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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(New York, New York)
For Immediate Release
October 12, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING FUNDRAISING DINNER
FOR RUDY GIULIANI
New York Hilton Hotel
New York, New York
7:34 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Bill, you did a
first-class job. And thank you -- please be seated -- and thank you
for those warm words and, most important, for all your hard work in
working for Rudy and making this a tremendously successful evening.
And it's always good to see our outstanding political
leaders. The Chairman of our party, Pat Barrett, is here.
(Applause.) Ralph Marino and Rap Rappleyea and -- (applause) -- and
with a certain pride, a former finance chairman of the state of New
York, my brother, John. (Applause.)
And last, but not least, are two of my best friends in
the state -- Senator Roy Goodman and -- (applause) -- and one of the
great movers and out-front people in my own election over a year ago,
Guy Molinari, who's here. (Applause.) And Al is here. And my pal,
Al D'Amato -- Al, welcome. I didn't see you come in. (Applause.)
I'll tell you something -- when we get into the tough
scrapes down there in the Senate, it is a joy to have this Senator on
our side. And he's doing a fine job. Welcome. (Applause.)
I hear that a guy went to Rudy a few weeks ago and said,
"Good news. I've got you the most powerful man in America for your
fundraiser." Rudy told him, "Look, we've already had Donald Trump."
(Laughter.)
But he asked me to come and speak on his behalf -- in a
city that I lost in last year's election. People say he has no sense
of humor? (Laughter and applause.)
My staff called Rudy's office last week, asking if there
was anything in particular the campaign would like me to say here.
And they came back with a one-word memo. True story. A phonetic
guide to pronouncing the word: "JEW-LEE-AH-NEE." (Laughter and
applause.)
So I've come here for two reasons. The first is to
endorse -- as strongly and as enthusiastically as I can -- the next
mayor of the City of New York -- Rudy Giuliani. Number one.
(Applause.)
And secondly, I urge every single one of you to support
Rudy's candidacy as energetically and as generously as you possibly
can because he deserves the backing of everyone who really wants to
bring this city totally back. And everyone who wants a mayor who
knows how to fight crime, crack and corruption -- and win. And
that's why we need your help here. (Applause.)
You know, Barbara and I lived not far from here when I
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served as U.N. Ambassador. And we had a terrific time. And flying
in today on Air Force One, seeing the magnificent skyline, I
remembered many of the wonderful things the city offers -- the sports
and, of course, the arts and music and dance. There's a certain pace
-- there's a certain pace to New York life -- an exciting, vibrant
atmosphere that no place else can match.
And in some ways, I'm thinking of the impacts that drugs
have had on this and other cities. And New York City isn't the city
in this regard that it used to be. But Rudy holds out the hope that
it can again become the city that it once was.
And most of us know him as America's great crime-fighter.
(Applause.) I told that to one of my grandkids. I said I'm going up
to meet America's greatest crime fighter -- he thought I was going to
New York to meet Batman. (Laughter.)
But seriously -- to try to pigeon-hole this guy as "just
one more crime-fighter" would be like dismissing Chuck Yeager as
"just another test pilot;" calling Teddy Roosevelt a "former police
commissioner." Rudy's the real thing. And I'm not talking about
quality of prosecutor. I'm talking about quality and heart of the
person. As one New York columnist put it -- a Democrat put it: "In
an era of lawlessness, he stood for law. In an era of private greed,
he stood for public service." (Applause.)
Born in Brooklyn of Italian parents who ran a local bar
and grill, while still in his 20's, he fought police corruption. His
cases literally became the stuff of movies. And what happened in his
next big case wouldn't be believed if Hollywood tried to put it into
a movie. It was "Rudy versus Goliath" -- an unknown Brooklyn kid,
barely 30 years old, against the United States congressman accused of
bribery. And the congressman broke down under Rudy's
cross-examination, stopped the trial and confessed on the spot.
And it really happened. The newspapers were in awe, and
Rudy's too modest to brag about it. But every generation or so,
there emerges a larger-than-life crime-buster who captures the public
imagination. And Teddy Roosevelt was one, and Thom Dewey and Elliot
Ness were others. And Rudy won his reputation, as they say, "the
old-fashioned way.' He earned it. (Applause.) And his secret has
been hard work, an innovative mind, unflagging idealism, and then
this flair for leadership. And he has imagination and energy. And
he's a man of ideas.
It was his brainstorm to use the existing RICO law and
use it in a way that had never been tried -- to attack the ruling
board of New York's crime families. And he did it without new
legislation. He did it without new resources. And he did it by
seeing what no one else had seen -- and by making it work.
And he has all the right instincts. He's fought not only
for criminal justice, but also social justice. Some years ago, the
ranks of the homeless here swelled when hundreds of mentally ill
people were stripped of Social Security benefits. But Rudy did the
right thing. He refused to go along. And The New York Times called
it, "one of his finest hours." And he took a stand -- for New York
and for the homeless.
And his leadership really and truly has earned respect
across America. In a recent letter, former Attorney General William
French Smith said without qualification that Rudy Giuliani has "done
more than any individual I know to extinguish the myth that crime is
an unconquerable and somehow tolerable presence in our society."
Rudy demonstrated to a skeptical nation that one man with
courage and conviction can make a difference. As U.S. Attorney, he
commanded about 160 troops. And think what he can do from City Hall.
(Applause.) Think of the energy, the renaissance, that this young
and imaginative leader can bring to New York.
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-- Rudy is the leader New York City needs in City Hall.
You see, he's right on the issues. And he's ready to
debate them one on one with his opponent. And frankly, debates are
good for democracy and I think they'd be very good for New York City,
too. (Applause.)
So my words, as one who loves this city -- lived here for
a couple of fascinating years -- New York, don't postpone your return
to good government, your return to greatness. Don't wait another
four years.
Okay, at this moment, Rudy's an underdog. But he reminds
me of Yogi Berra's description of the Miracle Mets of '69. Sure,
Yogi admitted, they were underdogs. But they were overwhelming
underdogs. (Laughter.)
Look, I've got a sense things are moving in this
campaign. Ever since I've come today, you can feel it and all the
pros are telling me it's happening. (Applause.) So take your polls
and do what you want with them. (Laughter.) He may be an underdog
at this moment, but New York loves an underdog. And he's a fighter
with overwhelming character. (Applause.)
So let's start now. Let's bring back New York. And
let's elect a winner -- the next mayor of this city -- Rudy Giuliani.
Thank you and God bless you. And God bless the City of
New York. (Applause.)
END
7:50 P.M. EDT
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In the war on drugs, no man in America has a better
chance of succeeding. Let's "take back the streets.' Let's bring
back New York.
Like many of us, Rudy knows what it's like to meet a
payroll, to run a business. In 1978, he was appointed by a court to
take over a bankrupt, strike-threatened coal company in Kentucky.
And he saved hundreds of jobs. Got the miners a raise, paid off the
creditors 100 cents on the dollar.
And he was the one to turn it around, and I honestly
believe that he's the one to turn around New York city. (Applause.)
People do get tired. They're tired of a city that can't
cope with New York's problems -- the shortage of affordable housing
and the decline of the school system and neighborhood tensions and
the homeless and the crumbling highways and bridges and tunnels. And
Rudy has the energy, the intelligence, and the will to solve New
York's problems.
He knows that when he becomes mayor he'll have the second
toughest job in America. The first, of course, is managing the New
York Yankees. (Laughter and applause.)
No, but this guy cares about New York. People always
wonder whether New York politicians are using their jobs as stepping
stones to Washington. But Rudy's the one who left Washington to help
clean up New York city, the city of his birth, his hometown.
And he's a family man. Just a few weeks ago -- my
beautiful dinner partner -- Donna gave birth to a daughter, Caroline.
Son Andrew, three and a half, now has a little sister. (Applause.)
And wouldn't it be nice to see those kids playing on the lawn at
Gracie Mansion? We'll send him 11 grandchildren to play with them.
(Applause.)
Now I've known Rudy for years and he's fiercely proud of
this town.
And he has a dream for New York. The dream is of a city
that gives everybody a chance -- in which everybody is free to make
the most of himself or herself. Rudy will create a New York where
that is possible. And he'll bring everyone together in this city --
because he S running for mayor of all New York.
Half a century ago, Mayor La Guardia inherited a city
bled by a decade of mismanagement and knavery. And on his first day
in office he swore in a new police commissioner with a single, blunt
message: "Drive out the racketeers -- or get out yourselves." And
at City Hall he bounded past a gauntlet of shouting reporters, giving
them only a four-word comment -- in Italian. "What the hell does
that mean? someone asked. "It means," said a newsman who knew both
Italian and La Guardia, "no more free lunch."
And with those words, Mayor La Guardia launched what many
consider 12 years of the best reform government in American urban
history. And it helped that his three terms as Mayor coincided
closely with FDR's 12 years in the White House. And they forged an
undeclared alliance that lifted New York up and brought back the lost
respect of the nation.
It's time to bring the Big Apple all the way back. And I
want Rudy to know -- and I want New York to know -- that Mayor
Giuliani will have a friend in the Oval Office that looks forward to
working with him for the benefit of New York city. (Applause.)
As I thought back of the history of the city, I thought
that like La Guardia, our man is an American original, an American
hero. And a world-class city deserves a world-class mayor. And
time's running out. Resources are scarce. The stakes are high. And
if the problems are to be solved -- and not simply put off, postponed
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Jeff Murray
REMARKS: RUDY GIULIANI FUNDRAISER DINNER
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NEW YORK HILTON HOTEL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989
7:30 P.M.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, BILL ( (KOH-PELL ) FOR
THOSE WARM WORDS AND FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN MAKING
TONIGHT A SUCCESS.
ADD
AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE OUR OUTSTANDING
ADD
SENATOR AL D'AMATO AND CONGRESSMAN BILL GREEN, AND OF
COURSE, NEW YORK'S GREAT REPUBLICAN FINANCE CHIEF MY
the
BROTHER JONATHAN BUSH. [[PAUSE]]
and, of course
great Repulican finance oneof NY's
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, ARE TWO OF leaders. MY BEST greats.,Anan
FRIENDS IN THE STATE -- SENATOR ROY GOODMAN, AND ONE OF
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THE GREAT SECRETS OF MY SUCCESS -- GUY MOLINARI.
[[PAUSE]] movers in of any election onexr ago
I HEAR GUY [[MOLINARI]] WENT TO RUDY A FEW WEEKS
AGO AND SAID: "GOOD NEWS. I GOT YOU THE MOST POWERFUL
MAN IN AMERICA FOR YOUR FUNDRAISER." RUDY TOLD HIM:
"GUY, WE'VE ALREADY HAD DONALD TRUMP." [[PAUSE]]
RUDY ASKED ME TO COME AND SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF --
IN A CITY I LOST IN LAST YEAR'S ELECTION. [[PAUSE]]
AND PEOPLE SAY HE HAS NO SENSE OF HUMOR. [[PAUSE]]
- 2 -
MY STAFF CALLED RUDY'S OFFICE LAST WEEK, ASKING IF
THERE WAS ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THE CAMPAIGN (WOUCD D LIKE ME
TO SAY HERE. THEY CAME BACK WITH A ONE-WORD MEMO.
TRUE STORY. IT WAS A PHONETIC GUIDE TO PRONOUNCING THE
WORD: "JEW-LEE-AH-NEE." [[PAUSE]]
I'VE COME TO NEW YORK FOR TWO REASONS. THE FIRST
IS TO ENDORSE -- AS STRONGLY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY AS I
CAN -- THE NEXT MAYOR OF NEW YORK: RUDY GIULIANI.
[[PAUSE]]
SECONDLY, I URGE ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT RUDY'S
CANDIDACY AS ENERGETICALLY AND AS GENEROUSLY AS YOU
CAN.
RUDY DESERVES THE BACKING OF EVERYONE WHO REALLY
WANTS TO BRING BACK NEW YORK CITY. EVERYONE WHO WANTS
A MAYOR WHO KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT CRIME, CRACK AND
CORRUPTION - AND WIN. [[PAUSE]]
- 3 -
YOU KNOW, BARBARA AND I LIVED NOT FAR FROM HERE
WHEN I SERVED AS U.N. AMBASSADOR. WE HAD A TERRIFIC
TIME. AND FLYING IN TODAY, SEEING THE MAGNIFICENT
SKYLINE, I REMEMBERED MANY OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THE
CITY OFFERS, THE SPORTS, ART, MUSIC AND DANCE. THERE'S
A CERTAIN PACE TO LIFE HERE - -- AN EXCITING, VIBRANT
ATMOSPHERE THAT NO PLACE ELSE CAN MATCH.
*
IN SOME WAYS, NEW YORK ISN'T THE CITY IT USED TO BE.
BUT RUDY HOLDS OUT THE HOPE THAT IT CAN AGAIN BECOME
THE CITY IT ONCE WAS.
MOST OF US KNOW HIM AS AMERICA'S GREATEST CRIME-
FIGHTER. [[PAUSE]] I TOLD THAT TO ONE OF MY
GRANDKIDS, AND HE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO NEW YORK TO
MEET BATMAN! [[PAUSE]]
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have had on this 30ther cities -
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and
- 4 -
BUT SERIOUSLY -- TO PIGEON-HOLE RUDY GIULIANI AS
"JUST ANOTHER CRIME-FIGHTER" WOULD BE LIKE DISMISSING
THE YOUNG CHUCK YEAGER AS "JUST ANOTHER TEST PILOT," OR
CALLING THE YOUNG TEDDY ROOSEVELT A "FORMER POLICE
COMMISSIONER." RUDY GIULIANI IS THE REAL THING. I'M
NOT TALKING ABOUT QUALITY OF PROSECUTOR. I'M TALKING
ABOUT QUALITY OF PERSON. AS ONE NEW YORK COLUMNIST, A
DEMOCRAT, PUT IT: "IN AN ERA OF LAWLESSNESS, HE STOOD
FOR LAW. IN AN ERA OF PRIVATE GREED, HE STOOD FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE."
BORN IN BROOKLYN OF ITALIAN PARENTS WHO RAN A
LOCAL BAR AND GRILL, WHILE STILL IN HIS TWENTIES HE
FOUGHT POLICE CORRUPTION. RUDY'S CASES LITERALLY
BECAME THE STUFF OF MOVIES. AND WHAT HAPPENED IN HIS
NEXT BIG CASE WOULDN'T BE BELIEVED IF HOLLYWOOD TRIED
TO PUT IT IN A MOVIE. IT WAS "RUDY VERSUS GOLIATH" --
AN UNKNOWN BROOKLYN KID, BARELY 30 YEARS OLD, AGAINST A
UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN ACCUSED OF BRIBERY. THE
CONGRESSMAN BROKE DOWN UNDER RUDY'S CROSS-EXAMINATION.
STOPPED THE TRIAL. AND CONFESSED ON THE SPOT.
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IT REALLY HAPPENED. THE NEWSPAPERS WERE IN AWE.
RUDY'S TOO MODEST TO BRAG ABOUT IT. BUT, EVERY
GENERATION OR so, THERE EMERGES A LARGER THAN LIFE
CRIME-BUSTER WHO CAPTURES THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT WAS ONE. THOMAS E. DEWEY AND ELLIOT
NESS WERE OTHERS. RUDY WON HIS REPUTATION, AS THEY
SAY, "THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY." HE EARNED IT. HIS
SECRET HAS BEEN HARD WORK, AN INNOVATIVE MIND,
UNFLAGGING IDEALISM, AND A FLAIR FOR LEADERSHIP. HE
HAS IMAGINATION AND ENERGY. AND HE IS A MAN OF IDEAS.
DELETE" dust off" ADD" use"
IT WAS RUDY'S BRAINSTORM TO USE THE EXISTING RICO
LAW AND USE IT IN A WAY THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TRIED: TO
ATTACK THE RULING BOARD OF NEW YORK'S CRIME FAMILIES.
HE DID IT WITHOUT NEW LEGISLATION. HE DID IT WITHOUT
NEW RESOURCES. HE DID IT BY SEEING WHAT NO ONE ELSE
HAD SEEN -- AND BY MAKING IT WORK.
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AND HE HAS ALL THE RIGHT INSTINCTS. HE'S FOUGHT
NOT ONLY FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE, BUT ALSO SOCIAL JUSTICE.
SOME YEARS AGO, THE RANKS OF THE HOMELESS HERE SWELLED
WHEN HUNDREDS OF MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE WERE STRIPPED OF
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. RUDY "DID THE RIGHT THING."
HE REFUSED TO GO ALONG. THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLED IT,
"ONE OF HIS FINEST HOURS." HE TOOK A STAND -- FOR NEW
YORK -- AND FOR THE HOMELESS.
RUDY'S LEADERSHIP HAS EARNED RESPECT ACROSS
AMERICA. IN A RECENT LETTER, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH SAID, WITHOUT QUALIFICATION, THAT
RUDY GIULIANI HAS "DONE MORE THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL I KNOW
TO EXTINGUISH THE MYTH THAT CRIME IS AN UNCONQUERABLE
AND SOMEHOW TOLERABLE PRESENCE IN OUR SOCIETY."
RUDY DEMONSTRATED TO A SKEPTICAL NATION THAT ONE
MAN WITH COURAGE AND CONVICTION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AS U.S. ATTORNEY, HE COMMANDED ABOUT 160 TROOPS. THINK
WHAT HE CAN DO FROM CITY HALL. THINK OF THE ENERGY,
THE RENAISSANCE, THAT THIS YOUNG AND IMAGINATIVE LEADER
CAN BRING TO NEW YORK.
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IN THE WAR ON DRUGS, HE WAS A FOUR-STAR GENERAL.
HE WAS A WAR HERO.
NO MAN IN AMERICA HAS A BETTER
CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING. LET'S "TAKE BACK THE STREETS."
LET'S BRING BACK NEW YORK.
LIKE MANY OF US, RUDY ALSO KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
MEET A PAYROLL. TO RUN A BUSINESS. IN 1978, RUDY WAS
APPOINTED BY A COURT TO TAKE OVER A BANKRUPT, STRIKE-
THREATENED COAL COMPANY IN KENTUCKY. HE SAVED HUNDREDS
OF JOBS. GOT THE MINERS A RAISE AND PAID OFF THE
CREDITORS -- 100 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR.
RUDY WAS THE ONE TO TURN IT AROUND. AND RUDY'S
THE ONE TO TURN AROUND NEW YORK CITY. [[PAUSE]]
NEW YORKERS ARE TIRED OF A CITY HALL THAT CAN'T
COPE WITH NEW YORK'S PROBLEMS: THE SHORTAGE OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE DECLINE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM,
NEIGHBORHOOD TENSIONS, THE HOMELESS, AND THE CRUMBLING
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND TUNNELS. RUDY HAS THE ENERGY,
THE INTELLIGENCE, AND THE WILL TO SOLVE NEW YORK'S
PROBLEMS.
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RUDY KNOWS THAT WHEN HE BECOMES MAYOR HE'LL HAVE
THE SECOND TOUGHEST JOB IN AMERICA. [[PAUSE]] THE
FIRST, OF COURSE, IS MANAGING THE YANKEES. [[PAUSE]]
RUDY CARES ABOUT NEW YORK. PEOPLE ALWAYS WONDER
WHETHER NEW YORK POLITICIANS ARE USING THEIR JOBS AS
STEPPING STONES TO WASHINGTON. BUT RUDY'S THE ONE WHO
LEFT WASHINGTON TO HELP CLEAN UP NEW YORK, THE CITY OF
HIS BIRTH, HIS HOMETOWN.
AND HE'S A FAMILY MAN. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO,
DONNA GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER, CAROLINE. SON ANDREW,
THREE AND A HALF, NOW HAS A LITTLE SISTER. WOULDN'T IT
BE NICE TO SEE THOSE KIDS PLAYING ON THE LAWN AT GRACIE
MANSION? WE SURE THINK so.
RUDY IS FIERCELY PROUD OF THIS TOWN. AND HE HAS A
DREAM FOR NEW YORK. THE DREAM IS OF A CITY THAT GIVES
EVERYBODY A CHANCE -- IN WHICH EVERYBODY IS FREE TO
MAKE THE MOST OF THEMSELVES. RUDY GIULIANI WILL CREATE
A NEW YORK WHERE THAT IS POSSIBLE.
[ DELETE P 11 Let me read
"Mario Cuomo"]
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RUDY WILL BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER IN THIS CITY.
BECAUSE RUDY IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF ALL NEW YORK.
HALF A CENTURY AGO, MAYOR LA GUARDIA INHERITED A
CITY BLED BY A DECADE OF MISMANAGEMENT AND KNAVERY. ON
HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE HE SWORE IN A NEW POLICE
COMMISSIONER WITH A SINGLE, BLUNT MESSAGE: "DRIVE OUT
THE RACKETEERS -- OR GET OUT YOURSELVES." "
AT CITY HALL HE BOUNDED PAST A GAUNTLET OF
SHOUTING REPORTERS, GIVING THEM ONLY A FOUR-WORD
COMMENT -- IN ITALIAN.
"WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?" SOMEONE ASKED.
- 10 -
"IT MEANS, SAID A NEWSMAN WHO KNEW BOTH ITALIAN
AND LA GUARDIA, "NO MORE FREE LUNCH!"
WITH THOSE WORDS, FIORELLO LA GUARDIA LAUNCHED
WHAT MANY CONSIDER 12 YEARS OF THE BEST REFORM
GOVERNMENT IN AMERICAN URBAN HISTORY. IT HELPED THAT
HIS THREE TERMS AS MAYOR COINCIDED CLOSELY WITH
F.D.R.'S 12 YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY FORGED AN
UNDECLARED ALLIANCE THAT LIFTED NEW YORK UP, AND
BROUGHT BACK THE LOST RESPECT OF THE NATION.
the B.A all the way back
IT'S TIME TO BRING BACK THE BIG APPLE. N I WANT
RUDY TO KNOW -- AND I WANT NEW YORK TO KNOW -- THAT
MAYOR GIULIANI WILL HAVE A FRIEND IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
[[PAUSE]]
LIKE LA GUARDIA, RUDY IS AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL, AN
AMERICAN HERO. AND A WORLD-CLASS CITY DESERVES A
WORLD-CLASS MAYOR. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. RESOURCES ARE
SCARCE AND THE STAKES ARE HIGH. IF THE PROBLEMS ARE TO
BE SOLVED -- AND NOT SIMPLY POSTPONED : -- RUDY IS THE
LEADER NEW YORK NEEDS IN CITY HALL.
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NEW YORK -- DON'T POSTPONE YOUR RETURN TO GOOD
GOVERNMENT -- YOUR RETURN TO GREATNESS. DON'T WAIT
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
DELETE" But :. underdog."
YES, RUDY'S AN UNDERDOG, BUT HE REMINDS ME OF YOGI
BERRA'S DESCRIPTION OF THE MIRACLE METS OF 1969. SURE,
YOGI ADMITTED, THEY WERE UNDERDOGS. BUT THEY WERE
"OVERWHELMING UNDERDOGS." [[PAUSE]]
{}
RUDY MAY BE AN UNDERDOG, BUT NEW YORK LOVES AN
ADD
UNDERDOG. AND HE'S A FIGHER WITH OVERWHELMING
CHARACTER.
LET'S START NOW. LET'S BRING BACK NEW YORK.
LET'S ELECT A WINNER - -- THE NEXT MAYOR -- RUDY
GIULIANI. [[PAUSE]]
THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AND GOD BLESS NEW YORK
CITY.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10-11-89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
:
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY GIULIANI FUNDRAISER DINNER
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
WRAY
FITZWATER
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HAGIN
REMARKS:
THE ATTACHED HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE PRESIDENT.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1989 OCT 10 PM 7:48
October 10, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
CHRISS WINSTON and
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR THE GIULIANI FUNDRAISER IN NEW YORK
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your consideration and review are draft remarks
for Thursday night's fundraiser in New York for Rudy Giuliani.
I. DISCUSSION
At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, 1989, you are
scheduled to arrive at the main ballroom of the New York Hilton
Hotel, to address an audience of 1,200 persons at a $1,000 a
plate fundraiser for Rudy Giuliani's mayoral campaign.
You will be introduced by Bill Koepel [[KOH-PELL]], a major
fundraiser for both Giuliani and for the Bush-Quayle campaign.
In addition to Rudy Giuliani, his wife (T.V. newscaster Donna
Hanover), and mother, special guests will include Rep. Guy
Molinari, Sen. Roy Goodman, Sen. Al D'Amato, Rep. Bill Green, and
your brother, Jonathan Bush.
Incidentally, the second joke ("And people say he has no
sense of humor...") is intended to give Rudy a chance to laugh at
his own public persona, which has been portrayed in the media as
that of a humorless prosecutor. The campaign has reviewed it and
encourages us to include it.
((Simon))
October 10, 1989 7:00 pm
Draft Five (B:RUDY)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY GIULIANI FUNDRAISER DINNER
NEW YORK HILTON HOTEL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989
7:30 p.m.
Thank you. And thank you, Bill ((KOH-PELL)) for those warm
words and for all your hard work in making tonight a success.
And it's always good to see Senator D'Amato and Congressman
Bill Green, and of course, New York's great Republican finance
chief, my brother Jonathan Bush. [[PAUSE]]
And last, but not least, are two of my best friends in the
state -- Senator Roy Goodman, and one of the great secrets of my
success -- Guy Molinari. [[PAUSE]]
I hear Guy [[MOLINARI]] went to Rudy a few weeks ago and
said: "Good news. I got you the most powerful man in America
for your fundraiser." Rudy told him: "Guy, we've already had
Donald Trump." [[PAUSE]]
Rudy asked me to come and speak on his behalf -- in a city I
lost in last year's election. [[PAUSE]] And people say he has
no sense of humor. [[PAUSE]]
My staff called Rudy's office last week, asking if there was
anything in particular the campaign'd like me to say here. They
came back with a one-word memo. True story. It was a phonetic
guide to pronouncing the word: "JEW-LEE-AH-NEE." [[PAUSE]]
2
I've come to New York for two reasons. The first is to
endorse -- as strongly and enthusiastically as I can -- the next
Mayor of New York: Rudy Giuliani. [[PAUSE]]
Secondly, I urge all of you to support Rudy's candidacy as
energetically and as generously as you can.
Rudy deserves the backing of everyone who really wants to
bring back New York City. Everyone who wants a Mayor who knows
how to fight crime, crack and corruption -- and WIN. [[PAUSE] ]
You know, Barbara and I lived not far from here when I
served as U.N. Ambassador. We had a terrific time. And flying
in today, seeing the magnificent skyline, I remembered many of
the wonderful things the City offers, the sports, art, music and
dance. There's a certain pace to life here -- an exciting,
vibrant atmosphere that no place else can match.
In some ways, New York isn't the city it used to be. But Rudy
holds out the hope that it can again become the city it once was.
Most of us know him as America's greatest crime-fighter.
[[PAUSE]] I told that to one of my grandkids, and he thought I
was going to New York to meet Batman! [ [PAUSE] ]
But seriously -- to pigeon-hole Rudy Giuliani as "just
another crime-fighter" would be like dismissing the young Chuck
Yeager as "just another test pilot," or calling the young Teddy
Roosevelt a "former police commissioner." Rudy Giuliani is the
real thing. I'm not talking about quality of prosecutor. I'm
talking about quality of person. As one New York columnist, a
Democrat, put it: "In an era of lawlessness, he stood for law.
In an era of private greed, he stood for public service."
3
Born in Brooklyn of Italian parents who ran a local bar and
grill, while still in his twenties he fought police corruption.
Rudy's cases literally became the stuff of movies.
And what
happened in his next big case wouldn't be believed if Hollywood
tried to put it in a movie. It was "Rudy versus Goliath" -- an
unknown Brooklyn kid, barely 30 years old, against a United
States Congressman accused of bribery. The Congressman broke
down under Rudy's cross-examination. Stopped the trial. And
confessed on the spot.
It really happened. The newspapers were in awe. Rudy's too
modest to brag about it. But, every generation or so, there
emerges a larger than life crime-buster who captures the public
imagination. Teddy Roosevelt was one. Thomas E. Dewey and
Elliot Ness were others.
Rudy won his reputation, as they
say, "the old-fashioned way." He earned it. His secret has been
hard work, an innovative mind, unflagging idealism, and a flair
for leadership. He has imagination and energy. And he is a man
of ideas.
It was Rudy's brainstorm to dust off the existing RICO law
and use it in a way that had never been tried: to attack the
ruling board of New York's crime families. He did it without new
legislation. He did it without new resources. He did it by
seeing what no one else had seen -- and by making it work.
And he has all the right instincts. He's fought not only
for criminal justice, but also social justice. Some years ago,
the ranks of the homeless here swelled when hundreds of mentally
4
ill people were stripped of social security benefits. Rudy "did
the right thing." He refused to go along. The New York Times
called it, "one of his finest hours." He took a stand -- for New
York -- and for the homeless.
Rudy's leadership has earned respect across America. In a
recent letter, former Attorney General William French Smith said,
without qualification, that Rudy Giuliani has "done more than any
individual I know to extinguish the myth that crime is an
unconquerable and somehow tolerable presence in our society."
Rudy demonstrated to a skeptical nation that one man with
courage and conviction can make a difference. As U.S. Attorney,
he commanded about 160 troops. Think what he can do from City
Hall. Think of the energy, the renaissance, that this young and
imaginative leader can bring to New York.
In the war on drugs, he was a four-star general. He was a
war hero. No man in America has a better chance of succeeding.
Let's "take back the streets." Let's bring back New York.
Like many of us, Rudy also knows what it's like to meet a
payroll. To run a business. In 1978, Rudy was appointed by a
court to take over a bankrupt, strike-threatened coal company in
Kentucky. He saved hundreds of jobs. Got the miners a raise and
paid off the creditors -- 100 cents on the dollar.
Rudy was the one to turn it around. And Rudy's the one to
turn around New York city. [[PAUSE]]
New Yorkers are tired of a City Hall that can't cope with
New York's problems: the shortage of affordable housing, the
5
decline of the school system, neighborhood tensions, the
homeless, and the crumbling highways, bridges and tunnels. Rudy
has the energy, the intelligence, and the will to solve New
York's problems.
Rudy knows that when he becomes Mayor he'll have the second
toughest job in America. [[PAUSE]] The first, of course, is
managing the Yankees. [[PAUSE]]
Rudy cares about New York. People always wonder whether New
York politicians are using their jobs as stepping stones to
Washington. But Rudy's the one who left Washington to help clean
up New York, the city of his birth, his hometown.
And he's a family man. Just a few weeks ago, Donna gave
birth to a daughter, Caroline. Son Andrew, three and a half, now
has a little sister. Wouldn't it be nice to see those kids
playing on the lawn at Gracie Mansion? We sure think so.
Rudy is fiercely proud of this town. And he has a dream for
New York. The dream is of a city that gives everybody a chance
-- in which everybody is free to make the most of themselves.
Rudy Giuliani will create a New York where that is possible.
Let me read you one other letter. "Dear Rudy," it begins.
"For most of this decade, you have been at the center of our
constant struggle to vindicate common decency. You were
uncompromising in the struggle against political corruption, and
in the vigorous prosecution of insider trading, organized crime,
and drug trafficking. Your example, and your achievements,
helped to inspire a new generation of young people with a deep
1
6
and selfless commitment to public service." It was signed on St.
Patrick's Day, 1989. And it was signed: "Mario Cuomo."
Rudy will bring everyone together in this city. Because
Rudy is running for Mayor of all New York.
Half a century ago, Mayor La Guardia inherited a city bled
by a decade of mismanagement and knavery. On his first day in
office he swore in a new police commissioner with a single, blunt
message: "Drive out the racketeers -- or get out yourselves."
At City Hall he bounded past a gauntlet of shouting
reporters, giving them only a four-word comment -- in Italian.
"What the hell does that mean?" someone asked.
"It means," said a newsman who knew both Italian and La
Guardia, "no more free lunch!"
With those words, Fiorello La Guardia launched what many
consider 12 years of the best reform government in American urban
history. It helped that his three terms as Mayor coincided
closely with F.D.R.'s 12 years in the White House. They forged
an undeclared alliance that lifted New York up, and brought back
the lost respect of the nation.
It's time to bring back the Big Apple. I want Rudy to know
-- and I want New York to know -- that Mayor Giuliani will have a
friend in the Oval Office. [[PAUSE]]
Like La Guardia, Rudy is an American original, an American
hero. And a world-class city deserves a world-class Mayor. Time
is running out. Resources are scarce and the stakes are high.
7
If the problems are to be solved -- and not simply postponed --
Rudy is the leader New York needs in city Hall.
New York -- don't postpone your return to good government --
your return to greatness. Don't wait another four years.
Yes, Rudy's an underdog. But New York loves an underdog.
And Rudy Giuliani reminds me of Yogi Berra's description of
the Miracle Mets of 1969. Sure, he admitted, they were
underdogs. But they were "overwhelming underdogs." [[PAUSE]]
Let's start now. Let's bring back New York. Let's elect a
winner -- the next Mayor -- Rudy Giuliani. [[PAUSE]]
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless New York city.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 10, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
cw
FROM:
CHRISS WINSTON
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR THE GIULIANI FUNDRAISER IN NEW YORK
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your consideration and review are draft remarks
for Thursday night's fundraiser in New York for Rudy Giuliani.
I.
DISCUSSION
At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, 1989, you are
scheduled to arrive at the main ballroom of the New York Hilton
Hotel, to address an audience of 1,200 persons at a $1,000 a
plate fundraiser for Rudy Giuliani's mayoral campaign.
You will be introduced by Bill Koepel [[KOH-PELL]], a major
fundraiser for both Giuliani and for the Bush-Quayle campaign.
In addition to Rudy Giuliani, his wife (T.V. newscaster Donna
Hanover), and mother, special guests will include Rep. Guy
Molinari, Sen. Roy Goodman, Sen. Al D'Amato, Rep. Bill Green, and
your brother, Jonathan Bush.
Incidentally, the second joke ("And people say he has no
sense of humor...") is intended to give Rudy a chance to laugh at
his own public persona, which has been portrayed in the media as
that of a humorless prosecutor. The campaign has reviewed it and
encourages us to include it.
((Simon))
October 10, 1989 7:00 pm
Draft Five (B:RUDY)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY GIULIANI FUNDRAISER DINNER
NEW YORK HILTON HOTEL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989
7:30 p.m.
Thank you. And thank you, Bill ((KOH-PELL)) for those warm
words and for all your hard work in making tonight a success.
And it's always good to see Senator D'Amato and Congressman
Bill Green, and of course, New York's great Republican finance
chief, my brother Jonathan Bush. [[PAUSE]]
And last, but not least, are two of my best friends in the
state -- Senator Roy Goodman, and one of the great secrets of my
success -- Guy Molinari. [[PAUSE]]
I hear Guy [[MOLINARI]] went to Rudy a few weeks ago and
said: "Good news. I got you the most powerful man in America
for your fundraiser." Rudy told him: "Guy, we've already had
Donald Trump." [[PAUSE]]
Rudy asked me to come and speak on his behalf -- in a city I
lost in last year's election. [[PAUSE]] And people say he has
no sense of humor. [[PAUSE]]
My staff called Rudy's office last week, asking if there was
anything in particular the campaign'd like me to say here. They
came back with a one-word memo. True story. It was a phonetic
guide to pronouncing the word: "JEW-LEE-AH-NEE." [[PAUSE]]
2
I've come to New York for two reasons. The first is to
endorse -- as strongly and enthusiastically as I can -- the next
Mayor of New York: Rudy Giuliani. [[PAUSE]]
Secondly, I urge all of you to support Rudy's candidacy as
energetically and as generously as you can.
Rudy deserves the backing of everyone who really wants to
bring back New York City. Everyone who wants a Mayor who knows
how to fight crime, crack and corruption -- and WIN. [[PAUSE]]
You know, Barbara and I lived not far from here when I
served as U.N. Ambassador. We had a terrific time. And flying
in today, seeing the magnificent skyline, I remembered many of
the wonderful things the City offers, the sports, art, music and
dance. There's a certain pace to life here -- an exciting,
vibrant atmosphere that no place else can match.
In some ways, New York isn't the city it used to be. But Rudy
holds out the hope that it can again become the city it once was.
Most of us know him as America's greatest crime-fighter.
[[PAUSE]] I told that to one of my grandkids, and he thought I
was going to New York to meet Batman! [[PAUSE]]
But seriously -- to pigeon-hole Rudy Giuliani as "just
another crime-fighter" would be like dismissing the young Chuck
Yeager as "just another test pilot," or calling the young Teddy
Roosevelt a "former police commissioner." Rudy Giuliani is the
real thing. I'm not talking about quality of prosecutor. I'm
talking about quality of person. As one New York columnist, a
Democrat, put it: "In an era of lawlessness, he stood for law.
In an era of private greed, he stood for public service."
3
Born in Brooklyn of Italian parents who ran a local bar and
grill, while still in his twenties he fought police corruption.
Rudy's cases literally became the stuff of movies.
And what
happened in his next big case wouldn't be believed if Hollywood
tried to put it in a movie. It was "Rudy versus Goliath" -- an
unknown Brooklyn kid, barely 30 years old, against a United
States Congressman accused of bribery. The Congressman broke
down under Rudy's cross-examination. Stopped the trial. And
confessed on the spot.
It really happened. The newspapers were in awe. Rudy's too
modest to brag about it. But, every generation or so, there
emerges a larger than life crime-buster who captures the public
imagination. Teddy Roosevelt was one. Thomas E. Dewey and
Elliot Ness were others.
Rudy won his reputation, as they
say, "the old-fashioned way." He earned it. His secret has been
hard work, an innovative mind, unflagging idealism, and a flair
for leadership. He has imagination and energy. And he is a man
of ideas.
It was Rudy's brainstorm to dust off the existing RICO law
and use it in a way that had never been tried: to attack the
ruling board of New York's crime families. He did it without new
legislation. He did it without new resources. He did it by
seeing what no one else had seen -- and by making it work.
And he has all the right instincts. He's fought not only
for criminal justice, but also social justice. Some years ago,
the ranks of the homeless here swelled when hundreds of mentally
4
ill people were stripped of social security benefits. Rudy "did
the right thing." He refused to go along. The New York Times
called it, "one of his finest hours." He took a stand -- for New
York -- and for the homeless.
Rudy's leadership has earned respect across America. In a
recent letter, former Attorney General William French Smith said,
without qualification, that Rudy Giuliani has "done more than any
individual I know to extinguish the myth that crime is an
unconquerable and somehow tolerable presence in our society."
Rudy demonstrated to a skeptical nation that one man with
courage and conviction can make a difference. As U.S. Attorney,
he commanded about 160 troops. Think what he can do from City
Hall. Think of the energy, the renaissance, that this young and
imaginative leader can bring to New York.
In the war on drugs, he was a four-star general. He was a
war hero. No man in America has a better chance of succeeding.
Let's "take back the streets." Let's bring back New York.
Like many of us, Rudy also knows what it's like to meet a
payroll. To run a business. In 1978, Rudy was appointed by a
court to take over a bankrupt, strike-threatened coal company in
Kentucky. He saved hundreds of jobs. Got the miners a raise and
paid off the creditors -- 100 cents on the dollar.
Rudy was the one to turn it around. And Rudy's the one to
turn around New York City. [[PAUSE]]
New Yorkers are tired of a City Hall that can't cope with
New York's problems: the shortage of affordable housing, the
5
decline of the school system, neighborhood tensions, the
homeless, and the crumbling highways, bridges and tunnels. Rudy
has the energy, the intelligence, and the will to solve New
York's problems.
Rudy knows that when he becomes Mayor he'll have the second
toughest job in America. [[PAUSE]] The first, of course, is
managing the Yankees. [[PAUSE]]
Rudy cares about New York. People always wonder whether New
York politicians are using their jobs as stepping stones to
Washington. But Rudy's the one who left Washington to help clean
up New York, the city of his birth, his hometown.
And he's a family man. Just a few weeks ago, Donna gave
birth to a daughter, Caroline. Son Andrew, three and a half, now
has a little sister. Wouldn't it be nice to see those kids
playing on the lawn at Gracie Mansion? We sure think so.
Rudy is fiercely proud of this town. And he has a dream for
New York. The dream is of a city that gives everybody a chance
-- in which everybody is free to make the most of themselves.
Rudy Giuliani will create a New York where that is possible.
Let me read you one other letter. "Dear Rudy," it begins.
"For most of this decade, you have been at the center of our
constant struggle to vindicate common decency. You were
uncompromising in the struggle against political corruption, and
in the vigorous prosecution of insider trading, organized crime,
and drug trafficking. Your example, and your achievements,
helped to inspire a new generation of young people with a deep
6
and selfless commitment to public service." It was signed on St.
Patrick's Day, 1989. And it was signed: "Mario Cuomo."
Rudy will bring everyone together in this city. Because
Rudy is running for Mayor of all New York.
Half a century ago, Mayor La Guardia inherited a city bled
by a decade of mismanagement and knavery. On his first day in
office he swore in a new police commissioner with a single, blunt
message: "Drive out the racketeers -- or get out yourselves."
At City Hall he bounded past a gauntlet of shouting
reporters, giving them only a four-word comment -- in Italian.
"What the hell does that mean?" someone asked.
"It means,' said a newsman who knew both Italian and La
Guardia, "no more free lunch!"
With those words, Fiorello La Guardia launched what many
consider 12 years of the best reform government in American urban
history. It helped that his three terms as Mayor coincided
closely with F.D.R.'s 12 years in the White House. They forged
an undeclared alliance that lifted New York up, and brought back
the lost respect of the nation.
It's time to bring back the Big Apple. I want Rudy to know
-- and I want New York to know -- that Mayor Giuliani will have a
friend in the Oval Office. [[PAUSE]]
Like La Guardia, Rudy is an American original, an American
hero. And a world-class city deserves a world-class Mayor. Time
is running out. Resources are scarce and the stakes are high.
7
If the problems are to be solved -- and not simply postponed --
Rudy is the leader New York needs in city Hall.
New York -- don't postpone your return to good government --
your return to greatness. Don't wait another four years.
Yes, Rudy's an underdog. But New York loves an underdog.
And Rudy Giuliani reminds me of Yogi Berra's description of
the Miracle Mets of 1969. Sure, he admitted, they were
underdogs. But they were "overwhelming underdogs." [[PAUSE]]
Let's start now. Let's bring back New York. Let's elect a
winner -- the next Mayor -- Rudy Giuliani. [[PAUSE]]
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless New York City.
# # #
079798SS
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/10/89
10/10/89 5:00 PM
DATE:
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Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 5:00 TODAY, October 10, with a copy to my
office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
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Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
( (Simon))
1989 OCT 10 AM 8: 16 October Draft Four 9, 1989 (B:RUDY)
4:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY GIULIANI FUNDRAISER DINNER
NEW YORK HILTON HOTEL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989
4:30 PM
[[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]] I hear Guy [MOLINARI]] went to Rudy a
few weeks ago and said: "Good news. I got you the most powerful
man in America for your fundraiser." Rudy told him: "Guy, we've
already had Donald Trump." [[PAUSE]]
Rudy asked me to come and speak on his behalf -- in a city I
lost in last year's election. [[PAUSE]] And people say he has
?
no sense of humor. [[PAUSE]]
My staff called Rudy's office last week, asking if there was
anything in particular the campaign'd like me to say here. They
came back with a one-word memo. True story. It was a phonetic
guide to pronouncing the word: "JEW-LEE-AH-NEE." [[PAUSE]]
I've come to New York for two reasons. The first is to
endorse -- as strongly and enthusiastically as I can -- the next
Mayor of New York: Rudy Giuliani. [[PAUSE]]
Secondly, I urge all of you to support Rudy's candidacy as
energetically and as generously as you can.
Rudy deserves the backing of everyone who really wants to
bring back New York City. Everyone who wants a Mayor who knows
how to fight crime, crack and corruption -- and WIN. [[PAUSE]]
You know, Barbara and I lived not far from here when I
served as U.N. Ambassador. We had a terrific time. And flying
in tonight, today seeing the skyline and the lights, I remembered many
(magnificent)
2
of the wonderful things the City offers, the sports, art, music
and dance. There's a certain pace to life here -- an exciting,
vibrant atmosphere that no place else can match.
In some ways, New York isn't the city it used to be. But Rudy
holds out the hope that it can again become the city it once was.
Most of us know him as America's greatest crime-fighter.
[[PAUSE]] I told that to one of my grandkids, and he thought I
was going to New York to meet Batman! [[PAUSE]]
But seriously -- to pigeon-hole Rudy Giuliani as "just
IKE Chuck
Yeager
another crime-fighter" would be like dismissing the young J.F.K.
?
test pilot
as "just another war hero, or calling the young Teddy Roosevelt
a "former police commissioner." Rudy Giuliani is the real thing.
I'm not talking about quality of prosecutor. I'm talking about
quality of person. As one New York columnist, a Democrat, put
it: "In an era of lawlessness, he stood for law. In an era of
private greed, he stood for public service."
parents
Born in Brooklyn of Italian immigrants who ran a local bar
fought police coverption.
and grill, while still in his twenties he did work with the Knapp
Rudy's
Commission cases that literally A became the stuff of movies.
8
And what happened in his next big case wouldn't be believed
tried
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if Hollywood did try to put it in movie. It was "Rudy versus
barely years old
Goliath" -- an unknown Brooklyn kid, not yet 30, against a United
States Congressman accused of bribery. The Congressman broke
down under Rudy's cross-examination. Actually poked one lens out
of his glasses. Stopped the trial. And confessed on the spot.
3
It really happened. The newspapers were in awe. Rudy's too
modest to brag about it But I know it because, on the wall just
outside But his office, he keeps the clippings framed. [[PAUSE]]
Every generation or so, there emerges a larger than life
crime-buster who captures the public imagination. Teddy
Roosevelt was one. Thomas E. Dewey and Elliot Ness were others.
Rudy won his reputation, as they say, "the old-fashioned
way." He earned it. His secret has been hard work, an
innovative mind, unflagging idealism, and a flair for leadership.
He has imagination and energy. And he is a man of ideas.
It was Rudy's brainstorm to dust off the existing RICO law
and use it in a way that had never been tried: to attack the
ruling board of New York's crime families. He did it without new
legislation. He did it without new resources. He did it by
seeing what no one else had seen -- and by making it work.
And he has all the right instincts. He's fought not only
for criminal justice, but also social justice. Some years ago,
the ranks of the homeless here swelled when hundreds of mentally
ill people were stripped of social security benefits. Rudy "did
the right thing." He refused to go along. He took a stand --
for New York -- and for the homeless.
The New York Times called it, "one of his finest hours. "
But Rudy's stand wasn't just courageous It was also smart -- he
was ultimately backed up by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Rudy's leadership has earned respect across America. In a
Attorney General
recent letter, former A.G. William French Smith said, without
4
qualification, that Rudy Giuliani has "done more than any
individual I know to extinguish the myth that crime is an
unconquerable and somehow tolerable presence in our society."
Rudy demonstrated to a skeptical nation that one man with
courage and conviction can make a difference. As U.S. Attorney,
60
he commanded about 130 troops. Think what he can do from city
Hall. Think of the energy, the renaissance, that this young and
imaginative leader can bring to New York.
In the war on drugs, he was a four-star general. He was a
war hero. No man in America has a better chance of succeeding.
Let's "take back the streets." Let's bring back New York.
many of us
Like me, Rudy also knows what it's like to meet a payroll.
To run a business. In 1978, Rudy was appointed by a court to
take over a bankrupt, strike-threatened coal company in Kentucky.
and
He saved hundreds of jobs. Got the miners a raise, Paid off the
creditors -- 100 cents on the dollar. And sold the company for a
large profit.
Rudy was the one to turn around. it. And Rudy's the one to
turn around New York City. [[PAUSE]]
Rudy has the energy, the intelligence, and the will to deal
problems,
with New York's financial crisis. The shortage of affordable
?
housing, the decline of the school system, neighborhood tensions,
the homeless, and the crumbling highways and bridges and tunnels.
Rudy knows that when he becomes Mayor he'll have the second
toughest job in America. [[PAUSE]] The first, of course, is
managing the Yankees. [[PAUSE]]
5
Rudy cares about New York. People always wonder whether New
York politicians are using their jobs as stepping stones to
Washington. But Rudy's the one who left Washington to help clean
his home town.
up New York, the city of his birth, the city of his destiny
And he's a family man. Just a few weeks ago, Donna gave
birth to a daughter, Caroline. Son Andrew, three and a half, now
as
has a little sister. Wouldn't it be nice to see those kids
playing on the lawn at Gracie Mansion? We sure think so.
Rudy is fiercely proud of this town. And he has a dream for
New York. The dream is of a city that gives everybody a chance
Rudy
-- in which everybody is free to make the most of themselves. He
Giuliani
will
a
wants to create a climate in New York where that is possible.
on
Let me read you one other letter. "Dear Rudy," it begins.
"For most of this decade, you have been at the center of our
constant struggle to vindicate common decency. You were
uncompromising in the struggle against political corruption, and
in the vigorous prosecution of insider trading, organized crime,
and drug trafficking. Your example, and your achievements,
helped to inspire a new generation of young people with a deep
and selfless commitment to public service." It was signed on St.
Patrick's Day, 1989. And it was signed: "Mario Cuomo."
Rudy will bring everyone together in this city. Because
Rudy is running for Mayor of all New York.
?
Half a century ago, Mayor La Guardia inherited a city bled
by a decade of mismanagement and knavery. On his first day in
office he swore in a new police commissioner with a single, blunt
6
message: "Drive out the racketeers -- or get out yourselves."
At City Hall he bounded past a gauntlet of shouting
reporters, giving them only a four-word comment -- in Italian.
"What the hell does that mean?" someone asked.
"It means," said a newsman who knew both Italian and La
Guardia, "no more free lunch!"
With those words, Fiorello La Guardia launched what many
consider 12 years of the best reform government in American urban
history. It helped that his three terms as Mayor coincided
closely with F.D.R.'s 12 years in the White House. They forged
an undeclared alliance that lifted New York up, and brought back
the lost respect of the nation.
the Big Apple.
It's time to bring back America's greatest city. I want
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Rudy to know -- and I want New York to know -- that Mayor
Giuliani will have a friend in the Oval Office. [[PAUSE]]
Like La Guardia, Rudy is an American original, an American
hero. And a world-class city deserves a world-class Mayor. The
time is too late. The resources are too scarce and The stakes are
runningout
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too high. If the problems are to be solved -- and not simply
postponed -- Rudy is the leader New York needs in City Hall.
New York -- don't postpone your return to good government --
your return to greatness. Don't wait another four years.
Yes, Rudy's an underdog. But New York loves an underdog.
And Rudy Giuliani reminds me of Yogi Berra's description of
the Miracle Mets of 1969. Sure, he admitted, they were
underdogs. But they were "overwhelming underdogs." [[PAUSE]]
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Let's start now. Let's bring back New York. Let's elect a
winner -- the next Mayor -- Rudy Giuliani. [[PAUSE]]
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless New York City.
# # #
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR RUDY REMARKS (B:RUDY-ACK)
((KOH-PELL))
Thank you. And thank you, Bill [[KOEPEL, A MAJOR FUNDRAISER all
FOR RUDY AND FOR BUSH-QUAYLEJJ, for those warm words and for your
hard work in making tonight a success.
And it's always good to see Senator D'Amato and Congressman
Bill Green, and of course, New York's great Republican finance
chief, my brother, Jonathan Bush. [[PAUSE]]
And last, but not least, are two of my best friends in the
state -- Senator Roy Goodman, who's also doing such a terrific
job with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in
Washington, and one of the great secrets of my success -- Guy
Molinari. [[PAUSE]]
DARMAN
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Rudy cares about New York. People always wonder whether New
York politicians are using their jobs as stepping stones to
Washington. But Rudy's the one who left Washington to help clean
up New York, the city of his birth, the city of his destiny.
And he's a family man. Just a few weeks ago, Donna gave
birth to a daughter, Caroline. Son Andrew, three and a half, now
has a little sister. Wouldn't it be nice to see those kids
playing on the lawn at Gracie Mansion? We sure think so.
Rudy is fiercely proud of this town. And he has a dream for
New York. The dream is of a city that gives everybody a chance
-- in which everybody is free to make the most of themselves. He
wants to create a climate in New York where that is possible.
Let me read you one other letter. "Dear Rudy," it begins.
"For most of this decade, you have been at the center of our
constant struggle to vindicate common decency. You were
uncompromising in the struggle against political corruption, and
in the vigorous prosecution of insider trading, organized crime,
and drug trafficking. Your example, and your achievements,
helped to inspire a new generation of young people with a deep
and selfless commitment to public service." It was signed on St.
Patrick's Day, 1989, And it was signed: "Mario Cuomo."
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Rudy will bring everyone together in this city. Because
Rudy is running for Mayor of all New York.
Half a century ago, Mayor La Guardia inherited a city bled
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by a decade of mismanagement and knavery. On his first day in
wheys
office he swore in a new police commissioner with a single, blunt
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message: "Drive out the racketeers -- or get out yourselves."
At City Hall he bounded past a gauntlet of shouting
reporters, giving them only a four-word comment -- in Italian.
"What the hell does that mean?" someone asked.
"It means," said a newsman who knew both Italian and La
Guardia, "no more free lunch!"
With those words, Fiorello La Guardia launched what many
consider 12 years of the best reform government in American urban
history. It helped that his three terms as Mayor coincided
closely with F.D.R.'s 12 years in the White House. They forged
an undeclared alliance that lifted New York up, and brought back
the lost respect of the nation.
It's time to bring back America's greatest city. I want
Rudy to know -- and I want New York to know -- that Mayor
Giuliani will have a friend in the Oval Office. [[PAUSE]]
Like La Guardia, Rudy is an American original, an American
hero. And a world-class city deserves a world-class Mayor. The
time is too late. The resources are too scarce. The stakes are
too high. If the problems are to be solved -- and not simply
postponed -- Rudy is the leader New York needs in City Hall.
New York -- don't postpone your return to good government --
your return to greatness. Don't wait another four years.
Yes, Rudy's an underdog. But New York loves an underdog.
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And Rudy Giuliani reminds me of Yogi Berra's description of
the Miracle Mets of 1969. Sure, he admitted they were
worldn't
underdogs. But they were "overwhelming underdogs." [[PAUSE]]
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