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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.

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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 Morning Update is a repeat of the one which originally
aired on Friday, November 12, 1993>>

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
<<Yea! The summary writer gets another break!>>.

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:

<<Announcer>> Coming soon, America, health care from cradle to
grave. Just look for the fallen arches!

<<McHealthcare droid, sullenly speaking through a drive-thru
restaurant speaker>> Hi, welcome to McHealthcare, whaddaya want?

<<Average American male>> Ah yes, I'd like a double-bypass, a
side order of tonsillectomy, and, uh . . . what would you like,
dear? <<consults with wife>> And a McMammogram for my wife,
please.

<<McHealthcare Droid, his voice semi-garbled by the speaker>>
McMammogram garble-drabble-gurgle bypass?

<<Average American male, speaking slowly and loudly>> I
said . . . I'd like a double bypass . . .

<<McHealthcare Droid>> Garble-gurble bypass?

<<Average American male, now screaming>> A double bypass, a
tonsillectomy, and a McMammogram for his wife, please!

<<McHealthcare Droid>> Garble-gurgle-drogic mammogram
gugle-druggle bypass?

<<Average American male, screaming to the point of apoplexy>> I
said a double bypass, a tonsillectomy, and a McMammogram for my
wife! <<moans in pain>> You better make it quick on the double
with the bypass!

<<Second McHealthcare Droid, sounding a lot like Hillary
Clinton>> Please pull up to the first window - that'll be an
eighteen month wait.

<<Average American male>> Oh, this is ridiculous! <<Tires squeal
as he pulls out and then crashes into a wall>>

<<Second McHealthcare Droid>> Thank you for coming to McHealthcare.
Our next ambulance will be ready in a year and a half!

<<Announcer>> 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."