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Digitized from Box 32 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
POOL REPORT
From Pool Number 15
Airport reception, motorcade, cattle barn
October 9, 1976
There are a few quotes back at the airport. At the private reception at
Love Field terminal, the President met with about 200 supporters of the
President from throughout Texas -- some of them Democrats for Ford,
Independents for Ford, and heads of other committee.
Connally said that "Today begins a massive campaign to keep the momentum
going from the past 30 days." Connally said, "The last 30 days have shown that
President Ford is on the right side. Carter is on the wrong side." Said
Connally, "President Ford is a friend of Texas."
The President got up to speak had one slight goof, saying that last night he
was in Lawton, Texas. Everybody groaned. Connally stepped in to save
him by saying, "Mr. President, you don't have to go that far to show your
bi-partisan support."
The President repeated his joke of last night in Lawton that if Carter were
attending the football game today, "My opponent would do his best to sit on
both sides. "
The President then started talking about Carter's denial of the $15 billion
defense cut, and he said, "We have two verifications that Carter did say
that. 11 "And," -said the President, "You just can't believe him. " From back
behind the President came the word from John Connally, "Amen." And the
President said, "If you buy Carter, you buy weakness. 11 Those are the most
important quotes from that reception.
Ann Compton gave a play-by-play of the motorcade. I just have one thing
to add. John Conally, who rode on the jump seat throughout the motorcade,
got out of the car. We asked him if he had had any apprehension about the
motorcade. He said, no, "I never felt any different about this city than any
other city in the United States. It just happened to be the locale of an evil
mind" referring, of course, to the Kennedy assassination. "I was delighted
to see the warm and wonderful reception he got."
We are now in the swine barn where we are getting our swine flu shots.
Phil Jones
Tom DeFrank
Joe Albright
Mr. Ajemian
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