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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: S S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Speech File Draft Files Subseries: Chron File, 1989-1993 OA/ID Number: 13605 Folder ID Number: 13605-001 Folder Title: Pinkerton Academy 2/15/92 [OA 6097] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 26 17 6 6 PINKERTON ACADEMY FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. IT'S GOOD TO SEE KATHY GREGG; GOV. JOHN SUNUNU; GOV. JOCK MC KERNAN [MAINE] AND WIFE CONGRESSWOMAN OLYMPIA SNOWE; GOV. BILL WELD; LT. GOV. PAUL CELLUCCI; SENATOR WARREN RUDMAN; CONGRESSMAN BILL ZELIFF; MAYOR JACK DOWD [MAYOR OF DERRY]; CONG. RALPH REGULA OF OHIO; CONG. DAVID HOBSON OF OHIO; AND CONG. DICK SCHULZE OF PENNSYLVANIA. // HATS OFF TO THE PARENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF PINKERTON ACADEMY FOR OPENING THE GYM FOR TONIGHT'S EVENT. THANKS TO THE SHAW BROTHERS FOR SENDING A LITTLE MUSIC OUR WAY. // AND OF COURSE, MY THANKS TO ARNOLD. [[ARNOLD'S WORKING ON A NEW FILM ABOUT CONGRESS: HE CALLS IT THE PROCRASTINATOR. // BUT YOU KNOW, I MAY JUST TAKE A TIP FROM THE KINDERGARTEN COP. WHEN CONGRESS DOESN'T BEHAVE -- TAKE AWAY THEIR RECESS. ]] THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO DERRY ON THIS SATURDAY NIGHT. WE'VE COME HERE FOR ONE REASON: TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. - 2 - FROM THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL TO THE LAST GASP OF IMPERIAL COMMUNISM -- FROM THE FOUR DECADES OF THE COLD WAR TO THE FORTY DAYS OF DESERT STORM -- AMERICA HAS LED THE WAY. AMERICA HAS CHANGED THE WORLD. // NOW THE CHANGE -- AND THE CHALLENGE -- HAS COME HOME. TIME AFTER TIME, WE'VE LIFTED OURSELVES UP. TIME AFTER TIME, WE'VE ASKED MORE OF OURSELVES -- MORE OF EACH OTHER. EACH TIME, AMERICA MET THE CHALLENGE. THIS TIME, AMERICA WILL DO IT AGAIN. // NEXT TUESDAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE MAKES ITS CHOICE. YOU TAKE PART IN THIS STATE'S PROUD TRADITION AS FIRST IN THE NATION. YOU KNOW THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR VOTE. YOU GO TO THE POLLS -- NOT TO SEND A SIGNAL. NOT TO REGISTER A PROTEST. YOU GO TO THE POLLS TO PICK A PRESIDENT. - 3 - so IF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO LEAD THE WAY, LOOK NO FURTHER. I'VE SET THE MISSION. I'VE LAID OUT THE PLAN. AND I WON'T REST -- UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE. // THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IN THIS ELECTION IS THE ECONOMY. COUNT ON THIS: I WILL FIGHT TO GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN -- TO GET NEW HAMPSHIRE BACK ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. THREE WEEKS AGO I LAID OUT MY PLAN, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE NATION. MY PLAN BOOSTS INVESTMENT - - CREATES NEW JOBS. IT WILL HELP RESTORE THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE -- AND IT WILL TAKE AN AXE TO WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING. BUT THERE'S ONE THING MY PLAN DOESN'T DO: IT WON'T RAISE TAXES FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES. - 4 - YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK: MY PLAN IS JUST WHAT THE ECONOMY ORDERED. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ME AND THE OTHER CANDIDATES, HERE'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT COUNTS: I HAVE A PLAN -- AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE. EVERYONE KNOWS WE'VE GOT TO WORK FAST TO GET THE ECONOMY UP ON ITS FEET. BUT LISTEN TO THE OTHER SIDE: THEY'RE PUSHING PROTECTIONISM -- ESCAPE FROM ECONOMIC REALITY. THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY DEFENSE. THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT BACK. / SOUNDS TOUGH -- UNTIL YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT THE SCHOOL-YARD BULLY -- IT'S THE BOY WHO WANTS TO TAKE HIS BALL AND GO HOME. WELL, AMERICA'S NOT THAT KIND OF COUNTRY. OUR NATIONAL SYMBOL ISN'T THE OSTRICH -- IT'S THE EAGLE. /// - 5 - NEVER IN THIS NATION'S LONG HISTORY HAS AMERICA TURNED ITS BACK ON A CHALLENGE -- AND WE WON'T START NOW. WE DON'T CUT AND RUN -- WE COMPETE. TO SUCCEED ECONOMICALLY AT HOME -- YOU'VE GOT TO LEAD ECONOMICALLY ABROAD. THE WORLD MUST KNOW: AMERICA IS IN IT TO WIN. YOU SEE: I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN WORKER. / LET'S NOT BUILD WALLS. LET'S OPEN MARKETS -- HELP OUR WORKERS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD. WHEN THEY DO, THE WORLD WILL SEE: THE AMERICAN WORKER CAN OUT-THINK, OUT-PRODUCE AND OUT-PERFORM THE COMPETITION -- ANYWHERE, / ANYTIME. 11 I ASK THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO REMEMBER: CHANGE BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES. BUT CHARACTER ENDURES. - 6 - YES, TIMES HAVE CHANGED -- BUT THIS YEAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE YOU STILL HEAR THE SAME OLD SONG. THE LEAVES TURN, THE SNOW FALLS -- THE CANDIDATES COME. THEY DESCEND ON YOUR COMMUNITIES -- KNOCK ON YOUR DOORS, SHAKE HANDS, SHARE A CUP OF COFFEE -- AND THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY THINK YOU WANT TO HEAR. WELL NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, LET ME SAY: THEY CAN WALK FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY ALL THE WAY TO NASHUA -- BUT THEY STILL CAN'T GET IT RIGHT. WHATEVER THE QUESTION, WHATEVER THE PROBLEM, THEY'VE GOT ONE ANSWER: MORE GOVERNMENT. // THEY SAY: LET THE GOVERNMENT TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL. LET THE GOVERNMENT RUN DAY-CARE. LET THE GOVERNMENT TELL YOU WHEN THE DOCTOR IS IN. OH YES, AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT: LET THE GOVERNMENT TAKE A LITTLE MORE IN TAXES. - 7 - WHEN YOU'RE WORKING HARD, WORRYING ABOUT HOW TO KEEP YOUR JOB -- THEY'VE GOT NO ANSWER. BUT LOSE YOUR PAYCHECK -- WELL, THEN THEY'RE READY: THEY'LL GIVE YOU A GOVERNMENT CHECK. // BUT FOR ALL THE TIME THEY'VE SPENT, I DON'T SEE THAT MESSAGE GETTING ANYWHERE. NOT HERE -- NOT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WHEN THEY SAY GOVERNMENT-KNOWS-BEST -- I SAY: NEW HAMPSHIRE KNOWS BETTER. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS IT RIGHT: LIMIT GOVERNMENT -- NOT FREEDOM. // THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE -- AND HERE'S THE FIRST RULE OF REFORM: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ONE SENTENCE: GOVERNMENT'S TOO BIG -- AND IT SPENDS TOO MUCH. // I WILL FIGHT FOR A REVOLUTION IN AMERICAN EDUCATION -- AND I WILL FIGHT AGAINST THE STATUS QUO THAT WANTS TO SINK MORE MONEY INTO SCHOOLS THAT JUST DON'T WORK. I SAY: PUT CHILDREN FIRST -- GIVE PARENTS SCHOOL CHOICE. - 8 - I WILL FIGHT FOR CHOICE IN CHILD CARE -- AND I WILL FIGHT AGAINST ANY PLAN THAT WAREHOUSES OUR KIDS IN SOME BRAVE NEW CHILD CARE BUREAUCRACY. PUT PARENTS FIRST - - PRESERVE THE VALUES CLOSEST TO HOME. I WILL FIGHT FOR HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS -- AND I WILL FIGHT AGAINST ANY SCHEME THAT PUTS GOVERNMENT BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR. NATIONAL HEALTH CARE WOULD BE A NATIONAL DISASTER. I WILL NOT GIVE THE LAST RITES TO THE BEST-QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. I WILL FIGHT FOR THE FAMILY AGAINST THE FORCES THAT MAKE IT WEAK. BECAUSE WHEN THE FAMILY COMES FIRST -- AMERICA IS FIRST. - 9 - IT ALL COMES DOWN TO NEXT TUESDAY. DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU IT DOESN'T MATTER. BECAUSE YOU DON'T JUST CHOOSE A CANDIDATE -- YOU CHOOSE A FUTURE, SET THE COURSE THIS COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. HERE'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE: NO MATTER HOW TOUGH TIMES ARE NOW -- AMERICA'S BEST DAY ALWAYS LIES AHEAD. / I BELIEVE THAT NOW. I'LL BELIEVE IT EVERY DAY I LIVE -- BECAUSE THAT'S THE GREAT GLORY OF AMERICA. // I FELT IT TODAY, FROM NASHUA TO NEW BOSTON AND EACH STOP IN BETWEEN. THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE -- LIKE CITIZENS ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY -- ARE READY TO MOVE AHEAD, READY TO MOVE FORWARD TO MEET A NEW AMERICAN DESTINY. EVERYONE SEES THE NEED FOR CHANGE. EVERYONE FEELS THE EXCITEMENT. EVERYONE IS IMPATIENT TO BEGIN. // EVERYONE, THAT IS -- EXCEPT THE GANG THAT CONTROLS THE CONGRESS. // - 10 - NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO, I CALLED ON THE DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL CONGRESS TO PASS A NO-NONSENSE CRIME BILL. THREE YEARS, AND NO ACTION. ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, I ASKED CONGRESS TO JOIN THE REVOLUTION IN EDUCATION. THREE YEARS -- NO ACTION. THREE TIMES IN THREE YEARS, I SENT A GROWTH PACKAGE TO CAPITOL HILL. THREE TIMES IT'S GONE UP -- AND THREE TIMES IT'S GONE NOWHERE. AND THEN CONGRESS COMPLAINS THAT NOTHING GETS DONE. SO YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY ACTION PLAN -- MY SEVEN-POINT PACKAGE TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH. ON WEDNESDAY, THE DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PULLED A BACK- ROOM STUNT -- AND MADE MY PLAN DISAPPEAR. [[THANK GOODNESS I KEPT A COPY.1] [ [HOLD UP PLAN]] I'M A PATIENT MAN. I KNOW CONGRESS CAN'T PASS MY PLAN OVERNIGHT. THAT'S WHY I GAVE THEM 52 DAYS. 11 - 11 - I KNOW THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS ARBITRARY. THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS TOO EARLY. THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS UNFAIR. // YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY. THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 20. /// I CHALLENGE THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP: DON'T BURY MY PLAN IN SOME SUB-COMMITTEE / DON'T DECLARE IT D.O.A. / DON'T RESORT TO PARLIAMENTARY TRICKS TO MAKE MY PLAN VANISH WITHOUT A TRACE. // I SAY TO THE LEADERS WHO CONTROL THE CONGRESS: BRING MY PLAN TO THE FLOOR. PUT MY PLAN TO A VOTE. PASS MY PLAN -- AND GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN. // - 12 - BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP. so I ASK ALL OF YOU -- ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE: SEND A MESSAGE TO THE CONGRESS. TELL THEM AMERICA IS READY TO MOVE. TELL THEM THE TIME HAS COME TO ACT. // AND NEXT TUESDAY, SEND THIS PRESIDENT BACK TO WASHINGTON FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. // THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT. AND GOD BLESS THIS GREAT LAND WE SHARE -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. # # # THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 14, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT THROUGH: DAVE DEMAREST # FROM: DAN MC GROARTY Ducr SUBJECT: PROPOSED REMARKS FOR RALLY AT PINKERTON ACADEMY I. SUMMARY On Saturday, February 15, 1992 at 7:00 p.m., you will deliver remarks to an audience of 3,000 New Hampshire voters at a rally in the Pinkerton Academy gymnasium in Derry, New Hamsphire. II. DISCUSSION Your rally speech (approximately 12 minutes/cards) focuses on your economic growth plan and calls on Congress to act before the March 20th deadline. Your remarks highlight your leadership, and the values and issues you will fight for. They underscore the importance of Tuesday's vote to pick a president rather than register a protest. McGroarty/Bunton February 14, 1992 5:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. Thank you, Governor. // Hats off to the parents, students and staff of Pinkerton Academy for opening the gym for tonight's event. Thanks to Restless Heart for sending a little music our way. [[It's great to hear some Country & Western. It's so much better than listening to the Democrats sing the Blues. ]] And of course, my thanks to Arnold. [[Arnold's working on a new film about Congress: He calls it The Procrastinator. // But you know, I may just take a tip from the Kindergarten Cop. When Congress doesn't behave -- take away their recess. ]] Thanks to all of you for coming from the four corners of New Hampshire to Derry on this Saturday night. We've come here for one reason: together, we're going to make things happen. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the last gasp of Imperial Communism -- from the four decades of the Cold War to the forty days of Desert Storm -- America has led the way. America has changed the world. // Now the change -- and the challenge -- has come home. Time after time, we've lifted ourselves up. Time after time, we've asked more of ourselves -- more of each other. Each time, America met the challenge. This time, America will do it again. // Next Tuesday, New Hampshire makes its choice. You take part in this state's proud tradition as first in the nation. You know 2 this is serious business. You understand the importance of your vote. You go to the polls -- not to send a signal. Not to register a protest. You go to the polls to pick a President. So if New Hampshire's looking for someone to lead the way, look no further. I've set the mission. I've laid out the plan. And I won't rest -- until the job is done. // The first order of business in this election is the economy. Count on this: I will fight to get this economy moving again -- to get New Hampshire back on the road to recovery. Three weeks ago I laid out my plan, to New Hampshire and the nation. My plan boosts investment -- creates new jobs. It will help restore the value of real estate -- and it will take an axe to wasteful government spending. But there's one thing my plan doesn't do: it won't raise taxes for American families. You know what I think: My plan is just what the economy ordered. But when it comes down to me and the other candidates, here's the only difference that counts: I have a plan -- and they don't have a clue. Everyone knows we've got to work fast to get the economy up on its feet. But listen to the other side: they're pushing protectionism -- escape from economic reality. They say they're going to play defense. They're going to fight back. / Sounds tough -- until you think about it. It's not the school-yard bully -- it's the boy who wants to take his ball and go home. 3 Well, America's not that kind of country. Our national symbol isn't the ostrich -- it's the eagle. /// Never in this nation's long history has America turned its back on a challenge -- and we won't start now. We don't cut and run --- we compete. To succeed economically at home -- you've got to lead economically abroad. The world must know: America is in it to win. You see: I believe in the American worker. / Let's not build walls. Let's open markets -- help our workers go head-to- head. When they do, the world will see: The American worker can out-think, out-produce and out-perform the competition -- anywhere, / anytime. // I ask the people of New Hampshire to remember: change brings new challenges. But character endures. Yes, times have changed -- but this year in New Hampshire you still hear the same old song. The leaves turn, the snow falls -- the candidates come. They descend on your communities - - knock on your doors, shake hands, share a cup of coffee -- and they tell you what they think you want to hear. Well neighbor to neighbor, let me say: They can walk I-93 from the North Country all the way to Nashua -- but they still can't get it right. Whatever the question, whatever the problem, they've got one answer: more government. // They say: Let the government tell you where you can send your kids to school. Let the government run day-care. Let the government tell you when the doctor is in. 4 Oh yes, and while you're at it: let the government take a little more in taxes. When you're working hard, worrying about how to keep your job -- they've got no answer. But lose your paycheck -- well, then they're ready: they'll give you a government check. // But for all the time they've spent, I don't see that message getting anywhere. Not here -- not in New Hampshire. When they say government-knows-best -- I say: New Hampshire knows better. New Hampshire has it right: limit government -- not freedom. // That's the principle -- and here's the first rule of reform: everything you need to know about the federal government in one sentence: Government's too big -- and it spends too much. // I will fight for a revolution in American education -- and I will fight against the status quo that wants to sink more money into schools that just don't work. I say: Put children first - - give parents school choice. I will fight for choice in child care -- and I will fight against any plan that warehouses our kids in some brave new child care bureaucracy. Put parents first -- preserve the values closest to home. I will fight for health care for all Americans -- and I will fight against any scheme that puts government between you and your doctor. National health care would be a national disaster. I will not give the last rites to the best-quality health care system in the world. 5 I will fight for the family against the forces that make it weak. Because when the family comes first -- America is first. It all comes down to next Tuesday. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't matter. Because you don't just choose a candidate -- you choose a future, set the course this country will follow for the next five years. Here's what I know about this country's future: No matter how tough times are now -- America's best day always lies ahead. / I believe that now. I'll believe it every day I live -- because that's the great glory of America. // I felt it today, from Nashua to New Boston and each stop in between. The people of New Hampshire -- like citizens all across this country -- are ready to move ahead, ready to move forward to meet a new American destiny. Everyone sees the need for change. Everyone feels the excitement. Everyone is impatient to begin. // Everyone, that is -- except the gang that controls the Congress. // Nearly three years ago, I called on the Democrats who control Congress to pass a no-nonsense crime bill. Three years, and no action. Almost three years ago, I asked Congress to join the revolution in education. Three years -- no action. Three times in three years, I sent a growth package to Capitol Hill. Three times it's gone up -- and three times it's gone nowhere. And then Congress complains that nothing gets done. So you won't be surprised to hear what's happening to my action plan -- my seven-point package to stimulate economic growth. On Wednesday, the Democrats who control the Ways and 6 Means Committee pulled a back-room stunt -- and made my plan disappear. [ [Thank goodness I kept a copy.]] [[HOLD UP PLAN]] I'm a patient man. I know Congress can't pass my plan overnight. That's why I gave them 52 days. // I know they say: The deadline is arbitrary. They say: The deadline is too early. They say: The deadline is unfair. // You know what I say. The deadline is March 20. /// I challenge the liberal leadership: Don't bury my plan in some sub-committee / don't declare it D.O.A. / don't resort to parliamentary tricks to make my plan vanish without a trace. // I say to the leaders who control the Congress: bring my plan to the floor. Put my plan to a vote. Pass my plan -- and get this economy moving again. // But you know, I can't do it without your help. So I ask all of you -- all your neighbors across New Hampshire: Send a message to the Congress. Tell them America is ready to move. Tell them the time has come to act. // And next Tuesday, send this President back to Washington for four more years. // Thank you, New Hampshire, for your trust and support. And God bless this great land we share -- the United States of America. # # # Sim 603-425-0522 CLOSE HOLD Document No. 30837155 WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 2/14/92 DATE: ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH SNOW FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY REMARKS: The attached has been forwarded to the President. RESPONSE: CLOSE HOLD PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 P THE WHITE HOUSE 2 2-14-92 1 WASHINGTON 02 FEB 14 P6: 22 February 14, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT THROUGH: DAVE DEMAREST # FROM: DAN MC GROARTY Ducr SUBJECT: PROPOSED REMARKS FOR RALLY AT PINKERTON ACADEMY I. SUMMARY On Saturday, February 15, 1992 at 7:00 p.m., you will deliver remarks to an audience of 3,000 New Hampshire voters at a rally in the Pinkerton Academy gymnasium in Derry, New Hamsphire. II. DISCUSSION Your rally speech (approximately 12 minutes/cards) focuses on your economic growth plan and calls on Congress to act before the March 20th deadline. Your remarks highlight your leadership, and the values and issues you will fight for. They underscore the importance of Tuesday's vote to pick a president rather than register a protest. McGroarty/Bunton February 14, 1992 5:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. Thank you, Governor. // Hats off to the parents, students and staff of Pinkerton Academy for opening the gym for tonight's event. Thanks to Restless Heart for sending a little music our way. [[It's great to hear some Country & Western. It's so much better than listening to the Democrats sing the Blues. ]] And of course, my thanks to Arnold. [[Arnold's working on a new film about Congress: He calls it The Procrastinator. // But you know, I may just take a tip from the Kindergarten Cop. When Congress doesn't behave -- take away their recess. ]] Thanks to all of you for coming from the four corners of New Hampshire to Derry on this Saturday night. We've come here for one reason: together, we're going to make things happen. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the last gasp of Imperial Communism -- from the four decades of the Cold War to the forty days of Desert Storm -- America has led the way. America has changed the world. // Now the change -- and the challenge -- has come home. Time after time, we've lifted ourselves up. Time after time, we've asked more of ourselves -- more of each other. Each time, America met the challenge. This time, America will do it again. // Next Tuesday, New Hampshire makes its choice. You take part in this state's proud tradition as first in the nation. You know 2 this is serious business. You understand the importance of your vote. You go to the polls -- not to send a signal. Not to register a protest. You go to the polls to pick a President. So if New Hampshire's looking for someone to lead the way, look no further. I've set the mission. I've laid out the plan. And I won't rest -- until the job is done. // The first order of business in this election is the economy. Count on this: I will fight to get this economy moving again -- to get New Hampshire back on the road to recovery. Three weeks ago I laid out my plan, to New Hampshire and the nation. My plan boosts investment -- creates new jobs. It will help restore the value of real estate -- and it will take an axe to wasteful government spending. But there's one thing my plan doesn't do: it won't raise taxes for American families. You know what I think: My plan is just what the economy ordered. But when it comes down to me and the other candidates, here's the only difference that counts: I have a plan -- and they don't have a clue. Everyone knows we've got to work fast to get the economy up on its feet. But listen to the other side: they're pushing protectionism -- escape from economic reality. They say they're going to play defense. They're going to fight back. / Sounds tough -- until you think about it. It's not the school-yard bully -- it's the boy who wants to take his ball and go home. 3 Well, America's not that kind of country. Our national symbol isn't the ostrich -- it's the eagle. /// Never in this nation's long history has America turned its back on a challenge -- and we won't start now. We don't cut and run -- we compete. To succeed economically at home -- you've got to lead economically abroad. The world must know: America is in it to win. You see: I believe in the American worker. / Let's not build walls. Let's open markets --, help our workers go head-to- head. When they do, the world will see: The American worker can out-think, out-produce and out-perform the competition -- anywhere, / anytime. // I ask the people of New Hampshire to remember: change brings new challenges. But character endures. Yes, times have changed -- but this year in New Hampshire you still hear the same old song. The leaves turn, the snow falls -- the candidates come. They descend on your communities - - knock on your doors, shake hands, share a cup of coffee -- and they tell you what they think you want to hear. Well neighbor to neighbor, let me say: They can walk I-93 from the North Country all the way to Nashua -- but they still can't get it right. Whatever the question, whatever the problem, they've got one answer: more government. // They say: Let the government tell you where you can send your kids to school. Let the government run day-care. Let the government tell you when the doctor is in. 4 Oh yes, and while you're at it: let the government take a little more in taxes. When you're working hard, worrying about how to keep your job -- they've got no answer. But lose your paycheck -- well, then they're ready: they'll give you a government check. // But for all the time they've spent, I don't see that message getting anywhere. Not here -- not in New Hampshire. When they say government-knows-best -- I say: New Hampshire knows better. New Hampshire has it right: limit government -- not freedom. // That's the principle -- and here's the first rule of reform: everything you need to know about the federal government in one sentence: Government's too big -- and it spends too much. // I will fight for a revolution in American education -- and I will fight against the status quo that wants to sink more money into schools that just don't work. I say: Put children first - - give parents school choice. I will fight for choice in child care -- and I will fight against any plan that warehouses our kids in some brave new child care bureaucracy. Put parents first -- preserve the values closest to home. I will fight for health care for all Americans -- and I will fight against any scheme that puts government between you and your doctor. National health care would be a national. disaster. I will not give the last rites to the best-quality health care system in the world. 5 I will fight for the family against the forces that make it weak. Because when the family comes first -- America is first. It all comes down to next Tuesday. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't matter. Because you don't just choose a candidate -- you choose a future, set the course this country will follow for the next five years. Here's what I know about this country's future: No matter how tough times are now -- America's best day always lies ahead. / I believe that now. I'll believe it every day I live -- because that's the great glory of America. // I felt it today, from Nashua to New Boston and each stop in between. The people of New Hampshire -- like citizens all across this country -- are ready to move ahead, ready to move forward to meet a new American destiny. Everyone sees the need for change. Everyone feels the excitement. Everyone is impatient to begin. // Everyone, that is -- except the gang that controls the Congress. // Nearly three years ago, I called on the Democrats who control Congress to pass a no-nonsense crime bill. Three years, and no action. Almost three years ago, I asked Congress to join the revolution in education. Three years -- no action. Three times in three years, I sent a growth package to Capitol Hill. Three times it's gone up -- and three times it's gone nowhere. And then Congress complains that nothing gets done. So you won't be surprised to hear what's happening to my action plan -- my seven-point package to stimulate economic growth. On Wednesday, the Democrats who control the Ways and 6 Means Committee pulled a back-room stunt -- and made my plan disappear. [[Thank goodness I kept a copy.]] [[HOLD UP PLAN]] I'm a patient man. I know Congress can't pass my plan overnight. That's why I gave them 52 days. // I know they say: The deadline is arbitrary. They say: The deadline is too early. They say: The deadline is unfair. // You know what I say. The deadline is March 20. /// I challenge the liberal leadership: Don't bury my plan in some sub-committee / don't declare it D.O.A. / don't resort to parliamentary tricks to make my plan vanish without a trace. // I say to the leaders who control the Congress: bring my plan to the floor. Put my plan to a vote. Pass my plan -- and get this economy moving again. // But you know, I can't do it without your help. So I ask all of you -- all your neighbors across New Hampshire: Send a message to the Congress. Tell them America is ready to move. Tell them the time has come to act. // And next Tuesday, send this President back to Washington for four more years. // Thank you, New Hampshire, for your trust and support. And God bless this great land we share -- the United States of America. # # # Document No. 02 FEB 14 P3: WHIT 57 MASTER- ANDUM DATE: 2/14/92 E BY: 3:00 PM TODAY SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH FINDLAY FITZWATER KAUFMAN GRAY HOLIDAY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 PM TODAY, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: References to Congress must N be to Democrats Not Congress 1 As A abole At 2/14/92 PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary McGroarty/Bunton February 14, 1992 22 FEB 12:00 noon P|2 [RAILY] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Gregg. // Hats off to the parents, students and staff of Pinkerton Academy for opening the gym for tonight's event. Thanks to Restless Heart for sending a little music our way. [[ It's great to hear some Country & Western. It's so much better than listening to the Democrats sing the Blues. ]] And of course, my thanks to my good friend Arnold. [[Arnold's working on a new film about Congress: He calls it The Procrastinator. / But you know, I may just take a tip from the Kindergarten Cop. When Congress doesn't behave -- take away their recess. ]] I thank all of you for coming from the four corners of New Hampshire to Derry on this Saturday night. You're here for the same reason I'm here -- together, we're going to make things happen. And if anyone can, we can. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the last gasp of Imperial Communism -- from the four decades of the Cold War to the forty days of Desert Storm -- America has led the way. America has changed the world. // Now the change -- and the challenge -- have come home. Time after time, we lifted ourselves up. Time after time, we asked more of ourselves -- more of each other. 2 Each time, America met the challenge. This time, America will do it again. // So if New Hampshire's looking for someone to lead the way, look my way. I've set the mission. I've laid out the plan. And I won't rest -- until the job is done. // Next Tuesday, New Hampshire makes its choice. You take part in this state's proud tradition as first in the nation. You know this is serious business. You understand the importance of your vote. You go to the polls -- not to send a signal. Not to register a protest. You go to the polls to pick a President. The first order of business in this election is the economy. Count on this: I will fight to get this economy moving again -- to get New Hampshire back on the road to recovery. Three weeks ago I laid out my plan, to New Hampshire and the I nation. My plan cuts taxes for American families. It boosts investment -- creates new jobs. It will help restore the value of real estate -- and it will take an axe to wasteful government spending. You know what I think: My plan is just what the economy ordered. But when it comes down to me and the other candidates, here's the only difference that counts: I have a plan -- and they don't have a clue. Everyone knows we've got to work fast to get the economy up on its feet. But listen to the other side: they're pushing protectionism -- escape from economic reality. They say they're going to play defense. They're going to fight back. / Sounds 3 tough -- until you think about it. It's not the school-yard bully -- it's the boy who wants to take his ball and go home. Well, America's not that kind of country. We're not a nation that locks the doors, pulls down the shades and tells the world to go away. / Our national symbol isn't the ostrich -- it's the eagle. /// Never in this nation's long history has America turned its back on a challenge -- and we won't start now. We don't cut and run -- we compete AND WIN. (Peters) To succeed economically at home -- you've got to lead economically abroad. And the world must know: America is in it to win. You see: I believe in the American worker. / Let's not build walls. Let's open markets -- help our workers go head-to- head. When they do, the world will see: The American worker can out-think, out-produce and out-perform the competition -- anywhere, / anytime. // I ask the people of New Hampshire to remember: change brings new challenges. But character endures. Yes, times have changed -- but this year in New Hampshire you still hear the same old song. The leaves turn, the snow falls -- the candidates come. They descend on your communities - - knock on your doors, shake hands, share a cup of coffee -- and they tell you what they think you want to hear. 4 Well neighbor to neighbor, let me say: They can walk I-93 from the North Country all the way to Nashua -- but they still can't get it right. Whatever the question, whatever the problem, they've got one answer: more government. // They say: Let the government tell you where you can send your kids to school. Let the government run day-care. Let the government tell you when the doctor is in. Oh yes, and while you're at it: let the government take a little more in taxes. When you're working hard, worrying about how to keep your job -- they've got no answer. But lose your paycheck -- well, then they're ready: they'll give you a government check. // But for all the time they've spent, I don't see that message getting anywhere. Not here -- not in New Hampshire. When they say government-knows-best -- I say: New Hampshire knows better. New Hampshire has it right: limit government -- not freedom. That's the principle -- and here's the first rule of reform: everything you need to know about the federal government in one sentence: Government's too big -- and it spends too much. // I will fight for welfare reform -- and I will fight against Why the system that provides for the body but saps the soul. We must with LeAD with tie welfare to the work ethic -- and revive a sense of Make responsibility. // Mastinary I will fight for a revolution in American education -- and I the will fight against the status quo that wants to sink more money 5 into schools that just don't work. I say: Put children first - - give parents school choice. the right to decide where their children go school. to (Petad I will fight for choice in child care -- and I will fight against any plan that warehouses our kids in some brave new child care bureaucracy. Put parents first -- preserve the values closest to home. (Peterson) I will fight for health care for all Americans -- and I will fight against any scheme that puts government between you and your doctor. National health care would be a national disaster. I will not give the last rites to the best-quality health care system in the world. I will fight for the family -- against the forces that make it weak. Because when the family comes first -- America is first. // It all comes down to next Tuesday. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't matter. Because you don't just choose a candidate -- you choose a future, set the course this country will follow for the next five years. Here's what I know about this country's future: No matter how tough times are now -- America's best day always lies ahead. / I believe that now. I'll believe it every day I live -- because that's the great glory of America. // I felt it today, from Nashua to New Boston and each stop in between. The people of New Hampshire -- like citizens all across this country -- are ready to move ahead, ready to move forward to meet a new American destiny. 6 Everyone sees the need for change. Everyone feels the excitement. Everyone is impatient to begin. // Everyone, that is -- except the Congress. // Nearly three years ago, I called on Congress to pass a no- nonsense crime bill. Three years, and no action. Almost three years ago, I asked Congress to join the revolution in education. Three years -- no action. Three times in three years, I sent Congress a growth package. Three times it's gone up -- and three times it's gone nowhere. And then Congress complains that nothing gets done. It's been more than two weeks now since I sent up my action plan -- my seven-point package to stimulate economic growth. Two weeks -- and where's Congress? Well, I say: Ring the bell: Recess is over. [[Now, I know Congress can't do it overnight. That's why I gave them 52 days. //]] But they say: The deadline is arbitrary. They say: The deadline is too early. They say: The deadline is unfair. // You know what I say. The deadline is March 20. /// I challenge the Congress: Don't bury my plan in some sub- committee / don't declare it D.O.A. / don't resort to parliamentary tricks to make my plan vanish without a trace. // I say to the leaders who control the Congress: bring my plan to 7 the floor. Put my plan to a vote. Pass my plan -- and get this economy moving again. // But you know, I can't do it without your help. So I ask all of you -- all your neighbors across New Hampshire: Send a message to the Congress. Tell them America is ready to move. Tell them the time has come to act. // Thank you, New Hampshire, for your trust and support. And God bless this great land we share -- the United States of America. # # # CLOSE HOLD Document No. WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 2/14/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 PM TODAY SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 PM TODAY, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: No comment Thanks. PK Paul Konfortu 02/19/92 PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President CLOSE HOLD and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 McGroarty/Bunton February 14, 1992 32 FEB 12:00 noon P|2 [RAILY] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Gregg. // Hats off to the parents, students and staff of Pinkerton Academy for opening the gym for tonight's event. Thanks to Restless Heart for sending a little music our way. [[ It's great to hear some Country & Western. It's so much better than listening to the Democrats sing the Blues. ]] And of course, my thanks to my good friend Arnold. [[Arnold's working on a new film about Congress: He calls it The Procrastinator. / But you know, I may just take a tip from the Kindergarten Cop. When Congress doesn't behave -- take away their recess. ]] I thank all of you for coming from the four corners of New Hampshire to Derry on this Saturday night. You're here for the same reason I'm here -- together, we're going to make things happen. And if anyone can, we can. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the last gasp of Imperial Communism -- from the four decades of the Cold War to the forty days of Desert Storm -- America has led the way. America has changed the world. // Now the change -- and the challenge -- have come home. Time after time, we lifted ourselves up. Time after time, we asked more of ourselves -- more of each other. 2 Each time, America met the challenge. This time, America will do it again. // So if New Hampshire's looking for someone to lead the way, look my way. I've set the mission. I've laid out the plan. And I won't rest -- until the job is done. // Next Tuesday, New Hampshire makes its choice. You take part in this state's proud tradition as first in the nation. You know this is serious business. You understand the importance of your vote. You go to the polls -- not to send a signal. Not to register a protest. You go to the polls to pick a President. The first order of business in this election is the economy. Count on this: I will fight to get this economy moving again -- to get New Hampshire back on the road to recovery. Three weeks ago I laid out my plan, to New Hampshire and the nation. My plan cuts taxes for American families. It boosts investment -- creates new jobs. It will help restore the value of real estate -- and it will take an axe to wasteful government spending. You know what I think: My plan is just what the economy ordered. But when it comes down to me and the other candidates, here's the only difference that counts: I have a plan -- and they don't have a clue. Everyone knows we've got to work fast to get the economy up on its feet. But listen to the other side: they're pushing protectionism -- escape from economic reality. They say they're going to play defense. They're going to fight back. / Sounds 3 tough -- until you think about it. It's not the school-yard bully -- it's the boy who wants to take his ball and go home. Well, America's not that kind of country. We're not a nation that locks the doors, pulls down the shades and tells the world to go away. / Our national symbol isn't the ostrich -- it's the eagle. /// Never in this nation's long history has America turned its back on a challenge -- and we won't start now. We don't cut and run -- we compete. To succeed economically at home -- you've got to lead economically abroad. And the world must know: America is in it to win. You see: I believe in the American worker. / Let's not build walls. Let's open markets -- help our workers go head-to- head. When they do, the world will see: The American worker can out-think, out-produce and out-perform the competition -- anywhere, / anytime. 11 I ask the people of New Hampshire to remember: change brings new challenges. But character endures. Yes, times have changed -- but this year in New Hampshire you still hear the same old song. The leaves turn, the snow falls -- the candidates come. They descend on your communities - - knock on your doors, shake hands, share a cup of coffee -- and they tell you what they think you want to hear. 4 Well neighbor to neighbor, let me say: They can walk I-93 from the North Country all the way to Nashua -- but they still can't get it right. Whatever the question, whatever the problem, they've got one answer: more government. // They say: Let the government tell you where you can send your kids to school. Let the government run day-care. Let the government tell you when the doctor is in. Oh yes, and while you're at it: let the government take a little more in taxes. When you're working hard, worrying about how to keep your job -- they've got no answer. But lose your paycheck -- well, then they're ready: they'll give you a government check. // But for all the time they've spent, I don't see that message getting anywhere. Not here -- not in New Hampshire. When they say government-knows-best -- I say: New Hampshire knows better. New Hampshire has it right: limit government -- not freedom. That's the principle -- and here's the first rule of reform: everything you need to know about the federal government in one sentence: Government's too big -- and it spends too much. // I will fight for welfare reform -- and I will fight against the system that provides for the body but saps the soul. We must tie welfare to the work ethic -- and revive a sense of responsibility. // I will fight for a revolution in American education -- and I will fight against the status quo that wants to sink more money 5 into schools that just don't work. I say: Put children first - - give parents school choice. I will fight for choice in child care -- and I will fight against any plan that warehouses our kids in some brave new child care bureaucracy. Put parents first -- preserve the values closest to home. I will fight for health care for all Americans -- and I will fight against any scheme that puts government between you and your doctor. National health care would be a national disaster. I will not give the last rites to the best-quality health care system in the world. I will fight for the family -- against the forces that make it weak. Because when the family comes first -- America is first. // It all comes down to next Tuesday. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't matter. Because you don't just choose a candidate -- you choose a future, set the course this country will follow for the next five years. Here's what I know about this country's future: No matter how tough times are now -- America's best day always lies ahead. / I believe that now. I'll believe it every day I live -- because that's the great glory of America. // I felt it today, from Nashua to New Boston and each stop in between. The people of New Hampshire -- like citizens all across this country -- are ready to move ahead, ready to move forward to meet a new American destiny. 6 Everyone sees the need for change. Everyone feels the excitement. Everyone is impatient to begin. // Everyone, that is -- except the Congress. // Nearly three years ago, I called on Congress to pass a no- nonsense crime bill. Three years, and no action. Almost three years ago, I asked Congress to join the revolution in education. Three years -- no action. Three times in three years, I sent Congress a growth package. Three times it's gone up -- and three times it's gone nowhere. And then Congress complains that nothing gets done. It's been more than two weeks now since I sent up my action plan -- my seven-point package to stimulate economic growth. Two weeks -- and where's Congress? Well, I say: Ring the bell: Recess is over. [[Now, I know Congress can't do it overnight. That's why I gave them 52 days. //]] But they say: The deadline is arbitrary. They say: The deadline is too early. They say: The deadline is unfair. // You know what I say. The deadline is March 20. /// I challenge the Congress: Don't bury my plan in some sub- committee / don't declare it D.O.A. / don't resort to parliamentary tricks to make my plan vanish without a trace. // I say to the leaders who control the Congress: bring my plan to 7 the floor. Put my plan to a vote. Pass my plan -- and get this economy moving again. // But you know, I can't do it without your help. So I ask all of you -- all your neighbors across New Hampshire: Send a message to the Congress. Tell them America is ready to move. Tell them the time has come to act. // Thank you, New Hampshire, for your trust and support. And God bless this great land we share -- the United States of America. # # # OFFICE OF CABINET AFFAIRS STAFFING MEMORANDUM Date: 02/14 Due By: 3:00 p.m. today, 02/14 Subject: Presidential temarks: Pinkerton Academy From: FK ACTION CONCUR FYI ACTION CONCUR FYI HOLIDAY LEFKOWITZ BLUMENTHAL LUTTIG BUCHHOLZ PORTER CASSE SECHLER FARRAR SHANAHAN FITZHENRY FURCHTGOTT-ROTH HILL KUTCHINS Comments: 3:00 p.m. today, 02/14. CLOSE HOLD Document No. WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 92 FEB 14 P6: 18 DATE: 2/14/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 PM TODAY SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 PM TODAY, with a copy to this office. Pinkerton Academy Acknowledge Sen. Rudman, Sen. Smith, Cong. Zeliff, and the Mayor of Derry (Jack Dowd?). Thanks to the Shaw Brothers, not to Restless Heart. Strike "It's great to hear some Country and Western. It's so much better... Page 4, first graph: Strike Nashua and replace with Salem. (93 does not go to Nashua). Page 5, bottom: not "every day I live" strike "I live". Page 5, last graph: "from Nashua to Goffstown" not "New Boston"-- Goffstown is the last stop; it makes more sense. CLOSE HOLD Document No. 1162 WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 92 FEB14 P8: 40 DATE: 2/14/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 PM TODAY SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 PM TODAY, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: TO: TONY SNOW February 14, 1992 The NSC staff concurs with the draft presidential remarks. Brent B Scowcroft PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President CC: Phillip D. Brady CLOSE HOLD and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 McGroarty/Bunton February 14, 1992 32 FEB 12:00 noon PI2 [RAILY] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Gregg. // Hats off to the parents, students and staff of Pinkerton Academy for opening the gym for tonight's event. Thanks to Restless Heart for sending a little music our way. [[ It's great to hear some Country & Western. It's so much better than listening to the Democrats sing the Blues. ]] And of course, my thanks to my good friend Arnold. [[Arnold's working on a new film about Congress: He calls it The Procrastinator. / But you know, I may just take a tip from the Kindergarten Cop. When Congress doesn't behave -- take away their recess. ]] I thank all of you for coming from the four corners of New Hampshire to Derry on this Saturday night. You're here for the same reason I'm here -- together, we're going to make things happen. And if anyone can, we can. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the last gasp of Imperial Communism -- from the four decades of the Cold War to the forty days of Desert Storm -- America has led the way. America has changed the world. // Now the change -- and the challenge -- have come home. Time after time, we lifted ourselves up. Time after time, we asked more of ourselves -- more of each other. 2 Each time, America met the challenge. This time, America will do it again. // So if New Hampshire's looking for someone to lead the way, look my way. I've set the mission. I've laid out the plan. And I won't rest -- until the job is done. // Next Tuesday, New Hampshire makes its choice. You take part in this state's proud tradition as first in the nation. You know this is serious business. You understand the importance of your vote. You go to the polls -- not to send a signal. Not to register a protest. You go to the polls to pick a President. The first order of business in this election is the economy. Count on this: I will fight to get this economy moving again -- to get New Hampshire back on the road to recovery. Three weeks ago I laid out my plan, to New Hampshire and the nation. My plan cuts taxes for American families. It boosts investment -- creates new jobs. It will help restore the value of real estate -- and it will take an axe to wasteful government spending. You know what I think: My plan is just what the economy ordered. But when it comes down to me and the other candidates, here's the only difference that counts: I have a plan -- and they don't have a clue. Everyone knows we've got to work fast to get the economy up on its feet. But listen to the other side: they're pushing protectionism -- escape from economic reality. They say they're going to play defense. They're going to fight back. / Sounds 3 tough -- until you think about it. It's not the school-yard bully -- it's the boy who wants to take his ball and go home. Well, America's not that kind of country. We're not a nation that locks the doors, pulls down the shades and tells the world to go away. / Our national symbol isn't the ostrich -- it's the eagle. /// Never in this nation's long history has America turned its back on a challenge -- and we won't start now. We don't cut and run -- we compete. To succeed economically at home -- you've got to lead economically abroad. And the world must know: America is in it to win. You see: I believe in the American worker. / Let's not build walls. Let's open markets -- help our workers go head-to- head. When they do, the world will see: The American worker can out-think, out-produce and out-perform the competition -- anywhere, / anytime. // I ask the people of New Hampshire to remember: change brings new challenges. But character endures. Yes, times have changed -- but this year in New Hampshire you still hear the same old song. The leaves turn, the snow falls -- the candidates come. They descend on your communities - - knock on your doors, shake hands, share a cup of coffee -- and they tell you what they think you want to hear. 4 Well neighbor to neighbor, let me say: They can walk I-93 from the North Country all the way to Nashua -- but they still can't get it right. Whatever the question, whatever the problem, they've got one answer: more government. // They say: Let the government tell you where you can send your kids to school. Let the government run day-care. Let the government tell you when the doctor is in. Oh yes, and while you're at it: let the government take a little more in taxes. When you're working hard, worrying about how to keep your job -- they've got no answer. But lose your paycheck -- well, then they're ready: they'll give you a government check. // But for all the time they've spent, I don't see that message getting anywhere. Not here -- not in New Hampshire. When they say government-knows-best -- I say: New Hampshire knows better. New Hampshire has it right: limit government -- not freedom. That's the principle -- and here's the first rule of reform: everything you need to know about the federal government in one sentence: Government's too big -- and it spends too much. // I will fight for welfare reform -- and I will fight against the system that provides for the body but saps the soul. We must tie welfare to the work ethic -- and revive a sense of responsibility. // I will fight for a revolution in American education -- and I will fight against the status quo that wants to sink more money 5 into schools that just don't work. I say: Put children first - - give parents school choice. I will fight for choice in child care -- and I will fight against any plan that warehouses our kids in some brave new child care bureaucracy. Put parents first -- preserve the values closest to home. I will fight for health care for all Americans -- and I will fight against any scheme that puts government between you and your doctor. National health care would be a national disaster. I will not give the last rites to the best-quality health care system in the world. I will fight for the family -- against the forces that make it weak. Because when the family comes first -- America is first. // It all comes down to next Tuesday. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't matter. Because you don't just choose a candidate -- you choose a future, set the course this country will follow for the next five years. Here's what I know about this country's future: No matter how tough times are now -- America's best day always lies ahead. / I believe that now. I'll believe it every day I live -- because that's the great glory of America. // I felt it today, from Nashua to New Boston and each stop in between. The people of New Hampshire -- like citizens all across this country -- are ready to move ahead, ready to move forward to meet a new American destiny. 6 Everyone sees the need for change. Everyone feels the excitement. Everyone is impatient to begin. // Everyone, that is -- except the Congress. // Nearly three years ago, I called on Congress to pass a no- nonsense crime bill. Three years, and no action. Almost three years ago, I asked Congress to join the revolution in education. Three years -- no action. Three times in three years, I sent Congress a growth package. Three times it's gone up -- and three times it's gone nowhere. And then Congress complains that nothing gets done. It's been more than two weeks now since I sent up my action plan -- my seven-point package to stimulate economic growth. Two weeks -- and where's Congress? Well, I say: Ring the bell: Recess is over. [[Now, I know Congress can't do it overnight. That's why I gave them 52 days. //]] But they say: The deadline is arbitrary. They say: The deadline is too early. They say: The deadline is unfair. // You know what I say. The deadline is March 20. /// I challenge the Congress: Don't bury my plan in some sub- committee / don't declare it D.O.A. / don't resort to parliamentary tricks to make my plan vanish without a trace. // I say to the leaders who control the Congress: bring my plan to 7 the floor. Put my plan to a vote. Pass my plan -- and get this economy moving again. // But you know, I can't do it without your help. So I ask all of you -- all your neighbors across New Hampshire: Send a message to the Congress. Tell them America is ready to move. Tell them the time has come to act. // Thank you, New Hampshire, for your trust and support. And God bless this great land we share -- the United States of America. # # # EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE THE UNITED OFFICE 13000g STATES OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 92 FEB 14 P6: 56 FEB I 4 1992 NOTICE: Enclosed are comments from staff members of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Such comments do not necessarily represent the official position of the Director of OMB or of the Office of Management and Budget. If you wish to have the Director's personal comments, please let me know -- and contact me if you have any questions. If our proposed substantive changes are not made, please let us know before the material is prepared in final. James C. Murr Associate Director for Legislative Reference and Administration CLOSE HOLD Document No. WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 2/14/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 PM TODAY SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 PM TODAY, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: See Comments PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President CLOSE HOLD and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 McGroarty/Bunton February 14, 1992 92 FEB 12:00 noon P|2 [RAILY] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Gregg. // Hats off to the parents, students and staff of Pinkerton Academy for opening the gym for tonight's event. Thanks to Restless Heart for sending a little music our way. [[ It's great to hear some Country & Western. It's so much better than listening to the Democrats sing the Blues. ]] And of course, my thanks to my good friend Arnold. [[Arnold's working on a new film about Congress: He calls it The Procrastinator. / But you know, I may just take a tip from the Kindergarten Cop. When Congress doesn't behave -- take away their recess. ]] I thank all of you for coming from the four corners of New Hampshire to Derry on this Saturday night. You're here for the same reason I'm here -- together, we're going to make things happen. And if anyone can, we can. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the last gasp of Imperial Communism -- from the four decades of the Cold War to the forty days of Desert Storm -- America has led the way. America has changed the world. // Now the change -- and the challenge -- have come home. Time after time, we lifted ourselves up. Time after time, we asked more of ourselves -- more of each other. 2 Each time, America met the challenge. This time, America will do it again. // So if New Hampshire's looking for someone to lead the way, look my way. I've set the mission. I've laid out the plan. And I won't rest -- until the job is done. // Next Tuesday, New Hampshire makes its choice. You take part in this state's proud tradition as first in the nation. You know this is serious business. You understand the importance of your vote. You go to the polls -- not to send a signal. Not to register a protest. You go to the polls to pick a President. The first order of business in this election is the economy. Count on this: I will fight to get this economy moving again --- to get New Hampshire back on the road to recovery. Three weeks ago I laid out my plan, to New Hampshire and the nation. My plan cuts taxes for American families. It boosts investment -- creates new jobs. It will help restore the value of real estate -- and it will take an axe to wasteful government spending. You know what I think: My plan is just what the economy ordered. But when it comes down to me and the other candidates, here's the only difference that counts: I have a plan -- and they don't have a clue. Everyone knows we've got to work fast to get the economy up on its feet. But listen to the other side: they're pushing protectionism -- escape from economic reality. They say they're going to play defense. They're going to fight back. / Sounds 3 tough --- until you think about it. It's not the school-yard bully -- it's the boy who wants to take his ball and go home. Well, America's not that kind of country. We're not a nation that locks the doors, pulls down the shades and tells the world to go away. / Our national symbol isn't the ostrich -- it's the eagle. /// Never in this nation's long history has America turned its back on a challenge -- and we won't start now. We don't cut and run -- we compete. To succeed economically at home -- you've got to lead economically abroad. And the world must know: America is in it to win. You see: I believe in the American worker. / Let's not build walls. Let's open markets -- help our workers go head-to- head. When they do, the world will see: The American worker can out-think, out-produce and out-perform the competition -- anywhere, / anytime. // I ask the people of New Hampshire to remember: change brings new challenges. But character endures. Yes, times have changed -- but this year in New Hampshire you still hear the same old song. The leaves turn, the snow falls -- the candidates come. They descend on your communities - - knock on your doors, shake hands, share a cup of coffee -- and they tell you what they think you want to hear. 4 Well neighbor to neighbor, let me say: They can walk I-93 from the North Country all the way to Nashua -- but they still can't get it right. Whatever the question, whatever the problem, they've got one answer: more government. // They say: Let the government tell you where you can send your kids to school. Let the government run day-care. Let the government tell you when the doctor is in. Oh yes, and while you're at it: let the government take a little more in taxes. When you're working hard, worrying about how to keep your job -- they've got no answer. But lose your paycheck -- well, then they're ready: they'll give you a government check. // But for all the time they've spent, I don't see that message getting anywhere. Not here -- not in New Hampshire. When they say government-knows-best -- I say: New Hampshire knows better. New Hampshire has it right: limit government -- not freedom. That's the principle -- and here's the first rule of reform: everything you need to know about the federal government in one sentence: Government's too big -- and it spends too much. // I will fight for welfare reform -- and I will fight against the system that provides for the body but saps the soul. We must tie welfare to the work ethic -- and revive a sense of responsibility. // I will fight for a revolution in American education -- and I will fight against the status quo that wants to sink more money 5 into schools that just don't work. I say: Put children first - - give parents continue school to choice. / scully 5178 I will fight for choice in child care -- and I will fight against any plan that warehouses our kids in some brave new child care bureaucracy. Put parents first -- preserve the values closest to home. Not: To recogning child are Degislation is c, significant I will fight for health care for all Americans -- and I will achievement, not a goal THE / scully / 5178 fight against any scheme that puts government between you and your doctor. National health care would be a national disaster. I will not give the last rites to the best-quality health care system in the world. I will fight for the family -- against the forces that make it weak. Because when the family comes first -- America is first. // It all comes down to next Tuesday. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't matter. Because you don't just choose a candidate -- you choose a future, set the course this country will follow for the next five years. Here's what I know about this country's future: No matter how tough times are now -- America's best day always lies ahead. / I believe that now. I'll believe it every day I live -- because that's the great glory of America. // I felt it today, from Nashua to New Boston and each stop in between. The people of New Hampshire -- like citizens all across this country -- are ready to move ahead, ready to move forward to meet a new American destiny. Act the Bes. 1990 signedne on Nov. it wasted, provisions 2a 1990. it it be Therefore the did a It is a Admin. a year has not Hale 3120 The not estain Everyone sees the need for change. Everyone feels the excitement. Everyone is impatient to begin. // Everyone, that is -- except the Congress. // Nearly three years ago, I called on Congress to pass a no nonsense crime bill Three years, and no action. Almost three years ago, I asked Congress to join the revolution in education. Three years -- no action. Three times in three years, I sent Congress a growth package. Three times it's gone up -- and three times it's gone nowhere. And then Congress complains that nothing gets done. It's been more than two weeks now since I sent up my action plan -- my seven-point package to stimulate economic growth. Two weeks -- and where's Congress? Well, I say: Ring the bell: Recess is over. [ [Now, I know Congress can't do it overnight. That's why I gave them 52 days. //]] But they say: The deadline is arbitrary. They say: The deadline is too early. They say: The deadline is unfair. // You know what I say. The deadline is March 20. /// I challenge the Congress: Don't bury my plan in some sub- committee / don't declare it D.O.A. / don't resort to parliamentary tricks to make my plan vanish without a trace. // I say to the leaders who control the Congress: bring my plan to 7 the floor. Put my plan to a vote. Pass my plan -- and get this economy moving again. // But you know, I can't do it without your help. So I ask all of you -- all your neighbors across New Hampshire: Send a message to the Congress. Tell them America is ready to move. Tell them the time has come to act. // Thank you, New Hampshire, for your trust and support. And God bless this great land we share -- the United States of America. # # # CLOSE HOLD Document No. Don WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 92 FEB 14 P3: 38 DATE: 2/14/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 PM TODAY SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY ACTION FYI/V ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 PM TODAY, with a copy to this office Thank you. RESPONSE: please comments PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President CLOSE HOLD and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 McGroarty/Bunton February 14, 1992 02 12:00 noon FEB PI2 [RAILY] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PINKERTON ACADEMY DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Gregg. // Hats off to the parents, students and staff of Pinkerton Academy for opening the gym for tonight's event. Thanks to Restless Heart for sending a little music our way. [[ It's great to hear some Country & Western. It's so much better than listening to the Democrats sing the Blues. 1] And of course, my thanks to my good friend Arnold. [[Arnold's working on a new film about Congress: He calls it The Procrastinator. / But you know, I may just take a tip from the Kindergarten Cop. When Congress doesn't behave -- take away their recess. ]] I thank all of you for coming from the four corners of New Hampshire to Derry on this Saturday night. You're here for the same reason I'm here -- together, we're going to make things happen. And if anyone can, we can. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the last gasp of Imperial Communism -- from the four decades of the Cold War to the forty days of Desert Storm -- America has led the way. America has changed the world. // Now the change -- and the challenge -- have come home. Time after time, we lifted ourselves up. Time after time, we asked more of ourselves -- more of each other. 2 Each time, America met the challenge. This time, America will do it again. // So if New Hampshire's looking for someone to lead the way, look my way. I've set the mission. I've laid out the plan. And I won't rest -- until the job is done. // Next Tuesday, New Hampshire makes its choice. You take part in this state's proud tradition as first in the nation. You know this is serious business. You understand the importance of your vote. You go to the polls -- not to send a signal. Not to register a protest. You go to the polls to pick a President. The first order of business in this election is the economy. Count on this: I will fight to get this economy moving again -- to get New Hampshire back on the road to recovery. Three weeks ago I laid out my plan, to New Hampshire and the nation. My plan cuts taxes for American families. It boosts investment -- creates new jobs. It will help restore the value of real estate -- and it will take an axe to wasteful government spending. You know what I think: My plan is just what the economy ordered. But when it comes down to me and the other candidates, here's the only difference that counts: I have a plan -- and they don't have a clue. Everyone knows we've got to work fast to get the economy up on its feet. But listen to the other side: they're pushing protectionism -- escape from economic reality. They say they're going to play defense. They're going to fight back. / Sounds 3 tough -- until you think about it. It's not the school-yard bully -- it's the boy who wants to take his ball and go home. Well, America's not that kind of country. We're not a nation that locks the doors, pulls down the shades and tells the world to go away. / Our national symbol isn't the ostrich -- it's the eagle. /// Never in this nation's long history has America turned its back on a challenge -- and we won't start now. We don't cut and run -- we compete and win. To succeed economically at home -- you've got to lead economically abroad. And the world must know: America is in it to win. You see: I believe in the American worker. / Let's not build walls. Let's open markets -- help our workers go head-to- head. When they do, the world will see: The American worker can out-think, out-produce and out-perform the competition -- anywhere, / anytime. // I ask the people of New Hampshire to remember: change brings new challenges. But character endures. Yes, times have changed -- but this year in New Hampshire you still hear the same old song. The leaves turn, the snow falls -- the candidates come. They descend on your communities - - knock on your doors, shake hands, share a cup of coffee -- and they tell you what they think you want to hear. 4 Well neighbor to neighbor, let me say: They can walk I-93 from the North Country all the way to Nashua -- but they still can't get it right. Whatever the question, whatever the problem, they've got one answer: more government. // They say: Let the government tell you where you can send your kids to school. Let the government run day-care. Let the government tell you when the doctor is in. Oh yes, and while you're at it: let the government take a little more in taxes. When you're working hard, worrying about how to keep your job -- they've got no answer. But lose your paycheck -- well, then they're ready: they'll give you a government check. // But for all the time they've spent, I don't see that message getting anywhere. Not here -- not in New Hampshire. When they say government-knows-best -- I say: New Hampshire knows better. New Hampshire has it right: limit government -- not freedom. That's the principle -- and here's the first rule of reform: everything you need to know about the federal government in one sentence: Government's too big -- and it spends too much. // I will fight for welfare reform -- and I will fight against the system that provides for the body but saps the soul. We must tie welfare to the work ethic -- and revive a sense of responsibility. // I will fight for a revolution in American education -- and I will fight against the status quo that wants to sink more money 5 into schools that just don't work. I say: Put children first - - give parents school the right choice. to decide where Their children go TO school. I will fight for choice in child care -- and I will fight against any plan that warehouses our kids in some brave new child care bureaucracy. Put parents first -- preserve the values closest to home. I will fight for health care for all Americans -- and I will fight against any scheme that puts government between you and your doctor. National health care would be a national disaster. I will not give the last rites to the best-quality health care system in the world. I will fight for the family -- against the forces that make it weak. Because when the family comes first -- America is first. // It all comes down to next Tuesday. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't matter. Because you don't just choose a candidate -- you choose a future, set the course this country will follow for the next five years. Here's what I know about this country's future: No matter how tough times are now -- America's best day always lies ahead. / I believe that now. I'll believe it every day I live -- because that's the great glory of America. // I felt it today, from Nashua to New Boston and each stop in between. The people of New Hampshire -- like citizens all across this country -- are ready to move ahead, ready to move forward to meet a new American destiny. 6 Everyone sees the need for change. Everyone feels the excitement. Everyone is impatient to begin. // Everyone, that is -- except the Congress. // Nearly three years ago, I called on Congress to pass a no- nonsense crime bill. Three years, and no action. Almost three years ago, I asked Congress to join the revolution in education. Three years -- no action. Three times in three years, I sent Congress a growth package. Three times it's gone up -- and three times it's gone nowhere. And then Congress complains that nothing gets done. It's been more than two weeks now since I sent up my action plan --- my seven-point package to stimulate economic growth. Two weeks -- and where's Congress? Well, I say: Ring the bell: Recess is over. [[Now, I know Congress can't do it overnight. That's why I gave them 52 days. //]] But they say: The deadline is arbitrary. They say: The deadline is too early. They say: The deadline is unfair. // You know what I say. The deadline is March 20. /// I challenge the Congress: Don't bury my plan in some sub- committee / don't declare it D.O.A. / don't resort to parliamentary tricks to make my plan vanish without a trace. // I say to the leaders who control the Congress: bring my plan to 7 the floor. Put my plan to a vote. Pass my plan -- and get this economy moving again. // But you know, I can't do it without your help. So I ask all of you -- all your neighbors across New Hampshire: Send a message to the Congress. Tell them America is ready to move. Tell them the time has come to act. // Thank you, New Hampshire, for your trust and support. And God bless this great land we share -- the United States of America. # # # PINKERTON ACADEMY FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. IT'S GOOD TO SEE KATHY GREGG; GOV. JOHN SUNUNU; GOV. JOCK MC KERNAN [MAINE] AND WIFE CONGRESSWOMAN OLYMPIA SNOWE; GOV. BILL WELD; LT. GOV. PAUL CELLUCCI; SENATOR WARREN RUDMAN; CONGRESSMAN BILL ZELIFF; MAYOR JACK DOWD [MAYOR OF DERRY]; THANKS TO THE PARENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF PINKERTON ACADEMY FOR OPENING THE GYM FOR TONIGHT'S EVENT. THANKS TO THE SHAW BROTHERS FOR SENDING A LITTLE MUSIC OUR WAY. // AND OF COURSE, MY THANKS TO ARNOLD. [[ARNOLD'S WORKING ON A NEW FILM ABOUT CONGRESS: HE CALLS IT THE * PROCRASTINATOR. // BUT YOU KNOW, I MAY JUST TAKE A TIP FROM THE KINDERGARTEN COP. WHEN CONGRESS DOESN'T A BEHAVE -- TAKE AWAY THEIR RECESS. ]] AND Let's get something done for the sourtry THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO DERRY ON THIS SATURDAY NIGHT. WE'VE COME HERE FOR ONE REASON: TOGETHER, H WE'RE GOING TO WIN AN ELECTION ON TUESDAY. AND IN ABOUT NINE MONTHS, WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE A GOING TO WIN AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. - 2 - WE'VE GOT MUCH TO BE PROUD OF -- MANY CHALLENGES STILL AHEAD OF US. BUT THE REMARKABLE CHANGES OF THESE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE SHOWN WITHOUT A DOUBT -- THE * UNITED STATES IS THE UNDISPUTED LEADER OF THE WORLD. FROM THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL TO THE LAST GASP OF IMPERIAL COMMUNISM -- FROM THE FOUR DECADES OF THE COLD WAR TO THE FORTY DAYS OF DESERT STORM -- AMERICA * HAS LED THE WAY. AMERICA HAS CHANGED THE WORLD. // NOW THE CHANGE - AND THE CHALLENGE, AS IT HAS BEFORE -- HAS COME HOME. TIME AFTER TIME, WE'VE LIFTED OURSELVES UP. TIME AFTER TIME, WE'VE ASKED MORE OF OURSELVES - -- MORE OF EACH OTHER. EACH TIME, AMERICA MET THE CHALLENGE. * THIS TIME, AMERICA WILL DO IT AGAIN. // - 3 - NEXT TUESDAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE MAKES ITS CHOICE. YOU TAKE PART IN THIS STATE'S PROUD TRADITION AS FIRST IN THE NATION. YOU KNOW THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR VOTE. YOU GO TO THE POLLS -- NOT TO SEND A SIGNAL. NOT TO REGISTER A * PROTEST. YOU GO TO THE POLLS TO ELECT A PRESIDENT SP THE writed States of America THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN THIS ELECTION IS THE ECONOMY. COUNT ON THIS: WE WILL GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN -- AND WE WILL GET NEW # HAMPSHIRE BACK ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. THREE WEEKS AGO I LAID OUT MY TWO-PART PLAN TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE NATION - -- SHORT-TERM TO JUMPSTART OUR ECONOMY -- LONG-TERM TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE AND STRONG INTO THE NEXT CENTURY. I WANT, AND THE COUNTRY NEEDS, BOTH PARTS ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS THIS YEAR -- IT'S A JUST THAT IMPORTANT. - 4 - MY PLAN BOOSTS INVESTMENT -- GIVES INCENTIVES TO BUSINESSES TO BUY EQUIPMENT, UPGRADE THEIR PLANTS, AND HIRE MORE WORKERS. IT HELPS RESTORE THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE -- GETS THE HOUSING MARKET GOING AGAIN -- GIVES A $5,000 TAX CREDIT TO FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS. AND OUR PLAN TAKES AN AXE TO 246 GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS -- BECAUSE * GOVERNMENT IS TOO BIG AND SPENDS TOO MUCH. BUT THERE'S ONE THING MY PLAN DOESN'T DO: IT WON'T & RAISE TAXES ON AMERICAN FAMILIES. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK: MY PLAN IS JUST WHAT THE ECONOMY ORDERED. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ME AND THE OTHER CANDIDATES - -- FROM THE LEFT OR FROM THE RIGHT -- HERE'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT COUNTS: I HAVE A PLAN A -- AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE. - 5 - EVERYONE KNOWS WE'VE GOT TO WORK FAST TO GET THE ECONOMY UP ON ITS FEET. BUT SOME ARE PUSHING PROTECTIONISM ESCAPE FROM ECONOMIC REALITY. THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY DEFENSE. THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT BACK. / SOUNDS TOUGH -- UNTIL YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT THE SCHOOL-YARD BULLY -- IT'S THE BOY WHO WANTS TO TAKE HIS BALL AND GO HOME. WELL, AMERICA'S NOT THAT KIND OF COUNTRY. OUR & NATIONAL SYMBOL ISN'T THE OSTRICH IT'S THE EAGLE. NEVER IN THIS NATION'S LONG HISTORY HAS AMERICA TURNED ITS BACK ON A CHALLENGE. TO SUCCEED ECONOMICALLY AT HOME - - YOU'VE GOT TO LEAD ECONOMICALLY ABROAD. YOU SEE: I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN WORKER. WE'LL GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH ANYONE. THE AMERICAN WORKER CAN OUT-THINK, OUT-PRODUCE AND OUT-PERFORM THE A COMPETITION -- ANYWHERE, / ANYTIME. THESE ARE THE THINGS NEXT TUESDAY IS ABOUT: THE COURSE WE SET FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THE FUTURE WE BUILD FOR OUR KIDS. * AID Interrupt B- 6 SURE, THIS IS A TOUGH RACE. BUT I'VE BEEN IN TOUGH RACES BEFORE. AND YES, THE STAKES ARE HIGH -- NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR YOU AND OUR COUNTRY AS WELL. I KNOW THE VOTERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. YOU'VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF THIS NEGATIVE CAMP AIGNING. YOU'VE SEEN THE ADS -- THE KIND THAT TEAR PEOPLE DOWN -- AND I BELIEVE TURN PEOPLE OFF. WELL, I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION ISN'T ABOUT WHO CAN TRASH ANOTHER'S CANDIDACY IN A THIRTY SECOND SPOT. EVEN NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS HAVE BEEN TOLD SOME FLAT OUT LIES ABOUT THE PLAN I SENT TO THE CONGRESS. HERE'S THE BILL I SENT TO THE CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STATE OF THE UNION. IN IT ARE PROVISIONS FOR AX STUDENT LOAN DEDUCTIONS, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, TAX RELIEF FOR AMERICA'S FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE -- GIVES ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO THE CONGRESS -- PASS THIS PLAN, THE WHOLE PLAN. 2 NEXT TUESDAY MATTERS -- BECAUSE YOU DON'T JUST CHOOSE A CANDIDATE -- YOU CHOOSE A FUTURE, SET THE COURSE THIS COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. HERE'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE: NO MATTER HOW TOUGH TIMES ARE NOW -- AMERICA'S BEST DAY 7 ALWAYS LIES AHEAD. / I BELIEVE THAT NOW. I'LL BELIEVE IT EVERY DAY I LIVE -- BECAUSE THAT'S THE GREAT * GLORY OF AMERICA. // I FELT IT TODAY, FROM NASHUA TO NEW BOSTON. THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE -- LIKE CITIZENS ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY -- ARE READY TO MOVE AHEAD, READY TO MOVE FORWARD TO MEET A NEW AMERICAN DESTINY. EVERYONE SEES THE NEED FOR CHANGE. EVERYONE FEELS THE EXCITEMENT. EVERYONE IS IMPATIENT TO BEGIN. // EVERYONE, THAT IS -- EXCEPT THE CROWD THAT CONTROLS THE CONGRESS. // I & SO YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY ACTION PLAN -- THE PART TO JUMPSTART THIS ECONOMY. ON WEDNESDAY, THE DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PULLED A BACK-ROOM STUNT -- AND TRIED TO MAKE MY PLAN DISAPPEAR. THANK GOODNESS I KEPT A COPY. I'M A PATIENT MAN. I KNOW CONGRESS CAN'T PASS MY PLAN OVERNIGHT. THAT'S WHY I GAVE THEM 52 DAYS. I KNOW, THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS ARBITRARY. THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS TOO EARLY. THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS UNFAIR. // YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY. & THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 20. /// 9 & - I CHALLENGE THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP: DON'T BURY MY PLAN IN SOME SUB COMMITTEE 7 DON'T DECLARE IT D.O.A. / DON T RESORT TO PARLIAMENTARY TRICKS TO MAKE MY PLAN VANISH WITHOUT A TRACE. // I SAY TO THE LEADERS WHO CONTROL THE CONGRESS: BRING MY PLAN TO THE FLOOR. PUT MY PLAN TO A VOTE. PASS MY PLAN -- AND GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN. // BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP. whose lone his NEXT TUESDAY, SEND THIS PRESIDENT BACK TO Px WASHINGTON FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. // THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT. AND GOD BLESS THIS GREAT LAND WE SHARE -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. # # # PINKERTON ACADEMY FEBRUARY 15, 1992 7:00 P.M. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. IT'S GOOD TO SEE KATHY GREGG; GOV. JOHN SUNUNU; GOV. JOCK MC KERNAN [MAINE] AND WIFE CONGRESSWOMAN OLYMPIA SNOWE; GOV. BILL WELD; LT. GOV. PAUL CELLUCCI; SENATOR WARREN RUDMAN; CONGRESSMAN BILL ZELIFF; MAYOR JACK DOWD [MAYOR OF DERRY]; THANKS TO THE PARENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF PINKERTON ACADEMY FOR OPENING THE GYM FOR TONIGHT'S EVENT. THANKS TO THE SHAW BROTHERS FOR SENDING A LITTLE MUSIC OUR WAY. // AND OF COURSE, MY THANKS TO ARNOLD. [[ARNOLD'S WORKING ON A NEW FILM ABOUT CONGRESS: HE CALLS IT THE * PROCRASTINATOR. // BUT YOU KNOW, I MAY JUST TAKE A TIP FROM THE KINDERGARTEN COP. WHEN CONGRESS DOESN'T BEHAVE -- TAKE AWAY THEIR RECESS. ]] AND let's get something done for The country THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO DERRY ON THIS SATURDAY NIGHT. WE'VE COME HERE FOR ONE REASON: TOGETHER, # WE'RE GOING TO WIN AN ELECTION ON TUESDAY. AND IN ABOUT NINE MONTHS, WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE A GOING TO WIN AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. - 2 - WE'VE GOT MUCH TO BE PROUD OF -- MANY CHALLENGES STILL AHEAD OF US. BUT THE REMARKABLE CHANGES OF THESE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE SHOWN WITHOUT A DOUBT -- THE * UNITED STATES IS THE UNDISPUTED LEADER OF THE WORLD. FROM THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL TO THE LAST GASP OF IMPERIAL COMMUNISM -- FROM THE FOUR DECADES OF THE COLD WAR TO THE FORTY DAYS OF DESERT STORM -- AMERICA * HAS LED THE WAY. AMERICA HAS CHANGED THE WORLD. // NOW THE CHANGE - - -- AND THE CHALLENGE, AS IT HAS BEFORE - -- HAS COME HOME. TIME AFTER TIME, WE'VE LIFTED OURSELVES UP. TIME AFTER TIME, WE'VE ASKED MORE OF OURSELVES - -- MORE OF EACH OTHER. EACH TIME, AMERICA MET THE CHALLENGE. * THIS TIME, AMERICA WILL DO IT AGAIN. // - 3 - NEXT TUESDAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE MAKES ITS CHOICE. YOU TAKE PART IN THIS STATE'S PROUD TRADITION AS FIRST IN THE NATION. YOU KNOW THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR VOTE. YOU GO TO THE POLLS -- NOT TO SEND A SIGNAL. NOT TO REGISTER A A PROTEST. YOU GO TO THE POLLS TO ELECT A PRESIDENT DP TAE united States of America THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN THIS ELECTION IS THE ECONOMY. COUNT ON THIS: WE WILL GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN -- -- AND WE WILL GET NEW A HAMPSHIRE BACK ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. THREE WEEKS AGO I LAID OUT MY TWO-PART PLAN TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE NATION - -- SHORT-TERM TO JUMPSTART OUR ECONOMY -- LONG-TERM TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE AND STRONG INTO THE NEXT CENTURY. I WANT, AND THE COUNTRY NEEDS, BOTH PARTS ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS THIS YEAR -- IT'S A JUST THAT IMPORTANT. - 4 - MY PLAN BOOSTS INVESTMENT -- GIVES INCENTIVES TO BUSINESSES TO BUY EQUIPMENT, UPGRADE THEIR PLANTS, AND HIRE MORE WORKERS. IT HELPS RESTORE THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE - GETS THE HOUSING MARKET GOING AGAIN -- GIVES A $5,000 TAX CREDIT TO FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS. AND OUR PLAN TAKES AN AXE TO 246 GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS - -- BECAUSE * GOVERNMENT IS TOO BIG AND SPENDS TOO MUCH. BUT THERE'S ONE THING MY PLAN DOESN'T DO: IT WON'T # RAISE TAXES ON AMERICAN FAMILIES. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK: MY PLAN IS JUST WHAT THE ECONOMY ORDERED. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ME AND THE OTHER CANDIDATES - -- FROM THE LEFT OR FROM THE RIGHT -- HERE'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT COUNTS: I HAVE A PLAN A -- AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE. - 5 - EVERYONE KNOWS WE'VE GOT TO WORK FAST TO GET THE ECONOMY UP ON ITS FEET. BUT SOME ARE PUSHING PROTECTIONISM -- ESCAPE FROM ECONOMIC REALITY. THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY DEFENSE. THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT BACK. / SOUNDS TOUGH UNTIL YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT THE SCHOOL-YARD BULLY -- IT'S THE BOY WHO WANTS TO TAKE HIS BALL AND GO HOME. WELL, AMERICA'S NOT THAT KIND OF COUNTRY. OUR & NATIONAL SYMBOL ISN'T THE OSTRICH -- IT'S THE EAGLE. NEVER IN THIS NATION'S LONG HISTORY HAS AMERICA TURNED ITS BACK ON A CHALLENGE. TO SUCCEED ECONOMICALLY AT HOME -- YOU'VE GOT TO LEAD ECONOMICALLY ABROAD. YOU SEE: I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN WORKER. WE'LL GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH ANYONE. THE AMERICAN WORKER CAN OUT-THINK, OUT-PRODUCE AND OUT-PERFORM THE A COMPETITION ANYWHERE, / ANYTIME. THESE ARE THE THINGS NEXT TUESDAY IS ABOUT: THE COURSE WE SET FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THE FUTURE WE BUILD FOR OUR KIDS. * AID Interrupt B- 6 SURE, THIS IS A TOUGH RACE. BUT I'VE BEEN IN TOUGH RACES BEFORE. AND YES, THE STAKES ARE HIGH -- NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR YOU AND OUR COUNTRY AS WELL. I KNOW THE VOTERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. YOU'VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF THIS NEGATIVE CAMPOAIGNING. YOU'VE SEEN THE ADS -- THE KIND THAT TEAR PEOPLE DOWN -- AND I BELIEVE TURN PEOPLE OFF. WELL, I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION ISN'T ABOUT WHO CAN TRASH ANOTHER'S CANDIDACY IN A THIRTY SECOND SPOT. EVEN NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS HAVE BEEN TOLD SOME FLAT OUT LIES ABOUT THE PLAN I SENT TO THE CONGRESS. HERE'S THE BILL I SENT TO THE CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STATE OF THE UNION. IN IT ARE PROVISIONS FOR x STUDENT LOAN DEDUCTIONS, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, * TAX RELIEF FOR AMERICA'S FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE -- GIVES ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO THE CONGRESS -- PASS THIS PLAN, THE WHOLE PLAN. 2. - 1/- - - NEXT TUESDAY MATTERS -- BECAUSE YOU DON'T JUST CHOOSE A CANDIDATE - -- YOU CHOOSE A FUTURE, SET THE COURSE THIS COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. HERE'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE: NO MATTER HOW TOUGH TIMES ARE NOW -- AMERICA'S BEST DAY 7 ALWAYS LIES AHEAD. / I BELIEVE THAT NOW. I'LL BELIEVE IT EVERY DAY I LIVE -- BECAUSE THAT'S THE GREAT * GLORY OF AMERICA. // I FELT IT TODAY, FROM NASHUA TO NEW BOSTON. THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE - -- LIKE CITIZENS ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY - -- ARE READY TO MOVE AHEAD, READY TO MOVE FORWARD TO MEET A NEW AMERICAN DESTINY. EVERYONE SEES THE NEED FOR CHANGE. EVERYONE FEELS THE EXCITEMENT. EVERYONE IS IMPATIENT TO BEGIN. // EVERYONE, THAT IS -- EXCEPT THE CROWD THAT CONTROLS THE CONGRESS. // D 4 SO YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY ACTION PLAN -- THE PART TO JUMPSTART THIS ECONOMY. ON WEDNESDAY, THE DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PULLED A BACK-ROOM STUNT -- AND TRIED TO MAKE MY PLAN DISAPPEAR. THANK GOODNESS I KEPT A COPY. I'M A PATIENT MAN. I KNOW CONGRESS CAN'T PASS MY PLAN OVERNIGHT. ... THAT'S WHY I GAVE THEM 52 DAYS. I KNOW, THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS ARBITRARY. THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS TOO EARLY. THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS UNFAIR. // YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY. & THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 20. /// 9 of - I CHALLENGE THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP: DON'T BURY MY PLAN IN SOME SUB COMMITTEE / DON'T DECLARE IT D.O.A. / DON'T RESORT TO PARLIAMENTARY TRICKS TO MAKE MY PLAN VANISH WITHOUT A TRACE. // I SAY TO THE LEADERS WHO CONTROL THE CONGRESS: BRING MY PLAN TO THE FLOOR. PUT MY PLAN TO A VOTE. PASS MY PLAN -- AND GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN. // BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP. whose lone his PAID NEXT TUESDAY, SEND THIS PRESIDENT BACK TO & WASHINGTON FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. // THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT. AND GOD BLESS THIS GREAT LAND WE SHARE -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. # # #