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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Friday, November 19, 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 as
a daily listener.

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November 19, 1993

LIMBAUGH WATCH

November 19, 1993 - It's now day 304 (day 323 for the rich and
the dead) of "America Held Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal") and 382
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 nine weeks and is currently at number one. Rush's second
book, "See, I Told You So," has been released with pre-order
sales of over 500,000 copies.

NEWS

o       Two dozen homeless activists demonstrated yesterday in
Seattle in the hope they could convince the Sultan of Brunei,
Hasanal Bolkiah, to donate $100,000 for the construction of a
toilet and shower facility in downtown Seattle. The activists,
who were representing the Seattle Displacement Coalition,
complained that the facility was especially needed after a recent
city ordinance that outlawed urinating in public. Activist John
Fox stated "that Seattle is not all it's cracked up to be in
terms of its commitment to the homeless."

Since the Sultan is visiting Seattle to attended the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation summit, the protestors also gathered in
front of the convention center that's hosting the APEC
conference; after they served bread and soup, the activists then
tried to enter the convention center, shouting "let us pee."
According to the UPI news service, though, several homeless who
were interviewed resented the activists' attempt to garner funds
and publicity; the homeless said that the activists were trying
to profit off the homeless, and they insisted that the money
should be donated directly to them, instead of going to homeless
groups or public programs.

o       Moammar Qhaddaffi, leader of Libya, again threatened to
torch his country's oil wells if UN-imposed sanctions on his
country were not lifted. The sanctions were passed last week as
part of a UN investigation into Libya's connection with the
bombings of French and American airliners which killed 441
people. "We are ready to torch the oil wells and the oil fields,"
Qhaddaffi stated, adding that "we torch them in defiance of, and
contempt for, all the untruthfulness, falsification, and
intimidation."

LEST WE FORGET

The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Tuesday,
November 22, 1991:

o       Rush expanded on the points he made to the previous day's
caller who claimed credit card interest rate deductions would
have a major beneficial impact on her family's life. Rush said
one shouldn't look for "something back" from the government;
instead, one should avoid being overcharged by the government in
the first place.

The purpose of the US tax code was to raise money for the
government, and any use of the tax code to implement a social
architecture was a grave misuse of the code; this misuse of the
tax code, however, empowered those in Congress, as shown by how
some people wanted Congress to "give them" their deductions back.
Rush also noted that revising the tax code to re-allow interest
deductions would encourage debt, and since he had been in debt
before, he knew that "there is no substitute for not being in
debt."

In 1981, the top tax rate was 70%, but in 1988 the top tax rate
was only 28%.This was why deductions didn't mean as much anymore
- if someone was in the 15% tax bracket, their deductions would
be worth savings of only 15% of face value; thus, one would need
about $3,400 in credit card interest deductions to get a $500 tax
refund.

Instead of encouraging debt, government should be providing
incentives to encourage investment - the best such incentive
would be a capital gains tax cut. This would help those in market
funds the most, and 70% of these investments were pension funds
that benefited individual investors.

Rush asked what would get someone the most money - earning
$35,000 with a 28% tax rate, or earning $35,000 at a 40 to 50%
rate but with deductions on credit card interest. The second
example not only would leave people with less cash, but also more
debt. Being in debt should never be considered a sign of success.

Rush also made the point "it's not bad everywhere," which meant
that "it doesn't have to be bad for you." Bo Snerdley added that
his own father once told him "there's no reason to be out of work
in America, because in this country you can create your own job."
Rush didn't want to be considered an overly optimistic Norman
Vincent Peal, but he did want to encourage people to avoid
believing the gloom and doom news that was always on the media.

People should realize that they could help themselves; they
didn't need government. However, it wouldn't help to believe that
"people who have more than you do should be punished for that."
It normally took a lot of work to succeed, but this was nothing
new; Rush had been lucky in his life, but he still had to work to
take advantage of his opportunities. In America, though, people
could create their own opportunities.

The sad thing was that liberal Democrats were rejoicing about the
current bad economy because they thought it would empower
themselves and get them into the White House; yet, even if they
did get the power they wanted, they still wouldn't be able to fix
things.

The bottom line was to avoid the negativity of the daily media
stories about the economy; being resourceful and working hard
could be ways out of the recession. Rush noted that there were a
lot of people who were successful during the recession, and he
asked "why can't you be one of them?"

o       Rush then received a FAX that accused him of putting
forth a "diatribe" about the economy. The FAX writer said his
company sold expensive, discretionary items that consumers could
easily do without during hard times. His sales and those of his
competitor had never been this bad, and he took Rush to task for
being optimistic. The FAX writer also accused Rush of having it
easy because he didn't have anybody depending on him, telling him
"be happy you're on the radio and aren't actually trying to do
anything."

Rush disagreed with the notion that he wasn't selling anything,
as every one of his ads was an ad for a product, and those
products were selling fast. He challenged the writer to go to any
other radio station and see how well they were doing. In
addition, businesses advertised on his show because they wanted
more sales, and everything advertised on his program was
something discretionary, which people could do without; yet,
people were buying these products, even in the current recession.

Rush noted that both he and EIB were in the business of selling
products, in both good times and bad times. EIB was also selling
its own product: air time for these ads. He noted that should the
FAX writer care to improve his sales, he could advertise on EIB,
too.

As to people depending on him, Rush pointed out he had a lot of
such people, such as the EIB staff. Furthermore, these people had
smiles on their faces because Rush wasn't laying any of them off.
Rush added that when he started EIB, he also had a wife.

He also pointed out that he worked very hard and had five jobs -
1) his daily radio show, 2) his newspaper column, 3) writing his
book, 4) traveling up to 40 weekends a year for tours, speeches,
etc., and 5) preparing to do his TV show. He also noted that all
of his opportunities had come from his previous hard work.

Rush was saddened at how people like this critic didn't want to
look at his profound success and use it as an example for their
own lives.

o       Rush tempted some of EIB's resident feminists by running
out of the studio during the break and shouting "Anita Hill is
lying." One woman with very powerful lungs followed him back into
the studio and shouted "No she's not!"

o       Kathleen Moynihan, assistant director of a Chicago
domestic violence center, said that one in 7 adolescents were
victims of "date violence." Rush wondered what her source for
this was, and said that it was evident that men couldn't do
anything right anymore, being nothing but rapists, bullies, and
murderers. (Kiki nodded her head as she listened to this list.)

o       The NY Post reported that 8 anti-abortion groups
petitioned Pope John Paul to excommunicate several US politicians
who were Catholic, yet continued to support abortion. Included in
the list were Governor Mario Cuomo and Senator Edward Kennedy.

o       Paul from Washington, DC mentioned how a black man shot a
woman on Highway 295 simply because he "wanted to kill someone."
What made Paul most angry about this is that while the newspapers
showed the suspect "smiling," no black groups came out to condemn
him. Rush agreed that black on black crime was a serious issue,
but the black leadership would talk about it only when
"convenient."

For example, when a black Desert Storm veteran was killed a week
after he returned, Jesse Jackson and other black leaders claimed
that this proved it was more dangerous in American streets than
in the Gulf War. However, when the man's wife and her brother
were convicted of the veteran's murder, none of the black leaders
had anything more to say about it.

o       The Washington Post reported that when Vice President
Quayle's press secretary, David Beckwith, heard about the trouble
Presidential candidate Bob Kerrey was in over telling a lesbian
joke, he said the "good news about this is that lesbians are
upset about Kerrey. The bad news is that they'll be coming our
way to support us." Gregory King of the Human Rights Campaign
Fund responded by saying "we thought we had already given out our
Foot and Mouth Award this week, but now it appears there's
competition."

o       Gary Trudeau said that his comic strip charging Quayle
with drug use was not intended to be a personal attack against
the Vice President. Trudeau said that "I've been whacking public
officials since Quayle was whacking golf balls through law
school. It's never been personal." He then said that he feared he
would become the victim of a Republican payback in the form of
"the mother of all tax audits."

o       In Shreveport, LA the Cato Parrish School Board replaced
a sexual education curriculum that included birth control with
one that counseled only abstinence. This was in response to a
large increase in teenage pregnancy.

o       An "endangered cockroach" with an extra pair of antennas
was found in Potomac, MD, so no further homes could be built in
the area.

o       Rush noted that the illegitimacy rate in 1960 was 5%, but
by 1990 it had risen 26%. In 1960, 70% of US families had a
working father and a housekeeping mother; in 1990, this dropped
to only 15%. In 1960, 41% of women said they had sex before
marriage; this figure increased to 81% by 1990.

o       Paulette from Lubbock, TX was an art student who was
creating some artwork for her class - the piece was supposed to
represent her own beliefs, so she wanted to have a picture of
Rush be part of it. Rush asked if Paulette wanted an "A" and
whether her teacher was a liberal; she replied yes to both
questions, so Rush, doubting that she could remain a principled
conservative artist and still get an "A", mused on whether he
should send her a nude picture of himself. He added that perhaps
Paulette should also "excoriate Reagan" as part of her artwork.

Paulette appreciated the gesture of the nude photo, but said she
would rather have Rush send a normal picture and sign it with a
message for her teacher: "Bill, don't be such a liberal and give
Paulette an `A.'" Rush warned her that she was "cruising for a
`F.'"

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MORNING UPDATE

Rush notes that the First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has lost
America more jobs than NAFTA probably ever will. Hillary has
spent a lot of time creating panic about America's health care
and demonizing the pharmaceutical and health insurance
industries, and as a result cash-strapped firms in the health
care field alone have fired 60,000 employees this year. Research
has also been suspended on a wide variety of new treatments, from
new drugs to combat AIDS to new types of lasers that could
destroy cancer without surgery.

Thus, 60,000 people have lost their jobs since Hillary Clinton
started bashing these very industries. However, while all of this
was going on, Hillary had investments in funds which had large
holdings in the health care field. Because of this, Hillary has
profited from the sale of stock in the very industries which she
had caused to lose value.

Rush thus feels it's necessary to ask if there is anything
illegal about this and whether any conflict of interest statutes
apply to the nation's First Lady.

FIRST HOUR

Student uprisings are happening all over the U.S., and something
must be done to stop these out of control students. The first
such uprising student was Kurt Busboom, who dared to suggest to
his high school, Acalanes High School in Lafayette, CA, that he
should be allowed to have a conservative club that meets every
Friday at noon. Furthermore, as if this weren't enough of an
outrage, Kurt wanted to call his club "The Rush Limbaugh Club."

The school clamped down hard on rebellious Kurt, but today he can
now proclaim total victory. Rush is pleased to be able to welcome
Kurt back to his show.

Phone   Kurt Busboom from Lafayette, CA

Kurt is thrilled to be able to say he has achieved victory in his
pursuit of a Rush Limbaugh club at his high school. He recalls
that all he and his fellow club members wanted to do was start an
on-campus conservative club. The name, "The Rush Limbaugh Club,"
just seemed to be the natural thing to do.

Kurt says that Acalanes is a very liberal school, and during his
four years he felt ostracized and alienated, especially since he
doesn't drink or do drugs. He thus wanted to form this club so
that others like him would have some kind of refuge, where they
could meet with like-minded students and have a good time.

He thus started the club, which had a few meetings; while his
mother was concerned that nobody would show up for these
meetings, the turnout exceeded even his expectations. Rush says
this is typical - conservatives should be confident and realize
that they aren't alone in the world. However, the dominant media
bashes conservatives and what they believe, so conservatives tend
to stay hidden, thinking they are a minority.

Kurt says that the support for the Rush Limbaugh Club evidently
scared his school, which is why the principal, Mr. Petty, said
the club couldn't continue to exist because it didn't fit into
the curriculum. Petty, however, had never attended any of the
club's meetings or even read the club's charter until last week.

Kurt refused to back down, and he showed the administration at
his school that his club did have a direct link to the
curriculum, as it studied current events, history, etc. The
school then said it was willing to let Kurt have his club, but
only if he didn't name it after Rush Limbaugh. Furthermore, the
officials insisted that the club "present both sides" of all
issues.

However, Kurt pointed out that the French club wasn't required to
teach German and that the disco club didn't have to teach square
dancing. Kurt also insisted that his club keep its name, and
today he's able to say that his club will remain exactly as it
is.

Kurt says that one frustrating thing about this whole episode is
that each day the school officials would give him a different
answer about the club, as if they were making up policy as they
went. He thus contacted the Pacific Legal Foundation in
Sacramento; Rush says that this conservative legal law firm is a
great group.

Kurt says that the foundation examined the situation and wrote up
a 16-page brief which illustrated how Kurt's club fit into the
curriculum and how the school was discriminating against him
because he was a conservative. This brief was presented to the
school board last Wednesday, and Kurt and other students also
gave speeches about the matter. One student, Matt Glen, said
"don't expect us to act like children while our rights are being
taken away." This statement shows the anger that existed among
the students about the school's attempt to discriminate against
them.

The school board first tried to take some cheap shots at the
Pacific Legal Foundation, claiming that the group was taking
advantage of the situation. Kurt doesn't know why the school was
so afraid that he had a lawyer representing him while the school
board had their own lawyers representing them.

"They knew they were wrong, Kurt," Rush explains, adding that the
last thing the school wanted was a lot of attention paid to their
attempt at political correctness. Rush applauds Kurt for how he's
stuck to his principles on this, and states that he will support
Kurt's Presidential campaign whenever it happens.

Kurt says his aspirations are not that high - all he wanted was
equal treatment. Another club, Youth Democratic Club, was
obviously a partisan club, yet the school board tried to shut
down not only his club, but two other conservative clubs on other
campuses. This hypocrisy offended Kurt, especially all he wanted
to do was have the same sort of club as these other students had
set up.

Rush says he's experienced this same sort of hypocrisy in his
career, and applauds Kurt for having the strength to fight the
matter until he was victorious. Kurt says that his club will last
for the rest of this school year, but the school has threatened
to "review the policies on clubs." Thus, it's possible that next
year the Rush Limbaugh Club won't be able to exist under the new
rules. Kurt, as a senior, won't be around then, but he hopes that
his fellow students continue to stand up for their beliefs and
rights.

Rush promises to keep an eye on the matter and says that Kurt and
his fellow students at Acalanes have an ally in him and his show.
Kurt thanks Rush for this, and he also thanks everyone else
around the country who helped and gave him their support. He was
surprised at how many calls he got from people offering to help
or just wishing him well.

Rush says that Kurt, at 18, is now old enough to remember his
rebellious teenager days; rebelling is a fact of nature for young
teens. In Rush's day, rebellion usually involved smoking a
cigarette or drinking beer; today, though, kids can't get in
trouble in they take drugs, get a sexually transmitted disease,
or beat someone over the head with a brick. Kids can't get
noticed doing any of these things.

Meanwhile, though, Kurt stirred up a hornets' nest by daring to
form a conservative club. The only thing worse than this would be
praying in school. Rush applauds Kurt again and asks him to call
on Monday after his club meets today for the first time
officially.

Rush also promises to send a box of 20 autographed copies of
"See, I Told You So"; Kurt whistles in amazement and thanks Rush
for them and for his overall support. He says that he's learned
that there are a lot more conservatives out there than he had
thought. The support he got from them was amazing.

Kurt also invites Rush to the club's upcoming bake sale. So far
he's gotten offers of help for this from everyone from
accountants to guys making special T-shirts. No date has yet been
set, but Kurt promises to keep Rush informed.

Rush says he'll do his best to support this bake sale because
"you've got to support those who support you." Kurt thanks Rush
for helping him realize that he's not alone, and Rush is glad to
be able to provide that service. He notes that he has two further
examples of renegades such as Kurt coming up later on the show.

*BREAK*

The second student uprising is also happening in California.
Today's Orange County Register reports on a "fall from grace" of
a student at Servite High School in Orange County. Last spring
students applauded and cheered Michael Carter, who, in his
campaign speech for student body vice president, condemned the
"feminazi tactics" of some female teachers. Carter, 17, however,
was quickly put out of the race, and this year he's been
prevented from returning to the Roman Catholic private school
until he goes to "counseling," all because he used the term
"feminazi."

Carter and his mother are suing the school for infringing his
First Amendment rights. Carter said his campaign speech targeted
strict faculty members and was heavily applauded by the students.
Servite president Gerald Horan, however, said that although some
faculty members considered the speech "inappropriate," it wasn't
what led to Carter's dismissal, as Carter had other conflicts
with teachers over the year. Carter, however, said that he used
the term "feminazi" because faculty members "find little things
to harass you about all the time."

An Orange County judge will hear Carter's request to be
reinstated in school on December 8th; Carter said he is looking
forwards to going back to school and graduating. Rush notes that
while other students are experimenting with drugs, distributing
condoms, having illicit sex, getting pregnant or having
abortions, bringing weapons to school, or skipping school
altogether, Carter is the one who is the "problem" because he
dared to use the term "feminazi."

Not only has Carter been kicked out of school, though, but he has
been sentenced to undergo "counseling" because he dared to repeat
a term used by the horrendous Rush Limbaugh. This student has
dared to rebel, in the only form of rebellion which is not
acceptable to the nation's schools. This student, because of his
ties to Rush and the choices he's made regarding his political
point of view, is being unfairly and unjustly punished, and Rush
pledges to stand behind him all the way.

*BREAK*

Rush notes what is happening in America today - rebellious
children are being so persecuted by intolerant liberals that
they're having to resort to "bake sales for freedom." These
liberals who claim their goal is the expansion of the mind and
diversity of opinion are now telling these rebels to take
"counselling" before being able to return to school. Rush wonders
where the Children's Defense Fund is and why they aren't
supporting Kurt Busboom and Michael Carter.

There's yet a third example of student uprising, this one in
Jackson, MS. A principal of Wingfield High School, Bishop Knox,
allowed 17-year-old president of the student council, Kim Fales,
to read the following prayer over the school's intercom for three
days:

"Almighty God, we ask you to bless our parents, teachers, and
country throughout the day. In Your Name we pray, amen."

The school is an uproar about this evil prayer which evidently is
threatening the foundations of democracy. This story, along with
the other two, is the best illustration of what is wrong with
society and the way it educates its children.

Rush notes that schools in New York have to deal with stabbings,
drive-by shootings, rampant irresponsible sex, high rates of
teenage pregnancies, etc. The school officials never get outraged
about these things, except to blame Reagan and Bush for them.
Yet, let a simple prayer be spoken over the school intercom, and
the school jumps into an action to stop this "intolerable"
action.

Rush knows there is a law forbidding prayer in school, so legally
the school is right. The law is wrong, though, so morally and
ethically the school is wrong. He points out that this shows how
out of phase today's culture really is, given that principal Knox
has been suspended for allowing this prayer.

Kim Fales defended her prayer, saying "I don't see where it could
hurt to pray." School superintended Ben Canada said he supported
the right of children to pray in a club, but not within the
classroom. Bill Crone, father of two students at the school,
however, supported Dr. Knox's decision to allow the prayer,
adding "with all the student unrest and violence in school, we
need a calming influence. If we can stop and pray a little, the
situation might be better."

Rush says that this sentiment is rejected by those in power
today, as they feel that religion only makes things worse. In the
Virginia gubernatorial campaign, for example, Democrat Mary Sue
Terry attacked George Allen for daring to have ties to religious
figures. Terry actually thought she could ruin Allen's reputation
by pointing out he was endorsed by Pat Robertson. Terry was in
effect saying that the problem in Virginia was that it had too
much religion. But as the December issue of the Limbaugh Letter
demonstrates, the country needs more God, not less.

Without a belief in a higher force outside oneself, that there
are things larger and more important than themselves, there is no
reason to take anything seriously, especially oneself. This
results in an absence of purpose and self-esteem, which when
coupled with the mishmash shown on TV, 1.5 million abortions a
year, and Jack Kevorkian calling his killing of the elderly
`death with dignity,' inevitably results in a cheapening of life.

Any attempt to bring back a reverence for life and self is viewed
as intolerable and a threat. These three student uprisings
illustrate this point in several different ways. These students,
who are clean-cut, intelligent, and articulate, and who only want
to get the most out of school, are treated as greater threats
than those who bring weapons to school, skip school, or engage in
self-destructive behavior.

These students are showing society the solutions to its problems,
yet the authority figures are trying to shut them down. Officials
try to silence, punish, and even banish these very students, and
this makes no sense whatsoever.

This is why Rush, no matter where he goes, hears from people who
are concerned about what is happening to their kids in school.
This is why people are resorting to home schooling or private
schools.

These cases are disturbing, although Kurt's case has resulted in
victory and vindication. Hopefully, these other cases will be
resolved in a similar fashion, so that these students are no
longer viewed as a threat, but part of the outcry from those in
civilization who are tired of seeing that which destroys
civilization be accommodated and excused. Rush pledges to
continue his support for people such as these, and he is
confident in eventual victory.

*BREAK*

Rush has yet one more story - about two weeks ago he received a
call from someone who was going to be featured in a profile done
by a primetime network magazine show. The person said that the
program wanted to talk to Rush and bring their cameras to a
particular social function. Rush said he wanted to help out, but
he wasn't willing to allow the press into this particular party.

The caller said this was okay with her and passed this
information on to the producers of the TV program. Those
producers called Rush a bit later and asked if he would instead
send them some footage from his TV show which they could include
in their profile of this person. The producers said they wanted
video of Rush doing what he typically does. Rush decided to send
them a 15-minute segment on NAFTA, but at the time he told his
staff that the producers would undoubtedly reject it and ask for
something outrageous.

So, Rush sent over some typical footage, and as he predicted, the
producers found it "too boring." They asked "do you have anything
of him saying `feminazi'?" Thus, these guys didn't want footage
of Rush doing what he normally does, but rather footage of what
they thought he did. Rush hasn't used the term `feminazi' on his
TV show for perhaps a year, and this request shows the agenda
that these producers were planning to implement with their
program.

Rush told these producers that they would have to use the footage
that was sent because 1) this was all they were getting and 2)
the footage showed what Rush and his TV show really did. If the
producers didn't know that this was indeed what Rush did on his
show, then they were rotten reporters and Rush wasn't going to
help them put forth misrepresentations about him and what he does
on his show. "Victory occurred once again." he states.

*BREAK*

Today's NY Daily News reprints an editorial cartoon from the
Miami Daily Herald. The picture shows Ross Perot in a
straitjacket, singing the song "They're Coming To Take Me Away,
Ha-Ha," although with different words from the song which Rush
plays on his show:

"Remember when on Larry King
I said I'd handle everything
'Cause I knew how to make this country work? Well . . .
You followed me for a little while
And then found out what makes me smile
And now you know I got this . . . little quirk! See . . ."

<<Chorus>>
They're coming to take me away, ha-ha
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha,
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see them volunteers in starched brown shirts
And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha!"



<<Verse>>
"You thought I was a joke, and so you laughed,
You laughed when I had said `I'm all ears'
And `there's nothing in it for me.' Right?
You know you laughed, I heard you laugh,
You laughed, you laughed, and laughed
And then you left me because you knew I was certifiably mad.
Well, you'll believe the conspiracy,
When they have had to bury me,
After the Cubans take me out like they did JFK! See!"

<<Chorus>>
"They're coming to take me away, ha-ha
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha,
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see them volunteers in starched brown shirts
To a happy home where they'll have a jacket for me
With a pair of real long sleeves that tie around back!
They're coming to take me away, ha-ha!"

Rush doesn't know who the cartoonist is because his signature is
illegible; however, he doesn't mind how this guy has directly
stolen this idea from the EIB Network. Speaking of Perot, his
poll numbers are down and still dropping. Rush, though, doesn't
think that Perot is out of the picture, especially since now that
NAFTA has been passed, Perot will be able to claim that every
factory which closes down is a victim of NAFTA.

Also, Perot still can attract and keep an audience when he sticks
to the core issues that initially attracted people to him: the
deficit, politics as usual, etc. In particular, Perot can have a
field day about how Clinton used pork-barrel politics to get
NAFTA passed.

********

Columnist John Hochman wrote a piece for yesterday's Los Angeles
Times in which he attacks the notion that sexual abuse can remain
hidden in one's mind for 17 years. Hochman notes that most
traumas are unforgettable - that's what traumas are - yet for
some reason sexual abuse traumas, and only sexual abuse traumas,
seem able to remain hidden in the subconscious for decades.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       The Senate has passed the Omnibus Crime Bill, which would
expand the use of the death penalty, increase prison time, put
100,000 more police on the streets, and build new prisons. Rush
says this bill might work if it can keep the criminals in those
new prisons.

o       The Los Angeles Times is reporting that LA police
investigators are worried that Michael Jackson is now undergoing
plastic surgery so as to alter certain parts of his anatomy. The
13-year-old boy who accused Jackson of molesting him is evidently
able to describe Jackson's anatomy in detail, and police
investigating the case are worried that Jackson is trying to
change those details. The investigators are thus trying to find
doctors who had previously treated Jackson, so as to get an
accurate description. "Calling Dr. Bobbitt, Dr. Lorena Bobbitt,"
Rush puckishly adds.

o       Rush is handed a note informing him that the Kennedy
compound in West Palm Beach has been put up for sale, with an
asking price of $7 million. Rush recalls that this compound is
not air-conditioned, a fact revealed during the William Kennedy
Smith rape trial.

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

New York mayor David Dinkins will soon be out of a gig, and
probably is hoping for a federal appointment. Rush thus suggests
that since Dinkins was elected four years ago to "heal" New York
City, and since he obviously did such a great job in doing so, he
be given the job of healing the Democratic party, which has
suffered great rifts because of NAFTA. If Dinkins can heal the
Democratic party as well as he did New York, Rush thinks the
Democratic party would be much better off.

Phone   Tom from Bucks County, PA

Tom gives "United We Stand anti-NAFTA megadittos," and says he is
still firmly on the anti-NAFTA bandwagon. Tom, though, thinks
that Newt Gingrich may have made a mistake in producing 234 votes
in favor of NAFTA; this bill could have passed with only 218
votes, so Gingrich has put 16 Representatives at risk during next
year's elections unnecessarily. Tom thinks that Gingrich should
have suppressed these extra votes, perhaps calling in Ed Rollins
if necessary.

Rush asks if Tom really thinks those members of Congress who
voted for NAFTA will pay a price for that support come election
day. Tom is certain of this, but Rush is doubtful, given that he
has yet to see polls showing that the majority of American people
are opposed to NAFTA.

Tom thinks that Perot will still be able to tap into the mood of
the country, which is an angry mood right now, not just about
NAFTA but about politics in general. Tom's congressman, Rep. Jim
Greenwood (R-PA), a moderate Republican, just squeaked in last
election in a heavily Republican district. Since Greenwood is
also in trouble for his support on other issues, such as the
Brady Bill, so his support for NAFTA will only make matters
worse. Tom thus believes it would have been prudent for Gingrich
to hold back those 16 votes so as to spare those representatives
from additional voter anger.

Rush says it will be interesting to see what happens in next
year's elections, especially since off-year congressional
elections usually are disasters for the party holding the White
House. Also, the Clinton tax increases will hit next January, and
when people see what they does to their incomes, there's going to
be a new dynamic involved in the 1994 elections. Then, of course,
there's health care, which will be the big topic next year.

Tom, though, thinks the people are as angry about NAFTA as they
were about the House Bank and Post Office scandals. Rush, though,
says that the anti-NAFTA crowd are wrong with their predictions
of job losses; he is certain that the anti-NAFTA fervor will die
down when 200,000 jobs aren't lost.

Tom says this might help those who voted for NAFTA, but as Rush
has said, Perot will be there making hay of each and every single
job that is lost. This will keep the public's anger at a boiling
point, and it will give Perot his "victory" next year. Tom
stresses that he himself would not necessarily vote for Perot for
public office; last year he voted for Bush, knowing he would be
better than Clinton.

Rush says it's quite possible that should a company shut down a
plant and move it to Mexico next year, but it's also possible
that NAFTA had nothing to do with the decision to move the plant,
which could have been made years before. He asks if Tom thinks
Perot could obscure the truth of this move, and Tom thinks this
is a definite possibility.

Tom says that people can make their intellectual cases about
this, but the people will be voting emotionally on this issue.
Perot will be more than able to play off this emotion, as will
those opponents of those congressmen who voted for NAFTA.

Rush says he senses more anger from the general population over
the 1993 Budget Deal than he does over NAFTA. Will the anger
people feel over NAFTA really obscure the anger they feel about
the Budget Deal? Will Republicans who opposed the 1993 Budget
Deal really be punished for supporting NAFTA in 1994?

Tom thinks so, because the American public has a short-term
memory. Rush says that even if this is true, health care will be
in the public focus next year, and Republicans will be exposing
the plan for what it really is. Rush is curious, though, whether
the public's anger over NAFTA and the tax bill will really
survive until next year's elections.

As to Tom's question about 234 votes being unnecessary, Rush
notes that the Republicans had it in their best interests to
highlight how it's the Democrats who are the real obstructionists
in Congress, not the Republicans. The Republicans showed that
they could stay with their principles, even if it meant siding
with the President.

Tom still thinks it was unnecessary to risk these 16 extra seats.
Rush doubts that whatever anger exists over NAFTA will endure for
the coming year. However, he applauds Tom for being a strategic
and analytical thinker, and thanks him for his call.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ed from Reseda, CA

Ed mentions Vincent Foster, and how a couple of weeks ago the
national news reported a link between him, the Clintons, and the
Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan. There was reportedly a federal
investigation going on, but Ed hasn't heard anything about it
recently.

Rush says that this is a huge story, which is being kept within
the Arkansas borders right now. Basically, it appears that the
Rose law firm, of which Hillary Clinton was a partner,
alternatively defended and then prosecuted this savings and loan.
There are allegations from this savings and loan, which went
belly-up, costing taxpayers $50 million, gave money to at least
one of Clinton's gubernatorial campaigns.

The Justice Department right now is trying to get papers and
files which were last reported in the possession of the Clintons.
The Clintons, though, claim they don't know where these files
are. Attorney General Janet Reno has also stated she would not
step down from this particular federal probe. Reno said the
situation would be different if the law authorizing independent
counsels had not expired, and she has called on Congress to
reinstate this particular law.

Ed wonders why the national media is not reporting this, and Rush
says that the lid is off so it's only a matter of time. The
Arkansas Democrat Gazette and other Arkansas papers are coming
out with new details every day, and these details are starting to
make the news wires.

Vincent Foster is also involved with this case somehow, according
to published reports. Ed says that this is what interests him
since it seems that this investigation could very well be related
to Foster's suicide. Rush says time will tell about this, but it
is a ticklish situation at best.

However, Rush is certain that if the President were Nixon,
Reagan, or Bush, Congress would have already appointed special
prosecutors to investigate this scandal. The national media, from
the NY Times to Vanity Fair, would also be scouring Arkansas for
reports. This, of course, is not happening now. However, EIB is
keeping its own file and is following this story quite closely.
"And at the right time," Rush notes, "zappo!"

*BREAK*

Phone   Joe from Camano Island, WA

Joe has spent his second night in his new house, which has a
wonderful view of the water and mountains; he's in for some rough
economic times, though, since he spent four times the amount he
sold his other house for on this new one. Rush says he's always
thought people should challenge themselves in a number of ways,
including financially. This can be done intelligently or
stupidly, of course, but challenge and goals is how growth is
achieved.

Joe agrees, and says that he works two jobs in addition to his
marketing job on the side. He was talking with one of his clients
who told him that the FDA had issued new regulations dealing with
vitamins. In essence, this regulation would turn vitamins into
prescription drugs and thereby jack up their price
astronomically.

In addition, though, Joe's client told him that what the FDA
wants to do will eliminate 650,000 jobs. Rush says this is true -
if one needs a prescription to get vitamins, health food stores,
manufacturers, retail stores, and such will suffer, which means
many jobs will be lost. Rush notes, though, that there is always
Mexico and its black market of vitamins.

Rush says that the FDA's actions are a great example of how far-
reaching the government's tentacles are. He wonders when someone
last died because of a vitamin overdose, and he calls this more
creeping socialism and "womb to the tomb paternalism."

Phone   Beth from Taylor, SC

Beth says that a local religious station has a program "Media
Monitor" with a host named Cliff Kincaid. Beth says that these
guys are "hyperconservative," and Rush agrees - "they're off the
deep side," he adds. Beth says that one of their commentaries
this week claimed that the media was forcing Rush to back off
from gay and lesbian issues. Kincaid insisted that the fact Rush
hasn't talked much about AIDS recently was evidence of this.

Rush says that he recently talked about how gays were having more
unprotected sex in San Francisco, and how the gay activists were
supporting Stephen Cook's charges of sexual abuse against
Cardinal Bernadin.

Rush is not too worried about these charges, though, since Cliff
Kincaid abandoned any pretense to accuracy some time ago; "where
I am concerned, he is incapable of the truth," Rush notes. He
remarks that one of the primary reasons he has succeeded is
because he is the one who tells himself what to do; he never
holds meetings to find out what he should say on the air, nor
does he allow anyone to dictate such things to him.

Rush says that Kincaid probably thinks he should be the national
host which Rush is now, and he undoubtedly believes that Rush has
abandoned the conservative cause by not being the "movement guy"
that Kincaid himself is. Kincaid has complained before that Rush
doesn't make speeches for free "for the sake of the cause," and
when all is said and done, Rush considers him to be not much more
than a nettlesome gnat.

Beth thinks that Rush also engenders jealousy among others
because he expresses himself and his beliefs so well. Rush adds
that some of these critics are jealous because they don't have
his audience and never will for a number of reasons.

Rush notes that the entire first hour of his show was all about
conservatives and how he supports them. He adds that some of the
most vicious hate mail he gets is from those who consider
themselves to be "right wingers." Invariably, these people are
dissatisfied that Rush is not "right-wing enough."

Rush just did an interview with the Christian publication "The
Door," and he mentioned this very subject to the interviewer. The
most vicious mail he's ever gotten is from people warning him
that he's going to "burn in Hell" and that he'd "better watch
your back." This stuff doesn't come from the far left, but the
far right.

Beth says that she unfortunately can't listen to Rush every day,
so she doesn't hear everything Rush says. Rush points out that
his show is driven by the events of the day. He reads the
newspapers and finds out what's hot in the news, and that's what
he talks about. He doesn't decide what is making him the most
angry and then talk about that, but rather lets each day's events
decide the show's topics of discussion. He thanks Beth for
calling.

*BREAK*

Phone   Chip from Greer, SC

Chip is a graduate of the Citadel military academy, and his son
is now at his first year there. One woman is insisting on
attending this all-male school, and the courts have ruled that
she can attend the institution until a final ruling is issued.
Chip thinks this situation is yet another case of where liberals
and others are trying to destroy America's unique institutions.

Rush says that the Citadel is not harming any women by allowing
only men to attend; women have many other options available to
them. Male institutions are under attack across the nation, while
all-women institutions are sacrosanct and refuse any "invasions"
by men.

The point, though, is that men have something called
testosterone, and this is the ultimate difference between men and
women; this characteristic deals with the essence of masculinity
and aggression, and it's impossible to equalize the sexes on this
level. Thus, it's folly to ignore the differences which this one
characteristic creates in men and women.

If this is going to be ignored and women allowed into all-male
situations, standards will have to be lowered so as to
accommodate the women. This is a problem that's seen across
America as the concept of "best" and "achiever" are being
attacked and denigrated throughout society. Instead, everything
has to be homogenized down to the least common denominator.

Elaine Donnelly is a journalist and commentator who's ably
addressed the issue of women in combat and similar issues, so
Rush hopes that she soon comments on this case as well. Chip says
that the issue is not just about the military, but about the
rights and ability of people to associate and participate in
single-gender institutions. One of the Citadel's strongest
supporters are all-women colleges who realize that students
benefit when they have the choice to get an education in an all-
male or all-female environment.

Chip notes that the Virginia Military Institute has been allowed
to remain single-sexed as long as it offers women an equivalent
education. However, the Citadel is so far unwilling to spend the
amount of time and money needed to create such a new institution.
Rush says he is getting tired of seeing feminists and others go
out and manufacture problems which really don't exist, and all
for the sake of advancing their cause and keeping the
contributions flowing into their coffers.

*BREAK*

Phone   Cathy from Channel Island Beach, CA

Cathy gives "85% dittos" because she has to disagree with Rush
about how the radical leaders of the feminist movement define
feminism. Rush says that he should perhaps say the radical
leaders define the movement only because the media trumpets and
promulgates their opinions. This is evidence of the media's power
in such things.

Cathy says there are a lot of conservative feminists who oppose
abortion and don't believe Anita Hill. Rush says that the problem
with Cathy's saying this is because the feminist leaders had
defined feminism as being synonymous with being pro-choice, they
won't allow people like Cathy to call themselves "feminist." This
is like how the feminists won't allow Rush to say that he's pro-
choice but that he hopes the choice is for life.

Rush started saying he was "pro-choice" precisely to demonstrate
that "pro-choice" doesn't mean being in favor of choice but
rather being pro-abortion. Just as the feminist leadership
refuses to allow Rush to call himself "pro-choice," so they will
refuse to allow Cathy to call herself a pro-life feminist since
this would dilute what they want their movement to be. So, while
Cathy's definition of feminism is a good one, she'd have to get
the media on her side so that they put forth her viewpoints
instead of these other feminists.

Feminism also is a liberal movement, and Rush notes that Cathy
doesn't sound very leftist to him. Cathy says she is
conservative, although she's more to the left on the environment
and NAFTA than Rush. Rush is intrigued by this and holds Cathy
over the break.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Rush was just told by his staff that Lorena Bobbitt had called
the EIB studios, but her call was "cut off." He adds that John
Wayne Bobbitt has said that he'd take Lorena back; "what is this
guy, half nuts?" Rush shouts.

Phone   Cathy from Channel Island Beach, CA

Rush asks Cathy why she thinks she is a feminist. She says that
she defines a feminist as someone who believes that one's
opportunity for education, a career, a job, advancement, etc.
should be determined not by their gender but by their
intelligence, ability, experience, schooling, hard work, etc.

Rush agrees with this 100 percent, and notes that this was the
original charter of the feminists who started the movement in the
1960s. However, this charter has mutated since then to include
lesbian rights, all sex is rape, and anything else that would
promote a total female victimology.

Cathy thinks this is unfortunate, especially for the majority of
feminists. Rush agrees, which is why he cringes when these
radical women are proclaimed by the media to be the "feminist
leaders." These women are also turning out like-minded women at
America's colleges.

Cathy thinks it would be helpful if Rush stopped using the term
"feminazi" and instead used "radical feminist." She notes that
she had a hard time initially getting her sister to listen to
Rush because she was turned off by Rush's "feminazi" type
references. However, Rush eventually converted her sister.

Rush says he has been up-front and honest about what a feminazi
is, and he refuses to believe that it's his problem that others
continue to misrepresent and misdefine it. Should the word
"imply" be changed simply because so many people misuse it to
mean "infer"? Should the language be bastardized simply because
some people don't use words properly?

Rush says he hasn't even used the word "feminazi" on his TV show
for a year, but even if he were to stop using forever, he'll
never be able to escape claims by those in the media that he uses
the term to refer to all feminists or all women.

Rush, though, won't give up using this word because it's exactly
right in what it describes. This is what bothers the feminists -
it accurately describes that small group of women which Rush
coined the term to refer to.

Rush wonders when anyone has altered their life simply because
someone is calling them a name. For some women to react as they
have about this term shows how weak and petty these women are.
Cathy adds that her husband used to call her and her friends
"screaming Ms. ladies," but this never stopped them.

Rush congratulates Cathy on this, and adds that he has also
gotten grief from women because of his term "infobabe." Cathy
doesn't blame these anchorwomen for going ballistic about this,
but Rush wonders why everyone is wound so tightly. He notes that
he is expected to take all the jokes and labels thrown his way,
and in truth he really doesn't mind them. He adds that he uses
"infobabe" in an endearing manner; Cathy, however, thinks it's
disrespectful, as is Rush's use of the term "reporterette."

Rush points out that these women are trying to be known as women
first, so he's simply acknowledging this demand of theirs by
using a term that points out they are women first. He has also
called male anchors "Ken dolls," but he hasn't heard any
complaints from the men.

Rush again says that people have to have really low self-esteem
to be harmed by any little jibes such as these. He recalls how
during Barbara Walters' interview of him, he used his pet phrase
"I loved the feminist movement, especially when walking behind
it." Walters semi-jokingly got "outraged" over this, but Rush
pointed out it was a hilarious and harmless joke.

However, only a couple of nights later when Walters appeared on
David Letterman, she said of Clint Eastwood, "there's no better
man in a pair of jeans, especially if you're walking behind him."
Thus, not only did Walters give Rush grief for his comment, but
she then stole it and used it as her own.

Rush notes that the bodies of men and women are built
differently, and these differences were designed that way by
nature to get men and women interested in each other. All Rush
has done is recognize this fact and say he loves it, yet he's
ostracized for doing so.

Cathy admits Rush is just a "harmless little fuzzball," and says
that if people behaved with good manners towards each other,
sexual harassment would not longer exist. Even Miss Manners
mentioned this in her column, and it seems that just common sense
and good manners would do a lot to ending these problems.

Rush agrees that good manners are essential, and he notes that
the people in the EIB Building get along very well. However, he
sees all sorts of things happening between the opposite sexes
which could be the basis for lawsuits in ten years. This is all
harmless, though, as the people involved are enjoying themselves
and having fun with each other.

This sort of stuff shouldn't involve a boss and underling, of
course, which is why Rush doesn't participate in it. He recalls
that his uncle, a federal judge in St. Louis, told him during the
Clarence Thomas hearings that he felt it had become a risk to be
at all friendly to the secretaries and clerks working around him.
In some respects, he feels the same way.

This is the fallout of the sexual harassment hysteria - men and
women are afraid to be themselves around each other; even being
friendly towards someone can pose a risk, given that the
conventional wisdom seems to be that everything men do is bad and
that all women are victims. Rush thanks Cathy for calling and for
converting her sister to his side.

*BREAK*

"It's all babes," Rush notes, looking at the computer screen
which lists all of the upcoming callers.

Phone   Ann from Pittsburgh, PA

Ann feels sorry for those women who aren't happy with their lives
or their sex; she wouldn't feel bitter or angry if she was called
an "infobabe" because she has more important things to worry
about. "I'm happy being me," she adds. Rush is glad to hear this
and notes it all boils down to having self-esteem and being happy
with who you are.

Ann says she works for a major company; she has over 300 people
working under her, and she's has a wonderful job and career. She
also has two children, one of each, and is very happy with her
life.

Rush asks her about NAFTA, and she says that after months of
listening to Rush and the news, she still doesn't know what it's
all about, even though she is a businesswoman. Rush says NAFTA in
a nutshell is about expanding markets and increasing free trade.

Ann remembers that she first thought Rush was a "wacky guy" when
she started listening to him; however, she found that she had to
keep listening to him and was eventually converted. She has also
converted a lot of people to Rush's show and thanks him for the
things he's done for the country.

Phone   Lorraine from Seattle, WA

Lorraine says that people should read the credits on Rush's TV
show; they'd then learn that about half of his show's top people
are women. She confesses that she thought Rush was "too male"
when she first heard him, but after hearing him and seeing these
credits, she's changed her mind.

Rush appreciates hearing that, but says he's never really thought
about whether the people he hires are men or women; he just gets
the best people he can. Lorraine says that the fact that Rush
hasn't made a big deal about this impressed her even more, as
she's learned in her life that those who don't blow their own
horn are usually the ones who are actually doing stuff. A lot of
people do a lot of complaining but they do little work, and she
thinks the fact Rush has hired the best, regardless of sex,
speaks for itself.

Rush confesses that there are four women who work on his TV show
that he'd love to ask out, but he doesn't dare, given that he's
the boss and they're his employees. Of course, now that he's
mentioned this, everyone will be wondering who the "four" are;
Rush quickly adds that "there may be more than four," but says
that all of the people on his staff are incredible.

Lorraine also says that she was called by a pollster three days
ago, and the first questions the pollster asked were about
whether she knew much about the medical industry and whether she
worked for a physician. When she told the guy that she did work
for a doctor, the pollster hung up on her.

It thus seems to her that the reason the polls don't reflect the
true opinions of Americans is that pollsters are picking and
choosing the people they poll; it's also obvious to her that the
pollster were looking for people who didn't know anything about
the issues. She's thus concerned about how these polls are
reflecting not the real people, but the uninformed, not to
mention that polls like this are being done to get a
predetermined outcome - the pollsters pick and chose whom they
poll and then ask leading or weighted questions.

Rush asks who the polling firm was, and Lorraine doesn't
remember; Rush asks if it could have been United We Stand
America, and she knows it wasn't them. Rush adds that the
pollsters recently have been shocked when the election results
haven't matched what the polls predicted. It seems as if some
people are realizing they can lie to the pollsters and perhaps
thereby affect the outcome of events.

*BREAK*

Phone   Jane from Eagle Creek, OR

Jane loves Rush and thinks he's "awesome"; she recalls, though,
that during the campaign, Clinton said that the only
compassionate thing to do on health care was provide universal
access for everyone. However, she just read in the paper that
children born with congenital health defects would receive
limited care. She thus wonders why AIDS patients, drug users, and
abortions warrant full coverage, while these innocent little kids
are left to die.

Rush agrees that diseases which are the result of choices will be
covered, while those that affect only the totally innocent won't
be. Jane adds that given that abortion will be covered under the
Clinton plan, it will be "more cost effective" to abort any child
that's less than perfect; government would pay for the abortion,
while if the parents decided to have a child with some medical
problems, they'd end up having to take care of the child on their
own.

Rush says this is exactly right, but at the same time these
concerns are avenues which can derail the Clinton plan. Rush
encourages Jane to take confidence from the fact that she is not
the only one concerned about these things. He recalls how
President Clinton got the biggest applause during his health care
speech in September when he said the government would fully cover
mental health problems and drug abuse. The Democrats in Congress
gave him a standing ovation at this point.

However, a couple of days ago, the Clinton administration
announced, in a very quiet manner, that it would have to cut back
on drug abuse and mental health coverage. These two groups are
thus outraged that they've been victimized by the "Clinton
hustle," and this sort of thing will happen many times more in
the future.

Jane is glad to hear that and adds that this is one reason she
loves listening to Rush, because he gives her hope and focuses on
the optimistic side of life. Rush thanks her for that, and notes
it's "tough duty" taking all these calls from people who love and
praise him.

Phone   Amy from Apple Valley, MN

Amy says that she forgot to tell Bo that she's on a cellular
phone, and thus has been waiting a while. Rush is saddened to
hear this and promises to send her a book; Amy is glad, but
stresses that the book should be the "new one." Rush pledges that
his new book will soon be on its way to her.

Amy has been listening since the Gulf War and is hard at work at
converting her liberal sisters. She says that one thing which
doesn't help her with converting her sisters is that Rush
sometimes appears to be anti-female; for example, the impression
he gave during his remarks on the Citadel was that he doesn't
think women belong there at all.

Amy thinks there should be separate male and female facilities on
occasion, but would like Rush to clarify whether he thinks it
would be okay if women were admitted to the Citadel as long as
standards weren't lowered to do so.

Rush says "absolutely," and says that his complaint is how
standards get watered down to accommodate all the different
special interest groups. He stresses that he doesn't want to
exclude women from certain institutions, but it's just as valid
for men to want to choose whom they associate with and to
establish standards for admission, conduct, physical training,
etc. as it is for women. It is simply wrong for others, such as
women or another special interest group, to insist that standards
be lowered to accommodate them.

Rush has nothing against women getting a good education on a par
with men, but if doing so forces another group to change their
standards, why should this have to happen? If atheists object to
the Boy Scouts' use of God in their oath, then they should start
their own group, not force the Scouts to change their standards.
This assault on standards has to be stopped.

Amy says that there's a local debate about women firefighters,
who are claiming that the standards established for the male
firefighters are discriminatory against women. Rush says a
similar thing happened in New York, where because not enough
minorities were passing the entrance exams for firefighters, such
applicants were given partial credit for wrong answers.

Outcome Based Education is full of this sort of sentiment, too -
instead of focusing on achievement and the best, the focus is put
on the lowest common denominator. Amy says that the local school
districts are trying to introduce OBE into their schools, too.

Rush says that this week's Wall Street Journal had an op-ed piece
about how Littleton, CO threw out the school board officials who
wanted to implement OBE in Littleton schools. This is a great
victory for education, since as Rush detailed in the first hour
of today's show, it is the clean-cut and intelligent students who
want to achieve who are being portrayed as trouble-makers.

As to Amy's question about the Citadel, Rush doesn't care about
whether women, monkeys, or whatever are admitted to the
institution as long as standards are maintained. Rush's position
on this is not motivated by a hatred of women, but a desire to
maintain standards, just as he's opposed to gun control, not
because he wants everyone to own 15 guns, but because he knows
gun control won't work.

Amy is glad Rush addressed this since she now has more ammo with
which to convert her sisters. Rush wishes her the best of luck in
her quest and thanks her for calling.

*BREAK*

Phone   Kimberly from Austin, TX

Kimberly is no longer on the line, but she was going to ask if
Rush did anything to start the feud between him and Sally Jesse
Raphael. Rush says if he did, he has no idea what it could have
been. He suspects that the feud was started by an Entertainment
Weekly profile of Rush in 1991 which quoted Raphael as saying
that she didn't like Rush's "act" because it was too divisive and
didn't contribute to the "healing" that the country needed.

Rush replied to this by listing the sorts of topics which Raphael
did on her show, and he asked if this sort of program really did
anything to bring the country together or "heal" it. He notes
that he never once called Raphael a "feminazi" (or "femnazi" as
Raphael pronounces the word), and he stresses that this feud
between them will indeed end. It will be a "long ending," Rush
observes, but an ending nevertheless.

Phone   Leanne from Grand Edge, MI

Leanne thinks that because Rush is pro-life, he's a "real man."
She notes that because of this, Rush defends all women, including
unborn women. She says that the media is ignoring the proven
links between abortion and breast cancer, in spite of all the
studies that have been done and published about this. She thinks
this is unconscionable, given that breast cancer is now the
leading cause of death for women.

Rush says that he read a story recently which claimed that there
was no scientific evidence for the link between breast cancer and
abortion; the story instead claimed that there was an organized
effort to get people to call talk shows to bring up this issue.
Leanne notes that nobody is paying her to call now, and the March
1, 1991 issue (vol. 67) of Cancer magazine has a big story on one
study. Also, the British Cancer Journal, the International
Journal of Epidemiology, and the Journal of Epidemiology and
Community Mental Health have had other stories about studies
linking abortion to breast cancer.

Leanne says that these studies have shown that women who have
abortions and use over-the-counter contraceptive pills not only
have a greater risk of developing cancer, but they also have
larger tumors and a lower survivor rate. Rush says that if these
studies' conclusions play out and are proven true, then it will
be interesting to watch how the militant radical feminists
resolve the conflict between two of their main issues, abortion
and breast cancer.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush asks a question of everyone in the audience -
assuming that researchers do discover a genetic link to breast
cancer, as well as a link between breast cancer and abortion,
will this news be made public? Or is there enough pro-choice
sentiment in the medical community to suppress this information?

Rush doesn't have as much knowledge about this subject as others,
but he is curious as to the possibility that such information
could be kept secret. Since abortion is very important
politically to the radical feminists, it would be quite a
bombshell to announce that some women, because of genetics, are
more predisposed to breast cancer and that having an abortion
increases the risk of developing this disease.

o       Jesse Jackson yesterday released a statement about the
passage of NAFTA in the House: "President Clinton leads the
Reagan, Bush, Limbaugh, Iacocca, Kissinger, Rostenkowski, major
publishers, Wall Street Republicans victory team!" Rush is happy
that Jackson not only included him in this list, but also gave
him third-billing behind Reagan and Bush.