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PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
7 P.M., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1990
THANK YOU PETE, MRS. WILSON ((GAYLE)), CHAIRMAN
ATWATER, AND COACH WALSH.\) LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR THE LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL BAND. 11
AS YOU MAY KNOW, I WAS JUST IN SAN FRANCISCO THREE
WEEKS AGO. BUT, AS KIPLING SAID, SAN FRANCISCO, LIKE
ALL OF CALIFORNIA, HAS ONE DRAWBACK -- IT'S HARD TO
LEAVE. III
so MUCH HAS HAPPENED, EVEN SINCE MY LAST TRIP
HERE. BISHOP SWING, WOULD IT SEEM PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME
TO SAY THAT MANY OF OUR PRAYERS SEEMED TO BE ANSWERED?
FROM MOSCOW TO MANAGUA, CHANGE IS IN THE AIR. AND THE
REVOLUTION OF '89 HAS CONTINUED INTO A NEW DECADE, A
DECADE OF DEMOCRACY.
TIME AND AGAIN IN THIS CENTURY THE POLITICAL MAP
OF THE WORLD WAS TRANSFORMED. AND IN EACH INSTANCE, A
NEW WORLD ORDER CAME ABOUT THROUGH THE ADVENT OF A NEW
TYRANT, OR THE OUTBREAK OF A BLOODY GLOBAL WAR, OR ITS
END.
- 2 -
NOW THE WORLD HAS UNDERGONE ANOTHER UPHEAVAL. BUT
THIS TIME, THERE IS NO WAR. WE HAVE SEEN A BOLD SOVIET
LEADER INITIATE DARING REFORMS. WE HAVE SEEN
PLAYWRIGHT VACLAV HAVEL MOVE FROM PRISON TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. WE HAVE SEEN BOTH THE BERLIN WALL
AND A ROMANIAN DICTATORSHIP TUMBLE INTO RUINS. THE DAY
OF THE DICTATOR IS OVER.\\\\
VICTOR HUGO SAID THAT NO ARMY CAN MATCH THE MIGHT
OF AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME. IN THE REVOLUTION OF
'89 -- AN IDEA OVERCAME ARMIES AND TANKS -- AND THAT
IDEA IS DEMOCRACY. THIS HAS BEEN TRUE IN THE EAST.
NOW IT IS BECOMING TRUE THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE -- FIRST IN PANAMA AFTER OPERATION JUST
CAUSE, AND NOW -- AT LONG LAST -- FOR THE BRAVE PEOPLE
OF NICARAGUA.\\
COULD WE HAVE ASKED FOR MORE?\\\
- 3 -
BUT WE ARE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE
EVENTS CLOSER TO HOME. AS I SAID, CALIFORNIA IS HARD
TO LEAVE -- AND FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN HARD TO LEAVE EVEN
WHEN I'M BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU SEE, IT WAS JUST
YESTERDAY THAT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN MY PRESIDENCY,
BARBARA AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ENTERTAINING THE
WINNERS OF THE SUPER BOWL -- AND ONCE AGAIN, OUR GUESTS
WERE THE SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS. III
AND JUST A FEW MONTHS EARLIER, BARBARA AND I
HOSTED THE OAKLAND A'S -- AFTER THEIR GREAT WORLD
SERIES VICTORY. WHEN IT COMES TO CHAMPIONS, I'M
BEGINNING TO THINK THE BAY AREA HAS CORNERED THE
MARKET.
YET I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER CHAMPION. A
CHAMPION FOR THE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND DRUG-RELATED
VIOLENCE. \ A CHAMPION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. \ A
CHAMPION FOR CALIFORNIA.\ A CHAMPION FOR A SOUND AND
GROWING ECONOMY.
\
THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF YOUR STATE --
PETE WILSON. AND WITH PETE AT THE TOP OF THE
TICKET, COME NOVEMBER, CALIFORNIA WILL GO REPUBLICAN IN
A BIG WAY. III
- 4 -
CALIFORNIA IS PRIZED FOR MORE THAN ITS POLITICAL
IMPORTANCE OR THE SIZE OF ITS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
WE MUST WIN THIS STATE, BECAUSE CALIFORNIA REPRESENTS
THE FUTURE.
CALIFORNIA IS AT THE FOREFRONT, NOT JUST
REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY BUT INTERNATIONALLY, AND
NEEDS A SPECIAL KIND OF LEADERSHIP -- PETE WILSON'S
KIND OF LEADERSHIP. PETE'S TWENTY-THREE YEAR CAREER IN
PUBLIC LIFE BEGAN UNDER THE DOME IN SACRAMENTO. TODAY,
HE IS A LAWMAKER STILL, THIS TIME IN WASHINGTON. BUT
IT WAS AS MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO THAT PETE FIRST SHOWED A
FLAIR, A TALENT, FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. AND IT IS
EXACTLY THIS KIND OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP THAT THE
WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO TAKE IT TO THE
THRESHOLD OF A NEW MILLENNIUM.
- 5 -
AND, SADLY, CALIFORNIA NEEDS SOMETHING ELSE.
CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO CONTINUE A CRIME-FIGHTING
TRADITION, A REPUBLICAN TRADITION. IT NEEDS A
GOVERNOR WHO WILL CONTINUE THE WAR AGAINST VIOLENT
CRIME. CALIFORNIA NEEDS A GOVERNOR WHO SHARES OUR
PHILOSOPHY ABOUT CRIME. AND OUR PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE:
PRISON SENTENCES SHOULD BE AT LEAST AS TOUGH AS THE
CRIMINALS WE CONVICT.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, I RELIED ON PETE'S HELP TO
PASS A MAJOR PART OF MY ANTI-CRIME PACKAGE. MORE MONEY
HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR PRISON SPACE AND MORE FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. BUT CONGRESS HAS LEFT TOO MUCH
WORK UNDONE.
WE NEED ACTION ON THE REST OF OUR PROPOSALS TO
FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME -- BY TOUGHENING FEDERAL SENTENCES
FOR THOSE WHO USE A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF A
FELONY. AND IF THE KING-PINS WHO DEAL DRUGS ARE
DEALING DEATH, THEN LET'S JUDGE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE
-- MURDERERS. III IT'S HIGH TIME WE TOOK THE SHACKLES
OFF THE COPS, THE COURTS AND THE LAW.\\\
- 6 -
A GOVERNOR TODAY MUST BE AS TOUGH AS THE TIMES.
BUT THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE WILL ALSO REQUIRE
VISION AND COMPASSION, IF WE ARE TO PROTECT A FRAGILE
COASTAL ECOLOGY, OR EDUCATE A NEW GENERATION OF
CHILDREN.
FROM THE URBAN CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES TO THE
YOSEMITE BELOVED BY ANSEL ADAMS, CALIFORNIANS WERE
AMONG THE FIRST TO STAND UP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. 11 AND
PETE WILSON WAS AMONG THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO
HOLD OFFICE. PETE HAS ADDED THOUSANDS OF ACRES TO THE
CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS SYSTEM, SAVED CANYONS AND
PROTECTED URBAN RECREATION SITES. AND HE SUPPORTS OUR
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL INITIATIVE TO PLANT A BILLION
TREES, TO EXPAND OUR NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE
PRESERVES, TO MAKE THIS MORE LIKE THE UNSPOILED GREEN
CONTINENT OUR FOREBEARS KNEW.
- 7 -
RIGHT NOW, PETE IS WORKING WITH ME ON OUR
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL TO ENACT OUR CLEAN AIR BILL,
THE FIRST SINCE 1977. ONE THAT WILL CLEAN UP THE SMOG,
CURB ACID RAIN AND CUT BACK ON THE AIR TOXICS THAT
PLAGUE CALIFORNIA'S AIR. CLEANER CARS. CLEANER FUELS.
CLEANER FACTORIES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR.
AND WITH PETE WILSON AT THE HELM -- YOU'LL HAVE A
GOVERNOR WHO WORKS FOR A CLEANER CALIFORNIA, JUST AS HE
DOES IN THE SENATE.
EDUCATION IS ALSO CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE -- AND A
CRITICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY GOVERNOR. GOVERNORS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DISTURBED THAT THERE ARE STILL
MANY AMERICAN CHILDREN -- OFTEN IN THE INNER-CITY,
OFTEN IMMIGRANTS -- WHO ARE DENIED THE AMERICAN DREAM
BECAUSE OF A LACK OF LITERACY AND JOB SKILLS. THIS IS
UNFAIR, UNJUST AND UNACCEPTABLE.) AND THAT'S WHY PETE
WILSON BACKS MY PROPOSAL FOR A HALF-BILLION DOLLAR
INCREASE FOR HEAD START TO GIVE THESE CHILDREN A
HOPEFUL START.
- 8 -
ALMOST A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE I SENT THE
"EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE ACT" TO CONGRESS. IT IS BASED
ON A FEW BASIC CONCEPTS: TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS WORK, WE
MUST GIVE PARENTS, TEACHERS AND CHILDREN THE POWER TO
CHOOSE. TO MAKE OUR SYSTEM WORK -- STATES, SCHOOLS AND
INDIVIDUALS WILL NEED GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THE WAY IN
WHICH THEY CAN PURSUE THEIR GOALS. AND THEN WE MUST
ALL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE RESULTS.
LAST APRIL, I ASKED CONGRESS TO PASS THESE
MEASURES TO REFORM OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. THANKS TO
PETE'S HELP, AND THAT OF OTHERS, EDUCATION REFORM HAS
ALREADY PASSED THE SENATE. NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE HOUSE
TO FINISH ITS HOMEWORK AND PASS OUR EDUCATION REFORM --
NOW.
THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA AND ALL OF
AMERICA RESTS ON YET ANOTHER ISSUE -- AN ISSUE THAT
AFFECTS THE VOTING RIGHTS OF EVERY REPUBLICAN,
INDEPENDENT AND DEMOCRATIC VOTER -- AN ISSUE OF
FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS -- REAPPORTIONMENT.
- 9 -
((SOME SAY REAPPORTIONMENT HAS BEEN A POLITICAL
GOLDMINE FOR BOTH PARTIES. I SUPPOSE THEY'RE RIGHT.\
THE DEMOCRATS GET THE GOLD. WE GET THE SHAFT. \\))
REMEMBER, AFTER THE 1990 CENSUS, ALMOST ONE OUT OF
EIGHT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WILL REPRESENT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN PARTY POLITICS.
GERRYMANDERING VIOLATES THE SPIRIT OF ONE-MAN,
ONE-VOTE. ON A SUMMER NIGHT IN 1981, A GROUP OF
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS SAT IN A RESTAURANT IN SACRAMENTO
WITH PENCIL AND PAPER AND REDESIGNED YOUR POLITICAL
FUTURE.
LINES WERE DRAWN -- CRAZY, TWISTED LINES -- THAT
CUT ACROSS COMMUNITIES, TOWNS AND EVEN STREETS --
WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST REGARD FOR THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE. SINCE THOSE DISTRICT LINES WENT INTO EFFECT,
THERE HAVE BEEN 135 GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR CALIFORNIA'S
CONGRESSIONAL SEATS, AND ONLY ONCE HAS A SEAT CHANGED
PARTY CONTROL. AND REMEMBER, THIS SAME BRAND OF
POLITICAL MANIPULATION THAT HURTS REPUBLICANS, ALSO
HURTS EVERY MINORITY VOTER IN CALIFORNIA.
- 10 -
so ISN'T IT IRONIC, IF A LITTLE SAD, THAT IN THE
VERY DECADE DEMOCRACY DAWNED AROUND THE WORLD, A SMALL
GROUP SITTING AROUND A TABLE IN A RESTAURANT, WHO
CALLED THEMSELVES DEMOCRATS, INFRINGED ON VOTING RIGHTS
IN AMERICA?\\\
STILL, REPUBLICANS DO NOT SEEK REVENGE, A
GERRYMANDER OF OUR OWN. NO. WITH A FAIR LINES, WE CAN
WIN ON THE ISSUES. AND WE CAN ALSO WIN ON THE STRENGTH
OF OUR CANDIDATES.
YOU KNOW, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF OUR GREAT NATION,
SOME AMERICANS STAYED IN THE CITIES OF THE EAST, AND
BUILT GREAT INDUSTRIES\ -- AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO
BE PROUD. AND SOME AMERICANS CAME HALFWAY ACROSS THE
CONTINENT, AND FARMED OUR RICH AND FERTILE PLAINS\ --
AND THEY, Too, HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE PROUD. BUT THEN
THERE WERE THOSE WHO PRESSED EVER FORWARD UNTIL THEY
REACHED THE SEA -- GUMPTION, GOLD, AND GLORY TOOK THEM
ALL THE WAY TO THE SHORE OF THE SHINING PACIFIC. 11 WE
CALL THESE PEOPLE, CALIFORNIANS.
- 11 -
SOME FOUND GOLD. MOST DIDN'T. BUT ALL
CALIFORNIANS FOUND SOMETHING PRECIOUS -- THE FUTURE.
SO TODAY'S STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS TOMORROW'S STATE OF
THE UNION.\\ AND THERE'S NO ONE BETTER TO LEAD
CALIFORNIA INTO THAT FUTURE THAN PETE WILSON.
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT "IF YOU WOULD TEST A MAN,
FIRST GIVE HIM POWER." FOR TWENTY-THREE YEARS, A
CALIFORNIAN NAMED PETE WILSON HAS BEEN TESTED. HE HAS
USED POWER NOT TO GLORIFY ONE MAN, BUT TO MAKE A BETTER
LIFE FOR MILLIONS. PETE WILSON IS TODAY A GREAT
SENATOR -- A STERLING EXAMPLE OF CALIFORNIA'S PASSION
FOR EXCELLENCE. TOMORROW, THE GOLDEN STATE WILL BE
PROUD TO CALL HIM GOVERNOR.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 27, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
Remarks for the Pete Wilson Fundraiser
I. SUMMARY:
On the evening of Wednesday, February 28, you will address
an audience of 700 in the Grand Ballroom of the St. Francis Hotel
in San Francisco. You will be introduced by Senator Pete Wilson.
Your remarks will be teleprompted and are approximately 13
minutes long.
II. DISCUSSION:
The text promotes Pete Wilson as gubernatorial candidate
with such bedrock issues as crime, drugs, the environment, and
education. It also makes the Republican case on reapportionment.
Davis/Martin
Date: Feb. 26, 1990
Title: Wilson
4:50 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
( (Acknowledgements to come.))
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl --- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think the Bay Area has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. A champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. \ A champion for the environment.\ A champion for
California.\ A champion for a sound and growing economy. \ The
next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
And with Pete
at the top of the ticket, come November, the biggest state in the
Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
2
But California is prized for more than its political
importance of the size of its Congressional delegation. We must
win this state, because California represents the future.
California is at the forefront, not just regionally and
nationally but internationally, and needs a special kind of
leadership -- Pete Wilson's kind of leadership. Pete's twenty-
three year career in public life began under the Dome in
Sacramento. Today, he is a lawmaker still, this time in
Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete first
showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His was a
magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that became
better as it grew larger.
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. California
needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a Republican
tradition. It needs a governor who will continue the war
against violent crime. California needs a governor who shares
our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
3
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of our proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if the King-pins who
deal drugs are dealing death, then let's judge the for what they
are -- murderers.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to preserve the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile coastal ecology to the education
of yet another generation of California children.
Pete Wilson Fundroiser
4
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
Right now, Pete Wilson is one of the leaders in the U.S.
Senate working to enact a Clean Air Bill. One that will cut back
on air toxics, curb acid rain and clean up the smog that plagues
clear
California's air. Cleaner cars. Cleaner fuels. Cleaner
Air
factories. That's what we're working for. And with Pete Wilson
Insert
at the helm -- you'll have a governor who's working for a Cleaner
California.
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. Governors across the country
are disturbed that there are still many American children --
often in the inner-city, often immigrants -- who are denied the
American dream because of a lack of literacy and job skills.
5
This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And that's why Pete
Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion dollar increase for
Head Start to give these children a hopeful start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
( (Some say reapportionment has been a political goldmine for
both parties. I support they're right.\ The Democrats get the
gold. We get the shaft. )
Remember, after the 1990 Census, almost one out of eight
memober of Congress will represent the state of California.
This is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering violates
the spirit of one-man, one-vote. On a summer night in 1981, a
6
group of California Democrats sat in a restaurant in Sacramento
with pencil and paper and redesigned your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same brand of
political manipulation that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson. You know, in the
early days of our great nation, some Americans stayed in the
cities of the East, and built great industries\ -- and they have
every right to be proud. And some Americans came halfway across
the continent, and farmed our rich and fertile plains\ -- and
they, too, have every right to be proud. But then there were
those who pressed ever forward until they reached the sea --
gumption, gold, and glory took them all the way to the shore of
the shining Pacific. We call these people, Californians.
7
Some found gold. Most didn't. But all Californians found
something precious -- today's the future. So the state of
California, is tomorrow's state of the union.\\
It was once said: "If you would test a man, first give him
power. " For twenty-three years, a Californian named Pete Wilson
has been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but
to make a better life for millions. Pete Wilson, today a Senator
-- a sterling example of California's passion for excellence.
Tomorrow, the golden bear state will be proud to call you
Governor.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 26, 1990
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
From:
Jim Pinkerton
Re:
Pete Wilson draft
This reads well -- I have no comments or
criticisms of the text, but I do note the
conspicuous absence of any reference to the
hottest single environmental issue out there,
the offshore oil drilling controversy.
20 : Id 9283106
Document No.
116757
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
02/26/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PETE WILSON RUNDRAISER
(02/26 4:50 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
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DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
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ROGERS
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WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
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WRAY
FITZWATER
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GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
DELAND
ANDERSON
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
1990
WASHINGTON
FEB 25 PH 5. 40
February 27, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
cw
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
Remarks for the Pete Wilson Fundraiser
I. SUMMARY:
On the evening of Wednesday, February 28, you will address
an audience of 700 in the Grand Ballroom of the St. Francis Hotel
in San Francisco. You will be introduced by Senator Pete Wilson.
Your remarks will be teleprompted and are approximately 13
minutes long.
II. DISCUSSION:
The text promotes Pete Wilson as gubernatorial candidate
with such bedrock issues as crime, drugs, the environment, and
education. It also makes the Republican case on reapportionment.
Davis/Martin
Date: Feb. 26, 1990
1990 FEB 26 PM 6: 20
Title: Wilson
4:50 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
( (Acknowledgements to come.)
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think the Bay Area has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. A champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence.\ A champion for the environment.\ A champion for
California.\ A champion for a sound and growing economy. \ The
next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
And with Pete
at the top of the ticket, come November, one of the two biggest
states in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
2
But California is prized for more than its political
importance or the size of its Congressional delegation. We must
win this state, because California represents the future.
California is at the forefront, not just regionally and
nationally but internationally, and needs a special kind of
leadership -- Pete Wilson's kind of leadership. Pete's twenty-
three year career in public life began under the Dome in
Sacramento. Today, he is a lawmaker still, this time in
Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete first
showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His was a
magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that became
better as it grew larger.
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. California
needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a Republican
tradition. It needs a governor who will continue the war
against violent crime. California needs a governor who shares
our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
3
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of our proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if the King-pins who
deal drugs are dealing death, then let's judge themfor what they
are -- murderers.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to preserve the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile coastal ecology to the education
of yet another generation of California children.
4
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
Right now, Pete Wilson is one of the leaders in the U.S.
Senate working to enact a Clean Air Bill. One that will cut back
on air toxics, curb acid rain and clean up the smog that plagues
California's air. Cleaner cars. Cleaner fuels. Cleaner
factories. That's what we're working for. And with Pete Wilson
at the helm -- you'll have a governor who's working for a Cleaner
California.
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. Governors across the country
are disturbed that there are still many American children --
often in the inner-city, often immigrants -- who are denied the
American dream because of a lack of literacy and job skills.
5
This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable.\\ And that's why Pete
Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion dollar increase for
Head Start to give these children a hopeful start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
( (Some say reapportionment has been a political goldmine for
both parties. I support they're right.\ The Democrats get the
gold. We get the shaft. )
Remember, after the 1990 Census, almost one out of eight
memober of Congress will represent the state of California.
This is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering violates
the spirit of one-man, one-vote. On a summer night in 1981, a
6
group of California Democrats sat in a restaurant in Sacramento
with pencil and paper and redesigned your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same brand of
political manipulation that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson. You know, in the
early days of our great nation, some Americans stayed in the
cities of the East, and built great industries\ -- and they have
every right to be proud. And some Americans came halfway across
the continent, and farmed our rich and fertile plains\ -- and
they, too, have every right to be proud. But then there were
those who pressed ever forward until they reached the sea --
gumption, gold, and glory took them all the way to the shore of
the shining Pacific. We call these people, Californians.
7
Some found gold. Most didn't. But all Californians found
something precious -- the future. So today's state of
California, is tomorrow's state of the union.
It was once said: "If you would test a man, first give him
power." For twenty-three years, a Californian named Pete Wilson
has been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but
to make a better life for millions. Pete Wilson, today a Senator
-- a sterling example of California's passion for excellence.
Tomorrow, the golden bear state will be proud to call you
Governor.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
NSCO
PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
7 P.M., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1990
THANK YOU PETE, MRS. WILSON ((GAYLE)), CHAIRMAN
ATWATER, AND COACH WALSH. 11 LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR THE LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL BAND. 11
1990 FEB 21 PH 7:09 PM 09
AS YOU MAY KNOW, I WAS JUST IN SAN FRANCISCO THREE
WEEKS AGO. BUT, AS KIPLING SAID, SAN FRANCISCO, LIKE
ALL OF CALIFORNIA, HAS ONE DRAWBACK -- IT'S HARD TO
LEAVE. III
so MUCH HAS HAPPENED, EVEN SINCE MY LAST TRIP
HERE. BISHOP SWING, WOULD IT SEEM PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME
TO SAY THAT MANY OF OUR PRAYERS SEEMED TO BE ANSWERED?
FROM MOSCOW TO MANAGUA, CHANGE IS IN THE AIR. AND THE
REVOLUTION OF '89 HAS CONTINUED INTO A NEW DECADE, A
DECADE OF DEMOCRACY.
TIME AND AGAIN
THREE TIMES IN THIS CENTURY [ IN 1919, 1938 AND
1945
THE POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD WAS TRANSFORMED.
AND IN EACH INSTANCE, A NEW WORLD ORDER CAME ABOUT
on WAR the outbreak of was a
THROUGH THE ADVENT OF A NEW TYRANT, OR THE END OF A
bloody
BLOODY WAR.
global war,
or its
end.
- 2 -
another
NOW THE WORLD HAS UNDERGONE A FOURTH UPHEAVAL.
BUT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO WAR, AND THERE ARE FEWER
TYRANTS IN THE WORLD THAN BEFORE. 11 WE HAVE SEEN A
BOLD SOVIET LEADER INITIATE DARING REFORMS. WE HAVE
SEEN PLAYWRIGHT VACLAV HAVEL MOVE FROM PRISON TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. WE HAVE SEEN BOTH THE BERLIN WALL
AND A ROMANIAN DICTATORSHIP TUMBLE INTO RUINS.
VICTOR HUGO SAID THAT NO ARMY CAN MATCH THE MIGHT
OF AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME. IN THE REVOLUTION OF
'89 -- AN IDEA OVERCAME ARMIES AND TANKS - AND THAT
IDEA IS DEMOCRACY. THIS HAS BEEN TRUE IN THE EAST.
NOW IT IS BECOMING TRUE THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE - FIRST IN PANAMA AFTER OPERATION JUST
CAUSE, AND NOW AT LONG LAST FOR THE BRAVE PEOPLE
OF NICARAGUA.
COULD WE HAVE ASKED FOR MORE?\\\
PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
7 P.M., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1990
THANK YOU PETE, MRS. WILSON ((GAIL)), CHAIRMAN
ATWATER, AND COACH WALSH. LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR THE LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, I WAS JUST IN SAN FRANCISCO THREE
WEEKS AGO. BUT, AS KIPLING SAID, SAN FRANCISCO, LIKE
ALL OF CALIFORNIA, HAS ONE DRAWBACK - -- IT'S HARD TO
LEAVE. III
so MUCH HAS HAPPENED, EVEN SINCE MY LAST TRIP
HERE. BISHOP SWING, WOULD IT SEEM PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME
TO SAY THAT MANY OF OUR PRAYERS SEEMED TO BE ANSWERED?
FROM MOSCOW TO MANAGUA, CHANGE IS IN THE AIR. AND THE
REVOLUTION OF '89 HAS CONTINUED INTO A NEW DECADE, A
DECADE OF DEMOCRACY.
THREE TIMES IN THIS CENTURY - -- IN 1919, 1938 AND
1945 -- THE POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD WAS TRANSFORMED.
AND IN EACH INSTANCE, A NEW WORLD ORDER CAME ABOUT
THROUGH THE ADVENT OF A NEW TYRANT OR THE END OF A
BLOODY WAR.
- 2 -
NOW THE WORLD HAS UNDERGONE A FOURTH UPHEAVAL.
BUT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO WAR, AND THERE ARE FEWER
TYRANTS IN THE WORLD THAN BEFORE WE HAVE SEEN A
BOLD SOVIET LEADER INITIATE DARING REFORMS. WE HAVE
SEEN PLAYWRIGHT VACLAV HAVEL MOVE FROM PRISON TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. WE HAVE SEEN BOTH THE BERLIN WALL
$.F.
AND A ROMANIAN DICTATORSHIP TUMBLE INTO RUINS. The day of
the die to for is over. 14
VICTOR HUGO SAID THAT NO ARMY CAN MATCH THE MIGHT
OF AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME. IN THE REVOLUTION OF
'89 -- AN IDEA OVERCAME ARMIES AND TANKS -- AND THAT
IDEA IS DEMOCRACY. III THIS HAS BEEN TRUE IN THE EAST.
NOW IT IS BECOMING TRUE THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE - -- FIRST IN PANAMA AFTER OPERATION JUST
CAUSE, AND NOW - - AT LONG LAST -- FOR THE BRAVE PEOPLE
OF NICARAGUA.
COULD WE HAVE ASKED FOR MORE?\\\
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90 FEB 26 A10: 39
DATE: 2/23/90
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2/26/90 2:00 PM
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ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
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BENNETT
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RESPONSE:
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DX
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1990 FEB 23 PM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time) ) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
( (Acknowledgements to come. ))
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. À champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. \ A champion for the environment.\ A champion for
California. The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way. III
But California is prized for more than the size of its
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
you know, in thetarly days four great nation
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
move
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
farmed an rich and fectile
to
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have ever every right
close
to be proud. But then there were those who pressed forward refused to stop until
they land stopped, whose gungstion quest for, gold, and glory took them all
reached sea
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found ^ the future. So the state of California, today is tomorrow's the state
something precious today's
of the union. tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California is does at the forefront,
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, and it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in Dome in
under the
a lawmaker still,
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
our
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if dealing drugs is
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore coastal ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
((Clean Air paragraph to come))
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
Some say
( (It has been said that for the Democrats reapportionment
for both parties. I suppose chargel right.
has been a political goldmine They get the gold. We get the
the Denonats
shaft. )
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. Of course California Republicans must first get
that
Remember, after
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
in Washington
Congressmen will represent your state.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process brand of
7
manipulation that
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
mest
from
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
a Calitorinan named
p.2
first give him power." For twenty-three years Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
Senator Wisson today a senator-
in the 1990s.
Pete, you're a sterling example of Calfornia's
passion Thank for excellence: Tomorrow. the golden bear state will
you, God bless you and God bless America. be proud
Governor to call you
#
#
#
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DATE: 2/23/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
2/26/90 2:00 PM
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PETE WILSON FUNDRAISER
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, February 26, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Comments on the crime stuff. on page3
and other small Stiff
8th : JA Olv 9283 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1990 FEB 23 PM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time) ) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
( (Acknowledgements to come.) )
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. A champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. \ A champion for the environment. \ A champion for
California. The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
But California is prized for more than the size of its
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
the land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found the future. So the state of California today is the state
of the union tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California does --
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
Powrt Hit Gov. Deukme310m
very Sove Subsed
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
DZ
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if dealing drugs is
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California
wot aEPA in liami Now?
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
((Clean Air paragraph to come) )
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.\\
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
((It has been said that for the Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine.\ They get the gold. We
America Favoters
get the
shaft. )
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
Congressmen will represent your state.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process of
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
first give him power." For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
(Clean Air paragraph to come))
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable.\ And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.\\
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
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enact Clear Air Bill. One that will at bank on air toxies, ours acid rain,
and clean a "P the smog that plagues California's air. Cleaner cars. cleaner fuels.
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belm- you u have a governor who's work; for a Cleaner california.
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
((Clean Air paragraph to come))
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, uniust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year nas passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
and clean a the smog that plagues California's air. Cleaner cars. cleaner fuels.
enact Clean Air Bill. One that will at back on air tixies, surb rain,
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 23, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
Deputy Assistant to the President for
Communications
FROM:
BRENT O. HATCH not
Associate Counsel to the President
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks -- Pete Wilson Fundraiser
Counsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced Presidential
remarks. We have no legal objections.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
CC: James W. Cicconi
22:33
Document No. 116757 SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 2/23/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
2/26/90 2:00 PM
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PETE WILSON FUNDRAISER
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, February 26, 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
1990 FEB 23 PM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time)) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
((Acknowledgements to come.))
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. À champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. \ A champion for the environment.\ \ A champion for
California. The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
But California is prized for more than the size of its
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
the land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found the future. So the state of California today is the state
of the union tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California does --
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if dealing drugs is
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
((Clean Air paragraph to come))
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmej
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.\\\
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
((It has been said that for the Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine.\ They get the gold. We get the
shaft.
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
Congressmen will represent your state.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process of
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
first give him power." For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and, the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
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February 27, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
Remarks for the Pete Wilson Fundraiser
I. SUMMARY:
On the evening of Wednesday, February 28, you will address
an audience of 700 in the Grand Ballroom of the St. Francis Hotel
in San Francisco. You will be introduced by Senator Pete Wilson.
Your remarks will be teleprompted and are approximately 13
minutes long.
II. DISCUSSION:
The text promotes Pete Wilson as gubernatorial candidate
with such bedrock issues as crime, drugs, the environment, and
education. It also makes the Republican case on reapportionment.
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Title: Wilson
4:50 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
((Acknowledgements to come.))
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think the Bay Area has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. A champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. \ A champion for the environment.\ A champion for
California. \ A champion for a sound and growing economy. \ The
next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
And with Pete
at the top of the ticket, come November, one of the two biggest
states in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
2
But California is prized for more than its political
importance or the size of its Congressional delegation. We must
win this state, because California represents the future.
California is at the forefront, not just regionally and
nationally but internationally, and needs a special kind of
leadership -- Pete Wilson's kind of leadership. Pete's twenty-
three year career in public life began under the Dome in
Sacramento. Today, he is a lawmaker still, this time in
Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete first
showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His was a
magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that became
better as it grew larger.
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. California
needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a Republican
tradition. It needs a governor who will continue the war
against violent crime. California needs a governor who shares
our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
3
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of our proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if the King-pins who
deal drugs are dealing death, then let's judge themfor what they
are -- murderers.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to preserve the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile coastal ecology to the education
of yet another generation of California children.
4
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment.\ And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
Right now, Pete Wilson is one of the leaders in the U.S.
Senate working to enact a Clean Air Bill. One that will cut back
on air toxics, curb acid rain and clean up the smog that plagues
California's air. Cleaner cars. Cleaner fuels. Cleaner
factories. That's what we're working for. And with Pete Wilson
at the helm -- you'll have a governor who's working for a Cleaner
California.
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. Governors across the country
are disturbed that there are still many American children --
often in the inner-city, often immigrants -- who are denied the
American dream because of a lack of literacy and job skills.
5
This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And that's why Pete
Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion dollar increase for
Head Start to give these children a hopeful start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
( (Some say reapportionment has been a political goldmine for
both parties. I support they're right.\ The Democrats get the
gold. We get the shaft. ) )
Remember, after the 1990 Census, almost one out of eight
memober of Congress will represent the state of California.
This is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering violates
the spirit of one-man, one-vote. On a summer night in 1981, a
6
group of California Democrats sat in a restaurant in Sacramento
with pencil and paper and redesigned your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same brand of
political manipulation that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no.
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson. You know, in the
early days of our great nation, some Americans stayed in the
cities of the East, and built great industries\ -- and they have
every right to be proud. And some Americans came halfway across
the continent, and farmed our rich and fertile plains\ -- and
they, too, have every right to be proud. But then there were
those who pressed ever forward until they reached the sea --
gumption, gold, and glory took them all the way to the shore of
the shining Pacific. We call these people, Californians.