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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Dearborn, Michigan)
For Immediate Release
April 3, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT FUNDRAISER FOR MICHIGAN GOP
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Detroit, Michigan
7:08 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Thank
you all very, very much. Let me say that it's a great pleasure to be
here. I'm glad to see Congressman Bill Shuette here. Others from
the Congress were to be here, but they've got some voting going on.
Especially pleased to see two great former Governors of this state --
George Romney and Bill Milliken. And it's also wonderful to have our
co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, Jeanie Austin,
here. You all know that Lee Atwater has been sick, and Jeanie, as
the number two person at the Republican National Committee, is doing
a superb job. I want to welcome her.
Was all this gang introduced ahead of time, I guess --
down there. And, of course, to salute your state party leadership --
my friend Spence Abraham, the Chairman; Ronna Romney and Chuck Yob,
the two national committee people; and then, of course, State Senator
John Engler. I'm going to say a little more about him in a little
bit. And I'm glad to see Keith Butler, Detroit City Councilman Keith
Butler, here tonight, and my thanks, of course, to Heinz Prechter and
Randy and Mike and Paul -- and I'm going to get in real trouble here
-- all those who did the heavy lifting on this and put together such
a tremendous event. It is so well-done.
Ladies and gentlemen and honored guests, thank you for
the welcome and for the privilege of being here. And it's good to be
back with you all. I particularly want to pay my respects to Max
Fischer and thank him, once again, for being at my side. A constant
friend, loyal and of tremendously sound advice. He gives me that all
the time. It's good to be back in the state -- (laughter) -- and I
need it, and I need it. (Applause.)
And it's good to be back in the state that produced this
year's Miss USA. (Applause.) So this fall will elect a governor
that will be Mr. GOP. (Laughter and applause.)
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. Although as a baseball fan, I feel like I've
been here before. Maybe it goes back to the man I saw on television
holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. And it read, "All I
ask is a chance to work." And it was great to see Sparky Anderson
again. (Laughter.)
Well, you've got a great state. Michigan is also
basketball country. And like fans across America, I've marveled at
the wizardry of your world champion Pistons, who I was honored to
have in the White House last year. And actually, when I was younger
I, too, could dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back,
through my legs -- which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling
alleys. (Laughter.)
Sports is one reason that it's a pleasure to return to
the state which was so kind to me in 1988 and helped us -- helped our
ticket do well. Politics is another. And let me take this chance to
salute the entire Republican ticket -- its candidates -- and
especially, those of you who toil so long and hard at the grassroots
level.
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Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes
beyond party to the very essence of this campaign. Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America.
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses
liberal policies which measure progress made by dollars spent and
bureaucracies built. Or whether it chooses Republican policies which
help people up and bureaucracies down.
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war
on thugs and these drug peddlers. Or whether Lansing is run by those
who soft-pedal the need to be really hard on crime.
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep
control of the State Senate and gain control of the State House of
Representatives. And whether we have a governor who will ensure fair
reapportionment. You know, some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties, and they may be right. The
Democrats walk away with the gold and we head for the hills.
This election -- and it's been that way -- and this
election can help change that. It's that clear-cut -- that
important. I know this state, I think. Probably not as well as many
in this room, but I feel I know this state. And I' first got to know
you -- what Max was referring to in appropriately saluting Bill
Milliken -- the primary of 1980. So tonight I make a prediction.
This fall Michigan will make the right decision by supporting
Republican candidates. The right decision means a vote for
Republicans at the local, county, and state level. And for
Michigan's next United States senator, and most of all, it means a
vote for the man who says we need new priorities, not new taxes. To
repeat a slogan, "Just think what the right man can do." Your next
governor -- John Engler. (Applause.)
Okay, so I'm slightly biased. John's a personal friend,
and I wanted to come here and personally support him and the great
party he represents. I know you wanted to hear a few words from a
prominent national figure whose charisma can fire up a crowd and
generate some excitement. (Laughter.) Unfortunately, Bo
Schembechler's still at spring training in Lakeland -- so I'm here.
(Laughter.) I will tell you, just parenthetically, we had a little
receiving line inside and all of you asked -- many came through there
and asked about Barbara's health, and let me say I'm sorry she's not
here, but her health is just fine. And if this proud husband of
some-46 years may be permitted, I think the Silver Fox is doing a
good job for our country. (Applause.)
I'm delighted, just as I was a year ago, when Michigan's
basketball Wolverines were welcomed to the White House. I told the
national champions, "You're truly number one." Well, tonight, with
apologies to you Spartan fans out there, let me say, there's a song
we'll be soon singing about the entire Republican ticket -- "Hail to
the Victors."
This year, Republicans will triumph really for the best
of reasons -- opportunity. The opportunity that comes from fiscal
sanity, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs. The
opportunity which rises from increased prosperity and from the chance
to think, dream, and worship as one pleases not just in Detroit and
Dearborn, but also Budapest and Berlin.
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck, only 10 miles away from here, and spoke of how free
speech, free elections, and the exercise of free will could change
history and lives in all of Eastern Europe. Since then, of course,
that's come to pass -- and we've seen events even Ripley wouldn't
believe. Look at Hungary -- 10 days ago holding that nation's first
multiparty parliamentary election since 1945. Look at Nicaragua or
Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of conscience, Poland. Nations
whose brave peoples are choosing ballots over bullets. And showing
how the greatest peace dividend is peace itself.
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So far I've talked about opportunity for other nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at home.
Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need of
opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through this old adage
of "tax and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting
local policies which have worked nationally. Here's America's box
score: more than 20 million new jobs created since 1982; inflation
at less than five percent; and real per capita income at record
levels. Now, these statistics aren't an accident. They stem from
Republican policies that work. We don't want government to spend
more money -- we want people to have more money to spend.
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
these policies. Let's continue the longest peacetime boom in
American history and bring an economic renaissance to Michigan.
You know, opportunity means different things to different
people. For some, it's the chance to invest -- which reminds me that
it is time that Congress passed our capital gains tax cut. It is
essential we get this done. (Applause.) For others, it's the
freedom to root for the team of your choice, to vote for the
candidate of your choice or, yes, even to eat the vegetable of your
choice. (Laughter.)
There's something wrong with this country. I read a poll
taken by a New England newspaper, a Boston newspaper -- a national
poll -- that showed 79 percent of the people liked broccoli.
(Laughter.) What's wrong? Where are the six-year olds to stand up
and join in when they've got something going for them? (Laughter.)
The other answer is they were using Ortega's polster. (Laughter and
applause.)
When it comes to domestic policy, opportunity really does
mean many things. For instance, in child care -- we're fighting that
battle right now -- it means the freedom to choose. So we have
proposed legislation to help low-income working Americans increase
choice in child care through tax incentives, not federal
intervention.
Last week, the House Democratic leadership passed its
child care bill. The good news is that it's better than their
previous efforts. The bad news is it costs $20 billion more than the
child care bill I sent up to Congress -- and that the liberal
Democrats still think Big Brother knows what's best for our kids. We
Republicans say parents know what's best. Keep the family strong.
Do not have the federal government setting all the standards for
child care all across this country. (Applause.) So I'm going to
stand up for my principles, even if I have to end up vetoing a bill
labeled "child care." Child care isn't a slogan -- it means the very
future of our kids.
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means
an America that's clean and safe. And in that spirit, let me note
that this very evening the Senate is going to vote on our clean air
legislation -- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a
decade. In the finest tradition of American politics this bill has
bipartisan support -- Senator Mitchell on the Democratic side; our
very able leader, Senator Dole -- working hand in hand, not to win
the debating points, but to win cleaner air for the generation to
come. I am proud of this proposal to cut smog and acid rain and
toxic pollution. We've had to compromise from what I sent up
originally. The Democrats have given a little bit. But it's going
to work. We can, and must, ensure the purity of our environment.
(Applause.)
Tonight marks an historic vote. And I urge the Senate to
act not merely for this generation, but all the generations to come.
Some think we must choose between a sound ecology and a
sound economy. Republicans say we need both. America can have clean
air and good jobs.
And finally, we can strengthen opportunity through two
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priorities where state officials -- especially the governor -- play a
crucial role: education, and crime and drugs.
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. And we're asking
Congress to spend over $10.5 billion in fiscal '91 for education,
treatment, interdiction, and enforcement; about a 70-percent increase
just since I took office. Now, John Engler strongly supports this
program. And he'll lead the fight to toughen crime laws at the state
level -- just as we are trying to do at the federal level there in
Washington, D.C. You in Detroit know how bad crime can be and the
toll it takes on the families and on communities. And you know how
some say there's always a reason for crime and drugs. Well, we say,
there may be a reason, but there's never an excuse. So let's elect
candidates who will help us take back the streets. (Applause.)
And at the same time, we must also give our kids the
opportunity to learn. Which is why last fall I convened really an
unprecedented event, the nation's first education summit. From that
summit arose six new national educational goals that the governors
and I together announced just recently. Among them, we must see that
every student starts school ready to learn. And that's one reason we
stepped up a request for Head Start spending so much, at the federal
level. And that each school has an environment where kids can learn.
And that means making every school drug-free. And our graduation
rate must be no less than 90 percent. And we want U.S. students to
be first in the world in math and science by the year 2000.
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. And that
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money, but
by demanding higher standards, greater accountability, better
teachers, and greater involvement by parents and communities.
(Applause.) And I'd add, and by giving parents more choice in where
their kids go to school.
Earlier, I spoke of how liberal Democrats measure
progress made by dollars spent and bureaucracies built; and how.
Republicans view progress as helping people up and keeping
bureaucracies down. Nothing shows the contrast more than education.
Ours is the opportunity to make American education number one again.
And we must seize it for ourselves and for our kids.
In closing, there's only one opportunity that I haven't
mentioned. The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. And
ordinarily, I'd stay with you. But the Secret Service caught the
cook washing my lettuce with Perrier. (Laughter.) So I must be
going. So let me leave you -- and I do apologize for leaving.
(Laughter.) Let me leave you with the thought that opportunity can
help us undertake new priorities and make those priorities come true.
Priorities like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like
safer streets and better jobs.
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here. Let's win the State
Senate, the House of Representatives. Let's elect Republican
congressmen and a United States senator. And let's roll up our
sleeves to elect John Engler governor. We know what he will do.
(Applause.) You know what he'll do and I know what he'll do; he'll
make the great State of Michigan even greater. I'm confident of it.
I know him well. I ask you to go the extra mile and elect this
outstanding man your next governor.
Thank you you all very much. Good luck on election day.
And I hope I'll get invited back. (Applause.) And God bless the
United States of America. Thank you. (Applause.)
END
7:29 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
THE WHITE HOUSE
3/31/9c
WASHINGTON
March 30, 1990
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INFORMATION
32 PM 3. 53
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON CW
FROM:
CURT SMITH
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SUBJECT:
MICHIGAN GOP FUNDRAISER
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I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m., you will address
about 900 people at a Michigan GOP fundraiser at the Ritz Carlton
Hotel. Max Fisher will introduce you. Congressman Bill
Schuette, State Senator John Engler and Spence Abraham, Michigan
State Party Chairman and the Vice President's Deputy Chief of
Staff will attend.
II. DISCUSSION
The attached remarks (13 minutes, teleprompter) express
your support for gubernatorial candidate and State Senate
Majority Leader John Engler and for all of the other Republican
candidates running for office this year. The text also discusses
some of the major initiatives of your Administration, including
child care, the environment, education and crime and drugs.
(Smith/Blessey)
March 30, 1990
3 P.M.
MICH
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3, 1990
Thank you, Max. Congressman Shuette, State Senator Engler
and Spence Abraham. Ladies and gentlemen, Honored guests. Thank
you for that introduction -- and for the privilege of being here.
// It's good to be back in the State that produced this year's
Miss USA -- and this fall, will elect a Governor that will be
Mr. GOP. //
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. ((Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
I've been here before. // Maybe it goes back to the man I saw
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read,
"All I ask is a chance to work." // It was great to see Sparky
Anderson again.) ) //
((Michigan, of course, is also basketball country. And like
fans across America, I've marveled at the wizardry of your world
champion Pistons. // Actually, when I was younger I, too, could
dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and through my
legs. Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling alleys.) )) //
Sports is one reason it's a pleasure to return to the State
which was so kind to me in 1988. Politics is another. // And
let me take this chance to salute the entire Republican ticket.
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Its candidates. And especially, those of you who toil so long
and hard at the grass-roots level. //
Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes beyond
party to the very essence of this campaign. // Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America. //
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses liberal
policies which measure progress made by dollars spent and
bureaucracies built. // Or whether it chooses Republican
policies which help people up -- and keep bureaucracies down. //
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war on
thugs and drug peddlers. Or whether Lansing is run by those who
soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep control
of the State Senate. And gain control of the State House of
Representatives. // And whether we have a Governor who will
ensure fair reapportionment. Some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties. They may be right. //
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Lakeland -- so I'm here instead. 11
((I'm delighted. Just as I was a year ago, when I welcomed
Michigan's basketball Wolverines to the White House. // I told
the national champions, "You're truly Number One." // Well,
tonight, with apologies to you Spartan fans, let me say: There's
a song we'll be soon be singing about the entire Republican
ticket. // "Hail to the Victors. //
This year, Republicans will triumph because of the best of
reasons. Opportunity. // The opportunity that comes from lower
Fiscal sanity
taxes, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs. The
opportunity which rises from increased prosperity. And from the
chance to think, dream, and worship as one you please not just in
Detroit and Dearborn -- but also Budapest and Berlin. //
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck -- only 10 miles away. And spoke of how "free speech,
free elections, and the exercise of free will" could change
history, and lives, in all of Eastern Europe. // Since then, of
course, that's come to pass -- we've seen events even Ripley
4
would not believe. Look at Hungary ten days ago, holding that
Nation's first multi-party parliamentary election since 1945.
Look at Nicaragua or Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of
conscience -- Poland. // Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. //
So far I've talked of opportunity for other Nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at
home. // Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need
of opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through "Tax
and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting locally
policies which have worked nationally. // Here's America's box
score: More than 20 million new jobs created since 1982.
Inflation at less than 5 percent. And real per capita income at
record levels. // These statistics aren't an accident. They
stem from Republican policies that work. We don't want
government to spend more money -- we want people to have more
money to spend. //
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
those policies. Let's continue the longest peacetime boom in
American history -- and bring an economic renaissance to
Michigan. //
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people. For some, it's the chance to invest. Which reminds me:
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Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
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priorities where State officials -- especially the Governor --
play a crucial role: Education and crime and drugs. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. // We're
asking Congress to spend over $10 and 1/2 billion in Fiscal Year
1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement --
about a 70 per cent increase since I took office. // John
Engler supports this program. And he'll lead the fight to
toughen crime laws at the State level -- just as we are doing in
Washington. You in Detroit know how bad crime can be in the toll
it takes on families and communities. And you know how some say
there's always a reason for crime and drugs. Republicans say:
There may be a reason -- but there's never an excuse. So let's
elect candidates who will help us take back the streets. //
At the same time, we must also give our kids the opportunity
to learn. Which is why last fall I convened an unprecedented
event -- this Nation's first Education Summit. // From that
summit arose six new national education goals the Governors and I
announced recently. Among them: We must see that every student
starts school ready to learn. And that each school has an
environment where kids can learn. That means making every school
drug-free. // Our graduation rate must be no less than 90
percent. And we want U.S. students to be first in the world in
math and science by the year 2000. //
7
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. // And that
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money
// but by demanding higher standards, greater accountability,
better teachers, and greater involvement by parents and
communities. And by giving parents more choice in where their
kids go to school. // Earlier, I spoke of how liberal Democrats
measure progress made by dollars spent and bureaucracies built.
And how Republicans view progress as helping people up -- and
keeping bureaucracies down. Nothing shows the contrast more than
education. Ours is the opportunity to make American education
No. 1 again. We must seize it -- for ourselves and our kids. //
( (In closing, there's only one opportunity I haven't
mentioned: The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. //
Ordinarily, I'd stay with you. It's just that the Secret Service
caught the cook washing my lettuce with Perrier.)) // So let me
leave you with the thought that opportunity can help us undertake
new priorities. And make those priorities come true. Priorities
like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like safer
streets and better jobs.
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here.
Let's win the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Let's elect Republican Congressmen and a U.S. Senator.
8
And let's roll up our sleeves to elect John Engler Governor.
We know what he will do. // He'll make the great State of
Michigan even greater. //
Thank you for this evening. Good luck on Election Day.
And God bless our beloved land -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
(Smith/Blessey)
March 30, 1990
3 P.M.
MICH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
7:00 P.M.
Thank you, Max. Congressman Shuette, State Senator Engler
and Spence Abraham. Ladies and gentlemen, Honored guests. Thank
you for that introduction -- and for the privilege of being here.
// It's good to be back in the State that produced this year's
Miss USA -- and this fall, will elect a Governor that will be
Mr. GOP. //
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. ((Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
I've been here before. // Maybe it goes back to the man I saw
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read,
"All I ask is a chance to work." // It was great to see Sparky
Anderson again.) ) //
((Michigan, of course, is also basketball country. And like
fans across America, I've marveled at the wizardry of your world
champion Pistons. // Actually, when I was younger I, too, could
dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and through my
legs. Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling alleys.) ) //
Sports is one reason it's a pleasure to return to the State
which was so kind to me in 1988. Politics is another. // And
let me take this chance to salute the entire Republican ticket.
2
Its candidates. And especially, those of you who toil so long
and hard at the grass-roots level. //
Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes beyond
party to the very essence of this campaign. // Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America. //
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses liberal
policies which measure progress made by dollars spent and
bureaucracies built. // Or whether it chooses Republican
policies which help people up -- and keep bureaucracies down. //
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war on
thugs and drug peddlers. Or whether Lansing is run by those who
soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep control
of the State Senate. And gain control of the State House of
Representatives. // And whether we have a Governor who will
ensure fair reapportionment. Some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties. They may be right. //
The Democrats walk away with the gold and we head for the hills.
//
This election can help change all that. It's that clear-cut
-- that important. Well, I know Michigan. First got to know you
during the 1980 Primary. // So tonight I make a prediction.
This fall, Michigan will make the right decision by supporting
Republican candidates. // The right decision means a vote for
Republicans at the local, county, and State level. And for
3
Michigan's next U.S. Senator // Most of all, it means a vote for
the man who says we need new priorities, not new taxes. To
paraphrase a slogan, "Just think what the right man can do."
Your next Governor: John Engler. //
Now, John's a personal friend -- and I wanted to come here
and personally support him and the great party he represents. I
know you wanted to hear a few words from a prominent national
figure who can really fire up a crowd and generate some
excitement. 11 Unfortunately, Bo Schembechler's still at spring
training in Lakeland -- so I'm here instead. //
((I'm delighted. Just as I was a year ago, when I welcomed
Michigan's basketball Wolverines to the White House. // I told
the national champions, "You're truly Number One." // Well,
tonight, with apologies to you Spartan fans, let me say: There's
a song we'll be soon be singing about the entire Republican
ticket. // "Hail to the Victors. ) //
This year, Republicans will triumph because of the best of
reasons. Opportunity. // The opportunity that comes from
fiscal sanity, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs.
The opportunity which rises from increased prosperity. And from
the chance to think, dream, and worship as one pleases not just
in Detroit and Dearborn -- but also Budapest and Berlin. //
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck -- only 10 miles away. And spoke of how "free speech,
free elections, and the exercise of free will" could change
history, and lives, in all of Eastern Europe. // Since then, of
4
course, that's come to pass -- we've seen events even Ripley
would not believe. Look at Hungary ten days ago, holding that
Nation's first multi-party parliamentary election since 1945.
Look at Nicaragua or Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of
conscience -- Poland. // Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. //
So far I've talked of opportunity for other Nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at
home. // Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need
of opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through "Tax
and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting locally
policies which have worked nationally. // Here's America's box
score: More than 20 million new jobs created since 1982.
Inflation at less than 5 percent. And real per capita income at
record levels. // These statistics aren't an accident. They
stem from Republican policies that work. We don't want
government to spend more money -- we want people to have more
money to spend. //
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
those policies. Let's continue the longest peacetime boom in
American history -- and bring an economic renaissance to
Michigan. //
( (You know, opportunity means different things to different
people. For some, it's the chance to invest. Which reminds me:
It's time Congress passed our capital gains tax cut. // For
(
5
others, it's the freedom to root for the team of your choice //
to vote for the candidate of your choice // or, yes, even to
eat the vegetable of your choice.) ) //
Well, when it comes to domestic policy, opportunity means
many things. // For instance, in child care it means the
freedom to choose. So we have proposed legislation to help low-
income working Americans increase choice in child care through
tax incentives, not Federal intervention. // Last week, the
House Democratic leadership passed its child care bill. The good
news is that it's better than their previous efforts it costs
billion that more than the Child Care Bill I sent up to
and
Congress
The bad news is that liberal Democrats still think Big
Brother knows what's best for our kids. We Republicans say:
Parents know what's best. // So I'm going to stand up for my
principles, even if I have to end up vetoing a bill labeled
"child care." // Child care isn't a slogan: It means the very
future of our kids.
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
America that's clean and safe. In that spirit, let me note that
this very evening the Senate will vote on our clean air
legislation -- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a
decade. In the finest tradition of American politics this bill
ator
atar
has bi-partisan support -- Sen. Mitchel and Sen Dole working
hand in hand not to win debating points, but to win cleaner air
for the generation to come. I am proud of this proposal to cut
smog, acid rain, and toxic pollution. We can, and must, ensure
6
the purity of our environment. // Tonight marks an historic
vote. And I urge the Senate to act not merely for this
generation but all the generations to come. // Some think we
must choose between a sound ecology and a sound economy.
Republicans say: We need both. America can have clean air and
good jobs. //
Finally, we can strengthen opportunity through two
priorities where State officials -- especially the Governor --
play a crucial role: Education and crime and drugs. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. // We're
asking Congress to spend over $10 and 1/2 billion in Fiscal Year
1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement --
about a 70 percent increase since I took office. // John
Engler supports this program. And he'll lead the fight to
toughen crime laws at the State level -- just as we are doing in
Washington. You in Detroit know how bad crime can be in the toll
it takes on families and communities. And you know how some say
there's always a reason for crime and drugs. Republicans say:
There may be a reason -- but there's never an excuse. So let's
elect candidates who will help us take back the streets. //
At the same time, we must also give our kids the opportunity
to learn. Which is why last fall I convened an unprecedented
event -- this Nation's first Education Summit. // From that
summit arose six new national education goals the Governors and I
announced recently. Among them: We must see that every student
7
starts school ready to learn. And that each school has an
environment where kids can learn. That means making every school
drug-free. // Our graduation rate must be no less than 90
percent. And we want U.S. students to be first in the world in
math and science by the year 2000. //
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. // And that
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money
// but by demanding higher standards, greater accountability,
better teachers, and greater involvement by parents and
communities. And by giving parents more choice in where their
kids go to school. // Earlier, I spoke of how liberal Democrats
measure progress made by dollars spent and bureaucracies built.
And how Republicans view progress as helping people up -- and
keeping bureaucracies down. Nothing shows the contrast more than
education. Ours is the opportunity to make American education
No. 1 again. We must seize it -- for ourselves and our kids. //
( (In closing, there's only one opportunity I haven't
mentioned: The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. //
Ordinarily, I'd stay with you. It's just that the Secret Service
caught the cook washing my lettuce with Perrier.) ) // So let me
leave you with the thought that opportunity can help us undertake
new priorities. And make those priorities come true. Priorities
like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like safer
streets and better jobs.
8
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here.
Let's win the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Let's elect Republican Congressmen and a U.S. Senator.
And let's roll up our sleeves to elect John Engler Governor.
We know what he will do. // He'll make the great State of
Michigan even greater. //
Thank you for this evening. Good luck on Election Day.
And God bless our beloved land -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 30, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
CW
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
MICHIGAN GOP FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m., you will address
about 900 people at a Michigan GOP fundraiser at the Ritz Carlton
Hotel. Max Fisher will introduce you. Congressman Bill
Schuette, State Senator John Engler and Spence Abraham, Michigan
State Party Chairman and the Vice President's Deputy Chief of
Staff will attend.
II. DISCUSSION
The attached remarks (13 minutes, teleprompter) express
your support for gubernatorial candidate and State Senate
Majority Leader John Engler and for all of the other Republican
candidates running for office this year. The text also discusses
some of the major initiatives of your Administration, including
child care, the environment, education and crime and drugs.
(Smith/Blessey)
March 30, 1990
3 P.M.
MICH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
7:00 P.M.
Thank you, Max. Congressman Shuette, State Senator Engler
and Spence Abraham. Ladies and gentlemen, Honored guests. Thank
you for that introduction -- and for the privilege of being here.
// It's good to be back in the State that produced this year's
Miss USA -- and this fall, will elect a Governor that will be
Mr. GOP. //
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. (Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
I've been here before. 11 Maybe it goes back to the man I saw
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read,
"All I ask is a chance to work." // It was great to see Sparky
Anderson again.) ) //
((Michigan, of course, is also basketball country. And like
fans across America, I've marveled at the wizardry of your world
champion Pistons. // Actually, when I was younger I, too, could
dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and through my
legs. Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling alleys.) ) //
Sports is one reason it's a pleasure to return to the State
which was so kind to me in 1988. Politics is another. 11 And
let me take this chance to salute the entire Republican ticket.
2
Its candidates. And especially, those of you who toil so long
and hard at the grass-roots level. //
Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes beyond
party to the very essence of this campaign. // Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America. //
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses liberal
policies which measure progress made by dollars spent and
bureaucracies built. 11 or whether it chooses Republican
policies which help people up -- and keep bureaucracies down. //
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war on
thugs and drug peddlers. or whether Lansing is run by those who
soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep control
of the State Senate. And gain control of the State House of
Representatives. // And whether we have a Governor who will
ensure fair reapportionment. Some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties. They may be right. //
The Democrats get the gold and we get the shaft. //
This election can help change all that. It's that clear-cut
-- that important. Well, I know Michigan. First got to know you
during the 1980 Primary. // So tonight I make a prediction.
This fall, Michigan will make the right decision by supporting
Republican candidates. // The right decision means a vote for
Republicans at the local, county, and State level. And for
Michigan's next U.S. Senator. 11 Most of all, it means a vote
3
for the man who says we need new priorities, not new taxes. To
paraphrase a slogan, "Just think what the right man can do."
Your next Governor: John Engler. //
Now, John's a friend -- and I wanted to come here and
personally support him and the great party he represents. I know
you wanted to hear a few words from a prominent national figure
who can really fire up a crowd and generate some excitement. //
Unfortunately, Bo Schembechler's still at spring training in
Lakeland -- so I'm here instead. //
((I'm delighted. Just as I was a year ago, when I welcomed
Michigan's basketball Wolverines to the White House. 11 I told
the national champions, "You're truly Number One." // Well,
tonight, with apologies to you Spartan fans, let me say: There's
a song we'll be soon be. singing about the entire Republican
ticket. 11 "Hail to the Victors." 11
This year, Republicans will triumph because of the best of
reasons. Opportunity. // The opportunity that comes from lower
taxes, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs. The
opportunity which rises from increased prosperity. And from the
chance to think, dream, and worship as you please not just in
Detroit and Dearborn -- but also Budapest and Berlin. //
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck -- only 10 miles away. And spoke of how "free speech,
free elections, and the exercise of free will" could change
history, and lives, in all of Eastern Europe. // Since then, of
course, that's come to pass -- we've seen events even Ripley
4
would not believe. Look at Hungary ten days ago, holding that
Nation's first multi-party parliamentary election since 1945.
Look at Nicaragua or Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of
conscience -- Poland. // Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. //
So far I've talked of opportunity for other Nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at
home. // Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need
of opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through "Tax
and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting locally
policies which have worked nationally. // Here's America's box
score: More than 20 million new jobs created since 1982.
Inflation at less than 5 percent. And real per capita income at
record levels. // These statistics aren't an accident. They
stem from Republican policies that work. We don't want
government to spend more money -- we want people to have more
money to spend. //
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
those policies. Let's continue the longest peacetime boom in
American history -- and bring an economic renaissance to
Michigan. //
((You know, opportunity means different things to different
people. For some, it's the chance to invest. Which reminds me:
It's time Congress passed our capital gains tax cut. // For
others, it's the freedom to root for the team of your choice //
5
to vote for the candidate of your choice // or, yes, even to
eat the vegetable of your choice.) //
Well, when it comes to domestic policy, opportunity means
many things. // For instance, in child care it means the
freedom to choose. So we have proposed legislation to help low-
income working Americans increase choice in child care through
tax incentives, not Federal intervention. // Last week, the
its
House Democratic leadership passed their child care bill. The
good news is that it's better than their previous efforts. The
bad news is that liberal Democrats still think Big Brother knows
what's best for our kids. We Republicans say: Parents know
what's best. // So I'm going to stand up for my principles,
I have to end up
even if it means taking the heat for vetoing a bill some labeled
"child care." // Child care isn't a slogan: It means the very
future of our kids.
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
America that's clean and safe. In that spirit, let me note that
this very evening the Senate will vote on our clean air
legislation -- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a
decade. I am proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and
toxic pollution. We can, and must, ensure the purity of our
environment. // Tonight marks an historic vote. And I urge the
Senate to act not merely for this generation but all the
generations to come. // Some think we must choose between a
sound ecology and a sound economy. Republicans say: We need
both. America can have clean air and good jobs. //
6
Finally, we can strengthen opportunity through two
priorities where State officials -- especially the Governor --
play a crucial role: Education and crime and drugs. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. // We're
asking Congress to spend over $10 and 1/2 billion in Fiscal Year
1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement --
about a 70 per cent increase since I took office. 11 John
Engler supports this program. And he'll lead the fight to
toughen crime laws at the State level -- just as we are doing in
Washington. You in Detroit know how bad crime can be in the toll
it takes on families and communities. And you know how some say
there's always a reason for crime and drugs. Republicans say:
There may be a reason -- but there's never an excuse. So let's
elect candidates who will help us take back the streets. //
At the same time, we must also give our kids the opportunity
to learn. Which is why last fall I convened an unprecedented
event -- this Nation's first Education Summit. // From that
summit arose six new national education goals the Governors and I
announced recently. Among them: We must see that every student
starts school ready to learn. And that each school has an
environment where kids can learn. That means making every school
drug-free. // Our graduation rate must be no less than 90
percent. And we want U.S. students to be first in the world in
math and science by the year 2000. //
7
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. // And that
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money
// but by demanding higher standards, greater accountability,
better teachers, and greater involvement by parents and
communities. And by giving parents more choice in where their
kids go to school. // Earlier, I spoke of how liberal Democrats
measure progress made by dollars spent and bureaucracies built.
And how Republicans view progress as helping people up -- and
keeping bureaucracies down. Nothing shows the contrast more than
education. Ours is the opportunity to make American education
No. 1 again. We must seize it -- for ourselves and our kids. //
((In closing, there's only one opportunity I haven't
mentioned: The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. //
Ordinarily, I'd stay with you. It's just that the Secret Service
caught the cook washing my lettuce with Perrier.) // So let me
leave you with the thought that opportunity can help us undertake
new priorities. And make those priorities come true. Priorities
like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like safer
streets and better jobs.
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here.
Let's win the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Let's elect Republican Congressmen and a U.S. Senator.
8
And let's roll up our sleeves to elect John Engler Governor.
We know what he will do. // He'll make the great State of
Michigan even greater. //
Thank you for this evening. Good luck on Election Day.
And God bless our beloved land -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
127839SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 3/29/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3/30/90 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, March 30, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
No Comment. 3/30/90
29 2d MAR OF 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
127839SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
3/29/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3/30/90 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, March 30, 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
(Smith/Blessey)
March 29, 1990
1990 MAR 29 PM 2: 07
11 A.M.
MICH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
7:00 P.M.
Ladies and gentlemen, Honored guests. Thank you for that
introduction and for the privilege of being here. // It's
good to be back in the State that produced this year's Miss USA
-- and this fall, will elect a Governor that will be Mr. GOP. //
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. ( (Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
I've been here before. // Maybe it goes back to the man I saw
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read,
"All I ask is a chance to work." // It was great to see Sparky
Anderson again.) ) //
( (Michigan, of course, is also basketball country. And like
fans across America, I've marveled at the wizardry of your world
champion Pistons. // Actually, when I was younger I, too, could
dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and through my
legs. Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling alleys. )) //
Sports is one reason it's a pleasure to return to the State
which was SO kind to me in 1988. Politics is another. // And
let me take this chance to salute the entire Republican ticket.
Its candidates. And especially, those of you who toil so long
and hard at the grass-roots level. //
2
Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes beyond
party to the very essence of this campaign. // Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America. //
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses fiscal
sanity -- or liberal policies which measure progress made by
dollars spent.
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war on
thugs and drug peddlers. Or whether Lansing is run by those who
soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep control
of the State Senate. And gain control of the State House of
Representatives. // And whether we have a Governor who will
ensure fair reapportionment. Some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties. They may be right. //
The Democrats get the gold and we get the shaft. // //
This election can help change all that. It's that clear-
cut -- that important. Well, I know Michigan. First got to know
you during the 1980 Primary. // So tonight I make a prediction.
This fall, Michigan will make the right decision by supporting
Republican candidates. // The right decision means a vote for
Republicans at the local, county, and State level. And for
Michigan's next U.S. Senator. // Most of all, it means a vote
for the man who says we need new priorities, not new taxes. To
paraphrase a slogan, "Just think what this Republican can do."
Your next Governor: John Engler. //
3
Now, John's a friend -- and I wanted to come here and
personally support him and the great party he represents. I know
you wanted to hear a few words from a prominent national figure
who can really fire up a crowd and generate some excitement. //
Unfortunately, Bo Schembechler's still at spring training in
Lakeland -- so I'm here instead. //
((I'm delighted. Just as I was a year ago, when I welcomed
Michigan's basketball Wolverines to the White House. // I told
the national champions, "You're truly Number One." // Well,
tonight, with apologies to you Spartan fans, let me say: There's
a song we'll be soon be singing about the entire Republican
ticket. // "Hail to the Victors. ")) //
This year, Republicans will triumph because of the best of
reasons. Opportunity. // The opportunity that comes from lower
taxes, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs. The
opportunity which rises from increased prosperity. And from the
chance to think, dream, and worship as you please not just in
Detroit and Dearborn -- but also Budapest and Berlin. //
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck -- only 10 miles away. And spoke of how "free speech,
free elections, and the exercise of free will" could change
history, and lives, in all of Eastern Europe. // Since then, of
course, that's come to pass -- we've seen events even Ripley
would not believe. Look at Hungary ten days ago, holding that
Nation's first multi-party parliamentary election since 1945.
Look at Nicaragua or Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of
4
conscience -- Poland. // Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. //
So far I've talked of opportunity for other Nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at
home. // Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need
of opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through "Tax
and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting locally
policies which have worked nationally. // Here's America's box
score: More than 20 million new jobs created since 1982.
Inflation at less than 5 percent. And real per capita income at
record levels. // // These statistics aren't an accident. They
stem from Republican policies that work. We don't want
government to spend more money -- we want people to have more
money to spend. //
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
those policies. Let's continue the longest boom in American
history -- and bring an economic renaissance to Michigan //
( (You know, opportunity means different things to different
people. For some, it's the chance to invest. Which reminds me:
It's time Congress passed our capital gains tax cut. // For
others, it's the freedom to root for the team of your choice //
to vote for the candidate of your choice // or, yes, even to
eat the vegetable of your choice.) ) //
to
Well, when it comes domestic policy, opportunity means many
things. // For instance, in child care it means the freedom to
5
choose. So we have proposed legislation to help low-income
working Americans increase choice through tax incentives, not
Federal intervention. Some say Big Brother knows what's best for
our kids. Republicans say: Parents do. //
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
America that's clean and safe. In that spirit, let me note that
vote on
this very evening the Senate will consider our clean air
legislation -- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a
decade. I am proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and
toxic pollution. We can, and must, ensure the purity of our
environment. // Tonight marks an historic vote. And I urge the
Senate to act not merely for this generation but all the
generations to come. // Some think we must choose between a
sound ecology and a sound economy. Republicans say: We need
both. America can have clean air and good jobs. //
Finally, we can strengthen opportunity through two
priorities where State officials -- especially the Governor --
play a crucial role: Education and crime and drugs. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. // We're
asking Congress to spend over $10 and 1/2 billion in Fiscal Year
1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement --
about a 70 per cent increase since I took office. // As Phase
II proposes, we also want an expansion of the the death penalty
for drug kingpins. // John Engler supports these steps. And
he'll lead the fight to toughen crime laws at the State level --
6
just as we are doing in Washington. You in Detroit know how bad
crime can be in the toll it takes on families and communities.
And you know how some say there's always a reason for crime and
drugs. Republicans say: There may be a reason -- but there's
never an excuse. So let's elect candidates who will help us take
back the streets. //
At the same time, we must also give our kids the opportunity
to learn. Which is why last fall I convened an unprecedented
event -- this Nation's first Education Summit. // From that
summit arose six new national education goals the Governors and I
announced recently. Among them: We must see that every student
starts school ready to learn. And that each school has an
environment where kids can learn. That means making every school
drug-free. 11 Our graduation rate must be no less than 90
percent. And we want U.S. students to be first in the world in
math and science by the year 2000. //
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. // And that
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money
// but by demanding higher standards, greater accountability,
better teachers, and greater involvement by parents and
communities. Ours is the opportunity to make American education
No. 1 again. We must seize it -- for ourselves and our kids. //
( (In closing, there's only one opportunity I haven't
mentioned: The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. //
Ordinarily, I'd stay with you. It's just that the Secret Service
7
caught the cook washing my lettuce with Perrier.) ) // So let me
leave you with the thought that opportunity can help us undertake
new priorities. And make those priorities come true. Priorities
like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like safer
streets and better jobs.
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here.
Let's win the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Let's elect Republican Congressmen and a U.S. Senator.
And let's roll up our sleeves to elect John Engler Governor.
We know what he will do. // He'll make the great State of
Michigan even greater. //
Thank you for this evening. Good luck on Election Day.
And God bless our beloved land -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 30, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
JIM PINKERTON
SUBJECT:
Michigan Fundraiser Draft
pg. 2, para. 2, line 1 "This election will decide
whether Michigan chooses fiscal sanity -- or liberal
policies which measure progress made by dollar spent. "
"Progress made by dollars spent" is a brilliant line
that neatly sums up the Democratic philosophy that
separates that party from the GOP. We suggest, however, a
better characterization for the GOP philosophy than fiscal
sanity alone. One alternative might be: "This election
will decide whether Michigan chooses liberal policies
which measure progress made by dollars spent and
of
bureaucracies built, or kinder, gentler GOP policies which
measure progress by whether people, not bureaucracies, are
actually better off
"
1,3,6 "The Democrats get the gold and we get the shaft.' "
The phrase "get the shaft" is unpresidential.
4,5,1 Typo: " when it comes domestic policy " needs
a "to" between "comes" and "domestic."
5,1,1 "So we have proposed legislation to help low-income
working Americans increase, choice through tax incentives,
not Federal intervention. "
To avoid the confusion that sometimes happens with the
word "choice," we suggest, " increase their choice of
child care
"
5,4,6 Typo: " the the death penalty "
6,2 "And that excellence will be obtained not by
spending more and more money // but demanding higher
(more)
2
standards, greater accountability, better teachers, and
greater involvement by parents and communities."
The draft spends an admirable amount of time on the
education issue. Here, where the contrast is being drawn
with the "more and more money" approach of the Democrats,
we urge mention of the President's crucial reform to
promote choice in education. E.g., " and by giving
parents more of a choice in where their kids go to
school." This helps draw the distinction more finely.
Further, we suggest tying this contrast of philosophies
back to the original reference to "measuring progress by
dollars spent and bureaucracies built rather than kinder,
gentler GOP policies which measure progress by whether
people, not bureaucracies, are actually better off."
This will make the GOP/Democratic difference clearer by
emphasizing the Democratic focus on inputs (money and
bureaucracies poured into a problem) versus the Republican
focus on outcomes (how well educated are the kids who come
out of the schools?, how many poor people are leaving
poverty behind?, etc.).
###
(Smith/Blessey)
March 30, 1990
1 P.M.
MICH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
7:00 P.M.
Ladies and gentlemen, Honored guests. Thank you for that
introduction -- and for the privilege of being here. // It's
good to be back in the State that produced this year's Miss USA
-- and this fall, will elect a Governor that will be Mr. GOP. //
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. ((Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
I've been here before. // Maybe it goes back to the man I saw
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read,
"All I ask is a chance to work." // It was great to see Sparky
Anderson again.) ) //
((Michigan, of course, is also basketball country. And like
fans across America, I've marveled at the wizardry of your world
champion Pistons. // Actually, when I was younger I, too, could
dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and through my
legs. Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling alleys.) //
Sports is one reason it's a pleasure to return to the State
which was so kind to me in 1988. Politics is another. // And
let me take this chance to salute the entire Republican ticket.
Its candidates. And especially, those of you who toil so long
and hard at the grass-roots level. //
2
Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes beyond
party to the very essence of this campaign. // Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America. //
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses fiscal
sanity -- or liberal policies which measure progress made by
dollars spent.
Pink msert
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war on
thugs and drug peddlers. Or whether Lansing is run by those who
soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep control
of the State Senate. And gain control of the State House of
Representatives. // And whether we have a Governor who will
ensure fair reapportionment. Some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties. They may be right. //
The Democrats get the gold and we get the shaft. // //
This election can help change all that. It's that clear-cut
-- that important. Well, I know Michigan. First got to know you
during the 1980 Primary. // So tonight I make a prediction.
This fall, Michigan will make the right decision by supporting
Republican candidates. // The right decision means a vote for
Republicans at the local, county, and State level. And for
Michigan's next U.S. Senator. // Most of all, it means a vote
for the man who says we need new priorities, not new taxes. To
paraphrase a slogan, "Just think what this Republican can do. "
Your next Governor: John Engler. //
3
Now, John's a friend -- and I wanted to come here and
personally support him and the great party he represents. I know
you wanted to hear a few words from a prominent national figure
who can really fire up a crowd and generate some excitement. //
Unfortunately, Bo Schembechler's still at spring training in
Lakeland -- so I'm here instead. //
((I'm delighted. Just as I was a year ago, when I welcomed
Michigan's basketball Wolverines to the White House. // I told
the national champions, "You're truly Number One." // Well,
tonight, with apologies to you Spartan fans, let me say: There's
a song we'll be soon be singing about the entire Republican
ticket. // "Hail to the Victors. ) //
This year, Republicans will triumph because of the best of
reasons. Opportunity. // The opportunity that comes from lower
taxes, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs. The
opportunity which rises from increased prosperity. And from the
chance to think, dream, and worship as you please not just in
Detroit and Dearborn -- but also Budapest and Berlin. //
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck -- only 10 miles away. And spoke of how "free speech,
free elections, and the exercise of free will" could change
history, and lives, in all of Eastern Europe. // Since then, of
course, that's come to pass -- we've seen events even Ripley
would not believe. Look at Hungary ten days ago, holding that
Nation's first multi-party parliamentary election since 1945.
Look at Nicaragua or Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of
4
conscience -- Poland. // Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. //
So far I've talked of opportunity for other Nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at
home. // Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need
of opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through "Tax
and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting locally
policies which have worked nationally. // Here's America's box
score: More than 20 million new jobs created since 1982.
Inflation at less than 5 percent. And real per capita income at
record levels. // // These statistics aren't an accident. They
stem from Republican policies that work. We don't want
government to spend more money -- we want people to have more
money to spend. //
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
those policies. Let's continue the longest boom in American
history -- and bring an economic renaissance to Michigan //
( (You know, opportunity means different things to different
people. For some, it's the chance to invest. Which reminds me:
It's time Congress passed our capital gains tax cut. // For
others, it's the freedom to root for the team of your choice //
to vote for the candidate of your choice // or, yes, even to
eat the vegetable of your choice.) ) //
Well, when it comes to domestic policy, opportunity means
many things. // For instance, in child care it means the
5
freedom to choose. So we have proposed legislation to help low-
m cheld care
income working Americans increase choice through tax incentives,
not Federal intervention. // Last week, the House Democratic
leadership passed their child care bill. The good news is that
it's better than their previous efforts. The bad news is that
liberal Democrats still think Big Brother knows what's best for
our kids. Well, we Republicans say: Parents know what's best.
// So I'm going to stand up for my principles, even if it means
taking the heat for vetoing a bill some label "child care." //
Child care isn't a slogan: It means the very future of our kids.
//
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
America that's clean and safe. In that spirit, let me note that
this very evening the Senate will vote on our clean air
legislation -- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a
decade. I am proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and
toxic pollution. We can, and must, ensure the purity of our
environment. // Tonight marks an historic vote. And I urge the
Senate to act not merely for this generation but all the
generations to come. // Some think we must choose between a
sound ecology and a sound economy. Republicans say: We need
both. America can have clean air and good jobs. //
Finally, we can strengthen opportunity through two
priorities where State officials -- especially the Governor --
play a crucial role: Education and crime and drugs. //
6
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. // We're
asking Congress to spend over $10 and 1/2 billion in Fiscal Year
1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement --
about a 70 per cent increase since I took office. // As Phase
II proposes, we also want an expansion of the the death penalty
for drug kingpins. // John Engler supports these steps. And
he'll lead the fight to toughen crime laws at the State level --
just as we are doing in Washington. You in Detroit know how bad
crime can be in the toll it takes on families and communities.
And you know how some say there's always a reason for crime and
drugs. Republicans say: There may be a reason -- but there's
never an excuse. So let's elect candidates who will help us take
back the streets. //
At the same time, we must also give our kids the opportunity
to learn. Which is why last fall I convened an unprecedented
event -- this Nation's first Education Summit. // From that
summit arose six new national education goals the Governors and I
announced recently. Among them: We must see that every student
starts school ready to learn. And that each school has an
environment where kids can learn. That means making every school
drug-free. // Our graduation rate must be no less than 90
percent. And we want U.S. students to be first in the world in
math and science by the year 2000. //
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. // And that
7
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money
// but by demanding higher standards, greater accountability,
better teachers, and greater involvement by parents and indo so to school.
and by giving parents more choice m where their children
communities. / Ours is the opportunity to make American education
No. 1 again. We must seize it -- for ourselves and our kids. //
- Pruce
( (In closing, there's only one opportunity I haven't
ment
mentioned: The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. //
Ordinarily, I'd stay with you. It's just that the Secret Service
caught the cook washing my lettuce with Perrier.) // So let me
leave you with the thought that opportunity can help us undertake
new priorities. And make those priorities come true. Priorities
like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like safer
streets and better jobs.
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here.
Let's win the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Let's elect Republican Congressmen and a U.S. Senator.
And let's roll up our sleeves to elect John Engler Governor.
We know what he will do. // He'll make the great State of
Michigan even greater. //
Thank you for this evening. Good luck on Election Day.
And God bless our beloved land -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
Jew
PC
127839SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 MAR 30 A8: 55
DATE:
3/29/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3/30/90 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, March 30, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Consider
Comm m clean air mention.
Jow 3/29 pm
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Blessey)
March 29, 1990
1990 MAR 29 PM 2: 07
11 A.M.
MICH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
7:00 P.M.
Ladies and gentlemen, Honored guests. Thank you for that
introduction -- and for the privilege of being here. // It's
good to be back in the State that produced this year's Miss USA
acturned 4 and table, declarents ebc
-- and this fall, will elect a Governor that will be Mr. GOP. //
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. ( (Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
I've been here before. // Maybe it goes back to the man I saw
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read,
"All I ask is a chance to work." // It was great to see Sparky
Anderson again.) ) //
( (Michigan, of course, is also basketball country. And like
fans across America, I've marveled at the wizardry of your world
champion Pistons. // Actually, when I was younger I, too, could
dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and through my
legs. Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling alleys.) ) //
Sports is one reason it's a pleasure to return to the State
which was so kind to me in 1988. Politics is another. // And
let me take this chance to salute the entire Republican ticket.
Its candidates. And especially, those of you who toil so long
and hard at the grass-roots level. //
2
Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes beyond
party to the very essence of this campaign. // Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America. //
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses fiscal
sanity -- or liberal policies which measure progress made by
dollars spent.
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war on
thugs and drug peddlers. Or whether Lansing is run by those who
soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep control
of the State Senate. And gain control of the State House of
Representatives. 11 And whether we have a Governor who will
ensure fair reapportionment. Some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties. They may be right. //
The Democrats get the gold and we get the shaft. // //
This election can help change all that. It's that clear-
cut -- that important. Well, I know Michigan. First got to know
you during the 1980 Primary. 11 So tonight I make a prediction.
This fall, Michigan will make the right decision by supporting
Republican candidates. 11 The right decision means a vote for
Republicans at the local, county, and State level. And for
Michigan's next U.S. Senator. 11 Most of all, it means a vote
for the man who says we need new priorities, not new taxes. To
paraphrase a slogan, "Just think what this Republican can do."
Your next Governor: John Engler. //
3
Now, John's a friend -- and I wanted to come here and
personally support him and the great party he represents. I know
you wanted to hear a few words from a prominent national figure
who can really fire up a crowd and generate some excitement. //
Unfortunately, Bo Schembechler's still at spring training in
Lakeland -- SO I'm here instead. //
((I'm delighted. Just as I was a year ago, when I welcomed
Michigan's basketball Wolverines to the White House. // I told
the national champions, "You're truly Number One." 11 Well,
tonight, with apologies to you Spartan fans, let me say: There's
a song we'll be soon be singing about the entire Republican
ticket. // "Hail to the Victors. ")) //
This year, Republicans will triumph because of the best of
reasons. Opportunity. // The opportunity that comes from lower
taxes, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs. The
opportunity which rises from increased prosperity. And from the
chance to think, dream, and worship as you please not just in
Detroit and Dearborn -- but also Budapest and Berlin. //
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck -- only 10 miles away. And spoke of how "free speech,
free elections, and the exercise of free will" could change
history, and lives, in all of Eastern Europe. // Since then, of
course, that's come to pass -- we've seen events even Ripley
would not believe. Look at Hungary ten days ago, holding that
Nation's first multi-party parliamentary election since 1945.
Look at Nicaragua or Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of
4
conscience -- Poland. // Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. //
So far I've talked of opportunity for other Nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at
home. // Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need
of opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through "Tax
and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting locally
policies which have worked nationally. // Here's America's box
score: More than 20 million new jobs created since 1982.
Inflation at less than 5 percent. And real per capita income at
record levels. // // These statistics aren't an accident. They
stem from Republican policies that work. We don't want
government to spend more money -- we want people to have more
money to spend. //
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
those policies. Let's continue the longest boom in American
history -- and bring an economic renaissance to Michigan . //
( (You know, opportunity means different things to different
people. For some, it's the chance to invest. Which reminds me:
It's time Congress passed our capital gains tax cut. // For
others, it's the freedom to root for the team of your choice //
to vote for the candidate of your choice // or, yes, even to
eat the vegetable of your choice. )) //
to
Well, when it comes domestic policy, opportunity means many
things. // For instance, in child care it means the freedom to
we we we pen ins. in mon
5
choose.
So we have proposed legislation to help low-income
working Americans increase choice through tax incentives, not
Federal intervention.
Some say Big Brother knows what's best for
our kids. Republicans say: Parents do.
//
In Not mI smart
?
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
America that's clean and safe. In that spirit, let me note that
this very evening the Senate will consider our clean air
legislation -- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a
decade. I am proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and
toxic pollution. We can, and must, ensure the purity of our
environment. // Tonight marks an historic vote. And I urge the
Senate to act not merely for this generation but all the
generations to come. // Some think we must choose between a
sound ecology and a sound economy. Republicans say: We need
both. America can have clean air and good jobs. //
Finally, we can strengthen opportunity through two
priorities where State officials -- especially the Governor --
play a crucial role: Education and crime and drugs. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. // We're
asking Congress to spend over $10 and 1/2 billion in Fiscal Year
1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement --
about a 70 per cent increase since I took office. // As Phase
II proposes, we also want an expansion of the the death penalty
for drug kingpins. // John Engler supports these steps. And
he'll lead the fight to toughen crime laws at the State level --
6
just as we are doing in Washington. You in Detroit know how bad
crime can be in the toll it takes on families and communities.
And you know how some say there's always a reason for crime and
drugs. Republicans say: There may be a reason -- but there's
never an excuse. So let's elect candidates who will help us take
back the streets. //
At the same time, we must also give our kids the opportunity
to learn. Which is why last fall I convened an unprecedented
event -- this Nation's first Education Summit. // From that
summit arose six new national education goals the Governors and I
announced recently. Among them: We must see that every student
starts school ready to learn. And that each school has an
environment where kids can learn. That means making every school
drug-free. // Our graduation rate must be no less than 90
percent. And we want U.S. students to be first in the world in
math and science by the year 2000. 11
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. // And that
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money
// but by demanding higher standards, greater accountability,
better teachers, and greater involvement by parents and
communities. Ours is the opportunity to make American education
No. 1 again. We must seize it -- for ourselves and our kids. //
( (In closing, there's only one opportunity I haven't
mentioned: The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. //
Ordinarily, I'd stay with you. It's just that the Secret Service
7
caught the cook washing my lettuce with Perrier. )) // So let me
leave you with the thought that opportunity can help us undertake
new priorities. And make those priorities come true. Priorities
like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like safer
streets and better jobs.
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here.
Let's win the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Let's elect Republican Congressmen and a U.S. Senator.
And let's roll up our sleeves to elect John Engler Governor.
We know what he will do. 11 He'll make the great State of
Michigan even greater. //
Thank you for this evening. Good luck on Election Day.
And God bless our beloved land -- the United States of America.
#
#
#
127839SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
3/29/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3/30/90 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, March 30, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: See comments, pp.5, 5, 7.
12 : I/V 0E MAR 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
DFFICE MASSACHUSETTS OF THE OF MANAGE PRESIDENT o STATES OF THE UNITED
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
NOTICE:
Enclosed are comments from staff members of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Such comments do not necessarily
represent the official position of the Director of OMB or of the
Office of Management and Budget. If you wish to have the
Director's personal comments, please let me know -- and contact
me if you have any questions.
David J. Haun
Executive Assistant
to the Director
(Smith/Blessey)
March 29, 1990
1990 MAR 29 PM 2: 07
11 A.M.
MICH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
7:00 P.M.
Ladies and gentlemen, Honored guests. Thank you for that
introduction -- and for the privilege of being here. // It's
good to be back in the State that produced this year's Miss USA
-- and this fall, will elect a Governor that will be Mr. GOP. //
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. ( (Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
I've been here before. // Maybe it goes back to the man I saw
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read,
"All I ask is a chance to work." // It was great to see Sparky
Anderson again. )) //
( (Michigan, of course, is also basketball country. And like
fans across America, I've marveled at the wizardry of your world
champion Pistons. // Actually, when I was younger I, too, could
dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and through my
legs. Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling alleys. )) //
Sports is one reason it's a pleasure to return to the State
which was so kind to me in 1988. Politics is another. // And
let me take this chance to salute the entire Republican ticket.
Its candidates. And especially, those of you who toil so long
and hard at the grass-roots level. //
2
Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes beyond
party to the very essence of this campaign. // Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America. //
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses fiscal
sanity -- or liberal policies which measure progress made by
dollars spent.
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war on
thugs and drug peddlers. Or whether Lansing is run by those who
soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep control
of the State Senate. And gain control of the State House of
Representatives. 11 And whether we have a Governor who will
ensure fair reapportionment. Some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties. They may be right. //
The Democrats get the gold and we get the shaft. // //
This election can help change all that. It's that clear-
cut -- that important. Well, I know Michigan. First got to know
you during the 1980 Primary. // So tonight I make a prediction.
This fall, Michigan will make the right decision by supporting
Republican candidates. 11 The right decision means a vote for
Republicans at the local, county, and State level. And for
Michigan's next U.S. Senator. // Most of all, it means a vote
for the man who says we need new priorities, not new taxes. To
paraphrase a slogan, "Just think what this Republican can do."
Your next Governor: John Engler. //
3
Now, John's a friend -- and I wanted to come here and
personally support him and the great party he represents. I know
you wanted to hear a few words from a prominent national figure
who can really fire up a crowd and generate some excitement. //
Unfortunately, Bo Schembechler's still at spring training in
Lakeland -- so I'm here instead. //
( (I'm delighted. Just as I was a year ago, when I welcomed
Michigan's basketball Wolverines to the White House. // I told
the national champions, "You're truly Number One." // Well,
tonight, with apologies to you Spartan fans, let me say: There's
a song we'll be soon be singing about the entire Republican
ticket. // "Hail to the Victors. ")) //
This year, Republicans will triumph because of the best of
reasons. Opportunity. // The opportunity that comes from lower
taxes, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs. The
opportunity which rises from increased prosperity. And from the
chance to think, dream, and worship as you please not just in
Detroit and Dearborn -- but also Budapest and Berlin. //
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck -- only 10 miles away. And spoke of how "free speech,
free elections, and the exercise of free will" could change
history, and lives, in all of Eastern Europe. // Since then, of
course, that's come to pass -- we've seen events even Ripley
would not believe. Look at Hungary ten days ago, holding that
Nation's first multi-party parliamentary election since 1945.
Look at Nicaragua or Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of
4
conscience -- Poland. // Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. //
So far I've talked of opportunity for other Nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at
home. // Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need
of opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through "Tax
and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting locally
policies which have worked nationally. // Here's America's box
score: More than 20 million new jobs created since 1982.
Inflation at less than 5 percent. And real per capita income at
record levels. 11 // These statistics aren't an accident. They
stem from Republican policies that work. We don't want
government to spend more money -- we want people to have more
money to spend. //
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
those policies. Let's continue the longest boom in American
history -- and bring an economic renaissance to Michigan . //
( (You know, opportunity means different things to different
people. For some, it's the chance to invest. Which reminds me:
It's time Congress passed our capital gains tax cut. // For
others, it's the freedom to root for the team of your choice //
to vote for the candidate of your choice // or, yes, even to
eat the vegetable of your choice. )) //
Well, when it comes domestic policy, opportunity means many
things. 11 For instance, in child care it means the freedom to
5
choose. So we have proposed legislation to help low-income
working Americans increase choice through tax incentives, not
Federal intervention. Some say Big Brother knows what's best for
our kids. Republicans say: Parents do. //
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
America that's clean and safe. In that spirit, let me note that
this very evening the Senate will consider our clean air
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legislation -- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a
decade. I am proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and
toxic pollution. We can, and must, ensure the purity of our
environment. // Tonight marks an historic vote. And I urge the
Senate to act not merely for this generation but all the
generations to come. // Some think we must choose between a
sound ecology and a sound economy. Republicans say: We need
both. America can have clean air and good jobs. //
Finally, we can strengthen opportunity through two
priorities where State officials -- especially the Governor --
play a crucial role: Education and crime and drugs. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. // We're
asking Congress to spend over $10 and 1/2 billion in Fiscal Year
1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement --
about a 70 per cent increase since I took office. // As Phase
II proposes, we also want an expansion of the the death penalty
for drug kingpins. // John Engler supports these steps. And
he'll lead the fight to toughen crime laws at the State level --
6
just as we are doing in Washington. You in Detroit know how bad
crime can be in the toll it takes on families and communities.
And you know how some say there's always a reason for crime and
drugs. Republicans say: There may be a reason -- but there's
never an excuse. So let's elect candidates who will help us take
back the streets. //
At the same time, we must also give our kids the opportunity
to learn. Which is why last fall I convened an unprecedented
event -- this Nation's first Education Summit. // From that
summit arose six new national education goals the Governors and I
announced recently. Among them: We must see that every student
starts school ready to. learn. And that each school has an
environment where kids can learn. That means making every school
drug-free. 11 Our graduation rate must be no less than 90
percent. And we want U.S. students to be first in the world in
math and science by the year 2000. 11
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. 11 And that
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money
// but by demanding higher standards, greater accountability,
better teachers, and greater involvement by parents and
communities. Ours is the opportunity to make American education
No. 1 again. We must seize it -- for ourselves and our kids. 1.1
((In closing, there's only one opportunity I haven't
mentioned: The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. //
Ordinarily, I'd stay with you. It's just that the Secret Service
7
caught the cook washing my lettuce with Perrier. )) // So let me
leave you with the thought that opportunity can help us undertake
new priorities. And make those priorities come true. Priorities
like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like safer
streets and better jobs.
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here.
Let's win the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Let's elect Republican Congressmen and a U.S. Senator.
And let's roll up our sleeves to elect John Engler Governor.
We know what he will do. // He'll make the great State of
Michigan even greater. //
Thank you for this evening. Good luck on Election Day.
And God bless our beloved land -- the United States of America.
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3/29/90
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DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
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VICE PRESIDENT
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NEWMAN
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PORTER
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ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
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PINKERTON
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HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, March 30, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
7:00 P.M.
Ladies and gentlemen, Honored guests. Thank you for that
introduction -- and for the privilege of being here. // It's
admoud 4 curl Xable,
good to be back in the State that produced this year's Miss USA
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-- and this fall, will elect a Governor that will be Mr. GOP. //
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
becoming President. ( (Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
I've been here before. 11 Maybe it goes back to the man I saw
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read,
"All I ask is a chance to work." // It was great to see Sparky
Anderson again.) ) //
( (Michigan, of course, is also basketball country. And like
fans across America, I've marveled at the wizardry of your world
champion Pistons. // Actually, when I was younger I, too, could
dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and through my
legs. Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling alleys. )) //
Sports is one reason it's a pleasure to return to the State
which was so kind to me in 1988. Politics is another. // And
let me take this chance to salute the entire Republican ticket.
Its candidates. And especially, those of you who toil so long
and hard at the grass-roots level. //
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Yet the real reason I've come to Detroit tonight goes beyond
party to the very essence of this campaign. 11 Let me put it
straighter than even an Alan Trammell line drive: Your elections
this November will be among the most crucial in America. //
This election will decide whether Michigan chooses fiscal
sanity -- or liberal policies which measure progress made by
dollars spent.
This election will decide whether Michigan supports a war on
thugs and drug peddlers. Or whether Lansing is run by those who
soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
Finally, this election will decide whether we keep control
of the State Senate. And gain control of the State House of
Representatives. // And whether we have a Governor who will
ensure fair reapportionment. Some say reapportionment has been a
political gold mine for both parties. They may be right. //
The Democrats get the gold and we get the shaft. // //
This election can help change all that. It's that clear-
cut -- that important. Well, I know Michigan. First got to know
you during the 1980 Primary. 11 So tonight I make a prediction.
This fall, Michigan will make the right decision by supporting
Republican candidates. // The right decision means a vote for
Republicans at the local, county, and State level. And for
Michigan's next U.S. Senator. // Most of all, it means a vote
for the man who says we need new priorities, not new taxes. To
paraphrase a slogan, "Just think what this Republican can do."
Your next Governor: John Engler. 11
3
Now, John's a friend -- and I wanted to come here and
personally support him and the great party he represents. I know
you wanted to hear a few words from a prominent national figure
who can really fire up a crowd and generate some excitement. //
Unfortunately, Bo Schembechler's still at spring training in
Lakeland -- so I'm here instead. //
((I'm delighted. Just as I was a year ago, when I welcomed
Michigan's basketball Wolverines to the White House. // I told
the national champions, "You're truly Number One." // Well,
tonight, with apologies to you Spartan fans, let me say: There's
a song we'll be soon be singing about the entire Republican
ticket. // "Hail to the Victors.") //
This year, Republicans will triumph because of the best of
reasons. Opportunity. // The opportunity that comes from lower
taxes, less government, and freedom from crime and drugs. The
opportunity which rises from increased prosperity. And from the
chance to think, dream, and worship as you please not just in
Detroit and Dearborn -- but also Budapest and Berlin. 11
You know, it was one year ago this month that I came to
Hamtramck -- only 10 miles away. And spoke of how "free speech,
free elections, and the exercise of free will" could change
history, and lives, in all of Eastern Europe. // Since then, of
course, that's come to pass -- we've seen events even Ripley
would not believe. Look at Hungary ten days ago, holding that
Nation's first multi-party parliamentary election since 1945.
Look at Nicaragua or Czechoslovakia or, yes, that citadel of
4
conscience -- Poland. 11 Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. //
So far I've talked of opportunity for other Nations.
Republicans also can -- and have -- strengthened opportunity at
home. // Today, thousands of Michigan men and women are in need
of opportunity. Some say the way to help them is through "Tax
and spend." Republicans say the best way is by enacting locally
policies which have worked nationally. 11 Here's America's box
score: More than 20 million new jobs created since 1982.
Inflation at less than 5 percent. And real per capita income at
record levels. 11 // These statistics aren't an accident. They
stem from Republican policies that work. We don't want
government to spend more money -- we want people to have more
money to spend. //
So let's elect candidates like John Engler who believe in
those policies. Let's continue the longest boom in American
history -- and bring an economic renaissance to Michigan //
(( You know, opportunity means different things to different
people. For some, it's the chance to invest. Which reminds me:
It's time Congress passed our capital gains tax cut. // For
others, it's the freedom to root for the team of your choice //
to vote for the candidate of your choice // or, yes, even to
eat the vegetable of your choice.) ) //
Well, when it comes domestic policy, opportunity means many
things. // For instance, in child care it means the freedom to
5
choose. So we have proposed legislation to help low-income
working Americans increase choice through tax incentives, not
Federal intervention. Some say Big Brother knows what's best for
our kids. Republicans say: Parents do. //
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?
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
America that's clean and safe. In that spirit, let me note that
this very evening the Senate will consider our clean air
legislation -- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a
decade. I am proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and
toxic pollution. We can, and must, ensure the purity of our
environment. 11 Tonight marks an historic vote. And I urge the
Senate to act not merely for this generation but all the
generations to come. // Some think we must choose between a
sound ecology and a sound economy. Republicans say: We need
both. America can have clean air and good jobs. //
Finally, we can strengthen opportunity through two
priorities where State officials -- especially the Governor --
play a crucial role: Education and crime and drugs. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced Phase II of the 1990 National
Drug Control Strategy that we unveiled last year. 11 We're
asking Congress to spend over $10 and 1/2 billion in Fiscal Year
1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and enforcement --
about a 70 per cent increase since I took office. // As Phase
II proposes, we also want an expansion of the the death penalty
for drug kingpins. // John Engler supports these steps. And
he'll lead the fight to toughen crime laws at the State level --
6
just as we are doing in Washington. You in Detroit know how bad
crime can be in the toll it takes on families and communities.
And you know how some say there's always a reason for crime and
drugs. Republicans say: There may be a reason -- but there's
never an excuse. So let's elect candidates who will help us take
back the streets. //
At the same time, we must also give our kids the opportunity
to learn. Which is why last fall I convened an unprecedented
event -- this Nation's first Education Summit. 11 From that
summit arose six new national education goals the Governors and I
announced recently. Among them: We must see that every student
starts school ready to learn. And that each school has an
environment where kids can learn. That means making every school
drug-free. 11 Our graduation rate must be no less than 90
percent. And we want U.S. students to be first in the world in
math and science by the year 2000. //
We Republicans know that education is America's most
enduring legacy, vital to everything we can become. 11 And that
excellence will be obtained not by spending more and more money
// but by demanding higher standards, greater accountability,
better teachers, and greater involvement by parents and
communities. Ours is the opportunity to make American education
No. 1 again. We must seize it -- for ourselves and our kids. //
( (In closing, there's only one opportunity I haven't
mentioned: The opportunity to enjoy this marvelous meal. 11
Ordinarily, I'd stay with you. It's just that the Secret Service
7
caught the cook washing my lettuce with Perrier. )) // So let me
leave you with the thought that opportunity can help us undertake
new priorities. And make those priorities come true. Priorities
like better schools and cleaner air. Priorities like safer
streets and better jobs.
Nationally, Americans have seen what Republicans can do.
Now, let's show them what we can do right here.
Let's win the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Let's elect Republican Congressmen and a U.S. Senator.
And let's roll up our sleeves to elect John Engler Governor.
We know what he will do. 11 He'll make the great State of
Michigan even greater. 11
Thank you for this evening. Good luck on Election Day.
And God bless our beloved land -- the United States of America.
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