("women") rights. Rush noted that NOW had at most 250,000 members left, and since many women had previously infiltrated the group and discovered its lesbian agenda, it should be no shock to discover that Ireland was a lesbian. Rush recalled that Ireland was the one who said "we're going to bork Clarence Thomas" when President Bush nominated Thomas to the Supreme Court. And while other NOW members had said they were upset about Ireland's revelation, Rush wondered what was most upsetting to them: that Ireland was a lesbian or that she had publicly admitted she was a lesbian. In any case, Rush noted, NOW was not recruiting many women to its cause before Ireland's revelation, and the fact that its new president was not only a lesbian, but a philandering lesbian, wouldn't help them at all. o In honor of the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, Rush announced that EIB would play the Kennedys in Jeopardy Game. Contestants were given three statements, one of which was actually stated by the prosecutor of the case. If the contestant picked the right statement, he or she would win the coveted Rush Limbaugh signature mugs; a losing contestant would have to be satisfied with a lousy $100. o Leslie of Sun City, CA got the following statements: 1.) She trusted him and did not feel she was in any personal danger. 2.) She locked her chastity belt and threw away the key. 3.) She called her local Value Mart to inquire about purchasing condoms in bulk. Leslie guessed that #1 was correct and won the coveted Rush Limbaugh signature mug. o Eric from Syracuse, NY was given the following statements: 1.) She was forced onto her back, the defendant was on top of her. 2.) She said "Not on the beach - it's too gritty." 3.) She said "I never sleep with a man until after the third drink." Eric correctly guessed #1 and won the signature mug. Since Eric had four kids at home, Rush decided to give him an extra mug. o Sam from Baltimore was given the following statements from the trial: 1.) They got into foreplay and made love. It was a totally consensual act of love between two people. 2.) The check is in the mail. 3.) If you can't trust a Kennedy, who can you trust? Sam choose #3 because he thought it was the perfect defense for the Kennedys. However, since it was the wrong answer, he won only the lousy $100. o CJ from Red Bank, NJ was given the following statements: 1.) She says that William Smith could not even get aroused, yet was able to rape her. That is not possible. 2.) He says that he wouldn't even consider sleeping with a woman until after the first drink. 3.) The check is in the mail. CJ said the choice was difficult but chose the right answer: #1. She won the Rush Limbaugh signature mug and excitedly said she was going to give to her husband for Christmas. Rush graciously added a Conservative Forum video as a "consolation prize." Richard from Boston, MA, who had been listening to this game being played, said that Rush had "crossed the bounds of propriety" and he hoped that Rush would "keep up the good work." MORNING UPDATE <> Today's update includes a couple of items about the women's movement. The first item concerns two Russian women who decided to celebrate capitalism by taking a shopping trip to Turkey. While they were aboard the ferry that travels between Russian territory and Turkey, both women were stopped by suspicious customs officials, who discovered that the women had stuffed a total of $2,790 in cash within condoms, which were "stored" in that private area of women's bodies which condoms normally are meant to protect. The customs officials discovered the women's smuggling attempt because "they were walking funny." Thus, Rush notes, the "women's movement" gave them away. The second story concerns six female high school students in Silverton, OR, who suffered severe burns on their buttocks after sitting down on blocks of dry ice. The students had been participating in a pep rally stunt to see who could sit on the dry ice the longest. Since dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide which can get as cold as 112 degrees below zero, the girls were burned, four of them so severely that they had to be hospitalized. Some of the girls may even require skin grafts. The doctor treating them was perplexed since he had never seen frostbite this bad on this particular portion of the anatomy. Rush hopes that his listeners join him in decrying these latest setbacks for the women's movement, because, as he has said many times before, "I love the women's movement, especially when walking behind it." FIRST HOUR Rush is pleased to see that he's returned from vacation to find that his studio now contains a computer monitor he can read; "Santa Claus obviously showed up while I was away on a mini-vacation!" he exclaims. Unfortunately, the staff is still running checks on the equipment, which means Rush has to kill a minute or so before he can start the show in earnest. Rush notes that it might be wise if his staff from now on ran such checks before the show actually started. He states that viewers of NBC News last weekend saw "conclusive proof, undeniable evidence" that he did indeed attend the wedding of Mary Matalin and James Carville in New Orleans. The wedding was well attended by a star-studded group, and Rush got to meet a number of people he had never met before, such as George Stephanopoulos. However, the Democrats were up to their usual dirty tricks at the reception at Arno's - it being such a festive occasion, Rush decided to smoke one of his fine cigars, but within seconds after lighting up, the maitre-de came by to suggest that Rush might prefer to smoke at the bar, which was virtually deserted. The smoke from his cigar couldn't have possibly travelled more than a few feet between the time he lit it and the time the maitre d' came over, so Rush is convinced that the Democrats had a plan already worked out to get him out of the main dining room. Corroborating evidence from this came from the fact that right before Rush himself lit up, he gave one of his fine cigars to famed New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt, to replace the "cheap, worthless cigar" that Hirt was about to smoke. Nobody complained when Hirt set his cigar alight, of course, which only makes Rush all the more suspicious. However, all worked out in the end - the wife of the restaurant's owner told Rush that her husband loved cigars and that it was all right if he wanted to smoke in the main dining room. Rush digresses to note that the CBS Evening News called him last night to ask if they could get some video of him smoking a cigar for their segment on the resurgence of cigar smoking in America. Rush thus decided to waive his "no interview policy" by agreeing to let the show film him smoking a cigar before tonight's TV show. Returning to the Matalin/Carville wedding, Rush says he was surprised to learn that Carville's whole family is composed of dittoheads, although Carville's sisters admonished him for calling their brother "Old Serpent Head." When Rush pointed out that this particular name was invented by Mary Matalin, the sisters said that a man's wife could say such things, but not Rush. They also told Rush to stop making jokes about how Carville looked like he spent too much time near a nuclear plant or looked like he stepped off a UFO. This surprised Rush since he had never heard these jokes about Carville before. The wedding was held in the ballroom at the Royal Orleans in the French Quarter and was very short, as Carville had already warned that if the ceremony lasted longer than 20 minutes, he'd walk. Right before the ceremony Rush ran into Al Hunt and Judy Woodruff, who were there with their children. Rush also was able to introduce himself to George Stephanopoulos, who walked into the ballroom right after he did. Rush thought he was going to get some grief at Arno's, though, when Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) walked in with Stephanopoulos; since Rush had shown video clips of the anti-NAFTA Lowey on his TV show during the NAFTA debate, he steeled himself for what rebukes she might have for him. However, she only wanted her picture taken with him, and she insisted that Stephanopoulos get in the picture. Stephanopoulos was hesitant at first, but Rush encouraged him, noting that it would be a honor for him to be photographed with an advisor to the President. Stephanopoulos finally consented, but only after getting Rush to agree that his TV show would no longer portray Stephanopoulos as wearing a diaper. Stephanopoulos didn't buy Rush's explanation that this picture was used simply to "accentuate his youth." The EIB staff suggest that Rush now depict Stephanopoulos in shorts and kneesocks, and Rush says he will consider it. Rush admits that he gets scared at weddings, and when Carville said "I do," he involuntarily shuddered and moaned, loud enough for those nearby to hear. People started chuckling, so Rush hurriedly pointed to Al Hunt's little boy and insisted he was the one making the noise. After the wedding, Rush again did his best to embarrass himself by inadvertently forcing his way to the head of the parade that was to lead from the Royal Orleans to Arno's. Rush explains that because he posed for a lot of pictures after the wedding, he was among the last to leave the hotel; when he did leave, he discovered that there was a huge mob in front of the hotel. Rush doesn't like mobs, so he decided to make his own way to Arno's; however, he realized his mistake when he ran into the wedding party which was at the head of the group. Realizing that he was showing "real class" by trying to impose himself into a position of honor in the wedding party, he quickly scuttled back into the midst of the group as the parade progressed. After the wedding, Rush joined a group of friends for a mini-vacation in the Bahamas, where he had a fascinating discussion with a woman about how he "didn't get it" when it came to women and what they wanted out of life. He promises to talk more about this later. *BREAK* Jay Leno told the following joke about the Carville/Matalin wedding: "There are pictures of George Stephanopoulos talking to Rush Limbaugh - it must have looked like the Skipper talking to Gilligan." The EIB staff like this joke. Rush notes that Matalin was "absolutely stunning," while Carville was the most magnanimous host he has seen in quite a while. The two lovebirds were having a great time, at both the wedding and reception, and Rush's only regret was that he had to leave the reception early so as to catch his plane out of town. Rush left so early, in fact, that he didn't get a chance to sample much more than the appetizers, but fortunately some dittohead waiters managed to pack up a box of them for him to eat on the plane. Rush is disappointed, though, that he didn't get to see the cutting of the cake, with the traditional feeding of the bride and the groom. This was something he was especially looking forward to, given that both Carville and Matalin are political consultants working on the opposite ends of the political aisle. They thus have undoubtedly at times wanted to shut the other up, and they finally got their chance to do so at the reception, by stuffing the other's mouth full of cake. *BREAK* Sally Jesse Raphael recently said that for 26 years she and her husband "were really, really poor," even to the point of hunger and homelessness. They also had "heavy, heavy medical debts" that wiped them out on three separate occasions. Rush guesses that these had to be the face lift, nose job, and butt tuck. Phone Ralph from Charlotte Courthouse, VA Ralph is an airline captain who flies internationally on United Airlines, the only airline which pipes Rush's show into the cabin so that the passengers can hear it. He notes that shortwave 15.420MHz, the frequency on which Rush's show is broadcast world-wide, is the frequency they use to get their position reports while out over the Atlantic. Rush bets that Ralph flies the 767 extended range plane, which has flown across the world without refueling. Ralph confirms this and says that on his trips back from Europe, he usually hits northern Newfoundland about noon, so the cockpit tunes in Rush's show on the shortwave band. Since the trip from Newfoundland to Washington, DC takes about 3 hours, this is a great arrangement, and since United allows the pilots to pipe this station into the cabin, the passengers can listen to Rush on headset channel 9. However, Ralph has learned that his announcements about this need to be "careful" - he never mentions Rush by name, but simply announces "for those of you who like to listen to talk radio, we have the number one radio show available on channel 9." Ralph has met many passengers who have thanked him for playing Rush's show, not just because they love Rush, but also because his show gets them caught up on current events. And to date he's not had one complaint about this. Rush is honored to hear this, and asks Ralph when he'll next be flying back into the U.S. Ralph says he'll be coming back next Friday, so Rush promises to say hello to flight 947 on next Friday's show. He hopes Ralph won't get in trouble for doing this, and Ralph laconically replies, "As a retired Marine Corps colonel, I've seen a lot of trouble and I'm not sweating it." Rush says he's seen this attitude a lot in his retired Marine friends, especially among those who were in Vietnam. Ralph says he flew in Vietnam, but not in combat. Rush bets that Ralph nevertheless endured some anti-aircraft flak, and Ralph admits he did see some of this. Rush confesses that he loves hanging around guys like Ralph because their experiences with life and death have given them a great zest for life and a positive attitude. However, Rush suddenly realizes he won't be able to say hello to Ralph on Friday because he won't be in town - his show Friday will be another "Best of Rush" program. He has Bo get Ralph's number so that EIB can find out when else Rush can give a special welcome to Ralph and his passengers. Ralph adds that he's not the only pilot who tunes into Rush's show - whenever he comes onto the plane, he finds channel 9 tuned into 15.420 MHz, which means the other pilots have to be listening, too. Rush says he's heard from a lot of pilots who tune into his show during international flights. He adds that planes like Ralph's 767 are usually referred to as "Flight 947 Heavy" to indicate that they are big, big planes. Rush admits he may seem out of sorts today because he capsized a jetski while he was out on vacation during the Bahamas. He points out that capsizing a jetski is hard to do, but he didn't let that deter him from getting right back on it. However, "I may still be a little waterlogged," he confesses. *BREAK* Phone George from Louisville, KY George is a pre-med student at the University of Louisville, so he's concerned about the Clinton health care plan, which he thinks will be bad for everyone, patients and providers alike. He's written to his representatives in Congress about this, but their answers have been just campaign speeches. He thus wants to know how this health care plan can be defeated. Rush says that the battle over health care will be a long, drawn-out one, with both Republicans and Democrats pushing their own plans and/or modifications to the Clinton plan. One thing that still amazes Rush, though, is how the administration views this entire issue. He recalls how Hillary Clinton conducted her "research" into health care in private, using a secret task force of 500-some members, none of whom had ever been a member of the medical community or had ever implemented a successful managed care program. The required federal records of this task force's meetings weren't kept, and to this day there still aren't complete official lists of just who was on the task force or whom they hired as contractors. The Clintons then bashed both the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries, and when the insurance companies responded with their own series of ads, Hillary Clinton went ballistic. Hillary complained that these ads were dishonest and didn't reveal who was paying for them, but the ads clearly stated that the insurance companies were paying for them, and they told nothing but the truth about the Clinton plan. It is amazing how arrogant Hillary has been about this whole thing; she even once said "I can't be responsible for every underfunded business in this country." When any opposition rears its head, Hillary goes ballistic and hysterical. This is probably how the administration will respond in the future to any criticism of its plan, and that criticism is going to appear from all quarters. Rush notes that President Clinton has filmed a 16-minute video which he's going to use to sell his health care plan. EIB has this video and Rush will be producing his own video to counter what the President has to say. Rush therefore counsels George to continue his education and to have faith that the Clinton plan, if it survives, won't be in the same form it is now. George is glad to hear that and says that the education he's gotten from Rush is as valuable to him as any other. He adds that doctors have large stacks of unpaid bills each and every year, precisely because they treat patients who can't pay. If anyone thinks that there are people falling through the cracks of America's health care system, George would like to hear the stories of how people have fallen, broken their legs, and been left on the sidewalks to suffer. This sort of thing just isn't happening. Rush says that over the weekend he saw stories about how more Americans were fighting "oral cavities" (i.e. tooth decay) because going to the dentist costs so much. Yet at the same time, a CDC survey has found that Americans are living longer than ever - a baby born in 1991 has an average lifespan of 74.5 years, the longest ever. Plus, of 15 cases of death tracked by the CDC, the incidence of 9 went down, while that of only 3 went up, which makes Rush wonder why Americans want to change the health care system that is making these longer lives possible. George adds that most people can do a lot of things to ensure good health, such as regular sleep, proper diet, exercise, etc. These sorts of things will do a lot to make sure people stay healthy, without doctors ever getting involved. Rush agrees and insists that he does all of those things already, but he doesn't sound too convincing, perhaps because he's remembering how he wiped out on a jetski last weekend. *BREAK* Items o Rush says because he needs to be in California this upcoming weekend for business, he'll be flying out of town Thursday night. Thus, Friday's radio show will be another "Best of Rush" show <>. o The Los Angeles Times has a new stylebook out, and it's the epitome of political correctness. For example, "powwow" and "babe" are now verboten terms. o Newsweek has uncovered more of Kevorkian's "sordid past," and Rush will discuss this later during today's show. *BREAK* SECOND HOUR Phone Bill from Sarasota, FL Bill saw on CNN this morning that the environmentalists are stopping some developers from building because this would supposedly harm an "endangered fly." Rush says that these sorts of stories are becoming all too frequent; a story out of Chicago reports that an animal group is creating fires in fur stores so that water from the sprinklers will destroy the furs. This is all part of how animals have been elevated to a position above that of humanity, and even Jack Kevorkian has stated that medical testing should be done on the terminally ill, not animals. Bill thinks that some species should be protected, but protecting a fly is a bit extreme. A guy from the Sierra Club, though, even said that it was his "moral obligation" to protect all these species for the "betterment of mankind." Rush recalls how back when the animal rights wackos became prominent several years ago, one of the common jokes was that these people would start giving rights to insects. This was meant as a joke, but it's now come true. Rush thanks Bill for calling. ******** Rush says that while on vacation in the Bahamas he had an interesting discussion with a woman about how he "didn't get it." The EIB staff interrupts him to ask whom he took to the Matalin/Carville wedding, but Rush refuses to say, noting that this person is a bit embarrassed to be seen with him. He chastises his staff for interrupting him and disturbing his flow of thought. Getting back to the topic at hand, Rush says that his trip to the Bahamas was one of the best trips he's ever had, especially as it was with a number of good friends with whom he has much in common. Throughout the weekend, they held a number of fascinating discussions, such as the one he had with this woman about women. Rush sighs because he is perhaps the most misunderstood guy in America as regards to women, and he blames this on how his term "feminazi" has been misinterpreted as being an indication that he is anti-women. This particular woman, though, doesn't think that Rush is anti-women, but she did think she knew why other women had this perception about him. As the two of them discussed this, the woman insisted that Rush "didn't get it" because he didn't understand how women today have to work much, much harder than men to succeed and to achieve prominence in the business world. It's not a matter of recognizing women's success but also of recognizing how hard they have to work to get there. This woman also disagreed with Rush about how most women got the majority of their self-esteem and self-image from their relationships, not their careers. She stated that more and more women were looking outside of the home and their relationships for their self-esteem, and she said men like Rush were "stuck in a time warp." Then, though, the woman claimed that the worst thing that happened to women was that women didn't stay at home anymore. Now, because some women work and some don't, inevitably there are comparisons made between them. For example, she was at a dinner party and was asked what she did during the day; this bothered her so much that she went out and started her own realty company so that she could give a decent answer to this question. Although she loves her husband and her five kids, she didn't think it was enough to tell people who asked this question that she spent her time at home raising her children. Rush pointed out to this woman that he was not one of these men whom this woman was complaining about, and he had never asked her what she did "during the day." He also noted that over half of the key positions for his television show were held by women, so he wondered how she could say he "didn't get it" when women, their lives, and their careers were concerned. Rush, in fact, thinks he does "get it," especially as he has all sorts of respect for women and their varied achievements. This woman, though, challenged Rush to put the question to the female members of his audience, to find out what they think is really important in their lives. Rush says if there is enough interest, he might do this. Rush was struck, though, by how this woman, who is close to 50 and whose kids are all grown, was so bothered by being asked about how she spent her day that she started her own company. She insisted that she was not alone in feeling this way, as more and more women wanted more out of life than a successful marriage and family. Rush asked her why she thought it was "better" when no women weren't working, because this sounded as if she was afraid of competition from other women. He also rejected the notion that he had to look at all women the same way because women are just as much individuals as men are, and it's fallacious to think that one woman can speak for all women in America. Yet because he believed this, he was accused of still not "getting it." Rush can understand the feelings of inadequacy that result from being asked how one spends their day, but what can a man do about this? Other women who were on the boat, though, joined in on this woman's side, complaining that Rush didn't understand how tough women had it today. Rush acknowledged that women had it tough, but he pointed out that everyone has it tough. This bit of information didn't placate the women at all. At this point, Rush had to leave the conversation to shower and dress, so Roger Ailes took over for him. When he returned, the woman excitedly told him that Ailes "got it." Rush then took Ailes, a man he knows very well, aside and asked him to stop lying to these women. Ailes replied, "look, Rush, when you're talking about `getting it,' whatever they say `getting it' is, get it! And then, you'll get it, get it?" *BREAK* Rush notes that the point of his story is that women are not satisfied to simply say that they are a mother or housewife; this, to them, doesn't get them the self-respect they desire. The woman Rush was talking to made one especially interesting comment about this; she said that she found it far more interesting to talk to the men on the trip than to their wives because the men's lives were more interesting. She said that there weren't too many women that men would like to include in such discussions and gatherings, but those women who were as interesting as men always ended up with more respect from others and thus had a lot more self-esteem. She again insisted that Rush "didn't get it" about what women wanted out of life and what they thought would give them a life of happiness, respect, and self-esteem. She challenged Rush to put this question to the women on his show, and Rush may do so later on. He notes that it is an ongoing societal challenge" for people to get along, whether on the job, in the home, etc. Rush, though, is getting tired of being accused of "not getting it"; "I probably get it too well," he notes, "which means that I don't get it, if you get what I mean." *BREAK* Rush gives a preview of what health care will be like in the future: <> Coming soon, America, health care from cradle to grave. Just look for the fallen arches! <> Hi, welcome to McHealthcare, whaddaya want? <> Ah yes, I'd like a double-bypass, a side order of tonsillectomy, and, uh . . . what would you like, dear? <> And a McMammogram for my wife, please. <> McMammogram garble-drabble-gurgle bypass? <> I said . . . I'd like a double bypass . . . <> Garble-gurble bypass? <> A double bypass, a tonsillectomy, and a McMammogram for his wife, please! <> Garble-gurgle-drogic mammogram gugle-druggle bypass? <> I said a double bypass, a tonsillectomy, and a McMammogram for my wife! <> You better make it quick on the double with the bypass! <> Please pull up to the first window - that'll be an eighteen month wait. <> Oh, this is ridiculous! <> <> Thank you for coming to McHealthcare. Our next ambulance will be ready in a year and a half! <> New McHealthcare . . . you deserve a break today, but don't expect to get it fixed any time soon! Phone Debbie from Fallon, NV Debbie says that the first time she heard Rush was June 4th; up until then she had believed all the conventional wisdom about Rush, but at the time she was driving with a male friend who forced her to listen to Rush's show. This opened up Debbie's eyes, not just about who Rush really is, but also about the kind of person her friend was; he suddenly appeared to be more interesting to her than ever before, and as a result, the two of them are now engaged and will be married next August. Rush thinks that's a great selling point for his show; he could have a commercial saying: "Ladies, the man you love could become more interesting if he listens to this show." He is thrilled to hear about Debbie's good fortune and wishes her and her beloved the best. Debbie says that she is really annoyed by how the feminists promote the exact opposite of what the original feminists promoted; instead of promoting independence for women, the modern feminists have simply substituted dependence on government for dependence on men. Rush thinks this is a good way of phrasing this, and he notes that this is happening because modern militant feminism is all about turning every woman into a victim. Debbie notes that feminists want the government to provide daycare for children, yet all this will do is make women more dependent on government. It also seems that modern feminists want all women to be absolved of personal responsibility for their lives; for example, the militants are now defining rape as having sex while drunk. The feminists today are portraying women as fragile, vulnerable creatures, which is the exact opposite of what the original feminists wanted. Rush agrees that men can't win on this - if men treat women as if they're fragile, the men are regarded as wusses, but if men treat women was independent and self-reliant, the men are perceived as mean. As far as daycare goes, Rush notes that Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders obviously wants government-sponsored daycare, just so she can indoctrinate children at the earliest age possible. Elders was on This Week with David Brinkley, and Sam Donaldson and George Will were laughing at her and her desire to have sex education in kindergarten or even earlier. This is why liberals can't be allowed to take control of the nation's daycare centers because they'll just turn the kids into little liberals. Elders, and those like her, are just itching to get their hands on kids when they're two because they know this is a great age for indoctrination. In New York City, for example, lame duck Mayor David Dinkins made an appointment to the city school board over the weekend, which is being regarded as a slap in the face to incoming mayor Rudolph Giuliani. This is bad enough, but the appointment was of Esmerelda Simmons, a woman who, like Elders, supports early sex education. Simmons and Elders claim sex education has to be taught before kindergarten because it will solve teenage pregnancy and other sexual problems, yet Rush would suggest that these problems started getting out of control precisely when sex education became a universal component of a child's education. Liberals also don't teach, but indoctrinate, so when they "teach" sex education and distribute condoms, they are encouraging kids to experiment. It doesn't help that responsibility isn't even mentioned anymore when sex is mentioned. This is why the current crop of liberals should not be allowed to take over the nation's daycare centers, as this will only make matters much worse. Phone Joe from Croton, NY Joe says that he disagrees with Rush about medical care not costing too much; Rush says he's never said that health care didn't cost too much, but Joe remembers the story that Rush told four or five years ago about having wax in his ear when he first came to New York City. Rush went to a doctor, but the doctor wanted to charge $80 to clean out Rush's ear, so Rush went home and did it himself with his own vacuum cleaner. Rush laughs because he remembers that story, but he points out he could have afforded the $80; it wasn't the cost that motivated him back then. He explains that radio folks like him who use real radio announcer headphones tend to be afflicted with extra wax buildup in the ears. When he lived in Sacramento, this was no problem because his doctor had a nifty, hi-tech, state-of-the-art tiny vacuum cleaner that did the job in no time, and he didn't need to get his ears filled with water. When Rush moved to New York, though, he couldn't find a doctor who knew what he was talking about when he mentioned this marvelous "ear vacuum." Rush thus went out and bought a Dustbuster and tried to clean out his ears by himself; however, this didn't work. Rush explains that he probably knew at the time that it wouldn't work but he had to try anyway. He then used peroxide and a cotton swab to clean out his ears. Rush notes that George from the first hour was trying to make the point that emergency health care is not being denied to people, and Rush agrees with that. He also believes, though, that health care is too expensive, precisely because the free market is not functioning in the health care industry. It's ridiculous to expect government to come in and reduce prices; when has this ever worked before? Besides, what has the current administration done to demonstrate that they should be trusted with more responsibility? Where have they done such a good job that they should be put in charge of 14% of the nation's economy? Rush agrees that health care costs too much, but the way to solve it is not to put the government in charge, but to get the free market operating again. Joe agrees with that. *BREAK* Phone Eva from Rose Hill, KS Eva exclaims "oh my goodness! I'm talking to Rush!?! Oh my goodness!" She says that the women who think Rush is not getting it are the ones who aren't getting it, and this goes double if they aren't appreciating their children. She has one child and is delighted in being able to stay at home to raise him. Rush says that the woman he was talking to had raised five children and had done an impeccable job doing so. However, while she agreed that being a mother was something essential to society and civilization, she didn't think it was enough of a description for her to use to sum up her life. It was interesting that during this discussion her husband came over and tried to console her by reminding her of the five children she'd raised, the charity work she did, etc. The woman, however, was not mollified and told him "stop it, that's not it either, you just don't get it either." Rush notes that there are also a lot of men today who in social encounters would like to be able to give a more definitive answer to the question of "what does your wife do?" This woman's point was that answering "she's a wife and homemaker" just isn't enough today for many women to have a sense of self-respect and self-esteem. Eva notes that she has self-respect, especially because she realizes that she has an important job in raising her child to become a productive and worthwhile member of society; if she fails in this, her child could become a thief or murderer or who knows what. Rush understands this and says this woman was a model mother, and she takes pride in that; however, since the kids have grown and left home, she wanted to be able to say something in reply when asked "so what do you do during the day?" This is why she started her own company. This woman's whole point to Rush was that there were more and more women like this in today's society, and that people like Rush simply "don't get it." *BREAK* Phone Steve from Savannah, GAA Steve is a life member of the NRA who attended the NRA convention in Nashville where Rush gave a speech. He asks Rush if he knows what kind of coffee was served at the dinner because "it was to die for." Rush is "flattered" that Steve thought that he was the caterer for the NRA convention, and holds him over the break. *BREAK* THIRD HOUR Phone Steve from Savannah, GA (continued) Steve asks Rush what he thinks about the Brady Bill and whether its instant check system, to be implemented in five years, is a good idea. Rush says that he's in favor of the instant check system on handgun purchases, but the example of Patrick Purdey, who went berserk and killed a number of children at a Stockton school, shows that the problem with crime in America is not guns. Purdey would not have been caught by an instant background check because such a system checks only for felons, not misdemeanors, and while Purdey had been arrested for felonies five times, he pleabargained his case down to misdemeanor status each time. Steve says that he used to do gun checks when he worked for an Alabama police department, and they would disqualify people on the basis of misdemeanor offenses. Rush says that the instant background check focuses on catching felons; it couldn't discriminate on the basis of misdemeanors, given that nearly everyone has committed some sort of misdemeanor offense in their lifetime (speeding, running stop signs, and such). A story in today's Washington Post reports that waiting periods stop felons from acquiring guns and "foil some criminals." States with waiting periods and background checks for handgun purchases reportedly stopped known felons from getting a gun "tens of thousands" of times since 1989. Supposedly, waiting periods and background checks in Florida, Virginia, California, and Maryland blocked more than 40,000 purchases of firearms by those who were banned by law from making such purchases. Yet, these people who were turned down still could get guns illegally, so what effect have waiting periods really had on crime? ******** Items o Rush told the EIB staff about his encounter with a jetski, and they are begging him to tell it on the air. Rush may do so later, but since he's been "too jocular" already on today's show, he'll skip right to more important news. o New Jersey Democrats have dropped their lawsuit challenging the election of Christine Todd Whitman as New Jersey's governor because they could find no evidence that black turnout had been suppressed. A story in last Sunday's Boston Globe hinted at the real reason why this lawsuit was dropped: in 1992 the Democratic party spent about $15 million in "walking around money" in 15 states to either suppress the vote or bring out the vote, depending on what was "needed." The Justice Department is also investigating whether Democrats stole votes in Philadelphia during the 80s. Thus, there is plenty of reason for Democrats to want to forget about their accusations that Rollins "bought off" blacks with Republican "walking around money."However, the slander suit brought against Ed Rollins by black preachers is still going on. Rush notes that the story about the Democrats' dropping their lawsuit is buried in today's papers; it's not on the front pages as were the stories about Rollins' original comments about suppressing the vote or the stories about how the Democrats were going to challenge the elections. o Prosecutors in Folcroft, PA are going to bring homicide charges in the November 6th death of Danny Centrone, who choked to death on a piece of a steak sandwich. The prosecutors are calling this homicide because in July, 1972 Centrone was beaten to a pulp by members of a a motorcycle gang who thought he was part of a gang that beat up one of their members. Centrone spent 19 days in a coma, after which he began a life of complete medical supervision and total rehabilitation. Three youths were convicted of assault on Centrone, and spent varying length in prison, from 6 to 14 years. However, prosecutors are going to claim that these gang members are responsible for Centrone's death because his choking on the sandwich was a lasting effect of the beating they gave him. Rush calls this an "ambitious pursuit" on the part of the prosecutors. o The Los Angeles Times' new stylebook forbids the use of the following words: babe, biddy, bra-burner, Chinese fire drill, crazy, divorce, dutch treat, gal, ghetto, gypped, handicapped person, hick, hillbilly, hispanic, holy rollers, Indians, inner city, lame, male nurse, normal, pow-wow, queer, welsher, and white trash. These words are only a few of those forbidden; for example, the words "deaf" and "deaf-mute" are also banned, even though the Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness says that "deaf" is the preferred term. Also, a Netherlands diplomat who was asked about the term "dutch treat" said he wasn't offended by the term at all. The Times insists that its new stylebook is not politically correct, but only "accurate and fair." According to one editor, "we have such a big paper that we need some rules. We thought it would be wise to bring people together and have them talk about these issues." Thus, according to the Times' new rules, Rush couldn't say he had a "pow-wow with his staff" or ever mention the "inner city." Rush notes how these journalists, who are perhaps more attached to the First Amendment than most, are censoring themselves on such totally asinine concerns. The Times is evidently more concerned about not offending somebody than it is about pursuing the truth and finding out the news. Rush notes that everyone says that the political correctness movement will soon collapse because of the weight of its own silliness, yet more of this stuff keeps on happening. *BREAK* Phone Steve from Tallahassee, FL Steve says that Rush is being told he doesn't get it probably because while he really does get it, he's not being sympathetic enough towards women; he bets Rush tells women that their problems are real, but that men also have to deal with those problems, too. Rush says that this is exactly what he told this woman. Steve points out that had Rush agreed with the notion that men have put "glass ceilings" or other impediments in the way of women, he'd then "get it." What men have to do to "get it," Steve explains, is to agree that every problem women have is men's fault. Rush says that he owes a lot to his brilliant father, who taught him how to argue and probe into an issue, yet when he probes too much or asks too many questions, he's accused of "not getting it." Rush admits he loves these sorts of conversations since they are "intellectual feasts" that give him an insight into other people. Yet, sometimes they become frustrating, as was the case when he pointed out to this woman that he did none of the things that she was complaining about; he never put her down or denigrated her life, but this didn't seem to matter to her. Steve says that this is exactly right, and bets that this woman was probably complaining not because men make women feel inferior for being housewives or mothers but because it's feminists who make them feel this way. Steve says he respects his mother and the job she did in raising her family; most men seem to understand this, but the feminists don't. Rush notes that this woman even seems to resent the fact that she's asked "what do you do," especially since she doesn't think she has an answer that would impress those men who ask this question. Steve says that this is the woman's problem because being a successful mother of five is an incredible accomplishment; if a woman is not impressed with herself, then she certainly can't impress anyone else. Furthermore, if a mother is asked "what do you do" by a man, it could very well be that the man is interested in her family and how she's raised her children. Rush agrees and notes that when this woman's husband told her that he loved her and respected what she had done in life, she only got more irritated. He thinks Steve is basically right - men have to act sympathetic and he's not very good at all at giving sympathy to anyone. Rush asks Steve to hang on through the break. *BREAK* Phone Steve from Tallahassee, FL (continued) Rush comments that during the break he called his home answering machine and found a slew of messages from women who insisted that Rush still wasn't getting it, that he didn't understand the real issues, and that he was ignoring what this one particular woman was actually talking about. Rush thinks he might just set up a special voice mailbox that separates his women callers according to whether they're women who are annoyed, women who are not annoyed, and women who don't know what they are but are convinced that whatever it is, it's Rush's fault. One of the messages Rush received was from a woman who said that the reason women in contemporary society cannot be fulfilled by the mother/homemaker role is because men tend not to appreciate this role or acknowledge its importance after a while. Rush can understand this point, although he can't speak for all men. Steve says he definitely appreciates his parents. He notes that his parents have it tough nowadays because they own a pest control business - "not only do they own a small business, but they kill bugs, which is very bad in the Clinton administration." Steve adds that he comes from Hot Springs, AR, which is Bill Clinton's real hometown. He adds that the December issue of Glamour magazine has an article by Naomi Wolfe entitled "Are We Too Tough on Men?" Rush says that this magazine was on the boat where he spent his vacation last weekend, and it was the topic of much discussion, with most women severely attacking and criticizing Wolfe and what she had to say. Steve says that Wolfe reports that men who take women's studies classes are told that they'll never understand because they are the oppressor. Wolfe also asks why women think that men can be environmentalists and opposed to racism, but can't be pro-women. Rush thinks Wolfe is just trying to sell books. She attacked men in her previous book, "The Beauty Myth," and now she's obviously changed her tune from that book's anti-male focus. Rush tells his secretary, Mrs. Wiggins, to go out and buy a copy of this issue of Glamour, and he magnanimously tells her that she can buy a copy for herself, too. Rush hopes that this shows how sympathetic a person he can be, but he confesses that he's never been moved too much by sympathy in his life. Sympathy is okay up to a point, but after that, what do you do next? Regardless of the problems people face, they're going to have to face them at some point, and sympathy does no good then. Rush has run into people who seek and solicit sympathy, and he's not about to feed that sort of emotion; he's definitely not going to get into a cycle of endlessly feeding someone's self-pity. Rush says he can be empathetic, compassionate, and understanding, but he's not going to let those emotions detract him from helping people solving their problems. Hands can be held only so long, and you'll end up creating a monster if you continually let yourself be manipulated by someone else's desire for sympathy. Plus, someone who's overly reliant on sympathy is by definition not self-reliant or capable of solving their own problems; this is not a good situation for anyone to be involved with. Phone Loni from Bakersfield, CA Loni thinks Rush has got it, but Rush notes that if a woman thinks he doesn't get it, even if he does get it, he doesn't. Loni says that this is because women are almost always right. Rush sighs because he thinks Steve was right in saying that all many women want is sympathy. Loni thinks that the feminist movement has denigrated the roles of motherhood and homemaking, and men have accepted this. The Clinton administration, though, isn't helping out with this at all; for example, where's Chelsea? Rush says he can understand the Clintons' desire to shield their daughter from the press, so that she can have as normal a life as possible. Thus, he doesn't think Chelsea's absence means the Clintons are anti-family. As to the feminist movement, Rush agrees that not only did the feminists encourage women to get out of the home, but they denigrated women who chose to stay at home as being traitors to the cause and hurting their fellow "sisters." Feminists put down the choice of staying at home, and this has lead to a number of problems with women's self-esteem and interpersonal relationships. *BREAK* Phone Linda from Destrehan, LA Linda just loves Rush, but she is very upset that not only did he attend the wedding of that Democrat Carville, but also endangered his life by falling off a jetski. "We need you!" she shouts, pointing out that Rush is too important to the conservative cause for him to risk his life in such a way. Rush points out that he didn't "fall" off a jetski; he capsized it, and since he was hanging on to it, he fell in with it. Of course, he wasn't told until afterwards that this was the worst thing he could do, as you're supposed to let go of the thing under such circumstances. Linda says she doesn't mind Rush "zestfully enjoying life," but if something happens to him, who will conservatives have left to espouse their cause, especially since "Mary Matalin went over to the enemy!" Rush remarks that Linda should be careful with her comments since according to the messages he got on his answering machine, both Matalin and Carville are listening to today's show. He admits that Linda does have a good point, though, about the jetski, which was really a "Waverunner." The warning labels on this thing essentially said "this can kill you, you can die!" However, it was a lot of fun. Linda says that she just got back from a cruise to the Caribbean and saw lots of people riding them; she, though, wouldn't go near them. In fact, she wouldn't even go on the submarine rides out in the Grand Caymans. Rush asks if this is because Linda feels she is also important to the "conservative cause," and she replies no, but she is important to her husband and son. She doesn't mind, though, if they go on the jetskis; if they die, then at least she "can keep their memory alive." Rush thinks Linda has a novel approach to life, but warns her that the next thing he wants to do is parasail. "Oh, Rush!" Linda exclaims, her voice quaking in fear, but Rush insists this will be his next big adventure. However, he couldn't resist the jetski, especially since he was on a large pleasure boat, cruising off the coast of the Bahamas. He initially refused to get on the thing, but his colleagues "forced" him on it, and his host promised he would follow Rush in a small boat "just in case a whale ate me." Rush confesses that he was being very "brave and courageous" in going out into waters that contained sharks, electric eels, and other such nasties. He was surprised, though, that the jetski was much like a motorcycle, in that you had to continually work at keeping your balance, even though you were in the water. He took all necessary precautions, though, such as making sure he connected the starter cord to his wrist, so that should he get thrown off, the jetski would shut off and not become "a weapon searching around, gunning for you as you're desperately trying to survive." Rush got on the thing okay, did a couple of circles around the book, and then gunned it on a straightaway away from the boat. He was having a great time, as were his friends, who were following him in the small boat and videotaping him. "Are you going to show it on your show?" Linda asks of this videotape, and Rush replies with a most emphatic no. He admits he hasn't seen the tape himself yet, so he doesn't know whether it is steady enough to be shown; however, he promises he'll check it out. Linda says that over the Thanksgiving holiday she and her family went on their own cruise out of New Orleans, but she still brought her shortwave radio so that she could listen to Rush's show. Rush thanks her for that and for calling. The EIB staff urge Rush to finish his story about the jetski, so he says he was feeling pretty confident and cocky, thinking he had mastered the jetski; his host was following him in another boat, just in case anything happened, so Rush slowed down so he could thank his host for getting him on the jetski in the first place. However, nobody had told him that a jetski had to be moving at all times; the worst thing you can do is come to a dead stop. Rush thus slowed the jetski down too much, and as he was looking over his shoulder to find his host, the jetski tilted to the left and that was it. Rush shouted a more mature version of "ah, damn" as he tipped into the water, but he wasn't too worried since he had a lifevest on. However, he was concerned about getting back to the boat, which was at least 100 yards away. "Thin, wiry guys could probably leapfrog this thing," Rush notes, but he doubted he could get back on the jetski in such an agile fashion, especially since he had capsized it. Rush was thus hanging on to the jetski, trying to figure out what to do, getting more embarrassed all the time, especially as his friends were taunting him and were continuing to film the event with the videocamera. And all of this happened within the first five minutes of getting on the jetski; but as if this weren't embarrassing enough, he had to endure the ignominy of being towed back to the main boat. However, Rush is proud to say "I got right back on that stupid jetski, folks!" He didn't let this experience daunt him, but instead faced yet another of life's obstacles and overcame it. In fact, he was on the jetski every day he was down there. He even drove the jetski to a beach a couple of miles away, where he had "a lot of fun." He notes that one thing which concerned him while he was at the beach was to make sure his jetski was properly secured. He didn't want to have it drift away and leave him stranded, like a "Robinson Caruso" or "Swiss Family Robinson." The EIB staff suggest that "Gilligan and the Skipper" would be a better cultural reference, and Rush remarks he wouldn't mind being stranded with Maryann. "But it wouldn't have been good, folks!" he states. Ignoring his staff, he continues on with his story about how he was lying on the beach, listening to the waves lap at his jetski. He suddenly noticed he wasn't hearing the water hit the jetski anymore, so he looked up to discover that the jetski had worked its way loose and was about 50 yards out into the surf. "I ran faster than I have in years," he notes, to reclaim it. He says he had a great time, though, and still believes that jetskis are a lot of fun, in spite of their warnings about how they can kill you. *BREAK* Laura D'Andrea Tyson, head of Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, is quoted in today's Washington Post as saying that the current economic recovery could send the nation's unemployment rate below 6% for the first time since 1990. However, Tyson also warned that this drop in unemployment could be accompanied by higher inflation and interest rates. Low interest rates, though, are the fundamental linchpin of the Clinton "economic plan."