Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Thursday, October 6, 1994

by John Switzer

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October 6, 1994

BRIEF SUMMARY OF TOPICS: guns in Fulton County, GA will be
required to bear warning labels; successor to Ben Chavis is being
investigated for mishandling NAACP's money; American Federation
of Teachers is not happy about annual increase of 2.3% in
teachers' pay; Democratic Senate candidate drops in polls after
Clinton shows up at her fund-raiser; it's not necessarily true
that an innocent man doesn't have to be worried about the
evidence; people would be wise not to take media's trial
reporting at race value, especially since the media has a pack
dog mentality; nobody seems interested in victims of Simpson
murder; Clinton promises Nelson Mandela $100 million in aid in
addition to the $600 million already promised; interest in Uggs
shoes is so intense that people are even calling the Australian
government to find them; caller is worried that Perot's support
of Republicans is only temporary and that he'll split the
Republican vote again in 1996; Clinton could win against Bob Dole
today if Perot were in the race; Deborah Oren thinks Ross Perot
will imitate Rush on his talk show; Perot claims he is
responsible for recent string of Republican victories; caller
wants to nominate Rush for the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame; NY
realtor is angry because of her high taxes, which she calls "what
Clinton takes"; attacks against Arianna Huffington continue;
liberals must think Republicans' purpose on Earth is to provide
them with their sense of right and wrong; NY Times condemns James
Baker's endorsement of Oliver North, but they said nothing about
Clinton's campaigning for Dan Rostenkowski; Al Hunt accuses
Oliver North of being an incurable liar; Frank Rich accuses
Michael Huffington of being a Manchurian Candidate, but the same
could easily be said of Clinton; Ken Starr's appointment of Sam
Dash doesn't mean Starr is bowing down to liberals, but rather is
shutting them up; "expert" on Nightline tries to link Arianna
Huffington with suicide cult in Switzerland; Ed disagrees with
Rush's analysis of why Jimmy Carter is out there working on
foreign policy problems; Rush is suspicious at how callers are
mentioning Bo's name a lot more often; caller suspects Clinton's
election was for the best, as it was showing the nation what
liberalism really is; caller asks if Newt Gingrich really
supports term limits, shouldn't he be following them now
voluntarily?; Rush gives Mario Cuomo advice on how to win
re-election in New York; Rush thinks Cuomo should stop acting
like a conservative, and instead be proud of his liberalism;
trial of Hillary Clinton has been delayed until December;
Rostenkowski's lawyer says his client shouldn't be indicted for
violating House rules; Republicans' ten-point contract is a risk
for them because when you take a stand, you make yourself
vulnerable, but it's better than just counting on the voters to
oppose the Democrats; words to "Fifty Ways to Stay in Office";
while entitlement spending must be gotten under control, the
country has to stop punishing the achievers, who are the ones who
have proven themselves the best investors; caller thinks
Aristide's words of peace contrast with his true intents; sex
survey shows that America is pretty normal; caller notes that
Michael Kinsley, like Aristide, never blinks; to find the truth
in the news reports, you have to be educated and curious enough
to search for the truth.

LIMBAUGH WATCH

October 6, 1994 - It's now day 625 (day 644 for the rich and the
dead, and 33 days until the November elections) of "America Held
Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal" which has 837 days left) and 688
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	Guns sold in Fulton County, GA will be required to bear warning
labels starting November 1st, thanks to an initiative sponsored
by county commissioner John O'Callaghan. The ordinance mandates
that gun dealers affix labels on all weapons, informing would-be
purchasers that guns are a leading cause of murder and suicide;
dealers must also post notices to this effect in their stores.
Violators of the ordinance will be charged with a misdemeanor
that carries a maximum penalty of two months in jail and a $500
fine.

O'Callaghan denied that he was trying to limit gun sales, saying
"This is not gun control - this helps gun buyers make informed
decisions, and if they do buy, to treat the gun with respect and
take the required safety precautions." Georgia Gunowners
Association spokesman Bill Davis, though, was not impressed with
the legislation, saying "it's a feel-good effort that isn't going
to tell anyone anything he didn't already know."

o	Less than two months after he replaced Benjamin Chavis as head
of the NAACP, William Gibson is accused of many of the same sort
of financial improprieties that forced Chavis out. According to a
column by Carl Rowan that appeared Wednesday, Gibson "double
dipped" hundreds of thousands of dollars from the NAACP's by
channeling them through his private expense account. Gibson has
denied the charges, claiming that the same "factions" which
conspired to drive out Chavis are now trying to destroy him.

LEST WE FORGET

The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Thursday,
October 8, 1992:

o	Bill Clinton's campaign was trying to perform damage control on
charges that Clinton had visited Moscow and led anti-war protests
in 1969; the thrust of the campaign's response was to attack
George Bush for daring to challenge Clinton's patriotism. Rush
noted that nobody was saying that Clinton did not have a right to
protest the Vietnam War; what was important was Clinton's
honesty, and how what he did he thought was so bad he didn't want
anyone to know about it.

Clinton was also continue to claim that his meeting with the
peace activist Rev. McSorely was accidental, insisting they
didn't go to any peace protests or meet with any other peace
protestors. However in his 1978 book, "Peace Eyes," McSorely
wrote that he and Clinton took trips together to meet with
conscientious objectors; furthermore, McSorely claimed Clinton
asked to go on the trip to Oslo, and McSorely was glad to have
him along since "he was very good at setting up demonstrations
and protests."

In a Washington Times interview McSorely mentioned Clinton by
saying "since he's running for President, he can't afford to be
clear on any of these things. He can't - he'd be foolish to tell
the truth about it." The Times' headline for this story was "He'd
be foolish to tell the truth."

Clinton was also claiming that 1969 was a period of "relaxing
tensions" in which relations between the US and USSR were
"thawing." However, Rush reminded people that Soviet tanks rolled
into Czechoslovakia in 1968, one year before Clinton's visit, and
the term "detente" wasn't even coined until 1972.

As to the missing pages in Clinton's State Department passport
files, James Carville of the Clinton campaign said the
Republicans had controlled the State Department since 1981, "and
if anyone tampered with the files, it wouldn't have been us."

Pat from Bridgewater, NJ noted that Soviet intelligence started
recruiting people from the Cambridge area in the early 1920s;
their successes included such famous spies like Kim Philby. Pat
thus couldn't believe that the KGB would ignore a Rhodes scholar
who had Clinton's connections, and he thus did not doubt that
Clinton was approached at some point by KGB agents.

Rush noted that Clinton left the door open to this possibility
when he told Phil Donahue "as far as I know I wasn't approached
by the KGB." Former NY mayor Ed Koch even mentioned on his radio
show that when he toured the Soviet Union during the Cold War, he
was certain his tour guide was from the KGB.

Pat added that Soviet Intourist travel agency kept tabs on
touring Americans and reported directly to the KGB. One of the
techniques the Soviets used to evaluate potential recruits was to
contact them during trips to Oslo, Moscow, Paris, and elsewhere.
The Soviets would then talk to these people and sound them out to
see if they would be useful and willing participants.

Gail from Eden Prairie, MN, though, said she was getting tired of
hearing about what Clinton did in 1969; she would rather have
people focus on the issues. Tim from Morristown, TN also said
that George Washington and Ben Franklin were accused of having
affairs just as JFK did, so he didn't see any real correlation
between character and leadership since all of these men were
great leaders.

o	Time magazine journalist Strobe Talbot was a specialist in arms
control, who had been praised by Walter Mondale in 1984. Talbot
was also friends with Bill Clinton, having studied with him at
Oxford, so it was interesting that Talbot revealed he was one of
the 8 Rhodes scholars out of a total of 32 at Oxford who went
with Clinton on a trip to the Soviet Union.

o	Jane Fonda said that the reason her marriage to Ted Turner had
been successful was because she was independently wealthy.

o	A letter writer enrolled in a geology class at Wichita State
University reported that one of his textbooks, "Race to Save the
Planet," said people belonged to the Earth, not the other way
around. Thus, in order to "save" the Earth, people had to eat on
banana leaves instead of plates, use baking soda instead of
deodorants, and not flush the toilet every time it was used. The
book claimed that the rest of the world was paying the cost for
the United States' "selfishness."

o	Susan Lewis, who met her husband at Rush's second wedding, sent
Rush a list of "dumb men" jokes which she insisted he had to read
as penance for previously reading dumb blonde jokes with "such
glee." Rush agreed that this was only fair:

-	Why do dumb men like blonde jokes? Because they're only one
line.

-	What is a dumb man's idea of a 50-50 relationship? You cook, I
eat.

-	Why is it good that there are female astronauts? So that when
the crew gets lost in space, someone will have the guts to ask
for directions.

-	What's a man's idea of helping with the housework? Lifting his
legs so you can vacuum.

-	What's the difference between a man and ET? ET phoned home.

-	What is the difference between government bonds and men.
Government bonds mature.

-	What's the best way to force a man to do sit-ups? Put the
remote control between his toes.

-	What did God say after creating man? "I can do better than
this."

-	Why is psychoanalysis quicker for a man than a woman? When it's
time to go back to his childhood, a man is already there.

-	What's a man's idea of a seven-course dinner? A hotdog and a
six-pack.

-	Why are men like noodles? They're always in hot water, they
lack taste, and they need dough.

-	How do men exercise at the beach? By sucking in their stomachs
whenever they see a bikini.

-	Why did the man cross the road? Who knows - why do men do
anything?

o	Gay activists attacked President Bush for appointing Mary
Fisher to the Presidential AIDS Commission as a replacement for
Magic Johnson. Michael Petrellis of ACTUP said "we have to
question what her qualifications are - she's not a doctor, she's
not a researcher, she's the daughter of a Republican fund-raiser
and is HIV-positive." Rush, however, had to wonder what ACTUP
thought were Magic Johnson's qualifications for being on the
commission and why the group didn't protest his appointment as
well.

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MORNING UPDATE

The American Federation of Teachers is not happy about a new
survey that shows the annual rate of increase in teachers' pay
last year was only 2.3%, not enough to keep pace with inflation.
AFT Secretary-Treasury Edward Macaulroy complained that this was
unacceptable, telling the nation that "no other expenditure
amounts to a more direct investment in the achievement of
students."

Rush, though, recalls that a survey released last month showed
there was no relationship between the amount of money spent on
students and how much they learned. In fact, not one of the top
ten schools in terms of academic achievement was also in the list
of top spenders on education. The survey showed that money was
not the answer; instead, local control, parental involvement, and
challenging students were the key to getting good results at
school.

Rush is not against teachers making a livable way, but the facts
are that more money does not equal better education. Teachers'
pay raises, high-tech schools, and orange juice boycotts are not
what will improve the education of America's kids. However,
teachers shouldn't be too depressed because, after all, President
Clinton is saying that the economy is going like gangbusters, and
that low inflation will continue. This news should please
teachers, and Rush gives them some advice: don't worry, be happy.

FIRST HOUR

Items

o	Rush can't remember the woman's name, but a Democrat running
for the Senate in Minnesota asked President Clinton to come out
and do a fund-raiser for her. Before that point, the woman was
leading in the polls, but afterwards she had lost that lead.

o	Everyone seems taken by the question posed by Nicole Brown
Simpson's sister yesterday: "if OJ's so innocent, why is he
trying to suppress all the evidence?" On the surface, this looks
like a brilliant point, but those who have knee-jerk reactions to
it (such as Bo Snerdley who is even now ready to drop the gas
pellets on Simpson) have forgotten some simple things.

It's overly simplistic and naive to think that anyone who's
innocent shouldn't be worried about the evidence against them.
Rush asks Bo how he'd feel if he traded places with Simpson and
was not guilty of the murders; the fact that the police found
evidence he was at his ex-wife's home should not be surprising.

The reason O.J. Simpson is trying to get the evidence thrown out
is because he's got the U.S. government using its full force
trying to lock him away for life. And given how clever the
prosecution is, and the way jury trials can go in America, it's
by no means guaranteed that an innocent man has nothing to fear
from any "evidence."

It's also the job of any responsible lawyer to get as much as
evidence thrown out, not just to win the first trial, but also to
prepare for any appeal, if such happens. A federal trial is
something that nobody should want to face because the average
person cannot compete with the federal government, its resources,
its army of experts, its unlimited budget, etc.

Bo, though, says that there wouldn't be any evidence if you're
not guilty, but Rush notes that plenty of innocent people have
been convicted because of evidence. Also, Rush suspects that
since the defense doesn't have an alibi for Simpson, the only
thing they can do is to try to get the evidence thrown out.

Rush also suspects that the prosecution has evidence people
haven't even heard about yet, from material evidence to
witnesses, and this won't be revealed until the trial. Above all,
though, nobody should come to any conclusions about this trial
from what the press is saying before it begins or while it's
going on.

Rush recalls how during the Iran-Contra hearings, the Democrats
and their allies in the press were convinced that they would
"get" Reagan as soon as Oliver North testified. However, at the
end of the first day of North's testimony, the Democrats were
stunned by what had happened and by how North acquitted himself
so well that he won the hearts and minds of a great number of
Americans.

The media gets into a pack journalism mood where they all end up
doing and saying the same thing, and nine times out of ten it's
wrong. Rush therefore would caution his listeners not to assume
anything is a foregone conclusion with the O.J. Simpson trial,
especially since the press seems so taken and enamored about him
that it never makes any references to the people who are now
dead.

Nobody is talking about the horrible crime that took place, but
rather is focusing on Simpson and what's happening to him. One of
the news magazines interviewed Simpson's kids, asking them how
they were dealing with the situation, but there is precious
little about the two people whose lives were snuffed out.

The press seems to have some misplaced priorities about what is
important, which is why the question Nicole's sister asked is
worthwhile - it gets people thinking about whether Simpson did it
and if he should be guilty, what that would make him; instead,
though, everyone is talking about what a "tragedy" it is that a
hero such as O.J. has been involved with this. Rush admits he is
tired of hearing about how it's Simpson who is the victim.

o	President Clinton feted and honored Nelson Mandela for two days
at the White House, after which Clinton announced a $100 million
fund to help entrepreneurs and businessmen in South Africa. This
is in addition to the $600 million over three years worth of
assistance Clinton pledged to give South Africa last May.

Rush has found it curious, though, that not one dime of this new
money is going for food stamps or AFDC programs, but is rather
going to businessmen and entrepreneurs, which is an interesting
lesson to learn.

o	Rush is going to give some advice to New York Governor Mario
Cuomo today, to help him with his current re-election campaign.
Rush can only hope that Cuomo will listen to this advice.

o	A new sex survey is out that shows an amazing thing - America
is really normal when it comes to sex. Rush promises more on this
later.

*BREAK*

Rush must issue a "mild admonishment" towards those listeners who
are trying to find Uggs shoes. As Rush was eating his morning
Cheerios today, he got a call from Stu Crane, VP of sales at EIB,
telling him that there was an internal memo being circulated
among members of the Australian government. The memo advises
government officials that should they get a call concerning Uggs,
they should refer the callers to Uggs Holding, Inc. in Carlsbad,
CA.

Evidently, some resourceful listeners are calling the Australian
government in an attempt to find Uggs, which seems to be a first
for EIB's record of generating phone calls for advertisers. Rush
thus reminds everyone that the number for Uggs is toll-free,
1-800-SAY-UGGS, so there is no need to rack up intercontinental
long distance charges to find this fine shoe company.

Phone	Jim from Shreveport, LA

Rush notes that Terry Bradshaw of the Pittsburgh Steelers was
born in Shreveport, but notices that he has only seconds left in
the segment. He thus asks Jim to hang on through the break.

*BREAK*

Phone	Jim from Shreveport, LA (continued)

Jim saw Ross Perot's interview on Larry King Live and was struck
by a feeling of deja vu from two years ago. Jim is convinced that
even though conservatives weren't happy with George Bush, they
would have voted for Bush had Perot not interfered. He's thus
concerned that if Perot continues being a loose cannon, he could
cause more damage to the Republicans in 1996.

Jim was comforted by the fact that in his latest appearance Perot
encouraged voters to vote Republican this November, but this
doesn't mean he won't be a spoiler in 1996, dividing the
Republican party again, taking away another 19% of the vote. This
means Clinton might actually win again.

Rush says the polling data supports this theory - if the election
were between Bob Dole and Clinton today, Dole would win; however,
the minute Perot is put in the election, Clinton wins with only
35% of the vote. Jim says that conservative America could not
stand another four years of Clinton, so he'd love to see Rush
challenge Perot to work within the Republican system, so as not
to divide America again. He thinks that America needs some
positive, conservative leadership.

Rush notes that Perot will be starting his own talk show soon,
and Deborah Oren in the Washington Post theorizes that Perot will
be going about his business "a la Rush Limbaugh" from now on.
Rush admits that Perot is saying all the right things right now,
but the problem is that if Republicans throw in with Perot and
try to unite his group with the GOP, it's very likely that Perot
will sting the Republicans again, backing out whenever he feels
like it.

Rush thus thinks it would be a big mistake for the GOP to try to
embrace Perot and get him to be a member. He might last through
the 1996 election, but should a Republican win in 1996, Perot
will go right back to being an agitator. Jim asks if Perot is
being an agitator just because he wants to stay in the spotlight
or because he has a vendetta against George Bush.

Rush thinks both of these are reasons why Perot does what he
does. In addition, Perot is taking credit for every Republican
victory since the 1992 elections: Paul Coverdell, Christie Todd
Whitman, Rudolph Giuliani, etc. He is claiming that United We
Stand America provided the swing vote that made these victories
possible.

Jim says he's worried about this swing vote swinging back the
other way in 1996, and he thinks the priority should be for
conservatives to band together. Rush agrees, but thinks the most
important thing about Perot is whether he can retain credibility
with his United We Stand people - right now Perot is a repository
for the people's anger, but he doesn't appear to be the "leader"
that they would really want.

Rush, though, still thinks the major potential problem for
Republicans is if they try to join forces with Perot; they'll
just be opening themselves up to another about-face by the Little
General.

*BREAK*

Phone	Tom from Cape Canaveral, FL

Tom is calling to get Rush's permission to submit his name to the
Florida Citrus Hall of Fame, which is looking for people who have
made significant contributions to the Florida citrus industry. He
saw a ballot for nominations in the business section of today's
Florida Today newspaper. In particular, the Hall of Fame is
looking for people who have made significant contributions in
pioneering, sales, promotion, legislative, growing, etc.

Rush says that in terms of `sales and promotion,' EIB should win
hands-down; during the "Limbaugh campaign" and in spite of the
boycott by all four feminazis and the NEA, the Florida citrus
industry had its best sales ever last July and August. Rush
gladly gives Tom permission to submit his name, and Tom adds that
the honorees will be inducted on Government Day next March.

Rush remarks he had thought "Government Day" was the day in June
when you finally stop working to pay your taxes, but gladly gives
Tom his permission to submit his name, assuming he is qualified
to do so. Tom says nominations can be made either by individual
or by citrus organizations. Rush notes that Tom obviously is an
individual, but asks if he's in the citrus business.

Tom replies "no, sir, I'm retarded, uh retired!" Rush begs Tom
not to give his critics more ammunition; he'd prefer not to see
newspaper stories about how he's been nominated for this award by
a "confessed retarded gentleman."

Tom confirms that he's actually retired, although he admits he
might be a bit retarded, too, given that he's grown up next to
Cape Canaveral, and all of its rocket launches. He adds that he
has to thank his son, who works for the Post Office, for giving
him a subscription to the Limbaugh Letter.

Rush hopes that Tom's son isn't stealing that subscription from
someone else, but Tom says this is definitely not the case. He
defends his son's profession by saying that the letter carriers
don't ever steal the mail - he admits they might store it in
trailers for years, but they don't steal it.

Rush thanks Tom for correcting this, but bets that he'll now
start getting complaint calls both from USPS and mental health
care officials. Tom adds that he misses hearing from Mick from
the High Mountains of New Mexico, and Rush notes that Mick, maker
of puppy stew, hasn't called the show in quite some time. Tom
hopes that Mick is listening and soon gives Rush a call.

Rush, desperate to correct the record about Tom's intelligence,
asks "what's two plus two?" After a few tense seconds of silence,
Tom eventually comes up with the correct answer of four; he
explains it took him so long because he had to take off his shoe,
given that he's holding the phone with one hand.

Rush thanks Tom for calling and for nominating him, and Tom bets
that Rush will get in for sure. Rush doubts that, and suspects
there are already those at work trying to make sure he doesn't
get it. Tom starts to give out the phone number for nominations,
but Rush cuts him off, saying his show doesn't do that; Tom thus
obligingly starts to give out the post office box, and Rush begs
him not to get him in any more trouble, but he is glad and
flattered that Tom would think of nominating him.

*BREAK*

Rush finds it amazing, but Mick from New Mexico is now on the
line, back from an 18-month absence.

Phone	Mick from the High Mountains of New Mexico

Mick explains that he's been hiding out in the woods, and Rush is
glad that Mick hasn't fallen into a pot of puppy stew. Mick says
he felt he had been monopolizing the show a bit, and besides he's
been out hunting elk and antelope, which undoubtedly won't please
Bill from PETA who called yesterday. Rush notes that Bill
probably likes monkeys more than elks, and Mick says he'd like to
get a few monkeys, too, although they probably wouldn't get along
with his wolves.

Rush asks what Mick has been up to, and Mick says he's working to
come up with a product that capitalizes off our current
President; hopefully Mick can make some money off the man before
he's voted out. Mick promises to send samples of his products to
Rush for his examination, and Rush says he'd be glad to see them;
however, Mick should be advised that "Clinton's taxes" will just
take whatever Mick might make.

Rush digresses to say that he ran into a New York realtor the
other day who does pretty well - earning seven figures a year -
but she's miserable and mad because of her taxes. In fact, this
woman refers to all her taxes - federal, state, local, etc. - as
"what Clinton takes," which Rush thinks could be a great campaign
slogan. He asks Mick to hang on through the break.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Phone	Mick from the High Mountains of New Mexico (continued)

Rush hopes Mick will keep in touch, and is interested in Mick's
idea. Mick notes that New Mexico is the fifth highest taxing
state in the country, but it looks like Republicans will be
finally getting back in control this November.

Rush asks about Mick's son, and Mick says he's moved to Mesa, AZ,
and Mick will be heading out there on Thanksgiving to meet his
new grandson. Rush hopes Mick won't be cooking for Thanksgiving,
and Mick confirms that he'll be just a guest since people tend to
gag when he starts talking about recipes. Rush thanks him again
for calling and hopes to hear from him again soon.

********

Rush has been talking about the hypocrisy and double standard
that exists in the mainstream press, using examples such as the
Michael and Arianna Huffington stories that have been appearing
lately. These stories have all attacked Arianna, even though it's
her husband who is running for office.

The thing about these attacks on Arianna is that they could also
be made of Hillary Clinton - that she's mean, deceptive, and
manipulative, the power behind the throne, involved with weird
religions, etc. The mainstream press, though, never investigated
Hillary Clinton as they are Arianna Huffington, and they've never
complained about how she has acquired power through her husband's
office.

This has got Rush thinking about what purpose Republicans serve,
as far as the mainstream press is concerned. After all, as far as
the dominant media thinks, Republicans are fanatics, racist,
sexist, homophobic, selfish, greedy, and mean, so what does the
press believe to be the Republicans' purpose on Earth? Why do
they think Republicans exist at all?

Rush thinks he's found the answer - Republicans give liberals
their sense of right and wrong, their sense of morality and
justice. If it weren't for Republicans, liberals wouldn't have
any of these values.

For example, today's NY Times has an editorial about James
Baker's endorsement's of Oliver North. The Times, along with the
rest of the press, is outraged about this, especially since Baker
was the darling of the liberals during the Bush administration.
Yet the same questions could be asked about Dan Rostenkowski and
Bill Clinton.

For example, who would the people really rather have in Congress,
Oliver North or Dan Rostenkowski? How about a choice between Ted
Kennedy and Oliver North? Rostenkowski represents the corruption
that has afflicted the House of Representatives for 40 years, yet
Clinton is praised and lauded for his efforts on Rostenkowski's
behalf. Clinton isn't criticized for campaigning for
Rostenkowski, but Baker is condemned for supporting North.

Today's Wall Street Journal also has a column by Al Hunt about
"Oliver North's incurable problem," which is that he can't tell
the truth about anything - his past, himself, his family, etc.
Hunt lists everyone who allegedly has said they can't trust
North, yet couldn't the same thing be done with Clinton? What
about all the lies, deceptions, and broken promises issued by
Clinton?

This has gotten so obvious that the political cartoonists are now
drawing Clinton with a long nose, as "Clinocchio." Rush's TV show
was the first to morph such a picture, but this image is getting
commonplace now in the political cartoon arena.

But there's not a word about Clinton's lies or misstatements in
the mainstream press, except for those who would say "that's just
politics." The only time that truth has become an issue is when
it's Oliver North (or George Bush) being discussed.

The piece de resistance, though, is a column by Frank Rich,
former drama critic at the NY Times and now a "general interest"
columnist. Rich compares Michael Huffington to the "Manchurian
Candidate," a Joe McCarthy like Senator with Presidential
ambitions who is the puppet of a wife with a "radical agenda of
her own." Rich writes that the Huffingtons - "an empty suit and a
crackpot" - have risen so far only because they are `exploiting
an hysteria' seizing the country: Perotism, which Rich defines as
a "bottomless hatred of government and all its practitioners."

Rich also complains that Huffington is just "buying his seat," as
if spending his own money is a crime. Rush notes, though, that
the "Manchurian Candidate" comparison could also be made with the
current First Couple; Rich's remark about the husband being a
puppet of a wife with a "radical agenda of her own" certainly
applies to the Clintons.

However, the liberal press doesn't think it's radical to take
over health care, one-seventh of the nation's economy. This, to
them, is good government and simple common sense. And in what is
really telling, throughout Rich's piece, nothing about what
Huffington stands for is mentioned.

As to the "Manchurian Candidate," Rush points out that if there's
anyone in the country who's being run by a foreign power, isn't
it more likely to be someone who protested his own country in a
foreign land, who visited the arch-enemy of the U.S. during war
time? If Huffington is a valid comparison to this movie, then
Bill Clinton most certainly is.

And as far as buying your Senate seat goes, Robert Kennedy bought
a Senate seat in New York without any word being said about it.
Yet Huffington is accused of doing something immoral. And when
Clinton likened himself to JFK, Harry Truman, or FDR, nobody
complained, but Rich has a cow because Huffington compares
himself to Jimmy Stewart in the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington."

When Bill Clinton let his wife make her appointments in the
Justice Department, have approval rights of cabinet appointees,
and create and staff a secret health care task force, the
mainstream press didn't mind it at all. Yet Huffington is accused
of being a puppet of his wife, portrayed as the most horrible of
men.

Hillary also has her own guru, Michael Lerner, but when she
started spouting all sorts of psychobabble, the press praised her
for her enlightenment. But should Arianna do anything outside of
the mainstream, she immediately becomes a crackpot. Even that
"illustrious political commentator," Garry Trudeau, has picked
this up in Doonesbury.

To the mainstream press, Democrats can do no wrong and
Republicans can do no right, and this is how liberals define
their conscience. The country needs term limits, not just on
politicians, but on liberal journalists.

*BREAK*

Rush adds that Hillary Clinton has also admitted communicating
with the ghost of Eleanor Roosevelt, and she was called gutsy for
admitting this. Rush, though, would call it scary at best.

Phone	Tom from Albany, NY

Tom has been wondering what has been going on with Ken Starr and
Whitewatergate, especially since he read in today's Washington
Post that Starr has hired Sam Dash, who was part of the Watergate
investigation. This appointment makes Tom think Starr is bowing
down to liberal pressure.

Rush disagrees because he thinks Starr is shutting the liberals
up by hiring as his ethics counselor the same man who did in
Nixon. One of the stories Rush read about this even noted that
Starr "gave his investigation credibility" by hiring Dash.

Rush thinks this is a brilliant move - Starr isn't crumbling, but
rather moving to quiet his opposition. Tom asks why nothing's
been heard about this, and Rush says this is because Starr is
busy doing some real investigations, as opposed to the previous
special counsel.

Tom also says he watched Nightline last night, and Rush remarks
he wasn't able to watch that show because he was up late,
"sorting cigars." Tom says the show featured three "experts"
talking about cults, and Arianna Huffington's name was mentioned;
one of the experts insisted that Arianna belonged to the same
sort of cult that committed suicide in Cheiry Switzerland.

Tom thinks this was an amazing stretch, and the expert seemed to
have gone out of his way to make this bizarre comparison. Rush is
glad that Tom noticed this - it appears that Huffington's
opponents have decided the best way they can attack him is
through his wife, and Rush can only wonder what ever happened to
the Year of the Woman stuff.

*BREAK*

Phone	Ed from Athens, GA

Ed has heard Rush during the past few weeks suggest that Jimmy
Carter has given up home building to become a statesman, out of a
desire to improve his image and historical standing. Ed thinks
this is ridiculous and doesn't know why Rush would think this.
Rush says he thinks it because he has good instincts.

Ed, though, says that Jimmy Carter's record after leaving the
Presidency surpasses any of the other currently living
ex-Presidents - Reagan is making million-dollar speeches, Ford is
playing golf, and Bush is serving on the boards of a bunch of
corporations, while Jimmy Carter has been hammering nails, trying
to help people. Ed thinks Carter is all about helping people,
whether this means building houses or trying to solve
international crises.

Rush grants that helping people may be Carter's motivations, but
that still doesn't mean he's got a lot of substance in what he
does. Rush is not criticizing the work Habitat for Humanity does,
but at the same time he does think the way Carter goes about his
foreign policy is misguided.

Ex-Presidents are not immune to the basic human desires that
satisfy one's ego, and Rush will stand by his theory that when
Carter saw how Nixon was praised after his death for being such a
great statesman, Carter (perhaps aided in this decision by his
wife Rosalyn) decided he had to do something so that he would be
known for doing more than building houses when he left office.

The egos among those who reach the top, whether in sports or
politics, are pretty big, and Carter's ego would be no different.
Rush also doubts that Carter agreed with Nixon about anything, so
it must have galled him to see the accolades that Nixon received
at his funeral.

This is just natural human behavior, and Rush has no
disagreements with it; what Rush dislikes is how Carter sides
with dictators such as Daniel Ortega and Raoul Cedras. It's
therefore all the more ironic that because Carter hasn't met a
dictator he dislikes, he might now get the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ed thinks none of this is anything new - Carter has been working
at his Center for Peace for years. Rush agrees, but this hasn't
been doing anything noteworthy - it hasn't been in the news at
all. Ed says there's a big statue for Carter in Atlanta, but Rush
asks who outside Atlanta knows anything about this. Ed, though,
thinks that Rush is just projecting his own failings on Carter in
this; he doesn't believe everyone needs the limelight like Rush
does.

Rush points out that Carter is openly campaigning for the Nobel
Peace Prize, telling the press that he should have won it for the
Camp David Accords. But if anyone should have gotten it, it was
Reagan, who did more for peace and freedom than any other
President in modern time by doing one simple thing: getting rid
of the most murderous, barbaric regime in the history of the
world, the Soviet Union.

Ed thinks Rush is probably right about this, and notes that he's
not a liberal by any means. He agrees that Nixon was an
outstanding President in many areas, such as his foreign policy.
However, by the same token, just as Rush might be right about
Reagan or Nixon, Ed might be right about Carter.

Rush says that he has to be honest in saying that there are
things Jimmy Carter did and does that were pretty funny. Ed
agrees, but notes that Carter did not have to be a great
President to be good in handling foreign policy matters now; in
fact, Ed thinks Carter was a pretty ineffective President.

Rush points out that shortly after he voiced his theories about
Carter after the Nixon funeral, U.S. News and World Report
revealed that Carter was both very hurt that Clinton didn't ask
for his help more and was "very chagrined" at the accolades given
to Nixon. Ed agrees, but still thinks that Carter was already
doing all the foreign policy stuff before this point - Carter was
already talking to people in North Korea, Haiti, South Africa.

Rush thinks this is scary, but thanks Ed for calling. He notes,
though, that he and his show cannot survive by being "almost
right," and his disagreements with Carter are with the issues of
substance. Ed has one more thing to say: "you have an excellent
man in Mr. Snerdley, keep it up!"

Rush thanks Ed for that, but is a bit suspicious at how
Snerdley's name has been coming up a bit more often recently. Bo
defends himself by saying that Ed originally hated his guts when
he first answered the phone. Rush grudgingly accepts Bo's answer,
but wonders if there's some kind of controversy among his staff
that he'll have to address at some point. He notes that if his
suspicions are correct, it would not the first time Snerdley has
interfered with the callers, "suggesting" to them what they
should say once they get on the air. "Hmmm," Rush muses.

*BREAK*

Phone	John from Long Island, NY

John says he wants to talk about Ross Perot, and he starts off by
saying "what I told Bo was . . ."; Rush cuts him off and asks Bo
to step into the studio to take this call, given that the caller
seemed to have told the call screener everything. After some
trouble with his headphones, Bo comes on the air and says hello
to John.

John says his point was that Clinton's election might have been
the best thing for the country, given that it seems America needs
to have a liberal in office every 12 years or so in order for the
people to see exactly what liberalism is. If Bush were still
President, the people probably wouldn't be clearly seeing just
what the liberals were doing, but now that liberals control both
Congress and the White House, what they are doing is obvious.

Rush asks Bo if this is what John told him, and Bo replies yes.
Rush asks Bo what he told John in reply, and Bo answers "hold
on." John pipes up to note that this is exactly what Bo told him:
"hold on." Rush thanks his call screener for having a great call,
and John volunteers his opinion that Bo is a gentleman, "and he
didn't tell me to say that either!"

Rush thanks John for calling and his comments, and asks Bo if he
told John anything else while screening his call. Bo says no,
except to urge John to get right to his topic. Rush admits that
John did this, but sadly he, the host, decided not to take this
advice himself.

*BREAK*

Phone	Reed from Washington, DC

Reed gives "Big President and First Lady Clinton Red Raspberry
Dittos," and says that Rush has been supporting Newt Gingrich's
term limits issue for some time. Gingrich claims that term limits
would be good for America, but Reed notes that since Gingrich has
already served longer than the limits he himself is proposing, he
should show his support for his own idea by leaving office this
year. It's a bit hypocritical for Gingrich to call for term
limits, while he himself has served for more than the 12 year
limit he's demanding.

Rush says this is a good point, and when Gingrich is asked about
this, he replies that he'd be happy to abide by any term limits
initiatives that are passed. However, you have to start from
somewhere, and just because Gingrich is proposing an idea doesn't
mean he should be the only one to abide by it until it becomes
actual law.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Rush asks his staff if they're planning to hold any election
night parties next month, perhaps having a fine adult beverage
with a fine cigar. It could be a long night for the Democrats,
though, which reminds Rush how the Democrats have lately been
very generous in giving campaign advice to the Republicans.

For example, Rep. Vic Fazio (D-CA) - who for the first time in
his political life is having to wage a tough, close campaign -
went off earlier this summer about how Republicans had to reject
the "religious right." Fazio warned Republicans that they were in
danger of being taken over by the "Christian coalition," and
Republicans, of course, were grateful that Fazio was out there
looking after their best interests.

Michael Kinsley is similarly trying to help out Republicans by
saying that their ten-point contract with America is a mistake
and should be rescinded. He seems very concerned that Republicans
are digging themselves into a hole.

Rush is touched by these Democrats' concern and generosity, so
he's not going to let it go unanswered or unappreciated.
Therefore Rush would like to return the favor by giving some
advice to Governor Cuomo on how he should wage his campaign
against Republican George Pataki, whom the polls show is moving
ahead of Cuomo in nearly every voter group except those that have
been traditionally liberal.

Cuomo should therefore stop trying to appear conservative;
instead, he should take pride in his liberal core, so as to
electrify his supporters and make them proud of the fact he's a
New Deal, big government liberal. Cuomo should immediately call
for higher taxes, being honest with his constituents, telling
them what he'd really like to do in another term.

Cuomo should avoid Republican "stunts" like tax cutting - after
all, aren't Republicans just dying out there in the polls with
such ideas? Cuomo, though, should not only promise to raise
taxes, he should immediately blame New York state's health care
crisis on Bush and Reagan, demanding that the state impose
universal coverage and employer mandates. Businesses should be
paying all health care costs, and if someone says "we can't
afford it," Cuomo should just remind them that he is a liberal
and New York wants its businesses paying 100% of all health care
costs.

As to immigration, Cuomo should insist on totally, open
immigration; why limit this issue to illegal immigration? Cuomo
should insist come up with a new immigration plan: "We Really Are
the World," which would accept anyone from anywhere in the world,
giving them free health care and all the other benefits the state
can provide.

But the crowning piece would be for Cuomo to "share the wealth,"
redistributing the state's tax money. Rush, though, is not
talking about taking from rich New Yorkers and giving to poor New
Yorkers, but about taking from New Yorkers (who, after all, are
all rich, given that they live in a rich state) and giving to
poorer states, such as West Virginia. After all, if it's not fair
for rich people to have so much more money, then how can it be
fair for rich states to have so much more money then their poor
neighbors?

Cuomo should therefore just give 25% of New York's total tax
revenues to other states, to show everyone just how liberal he
truly is. It's not equitable that New York have such bounty while
others suffer.

If Cuomo were just to take Rush's advice and adopt his four-step
program, how could he possibly lose this November? Rush knows
that many listeners will think his advice sounds pretty odd and
destructive towards New York, but those people obviously are not
liberals. Since New York is the mecca of liberalism, Rush's plan
could work.

Cuomo should therefore campaign on what he really believes, and
he's just sweep up in November. Rush is proud to be able to show
his selflessness and compassion by offering such advice to his
political opposition.

*BREAK*

Rush remarks that EIB has gotten a number of calls this week
about the ongoing investigation and trial of Rep. Dan
Rostenkowski (D-IL), as well as the trial of Hillary Clinton and
Ira Magaziner. The Hillary trial has been delayed to early
December, so nothing will be coming out about that for a while,
but the Rostenkowski case has been very fascinating.

Last Wednesday, Rostenkowski's lawyer basically showed that his
client's defense will be: "I am a member of Congress, so I have a
license to steal." Some people will think Rush is exaggerating,
but here are Webb's actual words:

"Never in the history of this country have they indicted a
congressman simply on the theory that he violated House rules."

Rostenkowski is thus basically saying that as long as he's in the
House, he can steal with impunity; however, should he steal
outside of the House, then he can be arrested and charged. A
federal prosecutor agreed, noting that federal law contains no
laws that specifically bar salary kickbacks for members of
Congress, but the general fraud statutes still apply.

This basically means that there is no federal law preventing
congressman from taking salary kickbacks, which isn't surprising
given who writes the laws. Rush has to wonder how the Democrats
missed correctly this obvious flaw in the law in the Crime Bill.

Phone	Brett from San Antonio, TX

Rush asks if Brett and his town are getting ready to welcome back
their former mayor Henry Cisneros. Brett says his town is not at
all united in its support of Cisneros, and in fact the current
joke is that the Spanish for "Bill Clinton" is "Henry Cisneros."

Brett also says hi to two of his Republican Oklahoma friends,
Rep. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) running for the Senate and Frank Keating
who's running for governor. He thinks today is one of the best
times he's ever seen for Republicans, but he's concerned about
how Democrats seem eager to attack the GOP's Contract With
America. He wonders if Republicans have unnecessarily made
themselves vulnerable with this contract.

Rush says this is one way to look at it. You could say that
Republicans would have been better served without a contract or
any sort of vision or set of principles which could make them
targets later. Republicans could have done well this November
just by capitalizing on the anger against Democrats in particular
and Washington politicians in general.

However, the Republicans have obviously decided that in this time
of Democratic free-fall, it's not enough to get people to vote
against the Democrats, but rather should be providing the people
a list of principles and issues for which they can vote. There's
nothing in this contract that mentions any of the Democratic
scandals; instead, the contract is just a list of issues which
the Republicans will promise to debate and vote upon during their
first 100 days.

Brett agrees that Republicans have to give Americans a reason for
voting for them, but at the same time he thinks this won't work
unless they present it much more aggressively than they are now.
Rush concurs with that analysis, but adds that you can take
comfort from how the Democrats are getting into a near-hysterical
panic about this contract, which shows just how good an idea it
really is.

*BREAK*

EIB has a new Presidential tune, "Fifty Ways to Stay In Office":

<<Bill Clinton, speaking over the intro>> Come on in and have a
seat. There's some things I need to tell you boys. <<singing>>

"I know November isn't very far away,
So before you hit the campaign trail, there're some things that I must say.
Cause let me tell you boys, I know the ropes, come re-election day,
There must be fifty ways to stay in office.
Lots of nifty ways to stay in office."

<<Chorus>>
"First fudge on the facts and relax,
Say it wasn't your plan, man,
And it'd be a good ploy, boy
To get some distance from me.
Well, you can use our buss, just . . .
Well, just don't discuss us . . .
By radio or TV, and then you'll be home free."

<<Verse>>
"They have to be convinced that you can feel your pain,
Don't get lost in your convictions, it's the image you maintain.
Just make appeals to their emotions and they'll keep be coming back again.
There must be fifty ways to stay in office.
Yeah, there's lots of ways to stay in office."

<<Chorus>>
"Got to fudge on the facts and relax,
Say it wasn't your plan, man,
And it'd be a good ploy, boy
To get some distance from me.
Well, you can use our buss,
Just don't discuss us
By radio or TV,
And then you'll be home free!"

<<repeat and then Clinton speaks>> Now, when you say the pledge,
you need to be sure to put your hand over your heart. No, 
no . . . Sasser! Other hand. Well, I'll just right it down for you.

********

Phone	Jim from Grand Rapids, MI

Jim gives "meta-dittos," and notes that he went to a conservative
breakfast recently at which Paul Tsongas gave a speech for his
Concord Coalition. The handout that "Tax-on-gas" distributed
insisted that the country had to "bite the bullet on federal
entitlements," which Jim agrees with, given that 50% of the
budget goes to these entitlement spending programs.

Rush notes, though, that the business of government has become
entitlement programs, and Jim agrees, adding that the handout
also insists that tax policies must favor savings and investment.
Tsongas pointed out that the federal deficit grew to $1.3
trillion from Washington to Carter, and much of this was spent on
genuine investments: infrastructure such as the national highway
system, fighting needed wars, etc.

However, the liberals want to do means-tested taxes, punishing
those who make $100,000 or more a year by taking away their
Social Security and other entitlement programs. It seems
fundamentally flawed to claim that you can balance the budget by
taking money away from those who have proven themselves to be the
best investors in America.

Rush says this goes right to the matter of just who is more
qualified to spend the nation's wealth - those who earn it or
those in government who want to just redistribute it. Jim thinks
the answer is to privatize the economy, selling things like the
Post Office to these "robber barons" who have proven they can
handle the economy better than government can. This would get
these guys involved more in the economy, and turning the country
around a lot better.

Rush agrees, but says that a lot of people think the rich are
only squandering their money and wasting it; however, the fact is
that nobody ever gets a job from a poor person. The rich are the
ones who create jobs, and this is trickle-down, which works. If
you want to tax wealth, you have to first allow it to be created,
but the government is instead trying to stifle them.

Jim adds that it's a myth that the rich are just squandering away
their wealth, and it's telling that "Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous" rarely focuses on businesspeople but rather celebrities.
Rush says that the wealthy corporate types have more class than
to allow Robin Leach into their homes; it's only those who want
to flaunt their wealth that invite Leach in.

Jim would also love Rush to do another "Dan's Bake Sale" type
event, but in this case it'd be a "Jim's Garage Sale." He and
other conservatives could get together to sell all sorts of
valuable things, such as his sailboat which he just doesn't have
time to keep up. Rush is flattered that Jim wanted him to
participate in this, and thanks him for calling.

*BREAK*

Phone	Dolores from Kincheloe, MI

Dolores appreciated Rush's TV show last Monday that contrasted
what was happening in Haiti with what Clinton and other Aristide
supporters were saying. In a similar fashion, CNN last Friday had
some footage of Aristide sitting at a desk, saying that his
followers wanted to be "peace-keepers, peace-lovers, and
peace-followers."

Rush bets that Aristide didn't blink at all while he said this,
and Dolores confirms this fact. Continuing on, she notes that he
kept on repeating how much he and his supporters loved peace, yet
prominently displayed on his desk was a little statue of a
rooster. A rooster, of course, is a symbol of the fighting cocks
that are popular in Haiti, and Dolores finds it to be very
telling that these birds have razor blades attached to their feet
so they can fight to the death.

Dolores was mesmerized by this rooster and what it represents,
and how these things were in stark contrast to what Aristide was
claiming. Rush remarks that Dolores has brought a unique
perspective to this, but he for one couldn't be sure that this
rooster statue is a "fighting cock."

Dolores adds that if Rush gets a copy of this show, he should
also take a close look at the pin that Aristide was wearing. Rush
pledges to do so and thanks Dolores for calling.

********

Rush notes that Dolores' call about fighting cocks has reminded
him of the sex survey he mentioned in the first hour. He had
intended to make this a major bit of today's show, but somehow it
got pushed aside.

The survey, though, is amazing because it reveals things such as
that married people have the best and most frequent sex, which is
not what Rush would have guessed at all. The EIB staff say this
not news to them; after all, the survey doesn't say who these
married folk are having sex with - it might not be with their
spouses.

Rush ignores his staff and goes on to note that 67% of men and
64% of women have sex a few times a month or less, and only 8% of
the population reports having sex more than four times a week.
And contrary to conventional wisdom, married people have sex far
more often that "supposedly swinging singles," which means
America is normal.

The survey adds fuel to the fire about just how many Americans
are gay; of the 3159 respondents, only 2.8% of men and 1.4% of
women identify themselves as gay or bisexual, far below the 10%
figure popularized by the Kinsey study.

*BREAK*

Phone	Al from Buckingham, PA

Al gives "major media watching dittos," and says that Michael
Kinsley is a lot like Jean-Bertrand Aristide in that he never
blinks either. Al wonders if the two men share this trait because
neither ever tells the truth.

Rush bets there are many reasons why people never blink, but
admits he's never noticed Kinsley's blinking habits because he's
too busy watching the veins in his neck bulge, wondering if
they're going to burst.

Phone	Rich from Lexington, KY

Rich asks Rush how Americans can search through all of what
they're told by the media and others to find the truth. Rush says
that this requires education and a willingness to keep learning
about current events on a daily basis; people have to be curious
enough to search for the information that will satisfy the
questions that come up in their minds. Then you can look at a
critical eye at what the mainstream media is reporting.

One of the fastest ways to learn the truth, though, is to watch
the actual press conferences, debates, etc. that are televised on
CSPAN or CNN. After you've watched the news happen for yourself,
then watch the news programs to see how accurate their reporting
is.

Rich says that Haiti is something he's trying to figure out,
given that it looks a light like the same sort of turf war that
was going on in Panama. Rush thinks that Rich's question is a
good one, and a healthy dose of curiosity will certainly help
someone in their search for the truth. Of course, a steady diet
of EIB is also invaluable for this.

