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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/12/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
01 :6v 21 100.68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 11, 1989
1989 OCT 11 PM 6: 21
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
REPUBLICAN EAGLES LUNCHEON REMARKS
I. SUMMARY:
On Friday, October 13, 1989, you will deliver brief remarks
after lunch (12:00 p.m.) to the Republican Eagles. The crowd
will consist of approximately 550 Eagle members. Bobby Holt will
introduce you; you will then speak for 10 minutes. The text will
be teleprompted.
II. DISCUSSION:
of course, you are expected to thank the Eagles for their
leadership and support. But this speech also recaps some of the
high points of the year: the House capital gains vote, the
education summit, and the continued growth of the economy. Then
this speech offers a call to arms to elect Republicans at every
level, to overthrow the Democrat gerrymander, and to reach out to
every community.
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 11, 1989
Draft: Two
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
((Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox.) )
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party. And, of course, it's always a
pleasure to see our outstanding Co-Chairman, Jeanie Austin, who's
brought her own brand of Florida know-how to the RNC.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan and one of my oldest and
dearest friends -- ((As they say in Midland, I'd know your ashes
in a whirlwind.) Bobby, I'm glad you bring the same drive to
the Eagles program that you brought to the Inaugural. Nancy
Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus, our Treasurer.
((You know, people think I'm active. But Bill makes me look like
a veritable couch potato. And yet he still is the only man in
America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. ")
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
2
((Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to let the other party use the name. Can you
imagine it?\\ The Democratic Turkeys?\\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House, including some 64 Democrats, voted for
capital gains tax cut. The courageous stand taken by so many
Members of Congress shows that Washington is realizing what the
business community has always known: we must join the other major
industrial powers in favoring investment and economic growth --
in other words, jobs and opportunity for all Americans. ((And
capitorgains differential
as for those who still oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I
think there should be an education summit just for liberals. ))
Which brings me to our next example.
Two weeks ago, I invited joined the governors in a summit -- only
to
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss historic
reform of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed
to set national goals, to require accountability, and to permit
states, localities and schools the flexibility they need to meet
these higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact -- we
3
called it a Jeffersonian Compact -- between president and
principal, governors and teachers, parents and students, to save
our schools.
One more example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor
Hugo said that there is no army that can match an idea whose time
has come. Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on
the march abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home.
In fact, under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million
new jobs as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the
longest peacetime expansion in modern American history. ((In
short, the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark
has done for the San Francisco Giants.) )
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of opportunity. Will this progress continue? Yes, but
only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on those promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
4
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. I have sent proposed legislation to Congress which
calls for new federal standards for fair redistricting. Our
distinguished Republican leaders, Bob Dole and Bob Michel, have
introduced this legislation which I urge Congress to enact. It
is time we stand up, and make our case in the Congress, in the
courts, in the media and with the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
in state legislative races and governorships. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century.
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
those
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
voting bloc
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
5
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For everything that you have done for our great party and
country and are pledged to do, I thank you. God bless you and
God bless America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 11, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
REPUBLICAN EAGLES LUNCHEON REMARKS
I. SUMMARY:
On Friday, October 13, 1989, you will deliver brief remarks
after lunch (12:00 p.m.) to the Republican Eagles. The crowd
will consist of approximately 550 Eagle members. Bobby Holt will
introduce you; you will then speak for 10 minutes. The text will
be teleprompted.
II. DISCUSSION:
of course, you are expected to thank the Eagles for their
leadership and support. But this speech also recaps some of the
high points of the year: the House capital gains vote, the
education summit, and the continued growth of the economy. Then
this speech offers a call to arms to elect Republicans at every
level, to overthrow the Democrat gerrymander, and to reach out to
every community.
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 11, 1989
Draft: Two
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
((Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox.) )
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party. And, of course, it's always a
pleasure to see our outstanding Co-Chairman, Jeanie Austin, who's
brought her own brand of Florida know-how to the RNC.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan and one of my oldest and
dearest friends -- ( (As they say in Midland, I'd know your ashes
in a whirlwind.) Bobby, I'm glad you bring the same drive to
the Eagles program that you brought to the Inaugural. Nancy
Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus, our Treasurer.
((You know, people think I'm active. But Bill makes me look like
a veritable couch potato. And yet he still is the only man in
America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. ") )
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
2
((Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to let the other party use the name. Can you
imagine it?\\ The Democratic Turkeys?\\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House, including some 64 Democrats, voted for
capital gains tax cut. The courageous stand taken by so many
Members of Congress shows that Washington is realizing what the
business community has always known: we must join the other major
industrial powers in favoring investment and economic growth --
in other words, jobs and opportunity for all Americans. ((And
as for those who still oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I
think there should be an education summit just for liberals.)
Which brings me to our next example.
Afewmonths AGO
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss historic
reform of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed
to set national goals, to require accountability, and to permit
states, localities and schools the flexibility they need to meet
(Twoweeks
these higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact -- we
3
called it a Jeffersonian Compact -- between president and
principal, governors and teachers, parents and students, to save
our schools.
One more example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor
Hugo said that there is no army that can match an idea whose time
has come. Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on
the march abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home.
In fact, under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million
new jobs as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the
longest peacetime expansion in modern American history. ((In
short, the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark
has done for the San Francisco Giants.) )
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of opportunity. Will this progress continue? Yes, but
only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on those promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
4
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. I have sent proposed legislation to Congress which
calls for new federal standards for fair redistricting. Our
distinguished Republican leaders, Bob Dole and Bob Michel, have
introduced this legislation which I urge Congress to enact. It
is time we stand up, and make our case in the Congress, in the
courts, in the media and with the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
in state legislative races and governorships. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century.
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
5
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For everything that you have done for our great party and
country and are pledged to do, I thank you. God bless you and
God bless America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 11, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
REPUBLICAN EAGLES LUNCHEON REMARKS
I. SUMMARY:
On Friday, October 13, 1989, you will deliver brief remarks
after lunch (12:00 p.m.) to the Republican Eagles. The crowd
will consist of approximately 550 Eagle members. Bobby Holt will
introduce you; you will then speak for 10 minutes. The text will
be teleprompted.
II. DISCUSSION:
of course, you are expected to thank the Eagles for their
leadership and support. But this speech also recaps some of the
high points of the year: the House capital gains vote, the
education summit, and the continued growth of the economy. Then
this speech offers a call to arms to elect Republicans at every
level, to overthrow the Democrat gerrymander, and to reach out to
every community.
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 11, 1989
Draft: Two
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
((Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox.) )
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party. And, of course, it's always a
pleasure to see our outstanding Co-Chairman, Jeanie Austin, who's
brought her own brand of Florida know-how to the RNC.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan and one of my oldest and
dearest friends -- ((As they say in Midland, I'd know your ashes
in a whirlwind.)) Bobby, I'm glad you bring the same drive to
the Eagles program that you brought to the Inaugural. Nancy
Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus, our Treasurer.
((You know, people think I'm active. But Bill makes me look like
a veritable couch potato. And yet he still is the only man in
America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. ") )
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
2
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to let the other party use the name.\\ Can you
imagine it?\\ The Democratic Turkeys?\\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House, including some 64 Democrats, voted for
capital gains tax cut. The courageous stand taken by so many
Members of Congress shows that Washington is realizing what the
business community has always known: we must join the other major
industrial powers in favoring investment and economic growth --
in other words, jobs and opportunity for all Americans. ( (And
as for those who still oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I
think there should be an education summit just for liberals.) )
Which brings me to our next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss historic
reform of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed
to set national goals, to require accountability, and to permit
states, localities and schools the flexibility they need to meet
these higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact -- we
3
called it a Jeffersonian Compact -- between president and
principal, governors and teachers, parents and students, to save
our schools.
One more example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor
Hugo said that there is no army that can match an idea whose time
has come. Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on
the march abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home.
In fact, under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million
new jobs as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the
longest peacetime expansion in modern American history. ((In
short, the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark
has done for the San Francisco Giants.) )
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of opportunity. Will this progress continue? Yes, but
only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on those promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
4
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. I have sent proposed legislation to Congress which
calls for new federal standards for fair redistricting. Our
distinguished Republican leaders, Bob Dole and Bob Michel, have
introduced this legislation which I urge Congress to enact. It
is time we stand up, and make our case in the Congress, in the
courts, in the media and with the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
in state legislative races and governorships. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century.
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
8
5
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For everything that you have done for our great party and
country and are pledged to do, I thank you. God bless you and
God bless America.
#
#
#
080226SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/11/89 3:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
N/C
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
N/C
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS N/C
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, 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
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
( (Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox. ))\\
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
mention Jeanie austin
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
and one of my oldest and dearest fricuds
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ((You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. "))\\
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
The House, including some 64 Democrats,
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choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
other party. \\ Can you imagine it? The Democratic
Turkeys? \\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
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Example: The House ((and now the Senate) has has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. \\ The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. \\\ ( (And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical historic reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
we called it a
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
L
Jeffersonian compact-
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools.
One more
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. \\ ( (In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
0
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
I have sent proposed legislation to Congress which calls for new
federal standords for fair redistricting. Our distingucshed
Republican leaders, Bob Dole and Bob schel, have introduced this
legislation which I urge Congress 4 to enact,
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. It is time we stand up, and make our case to in the Congress,
in
WITH
in the courts, the media and A the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
Threbest way stet
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
into state legislative races and governorship. S In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century.
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
5
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
everything
(for aur great party and coun the
For all that you have done 1 and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
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DATE:
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
11 100 68
a
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
((Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox. ) )
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan -- ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ( (You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. "))\\
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
2
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
other party. Can you imagine it?\ The Democratic
Turkeys?\ ))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House ((and now the Senate)) has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. III ((And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools. \\
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. ( (In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
4
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. It is time we stand up, and make our case to the
courts, the media and the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
into state legislative races and governorship. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
5
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For all that you have done and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 11, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
AMY L. SCHWARTZ ALS
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks to Republican Eagles
I have reviewed the draft Presidential remarks for Counsel's
Office and have no legal objections.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
€0 59 11 130.68
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DATE:
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
CK S.R 10/11
RESPONSE:
It :td II 100.68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
((Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox.)) \\
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan -- ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ( (You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. "))\\
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
2
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
other party. Can you imagine it? The Democratic
Turkeys?\ ))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House ( (and now the Senate) ) has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. ( (And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools.
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. ( (In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
4
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. It is time we stand up, and make our case to the
courts, the media and the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
into state legislative races and governorship. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
5
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For all that you have done and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
080226SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/11/89 3:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: no Comment
89 OCT 11 P3:22
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
( (Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox. ))\\
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan -- ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ( (You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny." ) )
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
2
bird. 11 And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
other party. Can you imagine it?\ The Democratic
Turkeys? \\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House ( (and now the Senate) ) has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. ( (And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools.
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. ((In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
4
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. It is time we stand up, and make our case to the
courts, the media and the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
into state legislative races and governorship. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
5
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For all that you have done and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
080226SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/11/89 3:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
breeden
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Chriss: a few comments. Please be sure to add the comjliment
to Booby Holt. also, can we substitute a 25 ref. old to EEurope 11 130 68
for some of the excess verbiage? Thanks
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
yr
Ext. 2702
10/11
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
((Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox. )) \\
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
oldest and dearest friends-
and one of my
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan -- ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ( (You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. "))\\
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
2
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
other party. Can you imagine it? The Democratic
Turkeys?\ \\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House ( (and now the Senate) ) has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. ( (And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools. \\
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. \\ ( (In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
Those
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
4
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. It is time we stand up, and make our case to the
courts, the media and the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end. \\
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
in
state legislative races and governorship. In this
way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century. \\
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
5
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For all that you have done and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Sounds like This Bud's for you"
should follow
080226SS
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/11/89 3:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
pls. see Comments, pp. 2,3,4.
20 10/11/89 Ed II 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
( (Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox. ))
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan -- ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ( (You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. "))
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America. 11
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
the turtung.
let other the pring the vid may 2
bird
And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
?
other party. Can you imagine it?\\ The Democratic
Turkeys?\\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
unlikely by Friday.
Example: The House ( (and now the Senate) ) has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. ( (And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools.
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. ( (In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition elections.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
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redistricting. Our distinguished Republican leaders,
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The If WO best are way going to ensure to get a fair chance in Congress, WO must is to
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
into state legislative races and governorship. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century.
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
5
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For all that you have done and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
080226SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/11/89 3:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
20 Ed 11 100 68 11
No Commas 10/11/89 10/11 189
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 11, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Republican Eagles
The draft Presidential remarks for the Republican Eagles
look fine. I have only one suggestion. I recommend deleting
the sentence in the second full paragraph on page two, which
reads, "and as for those who still oppose this tax cut, well,
sometimes I think there should be an education summit just for
liberals."
If you have any questions or if I can help in any further way,
please let me know.
OF :2d 11 100 68
080226SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/11/89 3:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, 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
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
( (Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox. ))\\
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan -- ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ( (You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. ) )
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
2
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
other party. Can you imagine it?\ The Democratic
Turkeys? ))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House ( (and now the Senate) ) has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. ( (And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools.
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. ((In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
4
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. It is time we stand up, and make our case to the
courts, the media and the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end. \\
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
into state legislative races and governorship. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century.
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
5
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For all that you have done and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
080226SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/11/89 3:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
see comments
RESPONSE:
OF : 2d II 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
((Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox. )) 11
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan -- ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ( (You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. ") )
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
2
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
other party. Can you imagine it?\ The Democratic
Turkeys? \\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
exact #
get
uncluding 60 some D'S!
Example: The House ( (and now the Senate) ) has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. ( (And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
we called Ta
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
Differsonia
compact
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools.
one
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. \\ ( (In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
4
protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. It is time we stand up, and make our case to the
courts, the media and the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
into state legislative races and governorship. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
5
Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For all that you have done and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
080226SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/11/89 3:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Excellant!
oh
1 Dow (10/11/89)
for
99 : did 11 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Date: Oct. 6, 1989
1989 OCT 10 PM 6: 48
Draft: One
Title: Eagles
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: REPUBLICAN EAGLES
Friday, Oct. 13, 1989
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m.
( (Thank you, but you can't kid me. I know all the applause
was really for the Silver Fox. )) \\
I want to thank Lee Atwater. As someone who once worked in
the Chairman's fourth floor office, I know the challenges you
face. And I know how well your leadership has set a steady
course for our Republican Party.
Jeanie Austin mention
Larry Bathgate, RNC Finance Chairman: You've done a great
job. All that we do, you help make possible.
And Bobby Holt, a fellow Texan -- ( (As they say in Midland,
I'd know your ashes in a whirlwind. )) Bobby, I'm glad you bring
the same drive to the Eagles program that you brought to the
Inaugural. Nancy Thawley, good to see you. And Bill McManus,
our Treasurer. ( (You know, people think I'm active. But Bill
makes me look like a veritable couch potato. And yet he still
is the only man in America who calls Ronald Reagan "Sonny. "))\\
It's good to see you. But most of all, I came here today to
recognize and thank a group of men and women who are not content
to follow, but must lead -- the Republican Eagles of America.
( (Our group is, of course, named after the national symbol
of America. But I'm sure you know that if Ben Franklin had his
way, our national symbol would have been another native American
2
bird. And had that been the case, then we would have had no
choice but to relinquish the appellation to the supporters of the
other party. Can you imagine it?\ The Democratic
Turkeys? \\))
The last time we met, the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom, and Washington was debating how the year would go. The
conventional wisdom held that for Republicans, this was to be the
year of living dangerously. It is now mid-October, and we can,
instead, look back to a year of achievement.
Example: The House ( (and now the Senate)) has voted to
eliminate the differential on the tax on capital gains. The
courageous stand taken by so many Members of Congress shows that
Washington is realizing what the business community has always
known: we must join the other major industrial powers in favoring
investment and economic growth -- in other words, jobs and
opportunity for all Americans. ( (And as for those who still
oppose this tax cut, well, sometimes I think there should be an
education summit just for liberals. )) Which brings me to our
next example.
Two weeks ago, I joined the governors in a summit -- only
the third of its kind in our history -- to discuss radical reform
of our educational system. For the first time, we agreed to set
national goals, to require accountability, and to permit states,
localities and schools the flexibility they need to met these
higher goals. We joined forces for a social compact between
3
president and principal, governors and teachers, parents and
students, to save our schools.
Example: Continued peace and prosperity. Victor Hugo said
that there is no army that can match an idea whose time has come.
Economic and political freedom is an idea that is on the march
abroad, and allows us unprecedented prosperity at home. In fact,
under Republican leadership, we have created 20 million new jobs
as we mark the 83rd month of economic growth -- the longest
peacetime expansion in modern American history. ((In short,
the Republican Party has done for America what Will Clark has
done for the San Francisco Giants. ))
So to put it simply, our party, the Republican Party, has
led America from the despondency and despair of the past, to a
new era of leadership and opportunity. Will this progress
continue? Yes, but only if Republicans continue to lead.
During the last decade, the two parties have battled for the
majority position -- the right to lead America. We will start to
know the outcome of this struggle in just a little more than one
year from today.
One party won the presidency by making promises; and kept
the presidency by delivering on these promises. But the other
party has retained its hold on Congress well into its third
decade, in part because it is afraid to meet us on a level field
of fair competition.
You know how the ugly gerrymander dilutes the votes of
Republican and Independent voters across America. We have
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protested this in the past; but now it is time for us to become
activists. It is time we stand up, and make our case to the
courts, the media and the American people: this form of
discrimination against voters must end.
If we are going to get a fair chance in Congress, we must
have a say in how Congressional and state legislative lines are
drawn. This makes it critical for us to invest our best efforts
into state legislative races and governorship. In this way,
Republican campaigns at the local and state level can support and
strengthen our bid for control of Congress.
Our vision is set: We are going to be the party that leads
the states. We are going to be the party that leads Congress.
And then we will be the party that leads America into the 21st
Century.
To do this, we must also reach out to new constituencies, to
campaign in the neighborhoods, the ghettoes, the barrios, once
considered to be the exclusive domain of the opposition. We are
going to reach out to new voters and reach out to broaden our
party.
So it all comes down to this: to win big, you must think
big. We must have the audacity -- not just to win more seats in
the House -- but to take back the Speaker's Chair. We must have
the temerity -- not just to reach out, but to win support in
every community, at every level.
Some observers look back at the elections of the 1980s, and
wonder if the Republicans have already seen their best days.
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Well, we have a saying in Texas: You can't tell which way the
train went by looking at the tracks. When the dust settles from
the 1990 election, this nation will be heading one way or the
other. I know that with the leadership and support of the
Eagles, America will be going in a Republican direction.
For all that you have done and are pledged to do, I thank
you. God bless you and God bless America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 11, 1988
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
From:
Jim Pinkerto
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Re:
Tom Anderson and Eagles drafts
Overall I think these speeches are fine. The Anderson
draft has a lot of good local color. I would check to see if
Miss Baxter (p.6) is still alive.
The Eagles speech has one booboo: "temerity" is defined as
"unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition." (p.4).
Other than that, I was particularly impressed by the optimism
expressed on p.3, beginning with the Victor Hugo quote. This
is the sort of forward-looking stuff that always worked so
well for Ronald Reagan. The American people, as a rule, want
to be uplifted, not told what their limits are.
One last thought: on p.2, graf 4, line 2, I would change
"radical" to the slightly softer "dramatic" or "historic. The
Eagles are not a radical group!
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