Summary Tue 7/13/93
John Switzer
for Tuesday, July 13, 1993
by John Switzer
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July 13, 1993
LIMBAUGH WATCH
July 13, 1993 - It's now day 175 of "America Held Hostage" (aka
the "Raw Deal") and 253 days after Bill Clinton's election, but
Rush is still on the air with 610 radio affiliates (with more
than 20 weekly million listeners world-wide) and 234 TV
affiliates (with a 4.0 rating). His first book has been on the NY
Times hardback non-fiction best-seller list for 43 consecutive
weeks, with 2.5 million copies sold, and his newsletter has over
325,000 subscribers. Also, "The Way Things Ought To Be" has for
the third time risen to the number one spot on the NY Times list.
MORNING UPDATE
Rush remarks that about two years ago he suggested a way that the
US could stay competitive: export liberalism. Exporting
liberalism around the world would give America's competitors the
same social and business headaches that US companies have,
thereby creating a level playing field. Well, there are two items
in the news which seem to indicate that Rush's plan is working.
First, three men in Montreal were arrested after they handcuffed
themselves to the front doors of L'Oreal, the cosmetics company.
The men, who were dressed in rabbit suits, dark glasses, and
carrying white canes to symbolize blind bunnies, were protesting
the animal testing that cosmetic companies do. About a dozen
other protestors participated in this "blind bunny" protest,
thereby showing the animal rights wackos have infiltrated into
Canada and are working hard to do to it what they have done to
America.
However, liberalism is also making its way to very far away
shores, in this case to Australia. Dr. David Weeden, VP of the
Australian Medical Association, predicted at a recent Sydney
conference that children born with genetic birth defects would
soon be able to sue their parents and doctors for damages. Weeden
noted that medical science has been discovering more and more of
the genetic causes for various diseases, and he stated "this will
open the way to legal redress against parents who pass on faulty
genes."
"Great, great, what a nightmare!" Rush excitedly shouts, because
liberalism is taking root among America's foreign competitors.
"My plan is working!" he proudly states.
FIRST HOUR
The state of America's urban areas was recently demonstrated in
Washington Heights in Manhattan, when as a fire truck was
responding to a call about a gas leak in the neighborhood,
someone in that very same neighborhood threw a firebomb at the
truck, setting three of the fire fighters on fire. One suffered
minor injuries, while the other two suffered third-degree burns.
The call about a gas leak was a false one, evidently designed
solely to get the fire fighters into the area for the attack.
It's believed that the attack was in retaliation for an accident
in which a cop going down the wrong way on a one-way street hit a
motorcyclist.
This is the kind of breakdown in law and order which is prevalent
in New York City and in many of the nation's other urban areas,
and Rush could spend three hours of every program talking about
it. However, he wants to highlight this one because two of the
firefighters who were burned are fans and have asked for
autographed pictures of Rush.
As he stared at the two photographs, Rush wondered what he could
possibly say to these two men who were harmed in the course of
their trying to help others. "It's an absolute cesspool out
there," Rush remarks, adding that the calls for maximum sentences
against the two LAPD cops who were convicted of violating Rodney
King's civil rights would discourage anyone from wanting to
become a cop. King is still being called "a motorist," while the
cops may be sentenced up to 9 or 10 years.
Rush just has to wonder who in society would want to continue
living in these sewers of urban decay and then try to stop crime
or fight fires. Who is going to want to save neighborhoods that
probably should be burned down anyway when they are going to be
attacked by residents of the very same neighborhoods? These guys
don't get paid very much and they have horrible working hours, so
Rush had to wonder what words of encouragement he could give to
Thomas Branigan and George Kreusher, the two fire fighters
recovering from their burns.
Rush basically told them that America is what it is because of
people like them and he offered them his thoughts and prayer.
Unfortunately, though, many people are beginning to believe that
America is becoming a sewer populated by an endless parade of
human debris. New York City is accommodating more and more of the
dregs of society - the lazy, the freeloader, the criminal. Rush
isn't talking about those who have genuine need, but the
underclass that has been created by liberalism's pursuit of a
socialist utopia.
Senator Phil Gramm recently issued a report that shows the
national average prison term for murderers today is 1.8 years.
Meanwhile the people who can are fleeing the cities and urban
areas. Rush is amazed at how little outrage there exists about
incidents such as the attack against the firefighters. The local
news coverage, instead of being outraged and focusing on finding
the attackers and putting them in jail, has concentrated on "why"
the community did such a thing and how it could be prevented in
the future.
Rush recalls that back in April he made a speech to the National
Rifle Association in which he mentioned the Harper's magazine
from 1865 which a listener sent in. The magazine reported on the
New York draft riots, and the main emphasis of its coverage was
that this riot was not met with sufficient force, and that in
order to prevent future riots, you have to stop the first one
with hard and fast force.
Now, when people who make it their work to go into the seediest
areas of the city are attacked like this, what can the eventual
result be except total anarchy? Rush tells the two firefighters
that the hearts and prayers of every decent citizen are with
them. After the break Rush wants to relate this topic to this
week's issue of National Review about how the left's last utopia
is America, given that socialism has failed everywhere else in
the world.
*BREAK*
Items
o Rush thanks Rusty Staub for having him on his sports TV
show last night. Rush enjoyed the experience and loved talking to
Staub's callers.
o Rush welcomes back to publication "for the zillionth
time" the New York Post, which just had one of its many near-
death experiences. The Post stopped publication for a few days
until Rupert Murdoch could work out some union concessions.
*********
This week's National Review's cover story is something which
validates what Rush and many others have been saying for years
about the nature of socialism and its failures. While talking to
the editor of National Review yesterday, Rush remarked that
American conservatives and their beliefs have been so lampooned,
ridiculed, despised, denigrated, and attacked for so long in
books, magazines, movies, TV, etc. that conservatives have become
somewhat reticent to talk about what they believe. However, when
a magazine such as this week's National Review comes along it
bolsters these people's confidence, and Rush will read from this
story after the break.
*BREAK*
The National Review story is about many subjects, including
multiculturalism, which has as its goal the elimination of
American culture and traditions. Author John Grey writes as
follows:
"For the liberal, America is not a nation but rather a civil
religion, an idea, and loyalty to it is not a matter of sentiment
but ideological commitment."
Thus, patriotism can now be defined by one's ideology; there's no
room for competing ideologies as far as many liberals are
concerned, and you can't be a patriot unless you believe in a
certain way. Rush knows that this doesn't define all liberals,
but it does accurately describe many of the leaders of the
liberal movement, who although they may have good intentions,
nevertheless end up doing the wrong thing (e.g. Clinton's tax
plan). Grey continues on to say:
"But of course America is also and first and foremost a nation
existing in history with an unavoidable legacy of particular
traditions, institutions, common ways of thinking and speaking.
The actual nation is bound to clash with the civil religion from
time to time, and given the tendency of American culture to veer
between idealistic optimism and anger when the idealism is
thwarted, it was only to be expected that attachment to America
as a civil religion should come to express itself as hatred of
the values and institutions that are most definitive of America
as a historic nationality."
In other words, liberals view America as a civil religion which
demands total commitment with no dissent, and this is in conflict
with what America has been and has become throughout its history.
This clash, between the liberals' idealism and the traditional
institutions, results in great anger among the liberals. From
this failure of idealism springs a hatred against the traditional
institutions of America.
This is what has happened, for example, in the gay movement, and
it has produced the current culture war. Those who have been
pursuing their utopian idealism inevitably find it thwarted and
thus respond in predictable anger. Grey continues on to write:
"Hence, the litmus test of liberalism in America today is the
commitment to multiculturalism, with its concomitant the
delegitimization of all that remains of a common, national
culture."
Rush says this is exactly right - multiculturalism wants to
destroy America's traditional culture and supplant it with a
variety of micro-cultures. This threatens the basic American
culture and the values it is founded upon. Multiculturalism does
its job very well, and is an effective tool to poison young
minds.
Multiculturalism is based on anti-Americanism, on the idea that
American culture is why this or that group is failing.
Traditional American values are blamed for holding people back,
and so these values and their culture are attacked, with the goal
of their total destruction.
"This liberal rejection of the very idea of a common culture as
being itself repressive goes with the interpretation of the
United States as not being a nationality like others in the
world, but a universal nation."
Thus, the United States becomes a place where people can do
whatever they want to, without being hampered by any national
culture, traditions, institutions, etc. Grey continues on to
point out that anti-Americanism is today strongest in America.
Although there are anti-American sentiments in other countries,
it is in America that this feeling has its strongest expression.
Rush promises to comment a bit more on this story and topic after
the break.
*BREAK*
Rush remarks that panhandlers are being shown how to get "their
fair share" at tonight's All-Star game, and this is a perfect
illustration of how America's traditions are being attacked and
dispensed with throughout society. Continuing on with the
National Review story, Rush reads the following:
"The liberal project of destroying a common national culture in
America and so of hyphenating American national identity has
already been underway for some time. It already has had
consequences that are probably irreversible. It has not, of
course, diminished ethnic conflict; America must now be the most
ethically obsessed and divided of any of the world's democracies.
But it has further balkanized American political life into a
contest between ethnic and other special interest groups for
group rights and other legal privileges."
Rush highly recommends this story, which is now available on the
newsstands.
Phone Steve from Snyderville, UT
Steve is a 26-year-old, white, southern, heterosexual, middle-
class, married police officer who enjoys hunting and eating beef.
Rush says that Steve is "probably the singlest greatest threat
known to Americans today" and Steve replies "I hope so." He adds
that when he used to be a police officer in Ft. Meyers, FL,
whenever the fire department got a call to go to the projects,
they would stop and wait for a police escort before continuing to
the site. This was necessary because the residents would
predictably attack the firefighters.
Rush asks why anyone would do something this stupid, and Steve
thinks that because these people hate the police, the
representative of organized society, they will also attack any
other representative of that society. Rush says that this makes
some sense, but much of the plight of the underclass is due to
how their self-appointed leaders have convinced them that their
plight is the upper class' fault.
It's become axiomatic to these people that the reason they aren't
doing well is because someone else is succeeding, not to mention
that these people grow up thinking they don't have a chance
because they're members of a certain ethnic group. The problem is
not just that these situations exist, but that the "solutions"
being preached center on more hatred and more segregation.
Rush hates to be simplistic about this stuff, but when he sees
members of all ethnic groups and persuasions succeeding in
America, he has to believe that there are chances for everyone.
Unfortunately, the opportunities that exist can't be accessed
unless someone is taught how to access them, and this requires
teaching the traditional American culture of hard-work, self-
reliance, etc.
There are always some people who succeed by cheating and such,
but most of those who achieve aren't like this. Roger Staub asked
Rush last night about why there is so much desire to "knock off
the kings and chop off the heads of those at the top." Rush
replied that this assault against the achievers is being pursued
from the White House on down, and it's got to stop.
*BREAK*
Phone Tom from Des Moines, IA
Rush is glad that Tom has time to get to a phone, and Tom remarks
that Iowans now have a "first amendment right to smell" thanks to
the inability to take showers in most flood-ravaged areas. He
wonders, though, why the states don't concentrate more on helping
each other as opposed to waiting for the federal government and
FEMA to show up. He thinks it's amazing how well his entire state
has reacted to this disaster, and Rush agrees.
Rush notes that yesterday he pointed out that the floods have
been a slow crisis which has gradually increased in severity day
after day, so people's sensibilities haven't been shocked as much
as they would have been had it been a quick disaster such as an
earthquake. He asks Tom to hold on over the break so that he can
get a better idea of who things are going in Des Moines right
now.
*BREAK*
SECOND HOUR
Rush remarks that EIB has had a lot of visitors today, including
Trevor Maddich of the Baltimore Colts, and a number of New York's
police officers. Maddich is on his way to training camp, which
starts Thursday, and Rush tells him that although Maddich may
hate returning to training, "I'm happy you're heading out to
suffer" because that means the football season is not too far
away now.
Maddich points out that Rush shouldn't be so mean to him because
when Rush works, he doesn't have to worry about Lawrence Taylor
hitting him on the head, as Maddich does. Rush agrees this is
true, but points out that he has a far worse opponent to face
than Taylor - liberals, who can be a lot meaner.
Phone Tom from Des Moines, IA (continued)
Rush remarks that it is amazing that the people and states have
come together so well to fight the disasters resulting from the
floods. In particular Des Moines looks incredibly devastated, and
Tom notes that the city's water treatment plant is four feet
higher than it's ever been. He adds, however, that there have
been no civil insurrections or riots, and very little looting.
Even though water is in short supply, there's no hording or
grumbling about how the water is being distributed; people, of
course, can't go to work, so they have little to do but stand in
line to get water.
This flood is far worse than anyone expected, but everyone is
pitching in to help. Tom is amazed at how much help has come in
from Florida, Arkansas, and the other states; thus, he wonders
why people think the federal government's help is so important.
Rush admits that the federal government does have a role in
helping out after major disasters and similar "acts of God."
Perhaps the federal government doesn't have to be there right
when the disaster strikes, but it can do a lot to help out in the
clean-up, with insurance payments, low-interest loans, and such.
Tom also says hi to his friend Bill "who's travelling on the
roads, working hard." Rush asks if it's easy to get around in Des
Moines, and Tom says that a lot of roads are closed. However, the
airport is open, so relief flights are able to come in. Rush asks
if the Des Moines Register was flooded, too, and when Tom replies
in the affirmative, Rush gives a hearty guffaw. He quickly
apologizes, but Tom says "there's a lot of people who feel that
way about the paper."
Tom adds that Iowa's governor is now qualified to be President
because he, like Clinton, has called out the National Guard. The
governor even waded through the water to a grocery store across
from the governor's mansion, which doesn't have any electricity
or running water right now.
Tom also wants to comment on how those affected the flood are
working hard to battle these floods, unlike people in other
disasters who waited for the federal government or somebody to
come out and help them. Of course, the floods have been so severe
that the states affected will need a lot of outside help, but the
people in those states still have done everything they could do
on their own behalf.
Rush says that Tom shouldn't be too hard on people such as those
affected by Hurricane Andrew and the 1989 San Francisco
earthquake. They did do a lot to help themselves, and in
particular the Bay Bridge was rebuilt in record time. Also, the
situation in Homestead, FL was rather unique in that the disaster
occurred during a Presidential campaign, and so politics played a
lot in how things happened.
Rush thanks Tom for calling and wishes his best for him and his
fellow Iowans. He admits it's horrible to watch disasters such as
this without being able to do much to help, but he is inspired by
how these people are reacting. Some people are losing everything
they own; for example, one newlywed couple has lost their home
and newly acquired country store.
Of course, according to the Bill Clinton school of thinking, the
fact that some of these people being hurt are undoubtedly rich
should give joy and happiness to the rest of the nation. After
all, if happiness is defined by the rich "getting theirs," then
these floods should be producing a lot of happiness.
*BREAK*
Rush got a call from Drew Hayes, operations manager at EIB's
Chicago affiliate, WLS, and Rush asked him about Mike Royko's
recent column about the "Flush Rush" newsletter. Hayes said that
Rush had "just been slapped around" by Mike Royko as much as
anyone, adding that Royko is upset that Rush has "taken over his
perch as the man of people."
WLS, however, ever quick to capitalize on current events, is thus
running the following spot to promote Rush's show:
<<Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" begins playing>>
<<Announcer>> WLS says thanks to Chicago institution and award-
winning columnist Mike Royko for mentioning Rush Limbaugh in his
column. Chicago's "good will ambassador" refers to Rush as . . .
<<Mike Royko impersonator, sounding a lot like he stepped off the
stage of a "Guys and Dolls" performance>> "One of the great
patriots, philosophers, and really classy guys of our time."
<<Announcer>> And talk about "R-E-S-P-E-C-T", Royko says . . .
<<Royko impersonator>> I respect him too much to call him `just
plain Rush.'
<<Announcer>> Wow! Thanks Mr. Royko for seeing the light! Be sure
to catch Rush daily, from 11 `til 2, on WLS talk radio AM and FM.
Celebrity voice impersonated.
Rush notes that on August 2, the world-famous Chicago restaurant,
the Chop House, will become a Rush Room. This place serves a 64-
ounce porterhouse steak, "and if that's too small they have adult
portions, too!" The third floor skydeck of the Chop House will be
the location of the Rush Room next month.
Rush notes that the "prestigious Knife and Fork Club" has ranked
the place the second best steakhouse in America. Rush admits he
doesn't know what the "Knife and Fork Club" is, but he's certain
it is prestigious; after racking his brain, he believes that it's
a group composed of people who fly and read in-flight magazines.
Another Rush Room that just opened up is the Simply Prime
restaurant in Hot Springs, AR. The owner of this place invited
President Clinton's mother, Virginia Kelley, to be his guest at
the grand opening, but she declined. In addition, Neilsen's
Restaurant in Elmwood Park IL opened its Rush Room last week.
Rush notes that Rush Rooms are opening up faster than EIB can
keep track of them, and he urges anyone who has opened a Rush
Room to let EIB know about it.
Phone Anne from West Hartford, CT
Anne issues a heavy sigh as she says "hi, Rush," and admits that
she really didn't expect to make it on to Rush's show today. She
thus gives "semi-effusive dittos" and mentions that when Rodney
King was arrested he showed a great deal of disrespect to the
initial arresting female officer. She thus has to wonder if
perhaps the male officers' reaction towards King was in part
motivated by the male instinct to protect the female members of
the species.
Rush says that the officers testified that there was some of
that. Melanie Singer was the CHP officer who first got King out
of the car, and King taunted her and shook his behind at her.
Rush has always found it interesting that this particular act of
"sexual harassment" is never discussed, but this is part of how
King has been made into an angel while the cops have been
demonized.
*BREAK*
Update Timber (Jackyl, "Lumberjack" with a musical
chainsaw and the sounds of falling trees)
Today's update was actually reported by Rush's show several weeks
ago, but because so many people are sending him this "news" via
CompuServe, the fax, and the mail, Rush has to repeat it. The
growth rings of a 3,613 year-old South American tree present
absolutely no evidence that human activity has had any effect on
the climate. Although the climate near the west coast of South
America has warmed and cooled many times over the thousands of
years, there has been no increase in temperatures during the
industrial age.
The latest issue of Science also has a report on how the ozone
and CFC scares are naught but hoaxes and frauds. All of the
conventional wisdom of the past five years that has been adopted
by the environmental movement to support their claims of
environmental disaster on the horizon is continuing to be
disproved.
Rush notes he never fell for this stuff because he understands
both the liberal agenda and the means by which they advance that
agenda by dividing and conquering America. These people don't
have jobs like normal people do, so they use one crisis after
another to justify the giving of government money to them to
"prevent" these crises.
Update Homeless (Clarence "Frogman" Henry, "Ain't Got No
Home")
Referring to his comments in the first hour about the assaults
going on against the traditional American institutions, Rush
remarks that self-reliance, entrepreneurial spirit, and hard work
have been the fundamental building blocks which have created
America. These things are not the same thing as selfishness,
however, as many tend to think, thereby equating success with
greed. There is thus a trend in America towards discouraging
self-reliance.
Proof of this is today's Homeless Update, which comes from a
story in today's Baltimore Sun. Last week Rush talked about the
"panhandlers kits" to be distributed to panhandlers and fans at
the All-Star game; the kits were designed so that, in the kits'
own words, "panhandlers get their fair share of the action."
Rush, however, thinks panhandlers don't deserve anything but
zilch and that there's nothing "fair" about the "panhandlers'
fair share." Just what percentage is a "fair" percentage for a
lazy bum who's slothfully begging? And what is encouraging this
behavior doing to make America a better place?
The Sun's story addresses the panhandlers, telling them that the
panhandler kits, put out by City Advocates in Solidarity for the
Homeless (CASH), will help them triumph over cold stares and
insensitive words. The kits were passed out July 8 to the
panhandlers to encourage them to show up at the All-Star game
tonight. However, CASH will also distribute a set of guidelines
for the fans, so that they realize "you may have more in common
with the panhandlers than you realize."
The kits, which include buttons for the panhandlers to wear that
say "Polite Panhandling Pays," spell out panhandlers' "legal
rights," such as where they may beg and where it's forbidden;
helpful hints such as smiling and saying "please" are also given.
However, the guidelines for the fans stress that although the
fans have a right to say no, the panhandlers have a right to ask.
Thus, it's now the panhandlers' First Amendment rights to beg,
and Rush finds it funny that the guidelines self-consciously
point out that fans do have the "right" to say no to the beggars.
He would prefer to say that fans have the obligation to say no,
so that this behavior isn't encouraged and enabled.
Rush isn't against true compassion, but an organized plan
designed to help a bunch of bums fleece people trying to go to a
baseball game is an entirely different matter. CASH is
encouraging bums to irritate and bother customers of a business,
and Rush thinks it's a sad situation.
Lauren Seagull, spokesperson for CASH, said "we are trying to
make sure panhandlers are looked at as human beings, as the moral
stoplights of society." Rush notes that the phrase "he's a human
being, too" is most often used about people who are barely human.
If panhandlers are the "moral stoplights of society," then so are
prostitutes and whores; if fact, stoplights, especially the red
ones, are more appropriate for them than for panhandlers.
Seagull also said, "We thought it would be a positive way to
approach some of the very negative information and reaction
people have had towards panhandling." Thus, CASH is actually
trying to convince people that they should look forwards to
panhandling and that when they think about going to the All-Star
game, they should rejoice at the prospect of meeting some of
these human beings.
*BREAK*
Phone Sandy from Hopewell, VA
Sandy is an "infant dittohead" who started listening to Rush on
the advice of a couple of friends. Rush welcomes her to the show,
and she thanks him for giving her a pride and faith in her
country and its people that she never had before. Rush's show has
shown her that there are a lot more people with common sense
values and beliefs than she had previously thought.
Rush is glad that Sandy mentioned this, because this is his point
about how conservatives tend to be shy sometimes because they
think they're alone in their beliefs. The dominant media culture
ridicules conservatives and their beliefs, so what's needed in
the conservative movement is some confidence building.
The media critics claim that Rush's show is full of "Limbots" who
can't think for themselves, yet nothing could be further from the
truth. He's glad that Sandy has realized that she's part of the
majority and he urges her to have confidence in herself and her
beliefs, and not to let how the dominant media treats
conservatives bother her.
*BREAK*
Items
o Rush remarks that in the next hour he'll talk about a
poll conducted for Reuters that shows half of the company's
business leaders say they'll lay off workers and raise prices if
Clinton's corporate income taxes become law. Some of these
leaders would prefer no action be taken on the deficit if the
alternative is Clinton's tax increases. "A chilling report," Rush
states.
o The American Spectator has come up with an amazing report
on the Clintons' tax records, and Rush promises more later on in
today's show.
*BREAK*
THIRD HOUR
Items
o Rush is getting more conflicting reports on the Clinton
binoculars episode. First, Rush saw video footage of Clinton, at
the Korean DMV and dressed in fatigues, looking through
binoculars at North Korea. Rush's first reaction was to wonder at
what the heck Clinton was looking at. Then some listeners sent
him mail pointing out that Clinton didn't take the lens caps off;
when Rush mentioned this on the air, he was then deluged with
mail from listeners who saw Clinton take the lens caps off.
Now, the "no he didn't take them off" crowd has voiced up again,
with one listener sending him a picture of Clinton looking
through a pair of binoculars with the lens caps on. Of course,
the photo doesn't do anything to clear up whether Clinton took
the covers off later on, so Rush would like to address the main
issue in all this, which is why it's an issue at all.
The reason people are so concerned about whether Clinton kept the
lens covers on the binoculars is because people have doubts as to
Clinton's veracity and honesty. Clinton is not an idiot and thus
would quickly realize that the lens caps are on a pair of
binoculars he's trying to use. Thus, if Clinton puts the field
glasses up to his eyes and then, after realizing the lens caps
are on, continues to look through them, he's obviously trying to
fake out the on-lookers.
This is what Bill Clinton does every day: fake out the people. He
looks through binoculars where there's nothing to see, and then
continues looking through them even when the caps are on. Ronald
Reagan would have taken the lens caps off, and even Michael
Dukakis would have taken then off; Clinton, however, tries to
pretend that he had already taken them off.
o The Nightly Business Report and Reuters commissioned a
survey of American business leaders, and the poll found out that
half of them are planning to lay off workers <<buzzer sounds,
Rush rephrases the w-word to "associates">> and raise prices if
Clinton's corporate tax hikes go into effect. Many top executives
are also so resistant to the tax increases that they'd rather see
the deficit remain at its current levels or implement entitlement
cuts, even though 60% of them believe the deficit is the
country's major economic problem. However, 48% of the business
leaders think higher taxes will do more economic damage than if
the deficit is simply left alone.
Rush says that this is exactly right because the tax increases
will slow down the economy; if the tax rates are left alone,
economic growth will produce increased taxes. Then if Clinton
bothered to lower the tax rates or otherwise provide some
incentives, tax revenues would grow even more. Yet Clinton's tax
increases will slow down the economy, producing an accompanying
slowdown in revenue.
Unfortunately a lot of people don't believe or understand this
because Clinton and the Democrats have conned them into believing
that the rich aren't paying any taxes or "not enough taxes."
o The August issue of the American Spectator will have a
report by Lisa Schiffrin, a former speechwriter for Vice
President Dan Quayle, who did a thorough audit of the tax returns
that Bill and Hillary Clinton filed while Bill was Governor of
Arkansas. Schiffrin found that in the 1981 tax returns the
Clintons omitted the Social Security number for their nanny,
Desse Sanders. This means that they could not have paid Social
Security taxes for the nanny.
The White House has refused the American Spectator's requests for
documentation refuting this charge, leading Schiffrin to write
that the Clintons evidently felt that they "did not have to prove
they met the one ethical standard their administration has set
for employment." Rush laughs at the irony of the Clintons having
their own version of the "Zoe Baird problem."
The American Spectator article also uncovered a number of other
irregularities, which were found by searching the records
supplied by the Clintons themselves under public financial
disclosure laws. For example, Hillary Clinton personally itemized
"throw-away items" as charitable contributions, gaining tax
deductions for things such as Bill's used underwear.
Rush notes that this is not that strange, and in fact he knows
people who give their old underwear to Goodwill. He muses on
whether one of the panhandlers at the All-Star game tonight will
be wearing a pair of Bill Clinton's old underwear. "Just a
thought," he notes.
Schiffrin also reveals that until local press reports threatened
to create a major scandal, Governor Clinton never reported his
$51,000 food allotment nor his $19,000 public relations fund,
which supplemented his $35,000 a year salary. He never declared
the personal use value of his state-funded Lincoln Town Car, even
though this indiscretion is now one of the reasons being given
for removing FBI director William Sessions from office.
Furthermore, the Clintons also hired their nanny using state
funds earmarked for security guards. Now, Chelsea Clinton's
part-time babysitter is being paid $20,000 taken from the White
House's East Wing budget. The Clintons also consistently lost
money in the stock market during the 80s by engaging in
"speculative investments." They made profits only in their
partnerships with the state's movers and shakers, and in those
areas "where state licensing and regulation were key."
Rush remarks that this is an interesting article which will
appear in the August American Spectator, and he's fascinated by
how hypocrisy is written all over the public sector around the
Clintons.
Update Carol Moseley-Braun (Theme from the Jeffersons,
"Moving On Up")
The latest polls show that so many Illinois residents disapprove
of Senator Moseley-Braun's handling of her job so far that she's
running far behind President Clinton, with 40% disapproving of
her performance and only 28% approving. Moseley-Braun is so low
in the polls that she's lagging even among blacks and women, with
only 33% of women approving of her performance and 50% rating her
negatively.
Illinois voters viewed fellow Senator Paul Simon and President
Bill Clinton more favorably, but they still wouldn't lift the ban
on gays in the military nor would they support Clinton's economic
program.
Senator Moseley-Braun's office responded to the poll by claiming
that her poll numbers would improve "once people understand how
dedicated she is to her job." "Who cares!?!" Rush remarks, adding
that dedication to one's job doesn't mean anything if you can't
do a good job in the first place.
*BREAK*
Phone Kevin from Norfolk, VA
Kevin says hi to the "environmentalist wacko and communist
sympathizer" who turned him on to Rush's show. Kevin notes that
although Rush attacks Clinton for wanting to punish achievers,
Rush is guilty of doing the same thing with his calls for term
limits. This would punish political achievers at the expense of
others.
Rush says that his support of term limits is not based on a
desire to make things "more fair" for an incumbent's opponents;
instead, he thinks that all things being equal, there would be
more turnover in the House of Representatives. Kevin says that if
this same logic were applied to the Chicago Bulls they wouldn't
be allowed to win more than one championship; besides, he argues,
America already has term limits - it's called the vote and if
Republicans want term limits they just have to go out and vote.
Rush says that this is his point - it's been seen that incumbents
aren't voted out, and term limits are needed to preserve
America's democratic institutions. Rush thanks Kevin for calling,
adding that Kevin phrased his point very well, illustrating the
problems Rush himself faced when he made the tough decision to
change his mind and to start supporting term limits.
*BREAK*
Rush just received a CompuServe note that claims Vice President
Algore was on CSPAN this morning, claiming that the flooding
along the Mississippi was due to greenhouse gases being emitted,
and that floods such as this can be expected in the future. Rush
will have to do more research to find out if Algore really said
this, but given that Algore's book is chocked full of incorrect
information, especially about the greenhouse effect, Rush
wouldn't be surprised to learn the letter writer is correct.
There is no evidence to indicate that global warming is really
happening, and even the most fervent eco-freaks admit that 20
years more evidence is needed to prove this; however, in the next
breath they then insist that the danger is so great that mankind
cannot take a chance and thus must take immediate and drastic
action.
Phone Bill from Dallas, TX
Bill says that there's no authority in "values" today because
it's become a loaded term that refers to something which cannot
be known for sure. Rush says that values have lost their sense of
authority because liberals refuse to accept any absolute
authorities, and Bill says this is his point. He thinks that
there are better terms than "values," such as "moral" or "good
and gentlemanly" behavior. In other words, having basic manners.
Rush sees Bill's point, but thinks he's misguided in thinking
that the term "values" has to be replaced; the fact that values
is a loaded word is why there's such a problem. He recalls the
caller he had last week who attacked him for seeing things only
in terms of black and white, but it can't be denied that there
are some situations which have a true right and wrong.
Rush is willing to acknowledge that there are areas in society
and life today which are grey areas and aren't clearly
delineated, but liberals refuse to acknowledge any absolutes.
They believe that everything is relative, so a guy who throws a
brick through a window "may have had a right" to do so.
Rush, however, thinks that insisting on absolutes in some
situations is essential, and insisting on values is part of this.
Ted Koppell gave a commencement address once in which he pointed
out that the Ten Commandments are not the Ten Suggestions. Rush
agrees, and adds that the liberal inability to accept any
absolutes is a major problem now. Therefore, although Rush
appreciates Bill's point and call, he will not change his terms
to suit the liberals; he will use words as they should be used.
Rush notes that a caller from Miami, who has since hung up,
wanted to talk about how the ghettos and barrios are what they
are because of how the people living in them have been turned
into victims who have no individual identity outside that of
their group. One woman Rush knows continually says "we,"
referring to all women everywhere, as if everything that happens
to her is endemic to the entire female population.
And of course the group involved in this is always an oppressed
group which won't have any chance at success or making it because
the established power structure is against them. This is how the
anti-American attitude gets fostered, and why people in the
ghettos and barrios end up attacking firefighters who come in to
help them.
*BREAK*
It appears that President Clinton has finally heard the hints
offered by the Washington press corps as he is "cutting short"
his Hawaiian vacation so he can tour the flood-ravaged midwest.
Of course, Clinton was planning to leave Wednesday anyway, so all
he's giving up is one half-day in Hawaii.
Phone Debbie from Lake Worth, FL
Debbie says "forget the dittos! I love you too much!" Rush thanks
her for that, and she says that the Palm Beach Post reported that
Rush visited a friend who lives on nearby Singer Island over the
July 4th weekend. The Post also said that Rush had come into town
three times before. "Damn," comments Rush, amazed at the
investigative prowess of the Palm Beach paper.
Debbie says that the Post also speculates that Rush is hanging
out with Crystal Bernard. Rush laughs and says that the National
Star called the EIB offices the other day to ask if Rush was
visiting Crystal Bernard in Florida. Rush wanted to make up a
great story, but he instead told the Star "absolutely not, I
don't go out with children!"
Rush refuses to confirm any of the Post's story, but he notes
that when he goes on vacation he doesn't go to public places
precisely so as to avoid this type of publicity and speculation.
Debbie, however, is glad that Rush enjoys coming to her neck of
the woods, and Rush says he has a great time when he does visit.
Debbie says she and her husband would love to take Rush to dinner
during his next visit, and Rush says he'll consider it; of
course, he'll probably have to call the Post first to give them
his itinerary before then. Debbie remarks that the Post doesn't
like Rush too much because he's too conservative.
Rush adds that when he does go to the Palm Beach he sends
"someone who gets up early" go to Cigar World and get the major
newspapers. This person doesn't look anything like Crystal
Bernard so he suspects that speculation is running rampant among
the local press. Debbie says that the stories originally started
when Rush came to town with the Atlanta Braves last March, and
"brought his main squeeze of the week," Crystal Bernard.
Rush says that "main squeeze of the week" is correct, and he
marvels at how the press just guesses at stuff like this. He bets
it will come as a big surprise to Crystal that she's supposed to
be his latest steady. However, he confesses that until Debbie's
call he had thought the Palm Beach Post was a great paper; now
that he's learned they don't like him, he'll have to reconsider
his position.
Debbie adds that a couple of weeks ago the leading economic
indicators showed the economy was growing really slowly, and she
had an idea while shopping at a local department store around
12:30 p.m. This is when Rush's show comes on in the West Palm
Beach area, and all of the TVs in the electronics department were
tuned to Rush's show; for about 10 seconds Debbie was the only
one watching.
Then a lot of men, who appeared to be grumpy husbands who were
reluctantly shopping with their wives, gathered around and
started watching. They were a multicultural group and stayed
during the entire show. When their wives came by to ask if they'd
like to leave, the husbands said "no, go shop some more - here,
take the credit cards." The wives went out and spent more money.
Thus, Rush's show helped to spur a small measure of economic
growth in one store. Debbie therefore thinks that all the
nation's retailers have to do is videotape Rush's show and play
it nonstop on their TVs; their sales will soar and so will the
national economy. Rush thinks this is a great idea, although he's
not surprised at all that his show can be a major force to help
the economy.
*BREAK*
Phone John from Pittsfield, MA
John thinks that feminist have to be given credit, given that
they've achieved all their social engineering with a very small
group. Rush says that this is true for many liberal groups, which
is why they are so especially dangerous. John thinks that the
feminists have really excelled in how they've equated their
situation with that of the blacks in the 60s, even though there
are big differences between the two.
Rush says that this is also being done now with the gays, and he
suspects that if he were black, he'd be a bit tired of how
liberals seem to think that he is and always will be a member of
an oppressed class and a model victim for others to imitate. John
thinks that one major flaw of the feminist movement is that they
leave out one of the "most lucrative professions - marriage" when
they make their calculations as to what women earn and are worth.
According to the feminist logic, H. Ross Perot is a billionaire
and his wife is totally broke.
John adds that when a black man was not allowed to be a plumber
he couldn't support his family, but when a woman is not allowed
to be a plumber, she could be married to the plumber. Rush
understands this point, which is a delicate one to make in
today's society, and he thanks John for calling.
--
John Switzer | "That square really bugs me, he really
| bugs me!!"
CompuServe: 74076,1250 | -- About 4 gazillion misties, referring to
Internet: j...@netcom.com | Penn Jillette and his MST3K voiceovers.