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Summary: Unofficial Summary for Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1993
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Wednesday, January 6, 1993

by John Switzer

NOTE: This is being posted to both alt.fan.rush-limbaugh and
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please let me know. Thanks - [e-mail].

This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1993 by John Switzer.
All Rights Reserved. These summaries are distributed on
CompuServe, GEnie, and the Internet, and archived on GEnie (NPC
Roundtable) and Internet (cathouse.aiss.uiuc.edu).  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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January 6, 1993

LIMBAUGH WATCH

January 6, 1993 - It's now 65 days after Bill Clinton's election
and Rush is still on the air with 546 radio affiliates and 207 TV
affiliates, and his book has been on the NY Times hardback non-
fiction best-seller list for 15 consecutive weeks and is
currently number one on the list.

MORNING UPDATE

Rush was on vacation when the following piece of news came out,
so he couldn't talk about it then but since he's here now, he'll
talk about it now - the death of Ling-Ling, the giant panda. This
poor creature died unexpectedly last week at the National Zoo in
Washington, and her husband/mate Sing-Sing is reportedly so
devastated that he is still in tears-tears.

All attempts to breed these two pandas failed, however, so there
are no baby pandas to mourn the death of their mother. In fact,
although Ling-Ling did get pregnant a couple of times, she ended
up killing her babies when she rolled over on them. Everybody is
thus trying to figure out why these two giant pandas didn't mate
more often and more successfully than they did.

Of course, an oft-heard answer was that man was to blame for
keeping these animals captive in the first place. Ling-Ling,
though, managed to live 8 years longer in captivity than the
average panda living in the wild, so maybe captivity is not to
blame. Rush suspects that Sing-Sing was simply a dud - if Ling-
Ling had found a man with a career (e.g. Smokey Bear), she would
have produced pandas aplenty.

FIRST HOUR

Rush doesn't know where he should begin today's show - Bill
Clinton's educational plans for Chelsea or Carol Moseley Braun.
To help him decide, Rush has his staff play his new Moseley Braun
update theme - "Moving On Up" from the Jeffersons TV show.

Rush starts off with the news about Bill Clinton's plans to send
Chelsea to one of the most exclusive private schools in
Washington, DC - Friends of Sidwell School which charges a
tuition of $11,900 if the school provides transportation; $10,500
is what it costs if you drop off and pick up the kid yourself.

The most obvious reaction to this has been it's okay for Clinton
to choose which school his daughter can go to, but the rest of
America doesn't have this same option. Certainly parents need a
lot of money, but they also need to have some clout so they can
get moved up on the waiting list. This sort of school always has
a long waiting list, and so Clinton had to exert some authority
to get 1) on the list in the first place and 2) get moved up on
the list. This is not the sort of thing most people can do.

Clinton is certainly in trouble about this choice, and the reason
is symbolism over substance. Clinton was elected to get rid of
the many things that divide America, yet his transition to date
has exacerbated these things that divide the country; in fact, in
his cabinet Clinton is making surface differences such as race
mean something, which is not what is supposed to happen. This is
a classic example of how liberalism looks and feels good, but
when you backup the words with the action, the result is exactly
opposite what should happen.

Thus, Clinton is someone who's beholding to the NEA, and who has
promised many things to them in return for their support; with
his choice of a private school for Chelsea, though, he has
effectively slapped them in the face. Rush admits he doesn't
blame the Clintons for their decision, since if he lived in DC he
would send his children to private schools, too.

Thus, Clinton's decision is a sound one, given the state of
public schools in DC. However, it's interesting that he is taking
heat for this decision, which clearly exposes his hypocrisy.
Throughout his campaign, Clinton called for change and insisted
that he would be a man of the people.

Yet there's no change in this decision to send Chelsea to a
private school - Sidwell is attended by the children of Bill
Bradley, Leslie Stahl, Lamar Alexander, Bob Woodward, and many
other DC celebrities. "You live by symbolism, you die by
symbolism; you live by the photo-op, you die by the photo-op,"
states Rush who adds that "it all boils down to this - he can do
it, but you and I can't."

Clinton, furthermore, said he wasn't going to take advantage of
his office, yet here he is doing precisely that. People across
the country are clamoring for school choice, yet the next
President is opposed to any real school choice precisely because
he's deferring to the wishes of big teacher lobbies.

Of course, the President shouldn't be expected to send his
children to public schools, if for no other reason because of the
security risks. However, the Clintons are not putting their
decision in these terms; instead, they are saying that this is a
personal, not political, decision, and that it's what is best for
Chelsea. Rush wonders if Bill Clinton will hold a press
conference with the faculty of Sidwell and say that Chelsea knows
more than most of the school's teachers.

Rush notes that Clinton has gotten a raise from $35,000 to
$200,000 a year, and the first thing he does is send his kid to
private school - "real class," Rush comments. Clinton is against
school choice for the American public, yet he gives himself that
very opportunity. "More hypocrisy and more symbolism," Rush
points out. Whether a political official sends his children to
public school is not normally a big deal, but for Clinton it is
precisely because he himself made it a big deal.

A lot of people ask Rush what kind of President he thinks Clinton
will be, and Rush routinely replies that the Clinton
administration will be either outstandingly bad or outstandingly
good. However, Rush would now like to go even further and say
that he thinks that America (or four out of ten Americans anyway)
has elected perhaps the most underqualified President in history.
These people cast their vote for change, even if the change is
made up of just symbolism with no substance.

This can be seen in Clinton's foreign policy and defense team,
which is straight from the Carter administration. Elsewhere in
the cabinet, there seems to be a battle going on for the
political soul of Bill Clinton - the cabinet has a lot of people
from the Democratic Leadership Council, which was founded to
oppose the liberal tilt of the Democratic party. However, many
others in the cabinet are the radical, angry liberals from the
far-left Hillary wing. Finally, many of Clinton's inside-the-
White House appointments have been his life-long friends.

It will thus be interesting to see who wins the battle for Bill's
political soul. Rush suspects that Clinton will turn to his close
friends when he needs to decide on a particular matter, and thus
these friends will determine his "soul." The rest - the battles
between the DLC and the Hillary wing - will be more symbolism,
and the decision about Chelsea's school shows the classic
hypocrisy which will result.

All of those people who voted for Clinton because they wanted
change will soon see that nothing really has changed - the
insiders are still the insiders, and the old ways of doing
business will remain the old ways of doing business.

*BREAK*

The front page of today's USA Today reports that "few politicians
have understood better than Bill Clinton that actions - bus trips
through the heartland or jogging breaks at McDonalds - can speak
more eloquently than words. But once Clinton started conjuring
with symbols, he ran the risk that every action will be viewed
through a political prism, even the decision of which school his
12-year-old daughter will go to."

Rush points out that everything that has to do with the Clinton
family has to do with politics, which is why he repeatedly says
"you live by symbolism, you die by symbolism."

Phone   Chris from Ithaca, NY

Chris thinks that Clinton's decision to place Chelsea into a
private school probably had much to do with security. Rush
replies that if this is true, then Clinton should say so; Rush
has no problems with Clinton's decision per se, but if this is
good enough for him, then the rest of America should have the
same opportunity. Of course, the only people who can really do
this are those who have both money and clout.

All parents would love to send their children to the school of
their choice, but Clinton wants to deny middle class Americans
this ability to choose. Rush holds Chris over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Chris from Ithaca, NY (continued)

Rush notes that George Stephanopoulos stated that the Clintons'
decision had nothing to do with security, and Chris says that if
this is true, then Clinton is being very hypocritical. However,
he doesn't believe that any school principal would welcome the
disruption that would occur should Chelsea show up as a student.
The news photographers alone would be a severe disruption.

Rush agrees, but notes that Chris is convinced that this was a
security decision, in spite of what Stephanopoulos has said. Rush
thus asks if Chris believes that the Clintons are not telling the
whole truth about this matter. The security considerations are an
obvious and natural explanation, and the American public would
expect that the children of their President would go to a private
school.

There seems to be a movement going on, though, to make the
President of the United States look like just an average dope-
smoker or what-have-you, especially when you look at the plans
for Clinton's inauguration. The people, though, don't want their
President to be an average citizen, but rather would prefer him
to be a cut above.

The President and his family cannot be average people, by virtue
of their celebrity status alone, so why can't the Clintons just
come out and say that the security considerations were the
motivating factor for them? Chris agrees and says that the
Clintons should stop beating around the bush about this.

Rush adds that someone during the break pointed out that parents
living in the Bronx and Queens are just as concerned about the
security of their children as the President; if there's a
security problem for Chelsea Clinton in DC schools, what about
the security problems facing these other children, not to mention
that these parents have no say as to whether their child gets
taught about homosexuality, AIDS, condoms, or whatever.

Chris agrees - he has two children in public schools, and ACTUP
has showed up several times to pass out "safe sex kits," without
getting the permission of school officials. Chris was outraged at
this, but "at public schools these things are bound to happen."

Rush thinks it is disingenuous for Stephanopoulos to say that
security was not a factor in this decision, and he suspects that
Clinton may be afraid of offending another of his special
interest groups - criminals and other low-lifes.

Items

o       In other Clinton news, the NY Post has the headline
"Clinton flips on Haitians - Plans to Halt Mass Exodus." Clinton
is now preparing a statement meant to discourage a mass exodus of
Haitians to the US once he takes office. Stephanopoulos revealed
this after a reporter asked about Clinton's plans for the Haitian
refugees; Clinton, of course, attacked Bush during the campaign
for US policies on Haitian immigrants, and he promised to grant
temporary asylum to many more Haitians. Clinton has now turned
about on this promise as well.

o       Both the NY Post and Daily Newsday report that the
Buttafuocos are upset with their recent appearance on the Donahue
show. The Buttafuocos claim that although their family, friends,
and supporters were allowed into the studio, Donahue did not talk
to them or give them a chance to speak. The Buttafuocos, by the
way, are also complaining about their loss of privacy, yet they
still show up on television in the midst of the Donahue show.

Rush speaks up for the Donahue show's defense - this is standard
operating procedure for this show, and it was not extraordinary
for the Buttafuoco entourage to be told that they would not be
given a chance to speak or make their points. Although Rush's
staff accompanied him on his most recent appearance on Donahue,
they were also told that they would not be allowed to speak and
thus shouldn't raise their hands. This is done, according to
Donahue, to avoid bias because the audience at large is made up
of "randomly-selected people."

Thus, whether this treatment towards the Buttafuoco contingent
was fair, it is nevertheless standard operating procedure for the
Donahue show. Rush hasn't seen the show, but from reports he's
heard most of the women in the audience thought that Joey
Buttafuoco was a liar and that Mary Jo was a fool for remaining
loyal to him.

"Apparently the audience was vicious towards them," notes Rush,
who adds "typical Donahue audience in that regard."

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush's bumper music that starts this segment is by Marky
Mark, a brother to "one of the no talents that make up New Kids
on the Block." Rush has had it with Marky Mark as well - not only
is his private sex life all over the newspapers, but he's been
paid $6 million to model Calvin Klein underwear, and these ads
are plastered all over New York's bus stops. Rush doesn't
begrudge capitalism, but the next time someone complains about a
baseball player making a huge salary, he hopes they remember
Marky Mark's ridiculous underwear salary.

Rush notes that it's a good thing he doesn't want to get his name
in the paper because he would "have long ago shed the mantle of
being an epitome of virtue." All it takes to get one's name in
the paper is to call them up with news about whom he's "sharing
condoms" with.

Returning to the subject of school choice, today's Wall Street
Journal has a piece about how Clinton's mother moved his family
from Hope to Hot Springs in 1953. This, of course, means that
Clinton didn't grow up in Hope but in Hot Springs, and since Hot
Springs is the Arkansas version of Las Vegas, this is one reason
why Clinton claims he's from Hope.

When Clinton's mother, Virginia Kelley, moved to Hot Springs, she
enrolled Bill into Saint John's school, a private Catholic
school. Thus Clinton was raised and taught by Catholic nuns, and
Kelley praises the school for the education they gave her son. "I
will never forget the nuns for as long as I live for giving him
such a good start," states Kelley.

Rush points out that when one is taught by nuns, religious
teaching is inevitable, and Rush is certain that Clinton learned
the Ten Commandments while at school. Usually most people
recommend the good things in their lives to others, but Clinton
cannot do this because he has political debts toward those who
oppose the very way he himself was educated. Virginia Kelley
thinks Clinton's religious education was one reason why he turned
out so well, but Clinton refuses to allow this opportunity to
others.

Virginia Kelley explains her decision to avoid the inferior
public schools by four words - "I wanted, I decided." Most
Americans, though, can't do this - they could if the voucher
system for school choice was approved, but Clinton, who received
and benefited from school choice all his life, opposes school
choice for everyone except his own daughter.

Rush thinks Clinton is probably an intelligent guy and therefore
thinks in his heart that school choice is good for the public,
but he can't publicly state this because the NEA would be all
over him. "Hence," Rush asks, "where is the soul of Bill?" Rush
had thought that Clinton's election would bring about change and
end the power of special interest groups; but although there's
been change, the change is only in which special interest groups
get to dominate.

In one interesting anecdote, Monsignor John O'Donnell, Clinton's
third-grade teacher at St. John's, stated "I aroused young Bill
Clinton's interest in world history and politics when I taught my
course on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. At the end of
the course, little Willie stood up and said that if he had been
Emperor, Rome wouldn't have fallen." Rush muses on what this
might mean.

*BREAK*

Rush remarks on how Al Sharpton "copped a plea" for not filing a
tax return in 1986; Sharpton did this because he's hoping to run
for the New York City Council in 1993. It's interesting that
being guilty of tax evasion is a job qualification for a NYC
elected post. Rush promises more on this later.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Rush was interviewed last night by Brandon Tartikoff who
is filling in for a New Orleans radio night-time host. Tartikoff
asked Rush about the late-night TV show wars, and in particular
wondered if anyone would ever copy his show. Rush pointed out
that his TV show breaks a lot of late-night talk show rules, such
as not having any guests. Plus, many people have tried to copy
his radio show, but they've all missed the point.

Tartikoff asked what are the right things to copy, and Rush
refused to go into detail. He is confident, though, that a
competing producer can look long and hard without being able to
find someone who can copy Rush's show and include all the key
ingredients.

Tartikoff then said that Rush should feel pretty good doing a
show without guests, given that the battle for guests has become
a war between late-night hosts; Tartikoff added that an entire
industry has been created for getting interesting guests onto
shows. Rush agreed that he feels pretty smug and secure about
having a show that is succeeding without having to deal with the
problem of guests.

o       Rush opened his TV show last night with a letter he
received from a couple of dittoheads from Moore, OK. This couple
had gone into the local Walmart store to buy a number of things,
including a copy of Rush's book. However, when they left the
store they found out that the receipt identified Rush's book,
"The Way Things Ought to Be," as "Sweet Liar."

The couple sent Rush a copy of the receipt, and sure enough among
the candy and film is an item for "Sweet Liar." Rush recalls how
Spike Lee complained that some theaters were not crediting his
movie properly because they were selling tickets for his movie
with the names of other films. This ended up not being the case,
but the Moore couple feared the same thing was happening at their
Walmart.

Rush notes that Walmart is one of the great American success
stories - "you've gotta love Walmart. Everything about Walmart is
so quintessentially American." EIB thus checked with other
Walmarts and found that their computers properly registered
Rush's book; thus, Rush theorizes that the Moore Walmart has some
angry, crackpot liberal jokester in some backroom amusing himself
or herself.

Rush admits that he has played some great practical jokes in his
day, and so he finds this story to be pretty funny. Rush checked
to see if there is any book named "Sweet Liar" and there isn't
any, so at least Rush doesn't have to worry that some other book
is being credited with his sales.

o       Rush has to laugh at how Al Sharpton has copped a plea of
guilty to tax evasion. Usually when people plea bargain they try
for a lesser plea, but Sharpton pleaded guilty to the full
charges of tax evasion. Obviously, Sharpton knows that city
officials need a criminal record in order to be elected in NYC;
this is called "resume enhancement" in NYC, and Rush recalls how
Mayor Dinkins, when he was a city official, didn't file a tax
return for two years either.

Rush wonders if Sharpton pulled a fast one here - perhaps
Sharpton wasn't guilty and thus lied in order to get a false
conviction? Is Sharpton merely trying to capitalize on the
fascination that the public has with criminals nowadays? Rush
muses on what kind of crime he should commit in case he ever
wants to get elected to a city office.

*BREAK*

Phone   Lisa from Glendale, NY

Lisa is curious as to why Hillary and Bill invited Rush to their
inaugural. Rush doesn't think this is that hard to understand -
perhaps the Clintons are interested in showing Rush that they
aren't the type of guys Rush thinks they are. Lisa suspects that
the Clintons are trying to kiss up to Rush so as to take
advantage of his popularity.

Rush does think the invitation is strange, especially since it's
addressed to "H. R. Lumbaugh." This is not very good quality
control, and Rush wonders if the backroom person at the Moore
Walmart is the one sending out the inaugural invitations. In any
case, Rush suspects that the Clintons are just trying to be nice,
but if they are trying to co-opt him, it won't work.

Lisa says one of her friends is making up "Don't blame me, I
didn't vote for Clinton" T-shirts, and she promises to send him
one. Rush thanks her for that, and he notes that Presidents
typically invite many supposed political enemies to their
official functions. Rush still doesn't know, though, whether
he'll be going to the inauguration since "it would necessitate
taking a day off from you people."

Update  Carol Moseley Braun         (Theme from the Jeffersons,
"Moving on Up")

Rush is going to repeat what he did on his TV show last night -
figure out how much Carol Moseley Braun's latest expenses have
cost her. Rush recalls that Braun paid her campaign manager, who
is also her boyfriend, a salary of $15,000 a month, which is
twice the going rate for Illinois campaign managers. And of
course, this manager, Kgosie Matthews, has now been accused of
sexual harassment by three former campaign workers. Braun has
ignored these charges because there is no evidence, but she has
yet to explain why she didn't use this same logic during the
Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings.

As Cook County Recorder of Deeds, Braun made $50,000 a year.
Assuming a 22% tax rate, Braun paid $12,000 in taxes, leaving her
with $38,000. She bought a new jeep, and Rush kindly gives her a
deal - $22,000 at cost, with monthly payments of $500. This adds
up to $6,000 a year, leaving Braun with $32,000.

She is now renting a $3300 Lakeshore Drive apartment, which comes
out to $39,600 a year, leaving her 7,600 in the red. Then she
bought some expensive new clothes for her trip to South Africa,
and after talking to a number of women, Rush came up with a
conservative figure of $10,000. This leaves her $17,600 in the
red.

One-way first-class airfare to Johannesburg is $4,000 per person,
or $12,000 for Braun, her son, and Matthews. This leaves her
$29,600 in debt. Rush promises to continue this budget rundown
after the break.

*BREAK*

Update  Carol Moseley Braun         (Theme from the Jeffersons,
"Moving on Up")

Once she was done with her travels in South Africa, Carol Moseley
Braun did not return to Chicago directly, but instead first flew
to London, which if first-class costs $2,000 per person, or
$6,000 total. This brings her expenses to $35,600 in the red.
From London to New York, she used the supersonic Concorde, which
costs $10,000 one-way for three persons. Thus, she is now $45,600
in debt.

From New York, she flew back to Chicago on a friend's private
jet. However, since EIB is performing a public service by making
this news public, Braun will have to report the value of the trip
on her income taxes. Rush, having chartered jets himself "to
escape some of you people in public places," knows what these
jets cost, and a little Lear jet would cost $10,000, for a total
of $55,600 in the hole.

Now Braun was in Johannesburg for 30 days, and she had to stay
somewhere. Did she choose one room for herself, her son, and
Matthews? This is doubtful, and so she might have stayed in two
rooms, but this begs the question who stayed with whom? Rush,
ever the gracious EIB host, decided that Braun is a virtuous
woman and thus rented a three-room suite. A conservative estimate
for this suite is $300 a day, resulting in total charges for
$9,000, for a new grand total of $64,600 in debt.

Of course, Braun "saved up" for this trip and did not use any of
the money she kept from the knowledge of the Illinois welfare
department, nor did she use any campaign money. Rush notes he
still has not added in ground transportation, food, tips, and
other travel expenses. The $64,600 figure also does not include
her daily, normal living expenses.

One big item left out of this analysis are the telephone calls
that one might normally expect a Senator-elect to make in
preparation for his or her new duties. Since Braun basically
didn't do much about this except go to a couple of orientation
meetings, and since she left the staff selection up to others,
her phone bill during her vacation is $0.00. The grand total for
Braun's expenses is thus $64,600 more than she earns.

So once again, here is an example of a politician who does things
that most people cannot, yet they are heralded as "someone of the
people." Rush recalls that when Stephanopoulos was asked why
Clinton didn't set an example by sending Chelsea to a public
school, he replied "you can't put politics into a personal family
decision."

However, this is exactly what the liberals and liberal special
interests demand - they insist that politics not only become part
of one's personal life but dominate it. This is what political
correctness is all about - making sure each and every word
someone speaks is acceptable to the liberal agenda.

Phone   Joe from Hampton, VA

Joe thinks the security argument for Chelsea Clinton's going to
private school is very weak. He attended a private school in the
DC area when Amy Carter went to a public school, and Joe
remembers thinking that it was pretty "cruddy" for President
Carter to put his daughter into one of the lousy public schools
when he could have easily afforded to put her into a private
school.

Rush asks Joe if Amy was ever harassed or bothered; Joe says that
he doesn't know for sure, but that would explain how she ended up
as the sort of person she is now. Rush chides Joe for his lack of
sensitivity and warns him that if he keeps this up, he'll get
Rush's mother on his back.

Phone   Beth from Herndon, VA

Beth found a new use for her Walkman - she uses it to listen to
Rush while she does her housework. Rush comments that this
increase in productivity is what his show is all about. Beth has
a friend who teaches for the Fairfax County public schools, and
who says that over 50% of the district's teachers send their own
children to private schools.

Rush says that most parents who can do it, do it. This is why
homeschooling is so popular now; a public school principal has
even written his own book about homeschooling since this is how
he teaches his own kids. Kids who are homeschooled also routinely
score higher than those who went to public schools.

Beth is not surprised at this, and Rush adds that the cost per
student is a lot less for both homeschooling and for parochial
schools. This proves that good education does not mean ever
increasing amounts of money, but this is what the NEA and others
would like the country to think. They, after all, do have to come
up with the money to pay for all of the administrators that
infest the public school districts.

Beth wonders if one of the reasons Bill and Hillary sent Chelsea
to a private school is because they want her to learn the
difference between right and wrong. Rush says "absolutely," and
notes that this is one reason why Bill Clinton's own mother sent
him to a Catholic school.

*BREAK*

Phone   Wally from Milford, CT

Wally saw a special on CSPAN about the 12 freshmen Senators, and
they talked a lot about term limits; in particular they stated
that term limits will probably not even be discussed in the 103rd
Congress. Wally thus wants to know why Congress is so afraid of
term limits.

Rush says that this is not a big surprise - term limits, if it
ever happens, will have to get up a lot of steam at the state
level. This has already started to happen, and this is
frightening members of Congress who realize just how poorly the
public perceives them and the job they do.

Implementing national term limits will have to be done at the
national level, but before this can happen, the current
groundswell movement for term limits will have to continuing
growing at the local and state levels. It will thus take a long,
concerted effort before Congress gets affected by this.

Rush recommends two books on term limits - George Will's
"Restoration" is a superb discussion of the issues, while John
Fund and James Coyne have coauthored another good work, "Cleaning
House." <<Note: both of these books are reviewed in the February,
1993 issue of Reason magazine>>

Rush adds in an aside that he's noticed that when news crews go
out and talk to people about issues such as term limits, they no
longer ask "what do you think?" but "how do you feel?" Thus, the
media creates news, works up the public about it, and then goes
out and asks them how they feel about it.

Rush also recommends William Bennett's "The Devaluing of
America," which discusses the problems of education in America.
To get "the full dope on the 80s," Robert Bartley's "Seven Fat
Years" is the book to read. Of course, Rush warns that his
listeners should not read these books before they have read his
own tome, but this probably is already the case.

*BREAK*

Rush just received a fax from the office of President Reagan:

"After more than 80 years on this Earth, and several decades in
public life, I thought I'd heard everything, but this week's TV
Guide story ranks right up there with the worst of them. To put
an end to such nonsense, I'll spell it out for you once and for
all - I actively campaigned and energetically supported George
Bush in the November election and I proudly cast my vote for
him."

This fax is in reference to the story in that bastion of accurate
news reporting, TV Guide, that an anonymous Clinton staffer
claims to have proof that Reagan voted for Clinton. Rush
immediately called the accusation "nonsense," when he heard it,
and he is glad that Reagan's official statement has laid the
matter to rest.

Phone   Harriet from Brooklyn, NY

Harriet thinks that anyone who wins the Presidency - whether it
be George Bush or Bill Clinton - is simply a job applicant, and
thus there's no reason for inaugural parties. In particular, she
doesn't think that it's right to invite only a few people to the
party since this is unfair to the rest of the country. Plus, even
if everyone was invited, not everyone could afford to attend.

Rush notes that he will have to pay out of his own pocket if he
decides to attend the inauguration, and he holds Harriet over the
break.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Phone   Harriet from Brooklyn, NY (continued)

Rush wonders it upsets Harriet that not everybody can go to this
inauguration; he points out that should he accept the invitation,
he will still have to buy a ticket for $125. Harriet says that
money is only part of the issue; certainly if everyone were
invited, only certain people would be able to go and this would
be unfair. However, it's definitely even more unfair because only
certain people were invited in the first place. She also doesn't
know why inauguration ceremonies are needed in the first place.

Rush says that there's nothing wrong with Clinton celebrating his
victory because he did win; Harriet thinks that the election is
only Clinton's victory, and it will be another four years before
the country will decide if 1992 was a victory for the people.
Rush again says that he doesn't mind celebrating the victory,
plus he is against the idea that people having a good time is a
sin. Harriet agrees but only if "a good time was had by all."

Rush says that he gets fed up with people who get mad when others
have a good time; Harriet objects because only "certain people
have a good time." Rush admits this is true, but not everyone has
a good time and not everyone gets to go to every party; "I'm not
invited to any," he adds with a sigh. Harriet points out that
Rush has not been hired by the people as Clinton has been.

Rush is a bit confused by this, and Harriet adds "he's just a job
applicant - he was hired by us." Rush admits this is true in the
strictest civics sense, but Clinton did not invent the
inauguration. In fact, the fact that Clinton has broken with so
many traditions (e.g. kicking out the Culver Military Academy in
favor of a precision lawnchair team) means the inauguration may
end up the worse for wear.

Harriet thinks that if anything, the inauguation should be more
inclusive and encompass "all those" who want to participate. Rush
notes that Clinton is trying to convince people that he is being
more inclusive than past generations, which is why he's invited
all sorts of oddball and weirdo crackpot groups. However, it's
already been announced that many of the grandstands along the
Inaugural Parade's route will not be open to the public as they
have been in the past.

Harriet says that this is her whole point - she has nothing
against Clinton per se, but she is upset at the hypocrisy. "If
the Zeitgeist is that the times are for including more citizens
of the nation, then the President should lead the way. It's not
Clinton per se."

Rush disagrees with that last part because Clinton is the one
who's created this "Zeitgeist." He's the one who has put forth
the idea that his administration will be a time of change, but
Rush has been constantly saying that this is only more symbolism
that will not be backed up with any substance. However, he still
doesn't begrudge Clinton and his supporters having a good time.

Harriet says that this is simply not what she expected from
Clinton, and she thinks that if Clinton is going to be a force
for change, he should redefine the inauguration so that everyone
who wants to attend can do so. Rush still doesn't think that it's
a crime to have a good time, and he compares this to what is
happening with New Orleans - Mardi Gras is being destroyed by a
few city officials who are insisting that the private clubs which
have participated in the parades for decades start opening up
their membership to one and all.

Rush resents the idea that a bunch of spoilsports can ruin the
good times for everyone just because they themselves aren't
having a good time. Besides, Washington, DC doesn't have enough
space to accommodate everyone who might want to attend. Harriet
says that the attendance could be by lottery, or a bunch of
simultaneous electronic events could be staged across the
country.

Rush says that Clinton won, and he and his people have the right
to determine who attends their party. Harriet disagrees and Rush
says that it's obvious the two of them will never agree on this,
but he thanks her for taking the time to call.

Rush adds that because he is not the average, run-of-the-mill
host he is about to admit he's made "an egregious boo-boo." There
is indeed a book called "Sweet Liar" by Jude Deveraux, a romance
writer; this book has the same first four ISBN numbers as Rush's
book. Thus, there is no crackpot liberal at the Moore, OK
Walmart; EIB still has a problem, of course, since this other
book is being credited with Rush's sales.

Rush knows he was wrong about there not being a book called
"Sweet Liar," and he asks how this mistake could happen; he asks
"am I going to blame others? Yes!" Rush was assured by a member
of his staff that this book did not exist, yet the owners of a
Columbus, OH bookstore have faxed Rush the real facts. The
bitterness of this revelation was sweetened, though, by the
owners who noted that they can't keep Rush's book on the shelves
- it has a shelf life of at most two hours.

Rush is glad that he didn't accuse any particular individuals at
the Moore Walmart, and he points out that he has prominently
corrected his error. Of course, the controversy has not been
wholly eliminated and Rush wonders if EIB should start checking
on the number of copies of "Sweet Liar" that have been sold in
Moore, OK so that these sales can be credited to his account.

*BREAK*

Phone   Joe from Brian, OH

Joe noticed that on his TV show last night Rush played some
circus music as he illustrated the type of people who will be
attending the inaugural festivities (aka "Bill's Balls"). It
seemed as if Rush was implying that the inauguration would be a
three-ring circus, but Joe disagrees - "clowns are more
professional."

Rush thinks there is no question that the inauguration will be a
circus, given that a precision lawnchair marching team and the
Gay and Lesbian Alliance will be in the parade. Rush is glad,
though, that Joe got the point of the music.

Phone   Bruce from Redford, MI

Bruce asks Rush what he thinks of the new House rules, and Rush
thinks the rule change is outrageous - Eleanor Holmes Norton, the
House Representative from DC, pushed through the change to allow
the representatives from DC, Guam, American Samoa, etc. to vote
in the Committee of the Whole. Bruce finds it outrageous that a
representative of the American Samoa, with its 47,000 people who
don't pay taxes, have the same vote as the congressperson
representing the 800,000 people in Montana.

Rush says that this is yet another example of the arrogance that
exists in the Democratic leadership of the House. This clearly is
unconstitutional, yet Norton pushed the rule change through on a
legal technicality - she claimed that since these delegates can
vote in committees, they should be able to vote in the Committee
of the Whole, since it's just another committee.

The most interesting aspect of this, though, is that the
Republicans have raised quite a ruckus about this, and a lawsuit
may be filed next week. Because of Republican complaints, the
Democratic leadership has stated that the full House can override
any final vote in which the five delegates play a decisive role.
Thus, any time these delegates provide the margin of victory for
legislation, a second vote will be held in which the delegates
will be excluded.

"Thus, any time the delegates' votes count, they won't count,"
states Rush. Bruce finds this a bizarre case since if the
Republicans dared to try anything like this, it would be splashed
all over the newspapers and a special prosecutor would be
empowered to investigate them. The way Bruce found out by this,
though, was by tuning into CSPAN while three Republicans were
talking about this change during special orders.

Rush says that he has discussed this on his show, but the only
reason the Democrats came up with their compromise was because
the Republicans raised such hell about it. The reason the
Democrats were so eager to make the change is because all five
delegates are Democrats, and this change thus cuts in half the 10
seats that the Republicans gained last November. Now, though, the
delegates can vote, but if their votes count, they automatically
don't count. If this doesn't explain congressional arrogance and
gridlock, nothing will.

Rush warns, though, that people shouldn't forget this issue,
because this is something that the Democrats will try to slip
past the people at some future date.

*BREAK*

Rush explains that the idea of the Committee of the Whole is
based on the fact that the House has all sorts of committees and
subcommittees. The delegates from Samoa and such can vote in
committees, but bills are not passed in committees. A full House
vote is needed for legislation to be passed. The full House also
gets together to decide the business of the House, such as how
much money gets allocated for this or that operational expense.

Thus, whenever the House gets together for any purpose other than
final passage of legislation, it is called Committee of the
Whole. Eleanor Holmes Norton thus came up with her idea that the
Committee of the Whole is just another committee and thus these
five delegates can vote in it. Norton added that with this
change, these delegates now will have their votes count 99% of
the time except 1) when the House votes on final passage of the
bill and 2) when their counts really do count by making up the
margin of victory.

Rush knows this sounds screwy, and he promises to keep the
country informed on how this issue progresses through the 103rd
Congress.

Phone   Mark from Ketchikan, AK

Mark wants to talk about Perot and first notes that Perot
predicted that the deficit would end up higher than expected
because of the S&L bailout. Rush says that the last time he heard
about this it was back right before the election and the deficit
came out lower than expected because the S&L bailout was not as
bad as was originally feared.

Rush hasn't heard of any new S&L figures, but he notes that Perot
said a lot of things during the debate that simply weren't true,
such as how the future of the US aircraft industry hinged on the
US Air merger with British Airlines.

Going back to the deficit, USA Today has a story about how Bush's
change of withholding last spring will result in smaller tax
refunds in April. According to the paper, this will be bad news
for the economy because without their large tax refunds, people
won't be able to buy the big ticket items they usually do at this
time. Rush marvels at how the media can't get away from reporting
anything that has to do with the economy in a negative light.

Returning to Perot, Rush asks Mark if he is a Perotista, and Mark
says he is, and he still hopes that Perot will run again in 1996.
"He's the only one who makes sense," Mark states. He thinks the
ever-increasing deficit and national debt cannot be solved by the
typical Washington politicians, and thus Perot is the only one
who can attack this problem.

Rush notes that Perot <<"When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again"
plays>> is back in the news; the Dallas Morning News reported
last week that the FBI is looking into charges that Perot's
Presidential campaign used stolen computer codes to invade credit
agency computers and check on the credit worthiness of campaign
workers. It was already known that Perot had checked the credit
history of his campaign workers, but this is the first time that
it's been suggested that Perot violated the law to do so.

The FBI refused to confirm the news story, but officials at
Equifax, a credit reporting agency, stated that a former Perot
staffer has testified he saw workers use stolen access codes to
break into Equifax computers to get the credit information on 17
campaign workers. Perot has been unable for comment.

Rush asks Mark if this news, if true, would bother him, and he
replies "I think it's a big distraction. Everyone is running
around with video cameras, let's see some of this on video." Rush
is aghast at this and says that this attitude is what bothers him
about the Perotistas. Is Perot going to be so paranoid that he's
going to videotape his own employees breaking the law?

Rush says that Mark and so many other Perotistas "are so consumed
with love for this guy, he can't do anything wrong." Mark
disagrees, saying "no, I'm not a homosexual." <<I swear, I'm not
making this up. Honest>> Mark continues on to say "I do care
about this country and the fact that the national debt and budget
deficit are increasing by tremendous amounts."

Mark wants to bring up another subject and asks "now don't read
anything into what I'm saying here." Rush, still marveling at
Mark's prior comments, replies "I don't think I could." Mark
thinks the deficit is increasing at an enormous rate, and neither
the Democrats or Republicans are going to touch it. Thus, if
nothing gets done, the debt will be so high that people will be
spending taxes just to pay the interest on the debt, and "this
country's going to be history behind Japan, behind China."

Rush points out that Japan is falling apart right now, while the
European Community is having trouble "finding first base." In
fact, the US is still the world leader, in spite of Perot's false
claims that the 80% of the computer chips used in this country
are made in Japan. Mark thinks Rush should call Perot up and give
him this updated information.

Rush knows that people can be fooled by mistaken research, and
thus he's not too concerned about that one issue. What does
bother him, though, is that Perot has been wrong about this and
other things, yet when this stuff is shown to Perot's supporters,
they ignore it. The attachment people have for Perot is not
normal and is blinding them; as far as many Perotistas are
concerned, Perot can't do anything wrong, and this is not normal
or healthy.

*BREAK*

Phone   Julie from Chicago, IL

Julie loves Rush's book, which she says "is definitely for people
who think rather than feel." Rush notes that the EIB offices are
being flooded with other stories about people buying his book and
walking out with receipts that say they bought something else. A
man bought two copies of Rush's book in a Walmart in
Elizabethtown, KY and his receipt said he bought "Fugitive for
Books." Rush finds this suspicious and promises an EIB
investigation - "we'll have to put our lawyers and spies on this
immediately."

Julie says that she has a copy of this week's Electronic Media, a
trade magazine for those working in the TV industry. This issue
has a great story about Rush and his TV show, and she would like
to read a few paragraphs from it. Rush is torn by the ethics of
this decision - Electronic Media is a trade magazine that's not
available to the general public, plus he doesn't want to be
accused of bragging.

Julie begs "oh, let me do that for you." Rush reluctantly agrees
and first comments that this issue reports that in their picks
for best syndication decisions in 1992, station managers across
the country tied in picking Rush Limbaugh and Roseanne Barr. Rush
wasn't going to mention this, but since Julie brought it up, Rush
lets her read from the article on him.

Julie reads the article which explains that of the many "freshman
syndicated series" of 1992, "Rush Limbaugh emerged as one of the
big winners." Rush has an 18 share, plus his show "increased the
lead-in programming score by 3 share points, and increased the
time period share average by 7 points in November '92."

Rush thanks Julie for being nice enough to bring this up, and he
points that the mainstream press simply refuses to cover this
aspect of his success. The major media instead seems fixated on
doing stories about how stupid the American public is because
they're not watching Whoopi Goldberg's show.

Julie has a bit of news about Carol Moseley Braun, and Rush
immediately plays "Moving On Up." When she finishes laughing,
Julie comments that Braun's son also goes to a private school.
Julie suggests that Rush find out whether the son got a
scholarship, and whether it was because he was "poor or
brilliant." Rush thanks Julie for this interesting news.

*BREAK*

Rush has gotten some more information about the deficit - the
Bush administration has revised their deficit projections upwards
by $18 billion, and the Clinton administration is having a cow.
One Clinton spokesman said "this sounds the final warning bell -
this endless pattern of rising deficits must stop."

In other words, this means that everybody can look forward to
"difficult choices" because the economy is worse off than
expected. Thus, Clinton will be able to take office exactly as he
wants to - with doom-and-gloom misery ahead, and only himself as
the solution. "I feel good, though," Rush adds.

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