Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Thursday, June 6, 1996

by John Switzer

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

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June 6, 1996

BRIEF SUMMARY OF TOPICS: PSA for Bill Clinton's legal defense
fund; commercial for Bungee Condoms supporting the national Super
Soaker emergency; Secretary of Defense William Perry plants
sunflowers on a former missile silo at the Pervomaysk missile
base in Ukraine; Clinton proposes cutting closing costs for
first-time homebuyers using FHA loans by $200; Governor William
Weld has given 15.2% of his income over the past six years to
charity, while his Senate opponent John Kerry (D-MA) has given
only 0.7%; elementary students "grill" Hillary Clinton on her
book and other matters; Sunday Telegraph of London interviews
Rush about the new fat-free snacks made with Olestra; listener in
Sacramento asks Rush for advice on how to deal with his new
neighbor who's just arrived from Rio Linda with his 2,000-pound
rock collection; caller notes that Clinton's "gift" of $200 on
FHA loans won't help most homebuyers or sellers very much; caller
says Clinton's plan to cut FHA closing costs by $200 won't help
much, and what Clinton should do is lower the interest rate on
the loans; caller says the best thing Clinton can do to help the
homebuying middle class is lower interest rates; caller says he
doesn't think a fourth-grader should be reading about condoms;
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) tries to tell his mother that the
Republicans' Medicare plan is a cut by comparing it to buying a
gallon of milk; Robert B. Reich asks private businesses to
provide summer jobs for youths to replace those lost to federal
spending cuts; the White House claims that Bernard Nussbaum's
request for an FBI background check of Billy Dale six months
after he had been fired was a "record-keeping mistake"; Senator
Paul Wellstone (D-MN) angers supporters at a gay fund-raiser by
saying he opposes same-sex marriages; words to Wendy Moten's
special bump of "Come In Out of the Rain"; caller who manages a
physician's office describes how Medicare sets the fee schedule
for Medicare patients and then pays only 80% of it, which means
the doctors end up losing tens of thousands of dollars; caller
notes that Rush's commencement speech to Cape Girardeau High
School was praised by those who were there; caller asks what the






biggest obstacle Rush had to overcome in his career; although the
Democrats are claiming they want David Hale to testify, they are
stonewalling the Senate hearings on Whitewater by refusing to
grant him immunity; firefighters in Alaska cannot use water from
a nearby pond because an endangered frog lives in it; new
commercial from the Montana State Department of Tourism;
Clinton's current economy is worse than when George Bush left
office, yet the media and others claim it's a buoyant and strong
economy; caller reports that the Dole campaign is running an
anti-Clinton ad based on Rush's ad that showed Clinton talking
about balancing the budget in anywhere from five to ten years;
Montanan thanks Rush for playing his Montana ads and keeping
people away from the state; today is the anniversary of the
staged photo-op on Normandy Beach where President Clinton built a
cross out of stones that "just happened" to be on the beach;
vegetarian bus driver is suspended for refusing to hand out
coupons for Carl Jr's hamburgers; the French sports ministry
rejects the French synchronized swimming team's idea of depicting
the Holocaust with their routine; caller says Clinton's proposal
for FHA loans would save only $200 on out of pocket expenses
around $3,700; caller is infuriated at how the press is all
insisting the Republicans "have to go back to the bargaining
table" for a balanced budget; Walter Cronkite in a retrospective
described Ronald Reagan as a man who likes dirty jokes, and he
then closed his segment by saying "the rich get richer, the poor
get poorer"; caller doesn't like how Americans are the villains
in movies such as "Mission Impossible" and "Clear and Present
Danger"; doctor points out that the Republican Medicare reforms
are needed, and that no patients will be denied services; caller
asks why anyone should believe Clinton now when he didn't keep
the promises he made in 1992; caller is confident history will
record Clinton's administration as a socialist one that provided
disincentives to progress; caller reports that ABC is reporting
Bob Dole is considering Sam Nunn as his Vice President; Rep.
James Traficant (D-OH) wears a Rush Limbaugh No Boundaries tie
while giving a one minute speech on the House floor; caller says
hospitals overcharge their patients astronomically.

LIMBAUGH WATCH

June 6, 1996 - It's now 1296 days after Bill Clinton's election,
but Rush is still on the air with 650 radio affiliates (with more
than 20 million listeners weekly world-wide), 210 TV affiliates
(with a national rating of 3.7), and a newsletter with more than
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 hardback best-seller list for 16 weeks and has sold
over 2.45 million copies; the paperback version was on the best-
seller list for 11 weeks.

WHITEWATER WATCH

o	Pending and Possible Indictments: White House lawyer and
Presidential adviser Bruce Lindsey (according to the May 5, 1995
USA Today, received target letter from Whitewater prosecutors).

o	Indictments: Governor Jim Guy Tucker (D-AR) (taking out a
loan under false pretenses and defrauding the IRS); Herby
Branscum, Jr. and Robert Hill (conspiracy, misapplication of bank
funds, and failing to file correct statements with federal






regulators and examiners); Susan McDougal (for allegedly
embezzling $150,000 from conductor Zubin Mehta and his wife).

o	Convictions: James McDougal (fraud and conspiracy
concerning Madison Guaranty S&L and Capital Management Services-
May, 1996); Susan McDougal (fraud and conspiracy concerning
Madison Guaranty S&L-May, 1996); Governor Jim Guy Tucker (D-AR)
(felony fraud and conspiracy-May, 1996); David Hale (felony
fraud-March, 1994); Robert Palmer (convicted of falsifying
appraisal documents related to Madison Guaranty S&L-December,
1994); Webster Hubbell (convicted of mail fraud, tax evasion, and
overbilling clients of at least $394,000-December, 1994); Charles
Matthews and Eugene Fitzhugh (bribery-January 1995, defrauding
the SBA-April 1995); real estate broker Christopher V. Wade
(pleaded guilty to lying to a bankruptcy court and filing false
loan applications to buy Whitewater property-March, 1995); Little
Rock banker Neil Ainley (pleaded guilty to reduced charges of
willfully delivering false documents to the government-May 1995);
Arkansas college professor Stephen Smith (pleaded guilty to
misusing federal funds to help pay off a loan he took out along
with James McDougal and Governor Jim Guy Tucker); Larry Kuca
(pleaded guilty to defrauding the SBA of a $150,000 loan together
with David Hale-July 1995).

LEST WE FORGET

The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Thursday, June
9, 1994:

o	An analysis of the 1990 Census conducted for the NY Times
reported that blacks living in Queens surpassed whites in terms
of median incomes - the median income for all blacks living in
Queens was $34,300, while that for whites was only $34,000. Black
married couples born in America had median incomes of $50,000,
which was also more than that for equivalent white couples.

o	"Never, ever trust a draft dodger," Rush exclaimed,
recalling the story of how President Clinton staged his building
of a cross while strolling along Omaha Beach, with White House
aides placing the stones and cameras at precisely the right place
for the perfect photo-op. After Rush showed this on TV show, his
producer Dick Mincer said he had second thoughts about footage of
Clinton walking through a military cemetery in Italy. In the
videoclip, Clinton came across an American grave with a flag
lying on its side, so he kneeled over and replanted the flag
upright.

Mincer wondered if this was staged, too, so Rush planned to check
it out. However, before he could do so, Rep. Bob Dornan (R-CA),
who knew nothing about Rush's and Mincer's suspicions, called up
to report that Senator Robert Smith (R-NH) gave him a first-hand
account of how White House aides went to the Anzio Battlefield
Cemetery and took the American flags down, laying them on their
sides, precisely so that Clinton could replant one as he did.

Thus, it was yet another example of "how can we fool them again
today," and it was telling that, White House aides showed the
ultimate sign of disrespect to the flag, deliberately putting it
on the ground, solely so as to make the President look good.

o	On page 247 of "The Agenda," Bob Woodward wrote that
during one of the administration's "skull meetings," Howard
Pastor was angry that outside political consultants were giving
Clinton policy option papers and confidential memos without
letting his staff see them first. Pastor noted that if lobbyists
had this kind of relationship with Clinton, it would be a major






scandal, yet these consultants weren't that different from "real
lobbyists."

Page 185 of Woodward's book also reported the following:

"[George] Stephanopoulos knew that it was a mistake to assume
that any one moment with Clinton, any one conservation, day, or
even week reflected Clinton's true feelings or unchanging,
fundamental attitude about something. With any single audience or
person, Clinton was generally consistent and had mastered his
rap, but he could articulate a totally different, even
contradictory, rap to the next audience with genuine sincerity."

The book goes on to note that Clinton's "intellectual ruminative
side" of his personality was that he could reflect different
things at different times, which was why Stephanopoulos always
presented a range of arguments to his boss. Stephanopoulos
compared Clinton to a kaleidoscope, saying this was a good thing
because it meant Clinton was being open-minded and reflective
about all the issues.

o	The FBI announced it was looking into reports that
Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy received free travel and tickets
to sporting events, among other things, from Tyson Foods, the
largest employer in Arkansas. A Wall Street Journal article in
March suggested that Espy had given Tyson Foods favorable
treatment after receiving such benefits.

o	The Washington Post reported that real estate ads had
reached the height of political correctness, with all sorts of
formerly-used terms having been banned. Words such as "executive"
were considered racist, since most executives were white, talking
about "sports enthusiasts" would offend the disabled, and "quiet
neighborhood" could be seen as a code for "no children." Some
firms were even avoiding "master bedroom" since it suggested
slavery. "Walk-in closets" and "spectacular view" were also
forbidden because some home-buyers could not walk or see.

o	Plants in the Alps were moving to higher ground because
of global warming, according to researchers writing in the
journal Nature. Over the past 70 years, plants had moved up some
6 to 13 feet, seeking cooler temperatures.

o	Because beggars were harassing people getting money at
ATMs, voters in San Francisco Tuesday passed 57 to 43% a law that
would require the homeless and other non-ATM customers to remain
30 feet from the ATMs. Violators would be fined $500 if they
loitered around for more than a minute, with exceptions for those
conducting lawful business such as waiting for a bus or standing
in line for theater tickets.

The ACLU was predictably upset, claiming that this law made it a
crime to "chat with a friend, hail a taxi, and enjoy a sunny
day."

o	The attacks against the Christian Right began in earnest,
with Frank Rich of the NY Times, Susan Estrich of USA Today, and
Al Hunt of the Wall Street Journal all warning about the dangers
of Christian fundamentalists.

o	Queen Elizabeth II last Saturday named actress Diana
Rigg, 56, a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, an
honor equivalent to a knighthood. Rigg was part of a group of
1,000 British subjects who were given various honors by the queen
as part of the royal 68th birthday ceremonies.







o	Rush offered an olive branch to Clinton supporters by
playing EIB's latest PSA:

<<Bill Clinton, speaking over stirring but subdued brass music>>
My fellow Americans, this is Bill Clinton, and I need your help.
By now you're probably tired of all the allegations against me,
and I'm tired of denying them. The opponents of change don't want
me to give you the business, uh, don't want me to do the people's
business. There are so many women, uh, so much work and so little
precious time. That's why I need your help! Your donation to my
legal defense fund will allow me to continue to fight the
powerful forces that threaten to discredit all that we've
accomplished so far. The ten, twenty, . . . thirty thousand
dollars you send will stop the endless deficit spending Hillary
and I will be forced to endure. Please send whatever you can . . .
not for us, but for the children. Thank you.

<<Announcer>> Dig deep, and send even more than you can afford to
. . . Save Our Bill, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC. That's
S.O.B., Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.

o	Bungee Condoms quickly joined forces with EIB to address
the growing danger posed by Super Soaker squirt guns by airing a
new public service announcement:

<<Narrator>> Bungee Condom Corporation has responded to the
national Super Soaker emergency. Thanks to a grant from Squirt
Up, the Air National Guard is presently dropping millions of
Super Soaker Condoms by helicopter into major cities.

<<Little Boy>> Look, mom, it's raining. I'm going out to play.

<<Mother>> Be sure and wear your rubber.

<<Actor speaking in very professional monotone>> Hi, I'm a bungee
jumper. I thought bungee jumping was dangerous until I got me a
Super Soaker. Watch! Hey fella, hot enough for you?

<<Angry Type A Personality being squirted>> Why, you! <<sounds of
automatic rifle being fired>>

<<Actor>> Whoah! As you can tell, if you have a Super Soaker, you
must practice safe soaks. When you get your Super Soaker Bungee
Condom, follow these simple instructions: just place it over the
nozzle of your Super Soaker <<sounds of condom being stretched to
its limit>> and pull back like . . . <<snap!>>. Oh, darn it, wait
a minute, wait! You got to stretch it out like that . . .
<<snap!>>. Oh, heck!

<<Narrator>> The Super Soaker Condom from Bungee Condoms, because
at Bungee Condoms we always come through in the stretch.

<<Actor>> I've got it! Now squirt to your heart's content!
<<snap!>> Oops. Now that's darn embarrassing!

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MORNING UPDATE

Today's Morning Update is a trip down memory-lane, specifically
to that famous moment in time that was captured by one of the
classic pictures of the 60s: a tie-dyed hippy is placing a flower
in the barrel of a rifle held by a member of the National Guard.
Hippies like this are still around today, but now they're wearing
tailored suits and conducting America's foreign policy.







The latest example of their work was seen on Tuesday this week,
when the Secretary of the Defense, William Perry, joined Russian
and Ukrainian officials to celebrate the fact that Ukraine had
become a nuclear-free state. At the former Pervomaysk missile
base, Perry, who's in charge of America's defense and armies,
planted sunflowers in the dirt that covered a former missile
silo.

Perry then stated "by the actions we are taking, we're ensuring
that our children and our grandchildren will live in peace." Rush
commemorates Perry's words by starting the music to the classic
Slim Whitman song "Una Paloma Blanca," but Rush is troubled by
one thing about this exercise in peace.

If planting flowers really ensured peace, why doesn't the Clinton
administration plant flowers on all of America's missile silos?
Obviously, if we were to do that, we'd really have peace and our
enemies would love us. And if planting flowers ensures peace, we
didn't need to send troops to Bosnia after all - we should have
just sent William Perry over with some flowers to plant.

So why have the lives of brave Americans been put at risk and
wasted from the Revolutionary War through the Gulf War? As the
administration has demonstrated, all that was really needed was
flower power, so Rush hopes that America finally heeds the words
of the song and "give peace a chance," this time with sunflower
seeds. "Can you dig it?" Rush asks, as the update ends with the
music of "Una Paloma Blanca" (and a few bombs falling).

FIRST HOUR

President Clinton has set an all-time record in implementing one
of Rush's suggestions - usually Clinton waits a couple of days
before doing something Rush predicted, but he's now done so in
less than 22 hours. Yesterday Rush predicted that Clinton would
propose a tax credit for first-time home buyers, and that's
basically what he did this morning.

Rush got a phone call yesterday in the third hour from a college
professor who wanted to talk about Clinton's tax credit plan for
colleges. In the middle of that call, Rush said he wasn't
surprised by Clinton's actions, saying the following:

"But I'll tell you what. I will wager that soon the President's
going to propose a similar type proposal for first-time
homebuyers, and taxpayers are going to subsidize the first-time
homebuyers."

<<Editor's Note: Rush actually first mentioned this idea in the
first hour of yesterday's show while referring to a Wall Street
Journal story yesterday that reported Clinton was already
thinking of this idea>>

Rush points out, though, that critics might think he recorded
this bit this morning, so he has his staff replay it, so that he
can do scratchy-record, static sound effects to illustrate how
this is a recording. That being done, Rush moves to the actual
story, which is that President Clinton is proposing today to cut
$200 from the closing costs of FHA loans for first-time
homebuyers.

This proposal continues a goal set by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development to reduce closing costs for FHA loans.
Clinton is also expected to claim his administration's policies
are responsible for an increase in homeownership among Americans
in the past three years.







The Associated Press, by the way, starts its story about this as
follows:

"In an election-year gift for homebuyers, President Clinton
Thursday announced a $200 reduction in closing costs for homes
purchased with government-backed loans through the Federal
Housing Administration. The White House said the discount would
help about 100,000 homebuyers a year. It would be available only
to first-time purchasers who complete an accredited homebuyer
education course.

"It was the second financial offering to middle-class Americans
by Clinton this week. On Tuesday, he proposed a $1,500-a-student
tax credit for the first two years of college; that would be paid
for with higher taxes on corporations and a $16-per-passenger
departure fee for international flights."

Thus, those leaving the country will have to pay $16 for the
privilege, so that Clinton can give an "election-year gift" to
100,000 homebuyers and college students. Thus, in addition to
saving America from rising oil prices, stopping gang violence and
drug dealing, and helping college students everywhere, Clinton is
helping 100,000 first-time homebuyers to get their first home.
Clinton has shown he's an expert in giving other people's money
away.

Speaking of this, yesterday's issue of "The Hill" reported that
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) plans to attack Governor William Weld
(R-MA), who's running for the Senate against Kerry, for not
caring enough about the poor. However, Weld can make a counter-
charge of his own: that Kerry is not putting his money where he
speaks.

Kerry's record of charitable giving is poor, as reported in the
May 16th column by the Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby - Kerry has
given only $4,869 to charity in the past six years, and he gave
nothing in 1995. This comes to 0.7% of his total income since
1990.

In contrast, Governor Weld has given $164,928 to charities, about
15.2% on his income since 1990. This illustrates how liberals
define compassion: using other people's money to help the
unfortunate.

Update  Hillary Clinton         (Paul Anka, "Having My Baby")

Hillary Clinton faced some "tough questioning" from her latest
public appearance, as reported by the Associated Press:

"Hillary Rodham Clinton faced a tough audience Wednesday - 150
elementary school children. Mrs. Clinton stopped by the John
Tyler Elementary School to help the children and volunteers who
work with them celebrate the school's `Everybody Wins' reading
mentor program.

"But before she could read to them, the children grilled her on
everything from her book, `It Takes a Village,' to public
speaking. Settled in a plush blue arm chair, with the children
crowded around her, the first lady answered them all.

"How long did it take to write her book? About 10 months. (Of
course, Rush notes, the children should have asked "how long did
it take your ghostwriter to write her book?") Has her husband
written a book? No, but he helped her with hers. Where was the
president? `I think he's in the White House,' she said with a






smile. (Rush, though, notes that this is not necessarily an easy
question - when Hillary leaves, it's hard to say sometimes where
her husband can be found.)"

Rush hopes that these children did not ask too many tough
questions because if they did, Hillary might try to adopt them.

*BREAK*

Items

o	Rush got a phone call today from the London Sunday
Telegraph, which wanted to interview him about the new fat-free
snacks made with Olestra. The reporter had heard Rush had dined
on these snacks and wanted to know if he liked them; Britons are
interested in these snacks because they soon will be arriving in
the U.K. soon, even though they're still against British law.

Rush is glad to hear this - people should break the law to eat
these snacks, which are great. He just had some of them last
night, in fact.

o	Rush got a letter from Steve Becker in Sacramento, CA who
is hoping Rush can help him with his problem: his new neighbor is
from Rio Linda, and among other things he has a 2,000-pound rock
collection. He's also built a 1300-square foot barn in the
backyard to hold his stuff.

And, of course, this guy has four or five old clunker cars parked
on the street, along with a trailer with a missing tire. Since
Rush is a master at understanding Rio Lindans, Becker hopes Rush
can come up with some advice soon on how to deal with this
neighbor.

Rush unfortunately has no suggestions to offer, but he will think
about it, given that it appears Rio Linda has started to spread
outside its city limits.

Phone	Cathy from Long Island, NY

Cathy is a title closer who goes to closings every day to pick up
the taxes, insurance, etc. Thus, she knows that Clinton's
proposal to save FHA homebuyers $200 in closing costs is not that
spectacular.

For example, someone closing a house in New York City would have
to pay 1.75% of the house's cost, minus $25, for New York's
"mortgage tax"; thus, for a $100,000 mortgage, someone would have
to pay $1,750 in just this one tax. Rush notes that in NYC you
can't even buy a trash bin for $100,000, and Cathy agrees, but
this means most homebuyers are paying a lot more for their houses
and thus a lot more in taxes.

This is only the mortgage tax, though - there are lots of other
taxes and closing costs. Rush says Clinton's plan would affect
only first-time homebuyers using FHA loans and it would save a
flat $200, no matter what the cost of the home. Of course, Bill
Clinton will be able to qualify for this program when he leaves
office and buys his first home, so perhaps there's a method to
his madness.

Cathy adds that another tax that is levied on NY homes is the
0.4% tax that sellers in the five boroughs have to pay - it used
to be only 0.1%, but Mario Cuomo raised it to 0.4%, and the city
imposes its own 1% tax on homes. The home sellers Cathy works
with are typically shocked and amazed at how much money they have






to pay in taxes.

Rush says this almost eats up any profit, but couldn't the seller
get the buyer to pay these taxes, assuming the buyer wanted the
property enough. Cathy says yes - as a title closer, she doesn't
care who forks over the money, just as long as she can forward it
to the government.

Rush is glad to hear this but stresses that Clinton's plan would
help only those who get FHA loans and who are first-time
homebuyers. Cathy says every little bit helps, but if Clinton
really wanted to help these people, he'd offer a lower interest
rate - that is what could make a big difference in the long run.

Rush agrees - a tax cut would be good, too. Cathy agrees, and
Rush suggests the liberals just be honest about their intentions.
They should give up their incrementalism and announce that from
now on taxes will be raised to the point that everyone will be
given a house on the beach plus $100,000 a year.

Cathy notes that speaking of the beach, homeowners on the beach
have not been able to get flood insurance; insurers have been
refusing to issue these riders. The government has stepped in,
though, so people can get flood insurance, although at very high
rates.

Rush remarks he has a friend who lives in a hurricane area, but
the hurricane insurance has a $750,000 deductible, so he said
forget it - he'll just insure himself, especially since it's
unlikely his property would ever be damaged that much. As it
stands, his home come be totally destroyed, but since he owns the
land, he could rebuild it for less than $750,000. Undoubtedly,
though, Clinton already has a plan in the works to fix this
problem, too.

*BREAK*

Phone	Christina from Birmingham, AL

Christina heard about Clinton's new plan to cut $200 from
homebuyer's cost this morning, and she had to laugh because she
remembered that Rush predicted this. She's currently in the
process of buying her first home with an FHA loan, which will
allow her to buy with a small downpayment, but the maximum that
can be financed where she lives is $102,000.

Rush says this hasn't changed much from when he bought a home in
California ten years ago using an FHA loan; the maximum then was
$95,000 or so. Christina says the FHA loan also lets you mortgage
part of your closing costs, so that you end up with closing costs
of only $2,000 or so, which is less than using a normal loan.

However, you do have to pay the mortgage insurance premium costs
at closing, and for Christina this will run about $400. Thus,
Clinton's proposal would cut that cost in half; this really is
not that much compared to the amount of money she and her husband
are paying.

Rush asks if Christina knows where the money she's saving on her
mortgage insurance payment will come from, and Christina says the
mortgage company will probably just raise prices on everyone else
a bit to make up the difference. Rush agrees - this means that
Christina's neighbors will be paying part of this cost, so
perhaps Christina should hold a block party to thank them for
this - maybe she could get a life-size cut-out of Clinton and
take everyone's photograph with it. He thanks her for calling.







Phone	Linda from New York City, NY

Linda is calling from her car phone on Park Avenue and 77th
Street, where she once lived but no longer since she and her
husband are buying a home in New Jersey. She thinks it's a shame
that nobody is pointing out that the average middle-class citizen
is being forgotten - they can't get help from anyone.

The best thing Clinton could do for the first-time homebuyers is
reduce the interest rate on their mortgages. She and her husband
first started looking for their first home in February, and since
it will cost more than $200,000, they can't get an FHA loan; the
bottom line is that $100,000 doesn't buy much in New York and New
Jersey.

Rush chastises Linda for being so ungrateful to Clinton and the
Democrats, but Linda points out she's been working her butt off
since age 21, saving every penny she could, to scrape together
just a 10% downpayment. Interest rates were only 7.5% in
February, so she and her husband were excited about the prospect
of buying a house, but now that interest rates are nearing 9%,
they're not as excited.

Thus, the best thing Clinton could do is to help push interest
rates down. This is how he could best help those buying their
homes. Rush agrees, but the main point he'd like to point out is
that she is right about how the middle class, especially upper
middle class as Linda obviously is, are not being given any help;
in fact, the middle class, because they are successful, become
targets and are blamed for all the misery in America.

Clinton, though, knows that there are fewer of those in the upper
middle class than in the lower middle class, so he's playing a
numbers game, trying to appeal to the lower classes and lower
middle class. Linda, though, says she and her friends are in the
same income bracket, and they consider themselves in the middle
class, given that they've been working since 21, doing what it
takes to improve their situation, even if that means moving.

However, taxes are eating up their salaries alive - her bonus
check gets an additional 30% in taxes taken out of it because
it's a bonus and thus "extra money," as far as Clinton's 1993
budget deal is concerned. Linda earned that bonus because she
achieved a certain level of sales, but the government still takes
more from it.

Rush says that according to Clinton, it's a sin to make more than
$100,000 a year. His proposal to give tax credits for college
does not apply to those families making this much or more, and
Clinton knows he can get away with it because a family that makes
more than $50,000 a year is in the top 10% of family incomes.

This means the vast majority, 90%, of American families make less
than this, so Clinton knows he can punish those making more than
that with impunity. Cathy notes that you can't live in Manhattan
at $50,000 a year - when she graduated from college and started
working seven years ago, she and her roommate probably made a
total of $40,000 a year and managed to live okay in a little
walk-up above an Indian restaurant, but times have changed,
especially for those with families.

Linda, though, is impressed to learn that those making $50,000 or
more comprise only 10% of the American families. Rush says those
living in New York and other areas with high costs of living are
often surprised by this, but out in the Midwest someone can have






a nice home and life with $30,000 or so a year.

Rush, though, predicts that Linda and her husband will continue
doing well because no matter what obstacles government puts in
their way, they will work even harder to overcome those
obstacles. Many Americans will refuse to let the government get
in their way - they will get frustrated, but they won't give in.

The last thing anyone should do, though, is to petition the
government for anything, except for a lower tax rate. It's not
the government's role, after all, to make people's lives easier,
but it is their role to stay out of Americans' way.

Cathy notes that she made only $1,800 in capital gains last year
by selling 100 shares of stock so she could get a decent
downpayment for the house. She earned this $1,800 by holding on
to this stock for four years, but she had to give away 28% of it
to the federal government.

Rush notes that Dick Gephardt (D-MO) would claim that Linda is
one of the greedy rich for having capital gains, which he calls
"unearned income," as if it just miraculously appeared while she
was sitting on the beach. Gephardt doesn't care that Linda had to
earn the money to buy the stock in the first place and then took
a risk by buying the stock.

Gephardt, of course, thinks that the wealthy and well-off such as
Linda exist only so that their wealth can be transferred to other
individuals who will vote Democratic. He thanks Linda for
calling, and notes that her car phone didn't cut out once, which
is a great connection.

Linda says this is because she's double-parked on Park Avenue, so
Rush hurries to end the call, not wishing to be responsible for
creating a traffic backup there. He thanks her again for calling.

*BREAK*

Phone	Jim from New York City, NY

Jim is a high school principal who is one of the few dittoheads
in public education he knows. He agrees with Rush 99% of the
time, but he doesn't understand why a fourth-grader should be
reading about condoms on school time - shouldn't this kid be
reading something with a higher standard?

Rush says he interviewed the boy's father, Thomas Gardner,
yesterday for the Limbaugh Letter, and he came away impressed by
the man, who obviously is a great father wanting nothing but the
best for his son. Thomas gave his son, Jason, Rush's book, and
Jason was reading it during an independent reading period at
school.

Besides, Rush's book does not advocate using condoms; rather, it
talks about abstinence and has very conservative views. Jim asks
what issue the school had with the book, and Rush doesn't know.
Thomas Gardner, though, will testify in his upcoming trial that
the principal told him the school had a lot of liberals who
didn't like Rush's book.

Also, this school starts sex education in the second grade,
telling kids about the various parts of the anatomy and what they
do. Condoms aren't mentioned until the fifth-grade, but his book
has nothing in it that could be considered offensive in that
context. Jason Gardner knows that condoms are used to prevent
AIDS, but that information is not taught in Rush's book, which






has nothing in it that could pollute a fourth-grader's mind.

There's been a lot of misreporting about this book and story,
though, so that's probably why Jim is confused by this story. Jim
acknowledges he could be a victim of liberal misreporting in the
press - Education Week reported that there's a "war of words"
going on with Rush and the school, but the story it told didn't
make sense to him.

Rush says some stories have said he accused the school of
censorship, but he did not do that because he didn't know that
for sure - the book jacket wasn't on the book, so it's possible
the teacher did not know it was Rush's book when he took it away.
However, the principal refused to give the book back to the
student for two weeks, and when they finally did so, they put the
book in a sealed envelope. The reporting about this story has
been flawed throughout the press, such as how they got the title
of this chapter of his book wrong.

Rush suggests those interested in the truth of the story read the
upcoming issue of the Limbaugh Letter, which has the interview of
Thomas Gardner, who tells what really happened. Rush thanks Jim
for calling.

*BREAK*

Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich has asked the private sector for
some help, and Senator Paul Wellstone is in trouble with gay
supporters. Rush will have details on these stories in the next
hour.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Items

o	Rush is disappointed that a caller who had been on hold
has disappeared. The caller evidently had a problem with what
Rush did on last night's TV show about the continuing Medicare
debate.

Rush's show had a clip of Jim McDermott (D-WA) trying to claim
that the Republican Medicare plan would cut health care for
seniors. His 86-year-old mother heard Newt Gingrich say that
Medicare expenses were going up twice the inflation rate, so she
asked her son how this could be a cut, as he was claiming.

McDermott then lied to his mother by saying it was a cut because
if the milk she buys today for 99 cents a gallon and someone is
giving her that much for milk, then she's doing okay. However, if
tomorrow the price of milk is $1.10 a gallon but she's given only
$1.05 for it, then she's had her milk money "cut" by a nickel,
even though the money she's been given is six cents more than
before.

First off, though, why isn't McDermott buying his mother's milk
for her - why do the rest of America's citizens have to do this?
Why is it assumed that any group of Americans are entitled to
gifts from the rest of Americans, and that every year that gift
has to go up and up, without the gift-giver having any say in it.

Besides, this is an incorrect analogy because the Republican
Medicare plan is going up twice the rate of inflation - the money
is going to be there to cover increased costs. Rush thus pointed
these things out on his TV show, asking why McDermott doesn't






help his mother out? And why can't the mother use money from her
savings account?

Why is it assumed McDermott has to go out and rob everyone else
for his mother's milk? And why is it assumed that the rest of
America has to pay for her health care?

The EIB staff note that the caller who wanted to talk about this
is still on the line, and she really doesn't disagree with Rush.
In fact, she disagrees with McDermott. Rush is glad to hear both
of these points and instructs Bo to keep her on the line, no
matter what it takes, even if it means giving her a T-shirt and
newsletter subscription.

o	Rush reads the following AP story:

"Labor Secretary Robert Reich appealed to private businesses
Wednesday to provide summer jobs for disadvantaged youths. Reich
told a group of Washington-area youths and employers that because
federal funding is at the lowest level in 14 years, there are far
fewer government-financed openings than there are applicants.

"`There are at least two young people, fully qualified, for every
job available,' he said. `We need private companies to fill the
gap.' After initially wanting to kill the program, congressional
Republicans agreed to fund it at 75 percent of last year's level.
That means $625 million is available, compared with $877 million
in 1994 and $867 million last year.

"The Labor Department estimates the 1996 money will create
539,500 jobs, leaving `more than 1 million disadvantaged youths,
ready, willing and eager to work,' but without meaningful
employment this summer, Reich said. `We need more private sector
help,' he said, calling creation of summer jobs `a win-win
situation.' "

Thus, it's okay if the government downsizes, but not the private
sector, but the government still needs the private sector. Rush
wonders if Robert Allen of AT&T, when he had announced AT&T's
40,000 layoffs, had demanded the government hire these employees?
Would Reich have been receptive to that idea?

o	The White House is desperately trying to put the proper
spin on the revelations that Bernard Nussbaum allegedly requested
an FBI background check on former Travel Office manager Billy
Dale six months after he had been fired. Rep. William Clinger
(R-PA) has raised suspicions that this was done for political
reasons, to find dirt on Dale that could justify his firing and
the subsequent indictment of Dale by the Justice Department for
embezzlement.

The AP has the following to report on this:

"With presidential aides saying they made a bureaucratic mistake,
the FBI is launching an inquiry into how the background file of
travel office chief Billy Dale was given to the White House seven
months after he was fired.

"The travel office controversy flared anew Wednesday as Rep.
William Clinger produced a White House request form stating that
Bernard Nussbaum, then the White House counsel, was asking for
Dale's FBI file. linger said he assumes the White House wanted
the material `to see if there was anything to Billy Dale's past
that could be exploited for political advantage.'

"Nussbaum denied seeking or reviewing Dale's FBI file, and White






House lawyer Jane Sherburne said `we believe' Dale's FBI file
`may have mistakenly been sought' by `White House record-keepers'
in a routine gathering of FBI background files on current
employees.

"Sherburne said the Whitewater prosecutor's office has contacted
the White House about the matter. FBI Director Louis Freeh said
his general counsel is launching an inquiry and that the results
will be furnished to Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr."

Thus, Nussbaum is insisting he had nothing to do with this, while
the White House is claiming this was just a "mistake" caused by
"record-keepers." Rush wonders if the administration really
thinks anyone will believe this, after years of the White House
lying about having turned over all records in various scandals,
only to have new records pop up.

The White House was also trying to keep these documents secret by
claiming executive privilege but the political heat got too much
for that, so they eventually released some but not all of the
records. And now they're claiming that this bizarre background
request on Dale was just a "record-keeping snafu."

If this were the Nixon, Reagan, or Bush administration, every
Washington reporter would be on this story, as opposed to
ignoring it or sweeping it under the rug.

Update  Gay Community         (Klaus Nome, "You Don't Know Me")

Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) angered gay supporters when during
a gay and lesbian fund-raiser titled "Come Out for Wellstone" he
said he personally opposes same-sex messages. Furthermore, he
told the gays that he was considering voting for the Republican
bill that would recognize marriages only between two people of
the opposite sex and that would allow states the right to refuse
to recognize same-sex marriages that are legal in other states.

These remarks, of course, shocked the gay crowd, but many gays
haven't given up hope on Wellstone yet. Activist Scott Mayor said
"it may be he's just trying to be cautious in an election year,
but I don't think he's going to turn his back on his principles."

Evidently, Rush notes, Wellstone left his buddies behind, but
Rush has the music to cheer up anyone, even disaffected gays, so
he plays Wendy Moten's special version of "Come In Out of the
Rain":

"I was a liberal but you told me if I'd ever change, you'd
welcome me into your arms again. Come on in out of the rain.
There's a place in your heart to love me again, Happiness and
joy, you bring, Rush, you feel my pain, Come on in out of the
rain. Keep America free, you got Rush on EIB, I love you, Rush.
Baby, come out of the rain."

*BREAK*

Phone	Debbie from Cambridge, OH

Debbie is the caller Rush referred to at the top of the hour, and
she's grateful for the T-shirt and subscription to the Limbaugh
Letter. She saw Rep. Jim McDermott on Rush's TV show last night
and he got her screaming because he totally misrepresented the
truth.

Debbie manages a physician's office, so she knows that McDermott
tried to apply a principle with his analogy that doesn't apply to






Medicare. It doesn't matter what a doctor wants to bill for a
Medicare patient because Medicare tells the doctor what they will
pay and Medicare doesn't pay all of that; also, everything above
the Medicare-set payment must be written off as a loss.

Furthermore, this fee schedule is continuing to decrease yearly,
despite how medical costs are going up. This hurts the doctor,
not the patients who are Medicare.

For example, Debbie might bill $100 for a service, but under
Medicare, she can send a bill for only $80, and then Medicare
pays only 80% of that. Thus, Medicare sends Debbie a check for
$64, and she can try to collect $16 from the patient's secondary
insurer, if any. The remaining $20 is a loss - she and the doctor
cannot do a thing to collect that from anyone.

In March and April, she billed $118,000 to Medicare and had to
write off $76,000 - that's what doctors have to do when they
accept Medicare patients. Medicare sets the fee schedule and then
pays only 80% of that; secondary insurers can pay the remaining
20% of Medicare's price, but if Medicare's price is lower than
the going rate or actual price, the doctor has to eat the cost,
which in this case was $76,000.

Thus, it's not McDermott's mother who is having to pay more for
milk - it's her doctor who's paying the bill. However, this
analogy really doesn't apply to Medicare at all.

Rush says the patients are in the dark about this - they probably
think McDermott's analogy holds because they get Medicare and it
gets paid. Debbie says most patients think the bill is paid in
full, too - they don't realize how much the doctor is losing.

Rush says the Medicare patients won't believe this but will
believe the Democrats' lies about how Republicans want to cut the
program so that their medical care is not paid for. He thanks
Debbie for clarifying this.

Phone	Tim from Dexter, MO

Tim read a letter in the Southeast Missourian by Paula Kemp about
Rush's speech to Cape Girardeau high school students, and Rush
says his mother faxed this to him. Tim says the letter quoted one
student as saying Rush inspired the students to reach out and
develop the talents they were endowed with, giving them the
confidence they needed to do so. Another student said Rush
encouraged him to pursue his dream of being a television reporter
and writer.

Rush says Kemp obviously heard his speech and then talked to the
students afterwards. She wrote a very nice piece about all this,
and in particular, she said this was the best of the three
speeches Rush has given to his high school over the years.

Tim adds that as far as the minimum wage goes, the last time it
went up, he was laid off. He's still trying to get back on his
feet, attending Southeast Missouri State.

Rush thanks Tim for calling and notes that he had a good time
giving the commencement speech to the students at Cape Girardeau
High School, telling them not to believe the negative reporting
in America but to be positive about their future and realize that
their future is totally up to them. "The only person stopping you
is you," he told them.

*BREAK*







Phone	Perry from Saginaw, MI

Perry gives "radio industry dittos from Englerland," and says
he's a 31-year-old working on an associate degree so he can move
ahead with his career. One of his communications teachers is a
tree-hugger type who strongly dislikes Rush, which could be a
problem since he's writing a term paper on Rush.

This teacher probably won't believe that Perry has actually
talked to Rush, so he's taping this call as proof. His point in
calling, though, is to ask what was the biggest obstacle Rush had
to overcome in his radio career.

Rush says this is a difficult question since when he looks back
on his career, he has no regrets at all, given that everything
that has happened has lead to where he is now. However, if there
were any one obstacle that made the difference in his career, it
would have been having to conform his talents to other people's
ideas.

Radio is a talent-based profession, and Rush was interested in
being on the radio because he wanted to be the reason people
listened. Even when he was a "jock" who spinned platters he
didn't want people tuning in because of the music but because he
was the one doing it.

However, talent is not something that can be taught but it can be
developed, and if you don't have the right people around you,
that might not happen. For the first part of Rush's career, he
was forced to do things the way everyone else wanted, which
stifled his talents.

When he moved to Sacramento in 1984, though, he finally got the
opportunity to do radio as he had always wanted to, and that's
when his career blossomed for him. Of course, Rush is not alone
with this problem - sometimes radio stations have to force their
people to do things certain ways, and most radio people could
probably tell stories like Rush's.

Perry says he read a good biography of Rush that appeared to be
pretty accurate, but Rush says he hasn't read it and didn't
participate in it. Perry says the book basically said Rush's
biggest obstacle was not in being allowed to be Rush on the air,
but when that happened, his talent shined through.

Rush says it was a stroke of good fortune that he got this chance
in Sacramento - he got fired seven times precisely because he was
pushing the envelope, trying to do things his way. He was
convinced he could help the radio station by doing this, but
others often didn't agree with him.

For example, one radio station required its DJs to have only
"music over music" - in other words, they could talk only over
the intro or conclusion of a song, and they could talk only about
the music. This is incredibly limiting, although you really have
to be more creative to do this sort of job well.

However, Rush wouldn't change anything in his past since, good or
bad, it all paid off. Perry says he's currently working for a
morning show on WTRK, 89.1FM in Saginaw, a contemporary Christian
station. He appreciates Rush as someone who shows how if you work
hard and persevere, you can make it. Rush says this is what he
told the graduates in Cape Girardeau - if he can do it, so can
they.







Perry also recommends that Rush check out the group "Politically
Incorrect," who have a new CD out with a song titled
"Dittoheads." Rush says he's not heard this but promises to check
it out. He thanks Perry for calling.

Phone	Bob from Manhattan, NY

Bob cannot believe how the Democrats are stonewalling with David
Hale and the Senate Whitewater hearings. The Democrats have said
they want Hale to testify, but they don't want to give him
immunity, allegedly because this would stop further Arkansas
prosecutions.

Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT) offered the Democrats a deal -
since it's a given that without immunity, Hale would take the
Fifth Amendment, Bennett asked if the Democrats would be willing
to offer Dale immunity if he did take the Fifth on Friday's
hearings. The Democrats, though, rejected this offer - they want
it both ways: for Hale to testify but without immunity.

Rush says the Democrats do not want the American people to hear
what Hale would say. The Democrats are claiming they want Hale to
testify, but that's not what they want at all, so they will
continue to block his testimony any way they could.

Bob agrees and notes that the Democrats' counsel has said he
would love to cross-examine Hale, but that's baloney. The
Democrats are terrified of what Hale would say. They are thus
trying to claim that immunity is not needed because Hale cannot
take the Fifth Amendment since he has previously testified in
open court.

However, that logic didn't prevent Mark Fuhrman from taking the
Fifth Amendment the second time he testified in the O.J. Simpson
trial. Thus, it's a given that Hale can take the Fifth, which
means the Democrats are stonewalling to prevent Hale from
testifying, which means he would say things they don't want to
hear.

Bob adds that Alaska is fighting huge forest fires right now, but
firefighters cannot use the water in a pond that is right next to
the fire because some endangered frogs live in it. This fire has
burned 40,000 acres and destroyed 150 homes, but the firefighters
cannot use this water at all.

Rush is not surprised, and Bob says if this weren't so sad, it
would be hilarious. Rush agrees and thanks Bob for calling.

*BREAK*

Since Rush has a caller from Montana coming up, he plays one of
the Montana Department of Tourism commercials:

<<Announcer>> And now a message in the public interest, brought
to you by the Montana Department of Tourism!

<<Walter Brennan-type old geezer, speaking over soft piano
music>> Yeah, I've been all over . . . West Virginny, California,
but I staked my claim here in Montana, a place where a man can
live free, on his own land, in his own country, and hold court
any time he's a mind to! <<sound of gavel banging>> Hey, Luke!
You're charged with high crimes and misdemeanors! How do ya
plead?

<<Luke>> Not . . . <<Luke's cut off by the sound of a gun hammer
being cocked and then a gunshot>>







<<Geezer>> Yeah, always knew he was a Trilateralist! So start
your new life here in Montana. And right now, for a limited time,
when you cross the state line, we'll give you a gavel, a robe,
and your own fill-in-the-blank Constitution. You can put your own
John Hancock on it! So come to Montana - we're waiting for you!

********

Phone	Al from Oak Lawn, IL

Al says the media is very confused about the economy - either
that, or they don't know the meaning of the words "buoyant" or
"weak." The media ignores that the growth in the GDP under
Clinton has been abysmal, at most only 2.5%.

Clinton's economic record is not good at all - George Bush had a
larger deficit, but the federal receipts were only 19.5% of the
GNP. Thanks to Clinton, though, federal revenues are consuming
20.5% of the GNP.

Rush adds that the growth in the GDP in the last quarter of 1992,
the final Bush quarter, was 4.2%, while the growth rate in the
economy this year is only 2 to 2.5% at most. The Clintonites,
though, are saying this is the best economy in 30 years, despite
how it's almost half the growth while under Bush.

Also, yesterday's Wall Street Journal reported that Americans are
paying the largest share of their income in taxes now, under Bill
Clinton. Al says the administration is also treating the markets
in a paternalistic fashion, claiming they need government help.

However, the deregulated markets, such as oil and the airlines,
have had much lower price increases than those of the regulated
and government-controlled markets. Airline travellers are getting
a bargain today, while the price of education is going through
the roof.

Thus, when one airline goes down, everyone starts demanding
government controls be imposed, which is how socialists try to
erode public confidence in the free market system. Peter
Jennings, Tom Brokaw, and the rest are in lockstep about this,
refusing to tell the truth.

Al is really a libertarian, but he likes how Rush "holds class"
every day; his information is not always correct, but nobody's
perfect. For example, Rush does not explain the minimum wage
correctly - you have to look at the total cost of employing
someone, not just the wage itself. He is an employer and a $5 an
hour worker actually costs him $7 an hour.

Rush says he has discussed the total cost of employment because
it is a major part of the labor costs, but he thanks Al for
calling.

*BREAK*

Phone	Leslie from Orange County, CA

Leslie saw her first Bob Dole ad on Tuesday, and they used Rush's
ad about Bill Clinton. The ad showed all the clips of Clinton
talking about how he wanted to balance the budget in five years,
seven years, eight years, nine years, and ten years, and then at
the end the ad stated "Bill Clinton really doesn't want to
balance the budget."







Leslie is thus encouraged because the Dole campaign is listening
and getting it. Rush says there is hope, and he thanks her for
calling.

Phone	Dan from Billings, MT

Dan gives "megadittos from the home of the Freemen and land of
the depraved," and he thanks Rush for running the Montana ads -
Montanans are glad to let the rest of the nation think that
Montana is full of weirdos so that everyone else stays away.

The Freemen thus have been a great boon to the state because not
only are they giving the nation the impression that Montana has a
bunch of weirdos in it, but they're also attract tourists to the
area, which helps the local economy. The Unabomber has also been
a great help in keeping people from the state.

Dan notes that property taxes are skyrocketing since so many
people are moving in and pushing up home prices. Rush can
understand how this would be a problem, so he and EIB are glad to
help Montana any way they can, even if that means telling people
to stay away. He thanks Dan for calling.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Phone	Mark from New Orleans, LA

Mark says just seconds ago he heard a newscast report that Bill
Clinton announced a set of tax breaks for homebuyers, and Mark's
first thought was that Rush was right again, with Clinton
stealing yet another idea from Rush's show. Rush doesn't know if
"stealing" is the right word, but Clinton did announce this idea
only 22 hours or so after Rush predicted he would.

Mark says Rush is a "prognosticator extraordinaire," and Rush
thanks him for calling. He has his staff play the tape from
yesterday's show that proves he predicted what Clinton would do,
and once again puts his own sound effects in to prove that he
actually did say this yesterday.

Items

o	Rush notes that two years ago today, Bill Clinton was
strolling the beaches of Normandy, having travelled over there to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of D-Day. The White House had
arranged a photo-op showing Clinton walking along the beach,
seemingly alone.

Clinton began strolling along the beautiful beach, which Rush
knows from his own experience is stone-free, composed of only
fine sand. However, as Clinton walks along, he comes across a
pile of stones, which is curious since this beach doesn't
normally have stones on it. Even more curious is that this pile
of stones is positioned so that when Clinton stops to admire
them, he is framed by a U.S. battleship that is anchored offshore
in the English Channel.

Clinton then bent down and put the stones into a cross, and the
photographers, who were on a hill took all sorts of meaningful
photographs of this "Kodak moment." Of course, this entire event
was staged, with the stones having been placed there by White
House aides. The same thing happened at an Italian cemetery,
where White House aides knocked down the American flags on the
graves of U.S. soldiers so that Clinton could respectfully






replant them.

o	Today's Los Angeles Times reports that "vegetarian bus
driver has beef with burger coupon." The bus driver, Bruce
Anderson, was suspended without pay by the Orange County
Transportation Authority yesterday for refusing to hand out
coupons for free hamburgers to passengers.

The coupons were part of a promotion to encourage bus ridership
by giving away coupons for free food at Carl's Jr restaurants.
Anderson, however, refused to contribute to the "killing of
cows," saying the following:

"I told them I don't eat dead cows and no one else needs to,
either! I told them I wouldn't support Carl's Jr. in their
slaughtering of cows. . . . What I did probably saved half a
cow!"

Thus, this nutburger has proved Rush right again - as Rush
predicted, vegetarians would become militant, trying to impose
their ways on everyone else. It's none of Anderson's business,
though, what other people eat.

Bo Snerdley, EIB's token vegetarian, says he can see Anderson's
point, but Rush says Anderson is ridiculous. It's not enough for
militant vegetarians that they not eat meat, but they insist
everyone else do this, too.

Bo says Anderson is just a "conscientious objector" in refusing
to hand out these coupons, but Rush rejects that notion - this
guy was told by his boss to hand out these coupons and he
refused, so that he could enforce his views on everyone else.
These militant vegetarians tried this in Berkeley, when they
attempted to force Burger King to sell veggieburgers.

If these guys want fast food stores to sell veggieburgers, let
them invest their own money in such a place and see if they can
get the business. However, the Berkeley town council supported
the activists, evidently thinking it's a fine idea for
vegetarians to try to force a company to do things their way,
even if it means selling something customers won't want.

It's not these guys' business what Burger King sells, nor is it
Anderson's business what his riders eat. And since he's employed
by the bus company, he has to do what his bosses tell him, which
is to pass out these coupons.

Rush, though, does have a beef with promotional items such as
coupons, although he does this himself with his newsletter. Of
course, this started with Sports Illustrated, which had to start
sending videos to new subscribers so that people would order the
magazine, and as a result, everyone else, including poor
newsletter publishers, have to offer promos, too.

It's not enough to put out something people enjoy reading -
people have come to expect the freebies and promos. Now the
public expects freebies when they get on a bus, and this
blithering idiot of an employee refused to pass the coupons off,
and he thinks he's saved half a cow, but just what happened to
other half of this cow? Is it still alive?

The bottom line, though, is that it's no business of his what
others eat. Perhaps Rush can find out what bus this guy drives
and encourage its riders to eat a burger before getting on it.
The bus company won't tell him this now, though, but he has
friends who fly traffic helicopters in Los Angeles.







They can spot the bus by the number painted on top of it - Rush
saw this in a crime movie once, so he knows it's true. Maybe Rush
can enlist their help to paint "half a cow saved" on the top of
Anderson's bus to memorialize his stand against hamburgers.

o	There's an incredible story about the French men's
synchronized swim team, which Rush has to read since he's always
been mystified about the lure of synchronized swimming anyway.
The French synchronized swim team planned to come out for the
Olympics dressed in black swimming suits, and then goose-step
into the pool and re-enact under water the arrival of prisoners
at Nazi death camps and their deaths in the gas chamber. This
routine would be take four minutes and be done to Jewish chants
and music from "Schindler's List."

The French Sport Minister Guy Drut nixed the idea, though, saying
that depictions of the Holocaust were not appropriate for the
Olympics. The head of the Representative Council of French-Jewish
Organizations declared "the routine is ridiculous. It's tactless
and in poor taste."

Thus, the swim team will have to come up with another routine,
and Rush is grateful for that, especially since he hates to think
of Bryant Gumbel doing a running commentary for this routine.

*BREAK*

During the break, Rush and his staff were pondering other
possible synchronized swimming teams that might be seen at the
Olympics. The Japanese team could replicate the attack on Pearl
Harbor, for example.

The team could come running out pretending to be Zero fighters,
who would circle the pool and then dive into the pool. Then the
Sumo wrestlers could jump off the high dive and cannonball into
the pool, representing all the bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor,
while the swimmers stay under water and pretend to be torpedoes.

Rush would love to see this happen, especially if Bryant Gumbel
had to describe it.

Phone	Eric from Columbia, SC

Eric says Clinton's $200 "gift" to homebuyers won't make much of
a difference. He's in the mortgage business, and in a typical FHA
loan, the homebuyers are most concerned about their out-of-pocket
expenses, which in Columbia come to about $3,700 for an $80,000
home. Thus, saving only $200 is not going to mean much for anyone
Eric's worked with - if they can get $3,500, they can get $3,700.

Rush says this is true, but this reality is irrelevant - all that
matters if that Clinton ends up being perceived as helping people
buy their first homes. The fact that none of this will happen,
even if Clinton wins re-election, won't matter either because the
liberals won't vote for it, and when it fails, Clinton will blame
the Republicans.

This is just an image PR campaign that Clinton is doing, so that
he can leave the perception that he cares about the average guy.
Clinton is basically copying the 1984 Ronald Reagan campaign, but
the difference is that Reagan meant what he said, while Clinton
is just acting, and Rush is confident that the fact he is acting
will come home to roost at some point.

Phone	Jane from Tucson, AZ







Jane is infuriated at how everyone seems to think that the
Congress has to "come back to the bargaining table" with Clinton
to get a balanced budget. She's heard three commentators say
this, and it's as if this were a constitutional requirement; the
press is trying to make it appear that it's Gingrich's fault that
nothing is getting done on the budget.

Rush agrees this is silly - supposedly, getting a balanced budget
now means Gingrich and the Republicans will have to go to the
bargaining table, but the reason there is no balanced budget is
because Clinton last year stonewalled and refused to "come to the
bargaining table." The press, of course, never pointed this out.

Rush, though, isn't worried about this because none of this will
stand - eventually these lies will come to the end of their
lifespan and come home to roost. Nobody has been able to live an
entire life of a lie and have everything work out.

Bo Snerdley says it will still take Dole time to catch up, but
Rush says that's what the polls say. Most Americans have to see
through this - the only people buying Clinton's line are his core
supporters that make up 43% of the electorate. The people to
worry about are the 20% of undecideds, and it's too soon to give
up yet.

*BREAK*

Rush and his staff continued coming up with examples for other
nation's synchronized swim routines, but since none of them are
very tasteful, Rush doesn't dare repeat them. He does have to
wonder about the French, though.

Phone	Brian from Manhattan, NY

Brian says that as he was telling Bo, CBS did a retrospect on
Walter Cronkite a while ago, and in it Cronkite went through his
career and described the various people he knew, such as the
Presidents. Cronkite discussed Kennedy and Johnson, and then when
he came to Ronald Reagan, Cronkite said he was a nice guy "aside
from his politics" and that Reagan loved off-color jokes, "the
dirtier, the better."

Brian has to wonder about Cronkite's lack of class - even if you
didn't like Reagan, he was still the 38th President and he is
getting up in years, not to mention still being well loved by
America, so if you can't say something nice, why say anything at
all? Brian thought this was an insight into Cronkite's
liberalism.

Cronkite gave another clue as to his liberalism by ending his
segment by saying:

"It's now time for this old reporter to move on. The sun rises in
the East and the sun sets in the West. The rich get richer and
the poor get poorer."

Rush cannot believe Cronkite used such cliches, especially
liberal cliches, and Brian agrees it was unbelievable. He also
notes that Hollywood has been showing its liberalism lately by
choosing Americans as the villains.

This happened in the movie of "Mission Impossible," where the
real villain is other Americans; the CIA, for example, is out to
get Tom Cruise's family. Brian couldn't recommend this movie to
anyone, and Rush says he's heard it's hard to follow; Brian






agrees because the plot is convoluted and it opens up very weak.

Yet it's another example of how Americans are the ultimate enemy.
This was also the case with the movie of "Clear and Present
Danger," where Americans are involved with drug-dealing and the
President is willing to sacrifice Americans lives for politics.
Brian has to wonder if these movie makers really know or love
America; all sorts of other possibilities for villains exist, but
the movie makers insist on attacking America.

Brian also heard AFL-CIO president John Sweeney speak recently,
and his socialist rant was duplicated among the other speakers.
One 20-year-old college student whined about how he had nothing
to look forward to when he graduated because the only job he
would get is flipping hamburgers or working as a cashier at a
fast-food restaurant.

Everyone at the rally broke into applause, demonstrating how they
didn't understand anything about economics or the free market.
Rush bets this student will end up twiddling his thumbs while
everyone else runs rings around him, and his education has
obviously been totally wasted.

Phone	Ron from Little Rock, AR

Ron is on his way to a meeting so he can get his medical
certification in Arkansas, and he'd like to add to what Debbie
said earlier about how Medicare pays doctors. Ron is a
cardiologist, and at least half of his patients are on Medicare.
He knows that none of them are going to be denied services or
suffer if Republicans do get their Medicare reform plan passed.

Rush asks how Ron would respond to the complaint that doctors are
overcharging anyway, and Ron says he spent 15 years in medical
training, including four years becoming a cardiologist. He's also
gone into debt to get his training and degrees.

The prices that doctors charge are set by the market, while those
that Medicare sets are arbitrary. Ron belongs to an Arkansas
hospital group that is trying to lower their costs, but while
doctors and hospitals are willing to give a bit to do this, the
patients also have to know that reforms are now needed for
Medicare.

Rush asks if this means one problem is that Medicare patients
don't care at all about their bills and they think it should be
paid no matter what. Ron agrees - the patients are not involved
with the prices at all. However, if the American public is given
the facts, they'll make the right choices, but people are not
being told the truth. They aren't being told things such as how
Ron and other doctors write off thousands of dollars a year
because the patients cannot pay their bills.

Doctors want to take care of their patients, but the system is
out of control, which means changes need to be made. Rush agrees
and he thanks Ron for calling. "Good luck on your certification
in Arkansas," he adds. "Should be a snap!"

Phone	Frank from Wayne, NJ

Frank says Bill Clinton's giving away houses, education, and all
sorts of other things reminds him of Clinton's promises in 1992,
such as the one about a middle class tax cut. Then when Clinton
was inaugurated, he spent only two weeks to try to find a way to
come up with this tax cut, and despite "working harder than he
had ever done before" he just couldn't do it.







Rush agrees - the question is why would anyone believe Clinton's
promises now when his previous promises were so easily forgotten.
Clinton, though, is hoping people simply focus on the fact that
he "cares." Rush thanks Frank for calling.

*BREAK*

The EIB staff is still coming up with synchronized swimming
routines, but they keep finding technical problems. For example,
the Somalian team would have a problem with the grain dissolving
as it's thrown into the pool.

Members of Congress could also have their own routines. For
example, the Ted Kennedy (D-MA) routine would be a great one, but
it'd never be allowed in the Olympics since they couldn't fit the
car in the pool. The Major Owners (D-NY) routine also would have
some problems since it would be hard to find the 200-year-old
sharks that would be needed.

Phone	Jay from Redding, CA

Jay says he thinks government's job should clear the way for
progress and establish incentives, but he fears the Clinton
administration is trying to penalize success and offer
disincentives for progress. Jay is confident that history will
record this as Clinton's legacy.

Rush says this won't happen until the current generation of
historians are gone, which might take a generation or two. Thus,
it could take that long before the truth about Ronald Reagan is
told and taught.

Reagan, though, wrote Rush a letter in which he said he didn't
worry about his critics because he believed history would judge
him correctly. This might be, but only after the current crop of
historians are gone.

The way the media is chronicling the Clinton administration will
confound future historians for decades. If historians of the
future believe the modern media's spin, then the truth will never
be known.

Jay says some people will have to see reality and accept that
Clinton and his regime are socialists who want to tear down the
United States. Rush says some people already see this, but it
might not be what historians and the press report in Rush's and
Jay's lifetime.

As it is, Reagan's been gone for eight years, and the press still
isn't reporting about the 80s correctly. Rush thanks Jay for
calling.

Phone	Teri from Camptonville, CA

Teri says ABC radio news on EIB's Sacramento affiliate, KFBK,
twice reported this morning that Bob Dole was considering Sam
Nunn as a potential affiliate. She wonders if this is a cuckoo
idea, given that Nunn is a Democrat who supported Clinton.

Rush says Nunn never did get along with Clinton, plus Rush thinks
Nunn is also pro-life. Thus, this is not that cuckoo an idea,
especially since Nunn excels in matters of the military and
foreign policy, areas where Clinton is especially vulnerable.

George Will was once asked by Phil Donahue if there were any






Democrats he'd support for President, and Will mentioned Nunn.
This surprised Donahue, but Will was serious. Rush hasn't heard
the news about Dole considering Nunn, though, but he doesn't
think this is all that screwy an idea.

Teri asks if Nunn would pull votes from Clinton, and Rush says
that's possible. However, he wants to check up on this and
whether Nunn is indeed pro-life before commenting further. He
thanks Teri for calling.

*BREAK*

Phone	Mike from Philadelphia, PA

Mike says Rep. James Traficant (D-OH) was wearing a No Boundaries
tie this morning when he was giving a "one minute" speech in
Congress. Rush says he sent Rep. Traficant a number of ties, and
Traficant sent a nice letter back promising to wear them now and
then.

Traficant, though, likes skinny ties, so he couldn't promise to
wear them all the time, but he did say he would wear them
prominently on occasion, which appears to be what he did today.
Mike asks if Rush can send him, and out of work salesman, some
ties since this would help him make a great impression on job
interviews and the like.

Rush says he has a problem with handing out freebies like this -
the last time it happened, someone asked for a free newsletter
subscription, and it turned into Dan's Bake Sale. Rush isn't
promising anything, though, but he puts Mike on hold so Bo can
get his name and address.

Phone	Donald from St. Augustine, FL

Donald says he's been a patient who was surprised at the bills he
got while in the hospital. For example, when he was in the
hospital he was charged $3.99 apiece for pills that he regularly
buys for 100 for $5.

Rush says hospital charges are a different matter than Medicare
or doctor's office charges, and he thanks Donald for calling.