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(Smith/Garmey)
((BUDGET INSERT))
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is on
intervention. A Federal Committee -- really, a straightjacket -
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- to mandate national child care standards. Their bill would
have cost $28 billion. Republicans demanded tax incentives to
help families -- not government -- address child-care.
Republicans ensured that local standards remain to meet local
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needs. Our bill cost $10 billion.
It gets worse. Liberal Democrats aren't content with
kicking God out of the classroom -- they want to boot Him out of
child care, too. Democrats wanted 120 new pages of mindless
paperwork -- much of which would restrict or eliminate religious-
based child care centers. Thank goodness Republicans protected
religious-based centers, and parents' freedom to use them. In
OMB
short -- as usual -- Democrats wanted to expand the budget of the
bureaucracy. Republicans ensured the bill we get from House-
Senate Conference Committee will expand the horizons of our kids.
Next, look at crime. Here, too, the Loony Left is up to its
old tricks. Liberal Democrats believe in perverting Lincoln's
words. They think he really said, "God must have loved the
16
criminals. He made so many of them." // Over 15 months ago, I
sent our Administration's Crime Bill proposals to the Congress.
confirmed
Yet we still have no bill. Here's why.
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over
the need to be hard on crime. They sympathize with the
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criminals. Republicans, on the other hand, have demanded capital
punishment -- we sympathize with the victims. Democrats have
tried to kill an equitable death penalty -- a real death penalty
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Congress sends me a weak bill, I will veto it. If Congress sends
me a strong bill, it will only be because of Republicans who
insist that cop-killers get the kind of punishment they deserve.
You can see the problem. If Congress doesn't act, it hurts
America But the way those left-wingers think, if Congress does
act, it hurts America, too. Here's the solution: Vote
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(Smith/Garmey)((BUDGET INSERT))
Look at child care. Liberal Democrats wanted a Federal
Committee -- really, a straightjacket -- to mandate national
child care standards. Their bill would have cost $28 billion. / /
Republicans demanded tax incentives to help families -- not
government -- address child-care -- ensuring that local standards
remain to meet local needs. Our bill cost $10 billion. //
It gets worse. Liberal Democrats aren't content with
kicking God out of the classroom -- they want to boot Him out of
child care, too. Democrats wanted 120 new pages of mindless
paperwork -- much of which would restrict or eliminate religious-
based child care centers. // Thank goodness Republicans protected
religious-based centers, and parents' freedom to use them. In
short -- as usual -- Democrats wanted to expand the budget of the
bureaucracy. Republicans ensured the bill we get from House-
Senate Conference Committee will expand the horizons of our kids.
Next, look at crime. Here, too, the Loony Left is up to its
old tricks. Liberal Democrats believe in perverting Lincoln's
words. They think he really said, "God must have loved the
criminals. He made so many of them. " // Over 15 months ago, I
sent our Administration's Crime Bill proposals to the Congress.
Yet we still have no bill. Here's why. //
At every turn, liberal Democrats have tried to soft-pedal
the need to be hard on crime. They sympathize with the
criminals. Republicans, on the other hand, have demanded capital
punishment -- we sympathize with the victims. Democrats have
tried to kill an equitable death penalty -- a real death penalty
-- for those who will Federal law enforcement officials.
Republicans have insisted that those who take a life should pay
with their own. //
Crime legislation is still in Conference Committee. If
Congress sends me a weak bill, I will veto it. If Congress sends
me a strong bill, it will only be because of Republicans who
insist that cop-killers get the kind of punishment they deserve.
Finally, education. Here's the record: Over the last three
years spending on education -- local, State, and Federal -- has
and enconnaged rewarded
increased by more than $50 billion. Our problem is not how much
we're spending -- but how we're spending our money. //
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Excellence Act which stressed reform, restructuring and more
and greater accountibility
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parental choice in where their kids go to school. Liberal
Democrats -- as usual -- flunked the test: They wanted to more
than double funds -- and for what? More paperwork and Federal
intervention. // Democrats want more spending -- more
bureaucracy -- and more taxes on Oklahomans // Republicans want
greater flexibility
more accountability A higher standards -- and the true learning 8
that comes from reading, writing, and arithematic. //
You can see the problem. If Congress doesn't act, it hurts
America. But the way those left-wingers think, if Congress does
act, it hurts America, too. Here's the solution: Vote
Republican on November 6. //
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THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
October 23, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
cw
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
REMARKS AT SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, October 25, 1990, at 6:30 P.M., you will address
approximately 750 guests at a fundraising dinner for J. Fife
Symington III, at the Registry Resort in Phoenix. Among those
attending will be Senator Barry Goldwater, Senator John McCain,
Congressmen John Rhodes, Bob Stump, John Kyl, and Jim Kolbe;
Arizona GOP chairman Burt Kirrglick, and Attorney General candidate
Grant Woods.
II. DISCUSSION
The attached remarks (12 minutes, cards) highlight the
importance of a strong Republican showing in the upcoming mid-term
elections. Within this framework, the remarks pay particular
attention to an anticipated budget agreement, as well as the
failure of the Congress to take appropriate action with regard to
education, crime, and drugs. Additionally, the remarks focus on
the continuing struggle in the Middle East, and the concomitant
need for a sound defense.
Finally, please note that these remarks will be revised
accordingly with respect to your prospective Thursday morning
statement.
(Smith/Garmey)
October 23, 1990
5 P.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Senator McCain, Congressmen Rhodes, Stump, Kyl, and Kolbe.
State party chairman Kirrglick, Attorney General candidate Grant
Woods, Senator Goldwater. Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
Fife, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- earning 60% of the vote. It's great to be back in
Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For nearly a quarter-
century, he has enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election
can enrich America. // We need Fife Symington as your next
Governor. / /
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people." 11 Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
2
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
11 Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero." What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
((Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome. // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. The Dallas
game shows it: the power of prayer. // Sadly, prayer was with
the Giants last Sunday. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- awarded the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven."
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
3
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the majestic Sonoran Desert. It just
doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Raised five kids. Used the opportunity as old as the
Old West to build, create, and help their neighbors. To
achieve, in short, the American Dream. 11
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up/ inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Over sixteen months
ago, we sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since
then, what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be
hard on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a
workable -- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal
enforcement officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the
criminals. On November 6, we'll elect man like Fife Symington
who believe cop-killers should receive the punishment they
deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
4
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well as vote
Republican. " //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. 11
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
Excellence Act proposals to help make American education Number
One. 11 Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars
spent. On November 6, we're going to measure it by electing
candidates who will give parents, teachers, and local
administrators -- not distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet
local needs. 11
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit.
[[BUDGET INSERT] ]
All of us know we must stand up to aggression. We cannot
simply stand by while an outlaw swallows up its neighbor and then
ruthlessly proceeds to remove all traces of its existence from
the face of the earth. We must defend civilized values around
the world -- opposing the acts of brutality inflicted by Iraq. //
There are reports that at one hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged
the oxygen to incubators supporting 22 premature babies. All
died. / At another hospital, troops reportedly cut off the
oxygen supporting the 75-year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet
minister. / Eyewitnesses have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental
5
patients, drug addicts, and others into the streets. This is the
handiwork of a dictator who has little regard for the norms of
civilized conduct -- an enemy of the world order of freedom,
security, and prosperity we are working to build. //
Iraq's world is governed by the law of the jungle. We will
insist on the rule of law. Iraqi aggression will not be allowed
to stand. Saddam Hussein will be held accountable. The
legitimate government of Kuwait will be restored. 11 If anyone
doubts our resolve, remember another tyrant fifty years ago. And
remember the Nuremburg trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. 11 We will keep faith with our friends,
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. 11
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Who can come to Arizona, and not feel the State's Indian
heritage. Arizona is home to over 200,000 Indians, and its name
derives from a word used by the Pima tribe, "Arizonac," meaning
"spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may be autumn back in
Washington -- but together, we can make November 6 a time of
renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm the principles of our
6
Party -- a time to elect "real leadership" both for Arizona, and
the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. 11 Most of all,
let's elect a man who will ensure fair reapportionment -- a man
who mirrors America's pride / patriotism / and belief in the
individual. My friend -- your next Governor -- Fife Symington.
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
8 A.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our -highest: percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. 11
I also want to say what: a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. 11 John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix which will really excite
people." 11 Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) 11
For the record, I'm notitaking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // Here is what The
Arizona Republic calls him -- "a fresh face." Or the Phoenix
Gazette: "Determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr.
Republican. 11 Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a
2
difference it would have made had you been elected in '64. //
Barry is Fife's honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a
hero. " What do I plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next
January // simply, Governor. //
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome.' " 11 Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer. )) 11
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." 11
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven."
Fife, like Barry Goldwater, how right you were. I remember
reading Zane Grey in school -- but it didn't prepare me for the
impact of seeing Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that
blue jewel of the Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of
the Magellan Rim. It just doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbor. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. //
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. 11 So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand 11 the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. 11
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ( (You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. )) //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. //
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. 11
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit. [ [BUDGET INSERT TO COME. 11 Our plan ensures critical
funds for Operation Desert Shield. ]] //
All of us know we must stand up to aggression as we defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. // There are reports that at a
hospital, Iragi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. // Iraq's world is governed by the
law of the jungle. We will insist in the rule of law. Iragi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. 11 If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And what happened to his flunkies. When
World War II ended, there were the Nuremburg Trials. 11
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
[
in
Complete our mission. 11 We will keep faith with our friends,
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. 11
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's canvas / contribute / and above all, go to
the polls. "Let's remember what this State has been, and can
become. 11 , Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima
tribe, "Arizonac," meaning "spring." Well, it may be autumn back
in Washington -- but together, we can make November 6 a
springtime of possibility for the Republican Party. //
Let's elect "real leadership" both for Arizona, and the
Nation. Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate --
and win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of
all, let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism /
and belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor
-- Fife Symington. //
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
October 23, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
cw
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
REMARKS AT SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, October 25, 1990, at 6:30 P.M., you will address
approximately 750 guests at a fundraising dinner for J. Fife
Symington III, at the Registry Resort in Phoenix. Among those
attending will be Senator Barry Goldwater, Senator John McCain,
Congressmen John Rhodes, Bob Stump, John Kyl, and Jim Kolbe;
Arizona GOP chairman Burt Kirrglick, and Attorney General candidate
Grant Woods.
II. DISCUSSION
The attached remarks (12 minutes, cards) highlight the
importance of a strong Republican showing in the upcoming mid-term
elections. Within this framework, the remarks pay particular
attention to an anticipated budget agreement, as well as the
failure of the Congress to take appropriate action with regard to
education, crime, and drugs. Additionally, the remarks focus on
the continuing struggle in the Middle East, and the concomitant
need for a sound defense.
Finally, please note that these remarks will be revised
accordingly with respect to your prospective Thursday morning
statement.
(Smith/Garmey)
October 23, 1990
5 P.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Senator McCain, Congressmen Rhodes, Stump, Kyl, and Kolbe.
State party chairman Kirrglick, Attorney General candidate Grant
Woods, Senator Goldwater. Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
Fife, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- earning 60% of the vote. It's great to be back in
Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For nearly a quarter-
century, he has enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election
can enrich America. // We need Fife Symington as your next
Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people.' // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
2
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero." What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. 11
((Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome.' " // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. The Dallas
game shows it: the power of prayer. 11 Sadly, prayer was with
the Giants last Sunday. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- awarded the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven."
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
3
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the majestic Sonoran Desert. It just
doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Raised five kids. Used the opportunity as old as the
Old West to build, create, and help their neighbors. To
achieve, in short, the American Dream. //
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up/ inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Over sixteen months
ago, we sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since
then, what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be
hard on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a
workable -- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal
enforcement officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the
criminals. On November 6, we'll elect man like Fife Symington
who believe cop-killers should receive the punishment they
deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
4
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well as vote
Republican. " 11
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
Excellence Act proposals to help make American education Number
One. 11 Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars
spent. On November 6, we're going to measure it by electing
candidates who will give parents, teachers, and local
administrators -- not distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet
local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit.
[[BUDGET INSERT]]
All of us know we must stand up to aggression. We cannot
simply stand by while an outlaw swallows up its neighbor and then
ruthlessly proceeds to remove all traces of its existence from
the face of the earth. We must defend civilized values around
the world -- opposing the acts of brutality inflicted by Iraq. //
There are reports that at one hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged
the oxygen to incubators supporting 22 premature babies. All
died. / At another hospital, troops reportedly cut off the
oxygen supporting the 75-year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet
minister. / Eyewitnesses have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental
5
patients, drug addicts, and others into the streets. This is the
handiwork of a dictator who has little regard for the norms of
civilized conduct -- an enemy of the world order of freedom,
security, and prosperity we are working to build. 11
Iraq's world is governed by the law of the jungle. We will
insist on the rule of law. Iraqi aggression will not be allowed
to stand. Saddam Hussein will be held accountable. The
legitimate government of Kuwait will be restored. 11 If anyone
doubts our resolve, remember another tyrant fifty years ago. And
remember the Nuremburg trials. 11
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. 11 We will keep faith with our friends,
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Who can come to Arizona, and not feel the State's Indian
heritage. Arizona is home to over 200,000 Indians, and its name
derives from a word used by the Pima tribe, "Arizonac," meaning
"spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may be autumn back in
Washington -- but together, we can make November 6 a time of
renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm the principles of our
6
Party -- a time to elect "real leadership" both for Arizona, and
the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who will ensure fair reapportionment -- a man
who mirrors America's pride / patriotism / and belief in the
individual. My friend -- your next Governor -- Fife Symington.
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great state of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 18387855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 OCT 24 A9: 01
10/24/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
6:30 PM
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
CARNEY
FITZWATER
PINKERTON
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
WINSTON
BENNETT
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
90 OCT 23 PM 9:23
October 23, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
cw
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
REMARKS AT SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, October 25, 1990, at 6:30 P.M., you will address
approximately 750 guests at a fundraising dinner for J. Fife
Symington III, at the Registry Resort in Phoenix. Among those
attending will be Senator Barry Goldwater, Senator John McCain,
Congressmen John Rhodes, Bob Stump, John Kyl, and Jim Kolbe;
Arizona GOP chairman Burt Kirrglick, and Attorney General candidate
Grant Woods.
II. DISCUSSION
The attached remarks (12 minutes, cards) highlight the
importance of a strong Republican showing in the upcoming mid-term
elections. Within this framework, the remarks pay particular
attention to an anticipated budget agreement, as well as the
failure of the Congress to take appropriate action with regard to
education, crime, and drugs. Additionally, the remarks focus on
the continuing struggle in the Middle East, and the concomitant
need for a sound defense.
Finally, please note that these remarks will be revised
accordingly with respect to your prospective Thursday morning
statement.
(Smith/Garmey)
October 23, 1990
5 P.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Senator McCain, Congressmen Rhodes, Stump, Kyl, and Kolbe.
State party chairman Kirrglick, Attorney General candidate Grant
Woods, Senator Goldwater. Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
Fife, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- earning 60% of the vote. It's great to be back in
Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf, of a good and talented man. For nearly a quarter-
century, he has enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election
can enrich America. // We need Fife Symington as your next
Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people.' 11 Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
2
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero." What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. 11
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome. " // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. The Dallas
game shows it: the power of prayer. // Sadly, prayer was with
the Giants last Sunday. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- awarded the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. "
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. 11 From that blue jewel of the
3
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the majestic Sonoran Desert. It just
doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Raised five kids. Used the opportunity as old as the
Old West to build, create, and help their neighbors. To
achieve, in short, the American Dream. 11
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up/ inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. 11
Look, first, at crime and drugs. 11 Over sixteen months
ago, we sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since
then, what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be
hard on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a
workable -- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal
enforcement officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the
criminals. On November 6, we'll elect man like Fife Symington
who believe cop-killers should receive the punishment they
deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ( (You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
4
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well as vote
Republican. " //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. 11
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
Excellence Act proposals to help make American education Number
One. 11 Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars
spent. On November 6, we're going to measure it by electing
candidates who will give parents, teachers, and local
administrators -- not distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet
local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit.
[[BUDGET INSERT]]
All of us know we must stand up to aggression. We cannot
simply stand by while an outlaw swallows up its neighbor and then
ruthlessly proceeds to remove all traces of its existence from
the face of the earth. We must defend civilized values around
the world -- opposing the acts of brutality inflicted by Iraq. //
There are reports that at one hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged
the oxygen to incubators supporting 22 premature babies. All
died. / At another hospital, troops reportedly cut off the
oxygen supporting the 75-year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet
minister. / Eyewitnesses have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental
5
patients, drug addicts, and others into the streets. This is the
handiwork of a dictator who has little regard for the norms of
civilized conduct -- an enemy of the world order of freedom,
security, and prosperity we are working to build. 11
Iraq's world is governed by the law of the jungle. We will
insist on the rule of law. Iraqi aggression will not be allowed
to stand. Saddam Hussein will be held accountable. The
legitimate government of Kuwait will be restored. 11 If anyone
doubts our resolve, remember another tyrant fifty years ago. And
remember the Nuremburg trials. 11
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. 11 We will keep faith with our friends,
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Who can come to Arizona, and not feel the State's Indian
heritage. Arizona is home to over 200,000 Indians, and its name
derives from a word used by the Pima tribe, "Arizonac," meaning
"spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may be autumn back in
Washington -- but together, we can make November 6 a time of
renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm the principles of our
6
Party -- a time to elect "real leadership" both for Arizona, and
the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who will ensure fair reapportionment -- a man
who mirrors America's pride / patriotism / and belief in the
individual. My friend -- your next Governor -- Fife Symington.
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 18387855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 OCT 18 P7: 31
DATE: 10/18/90
5:00 p.m., 10-19-90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
N/C
3:40
DARMAN
ROGICH
N/C
CARD
N/C
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Rogers N/C
DEMAREST
Carney
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
A
GRAY
Anderson N/C
HAGIN
Winston
HOLIDAY
Bennett N/C
REMARKS:
Please send any comments/recommendations directly to
Chriss Winston (Rm. 122) by 5:00 p.m., Fri., 10-19-90,
with a copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
reconaled
Ted's 4B + B comments Selfridge
minus
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Burt Kirrglick, St GOD Charman
Grant Woods, Attorney General Candidate+ Rep. Ticket
Sen. John Mccan
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
90 OCT 18 PM 5:38
8 A.M.
Congressmen Rhodes, Stump, Kye, Kolbe
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our -highest percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people." // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
2
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero. What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome." // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven.'
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
majestic Sonoran Desert
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of the Magellan Rim.
It just doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
Raised five kids.
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbors. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. //
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. )) //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
we cannot simply stand by while
an outlaw swallows up its unoffending
M ighbor and then ruthlessly proceeds
to the to remove all traces of its
existince from the face of the Earth,
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. //
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
This is The nandlwork of a dictator who nas
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
little regard for the norms of civilized conduct, who is an
deficit. [[BUDGET INSERT TO COME. // Our plan ensures critical
enemy of the world order of freedom, security. and
funds for Operation Desert Shield. ]] //
All of us know we must stand up to aggression, as we defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, opposing the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. // There are reports that at a
hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
prosperity we are working to build
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. 11^ Iraq's world is governed by the
ON
law of the jungle. We will insist in the rule of law. Iraqi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. // If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And remember the Nuremburg Trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
5
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. 11
Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima tribe,
"Arizonac," meaning "spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may
be autumn back in Washington -- but together, we can make
November 6 a time of renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm
the principles of our Party -- a time to elect "real leadership"
both for Arizona, and the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism / and
belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor --
Fife Symington. //
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Garmey) ( (BUDGET INSERT) )
Look at child care. Liberal Democrats wanted a Federal
Committee -- really, a straightjacket -- to mandate national
child care standards. Their bill would have cost $28 billion. / /
Republicans demanded tax incentives to help families -- not
government -- address child-care -- ensuring that local standards
remain to meet local needs. Our bill cost $10 billion. //
It gets worse. Liberal Democrats aren't content with
kicking God out of the classroom -- they want to boot Him out of
child care, too. Democrats wanted 120 new pages of mindless
paperwork -- much of which would restrict or eliminate religious-
based child care centers. // Thank goodness Republicans protected
religious-based centers, and parents' freedom to use them. In
short -- as usual -- Democrats wanted to expand the budget of the
bureaucracy. Republicans ensured the bill we get from House-
Senate Conference Committee will expand the horizons of our kids.
Next, look at crime. Here, too, the Loony Left is up to its
old tricks. Liberal Democrats believe in perverting Lincoln's
words. They think he really said, "God must have loved the
criminals. He made so many of them. " // Over 15 months ago, I
sent our Administration's Crime Bill proposals to the Congress.
Yet we still have no bill. Here's why. //
At every turn, liberal Democrats have tried to soft-pedal
the need to be hard on crime. They sympathize with the
criminals. Republicans, on the other hand, have demanded capital
punishment -- we sympathize with the victims. Democrats have
tried to kill an equitable death penalty -- a real death penalty
-- for those who will Federal law enforcement officials.
Republicans have insisted that those who take a life should pay
with their own. //
Crime legislation is still in Conference Committee. If
Congress sends me a weak bill, I will veto it. If Congress sends
me a strong bill, it will only be because of Republicans who
insist that cop-killers get the kind of punishment they deserve.
Finally, education. Here's the record: Over the last three
years spending on education -- local, State, and Federal -- has
increased by more than $50 billion. Our problem is not how much
we're spending -- but how we're spending our money. //
Eighteen months ago, we sent Congress our Educational
Excellence Act -- which stressed reform, restructuring, and more
parental choice in where their kids go to school. Liberal
Democrats -- as usual -- flunked the test: They wanted to more
than double funds -- and for what? More paperwork and Federal
intervention. // Democrats want more spending -- more
bureaucracy -- and more taxes on Oklahomans. 11 Republicans want
more accountability -- higher standards -- and the true learning
that comes from reading, writing, and arithematic. //
You can see the problem. If Congress doesn't act, it hurts
America. But the way those left-wingers think, if Congress does
act, it hurts America, too. Here's the solution: Vote
Republican on November 6. 11
Document No. 18387855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 OCT 22 A9: 50
5:00 p.m., 10-19-90
DATE: 10/18/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Rogers
DEMAREST
Carney
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Winston
HOLIDAY
Bennett
REMARKS:
Please send any comments/recommendations directly to
Chriss Winston (Rm. 122) by 5:00 p.m., Fri., 10-19-90,
with a copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
CSR and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
10/18/90
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
90 OCT 18 PM 5: 38
8 A.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our _-highest percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people." // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
2
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero." What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome." // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer.) )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven.'
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of the Magellan Rim.
It just doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbors. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. //
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. )) //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
4
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. //
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit. [[BUDGET INSERT TO COME. // Our plan ensures critical
funds for Operation Desert Shield. ]] //
All of us know we must stand up to aggression as we defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. // There are reports that at a
hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. // Iraq's world is governed by the
law of the jungle. We will insist in the rule of law. Iraqi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. // If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And remember the Nuremburg Trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
5
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima tribe,
"Arizonac," meaning "spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may
be autumn back in Washington -- but together, we can make
November 6 a time of renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm
the principles of our Party -- a time to elect "real leadership"
both for Arizona, and the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism / and
belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor --
Fife Symington. //
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
10/22/90
12:57
002
Ted Garmey
Attached are suggested changes on the child care text. (our
office doesn't handle the crime bill.)
Some background information to explain the suggested changes:
--change from "mandate" to "establish" national child care
standards is suggested to make the point while being more
accurate. Both the House and Senate bills authorized federal
committees to establish "model" or "recommended" standards.
These standards wouldn't have been mandated on the States (tho
they clearly were intended to put pressure on the States to
conform, and the Administration stated that they were the
"camel's nose" for mandatory national standards.)
--The cost of the Administration's child care bill is $9 billion,
not $10. (At one point it was being rounded to $10 but more
commonly we've used $9, which is the correctly rounded figure.)
--funding for the House bill was $29 billion, a figure we used in
the SAP on it. (The Senate bill funding was $18 billion).
The draft refers to 120 pages of mindless paperwork. That is the
total number of pages of new law in the House bill, not all of
which is "paperwork."
NOTE: The draft as marked up seems to be reasonably safe text.
However, the tax portions of child care still are being
negotiated, and there is some chance that a satisfactory
resolution might not be reached. I'll try to let you know if the
text needs to be
changed or dropped.
B Salfidge
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
90 OCT 19 P4: 32
October 19, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
JIM PINKERTON of
SUBJECT:
Symington Fundraiser, Phoenix, AR Draft
A fine speech. In regard to any potential language on
the budget agreement, we believe that a firm, Trumanesque
message needs repeating along the lines (and allowing for
any change in circumstances) of the following four points:
1.
We must have an agreement that holds the line on
taxing working Americans.
2.
The President supports a growth agenda that
controls government spending. That means
incentives for growth and preservation of indexing
tax rates against inflation.
3.
The President says never again: He never again
intends to see the country put through a similar
"process." The Congress has to get its act
together. We need process reforms: just look at
the ridiculous things that the Congressional
Democrats tried to put in the agreement -- $50
million for the Kennedy Center, for example.
4.
The President intends to take this case to the
American people. We must place the national
interest above the special interests. We need more
Republicans in Congress.
###
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 19, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
HOLLY WILLIAMSON
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Symington Fundraiser
Since both Lake Powell and the Mogollon Rim are in Northern
Arizona, it would probably be better to use the "Majestic Sonoran
Desert" -- which is in Southern Arizona -- rather than the Rim.
By making that change, you cover the entire state from top to
bottom. (Claire Sechler on OCA staff is from Arizona and her mom
is working on the campaign.)
Document No. 18387855
90 OCT 19 p4: 48 WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/18/90
5:00 p.m., 10-19-90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Rogers
DEMAREST
Carney
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Winston
HOLIDAY
Bennett
REMARKS:
Please send any comments/recommendations directly to
Chriss Winston (Rm. 122) by 5:00 p.m., Fri., 10-19-90,
with a copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
Aee Comments. Thanks.
Holls Williamson
10-19-90
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
90 OCT 18 PM 5: 38
8 A.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
, I appreciate your generous introduction. 11
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our _-highest percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. 11
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people." // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
2
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero.' What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome.' // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven."
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
(OCA)
Mogollon (Mōgg-y-on) see
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of the Magellan Rim. note
next
It just doesn't get any better than this. //
page.
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
V(OCA)
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
Together thes only had 3children. Fife had 2 older children
from a previous marriage. Mas be Say "raised five kids." ?
Kind of sensitive.
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbors. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. 11
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally 11 when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. / / Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. ") //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
4
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. //
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit. [BUDGET INSERT TO COME. 11 Our plan ensures critical
funds for Operation Desert Shield. ]] //
All of us know we must stand up to aggression as we defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. 11 There are reports that at a
hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. // Iraq's world is governed by the
law of the jungle. We will insist in the rule of law. Iraqi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. 11 If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And remember the Nuremburg Trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
5
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima tribe,
"Arizonac," meaning "spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may
be autumn back in Washington -- but together, we can make
November 6 a time of renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm
the principles of our Party -- a time to elect "real leadership"
both for Arizona, and the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism / and
belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor --
Fife Symington. 11
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 18387855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5:00 p.m., 10-19-90
DATE: 10/18/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Rogers
DEMAREST
Carney
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Winston
HOLIDAY
Bennett
REMARKS:
Please send any comments/recommendations directly to
Chriss Winston (Rm. 122) by 5:00 p.m., Fri., 10-19-90,
with a copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE: see comments
90 OCT 19 P4: 17
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
90 OCT 18 PM 5: 38
8 A.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
I appreciate your generous introduction. 11
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our -highest percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people.' // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?")) 11
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
2
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero. If What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. / /
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome." // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." 11
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. "
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of the Magellan Rim.
It just doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbors. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. 11
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. " //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
4
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. //
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit. [BUDGET INSERT TO COME // Our plan ensures critical
OMB meed
funds for Operation Desert Shield. 1] //
to pee
All of us know we must stand up to aggression as we defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. // There are reports that at a
hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. // Iraq's world is governed by the
law of the jungle. We will insist in the rule of law. Iraqi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. // If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And remember the Nuremburg Trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
5
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima tribe,
"Arizonac," meaning "spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may
be autumn back in Washington -- but together, we can make
November 6 a time of renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm
the principles of our Party -- a time to elect "real leadership"
both for Arizona, and the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism / and
belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor --
Fife Symington. 11
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
8337
Document No. 18387855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 OCT 19 P2: 13
DATE: 10/18/90
5:00 p.m., 10-19-90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Rogers
DEMAREST
Carney
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Winston
HOLIDAY
Bennett
REMARKS:
Please send any comments/recommendations directly to
Chriss Winston (Rm. 122) by 5:00 p.m., Fri., 10-19-90,
with a copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
October 19, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
The NSC staff concurs with the presidential remarks as amended.
Brent RSate Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
CC: James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
90 OCT 18 PM 5: 38
8 A.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our -highest percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people.' // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?")) 11
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
2
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero." What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome." // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. "
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of the Magellan Rim.
It just doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbors. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. 11
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona." "
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. ") 11
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
We cannot simply stand by while
an outlaw swallows up its unoffending
neighbor. and then ruthlessly
4
proceeds to try to remove all traces
of its existence from the Face of The
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. 11 earth.
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
This is the handwork of a dectator who has little
who is an enemy of the world order of freedom, security
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
regard for the norms of civilized conduct,
are working to buildies
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'.
The Federal
deficit. [[BUDGET INSERT TO COME. 11 Our plan ensures critical
funds for Operation Desert Shield. ]] //
must
All of us know we must stand up to aggression asf we n
defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, opposing the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. // There are reports that at a
Rospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
and
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. 11. Iraq's world is governed by the
law of the jungle. We will insist the rule of law. Iraqi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. // If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And remember the Nuremburg Trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
5
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima tribe,
"Arizonac," meaning "spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may
be autumn back in Washington -- but together, we can make
November 6 a time of renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm
the principles of our Party -- a time to elect "real leadership"
both for Arizona, and the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. 11 Most of all,
let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism / and
belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor --
Fife Symington. //
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
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Document No. 18387855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 OCT 19 P12: 21
DATE: 10/18/90
5:00 p.m., 10-19-90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Rogers
DEMAREST
Carney
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Winston
HOLIDAY
Bennett
REMARKS:
Please send any comments/recommendations directly to
Chriss Winston (Rm. 122) by 5:00 p.m., Fri., 10-19-90,
with a copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
10/19
ok as is Orince- per David Jell, per
Jean 2992 Balestrier
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
90 OCT 18 PM 5: 38
8 A.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our _-highest percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people.' // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
2
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero." What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome." // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven.'
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of the Magellan Rim.
It just doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbors. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. 11
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona." "
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. )) //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
4
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. //
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit. [[BUDGET INSERT TO COME. 11 Our plan ensures critical
funds for Operation Desert Shield. ]] //
All of us know we must stand up to aggression as we defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. // There are reports that at a
hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. // Iraq's world is governed by the
law of the jungle. We will insist in the rule of law. Iraqi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. 11 If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And remember the Nuremburg Trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
5
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima tribe,
"Arizonac," meaning "spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may
be autumn back in Washington -- but together, we can make
November 6 a time of renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm
the principles of our Party -- a time to elect "real leadership"
both for Arizona, and the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism / and
belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor --
Fife Symington. //
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
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#
Document No. 18387855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 OCT 19 A10 49
DATE: 10/18/90
5:00 p.m., 10-19-90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Rogers
DEMAREST
Carney
mentioned
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
is HOLIDAY HAGIN
Winston
Bennett
Rhods REMARKS:
Kye
Please send any comments/recommendations directly to
Kolbe
Chriss Winston (Rm. 122) by 5:00 p.m., Fri., 10-19-90,
with a copy to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
to Cally H. 30hn McCain
asknowledgements. Atty len Condidut Assistant James to W.
Cicconi
Burt St. GUP Kruglick, chair Add
the President
and Deputy to the Chîef of Staff
Grant woods
Senator Ext. 2702 John
Mccan
atturney General Candidate of the Rep. ticket
Document No. 18387855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/18/90
5:00 p.m., 10-19-90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Rogers
DEMAREST
Carney
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Winston
HOLIDAY
Bennett
REMARKS:
Please send any comments/recommendations directly to
Chriss Winston (Rm. 122) by
5:00
p.m., Fri., 10-19-90,
RESPONSE:
Comto A 30hn McCain
with a CAMYH copy to my office. Thanks.
W. Cicconi
Add
Attylen Condrdut James
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
90 OCT 18 PM 5: 38
8 A.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our -highest percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. //
( (As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people.' // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?")) //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
2
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero." What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome." // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer.) )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. II
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of the Magellan Rim.
It just doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbors. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. //
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona." "
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. )) //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
4
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. //
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit. [[BUDGET INSERT TO COME. // Our plan ensures critical
funds for Operation Desert Shield. ]] //
All of us know we must stand up to aggression as we defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. // There are reports that at a
hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. // Iraq's world is governed by the
law of the jungle. We will insist in the rule of law. Iraqi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. // If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And remember the Nuremburg Trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
5
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima tribe,
"Arizonac," meaning "spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may
be autumn back in Washington -- but together, we can make
November 6 a time of renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm
the principles of our Party -- a time to elect "real leadership"
both for Arizona, and the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism / and
belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor --
Fife Symington. //
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
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