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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Wednesday, June 29, 1994

by John Switzer

This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1994 by John Switzer.
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Spelling and other corrections gratefully received.

Please read the standard disclaimer which was included with the
first summary for this month. In particular, please note that
this summary is not approved or sanctioned by Rush Limbaugh or
the EIB network, nor do I have any connection with them other
than as a daily listener.

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June 29, 1994

BRIEF SUMMARY OF TOPICS: researcher finds that high standards and
rewards inspire creativity in students; Yugoslav troops are
reinforcing positions near Macedonian border and U.S. troops;
background check provision of Brady Bill is struck down; Rush is
proven right about how Carter went to North Korea in part to
improve his public image and prestige over foreign policy issues;
Clintons officially announce their legal defense fund; Georgia
Tech University improves academic standing of minorities by
raising standards; lawsuit against JFK set precedent allowing
civil suits against an incumbent President; Bill and Hillary
Clinton each contribute the "maximum" of $1,000 to their own
legal defense fund; Charlie Rose and Alec Baldwin think Rush
should be grateful for all the publicity Clinton has given him;
Associated Press reports that liberal media watchdog group has
found Rush to be wrong on the issues; contributions to Clintons'
legal defense fund aren't tax deductible, but they aren't taxable
income for the Clintons either; Hillary reportedly says on CSPAN
that Medicare and Medical are socialism; Charles Barkley
hopefully will be able to overcome back problems without surgery;
Clintons' legal defense fund is a trust fund that can receive
tax-free gifts up to $10,000; why don't the Clintons hire a
cheaper lawyer if they can't afford Bob Bennett?; Dee Dee Myers
states that Clintons' legal defense fund is in the best interests
of the country and the President; "takeover" by the religious
right has been overly simplified by press, which ignored how Tom
Pauken won election as head of the state's party because he
formed solid coalitions; caller asks why Clintons, who are
lawyers, can't defend themselves; Rush thinks Leon Panetta looks
sort of like Inspector Clouseau; the Ten (actually 14)
Commandments of the Religious Left; why isn't Michael Fay as
suicidal as critics of Singapore's caning punishment claimed he
would be?; member of congressional health care subcommittee joked
that Rush's 800 number should be made the complaint line about
the Clinton health care plan, to which another member responded
that maybe this would result in more truth being heard; Senator
Moseley-Braun compares workfare for public housing residents to
Communism and dictatorial oppression; Moseley-Braun's comments
about mortgage deductions being federal subsidies indicates that
she thinks all money belongs to the government and that the
people get to keep part of what they earn only because the
government allows them to do so; Hawaii's health care system,
with its version of the employer mandate, is oppressive and has
major failures; caller asks if the decline in the dollar heralds
a return to the Carter days of double-digit inflation and
interest rates?; health care alliances have bitten the dust;
Clinton's claim that the foreign press is befuddled at how he is
being treated by Americans doesn't stand up to scrutiny; liberals
seem ever ready to write Rush's obituary; Rush's success doesn't
depend on who wins elections because there will always be
liberals; USA Today reports that young executives are displacing
older executives; Senator Robert Byrd is leading a fight to cut
even more from the NEA; letter from Rep. John Boehner cries
crocodile tears for Clinton's "purple fit" Friday; Clinton is
thinking of vacationing at either the Hamptons or Martha's
Vineyard, but Rush doesn't see the big deal about the Hamptons;
Rep. John Dingell cannot get support for Clinton-style health
care plan even in his own highly liberal committee; Ben Chavis
and NAACP insist that only universal coverage is acceptable;
Larry King, while hosting all four of Virginia's Senatorial
candidates, singles out Oliver North for harsh treatment; Clinton
health care plan would threaten high quality and standards of
America's health care by reducing R&D spending; Rush talked about
Clinton's ability to raise soft money contributions not because
GOP was sending out a fund-raising letter but because this was a
news item; Clinton raised more than $2.5 million in soft money
contributions at two New York fund-raising dinners; caller
objects to Rush's constant putdowns of President Clinton; Rush
has as legitimate a right to dissent and criticize his political
leaders as everyone else; compared to other Presidents, Clinton
isn't receiving that much criticism, especially since Reagan is
still the target of disrespectful treatment; having public
housing residents work to maintain their projects would instill a
pride of ownership; Rush and his show reflect what most Americans
are already thinking.

LIMBAUGH WATCH

June 29, 1994 - It's now (allegedly) day 526 (day 545 for the
rich and the dead, and 132 days until the November elections) of
"America Held Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal") and 603 days after
Bill Clinton's election, but Rush is still on the air with 640
radio affiliates (with more than 22 million listeners weekly
world-wide), 234 TV affiliates (with a national rating of 3.7),
and a newsletter with over 440,000 subscribers.

His first book was on the NY Times hardback non-fiction best-
seller list for 54 consecutive weeks, with 2.6 million copies
sold, but fell off the list after Simon and Schuster stopped
printing it. The paperback version of "The Way Things Ought To
Be" was on the NY Times paperback non-fiction best-seller list
for 28 weeks. Rush's second book, "See, I Told You So," was on
the NY Times best-seller list for 16 weeks and has sold over 2.25
million copies.

NEWS

o   The June 25th issue of Science News reports that
cognitive researchers have discovered that the judicious use of
rewards can spark creativity in grade-school children. According
to the researchers' study, published in the June issue of the
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, "if kids know
they're working for a reward and can focus on a relatively
challenging task, they show the most creativity."

Researcher Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware
warned, though, that standards had to be maintained, with rewards
being given out only for challenging and exceptional work.
Eisenberger stated "it's easy to kill creativity by giving
rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation
for rewards." He noted that teachers who continually give out
high grades for mediocre or unsatisfactory work will end up with
uninspired students, which was why he thought more and more
schools were tightening grading standards and reinstating failing
grades.

Other researchers disagree with Eisenberger's findings, though.
Allen Nueringer of Reed College stated that "the cognitive
position on reward is unfortunately oversold these days." Teresa
M. Amabile, cognitive psychologist at Brandeis University, said
that according to her studies, artistic and written creativity
drops when children receive or expect to receive awards or
prizes.

o   The Associated Press is reporting that Yugoslav troops
are digging army trenches near its border with Macedonia, raising
fears that tensions between the two countries might escalate. The
Yugoslav troops are reportedly reinforcing their positions along
the border, creating permanent fixtures such as parking areas for
armored personnel carriers.

Yugoslav patrols have also been "straying" into Macedonian
territory at a greater rate, and a U.N. peacekeeping helicopter
was recently chased by a Yugoslav MIG fighter more than three
miles behind the Macedonian border. U.N. forces have also
reported large-scale violations of the international embargo
against Serbia, with up to 3,000 trucks crossing the
Macedonian/Serbian border each week.

Nearly one thousand U.S. troops are stationed in Macedonia,
making up about half the U.N. peacekeeping troops there. Neither
the U.N. forces nor the 20,000 lightly-armed Macedonian soldiers
(who have only nine tanks total) would be a match for the well-
equipped Yugoslav army.

o   U.S. District Judge John Roll struck down a major
provision of the Brady Bill yesterday, ruling that it was
unconstitutional for the federal government to require local law
enforcement officials (LEOs) to perform background checks on gun
buyers. The judge made his decision on a lawsuit brought by
Graham County (AZ) Sheriff Richard Mack, who praised the ruling,
saying "I'm really proud to be part of a system that still works.
I think this is a wonderful way to bring in the Fourth of July
celebration, and that our freedom and independence still mean
something to the people of this country." The Justice Department,
however, has said it would appeal the ruling.

Judge Roll upheld the Brady Bill's five-day waiting period, but
issued an injunction against the provisions of the bill which
would have required LEOs to conduct the mandated background
checks, saying such a provision would violate the Tenth Amendment
of the Constitution, which gives to the states and people all
powers not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. Roll also
ruled that the penalties imposed on LEOs who didn't carry out the
background checks violated the Fifth Amendment's guarantees of
due process.

These provisions of the Brady Bill were upheld in a Texas
lawsuit, but a Montana judge last month issued a similar ruling
to Roll's. Other challenges to the bill are pending in
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Vermont.

LEST WE FORGET

The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Wednesday, July
1, 1992:

o   President Bush appeared on the CBS morning show, and when
asked by Paula Zahn and Harry Smith if he knew that his aid to
Iraq was being used for Hussein's nuclear program, Bush denied
it, saying he was tired of being asked this question by a media
that didn't listen to the answer. When Smith said that a State
Department official had said otherwise, Bush asked Smith to
identify the official and provide more specifics. Smith refused.

Ross Perot, however, spent a lot of time during his appearance on
ABC talking about Bush's ties to Iraq, and the Democrats were
calling for a special prosecutor to look into the
administration's involvement with Iraq. Rush noted that the
Democrats didn't seem to know any other way of getting votes
other than trying to create a scandal. It seemed apparent that
they had given up trying to get votes through the political
system, and were again trying to criminalize foreign policy
through their tool of the special prosecutor.

Rush noted that Bush could score a lot of political points and
help the economy by doing a couple of simple things. First, Bush
should relax the tight banking regulations that made it nearly
impossible for businesses to get commercial loans. Bush could
make an issue out of this and out of big government
bureaucracies.

Similarly, Bush could capitalize on the Supreme Court's decision
protecting private property and Fifth Amendment rights by
ordering a halt to all Fish and Wildlife projects. For example,
the US Fish and Wildlife Service wanted to control the use of
thousands of acres of private California farm land. Since the
Service didn't have the money to buy the land, it declared the
land a "project," reducing the value of the land and consequently
reducing the owners' ability to get loans to finance their
intended use of the land.

o   The National Commission on America Without Roe, a group
convened by the National Abortion Rights Action League, warned of
severe consequences should Roe vs. Wade be overturned. Kate
Michelman summarized the group's findings by saying "losing the
freedom to choose will strain almost every institution of our
society - family, religion, law enforcement, medicine, and
politics."

o   Advocates for the disabled made a "stink" about the
"humongous" self-cleaning toilets that were placed around Madison
Square Garden in preparation for the Democratic convention. It
cost a quarter to use the toilets, which were made in France,
evidently the world leader in portable toilet technology.

After each flush, both the floor and commode were washed, which
made Rush wish his home toilet could do that. According to USA
Today, if the toilets could stand the city's graffiti and crime,
they could become permanent additions to the downtown area.

To make sure the homeless did not appropriate these large
conveniences for homes, though, the toilets' doors were set to
automatically open every 15 minutes. The disabled objected to
this time limit, saying that it would penalize them the most.

Rush wondered about the idea of toilets whose doors opened every
15 minutes. He asked what people unable to finish their business
in 15 minutes will do, as they sit there, anxiously looking at
their watches, knowing that the door would be opening soon. Rush
bet there would be some great performances going on in these
toilets.

o   Evans and Novak's column chastised George Bush for not
being a "great selector of Justices," since Justice David Souter
sided with the majority in the Court's recent ruling affirming
Roe v. Wade. Evans and Novak felt Bush's choice of Souter would
hurt his chances for re-election.

A USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll, though, showed that the Court's
ruling affirming most provisions of the Pennsylvania law
restricting abortions was close to what most Americans felt; only
32% of men and 37% of women wanted abortion legal without
restrictions. However, 49% of men and 46% of women wanted some
restrictions on abortion, while 15% of men and 12% of women
thought all abortions should be illegal.

o   Renee from Cleveland thought that medicine was going way
too far in transplanting a baboon liver into humans. She couldn't
imagine having an animal's organ in her body, but Rush pointed
out that the man in question wanted to live, which is why he did
it.

o   Jesse Jackson demanded that western nations had to make
reparations to Africa for the slave trade which "drained the
continent of its best and brightest brains." Jackson was in
Senegal for the Organization for African Unity Summit, and he
described the slave trade as a "savage crime against humanity,
paralleled only by the holocaust."

Jackson wanted a recovery plan for Africa comparable to that
being planned for Eastern Europe, with reparations modelled after
those paid to Jews after WWII. Furthermore, he insisted that
African debts should be forgiven and that western nations should
build bridges, schools, roads, and hospitals without charge.

o   The previous week's San Diego Union Tribune reported that
large squirrels at Cuyacama Rancho State Park near San Diego, CA
were brazenly making off with campers' food. The squirrels, which
were as large as cats, were grabbing food off of picnic tables -
one man saw a squirrel appropriate his sandwich, while others saw
the animals make off with sacks of fruit. The squirrels were
fearless, totally unafraid of human beings.

According to a park official, "too many campers are meddling with
the natural food chain by tossing popcorn, crackers, and other
goodies to the animals. We put out notices not to feed the
animals, but people still bring bags of dog food and spread it
over the ground, and 25 ground squirrels show up and have a
feast. Then the next camper comes along and the squirrels think
`what happened to our free hand-out,' and they get more
aggressive."

Rush noted that if things kept up like this, the squirrels would
soon burn down the forest. Of course, the squirrels were stealing
only because they hadn't gotten their fair share, and Rush sighed
at how liberalism had evidently spread to the forest.

o   In Green Cove Springs, FL a 29-year old man was arrested
for bestiality with a neighbor's horse. Harry Eugene Truesdale
was found in a barn naked, standing on a bucket, having sex with
the horse. He was charged with cruelty to animals, as well as
resisting arrest, battery, and assault on a peace officer.

In a rather sickening postscript to this story, Truesdale's
wallet was found in this same barn six months ago by the horse's
owner. Thus, Truesdale was not interested in having only a one-
night stand. Rush wondered if Magic Johnson new book about AIDS
covered such things.

o   In a call with Pete from Berkeley, Rush noted that
America still had opportunities out there for those willing to
work hard to access them. Unfortunately, too many people were
graduating from college believing that their degree alone would
immediately grant them the type of life their parents had. This
rarely happened, though, and people still had to work their way
up the ranks.

For example, Rush's own chief of staff, Kit Carson, was once a
fledging actor who worked as a lowly receptionist for Practical
Homeowner magazine. Kit worked next door to the EIB offices,
though, and when Rush's show took off, he hired Kit as an all-
purpose assistant. Kit's hard work was rewarded by his being
elevated to being Rush's Chief of Staff. He had gained a
comfortable living working for Rush, and Rush never once bothered
to ask if Kit had a college degree. Similarly, Tony Lo Bianco,
assistant broadcast engineer, worked in the WABC mail room for
four years before working for Rush and getting his own DJ
position.

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MORNING UPDATE

Rush was called mean-spirited and heartless recently, not by
President Clinton but by two listeners who objected to his
observation that one reason why Jimmy Carter went to North Korea
was because he was tired of being known as the President that
builds houses and nails doorframes. Rush said Carter was angry at
how Nixon got such glowing eulogies at his funeral and therefore
wanted to establish himself as a similar giant of foreign policy.

Rush was chastised severely for saying such things, but he knew
he would be proven right over time. And this didn't take long,
either - this week's U.S. World and News Report reveals that
Carter was upset that Clinton wasn't asking him for advice and
counsel on foreign policy matters. Carter also was a bit peeved
that Warren Christopher, a former member of Carter's own
administration, wasn't getting him any good foreign policy
missions. "See, I told you so!" Rush remarks.

In other matters, Rush is not that impressed with the shake-up at
the White House. Mack McLarty is down but not gone; he was named
as Clinton's original Chief of Staff so he could handle the
cover-ups, but he can still do this as special advisor to the
President. Also, in a move that surprised even him, David Gergen
was shoved into the State Department, ostensibly to improve their
communications about foreign policy.

However, the problem with the State Department is not that it
isn't communicating its foreign policy, but that it doesn't have
a foreign policy to communicate. Nor does the country have a
President who realizes the importance of such a foreign policy.

FIRST HOUR

President Clinton and his wife are now official a charity case -
the First Couple, with a net worth that could be as high as $1.6
million, have officially decided to have a legal defense fund to
which Americans can contribute up to $1,000 each. The EIB
Network, always patriotic, has sent its representatives out into
New York's streets, armed with tin cups to get donations for the
President's legal defense fund. Of course, EIB's guys will
probably get arrested for begging, although the city's
professional beggars never seem to get rousted. Rush promises to
show footage of this exciting search on his TV show tonight.

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Today's NY Times has a fabulous story that chronicles the great
things that can happen when you raise standards and push students
to be more than what they think they can be. This story
illustrates how foolish it is to think, as does Peggy Macintosh,
the problem with education today is that there's too much
emphasis on competition and on excellence.

Georgia Tech University has improved its students' grades and
success rate by raising standards. Five years ago, the college
scrapped its remedially-oriented program for minorities and
replaced it with a rigorous summer course for black and hispanic
freshmen. These students soon outperformed their mainly white
peers, and college officials predict this program will result in
a significant increase in black graduates, especially black
engineering Ph.D. students.

The results of this "Challenge Program" have been so dramatic
that it's been adopted for all entering freshmen, and has been
used as a model by three other schools. The college's president
noted that the minority students have not suddenly become smarter
or more talented; rather, "the change was with us and what we
told them we expected from them."

In the past minority students were told that they were stupid and
needed "fixing" with remedial programs. The college abandoned
this practice and instead raised their standards, demanding more
from the students.

In 1989, the college toughened its program for entering freshmen,
raising performance standards and adding a five-week introductory
set of classes. Since then, the grade point average of the
students in the program has risen to an average around 3.0, and
student retention is nearly 100%. In the most dramatic result,
though, the performance gap between white and minority students
has been eliminated.

Dezzie Bellamy, a 21 senior from Athens, GA, said that while the
program did help him feel more comfortable, its main strength was
that it "made it cool to be smart." Bellamy noted that minority
students no longer felt that they needed remedial help coming in,
plus "they tell you that you are the best of the best." He
praised how the school made it "all right" to be smart and to
academically excel.

Rush thinks this is great news, and it validates what anyone with
common sense already knows. The multiculturalists have long
attacked programs such as this, programs which push minority kids
and which keep standards high, but as Georgia Tech has proven,
this is how real success can be achieved.

These kids are inspired and driven to excel, and Georgia Tech's
graduation rate for minorities (73%) is nearly twice that of
other engineering colleges. The head of the college's minority
program said the shift towards hard-nosed achievement was
"deliberate," and it has resulted in a mindset in which incoming
minority freshman believe a GPA of 3.0 is the minimum that's
acceptable.

"Just good enough is not good enough - we expect a lot more from
all of you" is what the college tells its incoming freshmen, and
those freshmen get a running start on the rest of their lives,
ready to compete and work hard in the real world. Rush thinks the
NAACP and every other civil rights organization should look at
this program and realize what it is that allowed these kids to
excel and eliminated the educational disparity between blacks and
whites.

It wasn't segregation or touchy-feeling multiculturalist
techniques that did this, but traditional teaching techniques and
a belief in the kids and their ability to work hard and excel.
Telling these kids they were somebody, that they were the best,
and rewarding them for doing well were the key.

The students love this program, and are enthused and energized by
it. Rush is not surprised, given that he's often remarked on how
the teachers he remembers the most are those who got the most out
of him, pushing him beyond the limits he had set for himself.

<<several minutes are missing from this and the following segment
because KNBR decided to run coverage of the NBA draft>>

*BREAK*

Phone   unknown caller from unknown

<<The caller is evidently talking about the lawsuit that was
brought against John F. Kennedy while he was President concerning
a car accident that happened before he became President>>

The caller says that the administration tried to claim that a
sitting President couldn't be sued, but the judge disagreed, so
Kennedy settled out of court. Thus there is precedent for a
sitting President to be sued in civil court, and the caller finds
it ironic that this precedent was set by Clinton's own personal
hero, John F. Kennedy.

Rush thanks the caller for informing him about this, and notes
that while Clinton's is thus not the first lawsuit against a
sitting President, Clinton still has the distinction of being the
first President to start his own legal defense fund.

As to the legal defense fund, Rush asks if the Clintons are going
to contribute any of their own money to this fund? Or are the
taxpayers being asked to foot the entire bill? And do the
Clintons have to pay taxes on the money given to this legal
defense fund? Is the legal defense fund tax-free? Rush warns
potential contributors that their contributions to this fund
aren't tax deductible.

The EIB staff informs Rush that both Bill and Hillary Clinton
have contributed the maximum - $1,000 each - to their own legal
defense fund. Rush is impressed by the Clintons' generosity - the
First Couple has a net worth of at least 700,000, and they have
put in a massive $2,000 to their own legal defense fund.

Rush wonders what kind of mentality can do things like this.
This, along with the President's whining last Friday, indicate
that it's a 60s-style attitude, coming from someone who doesn't
yet understand why the people aren't bowing down and kissing the
ground the Clintons are walking on, in appreciation for all they
supposedly want to do for the people. The Clintons were told in
the 60s they were the moral saviors of the nation, and they can't
seem to understand why the people aren't praising them for their
good intentions.

Rush notes that many of the same characteristics - the self-
absorption in particular - that were found in O.J. Simpson's
"suicide note" are present in the Clintons. Why don't the
Clintons, though, do what everyone else in the country has to do
when they can't pay their legal bills: use a legal defender or
try to get legal aid?

After all, Cap Weinberger had to pay $2 million of his own money
to pay his own bills when he was harassed by Lawrence Walsh
during Iran-Contra. Would Thomas Jefferson be proud of Clinton?
How about FDR? Rush notes that the Clintons are supposedly the
smartest two lawyers in the U.S. Rush finds it ironic that the
Clintons once called taxes "contributions," the same term they're
calling the money being given to this legal defense fund.

*BREAK*

Phone   Gary from Easton, MD

Gary saw Charlie Rose talking about Rush to Alec Baldwin last
night, and Charlie remarked that Rush must be in heaven with all
the attention he was getting. Baldwin pretty much agreed with
Charlie, which angered Gary, who will now not see Baldwin's
latest movie. Rush says he wouldn't encourage such behavior -
after all, why let these guys' political views deprive you of
something pleasurable? Such boycotts have always seemed a bit
ridiculous to Rush.

Gary says that the local paper also had an Associated Press story
about a liberal media watchdog group that claims Rush is anything
but accurate on his show. Rush is amazed that the press actually
mentioned that the group was a liberal one, but he knew this sort
of attack would start happening when the elections drew near.

The Democrats, along with fringe special interest groups
desperate for attention, were bound to start attacking him like
this. However, it's actually a bit fun to realize how much these
guys are on the run, and Rush thanks Gary for calling.

Phone   Brent from Green Bay, MI

Brent says he heard that the money in the Clinton's legal defense
fund wouldn't be taxed, although the interest accrued by the fund
would be taxed. Rush has to laugh at this whole idea, especially
at the gall of the Clintons who "contributed" to their own legal
defense fund, but made sure they contributed only the maximum
amount.

Brent sarcastically states that the Clintons probably just wanted
to "play by the rules." Rush says this is his point - this
"maximum amount" is a self-imposed limitation because it's the
Clintons who are making the rules.

Rush wonders if the Clintons even care about their credibility,
if they are willing to do such things. The real way to handle
such a situation - you're the President and faced with high legal
bills - is to get your friends to help you out. You could make
these contributions public if you want, but you don't make a plea
to the American people.

The reason the Clintons don't want to go begging to their rich
friends is that it would destroy their carefully crafted image of
Bill being just another guy who doesn't know any really rich or
powerful people. These guys rode into Washington on their white
horses, attacking the rich for trodding on the middle class, so
they can't start taking the rich's help now.

Getting the rich to help them out would blow the Clintons' cover,
but in reality they've got more than enough friends who could
help. Barbra Streisand could easily cover the Clintons' expected
$2 million in legal bills, given that she's making $10 million
with her concerts.

Phone   Michael from Orange County, CA

Michael says that Hillary was on CSPAN last night, saying that
her health care plan was socialism. Rush says his TV crew has
examined this speech, but they said nothing to him about this.
Michael says Hillary emphatically said that Medicare and Medicaid
were "pure socialism," and that cutting costs would "shift costs
to the private sector."

Hillary also said that she and her husband wanted only universal
coverage, and the implication was that the President would veto
any bill that didn't include universal coverage. Rush says this
is unlikely, but, of course, by the time the President signs the
bill, universal coverage could become very broadly defined, such
as "universal coverage by the year 5000."

Rush notes that it's a myth that costs will be shifted to the
private sector; the Clintons are claiming that "savings" in
Medicare/Medicaid will help pay for their plan, but in reality
they would be creating a brand new bureaucracy, assuming they get
what's in their plan. Granted, the Clintons won't be getting what
they want this year, but if they could, Bill Clinton would sign
the bill in a second.

So while the Clintons might not get all they want, their plan is
still the blueprint for what their ultimate health care goal is,
not to mention being a blueprint for what they want American
society to become. The Clinton plan does not give anything back
to the private sector, but instead puts caps and limitations on
what the private sector can do.

*BREAK*

According to the latest rumors, Michael Jordan might be heading
back to Chicago, perhaps replacing Scotty Pippin. Charles Barkley
also announced yesterday he would be with the Phoenix Suns next
year, after undergoing an extensive series of treatments this
summer to help him with his back; hopefully, he won't need any
surgery.

Phone   Bill from Arlington, TX

Bill is a tax accountant, so he suspects the Clintons' legal
defense fund is actually a trust fund; under such an arrangement,
the contributions to it are actually "gifts" to the Clintons.
Gifts under $10,000 are tax-free, so the Clintons won't have to
pay taxes on the contributions to the legal defense fund.

Rush notes that Barbara Jordan, along with six retired university
professors, have been named as the trustees for this fund. He
asks Bill what the trustees will do; will they perhaps discuss
the use of the fund's funds in long meetings on Hawaii? Bill
notes that if they do, some of the money in the legal defense
fund could be used to pay for those meetings. Rush wonders,
though, why seven trustees are needed for this fund.

Rush is amazed that the President has turned himself into a
charity case, but why should the President be allowed to buy
something that he can't afford? If Clinton can't afford "Uncle
Bob" Bennett and his $475 an hour fees, then why doesn't he hire
a cheaper lawyer? For example, Rush's brother, David, who is
currently charging Rush a mere $150 an hour, is available. In
fact, Rush bets David would even cut the President a deal,
perhaps charging him only $140 an hour.

In an amazing statement, though, Dee Dee Myers insisted "it's in
the best interests of the country and the President to have those
bills paid." Rush wonders what the administration thinks the
people will think about all this. Bill bets the administration is
probably trying to portray Clinton as the country, with his
interests and the country's being perfectly aligned; of course,
this forgets about one simple thing: the people.

Bill is also part of the Republican party in Texas, so he notes
that the reason Tom Pauken, a Catholic, was named as head of the
state party was because he formed a coalition between the
different wings of the party. Pauken has been pro-life for
decades, and he hasn't been hiding any part of this own beliefs
or character, but it's not true that his victory is a sign that
the "religious right is taking over."

Rush feigns amazement that a pro-lifer could win the state party
chairmanship, given that the feminists and pro-choicers are
insisting a pro-life attitude will lose elections. Bill notes
that Pauken won because he did hard campaigning and worked
together with all parts of the party. This was how he
successfully defeated the other candidate, Fred Meyer, who
represented the vested party interests but decided not to run for
a fourth term because of the strong support Pauken was getting.

The fight for the state party chairmanship was not as simple as
the media has portrayed it; rather, it was a complex struggle
that developed from several populist, grass-roots movements, and
it happened because the people were concerned about the direction
the Republican party had been going in their state.

Rush thanks Bill for calling, and notes that according to the
conventional wisdom and media pundits, the pro-life position
loses elections, yet somehow Texas pro-lifers are winning
elections. He thinks someone should call Cokie Roberts and the
other Washington commentators to tell them what is really going
on out there in America.

*BREAK*

Phone   Steve from Waldorf, MD

Steve asks if the Clintons are so broke and can't afford their
own lawyer, why doesn't Hillary defend her husband against these
charges? Rush notes that the worst mistake a lawyer can make is
to defend themselves or a member of their own family. Experience
has shown that the emotions involved in such a case can be
devastating, although Rush admits those emotions might not be
involved where the Clintons are concerned.

Besides, Rush notes, the Clintons have far more work to do, such
as totally taking over one-seventh of the nation's economy. The
Clintons want to be able to devote their full attention to this
endeavor.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Rush remarks that if Leon Panetta had a moustache, he'd be
Inspector Clouseau from the Pink Panther movies.

********

Rush wants to repeat his Ten (going on Thirteen) Commandments of
the Religious Left, noting that the left is continuing to
castigate people for the religious beliefs they hold. This shows
that the Democrats, who haven't won one major election since
Clinton was elected, still haven't figured out why. The Democrats
still can't accept the fact that people do vote according to the
issues; to this day they still believe people voted for Ronald
Reagan because of slick marketing, not because they agreed with
what he said and what he wanted to do.

The people, though, voted the issues, and they'll vote issues
this November, which means if the Democrats attack people's
faith, it's only going to backfire. Since the Democrats are still
hysterically attacking the "religious right" as a bunch of
fanatics, Rush has therefore decided to identify the religious
left and illustrate what they believe.

Thus, Rush came up with his Ten Commandments of the Religious
Left, which are their version of the Ten Commandments (which, by
the way, the left refuses to allow to be posted in any public
school or building because they are too "dangerous"). The Liberal
Ten Commandments are as follows:

I.  Thou shalt have no other God than thyself. After all, it
is they self-esteem that counts. If thy don't love thyself, who
will?

II. Thou shalt not make any graven images out of any
substances which cannot be recycled.

III.    Thou shalt not take the name of liberals in criticism,
including feminists, racial minorities, or any person who thinks
he is a victim of America.

IV. Remember the anniversaries of Roe. vs. Wade and Anita
Hill's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and keep
them holy.

V.  Honor they mother. If she is dysfunctional, it's thy
father's fault.

VI. Thou shalt not kill, with these exceptions: life-forms
under the second trimester and those opting for medically
assisted suicides.

VII.    Thou shalt not commit adultery unless thou aspire to high
political office, use a condom, or just can't help it.

VIII.   Thou shalt not steal unless thou are disadvantaged or
upset with a jury verdict.

IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness, unless thou are
discussing the history of the 1980s, are campaigning for office,
or can afford good legal counsel in the event you are discovered
(or can ask the American people to pay your legal bills).

X.  Thou shalt not covet, unless of course you are the victim
of gender-related oppression, institutional racism, or are still
angry with Reagan's tax cuts.

Since these are liberals, the Ten Commandments actually include a
few more than ten, such as the following:

XI. Always hide the real truth about thyself.

XII.    Never admit who or what thou really art when campaigning
for office.

XIII.   Always blame someone else for what thou does, even so far
as to blame the entire society for what thou does.

XIV.    Thou shalt oppose all punishment, except when
conservative, Republican, or religious right people criticize
thee.

Rush notes the Fourteenth Commandment is a new one, in honor of
Michael Fay. Speaking of Fay, Rush remembers all the people who
insisted that if Fay, who supposedly had Attention Deficit
Disorder, were caned in Singapore, he'd be suicidal. Yet in all
the news photos Rush has seen, Fay seems to be very happy. He
wonders how the Attention Deficit Disorder crowd can explain this
discrepancy in their logic.

The EIB staff ask if these liberal commandments will now be
written on stone tablets, but Rush chastises them for their lack
of sensitivity. After all, using stone tablets would mean
destroying the environment and upsetting some poor species' home.
These commandments can't be written using such an
environmentally-unfriendly manner - rather, they must be written
on recycled toilet paper.

*BREAK*

Phone   Matthew from Bellingham, WA

Matthew saw CSPAN's coverage of Health Care Reform Subcommittee
Monday, and at one point the discussion turned to whether an 800
number should be put on the Health Security Card so that people
can call to complain about the service they were getting. Someone
joked that Rush's 800 number should be used for the complaint
calls, which caused one of the other committee members to say "at
least we'd then get better information."

Rush says he saw this - there was a subcommittee discussing
health care reform, and the subject turned to how the rich always
get better health care than the poor. Someone made a joke about
putting an 800 number on the Health Security Card so people could
call to complain, and Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA) suggested using the
number for the White House switchboard.

Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) then joked that Rush's number can be put
on the card, at which point another committee member said "well,
you might get the truth if you did that." Rush pledges to show
this exchange on his TV show this week.

Phone   Allen from Corpus Christi, TX

Allen thinks Senator Carol Moseley-Braun's refusal to make public
housing recipients work two hours a week is motivated by her fear
that this would force welfare recipients into minimum wage jobs,
taking them off the welfare rolls. Rush has no idea what Allen is
talking about, and according to Bo, Allen was supposed to be
criticizing Rush for his comments about Senator Moseley-Braun.

Since Allen has brought this point up, though, Rush replays the
statement Moseley-Braun made last week when Senator Faircloth
dared to suggest that public housing recipients should work about
two hours a week in exchange for their housing subsistence.
Moseley-Braun objected to this idea, saying the following:

"I would suggest, therefore, that any time we get to the point
where the government dictates that people have to work in order
to get . . . receive a taxpayer subsidy for housing is something
so reminiscent and reflective of Communism, that I would be
stunned that any member of this committee <<laughter, along with
asides of "well, there you are">> would want to support such a
dictatorial, such a government intrusion on the time-honored
subsidies for home-ownership and for residential purposes that
our government allows both to poor people as well as middle class
people. And I frankly would oppose the amendment as being too
close to the evil empire for me to vote for!" <<wild laughter>>

Rush notes that Senator Moseley-Braun undoubtedly doesn't
understand the nature of Communism or work. This was clearly
demonstrated when she also stated that the mortgage deductions
given to middle class homeowners were a federal subsidy, too. If
she truly thinks a mortgage deduction is a subsidy, though, then
she must think all money belongs to the state, and that therefore
the only reason people have any money of their own is because the
government allows them to keep it.

Rush thinks many people in government believe this, but the
mortgage deduction is not a subsidy, but rather the government
deciding to take less from what people earn, which is in fact
their own money. This is not a subsidy, which is government
taking money from one person to give to another, but rather
government not taking as much of your own money as it otherwise
would.

Phone   Tim from Maui, HI

Tim gives "megadittos from Republican hell," but Rush can't
imagine Maui ever being called a hell. Tim says that Hawaii's
health care system, with its state version of the Clintons'
employer mandate, is getting a lot of press and is being called a
model for the rest of the nation. However, Hawaii's mental health
care is rated the worst in the nation, showing the failure of
such a system. Rush holds Tim over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Tim from Maui, HI (continued)

Tim says that he used to own a computer consulting company with
several employees. He thus had to pay, in addition to all his
taxes, disability insurance, and business insurance, his state-
mandated health care insurance payments. This makes it really
hard to meet a payroll, especially since if a business misses its
health care payments, the insurance company informs the state's
labor department, which then threatens to close the business down
if it doesn't quickly pay up.

Rush notes that this is yet another aspect of the Clinton health
care plan: penalties imposed on people for not doing health care
"correctly." It's one thing to talk about health care in a
philosophical sense, but it gets real scary when you hear what
happens on a daily basis in the real world under government
systems like this, where the government intimidates and threatens
everyone into complying.

Tim adds that Hawaii's mental health system is the worst in the
country, and several hospitals have already lost their
accreditation. Thus, even if people supported the concept of
socialized health care, it's not the perfect panacea that they
think it would be.

Rush is glad to get yet more real-world evidence about this, and
thanks Tim for calling.

Phone   Greg from Little Rock, AR

Greg says that the last time the country bought back dollars as
it did last week was during the Carter administration. Rush says
such actions definitely weren't necessary during the 80s, given
the large-scale investment in America being made by the Japanese,
British, and other foreigners.

Greg is concerned that the country is seeing the beginnings of a
return to double-digit inflation and interest rates. Rush says
that the Carterization of the Clinton administration, at least in
terms of foreign policy, is indeed occurring. However, Rush isn't
that worried yet about seeing a Carter-like economy because he is
starting to think that the administration is allowing the dollar
to fall as part of an undeclared trade war with the Japanese; a
falling dollar makes Japanese imports more expensive, thus
reducing the amount of imports sold in America.

Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen insisted the dollar
was strong and making a comeback. This sort of statement is to be
expected, given that had Bentsen said anything else it would have
generated a world-wide panic. However, Rush has a feeling that
the administration might be helping with the dollar's decline,
especially as the dollar started plunging after the
administration expressed its displeasure with the Japanese's
refusal to grant trade concessions.

Greg also wants to know if Clinton's alliances are still part of
any health care plan, and Rush says that they are in the Clinton
plan, but they've basically been abandoned. The alliances were
one of the first parts of the Clinton plan to bite the dust, so
Rush doubts they are a major consideration now.

Greg next says that his local EIB affiliate has an hour-long
call-in radio show following Rush's; the show's purpose is to
give local residents an opportunity to respond to what Rush says,
but it's always very pro-Rush. Rush loves the idea of a radio
station putting on an hour after his show to get "responses," and
Greg says it's almost like another hour of Rush's show but
without Rush.

The other day someone on this show made a good point about
Clinton's tirade last Friday on KMOX; Clinton had said that the
foreign press continually came up to him and made comments, but
how could this be true, given that the Secret Service is very
good at keeping people away from the President.

Rush says Clinton could have talked to the press in a press
conference, but the point is that none of what Clinton said was
true, so this is really a moot point. Of course, it's also true
that the autograph seeker who tried to get Clinton's autograph
was kept at a safe distance, proving Greg's point about the
Secret Service.

Rush, though, was in Europe the same time Clinton was there, and
he's assembled a montage of what the press was saying about
Clinton then. There is no evidence that the foreign press was
befuddled at how Clinton was being criticized, as Clinton
claimed.

*BREAK*

Phone   Rob from Bloomington, IN

Rob started listening to Rush's show when he had about 500
affiliates, and the liberals even then were ready to write Rush
off. Now, though, the liberals' own leader, the President of the
United States, evidently thinks Rush is so prominent and such a
threat that he attacked Rush personally. Rush agrees this is
amazing, and the EIB Network is thinking about offering to make
the President its Director of Public Relations, given all the
press Clinton has been getting for the EIB Network.

Rush remembers how back in November, 1992 everyone was certain
that he and his show were doomed because Clinton had been
elected. All the pundits were certain that Clinton's election
signalled the end of conservative beliefs in America. The
liberals were certain they had put the final nail in the coffin
of conservatives.

Yet some in the media knew what to expect; for example, in early
1993, Michael Barone of Newsweek warned President Clinton that he
had to keep an eye out for Rush and Perot. However, even now Rush
is still being told by people that Clinton was the best thing
that ever happened to him, as if Clinton were responsible for
Rush's success.

Rush, though, got his first 500 stations during the Bush
administration, a fact ignored by his critics who insist he's
gotten where he is only because of Clinton. But the fact is that
throughout Rush's career, his critics have been claiming that
each election signalled the end of his success and show. Nothing
could be further from the truth, though, which is why Rush
devoted a chapter in his book to how his success has nothing to
do with his success.

The reason for this is simple. For example, should a Republican
win in 1996, the left-wing special interest groups will once
again erupt in hysterics. These groups are dormant for the most
part now because their guys are in the White House, but they'll
surface again should a Republican President provide them with a
target. The point is that liberals are never going away, so
they'll always be there for Rush to comment on.

Rush, in fact, pledges that he'll retire on the day that all
liberals recant, repent, and go away. Until they do this,
however, there is no reason for him ever to go away. He thanks
Rob for calling.

*BREAK*

Items

o   A lot of people have bought into the notion that today's
youth have no future and no opportunities facing them. According
to the conventional wisdom, today's youth will be the first
generation to do more poorly than their parents, with the economy
no longer being able to sustain continuous growth.

Sadly, some in their 20s believe this, thinking their lives are
doomed because they don't already own their own house or car.
Today's USA Today, though, reports that younger executives are
"finding room at the top." Executives in their 40s are grabbing
top jobs away from executives who are 10 to 20 years older.

"There's a growing recognition that the older generation doesn't
have the answers," stated one author, who pointed out that both
GM and Sprint have recently hired top executives who are 40 or
41. Rush notes that these executives are therefore younger than
he is, which means that opportunities are still out there for the
young.

Rush warns those who are convinced that there aren't any
opportunities for them that while they keep thinking this, there
are guys out there who are getting to the top rungs in business.
And these executives didn't get to where they are by believing
people like Peggy Macintosh who teaches that competition is bad
and to be avoided.

o   Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) is leading the fight to cut
funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, and he's
pointing out that the NEA doesn't have any right to public funds
and is not entitled to any funding. Instead, Senator Byrd is
making it clear that the NEA has to justify itself each and every
year. Byrd's committee has already slashed 5% from the NEA's
budget, after sending a strong rebuke to NEA head Jane Alexander
for the NEA-supported HIV performance art in Minneapolis.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o   Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) sent the following fax to all
Republicans in the House:

"Dear Republican colleague, during a radio interview Friday
onboard Air Force One, President Clinton had one of his purple
fits when questioned about recent occurrences in his
administration. Who can blame him? With all he has on his mind,
it's no wonder the President blew a fuse. Think about it.

"Imagine you were the President of the United States and your
health care plan was on life support; the dollar was in a free-
fall; your staff were stealing towels and taking helicopter
joyrides; 87 members of Congress demanded the resignation of your
top health official; all 44 GOP Senators demanded you disavow
your party's intolerant remarks about Christian activists; that
Harry and Louise were back on the air; the stock market was
plummeting; interest rates were going up for the fifth time since
January; inflation fears had economists worried; Supreme Court
nominee Stephen Breyer's investments were under intense scrutiny.

"You put out the tin cup to pay for your various legal defenses;
you're contemplating the invasion of a Caribbean superpower:
Haiti; Korean policy was being dictated by Jimmy Carter; Paula
Jones is getting play with the mainstream press; the first phase
of Whitewater investigation is coming to a close with more to
come; congressional hearings on Whitewater are coming this
August; nobody's denied a single item in Bob Woodward's book; the
NY Times accuses the White House of a Whitewater cover-up . . .
again; voters don't know what you believe in or what you're
committed to; you don't know what you believe in or what you're
committed to.

"The decade of greed is finally defined in two words: cattle
futures; your party hasn't won a single major election since you
took office; nobody likes your welfare plan; members of your own
party are running from you like scalded dogs; you're Leno's and
Letterman's number one source for material; 65% of the American
people say the country's on the wrong track; and character does
matter, after all.

"So, if you were President, don't you think you'd have a purple
fit, too?"

Rep. Boehner put this list together with the aid of the
Whistleblower, a Cincinnati-based publication, and Rush thinks
this fax perfectly spells out the total misery and dismal failure
of the Clinton administration.

o   The President is looking at two possible locales for his
next vacation. He might return to the elitists of Martha's
Vineyard, or perhaps he'll rent a huge estate in East Hampton on
Long Island, the home of the super-rich of the East Coast. Rush
notes after spending six years in New York, hearing about the
Hamptons from everyone, he finally visited the place for the
first time ever last weekend.

The EIB staff ask if Rush was impressed by his visit, and he says
his hosts had a beautiful house and were tremendous people, but
he really didn't see why the Hamptons are that big a deal. Rush
admits he's not part of the Northeastern culture, though; before
he moved to New York, in fact, the closest he got to the
Northeastern culture was when he lived in Pittsburgh.

The EIB staff start laughing uproariously at how Rush thinks
Pittsburgh is the "Northeastern culture," but Rush shushes them,
explaining that he's trying to make a point about how there are
cultural differences between regions. For example, central air
conditioning doesn't even exist in New York, although this is a
standard home addition elsewhere.

Another example of this is that Rush once thought of buying an
apartment in New York. He was looking at one place and
offhandedly remarked to the agent that if he bought this place,
he would replace the two faucets on the bathtub to one central
knob.

The agent was aghast, saying that this simply wasn't done in New
York; "think of the resale value!" the agent exclaimed. Rush was
bemused by how the agent couldn't conceive of doing this, and he
thought to himself "if it's a problem, I'll put the old faucets
back when I sell." The point is, though, that different areas
have differences in culture.

Rush had never approached the Northeastern culture before he
moved to Pittsburgh, a city he still loves to this day. However,
Pittsburgh is still different from the culture surrounding New
York, which is an island unto itself. Other places aren't like
this; for example, the culture of California is basically the
same throughout the state.

Getting back to the point, Rush notes that everyone in New York
talks about the Hamptons, but while it was a pretty place, Rush
just doesn't see what the big deal is about the area. Granted,
his hosts had a beautiful house, but he was left with the
impression that the Hamptons are special only because it's where
everyone who's anyone goes.

Now, the President is thinking of going to the Hamptons, and Rush
has to wonder why he'd want to go there, unless perhaps he wants
to be where his pals and buddies will be. The EIB staff bet that
Clinton wants to get more donations for his legal defense fund,
and they add that Rush's disparaging comments about the Hamptons
will get him in trouble with the New York snobs.

Rush isn't worried about not being on the good side of the NY
snobs, but he points out that he's not trying to knock the
Hamptons. It's just that after six years of hearing about how
great the Hamptons were, the actual experience was not up to the
build-up.

o   The father of Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) evidently was the
first person to speak about health care reform in Congress, so
Rep. Dingell had wanted to carry on the family tradition by
getting a health care bill through his House Energy and Commerce
committee. However, although his committee has a majority of
liberals, Dingell had to fold up shop because he couldn't muster
enough votes for a Clinton-style proposal.

Rush thinks it's neat news that not even Dingell's liberally
dominated committee could get up enough support for Clinton's
plan. However, the NAACP is not pleased about this, which Rush
will talk about after the break.

*BREAK*

The head of the NAACP, Ben Chavis, recently stated that the NAACP
"will not be satisfied with minimal insurance reform measures or
gradual health reform approaches. Please be advised: Harry and
Louise don't live in the hood!" NAACP board chairman William
Gibson added that "90% coverage of the citizens of this nation is
not acceptable, and 95% is, in my view, abominable. Universal
coverage is the only answer, the only solution."

The NAACP thus is supporting the Ted Kennedy plan, and in a
latter to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell the group
insisted "it is indisputable that passage of meaningful health
care reform legislation is a matter of life and death for all
Americans, and this is especially true for African-Americans, who
are in worse health and are more likely to die from preventable
diseases than others."

Rush contrasts this story to that about Georgia Tech University,
where black students are being taught in ways the NAACP would
condemn, even though performance standards have been raised. Rush
bets that the guys at Georgia Tech are not marching with the
NAACP, demanding that the government give them everything.

Phone   Jim from Warren, OH

Jim says that Larry King last night featured the four Senate
candidates in Virginia, and King treated all but Oliver North
with kid gloves. King, though, nearly went off the deep end when
talking to North; he nearly lost it, and it was as if King had a
vendetta against North. Meanwhile, Douglas Wilder was vilifying
Chuck Robb, and Rob Coleman was attacking everyone.

Rush says he saw one clip from this show; when North was asked
about health care, he presented a campaign agenda in book-form he
had prepared, but King shouted "no props - we agreed, no props!"
North had started to lower the book when Wilder grabbed it and
threw it on the floor. North, of course, was unruffled by this
rudeness.

As to Larry King, Rush notes that he basically is in the
broadcasting business to get and keep his Hollywood, political,
and media buddies. Thus, because North is among the most hated
person to these groups, King has to savage him, especially when
Democrats are also on the show.

Rush notes that North has a lot of respect for King, who was
actually very kind to North when he was on the show alone, such
as when he was out promoting his book. However, when North
appears with Democrats, who after all think the five most
dangerous words in the English language are "United States
Senator Oliver North," King has to go all out against him so as
to keep on good terms with his liberal buddies.

Jim says that King was so vicious that the veins at his neck were
bulging, sort of like Michael Kinsley. Rush agrees that Kinsley's
veins do bulge, but notes, however, that Crossfire is supposed to
be a show that features high-energy confrontation, which is why
throughout the show the producers are screaming in Kinsley's ear
to be more aggressive.

*BREAK*

Phone   Dan from Lincoln, NB

Dan says that one thing which should be stressed more about
health care is that America's health care standards have to be
continually raised, which means that R&D spending has to continue
increasing. Raising standards for care will eventually reduce
costs over the long term.

Rush notes that General Electric has introduced a new machine
similar to the MRI called the MRT, which would allow doctors to
make pin-point precise surgical incisions, avoiding the need for
much exploratory surgery. Unfortunately, this machine costs so
much that some people are suggesting that hospitals can't afford
it because it would drive up the costs of everyone's care.

Rush, though, disagrees - if this machine will improve surgical
techniques and make doctors more effective, then should it just
be abandoned because of its high costs? Will the American people
be willing to say goodbye to a machine that could keep them alive
because their health care plan won't pay for it? This, though, is
what is being suggested, which means that Dan's fears about R&D
being stymied are already happening.

Dan says he also wants to discuss the cost of malpractice
insurance, but Rush notes that according to Bo, Dan was supposed
to be talking about soft money contributions and how the timing
of Rush's discussions about this is suspicious. He again warns
all callers that they have to stick to the subjects they were
screened about because those subjects were why their calls were
accepted.

Rush finds out from Bo that Dan was supposed to question his
motivations on last night's TV show about soft money, given that
the Republican party has just sent out a fund-raising mailing.
Rush notes that "soft money" refers to the money given to the
Republican and Democratic parties, and while there are limits on
what people can give individual candidates, there are no limits
on how much you can give to the party. The party can thus do
whatever it wants to with that money, including giving all or
part of it to a particular candidate.

President Clinton is now the "soft money king," having raised
twice as much as Republicans have, yet throughout the campaign he
railed about the need for campaign financing reform and for the
need to get rid of soft money contributions. Clinton now, though,
is claiming he needs this money to defend himself from all the
attacks he's getting.

As to Rush's timing about talking about this last night, Rush
points out that he has no idea what the Republican party is
doing. He never receives mailings from them anyway, and is
definitely not working hand in hand with them so as to convince
listeners to send soft money contributions to them. Rush is
talking about soft money now because it was in the news last
week, with Common Cause calling Clinton "the soft money king."
Rush would have mentioned this story last week had not other
stories preempted it.

By the way, Clinton showed up in New York just the other night
for two fund-raisers, one of which was also for Mario Cuomo; that
dinner raised $2.5 million, and Clinton and Cuomo will be
splitting the take, which is highly ironic, given that on the
Gennifer Flowers tapes, Clinton reportedly called Cuomo a
"mafioso." Clinton later apologized for that.

Phone   Carol from Grand Rapids, MI

Carol says that Senator Carol Moseley-Braun's comment that it
would be horrible for people in the projects to have to work for
two hours a week in return for their aid indicates that Moseley-
Braun thinks these people are somehow deserving of this public
assistance. Carol, though, thinks this assistance is a gift,
given by our generous society to those who need help; nobody has
a right to it.

Carol also points out that asking this work of these people and
expecting it from them would give them a sense of pride of
ownership, just as expecting more from the Georgia Tech students
resulted in a sense of increased pride and achievement among the
students. Rush agrees, and adds that Moseley-Braun obviously
thinks all money belongs to the government, and that the only
reason people keep any of it is because the state graciously
allows them to do so.

Phone   Marty from the Long Island Expressway, NY

Marty is a "non-dittohead" and vehemently objects to Rush's
"constant putdowns" of President Clinton. He thinks Rush is very
entertaining, articulate, and polite to his callers, but he's
certain that many people agree that he's constantly berating the
President and is way out of line for doing so.

Rush asks if Marty felt the same way when Reagan and Quayle were
continually criticized, impugned, and ridiculed, and Marty
replies "no, not as strongly as I do now." Marty continues on to
say that Rush is very entertaining and "eternally polite," but
that there are enough people criticizing the President - Rush
doesn't have to jump on that bandwagon, too.

Marty's call, which is via a cellular phone, keeps breaking up,
which really irritates Rush, given that Marty had just started
praising him. He asks Marty to hang on through the break, when
hopefully he'll have a better connection.

*BREAK*

Phone   Marty from Long Island Expressway, NY (continued)

Marty has pulled off the side of the road, but his call is still
too filled with static to understand him. Rush thanks Marty for
calling anyway, and in reference to his "disrespect" towards the
President, he notes that he uses his show to assail the President
on the issues and on Clinton's agenda. This is dissent, which has
a long American tradition.

Rush admits he has a tough time respecting certain things about
this President and his agenda, but he's not about to let Clinton
do whatever he wants just because he's President. And Clinton is
getting a lot less heat when compared to other Presidents - LBJ
got incredible criticism because of the Vietnam War, and Ronald
Reagan is still getting savaged by things such as the incredibly
disrespectful Benetton ad.

Rush, meanwhile, is disagree with Clinton's policies, and that is
not at all disrespectful, either towards Clinton or the office of
the Presidency.

Phone   Charley from Richmond, VA

Charley says that Senator Carol Moseley-Braun is really out of
touch. His own neighborhood, for example, is tightly controlled
as to what kinds of houses can be built, how they can be
remodeled and painted, etc. The local neighborhood commission
also requires home-owners to do basic maintenance, such as mowing
the lawn and picking up trash, because everyone has to do their
part to make a beautiful and livable neighborhood. Thus, Charley
doesn't know why someone living in a public housing program can't
be expected to do the same.

Rush agrees - spending two hours a week doing things like mowing
the lawn is not unreasonable at all, especially since this is
what people who own their own homes routinely do. Yet Senator
Carol Moseley-Braun disagrees, and Rush replays her comments
about how making people do such things are "dictatorial" and a
"government intrusion on the time-honored subsidies of home
ownership," and thus are "too close to the evil empire" for her
to support.

*BREAK*

Phone   Paul from Fremont, CA

Paul thinks the reason Rush is so popular is because he reflects
what the majority of the population is already feeling; in
contrast, the media is popularizing and praising things like the
Gay Freedom Parade. You don't have to be homophobic not to
support that particular life-style, yet you can be punished in
today's society for not actively supporting the gay community.

Rush says that Paul's first statement is accurate - the critics
of the EIB Network, like all liberals, think the populace at
large is stupid, ignorant, and incapable of thinking for
themselves, so they conclude that Rush is a "svengali" who easily
controls these people and makes them think what he thinks. In
reality, though, the reason Rush is popular is because he is
saying what all these people already are thinking; this is the
real media phenomenon that is happening with his show.