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    "ocrText": "Originally Processed With FOIA(s):\nFOIA Number:\nS\nFOIA\nMARKER\nThis is not a textual record. This is used as an\nadministrative marker by the George Bush Presidential\nLibrary Staff.\nRecord Group/Collection:\nGeorge H.W. Bush Presidential Records\nCollection/Office of Origin:\nSpeechwriting, White House Office of\nSeries:\nSpeech File Draft Files\nSubseries:\nChron File, 1989-1993\nOA/ID Number:\n13505\nFolder ID Number:\n13505-001\nFolder Title:\nRepublican Senatorial Inner Circle Gala 10/2/89 [OA 4390]\nStack:\nRow:\nSection:\nShelf:\nPosition:\nG\n25\n6\n5\n4\nSep 29,89 12:27 No.020 P.01\nREPUBLICAN SENATE COMM. TEL: 202-863-6083\nNational Republican Senatorial Committee\nSENATOR DON NICKLES\nCHAIRMAN\nCOVCE BOESCH\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\nFAX TRANSMITTAL SHEET\nTO:\nPeggy Dooler\nFROM:\nRoyal Roth Roya Rath\nDATE:\nFr,\nTIME:\n12:30\nReceiver telecopier #:\n456-6218\nTransmitter telecopier #: 202-675-6083\nPages to follow :\n3\nREPUBLICAN SENATE COMM. TEL: 202-863-6083\nSep 29,89 12:27 No.020 P.02\n10th ANNIVERSARY PRESIDENTIAL GALA\nSenator James Abdnor\nSouth Dakota\nLee Abdnon\nSouth Dakota\nLee Atwater, Chairman\nRepublican National Committee\nSally Atwater\nWashington, D.C.\nJeanne Austin, Co-Chairman\nRepublican National Committee\nJill Jackson\nRepublican National Committee\nDavid Bates\nSecretary to the Cabinet\nAnne Bates\nWashington, D.C.\nHonorable John Block\nSecretary of Agriculture\nSue Block\nSenator Rudy Boschwitz\nMinnesota\nEllen Boschwitz\nMinnesota\nFormer Secretary James H. Burnley, IV\nTransportation\nSenator Conrad Burns\nMontana\nPhyllis Burns\nMontana\nAndy Card\nDeputy to the Chief of Staff\nKathleen Card\nWashington, D.C.\nJim Cicconi\nDeputy to the Chief of Staff\nTrisha Cicconi\nSenator Dan Coats\nIndiana\nMarsha Coats\nIndiana\nSenator Thad Cochran\nMississippi\nRose Cochran\nMississippi\nSenator Pete Domenici\nNew Mexico\nNancy Domenici\nNew Mexico\nSenator Dave Durenberger\nMinnesota\nPenny Durenberger\nMinnesota\nREPUBLICAN SENATE COMM. TEL: 202-863-6083\nSep 29,89 12:27 No.020 P.03\nSentor Slade Gorton\nWashington\nSally Gorton\nWashington\nSarah Gorton\nWashington\nHonorable Bill Cabaniss\nAlabama\nCatherine Cabaniss\nAlabama\nHonorable Charles Petersmeyer\nDirector of National Service - White House\nSenator Phil Gramm\nTexas\nWendy Gramm\nTexas\nSenator Chuck Grassley\nIowa\nBarbara Grassley\nIowa\nHonorable Boyd Hollingsworth\nWhite House - Legislative Affairs\nDeena Hollingsworth\nWashington\nSenator Gordon Humphrey\nNew Hampshire\nSenator Jim Jeffords\nVermont\nLaurie Jeffords\nVermont\nSenator Bob Kasten\nWisconsin\nEva Kasten\nWisconsin\nRon Kaufman\nPresidential Personnel\nLisi Kaufman\nWashington, D.C.\nHonorable Fred MCClure\nWhite House - Legislative Affairs\nHarriett McClure\nWashington, D.C.\nSenator Jim McClure\nIdaho\nLouise McClure\nIdaho\nSenator Frank Murkowski\nAlaska\nNancy Murkowski\nAlaska\nSenator Bob Packwood\nOregon\nGeorgie Packwood\nOregon\nHonorable Jim Pinkerton\nWhite House - Policy Planning\nREPUBLICAN SENATE COMM. TEL: 202-863-6083\nSep 29,89 12:27 No. .020 P.04\nCongressman Bill Schuette\nMichigan\nCongresswoman Claudine Schneider\nRhode Island\nHonorable Richard Schweiker\nFormer Secretary of H.H.S.\nClaire Schweiker\nWashington, DC\nSenator Bill Scott\nVirginia\nInez Scott\nPennsylvania\nHonorable Bill Seidman\nChairman, F.D.I.C.\nSally Seidman\nWashington, D.C.\nSenator Ted Stevens\nAlaska\nCatherine Stevens\nAlaska\nSenator Steve Symms\nIdaho\nSenator Strom Thurmond\nSouth Carolina\nNancy Thurmond\nSouth Carolina\nSenator John Warner\nVirginia\nHonorable Jim Wray\nWhite House - Political Affairs\nSenator Kit Bond\nMissouri\nCarolyn Bond\nMissouri\nSenator Paula Hawkins\nFlorida\nAmbassador Carla Hills\nU.S. Trade Representative\nRoderick Hills\nWashington, DC\nSenator Pete Wilson\nCalifornia\nGayle Wilson\nCalifornia\nPRESIDENT\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 29, 1989\n1989 SEP 29 Fill 4: 04\nINFORMATION\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nTHROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON cw\nFROM:\nDANIEL McGROARTY Nuer\nSUBJECT: REMARKS AT REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nI. SUMMARY\nOn Monday, October 2, at 9:00 p.m., you will make brief\nremarks at the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle Gala, at Union\nStation. Approximately 2500 Inner Circle members will attend\nthis 10th anniversary celebration, which is closed to the press.\nApproximately two dozen U.S. Senators will be in attendance.\nAmong the entertainers who will precede you is Fred Travalena,\nwho will be doing his impersonation of you.\nII. DISCUSSION\nYour remarks focus on the central role of the Inner Circle\nin the Republ ican successes of the 1980s, and enlist its\nmembership in the effort to take back the Senate in 1990. Senate\nCandidates Bill Cabaniss (Ala.), Claudine Schneider (R.I.), Tom\nTauke (Ia.), Lynn Martin (Il.) and Hank Brown (Col.) -- the five\nuncontested candidates -- are mentioned in the text. St. Senator\nCabaniss and Cong. Schneider will be in attendance.\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 29, 1989\n3:30 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. And let me\nsay hello to all the members of the Senate who have turned out\ntonight. To Mary Hart. And to another fine entertainer -- Lee\nAtwater.\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having Some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [Pause]] Well we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\n2\nleave\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nin\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravalena -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\n4\nbefore ]]\nhur's what Babara really David\n[[You know, Fred, the other day I ran into Bob Dole.\nMe\ntold me! \"I know George Bush. George Bush is a friend of mine.\nBut George, let me tell you -- you're no Fred Travalena. ]\nFred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me....]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. I\nwant to congratulate all of you who have made these past ten\nyears ten of the very best years ever for the Republican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [[Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd ]] This is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\n3\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\nfrom 1980 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- 82 months and still\ngoing strong. It helped us restore America to a position of\nstrength and respect in the world -- and it helped us put the\nvalues of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity back\nwhere they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nAnd a Republican Senate is within reach. Even a small shift\ncan put us back on top. In 1986, 35,000 more Republican votes in\nthe 6 tightest Senate races would have given us a 51-49 majority.\nThink about that: That's a fraction of 1 percent of all votes\ncast.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight two of the talented\ncandidates who can help us take back the Senate: Claudine\nSchneider and Bill Cabaniss. Along with Lynn Martin, Tom Tauke\nand Hank Brown -- that makes 5 great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\n4\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nDocument No.\n047555 JJ\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n9/28/89\n9/29/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nBREEDEN\nROGERS\nCARD\nWINSTON\n0\nPINKERTON\nCICCONI\nWRAY\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my\noffice. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\n012 : 8v I PEP 68\ncomment\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nNo\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nDocument No. UTTSSS JJ\nBND has Copy\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n9/28/89\n9/29/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nBREEDEN\nROGERS\nCARD\nWINSTON\nCICCONI\nPINKERTON\nWRAY\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my\noffice. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nN/C\n&\n9/29/84 29 29 dES 68\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nREMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nTHANK YOU, DON [SEN. NICKLES] -- AND THANK YOU FOR\nTHE FINE WORK YOU'RE DOING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE INNER\nCIRCLE. AND LET ME SAY HELLO TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE\nSENATE WHO HAVE TURNED OUT TONIGHT. To MARY HART. AND\nTO ANOTHER FINE ENTERTAINER -- LEE ATWATER.\n- 2 -\nBARBARA AND I ARE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE -- DELIGHTED\nTO SEE so MANY FRIENDLY FACES.\nAND I'M DELIGHTED TO BE IN WASHINGTON. IN THE PAST\nTEN DAYS I'VE BEEN TO NEW JERSEY, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS,\nNEW YORK, VIRGINIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND MARYLAND.\n- 3 -\nI TOLD JOHN SUNUNU I'D DONE ENOUGH TRAVELLING FOR\nAWHILE -- AND HE PROMISED HE'D KEEP ME OFF AIR FORCE\nONE. THAT'S WHY I GOT A LITTLE BIT SUSPICIOUS WHEN HE\nTOLD ME TONIGHT I'D BE GOING TO UNION STATION\n[PAUSE]\nI'VE KNOWN MANY OF YOU ACTIVE IN THE INNER CIRCLE\nFOR YEARS, AND I'VE ALWAYS VALUED YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND\nSUPPORT.\n- 4 -\nI AM PLEASED TO SHARE THIS EVENING WITH YOU AND so\nMANY SPECIAL GUESTS. [[I HEARD I MISSED A GREAT\nROUTINE BY FRED TRAVALENA -- BUT BARBARA TELLS ME IT'S\nNOTHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. ]]\nTONIGHT IS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INNER\nCIRCLE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE\nMADE THESE PAST TEN YEARS TEN OF THE VERY BEST YEARS\nEVER FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.\n- 5 -\nBUT IT'S THE NEXT TEN YEARS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT\nTONIGHT -- AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THE 1990s THE DECADE THE\nGRAND OLD PARTY BECOMES THE MAJORITY PARTY IN AMERICA.\nI KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF BASEBALL FANS HERE.\n[[MUST BE A FEW OLD SENATORS FANS IN THIS CROWD ]]\nTHIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE TEAMS AT THE TOP ARE\nWATCHING THAT MAGIC NUMBER THAT WILL BRING THEM THE\nCHAMPIONSHIP,\n- 6 -\nWELL, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A MAGIC NUMBER OF ITS\nOWN, AND THAT NUMBER IS 5: 5 SEATS STAND BETWEEN US\nAND A SENATE MAJORITY. AND WE'VE GOT A LUCKY NUMBER,\nTOO: 13 -- 13 MONTHS UNTIL THE 1990 ELECTIONS.\nTHAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO MAKE TODAY THE FIRST DAY OF\nTHE REPUBLICAN \"STRETCH DRIVE\" FOR THE SENATE. AND\nMAKE NO MISTAKE: WE CAN PUT THE SENATE BACK IN\nREPUBLICAN HANDS.\n- 7 -\nAND I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT MEANS DOWN\nON MY END OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO HAVE A MAJORITY ON\nTHE HILL. PRESIDENT REAGAN AND I HAD A REPUBLICAN\nMAJORITY IN THE SENATE FROM 1980 TO 1986. IN THOSE SIX\nYEARS, STEADY SENATE SUPPORT HELPED US LAUNCH THE\nECONOMIC RECOVERY -- 82 MONTHS AND STILL GOING STRONG.\n- 8 -\nIT HELPED US RESTORE AMERICA TO A POSITION OF STRENGTH\nAND RESPECT IN THE WORLD -- AND IT HELPED US PUT THE\nVALUES OF FAITH, FAMILY, HONEST WORK AND OPEN\nOPPORTUNITY BACK WHERE THEY BELONG: AT THE CENTER OF\nALL AMERICA STANDS FOR.\nAND A REPUBLICAN SENATE IS WITHIN REACH. EVEN A\nSMALL SHIFT CAN PUT US BACK ON TOP.\n- 9 -\nIN 1986, 35,000 MORE REPUBLICAN VOTES IN THE 6 TIGHTEST\nSENATE RACES WOULD HAVE GIVEN US A 51-49 MAJORITY.\nTHINK ABOUT THAT: THAT'S A FRACTION OF 1 PERCENT OF\nALL VOTES CAST.\n- 10 -\nWE'RE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HERE TONIGHT TWO OF THE\nTALENTED CANDIDATES WHO CAN HELP US TAKE BACK THE\nSENATE: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER AND BILL CABANISS. ALONG\nWITH LYNN MARTIN, ToM TAUKE AND HANK BROWN -- THAT\nMAKES 5 GREAT REASONS WE'RE LOOKING TO 1990 TO BE THE\nBEGINNING OF THE GOP DECADE.\nI HOPE YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC -- BECAUSE I AM. THE\nREPUBLICAN PARTY IS BUILDING AN AGENDA FOR THE 1990s --\nAN AGENDA FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY.\n- 11 -\nWHATEVER THE ISSUES -- ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE WAR ON\nDRUGS. THE ENVIRONMENT. EDUCATION. AMERICA'S PLACE\nIN A CHANGING WORLD: WE'RE THE PARTY WITH IDEAS.\nWE'RE THE PARTY WITH EXPERIENCE. WE'RE THE PARTY WITH\nSOLUTIONS.\nWE OCCUPY THE HIGH GROUND. WE STAND FOR THE SOLID\nVALUES OF MAINSTREAM AMERICA. IT'S TIME THE REPUBLICAN\nPARTY BECAME THE MAJORITY PARTY -- THE PARTY AMERICA\nPUTS ITS FAITH IN.\n= 12 -\nTHAT'S OUR GOAL FOR THE 1990s. AND WITH THE INNER\nCIRCLE'S HELP, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE SENATE OUR FIRST\nSTEP. [ [AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER SETTING THAN\nTHIS, TO POINT OUT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ON THE\nRIGHT TRACK, AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE'LL LEAVE OUR\nOPPONENTS AT THE STATION. ]] [PAUSE]\nIt's BEEN MY PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU TONIGHT. GOD\nBLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\n# # #\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 29, 1989\nINFORMATION\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nTHROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON cw\nFROM:\nDANIEL McGROARTY Mur\nSUBJECT: REMARKS AT REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nI. SUMMARY\nOn Monday, October 2, at 9:00 p.m., you will make brief\nremarks at the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle Gala, at Union\nStation. Approximately 2500 Inner Circle members will attend\nthis 10th anniversary celebration, which is closed to the press.\nApproximately two dozen U.S. Senators will be in attendance.\nAmong the entertainers who will precede you is Fred Travalena,\nwho will be doing his impersonation of you.\nII. DISCUSSION\nYour remarks focus on the central role of the Inner Circle\nin the Republican successes of the 1980s, and enlist its\nmembership in the effort to take back the Senate in 1990. Senate\nCandidates Bill Cabaniss (Ala.), Claudine Schneider (R.I.), Tom\nTauke (Ia.), Lynn Martin (I1.) and Hank Brown (Col.) -- the five\nuncontested candidates -- are mentioned in the text. St. Senator\nCabaniss and Cong. Schneider will be in attendance.\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 29, 1989\n3:30 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. And let me\nsay hello to all the members of the Senate who have turned out\ntonight. To Mary Hart. And to another fine entertainer -- Lee\nAtwater.\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\n2\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravalena -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. ]]\n[ [You know, Fred, the other day I ran into Bob Dole. He\ntold me: \"I know George Bush. George Bush is a friend of mine.\nBut George, let me tell you -- you're no Fred Travalena. \"]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me\n]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. I\nwant to congratulate all of you who have made these past ten\nyears ten of the very best years ever for the Republican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd\n]]\nThis is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\n3\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\nfrom 1980 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- 82 months and still\ngoing strong. It helped us restore America to a position of\nstrength and respect in the world -- and it helped us put the\nvalues of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity back\nwhere they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nAnd a Republican Senate is within reach. Even a small shift\ncan put us back on top. In 1986, 35,000 more Republican votes in\nthe 6 tightest Senate races would have given us a 51-49 majority.\nThink about that: That's a fraction of 1 percent of all votes\ncast.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight two of the talented\ncandidates who can help us take back the Senate: Claudine\nSchneider and Bill Cabaniss. Along with Lynn Martin, Tom Tauke\nand Hank Brown -- that makes 5 great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\n4\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nDocument No.\n077355 JJ\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n9/28/89\n9/29/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE N/C\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nN/C\nDARMAN\nN/C\nSTUDDERT\nN/C\nBATES\nN/C\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nCARD\nN/C\nWINSTON\na\nPINKERTON\nCICCONI\nDEMAREST\nN/C\nWRAY\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my\noffice. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 28, 1989\n1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49\n5:00 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory\nacknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate\nleadership, VIPs in attendance.]\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. ]]\n[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred\nTrevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --\nyou're no George Bush. ]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me ]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I\nwant to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of\nthe Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have\nmade these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the\nRepublican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd\n]] This is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\nfrom 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years\nand still going strong. It helped us restore America to a\nposition of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us\nput the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity\nback where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented\nmen and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.\nClaudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.\nAll proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [ [And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nLujan\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 28, 1989\n5:00 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\nMary T. Nart- intro Sen. 9:00 PM Nickles /singing?\nFred\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nMB\nDole Sen Mrs. not Bush\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory\nacknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate\nthere\nleadership, VIPs in attendance.]\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\nTravalena\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. ]]\n[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred\nTrevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --\nyou're no George Bush. ]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me....]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I\nwant to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of\nthe Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have\nmade these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the\nRepublican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd\n]] This is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\n81-87-189.term\nfrom 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhad 82 months\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years\nOct Month\nand still going strong. It helped us restore America to a\nposition of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us\nput the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity\nback where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented\nmen and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.\nClaudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU tee]. William Cabaniss.\nAll proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nYodership Dolio\nfeel\nsole duy pee\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. 1] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nTHE WHITE house\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 29, 1989\nMEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON\nFROM:\nROGER B. PORTER\nRBP\nSUBJECT:\nPresidential Remarks: Republican Senatorial\nInner Circle Gala\nThe draft remarks are well written and should help\nenergize these important Republicans. We have no recommended\nsuggestions from a policy standpoint and approve the remarks as\nwritten.\nCC: James W. Cicconi\n6:32\nDocument No.\n047535 JJ\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n9/28/89\n9/29/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nWINSTON\nCARD\nPINKERTON\nCICCONI\nWRAY\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my\noffice. Thank you.\nK,\nRESPONSE:\n29 : Ed 29 PEP 68\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 28, 1989\n1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49\n5:00 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory\nacknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate\nleadership, VIPs in attendance.]\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. ]]\n[[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred\nTrevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --\nyou're no George Bush ]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me\n]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I\nwant to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of\nthe Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have\nmade these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the\nRepublican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd ]] This is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\nfrom 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years\nand still going strong. It helped us restore America to a\nposition of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us\nput the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity\nback where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented\nmen and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.\nClaudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.\nAll proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nDocument No.\n077355 SS\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n9/28/89\n9/29/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nWINSTON\nCARD\n0\nPINKERTON\nCICCONI\nWRAY\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my\noffice. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\n89 SEP 29 A10 : 13\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 28, 1989\n1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49\n5:00 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory\nacknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate\nleadership, VIPs in attendance.]\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. ]]\n[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred\nTrevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --\nyou're no George Bush. ]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me ]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I\nLife members\nwant to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of\nthe Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have\nmade these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the\nRepublican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd ]] This is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nEllen Conaway\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nyou\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on\nis 13% $6 we { 32000 my if\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\ncontributed Contri tonights s to state\nfrom 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support go\nevent will\nlong a way\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years helpins\nany Sente\nand still going strong. It helped us restore America to a cardidate,\nbut we\nposition of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us need\nput the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity out\nyou, physical\nback where they belong: at the center of all America stands for. fighting there\nWe're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented\nfor\nthen\nmen and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.\nin the\nfield.\nClaudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU tee]. William Bill Cabaniss.\nAdd\nfive\nAll proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to\nSomething\nlike\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nthis.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nadd Lynn martin\nwill\nnot\nHank Brown\nmention\nbe there\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nDocument No.\n077355 ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n9/28/89\n9/29/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nWINSTON\nCARD\nPINKERTON\nCICCONI\nWRAY\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my\noffice. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nno comment\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 28, 1989\n1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49\n5:00 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory\nacknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate\nleadership, VIPs in attendance.]\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. ]]\n[[ But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred\nTrevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --\nyou're no George Bush. ]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me ]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I\nwant to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of\nthe Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have\nmade these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the\nRepublican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd\n]] This is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\nfrom 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years\nand still going strong. It helped us restore America to a\nposition of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us\nput the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity\nback where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented\nmen and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.\nClaudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.\nAll proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 29, 1989\nMEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON\nDeputy Assistant to the President\nfor Communications\nFROM:\nBRENT O. HATCH\nAssociate Counsel to the President\nSUBJECT:\nPresidential Remarks --- Republican Senatorial\nInner Circle Gala\nCounsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced remarks. We\nhave no legal objections.\nThank you for the opportunity to review this matter.\nCC: James W. Cicconi\nDocument No.\n077355 SS\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n9/28/89\n9/29/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nBREEDEN\nROGERS\nWINSTON\nCARD\nPINKERTON\nCICCONI\nWRAY\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my\noffice. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nJames W. Clcconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 28, 1989\n1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49\n5:00 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory\nacknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate\nleadership, VIPs in attendance.]\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and SO many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. 11\n[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred\nTrevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --\nyou're no George Bush. ]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me ]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I\nwant to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of\nthe Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have\nmade these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the\nRepublican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd\n]] This is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\nfrom 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years\nand still going strong. It helped us restore America to a\nposition of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us\nput the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity\nback where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented\nmen and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.\nClaudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.\nAll proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 28, 1989\n5:00 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory\nacknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate\nleadership, VIPs in attendance.]\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nso many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. ]]\n[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred\nTrevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --\nyou're no George Bush. ]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me ]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I\nwant to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of\nthe Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have\nmade these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the\nRepublican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd\n]]\nThis is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\nfrom 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years\nand still going strong. It helped us restore America to a\nposition of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us\nput the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity\nback where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented\nmen and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.\nClaudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.\nAll proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #\nHad there been\nTotal Turnout\n44.million\n214\nMationwise\nSenate in 1/3-\n~ 30 million\n20,000,00\n6,4,6,36-\n615 6000\n944- - 8560\n35,489\nDon Walter\n5% or leas, Reps won\nof ID races divided by\nonly 2\nNO - cloarot Jull - Rims\n120 voth\nDocument No.\n077355 SS\ncalled in\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nNC 9/29 SB\n9/28/89\n9/29/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nWINSTON\nCARD\nPINKERTON\nCICCONI\nWRAY\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than 2:00 PM, Friday, September 29, with a copy to my\noffice. Thank you.\nNC\nRESPONSE:\nLE : rd 29 SEP 68\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nMcGroarty/Dooley\nSeptember 28, 1989\n1989 SEP 28 PM 5: 49\n5:00 pm\n[INNER]\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL INNER CIRCLE GALA\nUNION STATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.\nOCTOBER 2, 1989\n9:00 PM\nThank you, Don [Sen. Nickles] -- and thank you for the fine\nwork you're doing as Chairman of the Inner Circle. [Introductory\nacknowledgements. GOP Chairman Lee Atwater. Senators, Senate\nleadership, VIPs in attendance.]\nBarbara and I are delighted to be here -- delighted to see\nSO many friendly faces.\nAnd I'm delighted to be in Washington. In the past ten days\nI've been to New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,\nVirginia, South Carolina, and Maryland. I told John Sununu I'd\ndone enough travelling for awhile -- and he promised he'd keep me\noff Air Force One. That's why I got a little bit suspicious when\nhe told me tonight I'd be going to Union Station\n[Pause]\nI've known many of you active in the Inner Circle for years,\nand I've always valued your friendship and support. Barbara and\nI remember having some of you over to Observatory Hill just a few\nmonths before the '84 elections. We agreed back then that we'd\nlike to get together more often -- but we'd have to get a bigger\nhouse. [[Pause]] Well, we got that bigger house -- but the\nInner Circle's gotten bigger, too.\nI am pleased to share this evening with you and so many\nspecial guests. [[I heard I missed a great routine by Fred\nTravelina -- but Barbara tells me it's nothing I haven't seen\nbefore. ]]\n[ [But I will say this: I know Fred Trevelina. Fred\nTrevelina is a friend of mine. And Fred, let me tell you --\nyou're no George Bush. ]]\n[ [Fred, I just want you to know we've got something else in\ncommon: you've been on Johnny Carson -- and Johnny Carson's been\nall over me ]]\nTonight is the 10th anniversary of the Inner Circle. And I\nwant to congratulate an exclusive group: the charter members of\nthe Inner Circle. You -- and all of you who joined them -- have\nmade these past ten years ten of the very best years ever for the\nRepublican Party.\nBut it's the next ten years I want to talk about tonight --\nand how we can make the 1990s the decade the Grand Old Party\nbecomes the majority party in America.\nI know there are plenty of baseball fans here. [ [Must be a\nfew old Senators fans in this crowd\n]] This is the time of\nyear when the teams at the top are watching that magic number\nthat will bring them the championship. Well, the Republican\nParty has a magic number of its own, and that number is 5: 5\nseats stand between us and a Senate majority. And we've got a\nlucky number, too: 13 -- 13 months until the 1990 elections.\nThat's why we've got to make today the first day of the\nRepublican \"stretch drive\" for the Senate. And make no mistake:\nwe can put the Senate back in Republican hands.\nAnd I don't need to tell you how much it means down on my\nend of Pennsylvania Avenue to have a majority on the Hill.\nPresident Reagan and I had a Republican majority in the Senate\nfrom 1981 to 1986. In those six years, steady Senate support\nhelped us launch the economic recovery -- six and a half years\nand still going strong. It helped us restore America to a\nposition of strength and respect in the world -- and it helped us\nput the values of faith, family, honest work and open opportunity\nback where they belong: at the center of all America stands for.\nWe're privileged to have here tonight some of the talented\nmen and women who can help us take back the Senate. Tom Tauke.\nClaudine Schneider. Bill Schuette [SHU-tee]. William Cabaniss.\nAll proven legislators -- four great reasons we're looking to\n1990 to be the beginning of the GOP decade.\nI hope you're optimistic -- because I am. The Republican\nParty is building an agenda for the 1990s -- an agenda for a new\nAmerican Century. Whatever the issues -- economic growth. The\nwar on drugs. The environment. Education. America's place in a\nchanging world: We're the party with ideas. We're the party\nwith experience. We're the party with solutions.\nWe occupy the high ground. We stand for the solid values of\nmainstream America. It's time the Republican Party became the\nmajority party -- the party America puts its faith in.\nThat's our goal for the 1990s. And with the Inner Circle's\nhelp, we're going to make the Senate our first step. [[And I\ncan't think of a better setting than this, to point out that the\nRepublican Party is on the right track, and with your help, we'll\nleave our opponents at the station. ]] [Pause]\nIt's been my pleasure to join you tonight. God bless you,\nand God bless the United States of America.\n# # #"
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