European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ sidelights n Limbaugh keeps his loud message right on target w by Frank Rich new York times f All those saying i told you so to the democrats no one is louder than Rush Limbaugh whose latest Best seller is conveniently titled see i told you so and whose voice reaches some 20 Mil lion americans each week. Like any Good masochistic Liberal i started listen ing to Limbaugh immediately after nov. 8 curious to hear How he d sound in full gloat instead of Rabid attack certain to find him overplaying his Post elec Tion hand by indulging in the Boorish Ness of the sore Winner / y Limbaugh outwitted me. While his opponents stumble about in disarray still waiting for firm leadership from the White House he is already with the next Republican program advancing his armies of Loyal ditto Heads toward 96. Democrats who tune in to find out what s going on in the enemy Camp May find themselves laughing in voluntarily at some Gallows humor in the bargain. When sen. Paul Simon declared after the election that his decision to retire in no Way reflected blooms Over the democratic defeat he wants to leave the Senate while still eager to serve he explained Limbaugh punctured the pretence that s kind of like saying i m going to Stop having sex while i still can.". In.   but much of the Limbaugh shtick however puck Ashly punctuated is More strategic than humorous. In Victory Limbaugh has retired his Nasty past As " saults on Femi nazis aids patients and the homeless he goes out of his Way to protest that Nei ther he nor the Republican contract with Ameri Ca has a White male or anti poor Agenda. This new tone May sound disingenuous a fruit joke slips in anyway and his television studio audience is even whiter than the Republican ranks of Congress yet it serves him Well by eliminating _ any ugly distractions from his main message. Which is what else the majesty of Newt Gin Grich one of the great leaders of history. Let Bob Dole Dan Quayle and the rest plot their primary strategies All they want they hardly exist in Lim Baugh s tightly focused monologues and at this rate May already be also rans. The speaker to be meanwhile is deified in terms that might make Superman Blush Rock solid Deci Sive committed  Limbaugh fleshes out the argument with pungent excerpts from Gingrich policy speeches. In one in genious and by no Means dishonest to Seg ment he used dueling video clips to simulate a de Bate on welfare Reform Between his hero and a Liberal Nemesis Marian Wright Edelman of the Chil Dren s defense fund. Reveal ugly enough Limbaugh prefaced the de Bate by saying he found Edelman extremely Nice the one time they met. He has also cuddled up a bit to that environmental wacko Algore by refusing to condemn his Youthful derision of the american military. /. ". The Clinton gags Are now Well within the Bounds of political not personal satire so much so they re Tamer than David Letterman s. This Kinder gentler pose will hardly Cool Down the hysteria Limbaugh arouses in the White House and among what he Calls the dominant Media  recently the columnist Jack Anderson reported that an administration faction led by Hillary Clinton was now contemplating an unprecedented War of the airwaves against Rush Limbaugh and other right Wing Tal meisters and might try to recruit lib Era political figures who can be groomed into alter   a. / l Limbaugh relished this news. Anticipating a Jim Sasser talk show he joked that would be fun and entertaining to listen to would t it and of course he s right the Effort is doomed. An enter Tainer first Limbaugh has a comic delivery part Paul Harvey part we. Fields that no politician can Muster intentionally at least. If Only the democrats listened closely to his show instead of wasting time plotting against him they would discover Limbaugh is a moving target. They d figure put that he like the Post election Gingrich has his act together and that it s afar _ Slicker act than the raucous old one they still Dcmb-7 Nize Brote. But luckily for Limbaugh and his party the democrats Are not listening. His winning Streak continues unimpeded As his disoriented opposition persists in. I re fighting the last Campaign. Clarence Page is on sabbatical. Working it unanswered prayers Ostrich does t Cut it Andy. Rodney n a flight Back from san Diego to new York i had time to read several news papers because every time i fell asleep the flight attendant would Wake me to _ ask if i wanted anything. 1 in a letter to the editor Section a Man named set Hullman says it s alarming that the need for unskilled labor has disappeared leaving a lot of peo ple unemployed. The need for unskilled labor has t disappeared. The trouble is the people who need to have work done Are not getting together with the people who need work to do. There s no shortage of work.,. A f Goa lot of people love their cars but Betty Young has carried vehicular affection too far. She died re Cei itly and at her own request was buried in a Ceme Tery in Rhode Island inside her 1989 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I Hope there s a provision in her will that will pay to have the Oil changed every 5,000  of "1 they never have homely women in underwear ads in newspapers. Don t homely women Wear any. " the idea of making time for prayer mandatory in Public schools is High on Newt Gingrich s list of things to do when he becomes speaker of the House before Congress passes such a Law i wish they d appoint a committee to determine whether prayer works. Congress opens every session with a prayer and there in t much evidence that prayer has been any help there. I d rather we taught kids How to get along on their own in school and then Jet them Pray at Home or in Church if they want better Marks. -.-. Several Large companies Are raising ostriches the Way cattle ranchers raise steers to be eaten. One chef says Ostrich has to be cooked rare or medium rare or else you can t Cut it with a  the chef did t make it Clear to me whether Ostrich tastes More like beef or Bird but whatever it tastes like i m adding it to my list of things i Don t eat because i m narrow minded. The list includes Rabbit snails Turtle tripe and  Man named Milton Petrie just died and he had a great time making out his will. He left big Bucks to his Barber and housekeepers and be setup trusts for 373 people he hardly knew in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $15 million. While he was alive Petrie would read in the paper about someone who d had bad Luck and he d fix him up with a few Hundred thousand  be that successful As a businessman Petrie must have fired a lot of people in his lifetime. I Hope he remembered some of them in his will. Tribune m Dia services Andy  stars and stripes reporter. December 1994__ sunday page9