Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Wednesday, October 5, 1994

by John Switzer

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October 5, 1994

BRIEF SUMMARY OF TOPICS: musician quits orchestra to protest
symphonic piece, Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf," that ends with
a wolf being killed; Hillary Clinton still doesn't understand why
her health care plan failed, and she insists her secret health
care task force was "the most open legislative process" she has
heard of; Anne Devroy accuses Rush of opposing GATT; USA Today
reporter claims Rush attacked the White House for having too many
minorities; Ross Perot appears on Larry King Live to urge
election of a Republican Congress; Rush names goal of electing a
Republican Congress "Operation Restore Democracy"; FBI director
and economist complain that Mario Cuomo's ads misrepresent them;
NBA owners might vote on possible lockout; schools are forbidding
their students from wearing politically incorrect Halloween
costumes, so Rush gives some of his own suggestions; press says
Henry Cisneros "misled the FBI" but insists Oliver North lied to
Congress; caller wonders what kind of democratic reform is going
on in Haiti; caller thinks Perot has some credibility problems,
so his endorsement of Republicans is suspect; Perot gives some
predictions for November elections; USA Today continues the hit
attacks against Michael Huffington's wife, Arianna Huffington;
Michael Huffington is condemned for inheriting his wealth, but
similar attacks are not made against Ted Kennedy; attacks against
Arianna Huffington could also be made about Hillary Clinton, but
the press is not accused of being afraid of a powerful woman as
Hillary's critics are; Ernest Hollings claims Rush changed his
position on GATT because of pressure from GE which owns his
station; caller is hopeful that Pittsburgh Steelers will have a
winning season; EIB's ad campaign for Uggs shoes is written up in
Footwear News; Rush explains possible ways he might get his
report refuting FAIR's list of 43 "lies" might to his listeners;
Wall Street Journal piece about how Newt Gingrich using talk
radio misses the point that Gingrich is forced to use such
tactics because he can't depend on the mainstream press to get
his side of the story out; PETA member has some disagreements
with the group; PETA hopes Rush's mentioning of them will
encourage a surge in contributions, which are down; Dick Gephardt
says Congress will consider health care reform next year, but
doesn't want Hillary to be involved with it; Rush says he is
considering doing an hour-long TV show; the Rickie Lake and Grace
Under Fire TV shows think Rush hates single mothers; Chicago City
Council is going to ban pay phones so as to stop drug dealers;
John Leo writes piece about history revisionism going on in
American museums, such as the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's
exhibit about the bombing of Hiroshima; Rush suggests new themes
for history revisionists; Rush gives some suggestions for people
who could help Haiti become a "proper" democracy; caller thinks
Rush has carried his vendetta against the Clintons too far by
claiming Bill Clinton has no soul; Michael Kelly wrote NY Times
piece about how Clinton has no soul or center; caller thinks
Democrats have to be voted out of Congress, but he wonders if
Republicans are the one to replace them; caller wants Rush to
clarify that his comments about entitlements do not refer to
working federal employees; James A. Baker III endorses Oliver
North in Virginia Senate race; caller notes that most common
request from American soldiers serving overseas is for copies of
Rush's shows and books.

LIMBAUGH WATCH

October 5, 1994 - It's now day 624 (day 643 for the rich and the
dead, and 34 days until the November elections) of "America Held
Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal" which has 838 days left) and 687
days after Bill Clinton's election, but Rush is still on the air
with 659 radio affiliates (with more than 20 million listeners
weekly world-wide), 250 TV affiliates (with a national rating of
3.7), and a newsletter with nearly 500,000 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 2.45 million copies.

NEWS

o	Cellist Anne Conrad-Antoville has resigned from the Eureka, CA
Symphony Orchestra to protest the group's planned performance of
Sergei Prokofiev's 1936 work "Peter and the Wolf." The cellist
said she in good conscience could not perform this piece because
it tells a story that ends with a wolf being killed; she said
this work encourages humans "to hate and fear wolves, and to
applaud a hunter who kills a wolf."

Conrad-Antoville hoped that her protest would encourage others to
boycott the orchestra and raise awareness about what she thought
were "genocidal programs being waged against [wolves] and other
predators." Orchestra officials, however, reported that the news
about the cellist's protest has actually encouraged ticket sales
in the northern California community.

LEST WE FORGET

The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Wednesday,
October 7, 1992:

o	Bill Clinton and Al Gore were saying that the Bush
administration had the worst economy since the Great Depression,
but this did not agree with the misery index, which evaluates the
nation's inflation, unemployment, and interest rates according to
the Gross National Product. The Wall Street Journal ranked
previous administrations according to their misery index ratings
as follows:

The worst (#10) since WWII was the Jimmy Carter administration,
followed by the Nixon-Ford administration (#9) and the first (#8)
and second (#7) Eisenhower terms. Nixon's first term came next
(#6), followed by LBJ's second term (#5). The Bush administration
followed (#5), along with Truman (#4) and JFK (#3). Number two on
the list was Ronald Reagan's second term, and the administration
with the least misery since WWII was Reagan's first term.

In related news, Jim Barnes, a high-powered executive for the
Philco California audio-electronics chain, told Rush that the
recession was so "bad" that the demand for high-end camcorders,
VCRs, and big screen TVs had outstripped supply. Furthermore, the
Philco chain set an all-time high for a 3-day sales record over
the weekend.

o	Vince from Nashville, TN was angry and irritated by how the
media was covering the Presidential campaign. He thought the best
description of this was "the news media - Democratic Damage
Control."

Janet from San Bernadino, CA was also "fired up and angry" and
felt like "running naked through the streets screaming" because
the news media was ignoring Clinton's peace protests and visits
to the Soviet Union. Phil Donahue and Charles Gibson mentioned
these things to Clinton, but Clinton shrugged their questions
off.

For example, when Phil Donahue mentioned Clinton's December, 1969
visit to Moscow and how Clinton originally denied the visit,
Clinton replied "you are wrong to ignore my entire public life,
which you and a lot of other people have done, and to make up
your own characterization of this so that you can once again
divert people from the things that will affect their lives."

Rush noted that the most important aspect of this was that
Clinton clearly didn't want to talk about it, which should be a
warning sign in itself. Clinton had also previously stated that
while he was a student at Oxford, he had a "chance meeting" in
Oslo, Norway with Rev. Richard McSorely, an anti-war activist who
first met Clinton at Georgetown University. Clinton insisted that
the meeting at Oslo was "accidental and of little import";
McSorely, however, had a totally different interpretation of this
event.

According to McSorely, in November, 1969 Clinton helped to
organize a "march of death" against the US embassy in London.
Over 1200 protestors participated in this march, which ended with
a torch-light vigil at the embassy, and many of the protestors
were dressed in black robes and had painted their faces white.
The demonstration was praised by the New China News Agency, the
official paper of North Vietnam at the time, and by Pravda, the
Soviet Communist daily.

Rev. McSorely says that Clinton "didn't break the law, but he was
pushing the police and the legalities as far as he could. He was
one of the main organizers of the American embassy protest in
1969." Rush pointed out that these accusations were not 
coming from Clinton's enemies, but from a friend and fellow war
protestor.

Clinton, however, told Donahue that his meeting with McSorely was
accidental - "I ran into him in the train station, purely
coincidentally. We went to the university together because he was
going there for this peace institute, and I was going there to
meet a guy from Arkansas who was at school there."

McSorely, though, wrote in his 1978 book, "Peace Eyes," that he
and Clinton spent most of the day together, visiting the Peace
Center as well as another peace institute that was founded by two
actors. McSorely and Clinton then had a beer at the end of the
day, after which they went their separate ways.

There were also conflicting reports about a peace protest
organizational meeting at Martha's Vineyard in 1969. Clinton told
Donahue "I went to a meeting at Martha's Vineyard with people who
were alumni of Eugene McCarthy's Presidential campaign, which I
was not part of. They just wanted another southerner to go. Some
of the same people who were there also organized what became the
Vietnam Moratorium of 1970, but I was not one of the organizers
of it. I wouldn't have been ashamed to be, but I didn't have
anything to do with it."

A pro-Clinton biography, though - "Bill Clinton, the Inside
Story," by Robert E. Levin - stated that Clinton was "actively
involved in the protest movement, both as a participant and as an
organizer in at least three countries - the US, Great Britain,
and the Soviet Union. He also was one of 40 student leaders from
throughout the United States who attended a closed-door meeting
in early '69 in Martha's Vineyard in which anti-war strategy was
discussed, and nation-wide marches and protests were planned."

This meeting is described in detail in the Levin biography, and
Levin wrote that Clinton was "even helping to organize rallies
and protests" at this meeting. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee
was organized at the Martha's Vineyard meeting, and it organized
anti-war protests throughout the US and Europe. The Committee,
along with the Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam,
organized the largest anti-war demonstration in Washington, DC on
October 15, 1969.

David Mixner, one of the founders of the Moratorium Committee,
credited Clinton as one of those who put this protest together
and praised him as a "major player in the protest movement."
Levin quoted Mixner as saying "Bill Clinton volunteered his time
to assist us in preparing for the Washington protest, and in
anti-war protests in hundreds of cities and towns across the
country."

Clinton had earlier claimed that when he arrived in Moscow on New
Year's Eve, 1969, relations were thawing between the US and USSR.
However, this was also when Ross Perot's chartered plane was not
allowed to land in Moscow, even though it was only trying to
deliver humanitarian supplies to American POWs being held in
North Vietnam. If relations were really thawing between the two
countries, then why did the Soviets refuse Perot's humanitarian
aid, even while allowing Clinton to enter the country?

o	Money magazine reported that Congress increased its personal
spending 400% during the previous decade.

o	New York schools Superintendent Joseph Fernandez sent a memo
dated August 31st which detailed the ordering procedures that
schools had to use in ordering each month's supply of condoms -
orders had to be placed by the 30th of each month, with delivery
taken within the next 10 days. The memo stated "all orders will
be filled at the same time, not on a first-come, first-served
basis. Deliveries will be sent to the principal via UPS."

Schools with fewer than 2,000 students could order a maximum of
1,000 condoms a month, schools with 2,000 to 4,000 students could
order up to 2,000 condoms a month, and schools with more than
4,000 students could order up to 3,000 condoms a month. This
meant that the schools would be able to give only one condom to
every two students each month.

The schools could not order a specific type of condom - the
condoms would be randomly selected from the two available types -
lubricated condoms, or condoms lubricated with a spermicide. If
schools regularly received only one type of condom, though, they
can contact their health coordinator for assistance.

Schools also were to receive 12,000 copies of the "Risk and
Benefits of the Use and Misuse of Condoms" card, a year's supply.
In addition a box of non-lubricated condoms would be sent to each
school so that they could be used for "demonstration purposes."
Schools were encouraged to use last year's condoms as long as
they were stored properly.

Rush bet New York's schools were spending more time and effort on
these condoms and memos than they were in ordering cafeteria
food, textbooks, etc.

o	Carol Moseley Braun suffered an 8-point drop in the Illinois
Senate polls after it was revealed that she and her mother kept
$28,000 in Medicaid money in their joint bank account. Braun
claimed she didn't know about this and offered to give the money
back.

o	Washington, DC officials were outraged that city merchants were
selling T-shirts that on the front displayed a 9mm handgun with
the text "If this don't get you . . .", and on back an uzi with
"this one will." Officials were demanding these T-shirts be
banned, and Rush remarked how the same people who were in an
uproar over these T-shirts were the same ones who ridiculed
Quayle for getting upset about "just a TV show."

o	The Weekly Reader did a poll of its students about who the
President should be, and found that 55.5% of the 600,000 students
would vote for Bush and only 39.1% for Clinton. Rush thought this
was good news since the Weekly Reader poll had accurately
predicted the Presidential winner for the last nine elections.

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MORNING UPDATE

Hillary Clinton recently told reporters that her health care plan
failed because the American people never understood that "it was
just an opening offer," that it was "constructed to be
deconstructed." Hillary complained that the public never
understood that things like mandatory health alliances were not
mandatory, but just "bargaining chips."

Hillary said that Republicans who wanted health care reform were
"discouraged by ever-engaging insubstantial discussion," but
Hillary curiously failed to mention how Democrats couldn't agree
amongst themselves as to what plan they wanted or would support.
The opposition to her plan, Hillary whined, spent more money than
the Democratic National Committee could to get the message out,
and the opposition was sophisticated, demonizing her plan quite
effectively. Hillary praised the print media for clearly telling
the country about her plan, but sadly she had no radio or TV
campaign to counter the opposition.

Hillary also said people got the "mistaken idea" that the secret
health care task force was secret; in truth, Hillary asserted,
the process "was the most open legislative process" she ever
heard of. Democratic aides, after all, were involved.

So, Rush notes, the truth even now eludes Hillary, and he can
only wonder what would have happened had Barbara Bush or Nancy
Reagan complained like this. The reason the Clinton health care
plan failed is the Clinton health care plan itself; the American
people found out what was in the plan and that was it for it,
which was a very good thing.

FIRST HOUR

Items

o	Yesterday Anne Devroy wrote a Washington Post piece that listed
Rush as an opponent to GATT, which surprised Rush since he has
never taken a position about the GATT agreement on his show. EIB
called Devroy, who reported that she got her information from the
White House.

Rush reminds those in the apparently lazy mainstream press that
just because Clinton is for something doesn't mean Rush is
against it. In fact, Rush not only supported NAFTA, but during
the infamous debate between Algore and Perot on this topic,
Algore himself praised Rush as a "distinguished American" for his
support for free trade. Rush finds it interesting that the Post
didn't call EIB to find out what he thinks about something, but
instead called the White House.

Similarly, Judy Keane of USA Today wrote a story about how there
doesn't seem to be much diversity in the White House anymore, and
she quotes Clinton political advisor Paul Begala as saying "it
seems like only yesterday that Rush Limbaugh and the hot air boys
were attacking Clinton for having too many minorities" in the
White House. Rush stresses, though, that he has never attacked
the Clinton administration for having too many minorities.

Rush thinks it's becoming obvious that those in the press and
White House are now just making assumptions about him, using
their stereotypical views of him as a guide. As far as diversity
in the White House goes, the only thing Rush has pointed out
about this is that Clinton hasn't done much to follow through on
his pledge to have a "cabinet that looks like America." Actually,
in a sense, this is what Clinton has done since his cabinet is
full of rich white guys, but Rush has never criticized the White
House for having "too many minorities" as Begala has claimed.

o	Ross Perot <<"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" starts playing>>
was back on Larry King Live last night, and the Little General
managed to shock King by saying he thought there should be more
Republicans in Congress. Perot predicted the outcome of several
key congressional races; for example, he thinks Senators Ted
Kennedy (D-MA) and Jim Sasser (D-TN) will lose, and that Senator
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) will win.

Perot then publicly called for the election of a Republican
Senate and House, saying that it was time for Republicans to be
given their shot in Congress "so that we can have an honest
debate of the issues and fair representation." Rush recalls that
two years ago, Perot resigned from the Presidential race because
he thought "the Democratic party had revitalized itself," and
thus were capable of saving the country.

However, now that Perot has endorsed the Republican control of
Congress, Rush will give this goal a name: Operation Restore
Democracy. Rush can only hope that RNC Chairman Haley Barbour,
who's understandably ecstatic at Perot's endorsement, quickly
adopts his idea.

King, of course, was dumbfounded at Perot's remarks, but Rush is
not surprised at how Perot seems to criticize anyone who happens
to be in power. He recalls that during the 1992 campaign, one
caller theorized that Perot was attacking Bush and helping
Clinton so that Clinton would get in the White House; however,
once Clinton was elected, showing the country what a liberal
really was, Perot would then turn around and endorse Republicans
and conservatives.

King last night was amazed that Perot was attacking his personal
hero, Bill Clinton, especially as Perot even called him a "draft
dodger." And when Perot criticized the Haiti operation, King
insisted that Aristide was a valid ruler because he received 73%
of the Haitian vote, a far greater percentage than any American
President. Perot responded by looking at King and asking "Larry,
would you go down there and storm those beaches, risking your
life for that man?"

King could only stare in stunned silence for several seconds
before Perot jumped in to bail him out by moving to another
topic. Rush is glad to see that Perot has joined the party,
endorsing "Operation Restore Democracy" - the first Republican
controlled House and Senate in 40 years.

*BREAK*

Items

o	Mario Cuomo is in huge trouble because two people are claiming
his campaign ads are misrepresenting them. FBI Director Louis
Freeh has demanded that his name be taken out of a Cuomo spot,
while Peter Salens has warned that Cuomo must stop broadcasting a
radio spot that alleges he opposes Republican candidate George
Pataki's tax cut initiative.

Salens, professor of urban affairs at Hunter College, in fact
strongly supports Pataki's proposal to reduce income taxes by 25%
over four years. Meanwhile, Democrats are starting to whisper
throughout the state that "Mario might lose."

o	The NY Daily News is reporting that the NBA owners might be
conducting a secret vote about a possible lockout before November
5th, when players are scheduled to receive their first paychecks.
Thus, in addition the cancellation of the major league baseball
season and the current lockout of the NHL, the NBA might be
stopped cold.

Rush bets it won't be long before some enterprising lawyers
alleges that the owners of the teams in these three major sports
leagues are engaging in some serious collusion. If so, it would
be an interesting thing to watch, given that there won't be any
sports on TV.

o	The cover story in the Life section in today's USA Today is
about how more and more schools are telling their students that
certain costumes are politically incorrect for Halloween. The
story is titled "Don't Dress Mean for Halloween," and says
schools are forbidding costumes that depict hobos, devils,
angels, witches, gypsy, Pocohantas, fat people, and anything else
which might offend someone.

For example, the principal of an Albuquerque school has
established rules that discourage any costume that makes light of
anyone with a disability or a "cultural difference." Since this
has obviously become a major problem in America, Rush has decided
to come up with a list of non-offensive, politically correct
Halloween costumes.

For example, you could dress yourself as a chicken with its hand
in the cookie jar - this would be Mike Espy. You could stick pins
in a doll, put a tire over your head, and make a boat out of
aluminum siding and go as President Clinton's foreign policy.

You could stick your foot in your mouth and go as Surgeon General
Joycelyn Elders, always a popular favorite. And, of course, you
could go as the Clinton health care plan by digging a hole and
burying yourself six feet deep. And you could grab a bus back to
San Antonio and go as Henry Cisneros.

Speaking of Cisneros, Rush notes that the press loves to say that
he "may have misled the FBI," yet the media pundits still insist
Oliver North "lied to Congress." However, Rush thinks that Oliver
North deceived "those dogs in Congress for the good of America,"
while Cisneros flat-out lied to the FBI.

Phone	Troy from Montpelier, OH

Troy asks what sort of democratic reform is being pursued in
Haiti, given that the military is arresting and detaining anyone
who opposes Aristide. CNN the other night showed a shop owner
being arrested simply because he owned more ammunition than the
military thought he needed. A police officer was told that he'd
be arrested if he tried to do his job.

Rush agrees that the situation in Haiti is bloody, but the
criminals being sought there are guilty of some heinous crimes.
Thus, it could be a stretch to say that punishing these people is
a roadblock to democracy.

Troy says that the opponents to Aristide are being called all
sorts of names - thugs, paramilitary fanatics, or militia
members, etc. - and they're being arrested for things like trying
to protect their stores from looting. Rush adds that it's just
been reported that a second U.S. soldier has "committed suicide,"
but EIB has no further information at the moment.

Troy hasn't heard this, but would also like to know what the
difference is between Haiti and Cuba. Rush says the answer to
this is easy - Haiti is easy, given that Cuba has 175,000
well-fed and well-trained soldiers, plus the Congressional Black
Caucus is concerned only about Haiti, not Cuba. Of course, Troy's
point is a good one - every time someone complains about Haiti,
you could ask "why not Cuba," and the only answer is that Cuba
would give the U.S. a lot more trouble than Haiti.

*BREAK*

Phone	Mark from Orange City, IA

Mark says that during the 1992 campaign, Perot developed some
serious credibility problems, so Mark has to view his current
endorsement of Republicans with some suspicion. Is Perot really
acting out of concern for the country or out of his own needs?

Rush says Perot is saying everything Rush has been saying for two
years, and as long as he continues to do so, Rush is happy for
him to keep on talking. However, Rush has no ideas as to Perot's
real motivations or goals, and Mark's question is a good one.

As Rush pointed out earlier, Perot got out of the 1992
Presidential race claiming that he was no longer necessary
because the Democratic party had revitalized itself. Perot does
seem really bugged, though, by both NAFTA and GATT, and is very
much against the Haiti policy, so perhaps those are what sent him
back into the fray.

Perot was exactly right, though, when he said that the Democrats
have controlled the House for the past 40 years and have
controlled the Senate for all but 12 of the last 60 years; thus,
it is time for Republicans to be given a chance to show what they
can do.

Mark suspects Perot likes to talk, so he'll expose his true
intentions sooner or later. Rush says nobody really knows even
now his true intentions for entering the 1992 Presidential race,
but because he got 19% back then, people's ears perk up when he
talks about something.

As to Perot's predictions for the November elections, Perot
thinks Mitt Romney will beat Ted Kennedy, that Olympia Snow will
beat Tom Andrews (George Mitchell's successor), that Tom Foley
will be defeated, that Jim Sasser will also lose, but that Frank
Lautenberg will win. He also thinks Governor Pete Wilson will
beat Kathleen Brown and that Michael Huffington will beat Dianne
Feinstein.

However, Perot believes that both governors Roy Romer and Ann
Richards will defeat their Republican challengers. He had no
comment, though, on Oliver North's and Jeb Bush's races in
Virginia and Florida, respectively. Perot seems to have a
personal distaste for George Bush, so it's interesting that he
would have no comment on Jeb Bush's attempt to defeat Governor
Lauten Chiles.

As to Michael Huffington, Rush notes that the hit pieces against
his wife, Arianna, continue. This woman is being accused of being
the power behind the throne, of telling him what positions to
take, of being part of a religious cult, of wanting to eventually
reach the White House - yet all of these things could be said of
Hillary Clinton, too.

When anyone opposes Hillary Clinton, though, they are accused of
being against powerful women, so can't this be said of those
Democrats who are attacking Arianna Huffington? Arianna seems to
have become the focus of all evil - a scheming, conniving,
hateful woman, and USA Today continues the attacks with its cover
story on her and her husband.

USA Today reports that Huffington's wealth and lifestyle are
issues in the campaign, and it's just another hit piece. Rush,
however, knows that Dianne Feinstein is a millionaire herself, or
at least her husband is; at least Huffington is using his own
money, while Feinstein is relying on her husband's. So why isn't
Feinstein's wealth and lifestyle being investigated, too?

Arianna Huffington has written biographies of many of the arts
and croissant crowd, and under ordinary circumstances she would
be celebrated by the left. However, the piece in USA Today
focuses exclusively on her lifestyle, on her religion; Michael
Huffington's religion is ignored, as are Mr. and Mrs. Dianne
Feinstein's lifestyles and religion.

Nobody is asking if Mr. Feinstein has tried to exert any
influence over his wife or if he is the "power behind the
throne." Yet USA Today has five column inches on Michael
Huffington, without one single word about his beliefs or
positions; the entire piece is about his wife, how dangerous she
is, how much of a religious nutcase she is, etc.

Nobody is accusing the press of being afraid of a powerful woman,
and this is one reason why the mainstream press is losing
credibility - the reason the Huffingtons are singled out for this
treatment is because they're Republicans.

Huffington is also being accused of spending his own money on his
campaign, as if that's a crime, and the left makes a big deal
about how "he didn't earn any of it." Yet, while Huffington
inherited only part of his wealth from his father, Ted Kennedy
inherited all of his, yet nobody attacks Kennedy the way they do
Huffington. Rush notes that he's not endorsing or defending
Huffington, but just trying to point out the disparities in the
mainstream press and the hypocrisy on the part of those on the
left making these attacks.

Michael Huffington is accused of being a puppet who inherited his
money, with a wife who pulls the strings. But Ted Kennedy
inherited all his money, without anyone attacking him; Hillary
Clinton is a powerful woman who was not elected to her power, but
she's not attacked as Arianna Huffington is. The people
understand this, which is why the credibility of the press is
heading downhill fast.

Arianna is attacked for having a weird religion, but when Hillary
started talking about the "politics of meaning," and how Michael
Lerner of Tikkun magazine had helped her realize that there are
things greater than ourselves in life, the press was all beside
itself in praising her for her sensitivity and insight. Yet
Hillary, who was essentially trying to create a new religion
based on government with her "politics of meaning," was coming
late to the party, realizing things that most people had learned
when they were still children.

Rush marvels at the double-standard in the mainstream press, and
it only goes to show that the mainstream press does not want to
see Republicans gain control of the House. They obviously want
"Operation Restore Democracy" to fail.

*BREAK*

Phone	Rick from Binghamton, NY

Rick says Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC) was being interviewed on
CSPAN this morning, and he accused Rush of flip-flopping on GATT
"because of pressure from GE who owns Rush's station." Rush finds
this an amazing accusation because he has no association with GE
whatsoever; he doesn't even own any GE appliances.

Furthermore, GE doesn't own anything that Rush is associated
with, although Roger Ailes, Rush's friend and TV partner, is head
of the CNBC cable channel, which is owned by GE. Rush has no
interest in this venture, though, so he's curious how Hollings
came to the conclusion. Rush is also a bit mystified about how
Hollings thinks Rush has flip-flopped on GATT, given that he's
yet to take a firm position on this issue.

Rick says that Hollings stated that Rush originally supported
GATT until "GE put pressure on him" to oppose it. Rush notes he
hasn't talked to either Ailes or anyone in GE about GATT, nor has
he flip-flopped on his position on it; in fact, Rush doesn't even
remember taking any firm position on this issue. He has expressed
opinions on what he likes and doesn't like in the agreement, but
he hasn't endorsed or opposed it yet.

In fact, Anne Devroy of the Washington Post accuses Rush of being
strongly against GATT. Rick adds that Senator Hollings, who is
opposing GATT, volunteered this information about what he thinks
Rush is doing; he made a point about it, as opposed to responding
to a question about Rush.

Rush finds this curious - the only time he's mentioned Hollings
and GATT is in the context of Washington politics and how it's
Democrats who are opposing Clinton. Rush has pointed to Hollings
as an example of how it's Democrats, not Republicans, who are
obstructing the President, but during that discussion Rush went
out of his way to point out that this had nothing to do with the
merits of GATT itself.

Rush adds that the only people who "fund" him are his
advertisers: Snapple, CompuServe, Uggs, etc. EIB is not public
radio, and they don't have contributors or donors; they survive
only by competing in the free market, by convincing advertisers
that they'll benefit if they pay EIB's confiscatory ad rates.

It seems, though, that liberals just can't comprehend this sort
of success from someone they hadn't heard of six years ago.
Liberals don't seem able to believe that anyone can succeed on
their own; the only way they can conceive of someone making it is
if they get some "conspiratorial help" from behind the scenes.

Rush doesn't know where Hollings gets his information, but if
it's from FAIR or the New Republic, then he'd better get new
sources.

*BREAK*

Phone	Don from Virginia Beach, VA

Don thinks the Steelers are looking better and Rush remarks that
competition does work wonders in football. Don is hopeful that
the team is finally building itself back up, and Rush notes that
the Steelers seem to be winning all their Monday Night Football
games.

Rush adds that he's hopeful they'll win their division this year,
and he knows this won't please Cleveland fans; however, he
consoles them by noting they'll get another chance when they show
up in Pittsburgh later this year.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Rush reports that EIB has been written up in Footwear News, a
trade publication for the footwear industry, because Uggs Shoes
has been inundated with phone calls, thanks to their ads on the
EIB Network. However, many of these calls are from people wanting
to become Uggs distributors and/or purchase Uggs stock.

Thus, to help the poor overworked Uggs operators, Rush reports
that Uggs is a privately-held company which intends to stay
private. They appreciate such interest, but doubt they will be
going public in the foreseeable future. Rush urges his audience,
though, to stay tuned for the Uggs commercial that will be coming
up during the next break.

Phone	Holly from College Station, TX

Holly wonders how listeners and viewers can get a copy of the
report that EIB has prepared to refute FAIR's list of Rush's 43
"lies." She would love to be able to show this document to all
her friends who continue to insist that Rush is always wrong.

Rush says this list is voluminous, given that it refutes every
one of FAIR's charges in great detail, listing in most cases more
than one source for Rush's statements. In fact, since Rush talked
about the Sidwell Friends School story on Monday, EIB has found a
fifth source that substantiates what Rush said.

EIB has thought of a number of ways to get this list out into the
public's hands, but has come to no decisions yet. One thing they
could do is upload the list to CompuServe and the Internet, which
would guarantee that the list would quickly be distributed
world-wide.

EIB is also thinking about sending this list as a supplement to
the Limbaugh Letter, but that would reach only 500,000 or so
subscribers. Thus, Rush is thinking about printing some copies of
the document and sending it to those who call a special number,
charging only EIB's costs.

Rush knows that the newspapers won't print this report in
entirety, so he has to find other ways to get the word out.
However, EIB has also prepared some shorter pieces, ranging from
750 words to 5000 words, which might appear in various places.
The NY Times has already rejected a short piece, though, as "too
self-serving," and Rush hasn't yet heard back from the Washington
Post.

However, these shorter pieces barely scratch the surface, so Rush
is eager to get the full document out into the hands of his
listeners and viewers. Another idea would be for Rush to air
daily "FAIR updates" that refute in detail one point at a time,
but regardless of what EIB decides, Rush is certain that his
audience will be the first to know about it.

EIB is shipping this 30-page document to anyone in the press who
asks for it, so it's to be expected that short excerpts will be
printed in the press, but it's also likely that these excerpts
will be very selectively chosen by the papers that print them.
Thus, Rush is still concerned about getting this entire document
to his public.

This reminds Rush of a piece in the Wall Street Journal about how
Rep. Newt Gingrich called Rush and other "conservative opinion
makers" to bring the public up to speed on the Lobby Reform and
Disclosure Act. This article even criticizes John Fund of the
Journal for being a "Gingrich sycophant," but this is really the
wrong way to look at what happened.

The real point of Gingrich's calls was that he could not depend
on the mainstream press to get his side of the story out, so he
had to resort to calling radio show hosts to get the word out.
The supporters of this act know they can depend on the mainstream
press to publicize their point of view, but Gingrich, like Rush,
has to go straight to the public, bypassing the press, to get his
message out.

Rush again notes that an Uggs commercial is coming up, but he
first notes that his staff did not do what he asked them to do,
which was figure out what the 1-800-SAY-UGGS number translates
to. He has to do this because some callers are dialing
1-800-BUY-UGGS, 1-800-CALL-UGGS, or other wrong numbers, and the
owners of these other numbers are calling EIB to testily
complain. Rush puts pencil to paper and figures out that
1-800-SAY-UGGS translates to 1-800-729-8447.

*BREAK*

Phone	Bill from Houston, TX

Bill is a PETA member and former provocateur of the EIB network,
but he's been dormant for the past two years. Bill remarks that
he's forgotten what a great guy Bo was, and recalls that his
first call was about the bear population in Texas, which can be
summed up today as "we still have no bears."

Rush finds that hard to believe and notes that there are a lot of
bears in Arkansas, but Bill says that this is because the bears
know full well where the Texas state line is and that they'll get
shot if they cross it. Speaking of Texas, Bill bets that Ann
Richards will get re-elected, but Rush has his doubts about this.

Bill adds that the problem with Uggs is that their sheepskin
lining will make your feet too hot. Rush says this conflicts with
his experience and bets that PETA will soon open up an office in
Australia to protest this fine, fine shoe company which uses
animal skin in its products.

Bill says that he got a letter recently from Dr. Alex Pachechio,
a big-wig at PETA, who noted that PETA's donations were down, so
he hoped Bill could call Rush and get him to mention PETA again
so as to stir up some more support. Rush says the reason he's not
mentioned the group is because they've been do dormant lately; in
fact, the ASPCA has been doing the sort of things that PETA once
was famous for.

It was an ASPCA representative, in fact, who told the cast and
crew of the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" that they couldn't
kill a maggot on screen. The crew thus built a matchstick
director's chair for the maggot, on which it was placed between
takes. Rush points out that PETA just isn't making news like this
anymore.

Bill agrees that PETA has been dropping the ball lately, which
might be why animal rights organization contributions are up
overall, but PETA's donations have dropped. The group, though,
thinks this is due to how Rush is no longer mentioning them on
his show.

Bill adds that he has had his disagreements with PETA, too, and
Rush eagerly holds him over the break to hear more about this
dissension within the ranks.

*BREAK*

Phone	Bill from Houston, TX (continued)

Bill explains that he disagrees with PETA's policy against the
private ownership of exotic animals, such as monkeys. Bill,
though, doesn't see any problem with having monkeys as pets, and
he's talked to them about this several times.

Rush bets that Bill's monkeys would much rather live with him
than be shipped back to the bananas. He thinks if Bill just told
PETA that his animals prefer to live with him, they would knuckle
under to the animal's preferences.

Rush asks what PETA thought about the elephant that went crazy in
Hawaii and had to be killed, and Bill says that this wasn't a big
story. However, the story about the cougar that killed the mother
of two who was jogging in California generated all sorts of
contributions for the cougar's cubs. Rush notes that the
contributions for the cub exceeded those for the woman's
children, at least until Rush mentioned this story on the air, at
which point Americans skunked the cougar with their aid for the
human children.

Rush is glad to hear from Bill, but is sorry to hear about the
division within the PETA ranks. Bill hopes that his talk with
Rush will generate more donations; Rush notes, though, that if
PETA wants him to talk about them, they've got to give him
something to talk about, i.e. start acting looney again. He notes
that ever since the Clinton administration took power, the wacko
leftist groups have gone dormant, shutting up because their pal
is running the show.

This is why PETA should be supporting a Republican President
because it's when the Republicans are in power that PETA, ACTUP,
and the other liberals go nuts. Liberals are dangerous when
they're in power, but they're darn right funny when they aren't
holding the reins.

Bill admits Rush is funny, no matter who is in power, and asks if
he can come to see Rush's TV show some night. Rush would be glad
to see Bill and in fact pledges that he can even sit on EIB's
bearskin rug. Bill says he'd love to do that, but only if he can
bring his monkey. Rush promises to set places for both Bill and
his simian travelling companion.

Rush asks what kind of monkey Bill owns, and Bill says he owns
several types. He notes that some states have outlawed ownership
of these animals, thanks to groups like PETA. Rush says it's
interesting that Bill has lost his previous enthusiasm for PETA,
and he suspects that the real reason their contributions are down
is because they're letting down their own members. Rush remembers
that Bill used to be a rabid PETA supporter, but now he sounds a
bit disappointed and dejected about them.

"I don't know if I can save them," Rush admits, but he pledges to
do his best if PETA does its part, which means they have to start
acting like fools again. They certainly can't let the ASPCA
defend maggots all by themselves; PETA has to take the lead in
maggot defending away from them.

Rush thanks Bill for his call, but warns him that when he comes
to New York he'll have to watch out for the New York animals,
many of whom walk on two legs.

Phone	Helen from Los Angeles, CA

Helen saw Rep. Dick Gephardt being interviewed over the weekend,
and when the subject of health care came up, Gephardt said that
the next Congress would try to revive the issue, but only after
encouraging Hillary not to get involved, so that she leaves
matters up to the legislature. Rush says he saw this
not-so-subtle message from the Democrats in Congress, telling
Hillary that next time she should just let them handle matters.

Helen says that Tom Snyder mentioned last night that Roger Ailes
owns CNBC. Rush, though, says Ailes doesn't own the network but
is just its president. Helen says that Rush should at least take
advantage of his friendship with Ailes to put his show on CNBC so
he can get at least an hour for it. Helen is watching Rush's show
in LA on channel 9, and a half hour just goes by too fast.

Rush notes that Los Angeles listeners have really responded to
the change in his show in that area; it used to be on late night,
but was moved to 7:30 p.m., and people are giving EIB some
astounding numbers. On some days, Rush's show is the most watched
show of KCAL, channel 9. Helen says Rush's show is great, but
"you could use an hour, it just goes too fast!"

Rush says he has to take one step at a time, and the truth of the
matter is that Rush is about to renew his agreement with
Multimedia Entertainment, and they definitely want an hour show.
Rush, however, is not too certain he wants to do an hour show
each day. He points out that his show is a produced show; it's
not like the talk shows on CNBC which take lots of phone calls -
the show requires a lot of production work and research, and it
takes all day as it is for his staff to get things ready.

If Rush commits to an hour, he, along with everyone else, has to
make a commitment to do this for the next year or more. And the
days are long enough as they are, and Rush has to be careful to
avoid being burned out. Rush, though, is thinking about doing
this, as he knows that a half-hour show goes by too fast.

Rush thanks Helen for her call and for watching his TV show,
which is something that's truly different on TV. In fact, TV
Guide once gave Rush a "cheer" for doing something different and
challenging the typical TV thinking.

*BREAK*

Rush was just told that the Rickie Lake show had called EIB to
ask Rush to come on as a proponent of family values and "opponent
to single mothers." Rush notes that he wouldn't be caught dead
near the Rickie Lake show, which is setting new standards for the
museum of modern societal decay.

Bo Snerdley remarks that he was once a guest on the show, but has
since learned his lesson. Rush notes that the next caller has
noticed that the ABC sitcom "Grace Under Fire" also says that
Rush hates single mothers, which only goes to show that the
mischaracterizations continue.

Phone	Kent from Camp Verde, AZ

Kent says that the last four episodes of "Grace Under Fire" did
mention Rush's name, and in one show the lead character, a single
mom with a worthless, alcoholic deadbeat ex-husband, went on and
on about how Rush makes fun of single mothers. Rush asks his
staff if they can remember any time that he has done this; he
hasn't, and such claims are classic examples of how his critics
don't listen to his show.

What Rush has said in the past that it's best for families to
have both a mother and father, simply because single parent
families have a lot harder job ahead of them. Rush has never
mocked single mothers, although he has had some fun at expense of
the Murphy Brown TV show.

These liberals, though, claim that Rush is against single mothers
because he supports "family values," and it shows the cliched way
that liberals work - they set up straw dogs and then make those
accusations come true. In this case, they claim that "family
values" means attacking single mothers, and thus because Rush is
for family values, he must be against single mothers.

*BREAK*

The Chicago City Council is going to try to pull the plug on
street corner drug dealers by banning pay phones. Rush remarks
that this is like trying to ban drive-by shooting by banning car
batteries - it just shows how these guys miss the whole point.

Phone	Jeff from Las Vegas, NV

Jeff wishes Rush would push his TV show out for an hour because
half an hour is just too short. He adds that the Las Vegas
affiliate has moved up the show from 12:35 a.m. to 12:05 a.m., so
at least he can watch it a little earlier.

Rush asks what Jeff does in Las Vegas, and he says he works at
valet parking while he goes to school at the University of Nevada
at Las Vegas. Rush asks if Jeff plays basketball, by any chance,
but Jeff says no; otherwise, he'd be driving the cars, not
parking them.

Rush bets that there will be more calls begging him to go to an
hour show, and Bo says no, but there was one saying he should go
to ten minutes. Rush says he'd love to do such a short show
because then he might have some time for his own life. An hour
show, though, would probably be too long, but Rush wouldn't mind
doing a 40 or 45 minute show.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

John Leo, columnist for USA News and World Report, has written a
column that appears in today's NY Daily News about all the
history revisionism that's going on at the Smithsonian Air and
Space Museum about the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. The exhibit
the museum has of the Enola Gay portrays this event as a barbaric
act against a defenseless enemy, which has outraged anyone with a
knowledge of history.

Dropping the bomb saved American lives and ended a war the
Japanese began; in fact, the bomb could have saved Japanese
lives, given that an American invasion of the Japanese islands
could have resulted in millions of civilian deaths. Most
importantly, though, the nuking of Japan meant the U.S. won the
war - in short, the bomb meant that the war was ended and that
the good guys won.

Americans were indeed the good guys in WWII, fighting two enemies
- Hitler's Germany and the Japanese empire - both of which were
trying to destroy America. The Smithsonian's original exhibit,
though, portrayed this event as a racist occurrence, but thanks
to outraged Americans voicing their anger about this, the museum
has rewritten portions of their exhibit.

Leo, though, was curious about what kind of history revisionism
was going on at other museums, so he went museum hopping. He
found that museums had taken a page from what American history
classes were teaching: claiming that white Europeans brought a
host of evils with them to the New World. The "hate America"
crowd - guilt-laden liberals - just can't stand the fact that
capitalism and western culture has brought the most prosperous
and advanced civilization ever to live on this planet.

Bo Snerdley insists that the ancient Egyptians have to be
considered for this honor, but Rush notes that while they were
good for their day, they can't hold a candle to America. After
all, they didn't even have air conditioning. Bo points out,
however, that it was damn cool in the pyramids, which Rush admits
is true.

However, Rush is amazed at how the multiculturalists seem so
intent on teaching that western cultures are destroying not just
North America, but the entire world. Yet even the NY Times
admitted that by the time Columbus arrived at the New World, the
Mayans had devastated their environment by over irrigating.

John Leo discovered that one American history museum had very
little that celebrated America or what the founding fathers had
achieved; instead, he saw an emphasis on separateness and "the
alleged need to resist the constant oppression by the narrow and
exclusionary dominant culture" - in short, what political
correctness seeks to do.

Rush therefore decides to follow up his politically correct
Halloween costume suggestions by coming up with some suggestions
the Smithsonian could use to continue their efforts at history
revisionism.

For example, they could ask if the Incas invented the Xerox
machine in the 1500s, only to have white Europeans steal it. The
Somalians might have invented the Polaroid camera in 1640, only
to have an evil white European male rip it off. Was the original
"CAT Scan" an invention of a Native American doctor?

Rush notes that Oliver Stone, America's first investigative movie
director, could surely come up with some great movies using
themes like this.

********

Jean Bertrand Aristide and Nelson Mandela recently had a
conversation, and Rush has to wonder if they discussed the merits
of radials vs. snow tires. Rush points out that Winnie Mandela is
big on necklacing, and while Winnie is heading up the cultural
department in South Africa, her former husband Nelson is over
here asking for money.

Rush wishes the Secretary of State would have a list of those
people who have been trashing the United States, and anyone on
this list would get zilch in foreign aid. To get back in
America's good graces, they would have to thank the U.S. and
respect what this country has done for at least two years. Rush
admits he's getting tired of the U.S. being blamed for all the
world's ills.

As to Haiti, Rush notes that former NYC Police Commissioner
Raymond Kelley has been given the task of rebuilding the Haitian
police force. Since Kelley is big on "community policing," Rush
would dare suggest that General David Dinkins be sent to help
Kelley establish all sorts of quotas for dark blacks, light
blacks, etc. Of course, any Jews in Haiti would have to be given
fair warning of Dinkins' arrival first.

As to education minister, Leonard Jeffries is the only choice -
this professor who teaches about "ice people" and "sun people" is
the best person to teach African-Haitian pride. Mario Cuomo, of
course, could be sent to Haiti after losing re-election in
November to become financial minister, teaching Aristide the fine
art of raising money via taxation.

For voodoo minister, Clinton is the logical choice for a visiting
lecturer, given his voodoo foreign policy. After all, if America
really wants to turn Haiti into another U.S., it should send the
country all the "experts" it needs to learn what's important in
life.

*BREAK*

Phone	James from El Paso, TX

James says he thinks Rush has carried his "vendetta against the
Clintons" way beyond bounds last night on his TV show by saying
that Bill Clinton must have no soul and no conscience in order to
claim that the Republicans were lying about him. James doesn't
think that Clinton "leads the league in lying," as Rush claims,
and he believes that Rush just can't stand it when the Clintons
defend themselves.

Rush says that his comments last night were in reference to a
fund-raiser for Chuck Robb which Clinton appeared at, and Clinton
was talking about Republican attacks against Robb, not himself
personally. Clinton invoked the Ten Commandments and the
injunction against bearing false witness so as to make the claim
that the Republicans have been lying through their teeth about
Robb's record.

James says that this is exactly right, and Clinton has every
right to say this. Rush agrees that Clinton has the right to say
what he wants, but the point Rush was making was that Clinton had
no credibility with which to say such things. Given that Clinton
has lied for the past two years, trying to scare the country to
death about how the country was facing ruin and that only he
could save it, Rush can't see how Clinton can claim that this is
what the Republicans are doing unless he has absolutely no
conscience.

James calls this "B.S." and thinks that Rush is saying these
things only because Clinton is a Democrat; he is convinced that
if Clinton were a Republican doing all the same things, Rush
would support him. Rush disputes the idea that he is blinded by
ideology, and notes that the liberal journalist Michael Kelley
wrote a huge piece in the NY Times magazine which basically said
the same things Rush has been saying.

James says he'd be interesting in hearing about this piece, so
Rush holds him over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone	James from El Paso, TX (continued)

Rush says he knew his TV show last night would generate a
reaction from some people such as James, and James bets that this
is the reason why Rush did it. Rush says no - he said what he
said because he means and believes it.

As to Michael Kelly, he wrote a piece for the NY Times Sunday
magazine of July 31, 1994 in which he gave a short biography of
Clinton, quoting Little Rock activist Edward Dunnaway as saying
"Clinton talked a good game and he had big ideas, but he never
followed through. I fell out with Bill because he never followed
through on anything. His word is no good."

Kelly then writes that "a line of consequence" runs from
Clinton's statement about never inhaling, never being drafted,
Whitewater, Hillary's commodity trading, Dan Lasater, Lani
Guinier, Somalia, Bosnia, and Haiti.

"Clinton is today as he was 20 years ago, clearly concerned with
doing the right thing, and his Presidency still holds some of the
promise that stirred so many Americans to so much hope in 1992.
But there is a hollowness to the Clinton Presidency, a sense that
it lacks a center because the man at its center lacks one of his
own.

"In an important sense, these expressions are entirely honest.
Clinton's empathy is wholy real, but it exists only in the
moment. The President's essential character flaw is not so much
dishonesty as ahonesty.

"It isn't that Clinton means to say things that aren't true - but
he does - or that he cannot make true, but that everything is
true for him when he says it because he says it. Clinton means
what he says when he says it but tomorrow he'll mean what he says
when he says the opposite. He is the existential President -
living in absolute sincerity in the passing moment."

Rush points out, therefore, that his attitudes towards Clinton
are not unique, nor are they ideologically driven. James says
that Kelly's piece could just as easily be referring to George
Bush, and he admits that Clinton lies and is a "deeply flawed
human being."

However, James voted for Clinton in 1992 and will vote for him
again because he likes Clinton's policies. That's the bottom line
and why everything is ideologically driven; he thinks that Rush
is not seeing Clinton as a human being and is just ignoring those
things that don't fit with Rush's ideological agenda.

Rush notes that he is very acutely aware that Clinton is a human
being, but the problem with James's approach is how can you trust
someone's policies if you can't trust what they say about them?
It's not just Rush who has been wondering about Clinton's lack of
character; this theme is showing up a lot more often now, and
there are few Democrats who want to be anywhere near him right
now.

James says that character issues relate only to one's personal
life, but Rush disagrees, again pointing out that in order to
believe what one says, you have to believe they are a truthful
person first. If someone does lie or goes back on his word, then
how can you count on him to do what he pledges to do?

People were supporting the Clinton health care plan only because
Bill Clinton promised it would work, but was that trust
well-founded? Rush doesn't think so, and all he is doing is
pointing this out, by illustrating the things that Clinton has
been doing. Clinton has tried to create all sorts of fear among
the American people, claiming he would solve all these problems,
but his scare-mongering was groundless.

James says Reagan did the same thing in promising to fix Carter's
problems, so he doesn't see any difference. Rush points out that
Reagan exalted people and encouraged them to want to be their
best, but Clinton does not do this; instead he is negative and
concentrates on fears. James says the only reason Clinton was
negative was because he was attacked during the primaries.

James thinks Rush crosses the line between politics and character
assassination, but Rush denies this - he can't assassinate
anyone's character even if he wants to; just as the only person
who can damage the Presidency is the person in that office, so is
Clinton's character determined by his own actions. Rush admits he
is flattered to be given so much power - to destroy Clinton,
destroy health care, destroy GATT, etc. - but all he does is tell
people about these issues, what's in the health care bill, and so
forth. He thanks James for calling.

Phone	Steve from Pottstown, PA

Steve says he didn't prosper much in the 80s because he was just
getting started then, but he is and will continue to prosper in
the 90s despite the Clintons' best efforts to stop him. He notes
he agrees with most of what Rush says on his show; for example,
he believes that gun control will do nothing to stop criminals,
who are called that because they don't obey the law, including
gun control laws.

Steve also thinks the country should just abolish welfare, and
that the Democrats' control over Congress has to end. Steve,
however, is not personally convinced that Republicans are the
answer.

For example, Senator Arlen "Single Bullet" Specter was inundated
with calls against the Crime Bill, but he didn't care about what
his constituents thought, he was going to vote what he thought
was best for the country. This is what one of Specter's staffers
basically told Steve when he called them about the Crime Bill,
and he's gotten a lot of letters from Specter that have the same
sort of attitude.

Rush agrees that there are many Republicans on the wrong side of
things, and he makes a point of talking about them. Steve points
out, though, that when it comes to spending, Congress is an
addict that spends money like crazy because nobody holds them
accountable, and while Steve is a Republican, he thinks the
Republicans in Congress are equally guilty of this.

Rush asks Steve what he thinks should be done, and Steve says
he's basically calling to find that out and to discover why
Republicans are any better than the Democrats. Rush admits there
are some big spending Republicans, but there are more Republicans
trying to get a handle on spending then Democrats.

The country has seen what 40 years of Democratic control in
Congress produces - the House of Representatives is what it is
because of 40 years of one-party rule by the Democrats. The
Republicans can't even get some of their measures to curb
spending debated, much less voting on. Thus, the November
elections are a real chance to restore democracy to Congress,
which is why Rush is calling the upcoming elections "Operator
Restore Democracy."

In fact, this could be considered a "pilot program" - give the
Republicans two years in the House to see how well they do. Rush
thanks Steve for calling, and notes that H.R. "Kit" Carson has
suggested another Halloween costume: put a tattered basketball
net and rim around your neck and go as the Crime Bill.

*BREAK*

Phone	Bill from La Habra Heights, CA

Bill heard Rush talk about "waiting for your federal checks," and
since he's a retired DEA agent and former captain of the Naval
Reserve, not to mention a Social Security recipient, he takes a
little umbrage when Rush takes some cracks at federal employees.
Rush notes this isn't what he's done - he takes on bureaucrats
 from time to time, but what he was talking about yesterday were
entitlements, and how nearly one-half of the population was
getting a federal check.

Rush wasn't talking about federal employees but those who think
the government exists solely to give them things and do things
for them. Bill says that there are federal employees who work
nine to five, but those in law enforcement, such as those in the
DEA, work far more than this. Rush says he has never had anything
but praise for such men and women.

Besides, Rush wasn't blaming the unproductive people getting
federal checks, but rather those who are hard at work at
convincing Americans that this is the proper role of governments.
He notes that he's not against "big government" per se, given
that government does have some legitimate roles to play, such as
in law enforcement and the military.

Bill adds that most of those working in law enforcement are
conservatives, and Rush remarks that it's curious how Bill got
the impression that he was singling out people like him for
criticism. Bill says that "entitlements" is a buzzword that is
often used against people like him, and in his case he does think
he's entitled to his government checks because he worked hard for
them.

Rush agrees, but notes that to most people the word "entitlement"
means programs in which people get government checks without
having to work for them; the justification for this is that they
are "entitled" to this money, all because politicians have told
them so. However, there's a big distinction between this and
those federal employees who do earn their paychecks.

Bill is glad to hear this and hopes Rush keeps up the good word.
Rush thanks him for calling, but is still a bit amazed that
someone would assume his comments about "entitlement spending"
would have anything to do with those who are working, doing those
functions that government is supposed to do.

*BREAK*

James A. Baker III has endorsed Oliver North for the Senate in
Virginia, and Rush will take more about the meaning of this
tomorrow.

Phone	Yvonne from Savage, MN

Yvonne gives "mega-military dittos" because she deals with
hundreds of military families and personnel who serve overseas,
and the top three requests they get from those troops serving
overseas are for videotapes of Rush's TV show, cassette tapes of
Rush's radio show, and copies of his books. "God bless you for
being there for our military," she adds.

Rush thanks her for this news, and asks if she has anything else
to say in the show's remaining 30 seconds. She notes that she has
found only three Minnesota members of Congress - Rep. James
Ramstad (R-MN), Senator David Durenberger (R-MN), and Rep. Rod
Grams (R-MN) - who are willing to help her and come to her home
to meet the people who served in the Gulf War, Somalia, etc.

Rush thinks this is a great question, but sadly he's run out of
time to explore it. He thanks Yvonne for calling.

