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Sep 29,89 12:27 No.020 P.01
REPUBLICAN SENATE COMM. TEL: 202-863-6083
National Republican Senatorial Committee
SENATOR DON NICKLES
CHAIRMAN
COVCE BOESCH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FAX TRANSMITTAL SHEET
TO:
Peggy Dooler
FROM:
Royal Roth Roya Rath
DATE:
Fr,
TIME:
12:30
Receiver telecopier #:
456-6218
Transmitter telecopier #: 202-675-6083
Pages to follow :
3
REPUBLICAN SENATE COMM. TEL: 202-863-6083
Sep 29,89 12:27 No.020 P.02
10th ANNIVERSARY PRESIDENTIAL GALA
Senator James Abdnor
South Dakota
Lee Abdnon
South Dakota
Lee Atwater, Chairman
Republican National Committee
Sally Atwater
Washington, D.C.
Jeanne Austin, Co-Chairman
Republican National Committee
Jill Jackson
Republican National Committee
David Bates
Secretary to the Cabinet
Anne Bates
Washington, D.C.
Honorable John Block
Secretary of Agriculture
Sue Block
Senator Rudy Boschwitz
Minnesota
Ellen Boschwitz
Minnesota
Former Secretary James H. Burnley, IV
Transportation
Senator Conrad Burns
Montana
Phyllis Burns
Montana
Andy Card
Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Kathleen Card
Washington, D.C.
Jim Cicconi
Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Trisha Cicconi
Senator Dan Coats
Indiana
Marsha Coats
Indiana
Senator Thad Cochran
Mississippi
Rose Cochran
Mississippi
Senator Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Nancy Domenici
New Mexico
Senator Dave Durenberger
Minnesota
Penny Durenberger
Minnesota
REPUBLICAN SENATE COMM. TEL: 202-863-6083
Sep 29,89 12:27 No.020 P.03
Sentor Slade Gorton
Washington
Sally Gorton
Washington
Sarah Gorton
Washington
Honorable Bill Cabaniss
Alabama
Catherine Cabaniss
Alabama
Honorable Charles Petersmeyer
Director of National Service - White House
Senator Phil Gramm
Texas
Wendy Gramm
Texas
Senator Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Barbara Grassley
Iowa
Honorable Boyd Hollingsworth
White House - Legislative Affairs
Deena Hollingsworth
Washington
Senator Gordon Humphrey
New Hampshire
Senator Jim Jeffords
Vermont
Laurie Jeffords
Vermont
Senator Bob Kasten
Wisconsin
Eva Kasten
Wisconsin
Ron Kaufman
Presidential Personnel
Lisi Kaufman
Washington, D.C.
Honorable Fred MCClure
White House - Legislative Affairs
Harriett McClure
Washington, D.C.
Senator Jim McClure
Idaho
Louise McClure
Idaho
Senator Frank Murkowski
Alaska
Nancy Murkowski
Alaska
Senator Bob Packwood
Oregon
Georgie Packwood
Oregon
Honorable Jim Pinkerton
White House - Policy Planning
REPUBLICAN SENATE COMM. TEL: 202-863-6083
Sep 29,89 12:27 No. .020 P.04
Congressman Bill Schuette
Michigan
Congresswoman Claudine Schneider
Rhode Island
Honorable Richard Schweiker
Former Secretary of H.H.S.
Claire Schweiker
Washington, DC
Senator Bill Scott
Virginia
Inez Scott
Pennsylvania
Honorable Bill Seidman
Chairman, F.D.I.C.
Sally Seidman
Washington, D.C.
Senator Ted Stevens
Alaska
Catherine Stevens
Alaska
Senator Steve Symms
Idaho
Senator Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Nancy Thurmond
South Carolina
Senator John Warner
Virginia
Honorable Jim Wray
White House - Political Affairs
Senator Kit Bond
Missouri
Carolyn Bond
Missouri
Senator Paula Hawkins
Florida
Ambassador Carla Hills
U.S. Trade Representative
Roderick Hills
Washington, DC
Senator Pete Wilson
California
Gayle Wilson
California
PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 29, 1989
1989 SEP 29 Fill 4: 04
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
DANIEL McGROARTY Nuer
SUBJECT: REMARKS AT REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
I. SUMMARY
On Monday, October 2, at 9:00 p.m., you will make brief
remarks at the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle Gala, at Union
Station. Approximately 2500 Inner Circle members will attend
this 10th anniversary celebration, which is closed to the press.
Approximately two dozen U.S. Senators will be in attendance.
Among the entertainers who will precede you is Fred Travalena,
who will be doing his impersonation of you.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks focus on the central role of the Inner Circle
in the Republ ican successes of the 1980s, and enlist its
membership in the effort to take back the Senate in 1990. Senate
Candidates Bill Cabaniss (Ala.), Claudine Schneider (R.I.), Tom
Tauke (Ia.), Lynn Martin (Il.) and Hank Brown (Col.) -- the five
uncontested candidates -- are mentioned in the text. St. Senator
Cabaniss and Cong. Schneider will be in attendance.
McGroarty/Dooley
September 29, 1989
3:30 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. And let me
say hello to all the members of the Senate who have turned out
tonight. To Mary Hart. And to another fine entertainer -- Lee
Atwater.
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having Some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [Pause]] Well we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
2
leave
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
in
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travalena -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
4
before ]]
hur's what Babara really David
[[You know, Fred, the other day I ran into Bob Dole.
Me
told me! "I know George Bush. George Bush is a friend of mine.
But George, let me tell you -- you're no Fred Travalena. ]
Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me....]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. I
want to congratulate all of you who have made these past ten
years ten of the very best years ever for the Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [[Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd ]] This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
3
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
from 1980 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
helped us launch the economic recovery -- 82 months and still
going strong. It helped us restore America to a position of
strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us put the
values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity back
where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
And a Republican Senate is within reach. Even a small shift
can put us back on top. In 1986, 35,000 more Republican votes in
the 6 tightest Senate races would have given us a 51-49 majority.
Think about that: That's a fraction of 1 percent of all votes
cast.
We're privileged to have here tonight two of the talented
candidates who can help us take back the Senate: Claudine
Schneider and Bill Cabaniss. Along with Lynn Martin, Tom Tauke
and Hank Brown -- that makes 5 great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
4
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Document No.
047555 JJ
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/28/89
9/29/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
0
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WRAY
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
012 : 8v I PEP 68
comment
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
No
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Document No. UTTSSS JJ
BND has Copy
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/28/89
9/29/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
WRAY
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
N/C
&
9/29/84 29 29 dES 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
THANK YOU, DON [SEN. NICKLES] -- AND THANK YOU FOR
THE FINE WORK YOU'RE DOING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE INNER
CIRCLE. AND LET ME SAY HELLO TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE WHO HAVE TURNED OUT TONIGHT. To MARY HART. AND
TO ANOTHER FINE ENTERTAINER -- LEE ATWATER.
- 2 -
BARBARA AND I ARE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE -- DELIGHTED
TO SEE so MANY FRIENDLY FACES.
AND I'M DELIGHTED TO BE IN WASHINGTON. IN THE PAST
TEN DAYS I'VE BEEN TO NEW JERSEY, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS,
NEW YORK, VIRGINIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND MARYLAND.
- 3 -
I TOLD JOHN SUNUNU I'D DONE ENOUGH TRAVELLING FOR
AWHILE -- AND HE PROMISED HE'D KEEP ME OFF AIR FORCE
ONE. THAT'S WHY I GOT A LITTLE BIT SUSPICIOUS WHEN HE
TOLD ME TONIGHT I'D BE GOING TO UNION STATION
[PAUSE]
I'VE KNOWN MANY OF YOU ACTIVE IN THE INNER CIRCLE
FOR YEARS, AND I'VE ALWAYS VALUED YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND
SUPPORT.
- 4 -
I AM PLEASED TO SHARE THIS EVENING WITH YOU AND so
MANY SPECIAL GUESTS. [[I HEARD I MISSED A GREAT
ROUTINE BY FRED TRAVALENA -- BUT BARBARA TELLS ME IT'S
NOTHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. ]]
TONIGHT IS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INNER
CIRCLE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE
MADE THESE PAST TEN YEARS TEN OF THE VERY BEST YEARS
EVER FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
- 5 -
BUT IT'S THE NEXT TEN YEARS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
TONIGHT -- AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THE 1990s THE DECADE THE
GRAND OLD PARTY BECOMES THE MAJORITY PARTY IN AMERICA.
I KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF BASEBALL FANS HERE.
[[MUST BE A FEW OLD SENATORS FANS IN THIS CROWD ]]
THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE TEAMS AT THE TOP ARE
WATCHING THAT MAGIC NUMBER THAT WILL BRING THEM THE
CHAMPIONSHIP,
- 6 -
WELL, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A MAGIC NUMBER OF ITS
OWN, AND THAT NUMBER IS 5: 5 SEATS STAND BETWEEN US
AND A SENATE MAJORITY. AND WE'VE GOT A LUCKY NUMBER,
TOO: 13 -- 13 MONTHS UNTIL THE 1990 ELECTIONS.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO MAKE TODAY THE FIRST DAY OF
THE REPUBLICAN "STRETCH DRIVE" FOR THE SENATE. AND
MAKE NO MISTAKE: WE CAN PUT THE SENATE BACK IN
REPUBLICAN HANDS.
- 7 -
AND I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT MEANS DOWN
ON MY END OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO HAVE A MAJORITY ON
THE HILL. PRESIDENT REAGAN AND I HAD A REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY IN THE SENATE FROM 1980 TO 1986. IN THOSE SIX
YEARS, STEADY SENATE SUPPORT HELPED US LAUNCH THE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY -- 82 MONTHS AND STILL GOING STRONG.
- 8 -
IT HELPED US RESTORE AMERICA TO A POSITION OF STRENGTH
AND RESPECT IN THE WORLD -- AND IT HELPED US PUT THE
VALUES OF FAITH, FAMILY, HONEST WORK AND OPEN
OPPORTUNITY BACK WHERE THEY BELONG: AT THE CENTER OF
ALL AMERICA STANDS FOR.
AND A REPUBLICAN SENATE IS WITHIN REACH. EVEN A
SMALL SHIFT CAN PUT US BACK ON TOP.
- 9 -
IN 1986, 35,000 MORE REPUBLICAN VOTES IN THE 6 TIGHTEST
SENATE RACES WOULD HAVE GIVEN US A 51-49 MAJORITY.
THINK ABOUT THAT: THAT'S A FRACTION OF 1 PERCENT OF
ALL VOTES CAST.
- 10 -
WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HERE TONIGHT TWO OF THE
TALENTED CANDIDATES WHO CAN HELP US TAKE BACK THE
SENATE: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER AND BILL CABANISS. ALONG
WITH LYNN MARTIN, ToM TAUKE AND HANK BROWN -- THAT
MAKES 5 GREAT REASONS WE'RE LOOKING TO 1990 TO BE THE
BEGINNING OF THE GOP DECADE.
I HOPE YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC -- BECAUSE I AM. THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS BUILDING AN AGENDA FOR THE 1990s --
AN AGENDA FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY.
- 11 -
WHATEVER THE ISSUES -- ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE WAR ON
DRUGS. THE ENVIRONMENT. EDUCATION. AMERICA'S PLACE
IN A CHANGING WORLD: WE'RE THE PARTY WITH IDEAS.
WE'RE THE PARTY WITH EXPERIENCE. WE'RE THE PARTY WITH
SOLUTIONS.
WE OCCUPY THE HIGH GROUND. WE STAND FOR THE SOLID
VALUES OF MAINSTREAM AMERICA. IT'S TIME THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY BECAME THE MAJORITY PARTY -- THE PARTY AMERICA
PUTS ITS FAITH IN.
= 12 -
THAT'S OUR GOAL FOR THE 1990s. AND WITH THE INNER
CIRCLE'S HELP, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE SENATE OUR FIRST
STEP. [ [AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER SETTING THAN
THIS, TO POINT OUT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ON THE
RIGHT TRACK, AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE'LL LEAVE OUR
OPPONENTS AT THE STATION. ]] [PAUSE]
It's BEEN MY PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU TONIGHT. GOD
BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 29, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
DANIEL McGROARTY Mur
SUBJECT: REMARKS AT REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
I. SUMMARY
On Monday, October 2, at 9:00 p.m., you will make brief
remarks at the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle Gala, at Union
Station. Approximately 2500 Inner Circle members will attend
this 10th anniversary celebration, which is closed to the press.
Approximately two dozen U.S. Senators will be in attendance.
Among the entertainers who will precede you is Fred Travalena,
who will be doing his impersonation of you.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks focus on the central role of the Inner Circle
in the Republican successes of the 1980s, and enlist its
membership in the effort to take back the Senate in 1990. Senate
Candidates Bill Cabaniss (Ala.), Claudine Schneider (R.I.), Tom
Tauke (Ia.), Lynn Martin (I1.) and Hank Brown (Col.) -- the five
uncontested candidates -- are mentioned in the text. St. Senator
Cabaniss and Cong. Schneider will be in attendance.
McGroarty/Dooley
September 29, 1989
3:30 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. And let me
say hello to all the members of the Senate who have turned out
tonight. To Mary Hart. And to another fine entertainer -- Lee
Atwater.
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
2
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travalena -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. ]]
[ [You know, Fred, the other day I ran into Bob Dole. He
told me: "I know George Bush. George Bush is a friend of mine.
But George, let me tell you -- you're no Fred Travalena. "]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me
]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. I
want to congratulate all of you who have made these past ten
years ten of the very best years ever for the Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd
]]
This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
3
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
from 1980 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
helped us launch the economic recovery -- 82 months and still
going strong. It helped us restore America to a position of
strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us put the
values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity back
where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
And a Republican Senate is within reach. Even a small shift
can put us back on top. In 1986, 35,000 more Republican votes in
the 6 tightest Senate races would have given us a 51-49 majority.
Think about that: That's a fraction of 1 percent of all votes
cast.
We're privileged to have here tonight two of the talented
candidates who can help us take back the Senate: Claudine
Schneider and Bill Cabaniss. Along with Lynn Martin, Tom Tauke
and Hank Brown -- that makes 5 great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
4
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Document No.
077355 JJ
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/28/89
9/29/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE N/C
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
N/C
DARMAN
N/C
STUDDERT
N/C
BATES
N/C
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
N/C
WINSTON
a
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
N/C
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 28, 1989
1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49
5:00 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory
acknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate
leadership, VIPs in attendance.]
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. ]]
[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred
Trevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --
you're no George Bush. ]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me ]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I
want to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of
the Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have
made these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the
Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd
]] This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
from 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
helped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years
and still going strong. It helped us restore America to a
position of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us
put the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity
back where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
We're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented
men and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.
Claudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.
All proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [ [And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Lujan
McGroarty/Dooley
September 28, 1989
5:00 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
Mary T. Nart- intro Sen. 9:00 PM Nickles /singing?
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work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory
acknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate
there
leadership, VIPs in attendance.]
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
Travalena
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. ]]
[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred
Trevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --
you're no George Bush. ]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me....]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I
want to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of
the Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have
made these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the
Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd
]] This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
81-87-189.term
from 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
had 82 months
helped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years
Oct Month
and still going strong. It helped us restore America to a
position of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us
put the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity
back where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
We're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented
men and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.
Claudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU tee]. William Cabaniss.
All proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
Yodership Dolio
feel
sole duy pee
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. 1] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE house
WASHINGTON
September 29, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Republican Senatorial
Inner Circle Gala
The draft remarks are well written and should help
energize these important Republicans. We have no recommended
suggestions from a policy standpoint and approve the remarks as
written.
CC: James W. Cicconi
6:32
Document No.
047535 JJ
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/28/89
9/29/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WRAY
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
K,
RESPONSE:
29 : Ed 29 PEP 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 28, 1989
1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49
5:00 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory
acknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate
leadership, VIPs in attendance.]
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. ]]
[[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred
Trevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --
you're no George Bush ]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me
]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I
want to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of
the Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have
made these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the
Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd ]] This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
from 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
helped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years
and still going strong. It helped us restore America to a
position of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us
put the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity
back where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
We're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented
men and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.
Claudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.
All proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Document No.
077355 SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/28/89
9/29/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
0
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WRAY
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
89 SEP 29 A10 : 13
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 28, 1989
1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49
5:00 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory
acknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate
leadership, VIPs in attendance.]
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. ]]
[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred
Trevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --
you're no George Bush. ]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me ]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I
Life members
want to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of
the Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have
made these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the
Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd ]] This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
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Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
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I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
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American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
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That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Document No.
077355 ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/28/89
9/29/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WRAY
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
no comment
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 28, 1989
1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49
5:00 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory
acknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate
leadership, VIPs in attendance.]
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. ]]
[[ But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred
Trevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --
you're no George Bush. ]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me ]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I
want to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of
the Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have
made these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the
Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd
]] This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
from 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
helped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years
and still going strong. It helped us restore America to a
position of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us
put the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity
back where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
We're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented
men and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.
Claudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.
All proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 29, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Communications
FROM:
BRENT O. HATCH
Associate Counsel to the President
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks --- Republican Senatorial
Inner Circle Gala
Counsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced remarks. We
have no legal objections.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Document No.
077355 SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/28/89
9/29/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WRAY
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Clcconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 28, 1989
1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49
5:00 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory
acknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate
leadership, VIPs in attendance.]
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
I am pleased to share this evening with you and SO many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. 11
[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred
Trevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --
you're no George Bush. ]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me ]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I
want to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of
the Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have
made these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the
Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd
]] This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
from 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
helped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years
and still going strong. It helped us restore America to a
position of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us
put the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity
back where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
We're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented
men and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.
Claudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.
All proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
September 28, 1989
5:00 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory
acknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate
leadership, VIPs in attendance.]
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
so many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. ]]
[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred
Trevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --
you're no George Bush. ]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me ]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I
want to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of
the Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have
made these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the
Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd
]]
This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
from 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
helped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years
and still going strong. It helped us restore America to a
position of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us
put the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity
back where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
We're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented
men and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.
Claudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.
All proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Had there been
Total Turnout
44.million
214
Mationwise
Senate in 1/3-
~ 30 million
20,000,00
6,4,6,36-
615 6000
944- - 8560
35,489
Don Walter
5% or leas, Reps won
of ID races divided by
only 2
NO - cloarot Jull - Rims
120 voth
Document No.
077355 SS
called in
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
NC 9/29 SB
9/28/89
9/29/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WRAY
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
NC
RESPONSE:
LE : rd 29 SEP 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 28, 1989
1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49
5:00 pm
[INNER]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Thank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine
work you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory
acknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate
leadership, VIPs in attendance.]
Barbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see
SO many friendly faces.
And I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days
I've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,
Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd
done enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me
off Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when
he told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station
[Pause]
I've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,
and I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and
I remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few
months before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd
like to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger
house. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the
Inner Circle's gotten bigger, too.
I am pleased to share this evening with you and so many
special guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred
Travelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen
before. ]]
[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred
Trevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --
you're no George Bush. ]]
[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in
common: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been
all over me ]]
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I
want to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of
the Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have
made these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the
Republican Party.
But it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --
and how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party
becomes the majority party in America.
I know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a
few old Senators fans in this crowd
]] This is the time of
year when the teams at the top are watching that magic number
that will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican
Party has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5
seats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a
lucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.
That's why we've got to make today the first day of the
Republican "stretch drive" for the Senate. And make no mistake:
we can put the Senate back in Republican hands.
And I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my
end of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.
President Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate
from 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support
helped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years
and still going strong. It helped us restore America to a
position of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us
put the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity
back where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.
We're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented
men and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.
Claudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.
All proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to
1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.
I hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican
Party is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new
American Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The
war on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a
changing world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party
with experience. We're the party with solutions.
We occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of
mainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the
majority party -- the party America puts its faith in.
That's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's
help, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I
can't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the
Republican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll
leave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]
It's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
# # #