Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show for Tuesday, November 23, 1993

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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Tuesday, November 23, 1993

by John Switzer

This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1993 by John Switzer.
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a daily listener.

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November 23, 1993

LIMBAUGH WATCH

November 23, 1993 - It's now day 308 for those rooted in the
middle class (day 327 for those well-rooted in wealth and those
simply well-rooted - the rich and the dead) of "America Held
Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal") and 386 days after Bill Clinton's
election, but Rush is still on the air with 636 radio affiliates
(with more than 20 million listeners weekly world-wide), 234 TV
affiliates (with a national rating of 3.7), and a newsletter with
over 375,000 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" has been on the NY Times paperback non-fiction
best-seller list for ten weeks and is currently at number one.
Rush's second book, "See, I Told You So," opened on the NY Times
best-seller list at number one.

NEWS

o       Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-ME) warned members of
the Senate that if they didn't break a Republican-led filibuster
and pass the Brady Bill before Thanksgiving, he'd take extreme
measures - he'd call members of Congress back to work after the
Thanksgiving holiday.

o       The Olin Corp., which manufactures handgun and rifle ammunition
under the Winchester label, has announced that it will no longer
sell its Black Talon hollow-point ammunition to the general
public; effective immediately, Black Talon will be sold only to
law-enforcement authorities. Approximately 400 police departments
across the country use Black Talon rounds as standard police
issue.

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) recently proposed slapping
a 10,000% tax on this type of ammunition, which gained notoriety
when it was used last summer to kill eight people at a San
Francisco lawyers' office. Gun-control advocates, such as
Moynihan, praised the Olin Corp.'s action.

However, a quick poll of ten gun owners on the Internet indicated
that they would respond to the company's decision by boycotting
all Winchester products. It thus remains to be seen to whom Olin
Corp. will now sell their remaining Winchester product lines,
given that gun-control advocates typically don't buy gun-related
items.

o       Columbia University has announced that New York Mayor David
Dinkins will become a full-time professor at the School of
International and Public Affairs when he leaves office at the end
of this year. In addition to giving lectures to undergraduate
students, Dinkins will teach graduate courses in public policy
and urban affairs. Reportedly, Dinkins will also be appointed as
head of an as-yet unestablished "academic center." Dinkins has
also said that he is considering serving on corporate boards of
directors.

o       Three prisoners escaped from a sheriff's van in Boston Monday,
bringing to the total of seven the number of Massachusetts
convicted criminals who have escaped since Halloween. All of the
group are still free, and it includes three convicted murderers;
one of those murderers was Joseph Riccard, who was awaiting
retrial after the state Supreme Court in 1991 overturned his
murder conviction for the 1987 stabbing of another man in a
Boston street fight.

LEST WE FORGET

The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Tuesday,
November 26, 1991:

o       Rush was embarrassed that his caller screener, Bo Snerdley,
came into the studio wearing a wool stocking cap. Saying that Bo
looked like he was homeless, Rush gave him $100 to buy a new hat.
Bo promised he'd wear his wool cap every day.

o       Rush noted that none of the media had picked up on Magic
Johnson's comment that abstinence was the best way to prevent
AIDS. This was in sharp contrast to the vast coverage the media
gave to Johnson's previous comments praising condoms. A caller
then pointed out that the story was covered in at least one
paper: on page B-16 of the NY Times. Rush found it curious that
Johnson's support of condoms made the front page while his
support for abstinence was relegated to just before the
classifieds.

Robert from Fargo, ND noted that the National Inquirer had a
compromising picture of Magic Johnson and his male organ, which,
to Robert at least, seemed to be the "smoking gun." Rush's
enthusiasm for this piece of news was limited, and he accused
Snerdley of letting Robert on the air so as to sabotage the show
in retribution for his earlier comments about Bo's "homeless"
hat.

Samantha from Downers Grove, IL said her five kids had destroyed
all of their Magic Johnson memorabilia because they believed he
was a "loser" and an "idiot" for fooling around so much. She
noted that her kids did this on their own, and they weren't the
only kids she knew who were starting to see that virginity was a
worthwhile life option. Samantha had also seen a number of kids
who wore T-shirts saying "it's worth the wait."

o       Governor Douglas Wilder said President Bush was ignoring a
"resurgence in racism in the United States"; this racism,
according to Wilder, started with Reagan's welfare queen and then
continued with Bush's Willy Horton ad. Rush recalled how it was
Mario Cuomo and his aides who were the ones to discover Willy
Horton, and how it was Albert Gore who first used Horton in the
1988 campaign.

Meanwhile, Mario Cuomo said that President Bush could guarantee
his reelection by embracing Cuomo's own economic recovery plan,
which called for a capital gains tax cut and higher taxes on the
"wealthy." Rush wondered why, if Cuomo's plan was so great, Cuomo
hadn't tried it out on his own state first.

Cuomo also proposed that New York's 56,000 prison inmates start
"earning their keep"; for example, inmates guilty of "jailhouse
misbehavior" would be assessed a $5 fine. In addition, inmates
would be charged a number of fees for various "privileges," and
the state would stop giving $40 to released inmates. Cuomo
claimed his proposals would save the state $10 million.

Cuomo, though, also postponed the paying of salaries to these
inmates, which led Rush to ask how these inmates would pay these
fees in the first place. Rush noted that this was the same
governor who gave these inmates free cable TV, free college
educations, and free postage stamps.

o       Representative Newt Gingrich (R-GA) called to talk about the
House Republicans' growth package which President Bush had called
on Congress to pass. Gingrich first noted that a very cynical
report in the National Journal stated that Democrats were
interested only in passing economic packages that would be vetoed
by the White House; the Democrats planned to use the vetoes as an
election issue.

In this spirit, the Democrats clearly were planning on opposing
the Republican bill. Speaker of the House Thomas Foley even
insisted that President Bush didn't support any economic plan,
even after Bush publicly endorsed the Republican plan and
challenged the Democrats to pass it.

Gingrich noted that the growth plan included a middle class
savings plan, authorization to use IRA funds without penalty in
order to buy a house, new provisions that would encourage
investment in small businesses, and an IRA for every American. A
capital gains tax cut was also included to encourage the creation
of approximately a million new jobs in the private sector.

Gingrich pointed out that this plan included no new taxes; even
so, though, the capital gains tax cut would provide $9 billion in
new revenue from increased employment and economic activity.
Gingrich thus hoped that enough Americans would call their
congressmen and push for an immediate vote on this bill.

Rush said this bill was momentous because the Republicans were
calling the Democrats' bluff by proposing new legislation to help
the economy. Gingrich added that the bill also put pressure on
those Democrats who appeared to want no change in the economy,
all because they believed a bad economy would help them in the
1992 elections.

Gingrich remembered that when he tried to offer a growth
amendment to the unemployment benefits extension bill in August,
Speaker Foley ruled him out of order and prevented the amendment
from being offered. Foley told Gingrich that he wanted the House
to have an "unemployment bill," and even stated "the gentleman
from Georgia has a proposal that contains incentives for work and
creating jobs and investment. By definition that is not
unemployment."

Rush was not amazed by Foley's comment as this was the Democratic
mindset - the only way to deal with unemployment was to send
government checks, not create jobs. Gingrich hoped that enough
Americans would call to voice their support for the bill, stating
that when the "American people get aroused, it is astonishing the
impact that they have." Rush thanked Representative Gingrich for
calling, and urged listeners to contact their congressional
representatives.

Mike from Quail Valley, CA thought Rush should have done more to
encourage people to call Congress. Rush noted that Gingrich
himself said at least a half-dozen times that people should call
their congressman. Mike, however, thought that "hearing it from
Rush Limbaugh" would have more impact. Rush said he never felt
comfortable using his program in an activist manner; he'd rather
have people call on their own. Plus, he didn't want to turn his
program into a haven for "anyone who has a cause."

o       Naomi Parker of Lexington, KY was charged with assault for
allegedly throwing Drano in the face of a choir singer for being
off-key during a rehearsal. The victim, Dimitrius Moore, was
treated and released. Rush suggested that people get "body
condoms" to protect against this sort of thing, because "people
are going to throw Drano, no matter what you do."

Ken from Columbus, OH disagreed with Rush, saying that the only
solution to the Drano problem was to register Drano owners and
users, and if possible, ban the substance outright. Rush agreed
that Ken's idea was more practical than his own suggestion of a
body condom, but insisted that it couldn't stop at Drano, but had
to include Windex, Cascade, and other household chemicals.

o       Oliver North, owner of a protection products business, called
to offer his services to the Santa Ana school district whose high
school guards had decided to wear bullet-proof vests. Meanwhile,
though, a 16-year old boy was shot to death at Thomas Jefferson
High School in Brooklyn, and another teacher was shot by a
student in a separate incident.

o       The Pasadena City Council voted to apologize to the Sheriff's
Department for their previous demand that "no neo-nazi deputies
be assigned to the Rose Parade."

o       The Custer Battlefield Monument in Montana was renamed the
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument; Congress passed the
bill authorizing the change after complaints from Native
Americans.

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MORNING UPDATE

Rush has a number of random thoughts for today's Morning Update:

o       Rush is ecstatic that the Brady Bill was passed yesterday,
since this means that the crime problem in America has now been
ended for all time. There is no more crime, all thanks to the
Brady Bill. He admits that white collar crime will always be
around, but at least violent crime's reign of terror has been
ended by the passage of the Brady Bill. "Aren't you happy?" he
asks.

o       Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) made a political speech in a Newark
church Sunday, but Rush has yet to hear anyone complain about the
"religious left." Had a Republican done this, there would have
been panicked outcries about separation of church and state, and
how democracy couldn't survive such assaults. Yet, Bradley went
into this church and mentioned Ed Rollins, who is being accused
of passing out money to black preachers.

Rollins has now said that his original statements about this were
exaggerations, yet the Democrats don't believe him. However,
aren't the Democrats insulting these black preachers by insisting
that Rollins was telling the truth when he talked about passing
out "walking around money"? By accusing Rollins of lying, aren't
the Democrats also accusing these black preachers, who have said
they didn't take the money, of lying, too?

o       The strike against American Airlines by the flight attendants
union has ended, as the two sides have submitted their dispute to
binding arbitration. Rush has to wonder that now that NAFTA has
been passed, wouldn't it have been simpler had the airliner just
moved to Mexico?

o       Commerce Secretary Ron Brown is saying that it is "quite
absurd" that a single person's "unproven allegations" could cause
him all the troubles he's recently been happening. "Hey, Ron,"
asks Rush, "ever hear of Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas?"

FIRST HOUR

Rush has to retract the statement he said yesterday (and in
today's Morning Update) about how the country had solved its
crime problem by passing the Brady Bill. The Brady Bill, though,
has not yet been passed, as the House and Senate versions of the
bill have not yet been reconciled. The House version of the bill
calls for its five-day waiting period to remain in force for five
years at which point an instant background check system is to be
implemented; the Senate wanted only four years before starting
the instant checks.

Rush notes that many states already have longer waiting periods
than that specified by the Brady Bill; California, for example,
has a 15-day waiting period, which means the nutcase who killed a
number of children in Stockton waited patiently for 15 days
before getting his gun. This guy, who had a criminal record,
shouldn't have been allowed to purchase the gun in the first
place, even after a waiting period; an instant background check
would have prevented that purchase.

Rush, though, still thinks the Brady Bill is a great idea since
even the crooks will abide by its precepts. In fact, Rush thinks
that bill's five-day waiting period will drive the thugs to those
states with a longer-waiting period because they'll then have
more time in which to save up their money so they can afford to
get a better gun with which to commit their crimes. Rush notes
that if this doesn't make sense to his audience, then his
audience still hasn't grasped the concept of the Brady Bill.

Update Timber (Jackyl, "Lumberjack" with a musical chain saw and
the sounds of falling trees)

The congressional Christmas Tree has been chopped down, but not
before it was blessed with an Indian blessing. The tree, which
used to stand in the San Bernadino National Forest in California,
is a 75-foot white fir and about 125 years old. Two seedlings
were planted in place of this "virgin wood" because a second tree
had to be cut in order to allow the first one to be cut and moved
out.

The tree will be decorated with 3,000 ornaments made by southern
California school children, and it will be first lit on December
8th. The precise location of the tree was kept secret so as to
forestall environmental protestors from showing up and getting in
the way.

Before the tree was cut, however, it was blessed in the Cahuilla
language by Alvino Silva, leader of the Cahuilla Bird-Singers of
Banning. Silva said his prayer was "to our Maker who looks over
us, for we are here for a good cause, the cutting of this child,
and I ask that there would be no bad feelings on His side."

Rush marvels how this prayer was said to make sure that God
wasn't angry about the cutting down one of his "children," a
tree; "whatever it takes to make yourself feel better, I guess,"
he says. Rush notes, though, that should human children pray in
school to ask God to look after their parents and teachers, those
children are thrown out of school.

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Items

o       Jesse Jackson has "lashed out" at "gansta rappers," sort of.

o       President Clinton has made a brilliant political move in
interceding in the American Airlines strike. Rush will explain
more later.

o       Clinton also said he didn't believe there was any conspiracy to
kill John F. Kennedy. Rush says he had a call yesterday from
someone who thought Rush was wrong in believing that Oswald shot
Kennedy. The guy hung up before Rush could take his call, but
Rush again says he is convinced there was no conspiracy and that
Oswald was the lone gunman. However, the vast majority of the
American people don't seem to agree with him about this, so Rush
is curious as to what any other listeners may have to say about
this.

o       The Conference Board has found out that in the past year an
adult has been unemployed in 21% of the nation's homes, which
goes a long way towards explaining why confidence in the nation's
economy continues to be so low.

o       Rush's Undeniable Truth of Life #24, which states that
"feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women
easier access to the mainstream of society," is something which
has caused him untold grief over the years. However, today's Wall
Street Journal has a story that shows the truth of this truth;
curiously, though, men in the workforce seem to suffer more from
"ugliness" than women. Rush admits he is surprised by this
revelation, but he promises more on it later.

o       The Penny/Kasich deficit reduction plan was defeated by six
votes last night, and Rush will talk about the politics of the
matter today.

o       A manufacturing company has announced that because of NAFTA, it
will close its factory in Mexico and move back to the United
States. "Ha, ha!" Rush gleefully shouts. "Take that, you
anti-NAFTA paranoics!"

*BREAK*

Rush is in the mood to hear a tune, so he plays "They're Coming
to Take Me Away, Ha-Ha!"

"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 tie around back!
They're coming to take me away, ha-ha!"

The Lear Seating Corp. of Southfield, MI is taking advantage of
NAFTA to move 200 automotive seat-making jobs from Mexico back
into the U.S. Thus, auto-worker jobs are coming back into the
U.S. because of NAFTA. Rush says that this is what he was saying
- American manufacturers were moving into Mexico before NAFTA
because that country's tariffs and content product rules made it
difficult to import and sell products made totally in America.
Now that these Mexican tariffs and content rules are going to be
lowered and/or eliminated, there's less reason for companies to
move to Mexico in the first place.

Phone   Pete from Lafayette, CA

Pete notes that he graduated from Acalanes High School, where
Kurt Busboom just won his fight to establish a Rush Limbaugh
Club. He says that at the House Republican leadership conference
this morning, Newt Gingrich and other Republicans accused
Philadelphia Democrats of altering ballots in the recent
elections, but these charges have gotten no national play.

Pete says that according to reports in the Philadelphia
newspapers, at least 100 people are saying that they voted
Republican, but when the ballots were counted, those votes had
been altered to support Democratic candidates. This is especially
important because these votes resulted in a shift of control in
the legislature from the Republicans to the Democrats. Rush holds
Pete over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Pete from Lafayette, CA

Pete says that the story is not only that the Democrats stole
votes, but that CNN, which covered the news conference in which
Gingrich demanded a Justice Department investigation, did not
mention the voter fraud in its later coverage of the press
conference. Thus, the story is being suppressed.

Pete also thinks that when President Clinton complains about the
"liberal press," he's actually complaining that the press is not
liberal enough. Rush agrees that Clinton probably feels that the
press is not on his side enough, in spite of the fact that over
the weekend there was an orgy of love for Clinton about NAFTA.

Every public official will claim that the press is unfair to
them, though, and Rush has to admit he has about had his fill
with the media, just from the perspective of a regular TV viewer.
He is tired of seeing all the wacko and sicko stuff that is
getting on the news lately; "we're getting way too much garbage
on the press," he states.

Pete adds that Rep. John Kasich also spoke at the House
Republican leadership conference this morning, and he was very
complimentary of Rush's support of his and Penny's bill. Rush
thinks Kasich is a rising star, and he'd love to talk with Kasich
someday.

Returning to the subject of voter fraud, Rush says he originally
thought the Ed Rollins story wouldn't have "long legs," given
that neither party wants to be examined too closely on how it
conducts its campaigns. For example, in a book on pollsters which
came out last year, Pat Caddell, who was in charge of Senator
Alan Cranston's 1986 Senatorial campaign, admits that he really
cranked up the negativity in the ads he did, for the explicit
purpose of turning off young voters (18 to 30) so they wouldn't
vote. Caddell theorized that these younger voters would probably
vote for Cranston's Republican opponent, Ed Zschau, so he
deliberately went out and suppressed that vote.

It's thus nothing new to try to suppress part of the vote, and
this is one reason people are tired of politics as usual.
However, the realities of politics are simple - the idea behind
elections is not to foster democracy but to win the election.
This is why politicians go out and campaign in the first place.

Another example of suppressing the vote is what James Carville
did when he ran Bob Casey's 1986 gubernatorial campaign in
Pennsylvania. William Scranton was Casey's opponent, so Carville
sent out letters to Republicans telling them that it would be
better not to vote than to vote for Scranton.

Then, of course, if one wants to talk about voter fraud, there
are the 1960 Presidential elections where Chicagoans had to wait
until the last minute for Richard Daly and Sam Giancanna to count
the votes which put Kennedy over the top. In fact, Chicago in any
election could be used as an example of voter fraud.

None of this is right or justified, but Rush wants to make the
point that what Ed Rollins is accused of is nothing compared to
what's happened before. The only reason the Democrats are making
a big deal about the New Jersey elections is because it was the
Democrats who lost. The Democrats know that when an election is
presented as liberals versus conservatives, the liberals lose.
They thus are resorting to their time-honored tactics of using
scandal to try to win.

Rush says he is getting tired of hearing sanctimonious preaching
from people such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, especially
when they talk about how the reputations of black preachers have
been impugned. Rush would dare say that if the reputations of
black leaders have been impugned, it has been Al Sharpton who's
been most responsible. Sharpton has done far more damage to
blacks than Rollins ever could.

Rollins, in fact, used to be a Democrat who worked on the
campaign staffs of liberal Democrats and blacks. However, shortly
before 1980 he converted to Republicanism. Rush doesn't want to
defend Rollins, but he does want to point out how the Democrats'
complaints about Rollins are "sanctimonious B.S."

The Democrats have purchased the minority vote in America for
decades. Rush recalls how churches passed the plate in 1988 to
raise money for Jesse Jackson's Presidential campaign. Nobody
complained about that, just as nobody complained when Bill
Bradley spoke at a church last Sunday.

Democrats are pursuing the Rollins matter, not because they're
worried about the separation of church or state, or because
they're worried about the preachers' reputations, but because
they know that scandal is their best political weapon. The
Democrats are sore losers and are refusing to accept the
realities that the voters don't want liberals anymore.

Rush notes that Ed Rollins originally said that all he did was
pass out money to black preachers, simply to get them not to
encourage people to vote for Florio in their sermons. This is not
illegal as it is not a crime to not tell people to do something.
Black preachers, of course, were outraged that someone would
suggest that they could be bought, and to this day the Democrats
have not found one preacher who has said he received any money
from Rollins. One guy did say he was approached, but he later
retracted his statement.

Rollins then said that he was only making up the story about
paying off black preachers because he wanted to get a dig in at
James Carville, who ran Florio's losing campaign. The Democrats,
though, refused to believe Rollins' statement that he didn't
really do it; this means the Democrats think Rollins really did
pay off the preachers, which in turn means that the Democrats
think the preachers accepted the money. Thus, who is really
insulting blacks and impugning their character, if not the
Democrats? The Democrats, though, have yet to be called on the
carpet for this by Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, etc.

The ruckus about Ed Rollins is strictly political, and Rush is
confident that the longer this scandal is pursued, the more it
will be revealed just how dirty the Democrats are during their
campaigns, especially in the Northeast and upper Midwest, where
alliances have been made with those whose favorite music could be
"The Love Theme from The Godfather." If anybody doubts this,
"just check the seats in the endzone at Giants Stadium," Rush
adds.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush will not be on the air this Thursday, Friday, or the
following Monday. EIB will air "Best of Rush" shows on those
days, which will give those who normally can't listen to the show
a chance to catch some of the program's best bits. Rush doesn't
reveal what he will be doing over the Thanksgiving break except
to say that he will be "exiting the country" for some much-needed
rest.

o       Rush says that feminists must be really upset since they very
nearly succeeded in getting Senator Bob Packwood to quit over
sexual harassment charges. But then some "idiot," overly anxious
to please the feminists, decided to subpoena Packwood's diaries.
This got Packwood's dander up, and his resolve was only further
strengthened when he was told that he'd have a lot better luck
appearing before a Grand Jury as a Senator than as an average
citizen.

Rush doesn't know about this part, given the way the American
people feel about Congress nowadays; however, he is convinced
that the feminists must be kicking themselves for letting
Packwood get his resolve back, especially when they were so
incredibly close to getting him out in the first place.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ruth from Madison, NJ

Ruth isn't on the line; instead, an unmistakable man's voice
comes on the line. Rush hesitantly asks if he is Ruth, and the
man replies "sure, whatever it takes to get on the air!" Rush
puts him back on hold and requests that Bo straighten the
situation out.

Phone   Peter from Southborough, MA

Peter says that Newt Gingrich this morning in a press conference
complained about how freshman Democrats in Congress have had
their arms twisted so they could fall right in line with the
Democratic leadership. This happened most recently in regards to
the Penny/Kasich spending cuts bill. Peter thinks this is one of
the best arguments for term limits there could be, given that
these new congressmen were elected to change the status quo.

Rush agrees, but this sort of thing shouldn't surprise anyone
since it's been going on forever. A freshman will arrive in
Congress and be pulled aside by the House leaders, who tell them
that as long as they fall in line with the leadership, they'll
get all the PAC money and support that they need. Those who buck
the system will find themselves out in the cold.

This is what politics is today, and the Republicans are exactly
right in pointing this out. The fact that Democrats such as
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky do get their arms twisted shows the
power that the Democrats have in Congress. The one "problem" with
term limits is that these freshmen congressmen did oust others
who had been in Congress for ages, but the leadership still
corrupted them. It's this leadership which really needs to be
ousted, and term limits will eventually do this.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Rush has talked about the Kasich/Penny bill before, but he wants
to reiterate how it would have implemented another $100 billion
or so in spending cuts. Rep. John Kasich (R-OH) and Rep. Tim
Penny (D-MN) introduced the bill, and it's notable that after the
1993 Budget Deal was passed, Penny announced that he would retire
from Congress next year, simply because he was so tired of how
business was done on Capitol Hill.

The sponsors of this bill took President Clinton and the
Democratic leadership at their word when last summer they said
that they wanted further spending cuts in the fall. For 12 years,
the Democrats have been screaming and whining about the federal
deficit and how it would be the ruination of America. For 12
years they hammered Reagan and Bush over the head with the
deficit and complained about how these Presidents were doing
nothing about it.

Now a bipartisan committee has taken an extra step to solve the
deficit problem, yet the White House and the Democratic
leadership have rejected it. While it was Clinton who had said
that health care reform had to be passed because without it the
deficit could never be solved, his administration rejected the
Penny/Kasich bill out of hand. Both the administration and the
Democratic leaders insisted that any spending cuts had to be
applied to health care, not the deficit.

This shows how "cutting spending" to Clinton and the liberal
Democrats is defined not as actually reducing spending, but
rather transferring the money to other programs. The bill lost by
only six votes, so Penny and Kasich should be applauded for
working hard and making a genuine effort on the people's behalf.

However, by the same token, those who voted against the bill have
demonstrated that they care only about big government, and that
they're interested, not in reducing spending, but about spending
even more taxpayers' money. The failure of this bill should make
people even more dubious about the Clinton health care plan and
what its true purpose is.

Furthermore, Foley, Mitchell, and Clinton all said that they
needed the "savings" from the Penny/Kasich bill to use for health
care. Now that this bill has been defeated, its savings of $100
billion are not going to materialize, so doesn't that mean the
health care reform will fail?

Rush adds that no member of Congress who opposed the Penny/Kasich
bill should ever have any more credibility when it comes to the
deficit and federal budget. Tom Foley actually said that Congress
would be unwilling to implement any cuts if those "cuts" weren't
used for new spending. In other words, Foley was saying that he
had already "done that trick" and fooled the American people into
thinking they had cut spending, so he didn't see any reason to
continue the facade.

So, all of those who were crying and warning about the budget
deficit should keep quiet; if the situation about the deficit is
so precarious, then why wasn't an opportunity to cut $100 billion
over five years (which is chump change when the big picture is
considered, but still better than nothing) supported? This means
these guys were lying in the first place about the dangers the
deficit presented. Certainly the deficit is a large amount of
money, but it's a smaller amount in percentage of GNP than it was
in Kennedy's day.

Rush promises that if any of those members of Congress who voted
against the Penny/Kasich bill dare to mention the deficit and
blame it on Reagan, he'll be the first to demonstrate their
hypocrisy. "They are going to get nailed!" he pledges, because
he's had it with Democratic sanctimony about all the problems
that the country allegedly faces; not only do these guys reject
substance for symbolism, but they are so mean that they literally
create fear in the population so as to advance their agenda.

Rush thinks the people of America owe a lot of Penny, Kasich, and
all those who supported them, because these members of Congress
heard the people's voice last summer and decided to act to help
end the deficit which had so angered the public back then.

********

Turning to health care, Rush notes that the march of the special
interest groups has started, and he thinks an apt bit of music to
accompany this march would be the monkeys' chant in "Wizard of
Oz." He digresses to note that the monkeys in the movie were
really singing, "Oh, we loathe the old one."

Having issued this bit of trivia to the nation, Rush returns to
health care to say that Kate O'Hanlon was "distressed" to learn
that the National Institutes of Health had no intention to
examine the special health needs of lesbians in its upcoming
study on women's health. Thus, last spring, O'Hanlon, associate
director at Stanford's Gynecological Cancer Service, joined other
lesbian activists to begin a lobbying effort. The NIH thus agreed
last month to ask women about their sexual orientation, so as to
discover whether lesbians are more at risk from breast cancer,
colon cancer, and other disease.

Rush is amazed at how the victimization of homosexuals is
continuing, with lesbians now evidently wanting to be at greater
risk of getting cancer. Rush is confused, though, because he had
thought that lesbians and gays were no different than anyone else
except in the choice of their sex partners. He wonders how, if
this increased risk does prove true, the lesbians will blame
heterosexual America for it; he is certain that this link will be
made, and adds that the lesbians also want Clinton's health care
plan to make similar distinctions: they want to be treated
differently than "heterosexual babes."

*BREAK*

Rush recalls the call he got yesterday from 11-year-old David of
Fremont who reported that his school's principal sent out a
letter to all the boys to warn them against sexual harassment.
David's father has now called in.

Phone   Bob from Fremont, CA

Rush asks if Bob made his son call yesterday, and Bob says no; in
fact, at the time he was at the school for "Parent/Teacher
Conference Day," which is why David had the day off and was able
to call Rush's show. David told him that he had been planning to
call Rush for some time, and he finally managed to do it
yesterday.

Rush calls that cute, and Bob agrees, adding that his son had a
4.1 grade point average on his most recent report card. Rush is
glad to hear that the school hasn't gone totally nuts, given that
they're still giving out normal grades; he notes that he didn't
get the school's name right yesterday - it's Matis, not Madison,
Elementary. Rush confesses that talking to boys such as David
makes him wish sometimes that he was a father.

Bob says he loves being a father, and he has three children, with
David being in the middle. Bob's oldest daughter is in high
school, while his youngest daughter is in the third-grade. He
adds that the sexual harassment letter was really sent out by the
school district, not the individual schools, and his younger
daughter's class received this letter, too. Bob notes that a lot
of the teachers think that the letter is pretty ridiculous, too.

Rush asks Bob to list some of the things which the letter said
were "sexual harassment." Bob says that boys couldn't call girls
a "dog," "cow," or other names. He notes that the principal at
David's school told him that the "cow" reference was the result
from how the parents of a sixth-grader sued her school because
the boys called her a cow. The school district was stupid enough
to settle out of court and thus establish a precedent.

Thus, the Fremont school district evidently felt that they had to
do something about this, and the start of school was even delayed
one day so that the teachers could take a course in "recognizing
and preventing sexual harassment." Rush notes that David said
yesterday that the result of all this is that the boys are no
longer talking to girls. Bob says that his son isn't kidding
about this because a lot of the boys simply have clammed up
around girls.

Rush says he's not surprised because some adults are doing the
same thing. Bob says that he had one female co-worker jump all
over him for his daring to mention how nice she looked; however,
he used his wits and got out of the stick situation - "I just
gave her the male lesbian thing, and it worked great," he proudly
states. Rush applauds him for that, but hastens to explain for
new listeners that a male lesbian is simply a woman trapped in a
man's body.

Bob says he is also the basketball coach at his son's school, and
when his principal told him that he shouldn't emphasize winning
with his team, he asked "so, we can't teach them about winning or
losing but we can teach them about sexual harassment?" Rush says
that he's been warning about this sort of thing for years.

Rush asks Bob if any parents have been tempted to take the school
on over this or move their kids out. Bob says no because he and
most parents are very happy with the school's focus on academics.
Rush holds Bob over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bob from Fremont, CA (continued)

Rush asks how Bob reconciles his feelings about the school's
academics and how his basketball team isn't supposed to care
about winning. Bob says when he asked his principal about this,
she admitted that he had a point, since after all, they do keep
score in a basketball game. Rush thinks this is exactly right -
"they keep score" throughout life, so it's foolish to not care
about winning and losing.

Bob says he thinks his principal was trying to "protect" the
kids, but Bob told her that the last thing the kids needed to
learn was "Outcome Based Basketball" where anybody who tries out
makes the team and everyone wins all the time. However, Bob
thinks his son's school is okay, although the school district has
some problems.

Rush says this is a problem with education across America, which
is why a lot of parents are pulling their kids out of public
school. Bob agrees and says that when he went to his daughter's
high school to talk with his teachers, every single classroom had
a sign stating "report sexual harassment - all reports
confidential." Rush is amazed how society is trying to turn
everyone into a victim.

Bob says he agrees with this, but he's not worried too much
because his daughter is pretty reasonable and intelligent, and he
and his wife can talk to her. Rush says that he's struck by how
Bob sounds like he has made his kids the most important part of
his life and is very much involved with them and their lives.
Rush assumes, therefore, that the fact that these kids are doing
well is because of how their parents have involved themselves
with their lives. Bob adds he and his wife have stressed teaching
responsibility to these kids.

Rush is still curious how Bob can rationalize how these schools
can be okay and good when there is obviously some strange agenda
which is being taught to his kids. Bob says he is worried about
this, but his kids talk to him and his wife, so he's confident
that the lines of communication will remain open. Besides, Bob's
son has even asked for Rush's books for Christmas, so he has to
have his head on straight.

Rush is glad to hear that and promises to send autographed copies
of his books to David for a Christmas present. Bob thanks Rush
for that, and says that David told him that some of his
schoolmates have already given him a hard time for calling Rush
up. When Bob asked his son why these kids were doing this, David
replied "their moms all voted for Clinton."

Rush loves hearing this, and he's glad to hear how involved Bob
is with his kids' schools; he's also glad to hear that some of
the teachers at these schools are reasonable people. Bob says he
thinks that it's really the district that's behind all of these
weird programs, and he suspects it all has to do with the large
number administrators each district has; the districts are
top-heavy with administrators, and they end up having to justify
their jobs by coming up with this kind of stupidity.

Rush recalls how last year he ran the numbers and found out that
the California public schools get an average of $6,000 per
student per year. For an average class of 30, this works out to
$180,000 per class, so if the teacher gets $30,000 a year, that's
$150,000 left for chalk, blackboards, books, and "miscellaneous"
expenses, including administrators.

Bob adds that this doesn't even factor in how the parents are
constantly being asked to cough up money of their own for things
such as books. There are always things like bake sales and such
going on, and he notes that his son wants to do his own Rush
Limbaugh bake sale, too.

Rush is glad to hear that and says that with $150,000 per year
per classroom, kids could be driven to and from school via
chauffeured limousine, with money left over. He adds that the
school's building expenses are covered separately, so the $6,000
per student doesn't even have to cover that. Bob adds that
parents are charged for school buses, too.

Rush points out this means that while these schools insist they
need more money, the fact is that the schools could pay each
teacher $100,000 a year and still have money left over, or at
least they could if they weren't paying for a top-heavy
administration. He adds that the government is the largest
employer in Kansas City, MO, because of this.

Bob thanks Rush for taking the time to talk to him, especially as
he, like his son, is a loyal dittohead. He says that he often
feels alone in the liberal Sacramento area, but Rush
encouragingly tells him that he doesn't have things that bad; to
learn how hostile liberals can really be, one really has to move
to New York.

Bob says that he's found that liberals can't refute what Rush
says, so they always end up calling him and other conservatives
names. Rush says that he used to think that this was because of
ideological disagreement, but in truth liberalism is emotionally
driven; conservatism, though, is intellectually driven. Liberals
are therefore unable to intellectually address the issues and
viewpoints which conservatives bring up. Their only response to
conservatives is therefore emotion-filled attacks that resort to
name calling and personal assaults.

For example, liberals claim that conservatives' attacks on
welfare mean that conservatives don't care about the poor.
Conservatives, though, know that true compassion means ending
poverty; welfare doesn't do this, which is why conservatives push
for programs that would encourage self-sufficiency and
independence. Meanwhile, liberals proclaim their compassion by
taking money from one group and giving it away to another.

Liberals cannot deal with the realities of life, so they pursue
symbolic policies which achieve nothing but make the liberals
feel good. Bob adds that liberals also claim that the people
aren't smart enough to be able to succeed on their own. He
especially feels the liberals' venom since not only is he a
conservative, but also a Christian; thus, he's typically vilified
for being a religious, Bible-thumping fanatic.

Rush says that Bob can't be that bad a person since he, after
all, has admitted to being a politically correct male lesbian.
Rush thanks Bob for calling and pledges to get David's
autographed books out pronto.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bob from Newport Beach, CA

Bob thinks Rush's book and audio tape should be given to every
household as a public service. Rush thanks him for that, but says
that he just remembered that he wasn't able to put his second
book's chapter about the 80s on the tape because it contained too
many facts and figures; thus, audio tape customers are missing
some important information. Bob promises to go out and buy the
printed book straightaway.

Bob mentions the Brady Bill and wonders why the Democrats tried
to abrogate the compromise which they originally agreed to. Rush
says that there are different Democratic views on this bill, but
it should be remembered that the Brady Bill is nothing more than
liberal "feel-goodism" that exists solely for its symbolism.

Rush, however, realizes he shouldn't be so negative, because,
after all, this bill will solve America's crime problems for all
time. Bob says that he's certain that the Brady Bill will work
because gun control has worked so well in Bosnia. Rush notes that
America has some 20,000 gun control laws already, not to mention
that New York state already has a 30-day waiting period, at least
in theory. In reality, legal gun buyers usually have to apply
several times before being approved.

Of course, one could get a gun illegally immediately, but legal
purchasers are routinely turned down for a license the first time
they apply. Rush leaves it to each listener to examine New York's
crime record and come to their own conclusions about whether gun
control really works. He holds Bob over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bob from Newport Beach, CA (continued)

Bob thinks that a national sales tax would be a great alternative
to the income tax, inheritance tax, and such. Rush says that tax
simplification would be a great idea, but it will never happen as
long as the tax code remains the single greatest power that
Congress can wield. The tax code is how Congress can implement
its changes to the social architecture, and it will never be
simplified until term limits get the current Congress out of
office and replace them with genuine reformers.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       The Rocky Mountain News of Denver is reporting that one
psychologist is fed up with his colleagues' "coddling ways" and
is thus making it known that most violent youth crimes are
committed by "smug, manipulative teenagers who don't care who
they hurt." Psychologist and author Stanton Samenow said that
"getting in touch with feelings" and "building self-esteem" will
get people nowhere with Denver teenagers who shoot grandmothers
and sell crack to little kids.

Rush digresses to note that he doesn't know if "Samenow" is
pronounced with two or three syllables. He pledges that if it's
the last thing he does, he's going to convince journalists that
they should print the pronunciation of people's names as part of
their stories.

Returning to the story, Rush reads that Samenow believes that
these violent youths are "experts at casting blame" and think
"rules are for others." These punks also believe that almost
everyone else is stupid, and that these people are there for them
to manage and control.

"They're anti-social kids and they're in every neighborhood and
family," he adds. He insists that it's pointless to understand
these kids' feelings, as they should be confronted with the
realities of their actions - parents shouldn't accept these kids'
excuses and attempts to blame others for their failures.

Rush agrees with that idea - stop coddling kids who misbehave and
stop worrying about their feelings. Of course, people today seem
more worried about what they feel about the issues as opposed to
what they think.

o       A Filipino housewife chopped off her husband's penis after he
came home drunk at noon and demanded sex, even though the
children were around. "It was not the right time, I had a mental
blackout," the woman stated when she surrendered to police. The
woman snatched away the machete her husband was carrying and did
the deed.

Although she then threw the detached organ out the window, a
posse of neighbors were unable to find it, and so it couldn't be
reattached. The husband, however, has said he wouldn't press
charges. Rush bets that this sort of thing wouldn't happen if the
Brady Bill were passed in the Philippines. Considering that this
woman was probably inspired by Lorena Bobbitt, though, Rush
thinks it's clear that she's "just a tip off the old block."

o       Rush recalls that his Undeniable Truth of Life #24 - "Feminism
was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access
to the mainstream of society" - was validated recently when he
had dinner with a Republican, conservative woman. This lady noted
that the feminist movement was saved when the Gloria Steinem
joined it and "put an attractive face on an otherwise ugly
movement."

Rush stresses that it was a woman who said this, but he thinks
that it's a pretty accurate statement. He is not trying to be
cruel in saying this, but only wants to illustrate an aspect of
human nature which too many people try to ignore.

Thus, it's timely that the Workplace column in today's Wall
Street Journal has the headline "Good looks can mean a pretty
penny on the job and ugly men are affected more than women." The
study found that better looks brought in higher earnings, even in
those jobs where appearance normally doesn't play a role, such as
telemarketing or bricklaying.

Lucinda Harper wrote this column, and Rush notes that her picture
does not accompany the story. She writes that "beauty earns
considerably more than the beast"; a study done by professors at
the University of Michigan at East Lansing and the University of
Texas at Austin found that all other factors being equal, people
who are perceived as good-looking earn up to 10% more than those
who are viewed as "homely." And men suffer more from being
unattractive than women.

Attractive people tend to earn an average of 5% more than those
with "average looks"; "ugly people" tend to earn an average of 5%
less than the average. Thus, the good-looking earn 10% more than
the "ugly." Men who are "uglier than average" tend to make 9%
less but below-average women make only 5% less. Thus, men suffer
more than women from bad looks.

This phenomenon occurs in a wide variety of jobs, from those
where looks matter, such as modeling, to those where looks
supposedly don't matter, such as bricklaying. Rush notes, though,
that women do ogle construction guys, as evidenced by Joe
Buttafuoco's animal-attraction for women. Rush bets Buttafuoco
would make a lot of money as a bricklayer; "of course, the way we
define `brick' would be relevant," he notes.

Returning to the university study, Rush says that it appears to
provide evidence of discrimination. Naomi Wolfe, author of "The
Beauty Myth," agrees with that conclusion, but still thinks women
face greater discrimination because of their looks. Wolfe said
that women are often told "you look too pretty to be taken
seriously" and "you don't look pretty enough to be taken
seriously."

Rush says he recently saw Wolfe appear on CNBC, and she accused
Rush of being someone who wanted women to be "barefoot and
pregnant." Yet by Wolfe's own statements - that women are being
discriminated against on the basis of their looks - prove the
validity of Rush's Undeniable Truth of Life #24: feminism was
established to allow unattractive women easier access into the
mainstream of society. Otherwise, why would the feminist Wolfe be
working so hard to end discrimination based on one's looks?

*BREAK*

The Phoenix Suns' Charles Barkley will not be prosecuted for
allegedly punching a "bar patron." Kay Bigelow, city prosecutor
for Phoenix, said there was "little likelihood" that Barkley
could be convicted of punching a salesman at a bar last week. The
alleged victim said that he didn't like how Barkley was talking
to a woman, and he told Barkley so. It was at this point that
Barkley allegedly hit the man; however, Bigelow said that there
wasn't enough evidence to charge Barkley with any crime.

Rush notes that none of those interviewed by the Limbaugh Letter
have yet been involved in a fight. "Thanks, Chuck!" Rush says,
glad that his newsletter's record remains unbroken.

Phone   J.D. from Amarillo, TX

J.D. saying that he asked his two sons who the country's Vice
President was; his seven-year-old thought about it for a moment
and hesitantly answered "Hillary?" Rush says that the kid is only
"one notch off." J.D. asks if Rush thinks Packwood should resign,
and Rush says no.

J.D. adds that about six years ago, Big Labor helped out Democrat
Jim Chapman win his congressional seat by paying truck drivers to
pick up poor people in Texarcana and take them to the voting
booth. Rush says this is yet another example of how the vote can
be manipulated, with the crowd that's associated with the "Theme
from the Godfather" perhaps being heavily involved.

Phone   Garth from De Kalb, IL

Garth is a conservative from the "land of Senator `Slime-on' and
Senator `Mostly-Fraud.'" He says that if the liberals are going
to admit that the federal government is no longer the sole answer
to the problems of society, voters are soon going to wake-up and
demand not only a slowdown in government growth but even less
government.

Rush says that this is what happened in 1980 and 1984 when Ronald
Reagan was twice elected President on the platform of giving the
people less government. However, Rush warns that Garth shouldn't
assume that the liberals really believe what they're saying about
how government isn't the answer to all of life's problems; in
their hearts, they remain convinced that only government can be
trusted to solve any and all problems.

*BREAK*

Rush says he should have been asking callers today what they feel
about President Clinton's involvement in the American Airlines
strike. Rush says he likes Robert Crandall, head of American, as
he seems to do a great job during press conferences; of course,
Rush has no idea of what it's like to have to work for him.

Crandall a couple of days ago flatly refused to end the flight
attendants' strike by submitting the matter to binding
arbitration. However, Clinton, who desperately needs to win the
unions back to his side after NAFTA, called up Crandall and said
he wanted to "help" everyone get where they're going during
Thanksgiving. Thus, Crandall must have agreed to arbitration
after finding it hard to turn down the President.

The EIB staff is a bit more cynical, though, and suggest that the
White House travel office is now booking all of their flights on
American. Rush is surprised that his staff would dare to insult
the President's integrity with such a statement; "I don't believe
the President would do this for personal gain," he insists,
although he admits that American may be hoping to become the
official airline of Clinton's health care plan, ferrying all of
those health care companies and their patients down into Mexico.

Crandall, though, is complaining that arbitrators tend to split
all differences down the middle. He has said that his company's
proposal to the flight attendants was tailored to make sure his
airline remained profitable and competitive; however, arbitrators
tend to look at what the unions are demanding and what the
company is offering and then split the difference down the
middle.

This, according to Crandall, will make it all the harder for his
airline to remain competitive, especially with Southwest
Airlines, which is proving to be a very tough competitor.
Southwest, Rush notes, is not a fancy airline, but it gets people
where they want.

He adds that the airline industry shows how small almost always
ends up beating large, or at the very least, can force the large
companies to rethink the way they do business. Rush points to how
IBM has had to radically change because of competition from small
PC manufacturers.

EIB is another such example - when EIB started back in 1988, the
"big" syndicator had about 100 stations, and it was forcing its
affiliates to cut deals whereby they had to take packages of
programs. EIB, on the other hand, offered only one show to its
affiliates, and today it has more than 600 stations. As a result,
most syndicators are now concentrating on selling one show at a
time.

Similarly, the other airlines will have to downsize in order to
compete with the smaller airlines; this is already happening, as
many of the airlines have parked a number of their jets since
there aren't enough routes and passenger traffic to utilize them.

Rush thinks American Airlines will get its traffic back
eventually, but he also believes Crandall has a valid beef -
there was no emergency posed by the strike against the airline,
so that wasn't what was motivating Clinton. Instead, the
President saw a political opportunity to score some points with
the unions. Crandall obviously didn't want to go along with the
President, yet when the President calls, it's hard to say no.

The EIB staff point out that the President did call once to
invite Rush to a press conference, but Rush didn't go. Rush says
that this particular situation was different, and besides, it
wasn't a personal call from the President. He notes that if the
President ever called, he would pick up the phone.

Thus, the decision to submit the strike to binding arbitration
was a victory for the flight attendants' union since they will
end up getting more than American wanted to give. Rush notes,
though, that the union didn't even bother to submit the company's
offer to a vote, even though it included a 7% wage increase.

However, the pay wasn't the only issue; the unions didn't like a
number of things that the company wanted to do, such as how it
wanted to reduce the number of flight attendants per flight, so
as to stay competitive with the barebones airlines such as
Southwest. Thus, it remains to be seen how well American does but
Rush is certain that if the airline does go under, it'll be
Reagan, Bush, and the greed of the 80s that get blamed, not the
unions.

*BREAK*

Rush says that the airline flight attendants' union executed a
brilliant strategy with their strike: it was a limited strike
over the Thanksgiving holiday, and it was short enough that it
didn't give the airline enough time to hire permanent replacement
workers. Plus, the strike wasn't violent, and although the
passengers were inconvenienced, none of them got beaten up or
shot, as has happened on other strikes in the transportation
industry.

Phone   Billy from Columbia, SC

Young Billy, who's not in school because he's home-schooled,
requests that Rush play "Imagine" and "All Your Money." Rush says
that this is a lot of music to play on a talk show, and asks
Billy if it thinks this would be a good idea.

"Yes, sir!" Billy immediately replies. Rush can't argue with
that, so he first plays "All Your Money":

<<Bill Clinton, singing to a vaguely familiar Beatles tune>>

"You closed your eyes, I was elected
Guess what, you're not protected!
And now all my schemes have come true!"

"Hey, I need to invest,
So sign over your check.
'Cause I'm taxing your money from you!"

"And then you'll be on welfare,
But, hey, you'll have health care.
I'll show you what government can do."

"And oh, by the way,
You'll walk home every day.
'Cause I'm taxing that gasoline, too."

<<Chorus>>
"All your money, I will tax from you.
All your money, I need revenue."

<<Bridge and Verse>>
"You closed your eyes, I was elected,
Guess what, you're not protected.
And now all my schemes have come true."

"Hey, I need to invest.
Just send over your nest.
'Cause I'm taxing your money from you."

<<Chorus>>
"All your money, I will tax from you.
All your money, I need revenue.
All your money . . . all that money!
All that money . . . send it in!"

Next, Rush plays "Imagine," as John Lennon should have recorded it:

"Imagine there's no liberals,
It's easy if you try.
No feminazis, none of Billy's lies.
No environmental wackos, lying to our kids.
You may not like Bill Clinton,
Well, you're not the only one."

"Imagine the truth about the 80s,
Even if you can.
High schools without condoms,
No brand new health plan.
Imagine all the people,
Paying their own way."

"You may say I'm a dreamer.
But I'm not the only one.
We should have listened to Rush Limbaugh.
And maybe George Bush might have won."

"Imagine Hillary baking cookies,
I know it's very hard.
No lesbians playing soldier,
Jogging tracks in the yard.
What if Ronald Reagan . . . could have had more terms."

"You may say I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one.
I hope some day you'll read 'See, I Told You So,'
And the world will live as one."

"I'm in a holiday mood," Rush states, so he tells his staff to
get out some of Mannheim Steamroller's music, too. Besides, he
notes, the group is now an official sponsor of the Rush Limbaugh
TV Show.

*BREAK*

Rush starts off the segment by playing a number of excerpts of
Mannheim Steamrollers' Christmas music. He adds that the group is
starting their Christmas concert tour this weekend in St. Louis.
He'll be stopping off in St. Louis Wednesday "for a quick
touchdown and a fetch," and then he'll be "off again in the wild,
blue yonder for parts that you're not supposed to know!"

Phone   Michael from Long Beach, CA

Michael says that history tends to big cyclical; the country was
founded on conservative values, but it shifted to the left during
the 60s. Michael asks if Rush thinks there will be a conservative
backlash. Rush thinks this is happening already in western Europe
where countries are learning that they can't write the check
anymore, and the pendulum swing back to the right will occur next
year in the U.S. when Clinton's economic plan hits.

"There will be a swing back to the right," Rush states, adding
"that's why I'm positioned perfectly to lead it when it happens.
Think about that!"