Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Wednesday, October 12, 1994

by John "Yeoman John" Switzer

This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1994 by John Switzer.
All Rights Reserved. These summaries are distributed on
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contains the summaries for the past 30 days. Distribution to
other electronic forums and bulletin boards is highly encouraged.
Spelling and other corrections gratefully received.

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

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October 12, 1994

BRIEF SUMMARY OF TOPICS: Kestrel falcon betrays Jersey Trust by
murdering a Pink Pigeon baby; CompuServe moves Rush's response to
FAIR to a special area to allow greater access; David Broder
warns Democrats that running against the 80s and Ronald Reagan
could be risky because of "Reagan nostalgia"; President Clinton
claims that the 80s had the "worst job growth since the Great
Depression" and that the "economy was going downhill"; Governor
John Engler (R-MI) signs bill that allows schools to permanently
expel any student carrying a gun to school; only 1,000 show up
for Clinton at Dearborn, MI, and the local politicians didn't
want to be associated with the President at all; Clinton claims
that the American people don't know the good that has been done
by his administration and the Democrats, and thus "are in danger
of voting against what they're for and voting for what they're
against"; parapsychologist analyzes Rush on the air, claiming
he's obsessed with Clinton and is jealous of those who have had
more education; Rush notes he has no contacts at all with Larry
Nickles; caller doesn't think it's nice for "an old man" like
Rush to make fun of others; Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders likes
Eric Clapner; caller suggests that Rush write a syndicated
column; San Diego TV commentator Marty Emerald claims that
Clinton now has to fix the problems with Iraq because George Bush
didn't finish the job in the Gulf War; Rush explains why the U.S.
didn't go into Baghdad and get Hussein during the Gulf War; if
liberals think getting Hussein is easy, then why don't they do it
now?; caller notes that the U.S. military did exactly the job it
was told to do during the Gulf War; Clinton administration puts
160,000 troops on stand-by for the Gulf; Algore attacks Oliver
North as being unpatriotic and for demeaning the military because
North criticized Clinton's handling of the Gulf; Rush notes that
North is at least protesting his country on American soil, unlike
Clinton; caller doesn't like a PSA EIB plays for panic disorder
sufferers; words to panic disorder PSA; words to "They're Coming
to Take Me Away"; words to "Leader of Iraq"; words to "Saddam's
Family"; caller thinks a conservative tsunami is heading towards
Washington this November; words to "Bomb, Bomb Iraq"; words to
"Yakety Yak, Bomb Iraq"; words to "Hello, Saddam"; words to "Bomb
Iraq Around the Clock"; transcript of reporter asking dumb
question during the Gulf War; Clinton gets only a 1% bump in the
polls because of his handling of Iraq; North Korea needs oil and
Iraq wants nuclear weapons; Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be
escorted into Haiti by Warren Christopher, Randall Robinson, and
members of the Congressional Black Caucus; IRS reports that the
top 5% of income tax returns accounted for 44% of individual
taxes paid in 1990; Washington Post editorial comes out against a
middle class tax cut because "the government doesn't have the
money to give the middle class more than a token tax cut"; EIB is
planning to set up a 900 number to distribute Rush's response to
FAIR at EIB's cost; the privatization of public schools is a
hopeful sign, but the NEA is against any sort of school choice;
psychologist calls to defend his profession after the previous
"parapsychologist" called to psychoanalyze Rush; the Op-Ed
version of Rush's piece "Why Liberals Fear Me" gets printed in
the Los Angeles Times and is distributed on their wire service;
Chicago Tribune lists all the places Clinton has sent troops in
1994, and a caller is angry at how Clinton is sending so many
troops, including his brother, to Kuwait; Los Angeles city
council approves a mural of a gun-toting Huey Newton and other
Black Panthers titled "To Protect and To Serve"; Carol Moseley-
Braun is against a flat tax because "most of the income of
homeless people goes to food"; caller asks for advice on sources
of daily news; Rush suggests some good books to read for a
political science major; WWDB of Pittsburgh becomes most
listened-to radio station on the AM dial; caller bets Saddam was
paid by Democrats to move south, so that Clinton would be too
busy to go out and campaign for other Democrats.

LIMBAUGH WATCH

October 12, 1994 - It's now day 631 (day 650 for the rich and the
dead, and 27 days until the November elections) of "America Held
Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal" which has 831 days left) and 694
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.

LEST WE FORGET

The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Wednesday,
October 14, 1992:

o	The big news of the day was the Vice Presidential debate
of the previous night, and Rush summed up his opinion of the
event by saying "this, my friends, was a slam-dunk for the Vice
President of the United States." Liberals were refusing to admit
this, but even they had to admit that Senator Al Gore did not
devastate Quayle as everyone expected him to. Liberals seemed
disappointed that Gore didn't put Quayle away once and for all;
instead, Gore came across as "Robo-Candidate 2," wooden and
programmed in his responses.

A lot of people were complaining that the debate was a horrible
thing for democracy because "of all that shouting." The critics
were upset at how the candidates argued with their opponents and
didn't let them talk, yet this was what happened on Crossfire,
the McLaughlin Group, and so many other programs. And how could
democracy be harmed when ideas are being discussed?

Rush thought that Vice President Quayle vindicated himself after
four years of ridicule and attacks, as the debate was Quayle's
best public performance in four years; he was responsive and
spoke about the themes that mattered. Plus, it was about time
someone started asking if Clinton could be trusted.

Wayne from Cataula, GA liked Quayle during the debate, but
thought he could have done better on the abortion issue. Quayle
should have pointed out that the choice was already made back
when the child was conceived, and that "choice" had become a
euphemism for murder.

o	Jerry Berger of the St. Louis Post Dispatch wrote that
when he ran into Admiral Crowe at a hotel brunch, he asked Crowe,
who had publicly endorsed Clinton, if he thought "controversial
broadcaster Rush Limbaugh is going to hurt Clinton?" Crowe
replied "Rush is going to hurt everyone, followed by the whole
country."

o	In a column that William F. Buckley wrote about Clinton's
judgment in journeying to Moscow in 1969, Buckley wrote the
following:

"But an effort by the KGB to recruit, assuming such an effort was
made, suggests nothing more than that like all the apostles in
Cambridge who were recruited into the KGB during the 30s, Clinton
was bright enough to be attractive to the KGB. After all, he's
bright enough to be attractive to the majority of Democratic
voters, so what else is new?"

o	After Rush read a letter from a middle school teacher in
charge of lunch detention who had students begging to be allowed
in because she played Rush's show during lunch, a school district
official called the EIB offices to demand the name of this
teacher and her school. Rush and EIB politely thumbed their noses
at this request.

o	A study of 1,030 sets of female twins concluded that
genetics played the largest single factor in whether women become
alcoholics, contradicting a previous study that claimed men
largely inherited their alcoholic tendencies while women were
affected more by their environment. The EIB staff suggested that
it was men that drive women to drink, but Rush was certain it was
the other way around.

o	Rush devoted an hour of his show to callers who supported
Bill Clinton. Margie from Philadelphia, PA thought Clinton was a
"fine, healthy person" who had been chosen as the top governor of
the US by the nation's other governors. She believed Clinton was
in much better health that George Bush, who was 68 and had
Grave's disease. She felt that should Bush be elected, Quayle
would become President within two years.

Sandy from Scranton, PA was a self-described "confused voter" who
was leaning towards Clinton because of his pro-choice beliefs and
his support of public education. She thought abortion could be
stopped only through sex education that taught people how to
avoid getting pregnant by mistake.

Dan from New Jersey was actually opposed to Clinton, and Rush was
shocked that Dan had lied to Bo. Rush noted that this call showed
how easily Bo could be fooled, but on second thought he realized
this couldn't happen. Rush's suspicions were confirmed by Dan,
and he chided Bo for injecting himself into the show. Rush
pledged he would devote another hour to Clinton callers to make
up for this, and called in Mervin Snerdley, a Gore supporter, to
screen the remainder of the show's callers.

Phil from St. Louis, MO said his reasons for voting for Clinton
were economics, environment, equal rights, law enforcement,
Bush's record, armed forces, Vietnam War, and schooling. As far
as economics, Phil was all for Clinton's plan to raise taxes on
those who made more than $200,000 a year; he was certain this
would help fix the problem of how the rich just keep getting
richer, while the poor were still stuck in the ghettos.

As far as the environment was concerned, Phil thought Bush had
lost the battle, saying "We have people out here who have these
animal farms and kill these little animals so that they become
coats and such - that is wrong. That is 100% wrong. Animals make
the environment go round, without animals, we would not exist.
There's an ecological system that we revolve around, and if we
take something out of that ecological system, something messes
up."

Jennifer from Holt, MI was voting for Clinton because he was
pro-choice and "respects the right of an individual to do what
they want to do with their own body." She also liked Clinton's
economic plan because it would increase spending on social
services, which she thought were desperately needed to solve the
country's social problems.

Harry from Cookeville, TN said there was a huge international
currency crisis brewing, and he thought Clinton's election will
trigger a "humongous crisis" so he had the attitude "let's get it
over with." He believed this crisis would propel the price of
gold into the stratosphere, allowing the US to get back onto the
gold standard and have "honest money" again.

Evan from Chicago, IL was going to vote for Clinton because his
Presidency would concentrate the country's resources on problems
which had been ignored for far too long. Evan was also in the
retail industry, and he hoped Clinton would restore worker
confidence, as well as get the economy moving again. He noted
that the "average Joe" was making only $20,000 a year and was
hurting, but Bush didn't seem to care or be able to do anything
about it.

Joe from Manhattan, NY believed Clinton was a real hero because
he protested the Vietnam war; Joe didn't believe in any war and
would never fight for America because he couldn't "drop bombs and
kill babies." He proudly stated that he himself went to Canada
during the Vietnam War.

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MORNING UPDATE

Today's Morning Update is a tale of compassion, of betrayal, of
greed, and of fowl murder. The Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust
of Britain 18 years ago began a program to save the endangered
Mauritias Kestrel falcon, of which only four were known in
existence. However, the Trust's breeding program nursed these
birds back to health, raising their number to 250, which the
Trust began releasing back into the wilds of Mauritias.

However, the Trust's compassion didn't stop with the falcon. They
also were hard at work saving the endangered Pink Pigeons of
Mauritias, which were dying out because of deforestation and the
introduction of new predators such as monkeys. Thanks to the
Trust's efforts, though, the pigeons have been making a comeback,
too.

Sadly, however, when these rare pigeons began to hatch on
Mauritias, one of the evil Kestrel falcons succumbed to its
greed, swooped down, and gobbled down one of the babies on the
spot. This ruthless murder was a betrayal of the Trust's trust,
and for its crime, the falcon was banished to a forest site
elsewhere on Mauritias, no doubt to continue a heinous life of
crime.

In spite of the obvious tragedy, Rush has to admit, though, that
this Morning Update is one of the more delicious ones he's yet
had.

FIRST HOUR

Items

o	Rush suspects that his staff has a new music bit because
EIB's Johnny Donovan has come into the studio and is just sitting
there waiting for it to be played. Donovan insists this is not
the case; he came in just to be in the presence of "greatness."
Rush suggests that if this is truly the case that Donovan get
away from the rest of the EIB staff.

o	The response to Rush's posting of his response to FAIR on
CompuServe was incredible. Rush originally put the files in DL9
of the ISSUES forum, which was virtually shut down because of the
number of people trying to access it. Forums on CompuServe are
limited to only 100 users at a time, and there were many, many
more people than that trying to download these files.

CompuServe thus responded by creating a new area that can handle
up to 1,000 users at a time. CompuServe users should thus type GO
RUSHDL, and they'll be presented with a menu that prompts them
for which file they want: the ASCII text file or the Mac
WordPerfect 3.0 file.

Rush notes that he's gotten letters from people who haven't been
able to open these files, but he knows this is possible since he
downloaded both of these files after he uploaded them yesterday,
and he had no problem at all. Text files should be accessible to
everyone, no matter what kind of word processors they have.

<<The problem with the Mac WordPerfect file seems to be that it's
in Macbinary format; Macintosh users should thus enable Macbinary
in their telecommunications programs - this will ensure that when
you download the file, it's converted into the proper file type
and format. Users of other computers will have to find some sort
of utility to strip out the Mac directory header bytes at the
start of this file.>>

Rush notes he is no hacker, just an average computer user, so if
he can download these files, everyone can. He admits, though,
that he can't open most of the binary files he gets in his
CompuServe mail, but he would never use such files since they
might continue some sort of virus. However, he did test his own
binary file and it works just fine.

Rush therefore doesn't want to read any more letters from people
complaining that they can't open these files. "This is the United
States of America," he exclaims, "this is 1994, this is the era
of software and computers, I don't want to hear `I can't'!"

He also doesn't want to hear about the tears frustrated users are
shedding over this, nor does he want to get any more letters from
veteran computer users who think the abstract he gave the files
is shabby. Rush points out that he didn't write these abstracts,
but even if he did, it's a moot point since the abstracts (which
identify files in the CompuServe forum) are no longer in
existence, given that the files have been moved out of the ISSUES
forum into the RUSHDL area. Rush therefore suggests that people
just download the files and "shut up . . . uh, enjoy them!"

Besides, even if people don't have WordPerfect, they can still
use the text files, which any "lamebrain" can access. Rush adds
that he's heard from many people who have opened these files and
have read them; "if I can do it, you can do it," Rush
encouragingly states.

Rush hopes as many people as possible do read this thorough and
well researched refutation of FAIR's accusations against him. EIB
went to great lengths to confirm its sources, and Rush finds it
interesting that when NBC Nightly News quotes the NY Times as its
source, NBC is never accused of lying should the original story
be found to be inaccurate. Somehow, though, Rush is not given the
same benefit of the doubt.

Rush adds that he's also heard from listeners who have downloaded
these files and are making copies of them, forwarding them onto
others, which is encouraging. Unfortunately, however, CompuServe
doesn't seem to mention these files anywhere in its bulletins or
its "What's New" box, so Rush will have to rely on word of mouth
to get the word out about these files.

o	David Broder has written a front page story in the
Washington Post about how the Democrats are running a risk if
they run against the 80s; Broder notes that the Republicans'
contract with America is based on "Reagan nostalgia," and that
Reagan's popularity could therefore hurt Democrats who run
against him.

Rush's TV staff is therefore going through bits of video of
Reagan's speeches from 1980 to 1988 to find examples to play on
tonight's show, just so that Democrats who want to run against
Reagan will realize what they're trying to fight. Rush wants to
help people relive the 80s, as they really were, so as to defeat
the continuing history revisionism that the Democrats are
engaging in.

In fact, President Clinton was in Dearborn, MI yesterday, but the
major media has yet to mention what was possibly the most
important thing he said - Clinton said that voters would decide
on November 8th between going forward or returning to the
Republican policies of the 1980s that brought "the worst job
growth since the Great Depression. No one would want us to go
back to the days when we exported jobs, not products. No one
would want to go back to the days when our deficit was exploding
and our economy was going downhill."

None of the newspapers that Rush has read bother to print this
quote; he had to rely on the Reuters news service to find it.
Rush is often accused of misstating the facts about Clinton's
lies, but this statement is one of the best examples of Clinton's
lies around, and it brings back to mind how Clinton in the 1992
campaign claimed the economy was the worst in 50 years.

It's mind-boggling that Clinton would claim that the job growth
in the 80s was the worst in 60 years, and there aren't any
journalists fact-checking this at all. This is why the press is
Clinton's willing accomplices; they never challenge stuff like
this. Perhaps the nightly news covered this, but Rush hasn't seen
any such coverage for himself.

So if the Democrats want to run against the 80s, Rush will be
more than happy to help them out by showing the nation what
Ronald Reagan and the 80s were all about.

*BREAK*

Governor John Engler (R-MI) held a press conference this morning
at Dearborn High School to sign Senate Bill 966, which will allow
Michigan schools to permanently expel any student who brings a
weapon to school. Rush can't believe that there are places that
need such a law; aren't the already existing laws enough to
prevent people from bringing an Uzi or a .357 magnum onto a
campus? Has it gotten to the point that the country now needs a
law telling people that they are breaking the law by breaking the
law?

Amazingly, there are people who oppose this law; they don't think
that students who carry weapons should be permanently expelled.
Instead, they want these students to undergo counseling and other
psychiatric evaluation.

Rush recalls that when he went to school, kids would be expelled
for several days just for skipping school for a day. It didn't
take much to get kids to be expelled, and the need for this bill
shows how standards have declined over the years, especially
since there are people who actually oppose such a law.

Phone	Shaun from Wausau, WI

Shaun says that the Democrats are continuing to take potshots at
the Republican contract with America, and Republicans really need
to respond better. Shaun is tired of hearing people complain that
this contract is a "return to the 80s and Reaganomics,"
especially as the 80s and Reaganomics were great for the country.

Rush agrees that Republicans should respond better, but he for
one will be doing this on his show. If people realized the truth
about the 80s, the nation would be in a lot better shape; the
Democrats, though, are intent on rewriting the history of the
80s, and they love the Republicans' contract because it gives
them something to attack and run against.

However, the Democrats are running a big risk, given that a
recent poll showed that Ronald Reagan is the most popular
President. Rush, though, is more than happy to let the Democrats
continue on attacking Reagan because they're the ones who will
suffer.

*BREAK*

President Clinton went out to Dearborn, MI to campaign yesterday,
speaking at a Ford Auto plant. Four thousand were expected to
come out to see him, but less than one thousand showed up, and it
was a lackluster crowd, according to the NY Times. Three Michigan
Democrats running for re-election showed up but they refused to
go up on stage; later they told reporters that they "just
happened to show up," and begged the media not to give anyone the
impression that Clinton was out there campaigning for them.

The Detroit Free Press interviewed Clinton, and when asked about
the Michigan Senate race with Democrat Bob Carr, Clinton stated:

"The American people feel, quite properly, a lot of frustration
and sometimes outright disgust with Washington. But, because they
don't know the good that has been done, and because they don't
know why the problems that are present occurred, they are in
danger of voting against what they're for and voting for what
they're against."

In other words, Clinton said that the American people are too
stupid to appreciate what he and his fellow Democrats have done.
In fact, Clinton thinks the people are so stupid that they might
even vote for what they don't want this November.

If this doesn't illustrate the arrogance and condescension of the
inside-the-Beltway crowd in general, and of liberals and
liberalism in particular, nothing will. These people are so out
of touch with America that they think that the public simply
cannot overcome the obstacles life presents before them without
the help of liberals; in fact, to the liberals, the people are so
far gone, that they can't even be trusted to vote "properly."

Meanwhile, Clinton is insisting that the 1980s had the worst job
growth since the Great Depression, which just illustrates how
stupid liberals think the electorate is.

Phone	Lisa from Los Angeles, CA

Lisa first makes a point of saying she's not a dittohead, but
rather a centrist in the middle who listens to all programs on
both sides. "I'm not narrow-minded like some people, whose names
I won't mention, who have one thought and will not change or even
listen to another opinion. Okay?"

Lisa is a member of a group of parapsychologists [sic] who have
analyzed Rush and think he is obsessed with President Clinton.
According to Lisa, Rush's whole mind, body, and spirit is aimed
towards Bill and Hillary Clinton, and undoubtedly Rush stays up
all night looking for the man's name in the paper. Rush
criticizes Clinton and laughs at his appearance, so Lisa's group
figures that Rush is jealous and mean-spirited.

Rush first notes that President Clinton makes sure his name is in
the paper, so you don't have to hunt for his name. Lisa agrees
that Clinton is President and thinks that this means "he can do
whatever he desires, he's the President!" Rush notes that Clinton
cannot do whatever he wants, but Lisa insists "yes, he can!"

Rush points out that Clinton can try to do what he wants, but
there are constitutional limitations on the power of the
President. Nobody can break the law, not even the President.
Besides, this has nothing to do with the fact that Clinton is in
the papers all the time.

Lisa also doesn't think it's right for Rush to make fun of
people; "come on," she exclaims, "you're an older man! And that's
not nice!" Rush notes that Lisa has changed topics, and points
out that the two of them can talk about Clinton or him, so Lisa
chooses Clinton. Rush notes that this is what he decides every
day - should he talk about Clinton or about him?

Lisa interjects "also, let me say one more thing before you
change the subject!" She says her group has concluded that Rush
has "that inappropriate laughter - you ever hear of that?" Rush
laughs at this, but admits this is his first psychoanalysis, so
he hasn't heard this before.

Lisa obliges by continuing her group's observations of Rush -
they think he resents anyone who has more education than he does,
such as the Clintons. Rush ridicules and drags down anyone who is
more educated than he.

Rush would love Lisa to cite some examples of this, and he urges
her to take him at his word. He's not a mystery; he means what he
says, and he says what he thinks about the events of the day.
Lisa says that Rush should make sure that when he talks about the
issues he says "alleged" as opposed to presenting it as "pure and
true."

Rush notes that Lisa has now accused him of having a Clinton
obsession, of being jealous of those with more education, and of
never telling the truth. Lisa replies "right!" to each
accusation, so Rush asks what it would matter if he were obsessed
with Clinton, since he supposedly never tells the truth. "Because
it's overdone!" she replies. "Anything done to an extreme is
unhealthy!"

Rush notes that he doesn't have any obsessions with Clinton; in
fact, when Clinton took a two-week vacation, Rush was ready to
throw a party, out of relief. Lisa agrees - "that's because you
could have a rest for two weeks," and then she does a passable
imitation of Hillary's cackle, prompting Rush to wonder what
Lisa's standards for laughter are.

He notes that if he were truly obsessed with Clinton, he should
be disappointed whenever the President goes on vacation and is no
longer in the news. This is certainly not the case.

Rush explains that his show is and has always been event-driven,
as opposed to being topic-driven. Thus, the events of the day
dominate his program, and since President Clinton is the leading
newsmaker in the country, he's always in the news. This is always
the case with the President of the United States.

Rush also has his own views on the issues, and they are in stark
contrast to the President's views, and given that opposing views
to the President are not given much time in the dominant media,
Rush tries to take up some of the slack on his own show. This is
why Rush says he doesn't need to be balanced with equal time, but
is equal time.

Lisa says "no, no, no, no, no," and says that Rush has no
credibility at all because he gets his information from competing
talk show host Larry Nickles. Rush notes that he doesn't get any
information from Nickles, nor does he have anything to do with
the man for a particular reason that is nobody else's business.

Rush is beginning to suspect that Lisa is a setup who has never
listened to his show, but Lisa insists that she heard Nickles say
on the radio that he contacts Rush. Rush says this is not true -
he hasn't communicated with Nickles in any way and Nickles hasn't
been part of EIB at all.

Just because someone else is doing a conservative radio show
doesn't mean he's the same as another conservative doing a radio
show, and Lisa's complaints illustrate that while she might
listen to Larry Nickles, she doesn't listen to Rush. Rush, in
fact, has studiously avoided the aspect of President Clinton that
Nickles has chosen to focus on, precisely so he could stay
focused on the issues.

Lisa then bounces off on another topic to complain that Rush
laughs at and makes fun of everybody - for example, he makes fun
of Hillary's appearance, comparing her to a "front nose of an
automobile." Rush says that this was on his TV show, where he
pointed out that Hillary's new hairstyle was reminiscent of the
hood ornament on a 1964 Pontiac. This was the truth, and Rush was
just making an observation.

Rush asks for more examples, and Lisa says she can't come up with
any because she doesn't listen to Rush that much. Rush muses that
this seems to happen a lot - critics come on his show, but can
never seem to provide specifics to their complaints because they
don't listen a lot.

Lisa has one more thing to say, but then loses her train of
thought. She explains "I don't usually call shows so I couldn't
get it out, couldn't remember it right off the bat." She
eventually gets back on track to say that Rush has a good
platform for doing good for the country, and he should be less
negative with it.

Rush says he does have a good platform, but he's not the only one
doing satire. Rush suspects what Lisa doesn't like is that on his
show it's conservative satire which skewers Lisa's sacred liberal
cows. Rush therefore doubts that Lisa is in the middle of the
road, but she insists that she is a moderate because "I can't
make up my mind. That's why I listen to you and other people."

Lisa also thinks that Rush is an "old enough man to have enough
common sense not to laugh at people." Rush begs for a concrete
example, and Lisa says that although Rush does talk about the
issues and politics, he also laughs at Joycelyn Elders, and he
laughs at people's appearances on his TV show. "You know, that's
not nice for an old man," she adds.

Rush has to laugh at this, and Lisa tells him "you can dish it
out but you can't take it." Rush points out he's already spent
seven minutes with Lisa, but she states that whenever someone
criticizes Rush, he demands an apology. "Could you stand three
hours of somebody bashing you every day? You'd go home and cry,
wouldn't you!"

Rush notes that he gets criticized far more than Lisa and
everyone else thinks, and he doesn't care about most of it. The
only time he's reacted is when he's been accused of being a
racist, for reasons that he's explained many times before. He
responds to defamatory attacks on his character, which he thinks
is a requisite for anyone with a genuine character.

He thanks Lisa for calling, but reminds her of one thing:
middle-of-the-roaders get run over.

*BREAK*

To honor his previous caller, Rush plays a notable quotable from
the nation's Surgeon General:

"I've heard Eric Clackner, but I was . . . I think it was a
wonderful thing that Eric Clackner the musician is putting on
this event for the Martelle Foundation in support of Leukemia,
AIDS, and cancer. So I think that's really the wonderful part
about it, but listen . . . I like Eric Clapner!"

He follows this up with some of Mr. Clapner's music, and Rush can
only hope that Lisa's psychoanalysis couch has a full-sized
cutout figure of him, with the radio playing on in the
background.

Phone	Dave from Kiwani, IL

Dave says he's a huge fan of Bo Snerdley, and continues on to ask
why Rush doesn't become a syndicated columnist, so as to get more
of his message out to those people who always read the newspaper,
but maybe don't listen to radio. Dave bets that even the liberal
press would take Rush's column, given that it would sell more
papers.

Rush says he has three offers on the table right now - three
syndication companies have made their own offers, and EIB's
entrepreneurs are thinking about forming their own syndication
company. However, Rush has avoided doing any of these things
because he would be competing with his own newsletter, not to
mention that there's always the danger of him becoming
overexposed.

Rush is on the TV and radio for 17.5 hours a week, and his
newsletter has 500,000 subscribers. Rush doesn't want to start
becoming repetitive or redundant, nor does he want to have his
face and name showing up everywhere. This is also why he turns
down a lot of offers to appear on various TV shows.

Plus, Rush doesn't know if he would have the time to do a
syndicated column, especially he's also very cautious about
burning out by doing too much. However, he thanks Dave for
calling and for making this suggestion.

*BREAK*

Phone	Bill from San Diego, CA

Bill gives "mega-upset dittos" because he's obsessed with Rush;
not only can he listen to Rush live on EIB's Los Angeles
affiliate KFI, but he also gets to listen to the local station's
replay of Rush's show later on. Bill is upset, though, at how
last night Marty Emerald on KGTV, the local ABC affiliate, did a
"perspective" piece in which she said that because her "favorite
President, George Bush" made a mistake and didn't finish the job
in the Gulf War, President Clinton now had to send out thousands
of more troops to clean up the mess that "George Bush couldn't
fix."

However, Bill remembers that Bush had to fight tooth and nail to
get done what he did get done. He can't believe that Emerald had
the nerve to say such a thing, which is so foreign to the truth.

Rush says he hopes someone in San Diego calls Marty Emerald to
tell her to turn on the show because he'll explain just what did
happen in the Gulf War at the top of the next hour. Then if
Emerald wants to go on the air and correct herself, she'll at
least have the facts with which to do so. He asks Bill to hang on
through the break.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Phone	Bill from San Diego, CA (continued)

Bill explains that KGTV, channel 10, in San Diego is an ABC
affiliate and has a public affairs commentator, Marty Emerald,
who does both commentary pieces and David Horowitz type consumer
affairs segments. The station does have a conservative
commentator, Stephen Clark, but Emerald did the commentary last
night.

Rush asks if Emerald identifies herself as a liberal, and Bill
thinks this is definitely the case, given that she was so
sarcastic in saying last night "and my favorite President, George
Bush." However, she's never come out and admitted she is a
liberal.

Rush asks if she's part of a "point-counterpoint" type format on
the station, with clearly identifiable conservatives and
liberals, and Bill says no - the conservative commentator will
have something to say tonight, but it won't reference what
Emerald said last night.

Rush says what Emerald said is so predictable about the press; in
fact, on Monday Rush noted that the press would be making a point
that the reason Clinton is having to go back to Iraq is because
"Bush didn't finish the job" and that "Bush didn't have the
courage to get Saddam." This is so predictable that Rush is not
surprised that Emerald did say it.

Rush notes, however, that it took President Bush a long time to
put together a coalition of U.N. nations to repel Hussein from
Kuwait. This coalition had an explicit U.N. mandate: to kick
Saddam out of Kuwait. There was no charter to kill or capture
Hussein, or to wipe out his military.

The American generals did want to continue the war for another
day or so, but Bush decided to abide by the terms of the U.N.
resolutions on Iraq. Bill notes that this was the case in WWII as
well - after Germany was defeated, the generals wanted to
immediately move onto Russia; so should Truman be blamed for the
Soviet Union's excesses since then?

Rush adds that hindsight is always 20-20, and he admits there
could have been some advantage in getting Hussein. However, Bush
is an honorable man and ex-military, and he understands the
purpose of a mission. When he completed the mission, that was it,
and he wanted to remove U.S. troops quickly, with as few
casualties as possible.

In any case, though, the U.S. never wanted to totally wipe out
Hussein or to destroy his army to the last gun because of the
threat posed by Iran. The U.S. wanted to kick him out of Kuwait
and destroy enough of his army to reduce his immediate threat,
and this included taking out his nuclear facilities. That's as
far as the U.S. wanted to go, precisely because Iran would have
moved quickly to fill any void left by a neutered Iraq.

Iran right now is in a terrible state of disorder, full of
internal conflicts. The mullahs are fighting amongst themselves
about spreading militant Islamic fundamentalism, and Iraq serves
as a buffer between them and the rest of the Middle East. In
1990, Iraq had just finished an eight-year war with Iran, and the
U.S. had supported Iraq in that war, precisely so as to limit the
threat from Iran.

Bill notes that Marty Emerald made a big deal about how the U.S.
supported Iraq; she accused George Bush of first arming the
Iraqis and then wanting to kill them. Rush is not surprised by
this either - supposedly Bush was criminal in giving these
weapons to Iraq, but this is a mindless and naive accusation.

Sometimes in this world, you have to make strategic moves which
aren't necessarily the ones you'd prefer to make in a perfect
world. Sometimes an ally turns against you, but the U.S.'s
objectives during the Iran-Iraq war were to make sure the war
continued, with Iraq being able to rebuff Iran for as long as it
took. After all, while these two countries were fighting amongst
themselves, they couldn't stir up trouble in the rest of the
Middle East, especially in Israel.

As far as getting Hussein goes, Rush has explained many times
that he has dozens of look-alikes in Baghdad, so to get Hussein,
who has a network of bunkers, would have required ground troops
going door-to-door, with hundreds or thousands of U.S.
casualties. And the fact is that this high price might not have
achieved anything, given that once Hussein was eliminated,
there's nobody else who's much better waiting in the wings.

Rush recalls that he went to the Middle East two years ago, and
the Israeli leaders were very concerned about the rising tide of
militant Islamic fundamentalism, in both Iran and Syria. They are
trying to warn the U.S. about this, and the World Trade Center
bombing was just the tip of the iceberg. As has always been the
case, the Middle East is far more complicated than most people
think, and getting Hussein not only would have been difficult at
best, but maybe even the wrong thing to do.

Furthermore, even though liberals faulted George Bush for playing
golf and speedboating in Kennebunkport during the Gulf crisis,
there were valid reasons for this - Bush was playing a
psychological game with Hussein, showing him that the United
States was not that concerned with this podunk, two-bit, tinhorn
dictator. Unlike Jimmy Carter, who put on a sweater and
sequestered himself in the White House during the Iranian hostage
crisis, Bush wasn't about to treat Hussein like a world leader;
instead, Bush took the attitude that Hussein was a maggot not
worthy of respect.

Liberals are now hard at work, though, to find errors in the Gulf
War, but they are only exhibiting their partisanship and lack of
intellectual honesty. The mission was executed flawlessly and no
mistakes were made; it also has to be remembered that had the
U.S. gone ahead into Baghdad, the Arab coalition would have been
in danger of falling apart. The U.S. couldn't have afforded this,
as there was a lot more involved than just "getting" Hussein.

If the liberals think getting Hussein is the right thing to do
and would be so easy to do - which is the point of their
criticisms against Bush - then it will be interesting to see if
they encourage Bill Clinton to do this. Let the liberals try to
get Hussein, but Rush bets that if Clinton did capture Hussein,
they'll discover he has only a look-alike, with the real Hussein
showing up that night on Larry King Live.

Liberals probably will ask why the Israeli Mossad doesn't rub
Hussein out, but Rush knows from his conversations with Israeli
officials that the last thing they want is to be associated with
the assassination of a major Arab leader. Nothing would unify the
Arab world against Israel and the U.S. more than this, and such a
move would serious jeopardize Israel's attempt to bring peace to
the Middle East.

Rush can understand Bill's anger at these cliched liberal attacks
against Bush, but it should also be remembered that had Ronald
Reagan not built up the military during the 80s, Bill Clinton
wouldn't be able to do what he's doing now. Every liberal in the
country opposed this military build-up, but had Reagan not fought
hard and won his defense policies, Clinton wouldn't have the toys
with which to play general.

*BREAK*

Phone	Juliana from Grand Rapids, MI

Juliana says that the way she found out about Rush's response to
FAIR was that the ISSUES forum has a sign-on message about them.
Thus, CompuServe is letting people know how to find this stuff.

Rush is glad to hear this and asks if Juliana has read his
response to FAIR. She replies that she's gotten to number 11 so
far, and thinks it makes a lot of sense and is pretty thorough.
Rush notes that most of what FAIR was so exorcised about were
simple differences of opinions, but they categorized them as
lies.

Rush thanks Juliana for calling to clarify this, and he reminds
everyone that to find these files on CompuServe, you should type
GO RUSHDL and follow the prompts. He adds that the ISSUES forum
can handle only 100 accesses at a time, but the RUSHDL section
can handle up to 1000 simultaneous accesses, so response should
be a lot better now.

Phone	Richard from Fayetteville, NC

Richard says the reason the U.S. is going back to Kuwait is not
because the military didn't do its job; the military by necessity
is very structured and when it is used, it must always be given a
definable objective, and meeting that objective is the goal. Rush
notes that the liberals aren't accusing the military of being
screwed up, but rather are blaming the Commander-in-Chief, George
Bush, of screwing up by not giving the right orders. Richard
notes that the U.S. military did give Hussein a large setback,
but Hussein will remain a threat as long as he has even one tank.

Plus, had the U.S. not kicked Hussein out of Kuwait, he would
have only gotten more powerful and would have posed great dangers
to the rest of the world for years to come. In particular, the
threat from terrorism was great back then, and this threat still
exists. Richard also wants to know where are all the protestors
who were active during the Gulf War; why aren't they protesting
Bill Clinton?

Rush adds that in addition to the 46,000 troops being sent to the
Gulf, the U.S. has another 160,000 on stand-by, which means the
administration and military are taking Hussein's threat
seriously. Rush agrees with Richard that the peace protestors are
nowhere to be seen; the liberals were and still are intent on
protesting George Bush, not the military or the mission in the
Gulf.

*BREAK*

Rush reads something that Algore uttered about Oliver North, in
response to North's criticism of Bill Clinton's military cutbacks
which have totalled over $100 billion over the past two years:

"I want to formally request an apology from Oliver North for
demeaning the United States military at a time when all
Americans, with the exception of Oliver North, are coming
together in support of our Commander-in-Chief and sending a clear
message to Saddam Hussein that his threatened aggression would
not work."

Rush notes that at least North is dissenting on U.S. soil, in
contrast to how Bill Clinton protested his country at Oxford and
Moscow. Furthermore, since Democrats are supposed to be fair, why
doesn't Algore take a look at men such as Dick Gephardt and the
Democrats in the Senate who attacked Bush during the build-up for
the Gulf War. Gephardt even threatened to withhold funding from
the troops.

Once again, it appears that the administration cannot tolerate
any dissent at all. Should Oliver North criticize the President,
and Algore immediately responds by challenging North's
Americanism and patriotism.

Phone	Judy from Culpepper, VA

Judy is a big fan, but she has a problem with one of the PSAs
that EIB plays about panic disorder, an affliction which she has.
There are millions of Americans who suffer from this disorder,
but this PSA is so insensitive that Judy fears people will now be
afraid to be around her, out of fear that she'll crack up and go
bonkers, maybe even becoming a raving maniac.

She tried calling everyone she could think of, including EFM
Media Management, to get this PSA off the playlist, but so far
it's been without success. Rush bets that the reason EFM wasn't
responsive was because those guys were probably on some sort of
PR swing or escorting new talent around. Judy adds, though, that
she's grateful she got through to Rush.

Rush notes that most listeners probably haven't heard this PSA
because it's one of those things that EIB plays during the
commercial breaks when affiliates are supposed to be airing their
own commercials at confiscatory rates. Since this portion of the
program isn't heard by 95% of all listeners, EIB feels free to
take some liberties with this air time, playing its musical
parodies and some PSAs.

Rush apologizes, though, for playing this insensitive PSA, and
asks what panic disorder is. Judy says it's both a mental and
physical affliction, and when it strikes it can make you feel as
if you're dying - you could have heart palpitations, sweating,
choking, etc. And having such an attack only intensifies your
fears; for example, if you have one in a store, you're afraid of
going back to that store because you'll think you'll have another
attack.

Rush asks if there is any medication for this, and Judy says yes,
although she thinks behavior modification works best for her.
Rush thinks he should play this PSA at least once so listeners
could know what they're talking about, and Judy says this would
be okay, but EIB shouldn't play it anymore. In fact, her husband
thinks it's so scare-mongering that he compares it to the
Goldwater ad during the 1964 Presidential campaign showing a boy
picking flower petals when the nuclear bomb goes off.

Rush pledges not to play the PSA again, after he plays it now,
just to clue in his listeners. He stresses, though, that has no
desire to mock a genuine disease and thanks Judy for calling.

The PSA begins with a horrible noise that consists of an
incessant train whistle along with men and women screaming
horribly, and that noise continues as the announcers speak;
however, at least one summary writer suspects that EIB has
doctored the PSA because he can clearly hear EIB's lame duck,
baby crying, and a penny whistle as part of the soundtrack. As
the noise continues, a male announcer first speaks, barely
audible, and then the noise gets a little softer so that you can
hear the female announcer state:

"This is how it feels to have a panic attack. For millions of
Americans with panic disorder, attacks have been known to come
without warning. They come out of the blue, they don't last long,
but they can change your life. Trips to the emergency room and
medical tests may show nothing wrong, but you know there is. If
you think you have panic disorder, find out how you can get help.
Call 1-800-64PANIC, 1-800-64PANIC. Panic disorder, it's real,
it's treatable. A public service announcement from this station
and the National Institute of Mental Health."

Rush agrees this PSA is a bit disturbing so decides to soothe the
audience by playing Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"; however,
the music becomes more and more agitated, transforming into
Rush's worst fear, Ross Perot singing the song that won him "Best
Male Vocalist" in EIB's Annual Music Awards:

"Remember when on Larry King
I said I'd handle everything
Cause I knew how to make this country work? Well . . . 
You followed me for a little while
And then found out what makes me smile
And now you know I got this . . . little quirk! See . . ."

<<Chorus>>
They're coming to take me away, ha-ha
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha,
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see them volunteers in starched brown shirts
And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha!"

<<Verse>>

"You thought I was a joke, and so you laughed,
You laughed when I had said `I'm all ears'
And `there's nothing in it for me.' Right?
You know you laughed, I heard you laugh,
You laughed, you laughed, and laughed
And then you left me because you knew I was certifiably mad.
Well, you'll believe the conspiracy,
When they have had to bury me,
After the Cubans take me out like they did JFK! See!"

<<Chorus>>
"They're coming to take me away, ha-ha
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha,
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see them volunteers in starched brown shirts
To a happy home where they'll have a jacket for me
With a pair of real long sleeves that pass around back!
They're coming to take me away, ha-ha!"

*BREAK*

Phone	Cheryl from Parkridge, NJ

Cheryl heard Rush play two Iraq songs yesterday and would like
Rush to follow through with his promise to play his entire Iraqi
repertoire. Rush pledges to do so on today's show, except for the
cast listing to his Gulf War Won miniseries, given that he didn't
print that list out before coming to the show this morning. He
starts the ball rolling by playing "Leader of Iraq":

<<Arab woman speaking to Fatima, as sirens are heard in the
background>> Fatima, is that Saddam's ring you're wearing?

<<Fatima, dreamily>> Huh-uh!

<<First woman>> Gee, that must be nice riding in that big Russian tank!

<<Fatima, sighing affirmatively>>

<<First woman>> Is he picking you up today after mid-day prayers?

<<Fatima, sighing no>>

<<First woman>> Well, where did you met him?

<<Fatima, singing>> I met him at the mideast war, he smiled at me
and faced toward Mecca . . . get the picture?

<<Chorus of girls speaking>> Yes, we see! <<giggles>>

<<Fatima, singing>> That's when I fell for the leader of Iraq!

<<Fatima singing verse, accompanied by bombs, bullets, and richochets>>

"My folks were always putting him down. (down, down)
They say he sprayed poison gas on our town. (they say he sprayed
	that poison gas all around)
They told me he was bad, but I knew that he was mad.
That's why I fell for the leader of Iraq."

"Then one day I found somebody new. (new, new)
I had to tell Saddam we were through. (what did he say when you
	said Saddam had better find somebody new?)
He screamed `I won't negotiate' and then rolled his tanks across Kuwait.
I'm sorry I hurt you, the leader of Iraq."

<<Speaking over bridge, as chorus goes doo-doo-doo>> "Tears ran
down his cheek and soaked his big, bushy mustache. When he rode
away on that hot desert night, I prayed to Allah, `Please save
his soul!' Whether He heard, I'll never know. <<screaming as
bombs fall and chorus sings "no, no, no">> Lookout, lookout,
lookout, lookout!"

<<Fatima, continuing verses>> "I felt so helpless, he looked like
	a clown. (clown, clown)

They call him Hitler when he's not around. (they call him Hitler, giggles)
And now that I've dumped Saddam, he'll never finish his atom bomb.
They're coming to get you, the leader of Iraq."

<<Chorus sings oohs in the background as Fatima sings and fades>>
Leader of Iraq, and now he's gone. Leader of Iraq, goodbye, Saddam!

********

Next, a new tune, "Saddam's Family":

<<George Bush speaking>> Saddam's got me tweaked, not going to take it!

<<harpsichord introduction, complete with finger snaps and cruise
missiles, then chorus sings>>

"Cruise missile on your front lawn,
Get a clue, you moron,
Let's drop another bomb . . . on Saddam's Family."

"Tariq Aziz is freakin'
While CNN is leaking,
The news we should be keeping . . . from Saddam's family."

<<harpsichord intro music with finger snaps, spoken>> Cheat . . .
deceit . . . defeat.

"He seems to have no fear when
He's strutting by the U.N.
Here's a missile up the rear end . . . of Saddam's armory."

"His cabinet's not stupid,
What Saddam says, they do it,
Or they'll be executed . . . by Saddam's Family."

<<introduction, no words, but lots of bombs, followed by a
shout>> Let's polka!

<<two instrumental verses follow, in polka style, followed by
another harpsichord introduction with finger snaps>>

<<Verse>> "It seems a little silly
To leave it up to Willy
Let's give the job to Hillary . . . <<spoken>> maybe she can kick
	his <<bomb goes off>> . . . Saddam's Family!"

*BREAK*

Phone	Jane from San Diego, CA

Jane saw Rush's TV show last night which discussed how Democrats
such as Jim Sasser just aren't figuring out why the American
public is "mean and surely." Rush notes that his point was that
the people weren't really surly or mean, but rather were angry
towards government for a number of substantive reasons.

Jane agrees, and says that a "conservative tsunami" is heading
towards Washington this November. She's a typical middle class
person who 20 years ago didn't know anyone who was scheming to
get on some government program; today, though, she knows a lot of
people like this. For example, one neighbor is getting disability
payments, yet he has no problems taking his boat out and
launching it by himself. In another neighboring family, the wife
got pregnant and quit her job, so she's now getting unemployment.

Rush says there are many people who are angry at how all this is
not what government is intended for, not to mention that working
Americans are being blamed for all of America's ills. He thanks
Jane for her call and ends the hour with an EIB favorite, "Bomb,
Bomb Iraq":

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iraq.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iraq.
Oh bomb Iraq, take Kuwait back,
Bomb Iraq,
Try to free Kuwait before it's too late,
Bomb Iraq.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iraq.

Old Khomeni might have been zany,
But Saddam Hussein seems to be twice as insane.
Bomb Iraq, take Kuwait back,
If Hussein wants a duel turn him into fossil fuel.
Bomb Iraq. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iraq.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Rush has one song left from EIB's Iraq repetoire:

This crazy man named Saddam Hussein
Ain't no doubt that the man's insane
He better get used to feeling fright
In from the south, put out his lights.
Yakety yak, bomb Iraq.

You must have been an only son
Growing up and playing with guns
Came into power, came into wealth,
Look out your window, check out the Stealth.
Yakety Yak, bomb Iraq.

A man possessed by his own greed,
Ignores his country's desperate needs,
We ain't going to cut you any slack,
Look at his palace, now it's a shack.
Yakety yak, bomb Iraq.

<<sax solo and bomb noises>>

Big ground forces rolling in,
Your own troops know you cannot win,
Don't get too comfy in your pad,
Whoops - there goes Baghdad.
Yakety Yak, Bomb Iraq.

I can't believe you're still alive
Feeding your people all that jive.
The USA won't take no flak,
Here comes another air attack.
Yakety Yak, bomb Iraq.
The USA won't take no flak,

Here comes another air attack.
Yakety Yak, bomb Iraq.

********

<<As a public service, allow me to add these two songs, as well>>

First, "Hello, Saddam" (from the hit music "Hello, Dolly")

Hello, Saddam, it's the boys, Saddam,
We just love to kick you back where you belong.
We've got the planes, Saddam,
And the ships, Saddam,
And the troops, oh yeah, those troops
A hundred thousand strong.

You'll feel the Earth swaying,
And you'll start praying,
But you'll find that Allah's turned his back on you, you fool.
So forget that Holy War, Saddam,
Losing's such a bore, Saddam,
Get back into Iraq or else you're through.

<<Interlude with "George" telling Saddam the score.>>

You'll feel the Earth swaying,
And then you'll start praying,
But you'll find that Allah's turned his back on you, it's true.
So forget that Holy War, Saddam,
Losing's such a bore, Saddam,
Get back into Iraq or else you're through.

********

Second is "Bomb Iraq Around the Clock."

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock Iraq.
five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock Iraq.
nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock Iraq.
We're going to bomb Iraq, around the clock.

We've got lots of bombs, there ain't no duds,
They can't shoot them down like they do our scuds.
We'll bomb Iraq around the clock tonight,
We're going to bomb until dawn's early light.
We're going to bomb Iraq around the clock tonight.

It's dark outside, the clock turns four,
We've come back to bomb some more.
Iraqi guns light up the sky,
Down below their camels fry.
We're going to bomb Iraq around the clock tonight.

********

<<And just to remind people just how stupid the media could be
during the Gulf War, here's a partial transcript of one press
conference>>

Reporter:	"Are the Iraqis stopping and fighting and getting
into defense positions because the Allies are attacking?"

Military Spokesman: "You're damn right." (Rush says that this
question's intent was to ask if the US was being unfair in
attacking these poor, retreating soldiers.)

Reporter:	"But would they be retreating, do you believe,
would they be just heading toward Baghdad if the Allies were not
continuing with air strikes and ground strikes?"

Military Spokesman: "A retreat by its very nature is an attempt
to break engagement with attacking forces. It's unplanned and
that's exactly what we're doing - we're attacking them and
continuing to attack them and they're continuing to fight. And so
the results are bearing fruit."

Reporter:	"The only way you'd stop attacking them is if
they got out of their tanks and put their hands up?"

Military Spokesman: "I think we've made that point abundantly
clear throughout the last two or three days."

********

<<We now return to your regularly scheduled summary>>

Items

o	Rush can't remember where he heard it this morning, but
one news story reported that Clinton got a small bump in his
approval ratings, going up 1 percentage point to 43%. If true,
then it's interesting that this is when things are going
smoothly, which only begs the question of what would happen to
his numbers should something start going wrong in either Haiti or
the Gulf.

o	Sylvia Rich, wife and confidant of EIB's own "Rich Dick"
Rich, noted recently that North Korea needs oil, while Saddam
Hussein wants nukes. Is this a marriage made in heaven (or
somewhere else below ground)?

o	As to Haiti, Rush remarks that he's been telling jokes
about how the Haiti invasion would result in the Congressional
Black Caucus carrying Aristide ashore, storming the beaches of
Port Au Prince. Yet today's Washington Post reports that when
Aristide returns to Haiti on Saturday, he'll be accompanied not
only by Warren Christopher but by Jesse Jackson, Randall
Robinson, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Thus, even when Rush is joking, he's right. As if this weren't
enough, the Post is also crediting Robinson as "altering
administration policy" towards Haiti with his hunger strike. Rush
wonders, though, whether Aristide will be carrying Robinson or
vice versa.

o	Today's Wall Street Journal reports that a new IRS report
found that the top 5% of all individual income tax returns for
1990 accounted for almost 44% of individual taxes paid. "See, I
told you so!" Rush exclaims, although he admits that these
figures show Clinton is right - the tax system is unfair; why
should 5% of taxpayers pay 44% of taxes - why should five out of
every hundred pay the taxes of 44 people?

Speaking of taxes, Rush bets most American don't know just how
much they really pay in taxes; if federal, state, city, local,
property, Social Security, Medicare, utility and other taxes, not
to mention fees, hidden taxes, service taxes, sales taxes, etc.,
could be all calculated, Rush bets that the nation wouldn't need
term limits anymore, but those inside the Beltway would need
armed guards to protect them from taxpayers' wrath.

o	A Washington Post editorial illustrates what Rush has
been saying for years about the arrogance of those on the left.
The editorial it titled "Still No to a Middle Class Tax Cut," and
the Post explains that the middle class neither needs nor
deserves a tax cut because "the government doesn't have the money
to give the middle class more than a token tax cut."

Rush hopes this line slaps every working American alongside the
head - to those in the Washington Beltway, all money belongs to
the government, and the only reason anyone gets to keep any of it
is because of the benevolent nature of those in Washington. In
truth, though, those in Washington wouldn't have a dime if they
didn't have the power to take money from those who work.

It's incredibly arrogant to think that those in government "don't
have the money to give" the middle class a tax cut. Of course,
the corollary to this is that if the middle class gets to keep
more of their money somehow, they are immoral for doing so. This
is the kind of mentality that thinks the people have to pay now
for the "party" they had during the 80s.

To these people, all money belongs to the government, and it
should illustrate what the inside-the-Beltway crowd - both
politicians and press - thinks about the average American.

*BREAK*

Phone	Debbie from Genesco, IL

Debbie says that many Americans still don't have access to
computers or CompuServe, so she'd like to get a copy of Rush's
response to FAIR. Rush says that EIB is in the process of setting
up a 900 number where for the cost of around $1.50 - EIB's costs
- someone can get a hardcopy of Rush's response to FAIR.

Rush notes that computer people are paying on-line charges to
download this document from CompuServe, so non-computer people
shouldn't think they are the only ones who have to pay. Rush asks
if Debbie knows anyone with a computer, and Debbie says yes, but
not anyone who has an account on CompuServe.

She adds that she lives in a small town with a lot of Democrats
who don't like Rush, and in fact her own father is a die-hard
Democrat who despises Rush. Thus, she'd like to get a hardcopy of
Rush's response to use to help convert these people.

Rush says that party loyalties can die hard, but it shouldn't be
long before EIB will be able to announce the 900 number which
people can call. In the meantime, CompuServe users should be
patient because even though CompuServe set up a new area for
these files, it could still take some time to get to them because
of the high demand.

Phone	Lisa from Iamsville, MD

Lisa thinks that there's some light at the end of the tunnel of
education; the movement towards privatization of public schools,
seen at Hartford, CT and Baltimore, MD, is going to break up the
stranglehold monopoly that the NEA has. Rush hopes so, and notes
that yesterday's Wall Street Journal had an editorial about how
the NEA has come out against any sort of educational choice
whatsoever.

This is not surprising, given that the NEA has become a lobbying
group with people who occasionally teach, so they're deathly
afraid of any competition. Lisa says that the NEA has also issued
a brochure telling teachers how to deal with the "religious
right" and "interfering parents."

Rush notes he reported on this a while ago, but adds that before
the NEA can get around to this, they'll have to stop buying
orange juice. Lisa notes that her family stopped buying orange
juice when Rush stopped advertising it, just to send another
message in an indirect manner to the NEA.

She adds that she originally supported tax credits and vouchers
for education but now opposes such ideas since they would only be
another way for government to get involved and interfere with
private schools. Rush says many people fear this, and it's why a
lot of conservatives didn't support the California school choice
initiative last year.

However, what is going on in Hartford will be interesting to
watch, given that the privatization of public schools will work,
as long as it's given enough time to work.

Phone	Joe from Atlanta, GA

Joe is a psychologist who wants to set the record straight after
the "parapsychologist" from Los Angeles called in earlier. He
hopes that people realize that not all psychologists are like
that woman; in fact, his own office has many conservatives.

Rush says "let's face it - she was a nut; she was a fun
crackpot!" Joe agrees, and adds that if this woman thought Rush
was obsessed with Clinton, then she obviously has a lot of spare
time and herself has become obsessed with Rush.

The main thing that angered Joe, though, is that she did
something no psychologist would ever do: personally attack Rush
for his lack of education and the way he laughs. No professional
psychologist would criticize a patient like this; instead, you
observe and when appropriate, you offer some advice.

Rush has to wonder how many psychologists would analyze someone
from afar. Joe says nobody he knows because you have to see the
person, get to know them, and learn who they are. Rush
appreciates hearing this, but notes that you have to admit this
woman was a fun caller.

*BREAK*

Phone	Bill from Carne, NE

Bill was surprised to see that today's Op-Ed page of the Omaha
World Herald had a piece with Rush's by-line on it. Rush says
this must be related to the 5,000 word piece titled "Why Liberals
Fear Me," which appeared in Policy Review, put out by the
Heritage Foundation; he then edited the piece down to about 1,000
words for use as an Op-Ed piece. The Los Angeles Times ran it on
Sunday and then put it on their news service, which must be where
the Omaha paper got it.

Bill says he was glad to see this piece in his local liberal
paper, and thinks the piece was great. Rush says this piece is
guaranteed to infuriate the liberals who read it, and he's
heartened to see that the column is making its way across the
fruited plain.

Phone	Paul from Chicago, IL

Paul is a college student who is angry because today's Chicago
Tribune has listed all the places American troops have been sent
in 1994 by Bill Clinton: Cuba, Haiti, Rwanda, Somalia, Kuwaiti,
Korea, Northern Iraq, and Bosnia. Clinton is someone who loathed
the military 20 years ago and is now cutting the defense budget
to the bone, but he's sending troops all over the world.

Paul adds that he called his parents Sunday night, and learned
that his brother, a Marine at Camp Pendleton, might be going to
Kuwait soon, so now it's personal. Rush notes it's interesting
how invested in foreign policy Clinton is, given that his
campaign insisted it was "the economy, stupid."

Paul, though, bets that Clinton is revelling in the power he has.
He thinks, however, that a lot of what Clinton is trying to do
could be done with the Navy, Air Force, and missiles; sending
troops is not necessary. Rush agrees that the U.S. could launch
some preemptive strikes against Iraq with warplanes and missiles,
and thanks Paul for calling.

Phone	Tim from Los Angeles, CA

Tim just heard that the LA City Council has approved funding for
a 40-foot mural of Huey Newton, the black panther, depicting him
as a gun-toting revolutionary; the mural will be titled "To
Protect and To Serve," the motto of the LAPD. The ACLU is behind
this idea, but Tim can't believe that taxpayers' money will be
used for it.

Tim is a member of the LAPD, so this is all the more offensive to
him. He thinks this is a slap in the face not only to police
officers in Los Angeles, but to all police officers across the
country.

Tim notes that his police officers' league has a phone message
about this, so Rush gets the number and has Bo call it. Tim
comments that some members of the city council were originally
against this idea, but they buckled under the pressure from
minority groups and switched their votes. Rush thanks Tim for
calling and is looking forward to hearing the police league's
message about this.

*BREAK*

Phone	Larry from St. Cloud, MN

Larry says Senator Carol Moseley-Braun was on CSPAN the other
night, as a member of a Senate subcommittee examining Rep. Dick
Armey's proposal for a flat tax. Everyone else was asking
intelligent questions, but when it came to Moseley-Braun, she
read a four-page statement, only to conclude by saying that the
idea of a flat tax was unfair "because most of the income of
homeless people goes to food."

Larry doesn't know what the connection between these things are,
and Rush doesn't know either, given that Armey's plan has
exemptions that keep the poor from paying any taxes. Rush admits
that it's hard to know what's doing on in Moseley-Braun's mind;
it's tough enough to follow some people who are logical, but it's
nearly impossible to follow the illogical.

Larry adds that Dick Armey had a look of incredulity on his face
when Moseley-Braun said this. Rush sighs, noting that Moseley-
Braun is an "election accident" who utters nothing but cliches
that come straight out of the liberal handbook. He suggests that
Larry takes her statement for its entertainment value but not
lose any sleep over it.

Phone	Ken from Westchester, PA

Ken is a political science major at Westchester University, so
he'd like Rush's advice on a news outlet for daily news - some
kind of newspaper or news show which he could peruse on a daily
basis as his core news source. Rush says it'd be hard to find
just one; he himself doesn't have any "can't miss" news sources,
so he'd suggest looking at this like a recipe, with the different
news sources all acting as ingredients for the recipe.

It takes time and devotion to come up to speed on current events.
The best conservative periodicals are National Review and
American Spectator, not to mention the Conservative Chronicle.
However, these aren't daily news type shows, and there really
isn't anything that's a counterpart to the nightly news.

The Wall Street Journal editorial page is something worth
reading, but he admits there are some cable shows that might be
worthwhile on a daily basis. However, you're not going to find a
full-fledged conservative broadcast anywhere, although CNN's
Moneyline has an honest approach to economics.

Rush asks if Ken has read any of Friedrich Hayek's works, and Ken
replies no. Rush suggests that Ken find his works, which include
"Road to Serfdom" and "The Constitution of Liberty." They are
hard to find, but the Laissez-Faire Book Club and the
Conservative Book Club, among other mail order places, do have
them available. These books were written in the 40s and 50s, but
they are still current and worthwhile reading.

Rush also suggests that Ken read anything that Thomas Sowell has
written, given that he's written wonderful works on both
economics and education. George Will, Cal Thomas, William
Bennett, and Walter Williams are also good sources, not to
mention Rush Limbaugh.

Rush notes that his father owned a book, "Have You Ever Seen A
Dream Walking?" edited by William F. Buckley, that helped him get
fired from doing commentaries at a Kansas City radio station
during the 1984 primaries. Rush was accused of being too strident
and controversial, so he turned to this book which contained
conservative essays for ideas and thoughts. It was an invaluable
book, and Rush would highly recommend it, assuming you can find
it.

Ken says he disagrees a bit with Buckley's libertarian stance on
abortion and drugs, and adds that he's a conservative in a rock-
and-roll band named "Friar Tuck." He'll look for these books,
though, and thanks Rush for the advice. Rush thanks Ken for
calling and wishes him the best of luck.

*BREAK*

Phone	Bob from Pottstown, PA

Bob says that WWDB radio station of Pittsburgh has just announced
it's the most listened-to radio station on AM, and he bets that
Rush and his show have contributed to this. Rush says he's heard
this and thanks Bob for calling with the news.

Phone	Lou from Jump Off Joe Lake, WA

Lou says she thinks the reason Saddam is moving south is because
he was paid off by the Democrats running for re-election this
November, who wanted to keep Clinton busy so he wouldn't have
time to campaign for them. Rush admits he hasn't heard this
conspiracy theory - that the Democratic party might be trying to
keep Clinton busy so he can't campaign for them.

Rush thanks Lou for calling, and notes that since Jump Off Joe
Lake is north of Spokane, Tom Foley's district, Lou's town might
want to change its name to "Jump Off Tom Lake" after the November
elections.


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