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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:
OK
29 : 6v 0E MAR 06
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. 11
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. //
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. 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." 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. 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. // // 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. //
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. 11
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
2430
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:
March 30, 1990
TO: CHRISS WINSTON
NSC clears the Presidential remarks for the Michigan Fundraiser in
Detroit on April 3.
Brent Rates for Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
CC: James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
10 MAR 29 P 2: 38
(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." 11 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. 11
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. 11
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 11 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. //
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. //
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. 11
( (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. 11
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 29, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
Deputy Assistant to the President for
Communications
FROM:
BRENT O. HATCH BOH
Associate Counsel to the President
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks -- Michigan Fundraiser
Counsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced Presidential
remarks. We recommend that the sentence referencing Perrier on
pages 6 and 7 be deleted. Other than that, we have no legal
objections.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
CC: James W. Cicconi
11 : Old 0E MAR 06
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
Apter
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. 11
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. 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. // Nations whose brave peoples are
choosing ballots over bullets. And showing how the greatest
peace dividend is peace itself. 11"
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
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. // 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. //
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
DELETE
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.
#
#
#
(Smith/Blessey)
March 29, 1990
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. )) 11
( (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. 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. //
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 --
PORTER
6
just as we are doing in Washington. You in Detroit know how bad
and
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
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. 11
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 -- pases 1,4,5.
E : Olv MAR OF 06
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. //
sounds
This marks my first political trip to Michigan since
confusing.
becoming President. ( (Although as a baseball fan, I feel like
mode
Ham tand
I've been here before. // Maybe it goes back to the man I saw triplast
on TV holding a sign before the recent lockout ended. It read, Spring.
"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. 11 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
Because of Michigan's large Polish population, this
seems worth expanding mention visit last week of
mazowiecki.
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. ///// 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. 11
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. //
Not automobile popularin
Next, there's the environment -- where opportunity means an
America that's clean and safe. In that spirit, let me note that
country
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. // 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. 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.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
1
WASHINGTON
March 29, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Michigan Fundraiser
We have no comments from a policy standpoint and approve of
the draft in its current form.
19:34 DC
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. 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. //
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. 11
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. //
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. // 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. 11
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
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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
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 --
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just as we are doing in Washington. You in Detroit know how bad
and
crime can be in the toll it takes on families and communities.
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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. // 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
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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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freedom to choose. So we have proposed legislation to help low-
income working Americans increase choice through tax incentives,
not Federal intervention. // Last week, the House Democrats
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passed their child care bill. The good news is that it's better
liberal
than their previous efforts. The bad news is that 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." 11 Child care isn't
a slogan: It means the very future of our kids. 11
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. 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. // We're
Our child care proposal would provide help to
parents who need it most. The child care bill that
passed the House last week accepted the importance
of this principle. But it also provides for new programs
to create standards, expand the scope of regulation,
and, frankly, spend more than a responsible budget So
will allow. Well, you can't have it both ways. I'm
going to stand up for my child care principles, even
if it means taking the heat for vetoing a bill the
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