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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Wednesday, November 9, 1994

by John Switzer

This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1994 by John Switzer.
All Rights Reserved. These summaries are distributed on
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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.

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November 9, 1994

BRIEF SUMMARY OF TOPICS: words to "What is a Deathocrat Made
Of?"; researchers say watching TV is not a good way to cheer
yourself up; Rush gloats, but not too much, about the incredible
success of Operation Restore Democracy; Republicans gain 52 seats
in the House and nine seats in the Senate; Republican leaders win
re-election with big margins; Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama
switches sides to become a Republican; Democrats don't even have
Oliver North or Michael Huffington to kick around; Democrats have
fallen far in only two years; Mario Cuomo thinks politics is a
higher calling than religion; the true message of the elections
is that the people want government to get out of their lives;
it's time to hold Republicans' feet to the fire, to ensure that
they remember what it was that got them elected; Republicans were
not elected to compromise with Clinton but to pursue their own
stated conservative agenda; words to Presidential PSA about how
elections were not a total defeat for the Democrats; term limits
won big in elections, and voters rejected tax increases; Rush is
blamed for the Democrats' loss by Rep. Andy Jacobs (D-IN); caller
thinks the Democrats are ignoring the reality of yesterday's
elections; White House is claiming that the elections are an
indication that the people want change at a faster pace than
Clinton was pursuing; will Barbra Streisand now leave America, as
she pledged she would if Bush had been re-elected in 1992?;
caller thinks the elections were a referendum on Ronald Reagan
and the 80s; George Will calls the new 104th Congress "Ronald
Reagan's third term"; caller thinks Carter and Clinton
Presidencies were anomalies; Republicans won in the House, the
Senate, and governor state houses, but not one Republican
incumbent in Congress was defeated; Tom Foley is worried that
Republicans won't be constructive; Tim Russert suggests that
Cuomo might become the next baseball commissioner or a radio talk
show host; Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) will become the next Speaker
of the House and Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) will become the House
Majority Whip; the Democrats in Congress who won, won only by the
slimmest of margins; caller fears Democrats won't relax one bit
in defeat; conservatives have to get out of their minority mode
and learn how to start governing; Republicans have to become
leaders and avoid the pressure to become moderates; exit polls
this year asked if voters listened to talk radio; caller thinks
Clinton was the catalyst who made the Republicans' victory in the
elections possible; contrary to predictions, Los Angeles hasn't
rioted because of Proposition 187 passed; Bernard Shaw asks "what
went wrong" with the 1994 elections; Perot will undoubtedly try
to take credit for Republicans' victories; Republican caller won
election as school district trustee by running a hard-fought
grass roots campaign on conservative issues; Clinton's campaign
visits have left a string of defeats in their wake; words to
Presidential PSA "celebrating" Ted Kennedy's victory; Republicans
must concentrate on rewriting the House rules so as to restore
democracy in Congress; caller thinks the Republicans' contract
put the Democrats on the defensive, and Rush agrees, especially
since the Republicans avoided any mention of the Clinton
scandals; the left's special interest groups will now get funny
and looney again because they're once again on the outside of
power; caller heard rumor that Clinton will try to rule via
executive order; caller thinks the elections were the second
Boston Tea Party, signalling a second American revolution;
Republican women won in the elections, while Democratic ones
lost; Rush lists the ten points of the Republicans' Contract with
America; caller thanks Bill Clinton for making the Republicans'
victory possible.

LIMBAUGH WATCH

November 9, 1994 - It's now day one "Democracy Restored, America
Awakens" and 722 days after Bill Clinton's election, but Rush is
still on the air with 660 radio affiliates (with more than 20
million listeners weekly world-wide), 250 TV affiliates (with a
national rating of 3.7), and a newsletter with nearly 500,000
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" was on the NY Times paperback non-fiction
best-seller list for 28 weeks. Rush's second book, "See, I Told
You So," was on the NY Times best-seller list for 16 weeks and
has sold over 2.45 million copies.

LEST WE FORGET

The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Wednesday,
November 11, 1992:

o    On Veteran's Day, Rush decided to show his appreciation to the
military by taking a cue from General Norman Schwarzkopf who had
said his favorite song was Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA."
EIB's Johnny Donovan mixed this song along with Schwarzkopf's
comments after the Gulf War to a Joint Session of Congress:

"The prophets of doom, the naysayers, the protestors, and the
flag-burners all said that you wouldn't stick by us - but we knew
better. We knew you'd never let us down - by golly you didn't!
We'd also like to thank the families - it's you who endure the
hardships and the separations simply because you choose to love a
soldier, a sailor, an airman, a Marine, or a Coastguardsman.
We were 541,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and
Coastguardsmen. We were the thunder and lightning of Desert
Storm, and we're damn proud of it."

Denny from Cape Coral, FL was a Vietnam Vet and Rush's tribute to
Veteran's Day reminded him of a saying he found written on the
back of a C-ration can by some unknown Marine: "For those who
fought for it, freedom has a quality that the protected will
never know."

o    A column by Leslie Gelb in the San Jose Mercury News was titled
"Is Clinton Tough Enough"; it claimed that Republicans were
already undermining Clinton's administration by going to foreign
businesses and leaders. "Conservatives are unashamed by
self-interest and feel comfortable exercising power on their own
behalf," according to Gelb. "But because moderates and liberals
tend toward tolerance by philosophy and temperament, they want to
understand other points of view and find it natural to live with
differences."

o    Laurie from Honolulu, HI said the local TV station's lead-off
story was how Hawaiian state legislator Annelle Amarol, a
Democrat, had received calls from nine women claiming they were
sexually harassed and victimized by Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI),
thereby corroborating the charges already made by a Hawaiian
hairdresser.

o    Scott Barnes had just returned from Hanoi, and thus didn't hear
for himself Rush's October 26th comments about Sidney
Blumenthal's article on him in the June 6th issue of the New
Republic. Scott said that Blumenthal and the New Republic had
both issued retractions about what they had said about him in
that article.

Rush summarized events by saying that Perot went on 60 Minutes to
claim that he quit the Presidential campaign in July, 1992
because of rumors the Republicans were going to embarrass his
daughter. Barnes was mentioned by Perot as one source for these
rumors, and Rush at the time remembered that Barnes was also
discussed in the New Republic piece, which showed that Perot's
claim that he didn't know Barnes beforehand simply wasn't true.

Scott said he had talked to Blumenthal and had signed an
agreement with the New Republic about the untrue aspects of their
story. Among the many things the magazine got wrong was that
Scott was never a Green Beret, but he did serve in the Army,
getting an honorable discharge. He was never in jail as stated in
the article.

Also, Blumenthal attacked Scott's credibility by repeating his
statements that he crossed the border between Cambodia and
Thailand by fording a river; the New Republic then asserted that
no such rivers exist between the two countries. This was not
true, however - many such rivers existed.

Rush asked if it were true that Scott was one of Perot's sources
about how Republicans were allegedly going to disrupt the wedding
of Caryline Perot. Scott said he told Perot nothing about a
wedding, but he did tell him that Republicans were tapping his
office phones and planning to alter photos of Caryline.

Scott insisted Perot's two other sources about the photos and
wiretapping were from the Republican party, but he didn't know
where the tip about the wedding came from. Scott didn't know who
the two tipsters could be, although Ted Koppel mentioned Senator
Bob Dole (R-KS) and Rep. Bob Dornan (R-CA).

Rush asks if the GOP hired Scott to do these illicit things, and
Scott said this was true. Rush asked if Scott thought Perot was
someone who saw conspiracies everywhere. Scott replied "oh no,
not at all. I've never met the man, ever, and he's a very
honorable, decent, law-abiding, above-board citizen." Rush was a
bit surprised at this comment and asked if Scott really had never
met Perot.

Scott replied "I have never met Mr. Perot." Rush found this a
curious statement from someone who had known Perot since the
early 80s and who had talked a lot with him. However, he thanked
Scott for calling and for giving his side of this story.

o    Because of popular demand, Rush replayed the reading of one of
EIB's most popular poems:

What Is a Deathocrat Made Of?

by Murray Quirk

Oh, what is a Deathocrat Made Of?
Of purple haze and militant gaze.
That's what a Deathocrat's made of.

Of sullen cynics, abortion clinics.
That's what a Deathocrat's made of.

Of pseudo-scholars and guilt trip wallowers,
hollow woe hollerers and hollower followers,
cowerers, glowerers, frivolous borrowers.
That's what a Deathocrat's made of.

Party of the strange and twisted.
Champion of each vice once hissed at.
Mockers of the tried and true.
Seekers who have not A CLU.
Where kinky notions find a home,
from whence the dinky dollar is thrown
to anywhere unjustified
from out the middle class's hide.

Pretenders pressing vague agendas,
they pose as philanthropic menders.
Pitting class and class and class,
these scions of the stubborn ass.

Kill a tree and risk their might?!!
Abortion? Why, a woman's right!
Depict George Bush as mad aggressor,
Castro as some quaint professor.

Appeasing all tyrants who act with bold violence,
with wishfulness, wistfulness, blissful dead silence,
they cheat on their spouses and back revolutions
where Marx and machine guns are posed as solutions.

They run in circles, swim in fees,
fly from responsibility.
A criminal will earn their pity
while victims mount in every city.
"The poor", they say, "we help upgrade!"
but back in 1978
with Democrats as the ruling tenants
of White House, Congress, and the Senate,
gaslines grew, inflation soared!
The poor did better under Ford.

Jimmy and Fritz looked pale and wan.
"Who can we possibly blame this on?"
The people, that's who, as they did when they said,
"Things are bad, they won't get better.
Its not our fault. Go wear a sweater."

They spent other folks' money to garner votes and praises,
leaving indexed taxing brackets that meant automatic raises,
that moved the poor and middle class,
their `special friends', they said,
to brackets where scant years before
the rich and fat had laid.

And when Reagan said at last, "Indexing has to go!",
they said, "The old will soon be dead!"
and similar cries of woe.
They cursed and worse,
And fairly burst with ugly histrionics.

Inflation fell. But what the hell, it can't be Reaganomics!
The man's success left them a mess when he said with rhetoric blistery,
"The dreaded reds will make their beds on the old ash heap of history!"

"Abortion is lethal and communists evil?!
Oh, how these rubes are uncouth!
What gay bashing, chauvinist, war monger bigots!
When will they ever see truth?"

So what is a Deathocrat made of?
What IS a Deathocrat made of?
Of moral despoilers, and strident annoyers,
devious lawyers, and porno mag voyeurs,
of prayer interdiction and socialist fiction,
stupid decisions and history revisions.

Of sheer abdication as sex education,
equivocation and scorn for our nation.
Of asinine fratricide.
Bully for OUR side!
That's what a Deathocrat's made of.

o    Rush received a letter from a Minnesota listener who learned
from one of his political science professors that people get the
government they deserve:

"People are enslaved because they are afraid to die for freedom.
People prefer to give up their rights to improve themselves in
order to gain a little security. People impoverish themselves
because of their greed. They suffer wars because of misguided
national pride. Well, the American people have chosen - they have
chosen as President a man who has a reputation of being a liar, a
womanizer, an opportunist, and a draft-dodger. The people must
now be prepared to pay for that choice. You get the government
you deserve."

********

MORNING UPDATE

Rush suspects that many Democrats this morning are not feeling
too well, so he'd like them to know "I feel your pain." Perhaps
the Democrats are in a bad mood because of the depressing party
they attended last night, or perhaps it was the morning newspaper
that got them into a blue funk.

Rush has some advice, though: don't watch television. According
to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, watching TV is not a good way to cheer oneself up. To
get rid of your bad moods, you should instead listen to music,
read, shop, or even do some household chores, even if this means
giving your illegal immigrant help the day off.

The study also found that moody men tend to turn to alcohol or
drugs, while moody women tend to smoke, talk to someone, or eat.
Democrats should therefore stay away the TV today, especially the
news, and maybe do some exercises like aerobics or jogging. If
jogging does help cure depression, then the White House jogging
track is going to have a waiting line today.

However, if people absolutely have to watch TV, they should tune
into Rush's TV show, which is one place you can always find good
cheer. Plus, Rush notes, "we feel your pain."

FIRST HOUR

Rush warns his staff to keep the gloatometer handy because he
doesn't want to end up gloating too much today, although some
gloating is acceptable on the day after the successful conclusion
of stage one of Operation Restore Democracy. He notes that the
countdown of the days of the Raw Deal is no more; instead Johnny
Donovan has prepared the following spot:

"This is a special edition of the Rush Limbaugh program,
Democracy Restored! America Awakens. And now from our studios in
New York City, here is Rush Limbaugh!"

Rush has heard a lot of commentators already ask if the
Republicans can get along with Clinton, but the proper question
is whether Clinton can get along with the Republicans. The
massive shift of the country to the right was not done so that
the 104th Congress could get along with the President; rather, it
was a repudiation of the attempt by Bill Clinton and the
Democrats to move the country further to the left than it's ever
been.

"I don't know about you, folks," Rush states, "but I sure as heck
feel good!" And with that, Rush plays James Brown's "I Feel
Good." As the music plays, he notes that no Republican incumbents
last night lost, whether they were in the House or Senate, or
were governors. The Republican House leadership, in fact, won by
huge margins: Newt Gingrich won with 64% of the vote, Dick Armey
with 76%, Henry Hide 73%, Tom DeLay 74%, and John Kasich 62%.

Republicans have gained nine seats in the Senate, including
Richard Shelby who announced this morning that he would change
parties from Democrat to Republican. The GOP's gain in the House
could be anywhere from 49 to 52 seats, and the bloodbath was so
bad that the poor Democrats don't even have Oliver North or
Michael Huffington to kick around for the next two years. Had
those two men been elected to Congress, the Democrats would have
at least been able to attack them relentlessly for the next two
years, but the Democrats don't even have this little of a solace.

Rush notes that today is truly an historic day, and not just with
regards to American politics. The network news programs last
night, though, were not impressed as they reported on one
Republican gain after another through gritted teeth. Dan Rather,
for example, had the most marvelous expression on his face when
he was forced to report the network's projections that the House
would be going to Republican control.

It is interesting to contrast where the Democratic party was two
years ago with where they are today; in 1992, the Democrats owned
it all, and they were arrogant and cocky, determined to move the
nation to the left, regardless of the people's wishes. The
American people soon figured out that they weren't getting what
they elected in 1992, and their antipathy to the President's
policies was why most Democrats didn't want Bill Clinton to be
anywhere near them during their campaigns.

The Democrats are facing a massive loss in their political power,
and it's telling that Mario Cuomo last night said "politics is
the highest calling, higher even than religion." This is what
liberals believe, and it shows what these people think of
themselves and their power.

The Democrats, though, have lost it all, after sitting on top of
the world a mere two years ago. They lost all of it because of
only one man, Bill Clinton; the country has begun a massive shift
to the right to reject and repudiate to the policies and
governance of the current administration. The Democrats are not
going to be able to tolerate this loss in their power, and
they'll begin some sort of recovery plan immediately.

The Democrats are undoubtedly talking behind closed doors about
how the elections were a referendum on Bill Clinton, his
policies, and his style of doing things. The liberals, though,
had better realize that the true message of yesterday's elections
was that the people were telling government "get out of our
lives, take the shackles off of us, we want to be free to do
extraordinary things!"

The people have spoken, saying that they want to live their
lives, and they know they can live their lives better than the
government can. Thirty years of the welfare state was rejected
yesterday, and the American people should be happy and proud of
their achievement.

Now is therefore not the time to get moderate; this election was
only the beginning because the true goal and objective is to make
the Republican party the majority party for a long time, not just
for two years. Those who won yesterday had best remember why they
won, and if they don't, Rush will be glad to be there to remind
them.

A friend yesterday remarked that Congress is like a restaurant;
at a restaurant the customer is revenue, while the waiters and
cooks are overhead. Similarly, the citizens and voters are
revenue, while those who work in Washington are the overhead, and
the voters understand this.

It's now time to hold people's feet to the fire, which is why
Rush is deepsixing his trademarked Days of the Raw Deal.
Clinton's days of being able to rule are gone: he can either
obstruct the Republican Congress, a la Harry Truman, or he can
try to get some things done with the Republicans, taking whatever
credit he can for whatever bills are passed.

It is not Republicans who will have to work with the Clinton
administration, but rather Clinton who will have to work with the
Republicans. The massive shift to the right seen in yesterday's
elections did not occur so that the Republican Congress could go
along with the Clinton agenda. Those who were sent to Washington
were not sent there to get along with Clinton but to implement
their own, clearly stated agenda.

The Republicans laid out their agenda during the campaign,
promising to bring to a vote ten specific bills; anyone who
stands in their way will pay a political price for doing so. The
media, though, doesn't seem to understand this. For example,
CNN's Bill Snyder claimed that the remaining Democrats in
Congress are more liberal than those who were ousted, while the
Republicans coming in are more conservative; "but the people,"
Snyder insisted, "want to be governed from the center."

This is totally wrong - the people clearly demonstrated last
night that they don't want to be governed in the center. However,
the left seems to think that the people elected a Republican
Congress only so it could be a check on a Democratic President;
this, though, is not what happened yesterday. The elections
yesterday are the third Reagan term in an ideological sense, and
Republicans were not sent to Congress to be bipartisan.

They must remember why they were elected and must stay the
course. Republicans' feet will need to be held to the fire. Of
course, now that the liberals are out of power, they will go back
to being kooky and weird, so Rush is expecting some fun times
ahead as well.

*BREAK*

Rush has yet another Presidential PSA:

"My fellow Americans, with the results of last night's historic
election now in, I'm pleased to tell you that the best and
brightest of our great liberal tradition still survives in
Washington. It has been an uphill fight against overwhelming
odds, and I know that the Americans who share the values that I
do will be so pleased that Marion Barry is again Mayor of
Washington, DC! See, it wasn't a complete sweep after all!"

********

Term limits was also a big winner yesterday, being approved in
Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, and Washington,
DC. (Not to mention Spokane, WA, although Tom Foley is still
refusing to concede, insisting that absentee ballots will carry
him to victory. However, it's clear that Spokane voters aren't
too happy with the man who sued them for passing term limits.)

Oklahoma rejected the penny tax on entertainment for breast
cancer research, and graduated income taxes failed in
Massachusetts. Nevada also voters approved a two-thirds approval
requirement for tax increases, but Missouri, Montana, and Oregon
defeated proposals that would have required tax increases to be
subject to a public vote.

California's Proposition 186, which would have established a
single-payer health care plan in the state, also went down big,
as did a proposition that would have increased the gas tax by
four cents. Proposition 187 also won big, with a nearly two to
one margin of victory.

*BREAK*

The Democrats wanted to run their 1994 campaigns against the
1980s, and Rush was more than happy to let them try. Rush recalls
how during Clinton's inauguration actor Ron Silver noticed some
jets flying over and was at first angry at this show of military
might. He then realized, though, that "those are our jets now!"
Rush consoles Ron Silver and the other losing Democrats with the
news that those jets are still theirs, but now there might be a
couple more of them to the U.S.'s arsenal.

Phone    Ron from Indianapolis, IN

Ron says Rep. Andy Jacobs (D-IN) won re-election last night, but
in his victory speech he stated that one of the reasons so many
other Democrats were losing was "Rush Limbaugh." Rush laughs at
that, and jokingly agrees that Jacobs is right - it's a major
step forward that the Democrats are starting to recognize the
truth.

Ron adds that it's fun to listen to all the whiners on the radio
today, and Rush agrees; he admits he'd love to take credit for
yesterday's historic massive shift to the right, but while EIB
might have played one small part in this, it was the people who
voted and who made this decision.

The Democrats had best realize that if they continue to blame
Rush for things like this, they'll remain the minority party for
some time; the Democrats had best learn where their shortcomings
are so they can correct them. However, if the left refuses to do
this and still wants to blame Rush for their own failings, then
Rush will be more than happy to wear this blame as a badge of
honor.

Phone    Jim from Palm Harbor, FL

Jim thinks the elections are double good news because not only
did the idea of less government win, but the Democrats still seem
to be denying the reality. David Wilhelm, Dee Dee Myers, Leon
Panetta, and George Stephanopoulos just don't seem to realize
just what happened yesterday.

Rush says the administration probably does know what happened but
they are in their "spin control" mode, trying to put the best
spin on a devastating defeat. While nobody knows what these guys
really think, they publicly are claiming that the American people
wanted the same change they wanted in 1992, and that the
Democrats' only failing was that they didn't realize just how
fast the people wanted this change.

The administration is thus now claiming that the Democrats and
Republicans have to work together, but bipartisanship is not the
way for the new Republican Congress. If the people wanted
bipartisanship, the Republicans would have been thrown out of
office for not being bipartisan. Instead, the country moved to
the right yesterday and this means that the people want their
government to move to the right, too.

Jim thinks the Democrats will continue to flounder around because
they are refusing to accept the truth of this; in their
arrogance, they simply won't acknowledge that the people rejected
them and their policies. This means that the people want Clinton
stopped, not that Congress should meet him halfway.

Rush agrees - the people want the government stopped and turned
around, so that the country is given back to the people and so
that the government gets off the people's backs. The elections
were a refutation of big government, tyrannical government
regulation, liberal bias, and the promise that government could
and should do it all. He thanks Jim for calling.

*BREAK*

Rush wonders if Barbra Streisand will finally fulfill her promise
to move to London; she promised to do this in 1992 if George Bush
won re-election, so will she follow through with her promise now?
In honor of her pledge, he plays a moving but somewhat morose
rendition of Streisand singing "Happy Days Are Here Again" (with
a few EIB sobs through in for good measure).

With the thoughts of a Republican Senate and House in mind, Rush
adds "we love you, Clarence Thomas. We love you, Robert Bork. And
we love you, Ronald Reagan!" Rush is disappointed, though, that
one casualty of the elections is that he'll no longer be able to
take pleasure in soon-to-be ex-Senator Jim Sasser's pronouncing
of the word deficit as "dafacit."

Phone    Vinny from Durham, CT

Vinny thanks Rush for being a great speaker for the country, and
Rush thanks him for saying that. He adds that he's happy and
ecstatic, and was up until two last morning celebrating.

Phone    Jack from Rockville Center, MD

Jack thinks yesterday's results are a referendum on Ronald Reagan
and the 80s, and Rush agrees, and the Republicans' Contract With
America is responsible in large part for this. Speaking of the
contract, though, Rush found it interesting that on CNN this
morning, the "great objective journalist" Bob Franken was asked
about the "Contract for America," and Franken actually said "we
may as well get it straight, it's the Contract With America."
Rush thought it was "nice" that Franken decided to "get it
straight" only after his side lost.

The Republicans never called this contract a "return to the 80s,"
though, but the Democrats certainly did; the Democrats were the
ones who turned this election into a referendum on the 80s and
Reaganomics, and they paid the price for it. The Democrats dared
to take on Ronald Reagan and his policies, but the voters showed
that they weren't buying the history revisionism of the 80s that
the Democrats were spouting.

George Will last night did point out that the 104th Congress
would, in effect, be Ronald Reagan's third term, and in a way
this is true; the first two years of the Clinton administration
have basically been nothing but a hiccup and belch of
indigestion, and yesterday's election was the Milanta, Tums, and
Rolaids (or any of the other antacid remedies which might be an
EIB sponsor someday).

Jack agrees, and thinks that both the Carter and Clinton
Presidencies were anomalies. Rush says this might be, but the
Democrats are definitely not going to give up. So while
Republicans celebrate today and gloat a bit, it should be
remembered that the Clinton administration is not by any means
over. The objective is now to make sure the GOP is the majority
party for many, many years, and this means true leadership and
governance.

The people are sending Republicans to Washington to stop its move
to the left and to actively govern in very specific ways. This
will be challenge, given the Democrats' opposition, not to
mention that the press will be all over Republicans for the next
two years. The liberal press is very angry that their people have
lost, especially since part of the reason why is because the
liberal press no longer has any monopoly on the news and
information.

The battle facing Republicans now will be a major one, and it's
just begun. Rush fully expects that if anything, the battle will
be more contentious than ever.

*BREAK*

Phone    Beth from Boise, ID

Beth first congratulates all the elected Republicans for their
"Cinderella story," noting that the voters are not angry, but
rather are tired and exhausted. The voters have been working long
and hard, without having much to result from it. However, the
people persevered and they, like Cinderella, finally won.

Rush agrees, noting that America just had a major revolution, but
it was a peaceful one that didn't require the firing of one shot.
He asks Beth to hang on through the break.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Rush notes that today is also the fifth anniversary of the fall
of the Berlin Wall, an especially appropriate anniversary for the
congressional elections. Rush again notes that not one Republican
incumbent was defeated, so what happened yesterday was not an
"anti-incumbent" movement by any means. Not only were Republicans
elected to the House, Senate, and the nation's governorships, but
they have won control of at least 12 legislative state houses.

Tom Foley, though, is worried that the Republicans "might not be
constructive," and this statement only shows that he's still
uttering the cliched, liberal psychobabble that comes straight
out of the liberal handbook. Rush tells Foley that the definition
of "constructive" today is the Democrats' defeat, but to Foley
"constructive" means letting the Democrats continue running the
show. Obviously, the Democrats haven't woken up to what yesterday
really means.

Rush wonders what Mario Cuomo will do now, given that he was
defeated by George Pataki. There's always the Supreme Court, of
course, but Tim Russert suggested this morning that Cuomo might
become the next baseball commissioner, edging out ex-Senate
Majority Leader George Mitchell. Russert also theorized that
Cuomo might become a radio talk show host, which doesn't surprise
Rush at all.

Speaking of Cuomo, Rush has to wonder what Rudolph Giuliani said
to his wife when they went to bed last night. Cuomo's defeat was
a major defeat for Giuliani as well, so what were his thoughts
last night?

Meanwhile, Rep. Henry Waxman will no longer be able to head up
his inquisitorial hearings of the tobacco companies; Mike Synar
was right there with Waxman, but he of course has been gone for
some time, defeated by a political neophyte in this year's
Democratic primaries. The Republicans, though, won Synar's seat
last night.

As Rush noted, the House Republican leadership won by big
margins, and Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) will become the Speaker of
the House and Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) will become House Majority
Whip. This is great news because it means that the Republicans
will be able to get to all ten items of their Contract With
America.

Rush notices that the CSPAN cameras have come in, so he replays
the opening music and Johnny Donovan's new "Democracy Restored"
promo. He continues on to say that the Republicans will be able
to do great things in the House, and it's icing on the cake to
see that the Republican leadership all won by huge margins.

In contrast, the Democratic leadership either lost altogether or
won by the slimmest of margins. Charlie Rose won with 52%, Sam
Gibbons got 52%, Vic Fazio squeaked by with 49%, and Lee Hamilton
had only 52%. The bottom line is that the elections were great
and positive news, and since James Brown says it best, Rush
replays his "I Feel Good!"

He points out that the American people haven't said they want
Congress to meet President Clinton halfway, but rather want
Congress to stop the President's attempt to take the country so
far to the left. Clinton's first two years could be thought of as
a "national belch," and the country has now taken the antacid.

*BREAK*

Phone    Beth from Boise, ID (continued)

Beth says Idaho had a record turnout of voters, thanks in large
part to being able to register at the voting polls, plus they got
their first Republican governor. Also, Rep. Larry LaRocco (D-ID)
was defeated, but in his concession speech he touted all of his
achievements in office, as if he were campaigning for the next
race. Beth would therefore warn Republicans that they should not
relax because the Democrats will continue fighting, and should
anything good happen, they'll take credit for it.

Rush agrees, as this is what Bill Clinton has been doing for the
past two years. However, the voters have spoken and the Democrats
have suffered a major defeat, in spite of their attempts to lie
about the Republicans, claiming that the GOP wants to cut Social
Security, etc. Even the media's talking heads and pundits are
starting to realize that a real shift to the right is occurring.

Rush thinks there is some truth to this but America is and has
always been a conservative country, at least as far as people
live their lives. Yesterday's election was not an aberration, and
in a large part George Bush was defeated because conservatives
were angry. The press and the left, though, claimed Clinton's
victory was a sign that the American people had finally awakened
and come to their senses, after voting Republican for 12 years.

The left totally misread the 1992 elections, and they can't take
credit for anything now except for their own defeat. However,
Republicans can't afford to relax - for conservatives to actually
achieve something and to have a lasting impact on the country,
they will have to learn how to properly govern. Conservatives
have to get out of their "minority" mode, in which they only
react to the Democrats; instead, conservatives have to set the
agenda and start being proactive.

In particular, conservatives have to be confident and reject any
idea of moving to the center and "moderating" their positions.
The pressure is only going to increase on Republicans from this
point forward; it's not going to get any easier during the next
two years.

Republicans have to become leaders and define the agenda, and
this means being willing to take the arrows that might be shot.
Republicans can't afford to worry about what the left and press
might say against them, but instead be confident in what the
American people did yesterday.

The historic victory of Republicans has been earned, but it's
time for Republicans to get out of their defensive mode and into
a leadership role; if this doesn't happen, all will be for
naught. Sixty years of liberalism is on the brink of total
defeat, but Republicans have to keep moving forward. Some
liberals won, but that's okay; Ted Kennedy will simply serve to
remind the country of what liberalism is and has done to America.

Liberals, though, are calling the elections irrational and the
result of ignorance, but this just shows that America's elite
just don't get it. Americans are tired of big government, liberal
bias, politically correct multiculturalism, and of the idea that
government is the only source of all that is good. Republicans
must respond to this by being proactive, not reactive, but this
leadership must also be done in the spirit of confidence and good
cheer.

*BREAK*

Voter Newservice is an exit polling service which is a
cooperative of ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS, and the Associated Press. Its
exit polls ask voters to describe themselves according to recent
statistics, such as are you a crime victim, gun owner, or a union
member. Their 1994 exit polls are now also asking "are you a
radio talk show listener?", and the fact this question is being
asked shows there has been a momentous change in the makeup of
the national media.

The exit polls for the New York governor's race show that 39% of
Cuomo voters listen to radio talk shows, and this figure is 56%
for Pataki's listeners; only 4% of Tom Golisano voters listen to
talk radio. Rush thinks the exit polls also asked this question
nationally, so he'll report on those figures when they come out.

Phone    Denny from Madison, WI

Denny congratulates all Republicans and asks Rush whether it was
Clinton's election that made this victory possible. Rush points
out there's a huge difference in saying voters selected
Republicans because they were voting against Clinton and saying
that voters selected Republicans because they want what the GOP
stands for.

Denny thinks the voters did vote for what Republicans were
saying, but it was Clinton who was the catalyst that made this
possible. Rush agrees with that, and notes that the people
understand that the economy is not going as great as Bill Clinton
is saying. Furthermore, Bill Clinton is not the President that
the people elected; the people didn't want someone who would put
gays in the military or who would nationalize one-seventh of the
American economy.

The people thought Clinton was a "New Democrat," and he's proven
himself to be anything but this. This is why the Democrats are
now panicked - two years ago they had it all, but now it's all
gone, thanks to one man. This election was indeed a referendum on
Bill Clinton, but it was not just a vote against Bill Clinton;
rather, it was a vote for some very specific things, such as
stopping the government's movement to the left and it's
oppressive presence in people's lives.

The elections were not motivated by an "anti-incumbent movement";
not one Republican incumbent lost, and in fact every freshman
Senator is a Republican. This didn't happen by accident, but was
a deliberate desire on the part of the people who wanted what
Republicans are standing for.

Phone    Eric from Los Angeles, CA

Eric thanks Rush for helping him rebuild his faith in America and
in his personal ideals. Rush thanks him for that and asks if Los
Angelenos are rioting. Eric says no, even though it's a
beautiful, perfectly calm day. Rush notes that New York City
isn't having any riots either, even though Mathilda Cuomo had
warned that race riots could result if George Pataki defeated her
husband.

Eric notes that the only thing that's going on is unrelenting
liberal whining; one liberal talk show host on KFI at one in the
morning last night referred to the Republicans' 52-seat gain in
the House as a "moderate Republican victory." Eric couldn't
believe this absurdity, but Rush tells him this sort of claptrap
is why this host is on at one in the morning.

Eric also thinks David Brinkley was twitching up a storm when he
was interviewing Bob Dole last night on Nightline. Rush says
Brinkley is okay, and it's a shame he'll be retiring after the
1996 elections. New York, though, didn't get to see Nightline
last night because of the coverage given to George Pataki's
victory speech and Cuomo's concession speech. He thanks Eric for
his call.

*BREAK*

CNN's Bernard Shaw last night remarked "the President is just as
patriotic as Republicans - what went wrong?" Rush would ask Shaw
"what happened to the press's objectivity?" Rush thinks it will
be fun if the press continues to be so clueless about last
night's elections, and vows to keep a list of all the times a
member of the mainstream press shows how out of touch they truly
are. Now that the left is out of power, this sort of thing will
be really fun.

Rush watched the returns last night at home with Marta, and he
noticed that when these guys are on the air for hours at a time,
they can't keep their biases restrained. When they're on the air
for only a few minutes at a time, they can restrain their true
feelings, but the media was hurting last night. The news anchors
and commentators were in big time pain, looking for whatever good
news they could find, such as Oliver North's defeat and Ted
Kennedy's win.

However, yesterday's elections were such a bloodbath and defeat
that the press and Democrats don't even have Michael Huffington
and Oliver North to kick around anymore; the press would have
loved to have these two guys around for the next two years to
focus on, but the press doesn't even have this consolation. They
will have to make it to the 1996 elections without being able to
vilify either North or Huffington.

Phone    Dan from Austin, TX

Dan gives dittos from Bush country, and notes that the local
paper had the headline "Bush Pitches a Shut-Out." Dan, though,
thinks that Bush pitched the proverbial silver foot out of both
Richards' mouth and Ross Perot's mouth. Dan wonders what will
happen to Perot now, given that his selected candidates lost.

Rush notes that Perot drove up Ann Richards' negatives by
endorsing her, so he didn't do her any favors. Perot, however,
will still claim that he was a major factor in George
Nethercutt's win and Frank Lautenberg's re-election, not to
mention that he'll insist he was the one who told the country to
vote in a Republican Congress. This is what happened, so Perot
will take some credit for it.

Since the media will look for any excuse they can find to justify
the elections, they'll give Perot the credit, in addition to
calling the elections a sign of fear and hate. The press will do
anything but realize that the people were enlightened and
demanding a real shift to the right.

Rush, however, is very proud of the Republicans and the American
people. For over a year Rush has been warning that the GOP would
have to come up with a vision and policies that people can vote
for; it's not enough to have the people vote against someone. The
Republicans gave the people something to vote for with their
contract, and it's incumbent on Republicans to follow through and
make those votes worthwhile.

Perot might be an interesting media figure, but Rush doubts that
he's going to be much of a true political factor or have much
real influence left. Perot, of course, will continue to insist
that he was the deciding factor in the elections, and the press
won't challenge him on it, but Rush would disagree.

*BREAK*

Phone    Mary Ellen from Gross Point, MI

Mary Ellen is especially happy because she won election as a
trustee for a scandal-ridden and corrupt community college; no
other Republican was willing to run for this seat, so she decided
to do it. She ran against the Detroit Democratic machine and her
campaign was outspent four to one. However, she stuck to the
issues, had a plan and articulated it, ran a grassroots campaign
that included conservative blacks, and she won.

Rush thinks this proves the point and congratulates Mary Ellen.
He notes that Governor John Engler (R-MI) also ran on the issues
and he won big; Engler ran on low taxes and educational reform,
and he got the endorsement of Detroit's largest black newspaper.
Engler, like Wisconsin's Tommy Thompson, is actually governing,
and this is what all Republicans have to do.

Rush notes that it's now official that Republican Rod Graham won
Senator Dave Durenberger's seat in Wisconsin, defeating Ann
Wynia, on whose behalf Bill Clinton appeared several times.
Nearly everywhere Clinton went, such as for Bob Carr in Michigan,
Republicans have won, highlighting the point that the elections
are a total repudiation of Clinton and his policies.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

The celebrations are continuing at the EIB Building, and Rush
hopes everyone realizes just how historic the 1994 congressional
elections have been. Republicans picked up 52 seats in the House
of Representatives, and three Democratic committee chairman,
long-time "bulls" of the party, went down to defeat: Jack Brooks
(D-TX), Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL), Dan Glickman (D-KS).

The GOP elected 72 Republican freshman, while the Democrats have
only 15 freshman; the Republicans won 21 out of 31 Democratic
open seats, 17 out of 21 Republican open seats, and no Republican
incumbents in either the House or Senate lost, while 35
Democratic incumbents were defeated, 16 of whom were freshmen,
most notable Marjory Margolis "Judas" Mezvinsky (D-PA).

Republicans picked up four seats in the East, nineteen in the
South, thirteen in the South, and 15 in the Midwest. The GOP also
elected seven freshmen women and one new black, J.C. Watts of
Oklahoma. And it's just been reported that House Speaker Thomas
Foley has conceded his seat to Republican challenger George
Nethercutt.

Since there's nothing else that says it better, Rush once again
plays James Brown's "I Feel Good." He then follows it with
another heartfelt message from "President Clinton":

"My fellow Americans, I know that you are as overjoyed as I am
that my good friend Ted Kennedy has won another term. You know,
the Kennedy family has a long and historic record here in
Washington, and I'll have you know that 68% of Massachusetts
women voted for Ted! I believe that the legacy of what the
Kennedys have done to, uh, for women is what put him over the
top! I mean that's even more proof that it wasn't a total sweep!"

The national exit polls also showed that voters over 50 were
slightly more likely to vote for Democratic candidates, but
voters between 25 and 40 were much more likely to vote for
Republicans. In other words, the Republican party is picking up
the youth vote and this may be the way it will be for some time.

Phone    Phil from Raleigh, MO

Phil thinks it's a great day to be alive, and Rush agrees. Phil
says that the Republicans' Contract with America did help them,
but they've also got to go further and get rid of the trick of
the discharge petition. Doing this would prove the Republicans'
sincerity and help them in future campaigns.

Rush agrees - Republicans have long attacked the unfair rules
which Democrats have written over the past 40 years. The people
voted out the Democrats because of this corruption, so getting
rid of things like the discharge petition is a good idea. This is
what Rush meant earlier when he said the opportunity for change
now is so great, if only Republicans reach out and seize it.

Republicans can change these rules easily during the next two
years, and doing so will be a good first test for them. One of
the major challenges Republicans will face is to make sure they
remain the majority party for some time; they can't afford to
think of their victory in only two year stretches. Thus, if the
Republicans get rid of all these corrupt and unfair rules, it
will make it all the harder for Democrats in the future to get
away with recreating them, assuming Democrats ever get back in
control.

Yesterday was catastrophic to the Democrats because not only have
they lost power now but they will face great problems in ever
trying to reclaim it. Rush thinks it might be time for the
Democrats to drag out the Grape Koolaid once again.

Phone    Walt from Gross Points Farms, MI

Walt says today is a historic day, and he has to think Bill and
Hillary Clinton for coming to Michigan to campaign for the loser
Bill Carr. Rush says he hasn't mentioned Hillary today, but the
elections really were a repudiation of the Clintons'
co-Presidency and of the way they have tried to run this country.

Walt agrees; he was so excited that he spent the morning calling
all his business friends, who were also excited. He asks Rush if
he thinks the Republicans' Contract With America had much to do
with the victory, and Rush thinks it had a lot to do with the
Republicans' victories in the House. Walt says the contract put
the Democrats on the defensive, and Rush agrees, although the
press seemed to think that the contract was a negative for the
GOP. The contract, though, was put together really well, full of
things that many Democrats had said they supported.

Thus, Rush thinks that the contract was a factor. As to negative
campaigning, though, Rush points out that the Republicans could
easily have run against Whitewater, Tyson Foods, Mike Espy,
Cattlegate, Joycelyn Elders, etc., but they didn't; the House
Republicans ran their races on the issues, telling the people
what they would do if elected.

Walt thinks yesterday was just the election; the left doesn't
understand the point yet, so Republicans will have to keep hard
at it, reinforcing the reason that they won. Rush agrees, and
notes that Michigan is an interesting state because it used to be
a Democratic union haven, but the Republican governor won big,
Republican Spence Abraham won big, and Democrat Bob Carr lost
even though Clinton campaigned several times for him.

Rush wonders what Tom Foley, Dan Rostenkowski, Mario Cuomo, and
the other Democrats were thinking about when they went to bed
last night. Rush suspects, though, that Rostenkowski wasn't
really interesting in winning back his seat, given that he was
kicked off his power seat as chairman of the House Ways and Means
Committee. Rostenkowski was humiliated by this and the
indictments against him, so while Rush doesn't want to disparage
Rostenkowski's opponent Michael Patrick Flanagan, he just wonders
whether Rostenkowski really wanted to win. Rostenkowski didn't
campaign for his re-election, but maybe that's only because he
arrogantly thought he had a slamdunk.

Rush wonders, though, what all these Democrats, along with
special interests such as NOW's Patricia Ireland, are thinking
now, given that their power base is gone. They are now on the
outside, knocking to get in, and this is great news for Rush's
show because this is when the left gets really looney and funny.

How did Bill Clinton think when he and Hillary went to bed last
night? Did he tell himself the truth about what the elections
mean or did he lie even to himself? This is a huge disaster for
the Democrats, and they aren't going to get any federal
assistance from FEMA to help them recover. They aren't going to
be able to walk back in a little later to get all their power
back.

*BREAK*

Phone    Fulton from St. Louis, MO

Fulton heard a news report that the White House was going to
counter the Republicans' victory by concentrating on foreign
policy and by ruling via executive order. If anything points out
the Clintons' arrogance, it is this, and it makes Fulton think
Clinton is nothing more than an aspiring dictator.

Rush says that if the White House does try this, it will prove
out all that's been said about the real motivations behind the
Clintons. If they try to rule via executive order, it will
demonstrate the absolute arrogance of the Clintons and Democrats,
and Rush doesn't think they could get away with it for long.

And if Clinton is going to concentrate on foreign policy, then
what does that mean? Fulton says he heard a second analyst
mention that the President was thinking of trying to "rule the
country" via executive order. Rush notes that the word "rule" is
pregnant with meaning; given that those in Washington have their
power only because of the people, Rush is more than willing to
let Clinton try such a thing. He'll only doom himself all the
more.

Phone    Sue from Chicago, IL

Sue says that last night was the Boston Tea Party 2; the
Americans are tolerant, but have been pushed too far, and last
night was the beginning of the Second American Revolution. Sue
admits that for years she fell for the left's claims that she
should feel sorry for this and that group of Americans, and she
gladly supported their programs which allegedly would fix all
these problems.

It took Sue a long time to wake up, but she was eventually pushed
too far; she then realized that what she was being told was not
what she had been taught about what was right. Rush is glad to
hear this and says this is why he's been saying the voters have
been enlightened and are getting it. This is happening because of
market forces in the media, because the mainstream media no
longer has a monopoly on information and news. He thanks Sue for
her call.

*BREAK*

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

Yesterday's elections were interesting for a lot of reasons, such
as how women did and how feminist women did. 1992 was supposed to
be "The Year of the Woman," with all sorts of liberal women
insisting that the Senate and Congress weren't fair because there
weren't enough women in office. The feminists insisted that only
women could represent women, and they demanded that their female
candidates be elected simply because they were women.

However, this trend did not continue since in 1994 all six
Democratic female candidates for governor lost: Governor Ann
Richards (D-TX), Kathleen Brown of California, Dawn Netch of
Illinois, Governor Barbara Roberts (D-OR), Bonnie Campbell of
Iowa, and Cathy Carpin of Wyoming. Similarly, all three
Democratic women candidates for the Senate lost: Ann Wynia of
Minnesota, Jan Bacchus of Vermont, and Linda Kushner of Rhode
Island. Eight incumbent House Democratic women lost, including
Rep. Marjory "Judas" Margolis-Mezvinsky who gave Clinton his
one-vote victory for his 1993 budget in the House.

However, Republicans elected Olympia Snowe to the Senate and six
Republican women to the House; Democrats elected only three women
to the House and one incumbent Senator (Dianne Feinstein). Since
1992 was really "The Year of the Liberal Woman," 1994 could be
seen as "The Year of the (Liberal) Woman Scored." Voters across
the country didn't vote according to gender, but according to
ideology, and Rush hopes this is one lesson liberals never learn.

Phone    Jeremy from Jacksonville, FL

Jeremy is a bit saddened that his state has more people who
preferred Lawton Chiles to Jeb Bush, but Rush says that Bush
still has a golden future in politics and he did very well
against "Walking Lawton" who has yet to lose an election. Jeremy
says he just heard on the news that the White House is claiming
that yesterday's elections are not dissatisfaction with the
President but rather a continuation of the call for change which
got Clinton elected two years ago.

Jeremy can't believe how ridiculous this is, and Rush admits it's
hilarious; however, this is the spin the White House has been
putting on the elections since last night, telling the nation
that the Republicans' victories only showed that the people
wanted change at a "faster pace" than Clinton had expected.

However, while Clinton is now saying that the American people
want change faster than he wanted to give it to them, it was also
Clinton who a short while ago complained that the American people
wanted change but weren't willing to do what it took to get that
change. Clinton even blamed the American people for not getting
it and for not supporting him, yet now he's claiming that the
people want his brand of change even faster than he thought.

Rush, though, is more than happy to let the Democrats spin the
elections however they wish; they evidently think that the people
will buy their spin, so Rush is more than happy to let them live
in their little dream world. The Democrats just saw an incredible
shift to the right last night, yet they think the people will buy
their spin and lies about what has happened.

If there is ever an illustration that the people don't believe
what comes out of the Clinton White House, it's last night's
election. These are things that should make the people smile,
because as Jeremy proves, the people aren't buying the Democrats'
spin anymore.

*BREAK*

Rush sadly has to announce that a regular feature of his program
will soon disappear, because one of New York's political
institutions is also going to disappear. Thus Rush, for old
time's sake, plays his Mario Cuomo Update theme one last time:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins singing "I Put a Spell on You." Rush
follows this with the short song "Mario, Mario, We Love You,
Mario."

Phone    Bill from Boyertown, PA

Bill heard Rush say that the Republicans would vote on ten bills
within the next 100 days, and Rush says that these are the points
in the Republicans' Contract with America. The House Republicans
wrote this contract, pledging that they would bring these ten
bills to the House floor for a debate and vote within the first
100 days of the 104th Congress.

The Republicans admit they might not be able to get these bills
passed, given that they also have to pass in the Senate and be
signed by the President, but at least they will debate them and
vote on them, something which the Democrats haven't even allowed
the Congress to do. This is why Rush named the November elections
"Operation Restore Democracy," because true democracy is going to
be restored in Congress.

As to the Republicans' ten points, they are the following:

1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT - A balanced budget/tax
limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore
fiscal responsibility to an out-of-control Congress, requiring
them to live under the same budget constraints as families and
businesses.

2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT - An anti-crime package
including stronger truth-in-sentencing, "good faith" exclusionary
rule exemptions, effective death penalty provisions, and cuts in
social spending from this summer's "crime" bill to fund prison
construction and additional law enforcement to keep people secure
in their neighborhoods and kids safe in their schools.

3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT - Discourage illegitimacy and
teen pregnancy by prohibiting welfare to minor mothers and
denying increased AFDC for additional children while on welfare,
cut spending for welfare programs, and enact a tough
two-years-and-out provision with work requirements to promote
individual responsibility.

Rush notes that this item is particularly important because one
of the major issues cited in the exit polls was welfare reform -
people were tired at seeing their tax money thrown into
bottomless welfare pits without anything ever resulting from it.

4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT - Child support enforcement, tax
incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their
children's education, stronger child pornography laws, and an
elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role
of families in American society.

5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT - A $500 per child tax
credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of
American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle class tax
relief.

6. THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTORATION ACT - No U.S. troops under
U.N. command and restoration of the essential parts of our
national security funding to strengthen our national defense and
maintain our credibility around the world.

7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT - Raise the Social Security
earnings limit which currently forces seniors out of the work
force, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and
provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to
let Older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the
years.

8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT - Small business
incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost
recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening
the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to
create jobs and raise worker wages.

Rush notes that if the capital gains tax cut is achieved and
signed into law, it would be the single greatest thing that could
be done to get the economy booming, and not coincidentally to
send new growth-generated tax revenues into Washington.

9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT - "Loser pays" laws,
reasonable limits on punitive damages and reform of product
liability laws to stem the endless tide of litigation.

10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT - A first-ever vote on term
limits to replace career politicians with citizen legislators.

Rush thinks it will be fun to watch Republicans bring all ten of
these points to the House floor. The Democrats know the people
want these things, but they haven't brought them to the House for
a vote because they don't want to be seen on CSPAN opposing the
public will. Rush can hardly wait for January 4th and the
beginning of the 104th Congress which will finally bring these
bills out for consideration.

*BREAK*

Phone    Rich from Sussex County, NJ

Rich thinks it's a great day and Rush totally agrees. Rich says
that credit has to be given where it's due and that means giving
it to Rush. Rush demurs, saying that he was not solely
responsible for this tremendous election victory.

Rich, though, isn't going to thank Rush but Bill Clinton because
if it hadn't been for Clinton, none of this would have happened.
This didn't happen with Reagan, Bush, or Goldwater, but it did
happen with Clinton. "Ah, maybe," Rush says, not totally
convinced about this.