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Summary: Unofficial Summary for Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1993
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Wednesday, January 20, 1993

by John Switzer

NOTE: This is being posted to both alt.fan.rush-limbaugh and
alt.rush-limbaugh and thus you may see it twice if your sysadm
aliases the two newsgroups together. Since most sites don't
support both groups, this double-posting appears to be
unavoidable, however, if anyone has any ideas on how to avoid it,
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 20, 1993

LIMBAUGH WATCH

January 20, 1993 - It's now day 1 of "America Held Hostage" and
79 days after Bill Clinton's election, but Rush is still on the
air with 546 radio affiliates (with over 14 million listeners
weekly) and 206 TV affiliates (with a 3.6 rating). His book has
been on the NY Times hardback non-fiction best-seller list for 18
consecutive weeks and is currently number one on the list.

MORNING UPDATE

This is it - Inauguration Day, day 1 of "America Held Hostage"
and Rush pledges that he and his shows will "be here every day
during this crisis to keep you abreast of the latest
developments." The first thing he wants to suggest, though, is
that the country release Bill Clinton from his oath of office
since he has already repeatedly demonstrated that when he
promises and swears to things, it doesn't really count.

Thus, the oath of office should become the "Slick Willie Oath,"
consisting only of a series of goals and objectives. Clinton will
"try" to uphold the Constitution of the United States, but the
country shouldn't hold it against him if he doesn't. After all,
he's going to find more deep-rooted trouble in this country,
thanks to the twelve years of Reagan/Bush.

Clinton has flip-flopped on Haiti, the middle-class tax cut,
deficit reduction, White House staff reductions, and in general
on an administration of "overall change." It now appears that the
nation will get just more of the same, and people should expect
more of the same. Rush therefore begs his listeners to release
Clinton from the "Slick Willie Oath," because we know that he's
going to at least try to hold to it.

FIRST HOUR

<<The first twelve minutes of the show are missing because both
of the EIB affiliates in my area spinelessly decided to carry
Clinton's Inauguration speech instead. In order to preserve the
continuity of the summary, I therefore include the text of
Clinton's speech, which begins now>>

My fellow citizens, today we celebrate the mystery of American
renewal. This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But by the
words we speak and the faces we show the world we force the
spring.

A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings
forth the vision and courage to reinvent America. When our
founders boldly declared America's independence to the world and
our purposes to the Almighty, they knew America, to endure, would
have to change.

Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's
ideals - life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march
to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. Each
generation must define what it means to be an American.

On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor for his half-
century of service to America. And I thank the millions of men
and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over
Depression, fascism, and Communism.

Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the Cold War assumes
new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom
but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues.

Raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy still the
world's strongest, but weakened by business failures, stagnant
wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our own
people.

When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to
uphold, news traveled slowly across the land on horseback and
across the ocean by boat. Now, the sights and sounds of this
ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the
world.

Communications and commerce are global, investment is mobile,
technology is almost magical, and ambition for a better life is
now universal. We earn our livelihood in America today in
peaceful competition with people all across the earth.

Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world,
and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change
our friend and not our enemy.

This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of
Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most
people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at
all, when the cost of health care devastates families and
threatens to bankrupt our enterprises, great and small, when fear
of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom, and when
millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are
calling them to lead - we have not made change our friend.

We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps. But we
have not done so. Instead, we have drifted, and that drifting has
eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our
confidence.

Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths.
Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people.
And we must bring to our task today the vision and will of those
who came before us.

From our revolution to the Civil War, to the Great Depression to
the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the
determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our
history.

Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations
of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time.
Well my fellow Americans, this is our time. Let us embrace it.

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the
engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America
that cannot be cured by what is right with America. And so today,
we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift - and a new
season of American renewal has begun.

To renew America, we must be bold. We must do what no generation
has had to do before. We must invest more in our own people and
in our own future, and at the same time cut our massive debt. And
we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every
opportunity.

It will not be easy; it will require sacrifice. But it can be
done, and done fairly, not choosing sacrifice for its own sake,
but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a
family provides for its children. Our Founders saw themselves in
the light of posterity. We can do no less.

Anyone who has ever watched a child's eyes wander into sleep
knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come - the
world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our
planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility.

We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all
and demand more responsibility from all. It is time to break the
bad habit of expecting something for nothing, from our government
or from each other. Let us take more responsibility, not only for
ourselves and our families but for our communities and our
country.

To renew America, we must revitalize our democracy. This
beautiful capital, like every capital since the dawn of
civilization, is a place of intrigue and calculation. Powerful
people maneuver for position and worry endlessly about who is in
and who is out, who is up and who is down, forgetting those
people whose toil and sweat sends us here and pays our way.

Americans deserve better. And in this city today, there are
people who want to do better. So I say to you, let us resolve to
reform our politics, so that power and privilege no longer shout
down the voice of the people. Let us put aside personal advantage
so that we can feel the pain and see the promise of America.

Let us resolve to make our government a place for what Franklin
Roosevelt called "bold, persistent experimentation," a government
for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays.

Let us give this capital back to the people to whom it belongs.
To renew America, we must meet challenges abroad as well as at
home. There is no longer a clear division today between what is
foreign and what is domestic - the world economy, the world
environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race - they
affect us all.

Today, as an old order passes, the new world is more free but
less stable. Communism's collapse has called forth old
animosities and new dangers. Clearly America must continue to
lead the world we did so much to make.

While America rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the
challenges, nor fail to seize the opportunities, of this new
world. Together with our friends and allies, we will work to
shape change, lest it engulf us.

When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and
conscience of the international community defied, we will act -
with peaceful diplomacy when possible, with force when necessary.
The brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf,
in Somalia, and wherever else they stand are testament to our
resolve.

But our greatest strength is the power of our ideas, which are
still new in many lands. Across the world, we see them embraced -
and we rejoice. Our hopes, our hearts, our hands, are with those
on every continent who are building democracy and freedom. Their
cause is America's cause.

The American people have summoned the change we celebrate today.
You have raised your voices in an unmistakable chorus. You have
cast your votes in historic numbers. And you have changed the
face of the Congress, the presidency, and the political process
itself.

Yes, you my fellow Americans have forced the spring. Now, we must
do the work the season demands. To that work I now turn, with all
the authority of my office. I ask the Congress to join with me.
But no President, no Congress, no government, can undertake this
mission alone.

My fellow Americans, you, too, must play your part in our
renewal. I challenge a new generation of young Americans to a
season of service - to act on your idealism by helping troubled
children, keeping company with those in need, reconnecting our
torn communities. There is much to be done - enough indeed for
millions of others who are still young in spirit to give of
themselves in service, too.

In serving, we recognize a simple but powerful truth: We need
each other. And we must care for one another. Today, we do more
than celebrate America; we rededicate ourselves to the very idea
of America:

o       An idea born in revolution and renewed through two
centuries of challenge;

o       An idea tempered by the knowledge that, but for fate, we
- the fortunate and the unfortunate - might have been each other;

o       An idea ennobled by the faith that our nation can summon
from its myriad diversity the deepest measure of unity;

o       An idea infused with the conviction that America's long
heroic journey must go forever upward.

And so my fellow Americans, as we stand at the edge of the 21st
Century, let us begin anew with energy and hope, with faith and
discipline, and let us work until our work is done. The scripture
says, "And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season,
we shall reap, if we faint not."

From this joyful mountain top of celebration, we hear a call to
service in the valley. We have heard the trumpets <<not saxes?>>.
We have changed the guard. And now, each in our own way, and with
God's help, we must answer the call.

Thank you and God bless you all.

<<speech ends - we now resume with the Rush Limbaugh show already
in progress>>

Items

o       <<Rush is evidently talking about the confirmation
hearings for Zoe Baird>> Rush adds that in addition to the
hypocrisy of those who are willing to ignore what Baird admits to
doing that there are both economic and political points which
haven't been mentioned much.

For example, Senator Biden is treating Baird as if she were
Clarence Thomas, and Senator Orrin Hatch is treating her as if
she were Anita Hill. Biden yesterday was really hard on Baird,
which is confusing a lot of people.

Biden has been inundated with a lot of angry mail about this, but
Rush thinks the reason that a Democrat is attacking Baird so
strongly is because she agrees with Dan Quayle on the need for
tort reform. Rush promises to discuss this in more detail later
in today's show.

o       WABC's program director John Minelli has asked Rush if he
would like to play their "Mystery History" contest; if you can
identify a 16-second sound bite from a famous person, you win
$1000. WABC has a particularly hard quote today and New Yorkers
are having trouble figuring it out; so Minelli asked Rush if he
would like to give away $1,000.

Rush jumped at the chance because he would love to be able to
give away some money on the first day of the new Democratic
administration. "I want to give money away before Bill Clinton
gets a chance to!" Rush shouts. He will therefore play this game
during the second half of the hour.

Rush stresses, however, that listeners who are listening to the
show via tape delay should not call in because the game will have
been long over by then.

o       Rush notes that he does plan to comment on Clinton's
Inaugural speech, but as of right now he hasn't heard it yet,
mainly because he's been doing his own inaugural speech on the
first day of America Held Hostage.

Rush has to admit that the CBS special on the Inauguration was
incredibly syrupy; Edward James Olmos traced his heritage from
Africa to Asia to the Aztecs and Mayans to present-day. Rush
doesn't know what ethnic group Olmos really belongs to since he
seems to have about a thousand mothers and fathers. It is curious
that this seems to be the most important thing that Olmos thinks
he can say about himself.

o       The EIB staff asks what color Michael Jackson is now, and
Rush hazards a wild guess - Nestle Quik?

*BREAK*

Rush notes that Maya Angelou ended her poem with a bit of
plagiarism - she closed it with the words "Good Morning." Rush
recalls that it was Ronald Reagan who used the phrase "good
morning" in his 1984 election campaign, and he was repeatedly
accused of being out of touch and insensitive to the pain of
Americans.

Rush, though, is most bothered by the tone of Clinton's speech -
it seems that he and his cronies in Congress are just itching to
implement their liberal policies, especially since they have no
limits or enemies anymore. A new movie shows what can happen, and
Rush plays a trailer for it:

<<Announcer, over dramatic but somewhat cartoony music>> First,
there were Gremlins . . .

<<Gremlin-type sounds>>

<<Announcer>> Then . . . Goonies, and now someone new is coming
to town. Washingtonian Pictures present . . . <<screams and
giggles>> . . . "Lefties." They appear cute and unassuming, but
feed their power-hungry appetites and they transform into little
monsters. A university chancellor becomes the Health and Human
Services Secretary!

<<Lefty, with a high-pitched voice halfway between Tiny Tim and
Alvin the Chipmunk>> Feed me! It's the way to be! Hee, hee, hee!

<<Announcer>> A corporate attorney becomes a maniacal Commerce
Secretary!

<<Lefty>> Conflict of interest? What conflict of interest? Bwah-ha-ha!

<<Announcer>> A former Carter administration official becomes . . .
Attorney General!

<<Lefty>> Really? I didn't know they were illegal aliens! Ha, ha,
ha!

<<Announcer>> And a wife and mother becomes First Lady!

<<Lefty>> I'll have a say in everything!

<<Announcer>> "Lefties" will scare you to death as they ravage,
terrorize, and devour everything in sight.

<<Lefties, en masse>> We need more tax money!

<<Announcer>> And they're all led by the biggest lefty of all . . .

<<Numero Uno Lefty>> Invest in America!

<<Announcer>> And his little toad, Algore!

<<Second banana Lefty>> Let's go to the Senate! Hee, hee, hee.

<<Announcer>> Lefties! No matter how much they beg, no matter how
much they whine, never, ever feed their power-hungry appetites.
Coming soon from Washingtonian Pictures!

Phone   Shirley from Seattle, WA

Shirley heard Clinton's speech and is worried more than ever. Her
18-year-old son is also bothered by having Clinton as President.
He had planned to join the army, to follow in the footsteps of
his Green Beret uncle who served in Desert Storm. Her son loves
the kind of work his uncle does, but now that Clinton is
President, he is worried about the changes Clinton is going to
make in the army.

In particular, he is bothered by how if he goes to war he may end
up getting a blood-to-blood transfusion that could kill him via
AIDS. Thus, he is no longer certain he wants to go into the army.
Rush holds Shirley over the break.

*BREAK*

Rush promises a lot of news about the continuing orgies of
celebrations that are going on this week in Washington, and in
particular he will have an Animal Rights update to relate what
happened at the Animals Ball.

An example of the foolishness going on is what Christopher Reeves
said last night when a reporter pointed out his resemblance to Al
Gore and then asked if Reeves would ever play Gore in a movie
about Clinton. Reeves replied "I would be honored to do that - my
exploits as Superman will pale compared to what Gore will
achieve." Rush issues a few sobs of disbelief and comments that
these people really believe this.

Phone   Shirley from Seattle, WA (continued)

Rush says he understands the concern Shirley and her son have
about the future of the military. Rush points out how the
military shows that Clinton is not his own man and that many
people have a hand in forming his opinions. First he told the NY
Times that he could live with Hussein, and when this created an
uproar he denied saying it. Then he came up with a fabricated
explanation that was disproved by the transcripts of his
interview. Only then did he finally say what everyone else had
already been saying was the right thing to do, and he had to send
Al Gore out on the Sunday news programs to make sure people
believed him.

If Clinton recognized his mistake and corrected it, then he
should be applauded for having the courage to do so. However, if
what this shows instead is that Clinton can be talked out of his
opinions and beliefs, then it does not bode well for the future.
Rush hopes that Clinton does have a great Presidency because he
doesn't want to see the country end up in such bad condition that
it needs a miracle worker to fix it.

However, this is what Clinton and Gore think now - they think
they are the miracle workers and that the country needs their
close attention. This will be especially bothersome if Clinton
does not have any closely-held convictions, which is what his
flip-flop on the Haitians seems to indicate.

As to Clinton and the military, Clinton knows that he is lacking
in military experience and that he has several million critics
who do not trust him because of this and because he actively
opposed the US military during the Vietnam War. Clinton may
therefore try to get back into these people's good graces by
being "quick on the draw."

Some people think that Clinton may be unwilling to use the
military, but he instead might be quick to use the military,
responding to the slightest provocation. However, Rush thinks
that the military, its institutions and people can survive even
Clinton, and thus if Shirley's son wants to join the army and
serve his country, then Rush certainly won't discourage him from
doing so. The military does do a lot for its people, and Rush is
confident that they can survive whatever changes Clinton may
bring.

Rush thanks Shirley for her call, and states that it's time for
the "Mystery History" contest. He explains that his show doesn't
do contests because EIB doesn't need them - Rush's brilliance and
talent are all that are needed to attract and keep listeners.
However, in some places, especially New York, people are used to
getting large amounts of money for doing nothing and so WABC must
run contests such as this.

The contest plays a short sound-bite of a famous person, and then
if you are caller number so-and-so and can identify who this
person is, you win $1,000. Rush is excited by the idea of giving
away money, and so the phone number to call is 212-955-WABC (or
212-955-9222 for those living in Rio Linda). Rush will take the
35th caller, and phone calls will be counted immediately after
the Mystery History sound-bite is played, which is now:

"There's only one human being in the world who knows to an
absolute, moral certainty the truth of my innocence or guilt. I
know that legally and morally I am totally innocent of each of
the charges that have been brought here."

Rush notes that if people are listening to this show via tape
delay, then they should not call in for the contest. In other
words, if it is not now 12:42 p.m. EST, 11:42 a.m. CST, 10:42
a.m. MST, or 9:42 a.m. PST when you are hearing <<or reading>>
this, don't call. Rush will talk to the 35th caller after the
break.

*BREAK*

Rush comments that George and Barbara Bush have just left the
Capitol Grounds, and Gore, Clinton, Foley, and Mitchell are all
waving goodbye. Rush just knows that these guys are thinking "go
on, get out of here! It's finally time we got rid of you!" They
would never admit to feeling this way, but Rush is certain that
it's true.

Phone   Armand Cardillo from Yonkers, NY

Armand is EIB's "History Newsmaker" contestant, and he is certain
he knows the identity of the mystery newsmaker. Rush replays the
sound-bite and then starts the tick-tock countdown clock. Armand
has seven seconds to state his guess and he shouts "Jimmy Hoffa."

The Music of Ridicule plays, signifying that Armand is a loser.
Rush is profoundly disappointed that a member of his audience
would think this newsmaker was Hoffa, but says that Armand gave
it a nice try. Rush will decide later if he will play another
round of the game next hour, but he requests that callers not
state their own ad-hoc guesses during the show.

Phone   Tom from Sacramento, CA

Tom's wife has been in this country for only five years, and
although she's now a citizen she's still wondering why everyone
is making such a big deal about the Inauguration. Rush says that
he has no quarrels with the festivities going on since a new
President should be celebrated. However, there are some
interesting and funny things going on.

For example, everything during last night's celebrations brought
tears to Clinton's eyes, and Rush just has to believe that
Clinton was faking it. If Clinton wasn't forcing those tears,
then the country is in big trouble because there wasn't that much
happening on the stage which was really moving. Plus, everyone
acted as if Clinton's Presidency has freed them from an era of
slavery and totalitarianism.

Rush asks his staff if they agree that some of Clinton's tears
had to be engineered, but they refuse to go on the record,
preferring to let Rush speak their thoughts for them. Rush is not
surprised by this gutless reaction by his staff, and he thanks
Tom for calling.

Rush states that he and his show will give Clinton a chance, but
this doesn't mean giving him carte-blanche. Rush is often
criticized for not getting behind Clinton and supporting him, but
the point has to be made that Rush can't support a lot of what
Clinton plans to do. Rush will respect and honor the office of
the Presidency, but that doesn't mean he'll accept everything
Clinton comes up with.

Besides, just because criticism is now being lobbed in from the
right doesn't mean that criticism is now immoral. It has been the
left who for the past 12 years have insisted that criticism and
public dissent were the hallmarks of this country's founding days
and are now an essential part of the democratic process. Now that
the liberals are in power, though, they act as if any criticism
whatsoever is traitorous, divisive, and hateful.

Rush points out that liberals shouldn't be bothered by this
criticism in any case, because "what can we do? He's the
President." However, liberals should get used to criticism
because there will be, during the next four years, a lot of it.
"Get used to it," Rush advises.

*BREAK*

Items

o       On the Today show this morning Andrea Mitchell reported
that Hillary Clinton will run the White House's domestic policy.
Also, Dick Cheney will stay on as Defense Secretary until Les
Aspin is confirmed. Rush suspects that the reason Aspin hasn't
been confirmed yet is because he's still answering the question
about gays in the military.

o       Rush notes that all of a sudden Saddam Hussein has backed
off and stopped being provocative, and he wonders if this is
coincidental. Is it possible that the Democrats worked a secret
deal with Hussein so as to show that all it takes is a Democrat
in the White House for there to be peace in the world?

Rush has no proof or evidence for this theory, but this means
that it must be investigated all the more by Congress. After all,
Tom Foley said that because there was no evidence for an October
Surprise, Congress had to investigate it fully. Therefore, this
same logic should be used for the "January Surprise," especially
since "just like that" Hussein seems to be behaving himself.

Rush demands that a special prosecutor be immediately appointed
to investigate whether any of Clinton's campaign staff were in
the Middle East before the election, and whether any secret deals
have been cut.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o       Rush comments that he looks upon his listeners not as
fans, but as members of his family; he considers them to be his
"children," and he is their "dad." The EIB staff asks if this
means they get an allowance, but Rush disallows that idea
immediately.

Getting back to his subject, Rush always likes to thank his
listeners for making him the success he is today, and he
especially is grateful to Sacramento, where his broadcasting
career first took off; Rush has a sentimental affinity for this
city, which he considers his adopted hometown.

He recalls how when he first moved to Sacramento, his radio
station KFBK had a 5 ratings share in his three-hour time slot.
Now, however, Rush's three hours have a 25 ratings share. This
means one of out every four people in Sacramento are listening to
him, and this is a humbling thing. Rush thus thanks his listeners
in Sacramento, and even in Rio Linda, for their devotion and
support.

o       On the Today show this morning Andrea Mitchell stated
that she talked to a cabinet secretary this week about domestic
policy. She asked about Carol Poskow who is going to be Domestic
Policy Secretary; the cabinet official replied, "The reason she
was chosen, Andrea, is because she will report to Hillary,
because Hillary will be running domestic policy."

Mitchell commented that the cabinet secretary said this in a very
matter-of-fact tone, as if it were a given. Rush points out that
Hillary's office will be in the West Wing, which is a break from
the tradition of having the First Lady's offices in the East
Wing. What this really means as far as policy-making, though,
remains to be seen.

Phone   Jean from Middleton, NJ

Jean appreciates Rush's sense of humor, and comments that in
spite of Hillary Clinton she is a woman who is very happy that
she has given up her profession so as to stay at home with her
children. Rush remarks that his first reaction upon hearing this
was to frown, and then he caught himself. He finds it interesting
that so many women think it is necessary to assert the fact that
they are happy stay-at-home moms. Rush suspects that this is
because many women think professional women such as Hillary look
down upon them because they want to raise their children
themselves.

Jean agrees - her older sister does this and often says that she
can't understand why Jean decided to throw her career away. Jean,
though, wants to make the point that Hillary doesn't represent
what American women are all about. Plus, not all women are
working because they love their careers, but because they have
to.

Rush appreciates Jean's comments on this, especially since it
shows how feminists have downgraded and browbeat those women who
aren't following their prescriptions for the liberated woman.
Jean agrees and notes that feminists, for all of their talk about
Year of the Woman, seem interested only in liberal women. They
ignore women like Christine Todd Whitman who may be running
against New Jersey's Governor Florio next election.

Rush agrees that Year of the Woman really means Year of the
Liberal Woman. Jean adds that Barbra Streisand is a hypocrite -
she told the nation that if Bush were re-elected, she would leave
the country. Then when Clinton gets into office, she stands up on
a stage and sings "God Bless America."

Rush points out that Barbra Streisand has suffered a "great deal
of pain." After all, it was only last month that she signed a $60
million deal with her production company. It must have been hell
for her to sign this agreement when there is still no cure for
AIDS, when Colorado voted for Amendment 2, and when George Bush
was still President.

Getting $60 million must have been very traumatic for Streisand,
and Rush is certain that she was very tempted to give it back,
especially with homelessness running rampant in the country.
Turning serious, Rush adds, "She's such a phony-baloney,
plastic-banana, good-time rock-and-rolling hypocrite."

*BREAK*

Rush has decided that he'll play the Mystery History Newsmaker
game again, and Bo Snerdley sighs because that means that he'll
have to answer 35 calls just to get a contestant. Rush
understands Bo's pain and thus decides to make the number of
calls his new age - 42. "That's only 7 more," Rush points out to
his unhappy call screener.

Rush will now comment on President Clinton's Inauguration Speech
a bit, and he remarks that he actually said "President Clinton"
without stumbling or gagging. Rush points out that he still
hasn't heard anything but the first couple of minutes of the
speech, and so he'll be analyzing it on the fly. The speech
begins:

"My fellow citizens," - Rush screams, "Hold it! Stop the tape!
What ever happened to Americans?" Rush asks if Clinton is talking
to the Zoe Baird household staff, as well.

"today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal." - Rush
points out that the mystery is how Clinton made it into the White
House. "Renewal" is a phrase straight from Jesse Jackson; America
should certainly modernize, but the country doesn't need to be
"renewed," and Rush doesn't like the continuing attitude that
America was, up until Clinton's election, on a treadmill leading
nowhere.

"This ceremony is held in the depth of winter." - Rush says that
he has heard Jesse Jackson talk about "death of winter" during
the campaign while it was a beautifully clear day.

"But by the words we speak and the faces we show the world" -
Rush points out that his show has shown Clinton's face too many
times already.

"we force the spring." - "It's going to happen no matter what we
do," Rush shouts, pointing out that spring is going to show up no
matter what man does, just as the economy is already on its
rebound. This is more symbolism over substance.

"A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings
forth the vision and courage to reinvent America" - Rush is
aghast that Clinton thinks America needs to be reinvented. This
would mean tearing up the Constitution. Yet more symbolism over
substance, and Rush really wonders if people really want to do
what Clinton is talking about.

"When our founders boldly declared America's independence to the
world and our purposes to the Almighty," - Rush is amazed that
Clinton invoked the Almighty in his speech. Isn't Clinton part of
the group that doesn't want any mention of God whatsoever in
America's schools? Clinton, though, is admitting that America's
founding fathers had God in their minds when they put together
this country, a country that Clinton now wants to reinvent.

Rush promises to get hold of his hystericalism and continue his
analysis of Clinton's speech after the break.

*BREAK*

Rush returns to his analysis of Clinton's speech, and he comments
that he is thinking of including this line-by-line analysis in an
upcoming edition of the Limbaugh Letter.

"they knew America, to endure, would have to change." - Rush asks
"change from what, and when was it going to change? America was
the change, I might remind you." He points out that the
Constitution is a remarkable document, but why is Clinton now
talking about original intent? Democrats hate this approach
because it interferes with their rhetoric about how the
Constitution means anything they want it to mean.

"Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's
ideals -" - So America's ideals are being lost? Is the intent of
this change therefore to preserve what America is? Aren't the
Democrats right now in the process of destroying what America's
traditions are? Rush also suspects that the people voting for
Clinton did vote for change for change's sake, in spite of what
Clinton is now saying.

"life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the
music of our time, our mission is timeless." - Rush points out
that the music of our time is "Don't Stop Thinking About
Tomorrow," the Jack Kevorkian Death March, Cop Killer, etc.

"Each generation must define what it means to be an American." -
"Whoa! Hold it," Rush shouts. So what it means to be an American
is so flexible and changeable that it can be redefined according
to whatever people think? Clinton is obviously referring to the
anti-war demonstrations, and is trying to redefine what it means
to be a patriotic American.

Rush will return to the speech, but now it's time to again play
the Mystery History Newsmaker game. Rush replays the sound bite
and instructs Bo to take the 42nd caller. Rush will talk to the
lucky contestant after the break and again points out that if it
is not now 1:45 p.m. EST, don't call.

*BREAK*

Phone   Beverly Soles from Los Cruces, NM

Rush comments that New Yorkers will really flip if someone from
New Mexico wins their money. Beverly is confident that she knows
who the mystery newsmaker is, and so Rush plays the sound bite
and gives her a big seven seconds in which to make her guess.

Beverly guesses John Ehrlichman, but the Music of Ridicule shows
she has lost. Rush, though, comments "we're getting white hot,
though." He might play the game next hour, but this all depends
on whether Clinton's speech drives him nuts. He thanks Beverly
for playing and moves onto other phone calls.

Phone   John from Kent, WA

John voted for Bush and he is wondering why Clinton is talking to
Ingrid Newkirk when her group, PETA, is under indictment in three
states for violating the RICO Act with racketeering. If this is
the kind of advisors Clinton wants, why doesn't he get advice
from Charles Manson?

Rush understands John's frustration - it's a crime that Clinton
is legitimizing PETA and its cause, but Rush suspects that
Clinton is once again by motivated by symbolism - he wants to
show all leftist groups that he is open to their concerns.

However, Clinton hasn't shown any signs that he'll follow PETA's
irrelevant, socialist, New Age agenda. PETA claims to be
interested in animal welfare, but their real goal is a more
socialist America. Supposedly, PETA is just a group that wants to
protect America's pets, but this is not the case. PETA is trading
on the natural compassionate traits of Americans, which is why
they get so much money from people. The leaders of the movement,
though, are interested in far more than just being nice to
animals.

Rush comments that at the Animal Ball last night Chrissie Hinds
of the Pretenders remarked on how Aretha Franklin wore furs to
Sunday's celebrations. Hinds said "I was very disappointed in
her." Supposedly, Hinds and all her Hollywood left friends were
celebrating a new America and change, yet what she ends up doing
is being judgmental and intolerant of Aretha Franklin. And
besides, wasn't last night supposed to be all about honoring Bill
Clinton?

Hinds and her friends are also the ones who get mad when they are
accused of political correctness. Rush comments that he has to
hand it to Franklin, who after being attacked for wearing furs on
Sunday showed up last night wearing another fur. "Congratulations
Aretha," Rush states. "At least you weren't kowtowed by this
bunch."

Kim Basinger also said that when she sees someone wearing a fur
she confronts them by saying "shame on you" and pretending that
she is shooting them with a gun.

*BREAK*

The New York state budget was revealed yesterday by Governor
Mario Cuomo, who has decided to impose a $17 fee on each newborn
baby. Cuomo justifies this by saying it will raise $5.1 million
for mandatory tests for sickle cell anemia, AIDS, and diseases
linked to mental retardation.

Rush comments that Cuomo has just provided a financial incentive
not to give birth. Granted $17 is not much, but "$17 counts in
New York." Cigarette taxes will also be hiked by 21 cents a pack.
Greens fees for golfers will be raised from $2 to $12, new tires
will have a new tax of $5, and autos will have a $3 per car
emissions fee. Supposedly, the emissions fees will go for
pollution programs, but Rush is highly doubtful.

In a real "shocker," a $1 billion cut in business and income
taxes has been cancelled. Furthermore, many existing loopholes
used by businesses will be eliminated. Rush is not surprised by
the lack of appearance of the promised tax cut; the only thing he
is surprised about is that it took Cuomo this long to admit it
was going to be "delayed" yet again. These tax cuts have been
promised for the past three years, but each year Cuomo comes up
with some excuse for not implementing them.

Rush points out that if business taxes were cut, New York state
would become incredibly attractive for businesses. Similarly, if
income taxes were cut, the middle class would start moving back.
Rush is often asked if he's going to buy property in New York and
he always answers that he's not going to do this until he sees
the middle class return to the state. This doesn't look like it
will happen soon.

Cuomo will also cut 4700 state jobs, including 2600 layoffs at
the state's largely under-used mental health facilities." Rush
bets that all of this will be blamed on Reagan and Bush.

THIRD HOUR

Rush returns to the subject of Zoe Baird, and comments that on
his TV show tonight he hopes to show some clips of Carol
Moseley-Braun interviewing her. He points out that the US has
laws against hiring illegal aliens not because the country is
prejudiced against poor people and people of color but because
this type of hiring does nothing to help people in their own
countries.

The US needs its foreign trade partners to have prosperous
economies, and the problem with illegal aliens is because they'll
work for next to nothing. The real reason Baird is in trouble is
because she wanted to pay low wages for her domestic help.

Baird claims that no Americans applied for the jobs she
advertised, but Rush suspects that the reality is that Baird
simply wasn't willing to pay the prevailing market wage for these
jobs. Illegal aliens, though, are willing to work for far less
and this hurts the wage-earning capability of Americans.

This is why NAFTA is so important - of course it will export some
jobs to Mexico, but these jobs pay so little that Americans won't
take them. Baird, however, was unwilling to pay the proper wage
to her workers, in spite of the fact that she and her husband
earn $660,000 a year.

Rush adds that the hypocrisy of the feminazis about this is
deafening. Had a man done these things, he would not have been in
the running for the job of Attorney General for five minutes; the
feminist groups would have made such a row over the appointment
that Clinton would have withdrawn the name.

Now, though, the feminists are silent because they think it's far
more important to have a female Attorney General than a good
Attorney General. This shows why Clinton's cabinet will not have
the best people - he is guided by surface concerns and not by
wanting to have the best people available.

Rush readily admits he is terrified about having 31-year-olds as
spokespeople and advisors to the President; Clinton's
administration appears as if it will have a lot of on-the-job
training going on for some time. It is not, though, the ages of
Clinton's people that bother him as much as it does the lack of
substance in the appointments. However, the country can't do
anything about this for the next four years.

Rush returns to Clinton's speech and picks up his analysis where
he left off last hour.

"On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor for his half-
century of service to America." - Rush wonders if this means that
Clinton is making a dig at how old Bush is. However, "it was a
class thing to do - no denying that." He adds that there was some
pretty decent applause at that line.

"And I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness
and sacrifice triumphed over Depression, fascism, and Communism.
Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the Cold War assumes
new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom
but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues."

Rush has the staff replay this comment and wonders if "new
plagues" is a reference to AIDS. He also comments that this is a
pretty brief "kiss off" to the WWII generation. He notes that
Clinton spearheaded a generation that refuses to this day to
honesty admit the nature of the threat that Communism posed.

The defeat of Adolph Hitler and Soviet Communism are "the most
profound accomplishments of the past 50 years." These two things
have done more to encourage freedom across the world than
anything else, and Clinton's relatively brief homage to them
could indicate a lack of appreciation as to their real worth.
Rush knows that Clinton didn't have to mention this at all, but
he just can't help being cynical about the comment.

He wonders if "ancient hatreds" refers to racism, bigotry, and
homophobia; the EIB staff nods their heads in agreement, and Rush
wonders if the rest of America agrees with Clinton about this. "I
thought it was `the economy, stupid,'" Rush remarks.

"Raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy still the
world's strongest, but weakened by business failures, stagnant
wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our own
people." - "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa," shouts Rush as he
pounds his desk into submission. H. R. "Kit" Carson wonders if
Rush is hazing a seizure of some sort and whether he should call
the paramedics, but Rush tells him to calm down.

Rush points out that it was only months ago that Clinton was
telling the nation that America had no hope because the economy
was so bleak; the economy was the worst in 50 years and there was
no end in sight. Clinton has also linked all of the social
problems he wants to fix with what is both the "strongest economy
in the world" and a "stagnant" economy.

Rush has to take a break, and he is shocked to realize that it's
taken him an hour and 20 minutes to analyze only two and a half
minutes of the speech. Rush sighs, and promises "whatever it'll
take, folks - I guess I'll have to role up the sleeves."

*BREAK*

Rush refers back to New York's new newborn tax; this $17 fee is
hard-hearted on the poor since they have the least money but have
many babies. Isn't this punishing tax really discrimination and a
lack of compassion for the poor? Rush bets that Cuomo will next
try to tax air in the city, and will even charge people for their
pets' air consumption as well. Cuomo will probably also come up
with a tax on saliva production.

Phone   Beverly from Paris, KY

Beverly is another stay-at-home mom, and she adds that she would
be in a "state of panic if I didn't know we had the Lord in
Heaven and you on Earth to monitor things." She comments that
President Clinton talked a lot about "sacrifice," and wonders
what this will really mean to the middle class.

Rush thinks that the middle class won't have much choice -
they'll have to pay the new taxes. Beverly wonders if there is no
way to oppose these things, and Rush says that people can exert
pressure on their representatives.

The Republicans, though, will really have to become the standard
bearers in the fight against these new and higher taxes. This
gives the GOP a great opportunity to reclaim what they had during
Reagan's two terms in office when they were the party of the
middle class.

The Republicans will have to fight for lower taxes, but since the
Democrats control both houses of Congress as well as the
Presidency, a new tax bill is a certainty. Republicans, though,
can still oppose it and try to bring the middle class back into
the party.

Rush suggests that people worried about this send letters to
their congressmen and to President Clinton; in particular,
Clinton should be reminded that he promised not to raise taxes on
the middle class and that he would instead cut programs. It might
help to remind him of what happened to the last President who
broke his promise about `no new taxes.'

Rush encourages the letters to Clinton because the President
still seems to be surprised that people are really listening to
him and believing what he says. Clinton, though, may try to deny
making this promise and then send Algore out on the Sunday TV
circuit to fix things for him.

*BREAK*

Rush points out that many political pundits have been referring
to George Bush as a "transition President" whose administration
did nothing but lay the path for the change between the WWII
generation and the current one.

Rush, though, thinks that the Clinton administration is the real
transition administration. He suspects that within a matter of
months, Clinton's administration will be shown to be a "total
boondoggle." Rush didn't want to say this during the first or
second hour of the show because he at least wanted to give
Clinton his "honeymoon." He points out that he gave Clinton a
larger honeymoon than many in the mainstream press have.

Rush is confident and hopeful that Clinton's administration will
be the last gasp of the 60s, flower-children, no-responsibility
do-anything-you-want crowd. The nation has been told that these
people have finally taken over, but Rush's opinion is that the
real baby-boomers generation is not represented in these "freaks"
who represent only the "tuned-out generation."

These people now have their chance at power and they will soon
demonstrate not only their lack of competence but their lack of
mainstream status. And just as the Gulf War finally killed the
dragon of the Vietnam War, four years of the Clinton
administration will put an end to what these 60s hippies think is
really important. They will not be able to convert their
socialist, utopian ideals to reality, and there will be some
massive disappointment.

Rush points out that people like Eleanor Clift are already
disappointed with Clinton, and Rush has talked to one feminist
after another who is already angry at Clinton. Thus, Clinton's
administration will show the impossibility of the dreams of the
flower-children, and in 1996 the real baby-boomers - the ones who
represent mainstream America - will finally come into power, and
this will be the real transition between generations.

Rush notes that it is now time again to play the Mystery History
Newsmaker game, and he replays the sound bite. He again stresses
for all of those listening via tape delay that if it is not 2:40
p.m. EST they should not attempt to call in. Rush again instructs
Bo to take caller 42, and they will play the game after the
break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Virginia from Westchester County, NY

Virginia suspects she knows who the mystery newsmaker is and so
Rush replays the sound bite for her. The countdown clock ticks
down the seven seconds and Rush asks Virginia who this person is.
She answers "Alger Hiss," and once again the Music of Ridicule
shows that the contestant is wrong.

Thus, the $1000 is left for WABC's Bob Grant to distribute, and
Rush is saddened because he wanted to give away $1000. The
solicitous EIB staff offers to take the money, but Rush comments
that this wasn't exactly what he meant.

Rush continues on with his analysis of Clinton's speech:

"When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to
uphold," - Rush asks if Clinton took the real oath or the Slick
Willie oath. When told that Clinton took the real oath, Rush is
most impressed.

"news traveled slowly across the land on horseback and across the
ocean by boat. Now, the sights and sounds of this ceremony are
broadcast instantaneously to billions around the world." - Rush
asks "so? Is this something new? What's the significance here?"

"Communications and commerce are global, investment is mobile,
technology is almost magical," - Rush is a bit confused by the
"investment is mobile" line. He thinks he understands what
Clinton means, but wonders what this has to do with anything.
Rush notes that Clinton has not made any real point yet, although
EIB is trying mightily to find one. Clinton's assertion that
"technology is almost magical" is also a bit funny, and Rush
wonders if he should send Clinton a copy of the interview that he
just did with George Gilder for the Limbaugh Letter about this
very subject.

"and ambition for a better life is now universal." - Rush says
that this shows how Clinton and his generation continually think
they have stumbled onto some new things. Does Clinton really
think that there have been past generations of people who really
did not want to improve their lives or those of their children?

Rush notes that during the 80s, ambition was synonymous with
greed, and if anyone dared to get more money and improve their
situation, they were accused of being selfish and insensitive to
the rest of the world. This is something that is a fundamental
part of human beings; this desire is something that is endowed by
mankind's Creator.

Rush notes that he can mention the Almighty on his show because
Clinton mentioned Him as well. "Someone's going to give him hell
for that," Rush bets. However, it is not a minor thing that
Clinton thinks that just because he is President that improving
one's lifestyle is something new in the human experience.

"We earn our livelihood in America today in peaceful competition
with people all across the earth. Profound and powerful forces
are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of
our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our
enemy." - Rush sighs mightily, but tells the EIB staff to
continue on; "we're still searching for a point," Rush notes.

"This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of
Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most
people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at
all, when the cost of health care devastates families and
threatens to bankrupt our enterprises, great and small, when fear
of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom, and when
millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are
calling them to lead - we have not made change our friend."

Rush notes that Clinton just said that 1) the US has the greatest
economy in the world, but 2) it's stagnating, yet 3) peaceful
competition reigns. These few lines are full of contradictory
messages about the economy. Rush adds that Clinton's term
"they're able to compete" is a disguised cut at the rich.

*BREAK*

Phone   Glenda from Columbus, OH

Glenda is sick of the media's coverage. She and her husband were
watching either "20-20" or "Primetime Live" last night and got
very angry at what they saw. Rush says that Glenda must have been
watching "Dateline NBC," which will make NBC really happy because
it confirms that someone actually is watching the show.

Glenda says that the show's preview said they were going to show
highlights of Bush's Presidency, yet although the Gulf War was
covered, most of the segment covered Neil Bush's testimony, the
homeless, the LA riots, signs of a bad economy, and so forth.
Glenda and her husband were so disgusted at this that they just
turned the show off; she doesn't know why NBC had to do this.

"Because they're feeling their oats," Rush explains. These guys
think they're in power now and are trying to drive the final nail
into the Reagan/Bush coffin.

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