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COLLEGE REPUBLICANS \ OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1992 \ 3:00 P.M.
TONY ZAGOTTA, YOUR NATIONAL CHAIRMAN -- TONY HAS
DONE A TERRIFIC JOB. THANKS TO HIM, THE GOP TRULY IS
"THE BEST PARTY ON CAMPUS." I REALLY ENVY YOU ALL:
YOU'RE THE ONLY GROUP I KNOW THAT COULD BE ONE-HUNDRED
YEARS YOUNG. 11
NOVEMBER 3RD IS BUT A FEW MONTHS AWAY. THE GOING'S
A LITTLE ROUGH, AND IT JUST MIGHT GET ROUGHER. BUT I
WANT TO LET THE WORLD IN ON A SECRET YOU ALREADY KNOW:
I FINISH WHAT I START.
- 2 -
WE'VE HEARD THE DRUMBEAT FOR CHANGE. WE'VE EVEN
HEARD A SAXOPHONE FOR CHANGE. BUT I HAVE NEWS FOR THE
LIBERAL STATUS QUO: THIS IS THE CHANGE. 11 GIVE ME
FOUR MORE YEARS AND A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND WE'LL
HAVE CHANGE ALL RIGHT: REPUBLICAN STYLE.
SOME HAVE GOTTEN so CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT THAT
THEY'VE FORGOTTEN THE HOUR. So CAUGHT UP IN CHANGING
COURSE, THAT THEY'VE FORGOTTEN WHERE THEY'RE HEADED. I
KNOW WHERE I'M HEADED, AND I AIM TO TAKE AMERICA ALONG:
TO A FUTURE OF GOOD JOBS FUELED BY FREE TRADE AND LOW
TAXES.
- 3 -
A FUTURE WHERE FAMILIES STICK TOGETHER AND FATHERS
STICK AROUND. To ANOTHER AMERICAN CENTURY -- A WORLD
OF HARD WON PEACE AND GROWING FREEDOM.
SOME WOULD SAY THIS IS A TALL ORDER. THEY'RE
RIGHT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE MY "VISION" DOESN'T RIDE ON
THE NEXT ELECTION -- IT RESTS ON THE NEXT GENERATION.
IN JUST THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE WORLD AS WE HAVE KNOWN
IT IS GONE. OUR MISSION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IS TO
SHAPE THE NEXT FORTY.
- 4 -
THIS IS A SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY -- REQUIRING NOT JUST
GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT ALSO GOOD JUDGMENT.
THAT IS WHY THIS ELECTION MUST BE A REFERENDUM ON
SOME BIG IDEAS: WHAT KIND OF ECONOMY WE'LL HAVE IN THE
NEXT FORTY YEARS -- WHAT KIND OF FAMILIES -- WHAT KIND
OF WORLD.
AMERICAN BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS HAVE CHANGED THE
FACE OF THE EARTH. AMERICAN IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
TODAY EASTERN EUROPE IS FREE.
- 5 -
IMPERIAL COMMUNISM IS DEAD AND BURIED. JUST LAST WEEK
WE PUT ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF THE COLD WAR.
BORIS YELTSIN AND I ANNOUNCED THE MOST SWEEPING NUCLEAR
ARMS CUTS IN HISTORY. THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK, THE BOMB
SHELTERS, THE NIGHTMARES OF OUR CHILDREN -- THAT'S ALL
OVER NOW. AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE DAMN PROUD OF.
BUT WHILE THE WORLD HAS BECOME MORE FREE, IT HAS
ALSO BECOME LESS CERTAIN. THE SOVIET "BEAR" IS NOW A
CREATURE OF THE PAST, BUT THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF
WOLVES OUT THERE -- AND YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
- 6 -
THIS IS NO FANTASY OF AN OLD COLD WARRIOR -- THESE ARE
THE REALITIES OF THE NEW WORLD, AND FROM WHERE I SIT I
CAN SURVEY THE HORIZON.
THERE ARE REAL DIFFERENCES HERE WITH THE
OPPOSITION, AND COME NOVEMBER WE WILL TAKE IT TO THE
PEOPLE: AMERICA IS SAFE AS LONG AS AMERICA IS STRONG.
MY PREDECESSOR, RONALD REAGAN, KNEW THIS ALL ALONG --
AND HISTORY HAS VINDICATED HIS VISION. WE HAVE BUILT
UPON THIS LEGACY.
- 7 -
OUR ACTIONS IN THE GULF PROVED THAT AMERICA WILL DEFEND
ITS INTERESTS -- WE WILL KEEP THE WOLVES AT BAY -- AND
AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT: AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, WHY CAN'T YOU BRING THE SAME KIND
OF PURPOSE AND SUCCESS TO THE DOMESTIC SCENE AS YOU DID
IN DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM? FAIR QUESTION. AND
THE ANSWER IS: WE CAN, AND WE WILL -- BUT I NEED A
CONGRESS THAT SUPPORTS OUR DOMESTIC OFFENSIVE.
- 8 -
DESPITE THE ODDS, WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES ON
CAPITOL HILL -- LEGISLATION LIKE OUR CHILD CARE AcT
-- WHICH SAID PARENTS RAISE KIDS, NOT GOVERNMENT; THE
CLEAN AIR ACT -- HARNESSING FREE MARKET FORCES FOR A
CLEANER ENVIRONMENT; THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
AcT -- MAKING ROOM FOR THE DISABLED IN THE AMERICAN
MAINSTREAM. AND WHEN IT COMES TO BLOCKING BAD
LEGISLATION WITH THE VETO: IT'S BUSH 30, CONGRESS 0.
- 9 -
IT'S TOUGH TO USE THE VETO -- EVEN TOUGHER TO
SUSTAIN IT. BUT I AM A MAN OF PRINCIPLE. So WHEN THE
CONGRESS HANGS LEFT -- GEORGE BUSH WILL HANG TOUGH. I
BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK FOR THE PEOPLE --
NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN, AND
WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO FIX IT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW I PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO
FORCE A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET. THEY KNOW I FOUGHT
FOR IT -- THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO SUPPORT
IT.
- 10 -
THAT'S WHY IN THE FALL THEY'LL BE WITH US -- AMERICA
WANTS A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
IT'S JUST THIS SIMPLE: GOVERNMENT IS TOO BIG AND
SPENDS TOO MUCH. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE
PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE WHAT 43 GOVERNORS HAVE TO CONTROL
SPENDING. THEY KNOW I'VE CALLED FOR IT, FOUGHT FOR IT.
THAT'S WHY IN THE FALL THEY'LL BE WITH US -- AMERICA
WANTS THE PRESIDENT TO HAVE THE LINE-ITEM-VETO.
- 11 -
THE TAXPAYER KNOWS HOW THE BUDGET GETS BUSTED.
IT'S AN ARROGANT, PERMANENT CONGRESS -- UNACCOUNTABLE
TO THE PEOPLE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WITH US -- THE
TIME HAS COME TO LIMIT THE TERMS OF CONGRESS.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR TERM LIMITS
YET: A CONGRESS THAT THINKS IT CAN SPEND ITS WAY OUT OF
ANY PROBLEM. THE DEMOCRATS ACCUSE US OF BEING STINGY.
WELL I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING: IT SURE IS EASY TO BE
GENEROUS WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
- 12 -
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF BIG SPENDING, SMALL
RESULTS, AND BIG EXCUSES.
Look AT EDUCATION: ALMOST HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS
IS SPENT ON EDUCATION EACH YEAR. DOES ANYONE THINK
WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH? OF COURSE NOT. So
WHILE THE OPPOSITION STUMBLES ALONG THE BEATEN PATH,
WE'VE STRUCK OUT TO BLAZE A NEW TRAIL. AMERICA 2000 IS
REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY WE EDUCATE OUR KIDS.
- 13 -
TODAY I SENT TO CONGRESS THE GI BILL FOR CHILDREN -- A
BILL TO HELP LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME PARENTS CHOOSE WHAT
SCHOOLS CAN BEST TEACH THEIR CHILDREN. SCHOOL CHOICE
CAN BE THE CATALYST -- THE FORCE BEHIND A REAL
REVOLUTION IN OUR SCHOOLS BEFORE WE'RE DONE: WHETHER
IT'S PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS, PARENTS -- NOT
GOVERNMENT -- WILL CHOOSE THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS.
Now NOT EVERYONE WILL LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
FRANKLY, I'D HAVE TO WONDER IF SOME PEOPLE DID.
- 14 -
NOT EVERYONE IS READY FOR NEW IDEAS. BUT WE WON'T
DISCOVER NEW HORIZONS WITHOUT THE COURAGE TO LOSE SIGHT
OF THE SHORE. WE ARE HALFWAY THERE -- OUR JOURNEY'S
NOT DONE. THE MAN WHO GUIDES OUR PROGRESS MUST HAVE
COURAGE, YES -- BUT ALSO A STEADY HAND, AN EXPERIENCED
EYE, AND A KNOWLEDGE OF THE WATERS AHEAD.
MY FRIENDS, I AM THAT MAN. 11 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
KNOW THAT THERE'S A FLIP SIDE TO CHANGE -- IT'S CALLED
TRUST.
- 15 -
THEY KNOW THAT WE MUST GROUND OUR DRIVE FOR CHANGE IN
THE THINGS THAT DO NOT CHANGE: THINGS LIKE VALUES AND
FAMILY AND FAITH. Too MANY AMERICANS FEEL THAT THEIR
COUNTRY'S ON THE WRONG TRACK. How DO WE GET IT BACK ON
TRACK? WE TAKE THE FIRST STEP WHEN WE PUT THE FAMILY
FIRST.
A MAN WHO SERVED AS YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ONCE
SAID THIS: "LONG BEFORE I WAS STRUCK WITH CANCER, I
FELT SOMETHING STIRRING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY.
- 16 -
IT WAS A SENSE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY THAT
SOMETHING WAS MISSING FROM THEIR LIVES, SOMETHING
CRUCIAL Mr ILLNESS HELPED ME TO SEE THAT WHAT WAS
MISSING A LITTLE HEART, A LOT OF BROTHERHOOD." LEE
ALWAYS HAD A WAY OF GETTING TO THE TRUTH.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, ORDINARY CITIZENS,
WHO ARE GUIDED BY THAT TRUTH. THEY ARE THE POINTS OF
LIGHT.
- 17 -
IF EVERY LIFE IS A PORTRAIT OF THE PERSON WHO LIVES IT,
THEY ARE SIGNING THEIRS WITH CHARITY AND GOOD WILL.
THEY ARE THE TRUE HEROES OF THIS COUNTRY -- AND
GOVERNMENT MUST NOT GET IN THEIR WAY.
BUT THEIR WORK IS NOT FINISHED, AND NEITHER IS
OURS. THIS IS AN AGE OF GREAT CHANGE FOR AMERICA --
THAT'S WHAT MAKES NOVEMBER 3RD so IMPORTANT. I AM
READY, AND I AM COUNTING ON YOU.
- 18 -
WE ARE IN THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES, BUT IT IS WORTH THE
FIGHT AND WE ARE IN IT TO WIN. THANK YOU ALL, GOD
BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS I OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1992 \ 3:00 P.M.
TONY ZAGOTTA, YOUR NATIONAL CHAIRMAN -- TONY HAS
DONE A TERRIFIC JOB. THANKS TO HIM, THE GOP TRULY IS
"THE BEST PARTY ON CAMPUS." I REALLY ENVY YOU ALL:
YOU'RE THE ONLY GROUP I KNOW THAT COULD BE ONE-HUNDRED
YEARS YOUNG. 11
NOVEMBER 3RD IS BUT A FEW MONTHS AWAY. THE GOING'S
A LITTLE ROUGH, AND IT JUST MIGHT GET ROUGHER. BUT I
WANT TO LET THE WORLD IN ON A SECRET YOU ALREADY KNOW:
I FINISH WHAT I START.
- 2 -
WE'VE HEARD THE DRUMBEAT FOR CHANGE. WE'VE EVEN
HEARD A SAXOPHONE FOR CHANGE. BUT I HAVE NEWS FOR THE
LIBERAL STATUS auo: THIS IS THE CHANGE. 11 GIVE ME
FOUR MORE YEARS AND A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND WE'LL
HAVE CHANGE ALL RIGHT: REPUBLICAN STYLE.
SOME HAVE GOTTEN SO CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT THAT
THEY'VE FORGOTTEN THE HOUR. So CAUGHT UP IN CHANGING
COURSE, THAT THEY'VE FORGOTTEN WHERE THEY'RE HEADED. I
KNOW WHERE I'M HEADED, AND I AIM TO TAKE AMERICA ALONG:
TO A FUTURE OF GOOD JOBS FUELED BY FREE TRADE AND LOW
TAXES.
- 3 -
A FUTURE WHERE FAMILIES STICK TOGETHER AND FATHERS
STICK AROUND. To ANOTHER AMERICAN CENTURY -- A WORLD
OF HARD WON PEACE AND GROWING FREEDOM.
SOME WOULD SAY THIS IS A TALL ORDER. THEY'RE
RIGHT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE MY "VISION" DOESN'T RIDE ON
THE NEXT ELECTION -- IT RESTS ON THE NEXT GENERATION.
IN JUST THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE WORLD AS WE HAVE KNOWN
IT IS GONE. OUR MISSION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IS TO
SHAPE THE NEXT FORTY.
- 4 -
THIS IS A SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY -- REQUIRING NOT JUST
GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT ALSO GOOD JUDGMENT.
THAT IS WHY THIS ELECTION MUST BE A REFERENDUM ON
SOME BIG IDEAS: WHAT KIND OF ECONOMY WE'LL HAVE IN THE
NEXT FORTY YEARS -- WHAT KIND OF FAMILIES -- WHAT KIND
OF WORLD.
AMERICAN BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS HAVE CHANGED THE
FACE OF THE EARTH. AMERICAN IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
TODAY EASTERN EUROPE IS FREE.
- 5 -
IMPERIAL COMMUNISM IS DEAD AND BURIED. JUST LAST WEEK
WE PUT ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF THE COLD WAR.
BORIS YELTSIN AND I ANNOUNCED THE MOST SWEEPING NUCLEAR
ARMS CUTS IN HISTORY. THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK, THE BOMB
SHELTERS, THE NIGHTMARES OF OUR CHILDREN -- THAT'S ALL
OVER NOW. AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE DAMN PROUD OF.
BUT WHILE THE WORLD HAS BECOME MORE FREE, IT HAS
ALSO BECOME LESS CERTAIN. THE SOVIET "BEAR" IS NOW A
CREATURE OF THE PAST, BUT THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF
WOLVES OUT THERE -- AND YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
- 6 -
THIS IS NO FANTASY OF AN OLD COLD WARRIOR -- THESE ARE
THE REALITIES OF THE NEW WORLD, AND FROM WHERE I SIT I
CAN SURVEY THE HORIZON.
THERE ARE REAL DIFFERENCES HERE WITH THE
OPPOSITION, AND COME NOVEMBER WE WILL TAKE IT TO THE
PEOPLE: AMERICA IS SAFE AS LONG AS AMERICA IS STRONG.
MY PREDECESSOR, RONALD REAGAN, KNEW THIS ALL ALONG --
AND HISTORY HAS VINDICATED HIS VISION. WE HAVE BUILT
UPON THIS LEGACY.
- 7 -
OUR ACTIONS IN THE GULF PROVED THAT AMERICA WILL DEFEND
ITS INTERESTS -- WE WILL KEEP THE WOLVES AT BAY -- AND
AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT: AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, WHY CAN'T YOU BRING THE SAME KIND
OF PURPOSE AND SUCCESS TO THE DOMESTIC SCENE AS YOU DID
IN DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM? FAIR QUESTION. AND
THE ANSWER IS: WE CAN, AND WE WILL -- BUT I NEED A
CONGRESS THAT SUPPORTS OUR DOMESTIC OFFENSIVE.
- 8 -
DESPITE THE ODDS, WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES ON
CAPITOL HILL -- LEGISLATION LIKE OUR CHILD CARE AcT
-- WHICH SAID PARENTS RAISE KIDS, NOT GOVERNMENT; THE
CLEAN AIR ACT -- HARNESSING FREE MARKET FORCES FOR A
CLEANER ENVIRONMENT; THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
Act -- MAKING ROOM FOR THE DISABLED IN THE AMERICAN
MAINSTREAM. AND WHEN IT COMES TO BLOCKING BAD
LEGISLATION WITH THE VETO: IT'S BUSH 30, CONGRESS 0.
- 9 -
IT'S TOUGH TO USE THE VETO -- EVEN TOUGHER TO
SUSTAIN IT. BUT I AM A MAN OF PRINCIPLE. So WHEN THE
CONGRESS HANGS LEFT -- GEORGE BUSH WILL HANG TOUGH. I
BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK FOR THE PEOPLE --
NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN, AND
WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO FIX IT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW I PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO
FORCE A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET. THEY KNOW I FOUGHT
FOR IT -- THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO SUPPORT
IT.
- 10 -
THAT'S WHY IN THE FALL THEY'LL BE WITH US -- AMERICA
WANTS A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
It's JUST THIS SIMPLE: GOVERNMENT IS TOO BIG AND
SPENDS TOO MUCH. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE
PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE WHAT 43 GOVERNORS HAVE TO CONTROL
SPENDING. THEY KNOW I'VE CALLED FOR IT, FOUGHT FOR IT.
THAT'S WHY IN THE FALL THEY'LL BE WITH US -- AMERICA
WANTS THE PRESIDENT TO HAVE THE LINE-ITEM-VETO.
- 11 -
THE TAXPAYER KNOWS HOW THE BUDGET GETS BUSTED.
It's AN ARROGANT, PERMANENT CONGRESS -- UNACCOUNTABLE
TO THE PEOPLE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WITH US -- THE
TIME HAS COME TO LIMIT THE TERMS OF CONGRESS.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR TERM LIMITS
YET: A CONGRESS THAT THINKS IT CAN SPEND ITS WAY OUT OF
ANY PROBLEM. THE DEMOCRATS ACCUSE US OF BEING STINGY.
WELL I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING: IT SURE IS EASY TO BE
GENEROUS WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
- 12 -
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF BIG SPENDING, SMALL
RESULTS, AND BIG EXCUSES.
Look AT EDUCATION: ALMOST HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS
IS SPENT ON EDUCATION EACH YEAR. DOES ANYONE THINK
WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH? OF COURSE NOT. So
WHILE THE OPPOSITION STUMBLES ALONG THE BEATEN PATH,
WE'VE STRUCK OUT TO BLAZE A NEW TRAIL. AMERICA 2000 IS
REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY WE EDUCATE OUR KIDS.
- 13 -
TODAY I SENT TO CONGRESS THE GI BILL FOR CHILDREN -- A
BILL TO HELP LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME PARENTS CHOOSE WHAT
SCHOOLS CAN BEST TEACH THEIR CHILDREN. SCHOOL CHOICE
CAN BE THE CATALYST -- THE FORCE BEHIND A REAL
REVOLUTION IN OUR SCHOOLS BEFORE WE'RE DONE: WHETHER
IT'S PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS, PARENTS -- NOT
GOVERNMENT -- WILL CHOOSE THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS.
Now NOT EVERYONE WILL LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
FRANKLY, I'D HAVE TO WONDER IF SOME PEOPLE DID.
- 14 -
NOT EVERYONE IS READY FOR NEW IDEAS. BUT WE WON'T
DISCOVER NEW HORIZONS WITHOUT THE COURAGE TO LOSE SIGHT
OF THE SHORE. WE ARE HALFWAY THERE -- OUR JOURNEY'S
NOT DONE. THE MAN WHO GUIDES OUR PROGRESS MUST HAVE
COURAGE, YES -- BUT ALSO A STEADY HAND, AN EXPERIENCED
EYE, AND A KNOWLEDGE OF THE WATERS AHEAD.
MY FRIENDS, I AM THAT MAN. 11 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
KNOW THAT THERE'S A FLIP SIDE TO CHANGE -- IT'S CALLED
TRUST.
- 15 -
THEY KNOW THAT WE MUST GROUND OUR DRIVE FOR CHANGE IN
THE THINGS THAT DO NOT CHANGE: THINGS LIKE VALUES AND
FAMILY AND FAITH. Too MANY AMERICANS FEEL THAT THEIR
COUNTRY'S ON THE WRONG TRACK. How DO WE GET IT BACK ON
TRACK? WE TAKE THE FIRST STEP WHEN WE PUT THE FAMILY
FIRST.
A MAN WHO SERVED AS YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ONCE
SAID THIS: "LONG BEFORE I WAS STRUCK WITH CANCER, I
FELT SOMETHING STIRRING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY.
- 16 -
IT WAS A SENSE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY THAT
SOMETHING WAS MISSING FROM THEIR LIVES, SOMETHING
CRUCIAL...MY ILLNESS HELPED ME TO SEE THAT WHAT WAS
MISSING.. A LITTLE HEART, A LOT OF BROTHERHOOD." LEE
ALWAYS HAD A WAY OF GETTING TO THE TRUTH.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, ORDINARY CITIZENS,
WHO ARE GUIDED BY THAT TRUTH. THEY ARE THE POINTS OF
LIGHT.
- 17 -
IF EVERY LIFE IS A PORTRAIT OF THE PERSON WHO LIVES IT,
THEY ARE SIGNING THEIRS WITH CHARITY AND GOOD WILL.
THEY ARE THE TRUE HEROES OF THIS COUNTRY -- AND
GOVERNMENT MUST NOT GET IN THEIR WAY.
BUT THEIR WORK IS NOT FINISHED, AND NEITHER IS
OURS. THIS IS AN AGE OF GREAT CHANGE FOR AMERICA --
THAT'S WHAT MAKES NOVEMBER 3RD so IMPORTANT. I AM
READY, AND I AM COUNTING ON YOU.
- 18 -
WE ARE IN THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES, BUT IT IS WORTH THE
FIGHT AND WE ARE IN IT TO WIN. THANK YOU ALL, GOD
BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
Potus
to swarty
Dan
(Grossman)
June 24, 1992
Draft Two
92 JUN25 P2: 41
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
[Acknowledgements ]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman -
- Tony has done a terrific job. Thanks to him, the GOP truly is
"the best party on campus." I really envy you all: you're the
only group I know that could be one-hundred years young. \\
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. \\ Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten lead where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to America alone: to a future of good jobs fueled
and I udl keep on vetoing the Democrat tax increas
by free trade and low taxes A future where families stick
bills.
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing freedom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
2
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next Buturn forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
strengle - determision
earth. American Ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free 4 Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
Gennary w received, Amint Ements over talling pider
in Mid-for
we put another nail in the coffin of the Cold War. Boris Yeltsin
avan >m
and I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history.
13. alus
The doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our
thyin feeloy out 4 the picture.
children all Nover now. And that's something to be damn
totally dinger
proud of.
and
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an some old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
3
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
Panamas
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
quettion Just Cause and
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
surcess lives in Рамаша More on to
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to protect
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 30, Congress a.
It's tough to use the veto even tougher to sustain its.
But prociple demands that a President do that
Due HH am a man of principle, So when the Congress hangs left
might not be popular -do what to principled
George Bush will hang tough I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force a
balanced federal budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the President should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
4
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on education each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? Of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not everyone is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons without the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway there -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress must have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
5
My friends, HH that man. The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see what was missing
a:
little
heart, a lot of brotherhood. " Lee always had a way of getting to
the truth.
There are millions of Americans, ordinary citizens, who are
guided by that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every
life is a portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing
theirs with charity and good will. They are the true heroes of
this country -- and government must not get in their way.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN McGROARTY DMCG
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN JAG
SUBJECT:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
Tomorrow, at 3:00 p.m., you will deliver remarks (10
minutes/teleprompted) to over 1,000 College Republicans at the
Omni Shoreham Hotel. Your speech tailors many of the Dallas GOP
themes for this audience.
(Grossman)
June 24, 1992
Draft Two
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman -
- Tony has done a terrific job. Thanks to him, the GOP truly is
"the best party on campus." I really envy you all: you're the
only group I know that could be one-hundred years young. \\
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. \\ Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing freedom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
2.
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of the Cold War. Boris Yeltsin
and I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history.
The doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our
children -- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn
proud of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
3
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 30, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force a
balanced federal budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the President should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
4
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on education each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not everyone is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons without the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway there -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress must have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
5
My friends, I am that man. The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are millions of Americans, ordinary citizens, who are
guided by that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every
life is a portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing
theirs with charity and good will. They are the true heroes of
this country -- and government must not get in their way.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
Document No. 334841
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
6/24/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
- - -
DATE:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
SUBJECT:
JUNE 25, 1992
OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
SMITH
CALIO
YEUTTER
DEMAREST
FINDLAY
FITZWATER
KAUFMAN
MCGROARTY
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 24, 1992
P2:27
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN McGROARTY Direly
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN JAG
SUBJECT:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
Tomorrow, at 3:00 p.m., you will deliver remarks (10
minutes/teleprompted) to over 1,000 College Republicans at the
Omni Shoreham Hotel. Your speech tailors many of the Dallas GOP
themes for this audience.
(Grossman)
June 24, 1992
Draft Two
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman -
- Tony has done a terrific job. Thanks to him, the GOP truly is
"the best party on campus." I really envy you all: you're the
only group I know that could be one-hundred years young.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. 11 Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing freedom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
2
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of the Cold War. Boris Yeltsin
and I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history.
The doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our
children -- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn
proud of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old fold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
3
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 30, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an mendment to force a
balanced federal budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That' why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanc d Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the President should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
4
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on education each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? Of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're d ing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not everyone is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons without the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway there -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress must have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
5
My friends, I am that man. The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see what was missing a
little
heart, a lot of brotherhood.' " Lee always had a way of getting to
the truth.
There are millions of Americans, ordinary citizens, who are
guided by that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every
life is a portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing
theirs with charity and good will. They are the true heroes of
this country -- and government must not get in their way.
But their work is not finished, and nei her is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN McGROARTY DMCG
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN JAG
SUBJECT:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
Tomorrow, at 3:00 p.m., you will deliver remarks (10
minutes/teleprompted) to over 1,000 College Republicans at the
Omni Shoreham Hotel. Your speech tailors many of the Dallas GOP
themes for this audience.
(Grossman)
June 24, 1992
Draft Two
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman -
- Tony has done a terrific job. Thanks to him, the GOP truly is
"the best party on campus." I really envy you all: you're the
only group I know that could be one-hundred years young.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. 11 Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing freedom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
2
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of the Cold War. Boris Yeltsin
and I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history.
The doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our
children -- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn
proud of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
3
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 30, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force a
balanced federal budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the President should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
4
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on education each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not everyone is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons without the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway there -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress must have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
5
My friends, I am that man. The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are millions of Americans, ordinary citizens, who are
guided by that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every
life is a portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing
theirs with charity and good will. They are the true heroes of
this country -- and government must not get in their way.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
Document No. 334841
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 JUN 24 All: 57
DATE: 06/23/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON 06/24
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COLLEGE REPUBLICANS, 06/25
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
SMITH
CALIO
YEUTTER
DEMAREST
FINDLAY
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
KAUFMAN
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty no later
than NOON on Wednesday, 06/24, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
- MASTER-
RESPONSE:
Please comments. see page 2 pages
Thank you
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
It's 100th Anno. +
Tony Zagotta has Solone
great job he needs to get
Some creditt mention (Grossman)
100 ups of CR
June 20, 1992
Draft One
2 JUN23 P5: 4'
(Kaufmar)
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. 11 Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing free :om.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
2
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of The Cold War. Boris Yeltsin and
I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The
doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children
-- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn proud
of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in t e Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
NO
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
(calia)
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
(Cales)
3
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
NO
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
people with disabilities (ONEB)
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
(cales)
the veto: it's Bush 30 28, Congress O.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us
Federal (OMB)
to balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
no
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall to the
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment, constitu-
tion
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
(OMB)
much. The American people know that the sident should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
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American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on our schools each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
education (OMB)
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not ever one is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons thout the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway the e -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress IT. st have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
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Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
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crucial
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
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portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing theirs with
whose sole motivation is charity and good will,
charity and good will. They are the true heroes of this country, and
government must not get in Their way,
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and = am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is orth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God ble you, and God bless
the United States of America.
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EXECUTIVE OF THE PRESIDE
92 JUN24 P12:29
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TO:
(See Below)
FROM:
Christina M. Martin
Office of Communications
SUBJECT: Comments due by noon today to room 122
(Grossman)
June 20, 1992
Draft One
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. 11 Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
how about
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
3 little more
Ne and less
2 and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
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by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing freedom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --it
rests on the next generation. In just the last four years, the
world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next four
years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years --
what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of Cold War. Boris Yeltsin and
I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The
doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children
-- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn proud
of.
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But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 28, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
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George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us
to balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the President should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
for them
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on our schools each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? Of course not. So while the opposition is busy
make new
on the beaten path, we have struck out to eave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
find f awkward
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents --
not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not everyone is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons without the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway there -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress must have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. 11 The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are Americans, ordinary citizens, who are guided by
that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every life is a
portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing theirs with
charity and good will. They are the true heroes of this country.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
Da
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TO: David F. Demarest, Jr.
24 June 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MC GROARTY
JENNIFER GROSSMAN
FROM:
J. BUNTON R
SUBJECT:
COMMENTS ON COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
Ideas:
Pun or joke reference to "best party on campus",
Good audience/opportunity to do "Top 10 list",
Collegiately what's going on in Nov. ? play on the
Nov. 3rd date -- something big is happening and I'm not
talking about the Notre Dame -- Ga. Tech game.
Re-introducing the line: American leadership has
changed the world -- Republican leadership will change
America.
Really like the strong language on school choice;
perhaps language "So while the opposition is busy on
the beaten path, we have struck out to "blaze" in stead
of leave a trail.
Keep an eye on the veto count -- POTUS vetoed NIH bill.
[See today's Washington Post].
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Dallas, Texas)
For Immediate Release
June 20, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE TEXAS STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Dallas Convention Center
Dallas, Texas
4:06 P.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much for that warm
welcome.
Let me quickly say hello to a few of our dais
guests, our elected officials -- Kay Bailey Hutchison and Rick
Perry -- doing a superb job for our state. (Applause.) May I
salute the great Mayor of Dallas, Steve Bartlett, who served so
well in Washigton and now serving this city with such
distinction. (Applause.) And now, on to the political types
like you and me. Ernie Angelo and Penny Butler, the Texas GOP
National Committee members. Fred Myer, our great Chairman of
this Texas state GOP. (Applause.)
I want to thank Beverly Kaufman and all the women,
all the members of the Texas Federation who came to meet me and
who are doing a great job for us. (Applause.) Single out our
Bush-Quayle team, Jim Oberwetter, Barbara Patton and, of course,
Rob Mosbacher, the Chairman of Texas Victory '92. (Applause.)
And we have a great Republican congressional delegation from
Texas, and I'm pleased so many members of that Texas
congressional delegation could attend. I wish we had more like
them in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
And last but not least I'd like to single out the
master of ceremonies with whom I served so closely in Washington
as we battled to get some things past the Congress, as we stood
up against many things that the Congress were trying to ram down
the throats of the people, and I'm talking about Fred McClure,
the emcee, my great friend and yours. (Applause.) Thank you,
Fred.
Now, let me just say at the beginning I have never
felt as strongly as I do now -- I am proud to be a Texan.
Barbara and I -- (applause) -- raised our kids here from 1948 on.
We voted in every presidential election
From 1948 on, we voted in every presidential
election here, I coached Little League here, built my business
here, worked in the Party here, my presidential library will be
here, my campaign started here -- (Applause.) And when my work
is over, I'll come back here. (Applause.) So it's great to be
home.
There is no place like Texas. November 3rd is but a
few months away. And, yes, the going's been rough for our
country, but we're turning the corner. And I'll let the world in
on a secret that you already know: I finish what I start. To
finish the job the American people asked me to do, I need your
help, Texas. Give me four more years as your leader and let's
get the job done. (Applause.)
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AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: A strange political year, yes. But
campan mode
snappy answers and glib talk will not get the job done. Let
somebody else become the darling of the talking heads on
television, I will (applause) -- I'm going to keep on fighting
to get something done for this country. And you wait until
August and we'll roll up our sleeves and get in that campaign
mode. But there's too much at stake for America to forget about
trust and judgment and values. Too much as stake, as we say
here, to buy a pig in a poke.
And you can count on this: We will win in November
and I am convinced we are going to carry Texas and we are going
to win going away. (Applause.)
And just the last four years, the world that we have
known for the last 40 years has changed. And by our willingness
to stand up for freedom and stand against aggression and fight
for what's right, we changed the world. And our mission for the
next four years is to shape our new world, not just abroad but
right here at home. It's a big job to set the course for the
next 40 years and it means solving big problems with a level
head, with tolerance and good judgment. Being president is a
demanding job. And a president must be tempermentally suited for
the job. And I have been tested by fire and I am the right man
for that job. (Applause.)
You and I understand -- you and I understand America
and her problems. And we understand where we must go. And we
all want families strong and united, good schools, safe
neighborhoods, job-creating economy and a world at peace. And
since becoming your President, I have been to all 50 states in
the country. I have felt the heartbeat of America. I felt it up
close -- farmers and ranchers and cities and city kids and
teachers and truck drivers. And I know the American people, and
they are with us, but they're angry. They re angry at big
government, small results and big excuses. And they are right:
Government is too big and it spends too much. And we've got to
change that. (Applause.)
This election -- this election must be a referendum
on some big ideas. And one of them is, that government works
right without raising taxes. And unlike one of my opponents, I
do not believe that the only way to ever balance the budget is,
quote, "a massive tax increase," unquote. (Applause.) The
American people know that I proposed an amendment to balance the
budget. They know I fought for it; the only presidential
candidate to support it. And that's why in the fall, they will
be with us. And you send us more congressmen from Texas who will
do what the people want, and the people want a balanced budget
amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (Applause.)
And, by the way -- and by the way, while you're
still standing, the American people know that the President
should have what 43 governors have to control spending. I know I
fought -- they know I fought for it, and they will be with us.
(Applause.) America wants the Line Item Veto. (Applause.)
Thank you.
Now, the taxpayers know how the budget gets busted.
It's an arrogant, permanent, liberal, Democratic-controlled
Congress; unaccountable to the people. The American people are
with us, and it is time to limit the term for members of
Congress. (Applause.)
You and I know each other. (Applause.) You and I
know each other. And throughout my life in Texas you've seen me
close up. And when I sent our sons and daughters into battle in
Panama and in Desert Storm, Texans anquished with me and
overwhelmingly supported me. And when I agreed to pay a painful
price for a spending controls deal on the budget, Lord knows you
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kid in Texas said, "Yes!" (Applause.)
argued with me. And when I said I will not eat broccoli, every
But through it all, you knew I wouldn't break with
those Texas values that we hold most dear: freedom and faith,
honor and decency and, most of all, family. (Applause.)
changed the world. Panama is a democratic country. It's
History will record this: American leadership
democratically-elected leaders, once beaten by those dignity
battalions are now back in office; and its narco trafficking
dictator in Jail where he belongs. (Applause.)
And Eastern Europe -- Eastern Europe is free.
Germany is united. Imperial communism is dead and buried. And
just this week, Boris Yeltsin and I stood in the Rose Garden to
announce the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history,
eliminating those enormous multi-warheaded ICBMs that have
threaten the world. And that is something big. That is
something spectacular. Dreams come true for America. And these
kids here will sleep at night without the same fear of nuclear
war. And I am proud of that record, and I will take that record
to the American people. (Applause.)
But let me warn you -- let me just put out this one
word of warning. For all the great triumphs that freedom has
made, the world still remains a dangerous place. And that's why
a big idea in this campaign is defending America's interests
abroad. And the best way to keep America safe is to keep America
but there are still plenty of wolves out there, and you know who
strong. And the Soviet bear might now be a creature of the past,
they are. But as our actions in the Gulf proved, we will defend
let aggression stand. (Applause.)
our interests; we will keep the wolves at bay; and, we will never
Yes, our successes abroad have laid the foundation
for stepping up our attack on these domestic problems. And I as
work to correct what's wrong, I will always remember the people
don't work for the government, the government works for the
here at home we must start with a moral, even a spiritual revival
people. (Applause.) And, no, to set things on a track right
across this country -- (applause) -- particularly when it comes
to instilling values in our kids.
And so here's another big idea. Fads may come and
go, but in the Bush administration the family will always be in
fashion. And that's how we put first things first. Families
united; fathers and mothers staying together in spite of tough
times because they love their kids and want them to grow up whole
and strong. It all begins with the family. (Applause.)
And we must find ways to strengthen the American
family. The commission I appointed will do just that. And all
of us should make suggestions that will help. You know, some of
the ideas that I've put forth for changing America unnerved those
who cling to the old thinking of the status quo. Not everyone is
ready for new ideas, so it's going to take some time. And four
years just haven't been enough to finish our mission. Some
people say, why can't you bring the same kind of purpose and
success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert Shield and
Desert Storm, and the answer is I didn't have to get permission
from some old goat in the United States Congress to kick Saddam
Hussein out of Kuwait. (Applause.) That's the reason.
Let me just add a word about that. Let me add a
word about that decision. It is just plain irresponsible and out
of touch with reality to suggest that a President should take a
poll and get a tax increase before he leads the world against
aggression. What the people want from their leaders is
Desert Storm. (Applause.)
leadership, and that's exactly what the American people got in
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I don't need to take a poll to know what's right
when it comes to standing up against aggression. So you can
write that one down, some of these opponents out there.
(Laughter.) And would I like to see our domestic agenda off and
running? You bet. And I understand the frustration that's out
there the same as you. Family values under siege, second-rate
schools, too much violence on too many streets, an old-thinking
Congress can't get the job done. And for 35 -- now, listen to
this statistic -- for 35 out of the last 35 years the Democrats,
the liberal Democrats have controlled the House of
Representatives. And what do the people see as a result? A
crooked post office and a lot of bounced checks. Let's change
that. (Applause.) Let us change that.
We must break this gridlock and recapture the trust
of the American people. And the way to do that is Republican
control of the House, Republican control of the Senate, and you
give me a Congress like that and you watch this country move
again. (Applause.)
Go Aggies. (Applause.) There's a right way --
there's a right way and there's a wrong way to set a new course.
And the wrong way is to give up when things get tough, pick up
your marbles and go home. And I will not give up on America, not
now, not ever. We are going to get the job done. And there has
been too much pessimism, too many people trying to get elected by
saying how bad things are, too many gloomy TV news stories about
what's wrong with America. (Applause.) And it is my view that
America will always be a rising nation and we can and we will
make this country better. I am an optimist about the United
States of America. (Applause.)
After a tough, tough recession, a tough recession
where many families have been hurt, confidence is returning.
Confidence is beginning to come back to return to our economy.
Some good fundamentals are in place: low interest rates, low
inflation, stronger growth in the first quarter. The United
States is still the largest, the most productive economy in the
entire world, and don't ever forget that. The biggest mission,
the biggest idea of this campaign is to accelerate economic
growth to create hope and opportunity for everyone. And with our
exports still climbing there's solid proof that Americans can out
compete anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world. (Applause.)
Look right down a Texas road for examples. Texas
beef on the market in Japan, Texas cotton to Europe, Texas oil
and gas technology in demand everywhere -- and I am going to
fight to keep that technology state-of-the-art; and to help keep
our independent oil and gas producers competitive. I will keep
pushing for a revised alternative minimum tax, and I'll keep
pushing for cleaner fuels like natural gas and I'll keep pushing
for cleaner fuels like natural gas and I'll keep pushing to
reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, not by
conservation alone, which is important, but by opening projects
for domestic production like the ANWAR in Alaska. (Applause.)
A rising nation educates her young people. And all
across America a revolution in education, we call it America
2000, to bring back excellence to our schools. Well, we were the
ones to start this revolution, and we are the ones that are
leading it, and we will be the ones to complete it. And before
we're done, whether it's public, private or religious, parents
are going to have the right to choose their children's schools.
(Applause.)
And this audience knows it better than most, but
there's another great and dynamic movement transforming our
country. It's a volunteer movement of ordinary people solving
problems right where they live. Millions of courageous people
taking direct and consequential action on their own. And this is
how we help create whole and good communities. And lest anyone
forget, under my presidency, this movement, this big idea is a
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national crusade. The real heroes of America, God bless them,
are the ones we call the Points of Light -- one American helping
another solve these problems. (Applause.)
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on
Capitol Hill. Legislation like the Child Care Act which said
parents raise kids, not the government. (Applause.) The Clean
Air Act like linking a strong economy with a clean environment;
the Americans with Disabilities Act, guaranteeing the disabled
their rightful place in the mainstream. Give these people a
chance and that's what that legislation did. (Applause.) And
sometimes my job up there, given the control of the Congress, is
to keep bad things from happening. And when it comes to stopping
bad legislation with my veto pen, it's Bush 26, the Congress 0;
and it's going to stay that way. (Applause.) 28
I'm proud of our record. We've had to make the
tough calls everyday and every week. We proposed a better way
for America, a new track for America. And like Texas it is a big
idea. And when Congress blocks the way, stuck in the muck of old
thinking, we'll keep that heat on. Keep pushing for change. One
specific on that. The Congress may have a vision problem on
that. The Congress may have a vision problem, but don't for a
minute think that we're going to give up on the superconducting
supercollider. (Applause.) It is forward-looking, and the
country needs it and the world needs it. (Applause.) It's good
for Texas and it's good for the United States of America.
(Applause.)
And when the American people send me a Congress with
a commitment to change, we'll pass the laws and do the work that
the American people deserve. But let me say this: with or
without the Congress, we are going to give the American people
what they want. And that's not excuses, that is action. This is
an age of great change for America. And that's what makes
November 3rd SO important.
Change can seem to threaten the most valuable
legacies that we hope to leave our children -- good jobs, strong
families, a nation at peace. Change breeds uncertainty and
skepticism. And I understand that. But, look, we are the United
States of America. One nation under God. And the genius of
America is everywhere. It's in a society that places a premium
on performance, not glitz; on service, not selfishness. A
society that captures what Texas is all about. And let the
skeptic say that it can't be done. The optimist will say, let's
get to work. And I am ready. And, yes, we're in the fight of
our lives, but it's worth the fight. And we are in it to win.
And I appreciate this sensationally warm Texas
welcome. And may God bless you all. And may God bless the
United States of America. (Applause.) Thank you very much.
Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you all so much.
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COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. 11 Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. so caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing free tom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
06/24/92 17:43
004
2
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of Cold War. Boris Yeltsin and
I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The
doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children
-- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn proud
of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
06/24/92 17:44
005
3
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait. So Vote ainton.
watch out
anguer for
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill
-
Dem
a
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free to lead,
- legislation like our Child Care Act - which said parents
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
wd be
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American good set up
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 28, Congress O.
for Clenton" "Vote
It's tough to use the veto - even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us
to balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
ugh
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Thirdoes
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too not pay
much. The American people know that the Pre ident should have well among
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've puple /
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be hear from
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item- More wash
Veto.
gimmaling
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
Good
06/24/92 17:45
006
4
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on our schools each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? Of course not. so while the opposition is busy
blaze
on the beaten path, we have struck out to (leave) a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not ever one is ready for new huh?
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons is thout the courage to
Sad. nite
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway the e -- our journey's
Live
not done. The man who guides our progress IT st have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. 11 The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
06/24/92 17:46
007
5
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are Americans, ordinary citizens, who are guided by
that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every life is a
portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing theirs with
charity and good will. They are the true heroes of this country.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
#
#
#
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Document No. 334841
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 JUN 24 P2: 48
DATE: 06/23/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON 06/24
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COLLEGE REPUBLICANS, 06/25
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
>
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
P
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
SMITH
CALIO
YEUTTER
DEMAREST
FINDLAY
>
FITZWATER
>
MCGROARTY
>
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty no later
than NOON on Wednesday, 06/24, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
TO:
DAN MCGROARTY
June 24, 1992
The NSC staff concurs with the draft presidential remarks as anended.
from Brent Scowcroft
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
CC: Phillip D. Brady
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
June 20, 1992
Draft One
2 JUN 23 P5:4'
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want: to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. \\ Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing freedom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
2
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of Cold War. Boris Yeltsin and
I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The
doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children
-- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn proud
of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: We can,
and we will, but of need a longess that supporte
our donestic could offersive
3
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
the
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 28, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us
to balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the President should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
4
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on our schools each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not ever one is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons thout the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway the e -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress m st have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
5
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are Americans, ordinary citizens, who are guided by
that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every life is a
portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing theirs with
charity and good will. They are the true heroes of this country.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
wASHINGTON
June 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: College Republicans
We have reviewed the attached presidential remarks and
have noted a few suggested changes on the draft.
If you have any questions or we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
92 JUN 24 P6: 39
Document No. 334841
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
JMH
DATE: 06/23/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON 06/24
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COLLEGE REPUBLICANS, 06/25
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
>
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
P
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
SMITH
CALIO
YEUTTER
DEMAREST
FINDLAY
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
>
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty no later
than NOON on Wednesday, 06/24, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
See Comments- RBP
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
June 20, 1992
Draft One
2 JUN23 PS: 4'
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. 11 Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten SO caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing free tom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
2
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of Cold War. Boris Yeltsin and
I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The
doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children
-- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn proud
of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
3
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 28, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us
to balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the Pre ident should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
4
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on our schools each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
STUMBLING
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition is busy
ALONG
BLAZE
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not everyone is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons thout the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway there -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress mUst have courage, yes
yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. The American people know that
KEY ELEMENT
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
BASE
ON
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
5
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are Americans, ordinary citizens, who are guided by
that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every life is a
portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing theirs with
charity and good will. They are the true heroes of this country.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
#
#
#
Document No. 33484
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 06/23/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON 06/24
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COLLEGE REPUBLICANS, 06/25
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
x MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
SMITH
CALIO
>
YEUTTER
X
DEMAREST
FINDLAY
>
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
N/C
KAUFMAN
GRAY
HOLIDAY N/C
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty no later
than NOON on Wednesday, 06/24, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
June 20, 1992
Draft One
12 JUN 23 P5:41
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. \\ Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing free tom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
2
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of Cold War. Boris Yeltsin and
I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The
doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children
-- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn proud
of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
3
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act. -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 28, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us
to balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the President should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
4
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on our schools each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not ever one is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons thout the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway the e -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress m st have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
5
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are Americans, ordinary citizens, who are guided by
that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every life is a
portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing theirs with
charity and good will. They are the true heroes of this country.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
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#
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Ext. 2702
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Draft One
2 JUN23 P5: 4'
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. 11 Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing freedom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
2
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of Cold War. Boris Yeltsin and
I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The
doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children
-- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn proud
of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
3
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
people with disabilities
(Smilly)
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 28, Congress O.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us
Federal (Taylor 4790
to balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only (Tay
4790
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
to transtitution
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment A
It's just this simple: Government is tc big and spends too
much. The American people know that the Pre ident should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
4
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
education activities (Seully 5178)
on our schools each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not ever one is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons thout the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway the e -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress m st have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. \\ The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
5
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are Americans, ordinary citizens, who are guided by
that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every life is a
portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing theirs with
charity and good will. They are the true heroes of this country.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
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#
#
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PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
it's 100th Tony ann. Zagotta + has job
done toget great some (Grossman) credit
needs
June 20, 1992
he
Draft One
2 JUN23 P5: 4'
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
+ mention
100 prof
[Acknowledgements]. Tony Zagotta, your national chairman.
CR
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing free om.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
2
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of Cold War. Boris Yeltsin and
I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The
doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children
-- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn proud
of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: I
3
didn't have to get permission from the Democratic Congress to
kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 28, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us
to balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the Pre ident should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
4
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on our schools each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition is busy
on the beaten path, we have struck out to leave a trail. America
2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And before
we're done: whether it's public, private or religious, parents -
- not government -- will choose their children's schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not ever one is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons thout the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway the e -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress m ist have courage, yes
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. \\ The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
5
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood. If Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are Americans, ordinary citizens, who are guided by
that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every life is a
portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing theirs with
charity and good will. They are the true heroes of this country.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is orth the fight and
we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
#
#
#
-ge Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / June 25
1143
it eligible for
Remarks on the Railroad Strike and
The President. I'm not taking any ques-
n of children
an Exchange With Reporters
tions on that here, Jim [Jim Miklaszewski,
from low-in-
June 25, 1992
NBC News]. Thank you very much. Nice try.
licant's finan-
Q. Well, did you write a very amenable,
support) for
The President. Let me just simply say that
friendly letter to him?
we're now in the second day of a national
The President. Yes, I certainly did.
rail strike. And Secretary Card and his associ-
Q. Why, if he investigated your children?
e for eligible
ates and others have worked all night, work-
The President. Well, go look at the dates,
by the grant-
ing with a bipartisan group on Capitol Hill
is the only thing I can suggest.
higher of the
to get the legislation to stop this strike. The
Q. But do you think he did investigate your
e, adjusted for
trains are not moving as of this minute, how-
kids?
in the project
ever. Clearly the national interest is at stake
The President. I don't know, Rita [Rita
>s, as long as
here. We now face a complete halt of pas-
Beamish, Associated Press]. And I'm not
If all eligible
senger and commuter rail lines. I urge the
going to take any more questions on it.
the grantee
House and Senate to act to end this strike
Q. Do you know anything abut Republican
hose with the
today; the national interest requires no less.
dirty tricks?
ts would con-
There must be no further delay.
The President. I'm not going to take any
er the 4-year
So I salute the Secretary and his people
more questions. Jim, you guys are getting a
leave school,
at the Department of Transportation, those
little hard of hearing here today. [Laughter]
ager meet the
Members that are working to end this strike.
each scholar-
But it must happen, and it should happen
Note: The President spoke at 11:56 a.m. in
the Oval Office at the White House, prior
cademic pro-
today.
to a meeting with Secretary of Transpor-
after school,
Q. What is the holdup?
tation Andrew H. Card, Jr. A tape was not
acations.
The President. Well, Andy can give you
available for verification of the content of
lies, not insti-
more detail, but there's a difference of opin-
these remarks.
on of partici-
ion amongst some of the Senators, I mean,
some of the House Members and Senators.
must comply
But the point is, no finger pointing here, I
on provisions
3 Civil Rights
just want to use this office to encourage the
Congress to move and move fast and settle
Remarks to the College Republican
1 of Title IX
Convention
this matter once and for all. I believe they
of 1972 (gen-
can do it. In fact, I think they should do it.
June 25, 1992
Rehabilitation
Q. Well, is there something happening
The President. Thank you all very much.
today that you know of?
Audience members. Four more years!
00 million in
The President. Well, talking's still going
Four more years! Four more years! Bush-
may be nec-
on on the legislation, yes.
Quayle in '92! Bush-Quayle in '92! Bush-
Department
Q. Mr. President, are you amenable to a
Quayle in '92!
ct a com-
30-day cooling-off period and the appoint-
The President. Thank you so very much.
emonstration
ment of
Let me start by thanking Tony. And lest some
ssess the im-
The President. Look, we want that matter
of you don't know it, he has done a first-
.reas as edu-
resolved once and for all. And that's what
class job in this centennial year as president
nts' involve-
the administration position is
of the College Republicans. It is the best
their chil-
Q. Mr. President, did you make a mistake
party on campus. And thank you all for this
the other day
warm and enthusiastic welcome.
The President.
that's in the best in-
Let me tell you something. Let me let you
prompt and
terest of the American people.
and the rest of the world in on a secret: I
n.
finish what I start. I am going to be reelected
Perot Investigations
for 4 more years. You know, we've heard the
rge Bush
Q. Mr. President, did you make a mistake
drumbeat for change; we've even heard the
the other day when you criticized Ross Perot
saxophone for change. I have news: You and
in an indirect fashion concerning the
I, we are the change, and you give us 4 more
possible
years and give us, hopefully, a Republican
1144
June 25 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
House and a Republican Senate and then
The doomsday clock and the bomb shel-
watch the change, Republican style.
ters and the nightmares of our children,
You know, some have gotten so caught up
they're folding out of the picture, and that's
in the moment that they've forgotten the
something to be proud of, that these kids to-
hour, so caught Up in changing course that
night don't go to bed with the same kind of
they've forgotten where we're headed. I
fear of nuclear war. Let's take credit for that
know where I'm headed, and I aim, with your
change and take that case to the American
help and with the help of the Congress, to
people.
lead America along to a future of good jobs,
Let me just add this on the foreign side
fueled by free trade, by low taxes. And I will
of things. While the world has become more
keep on vetoing the Democratic tax bills that
free, it is less certain. The Soviet bear may
come down our way every day.
be a creature of the past, and it is, imperial
We will lead to a future where families
Soviet communism. But there are plenty of
stick together and fathers stick around and
wolves out there, and you know who they
to another American century, a world of
are. This is no fantasy of some cold warrior;
these are the realities of the new world.
hard-won peace and growing freedom. Some
would say, "Well, this is a tall order." They're
From where I sit as President, I can see,
right, and that's exactly because our vision
I can survey the situation. There are real dif-
doesn't ride on the next election, though, it
ferences here, and remember this one, real
rests on the next generation. In just the last
differences with our opponents. Come next
4 years the world as we've known it before
November we're going to take it to the Amer-
is gone. Our mission for the next 4 years is
ican people that America is safe but only as
to shape the next 40 years, and we can do
long as we remain strong. And as long as I'm
it.
President, we are going to stay strong.
Audience members. Four more years!
I need your help in the fall elections. And
Four more years! Four more years!
the fall elections must be a referendum on
The President. You know, Ronald
some big ideas: what kind of economy we'll
Reagan, speaking of being safe as long as
have in the future, what kind of families, and
we're strong, my predecessor knew this all
really it's this big, what kind of world. In
along. President Reagan's picture of history
America, blood, sweat, and tears have lit-
has been vindicated. Now we've built on this
erally changed the face of the Earth, and
legacy. And our actions in the Gulf-don't
American strength and determination have
listen to these revisionists, those that sat on
consequences. Look around the world. You
the sideline criticizing and now that are try-
don't hear one single thing about it in this
ing to turn history around. Our actions in
strange campaign year, but it's your credit
the Gulf proved that America will stand up
and ours and Ronald Reagan's and everybody
for its own interests. We will keep the wolves
that's gone before us.
at bay. And as long as I am President, aggres-
Let me tell you what to remind the critics.
sion will not stand.
Let me tell you what to remind the critics
Some say, how come the difference be-
and those who would have hacked away at
tween domestic policy, the difficulty to move
our defense spending. Eastern Europe is
things that we need and want on the domes-
free. Germany is reunified. Ancient enemies
tic scene compared to how things work
are talking peace in the Middle East. And
abroad? The answer is, I did not have to get
our own hemisphere, look south of our bor-
permission from some subcommittee con-
der, is almost totally democratic. Imperial
trolled by the Democrats to kick Saddam
communism is dead and buried, and just last
Hussein out of Kuwait. When American lives
week, standing in the Rose Garden, a demo-
are threatened, as they were in Panama, we
cratically elected President of Russia stood
took action. And we'd do it again to protect
with me in the Rose Garden as we an-
American lives.
nounced the most sweeping nuclear arms cut
On the domestic scene, we've had some
in history. That is a sound record to take to
successes up there on Capitol Hill-it's been
the American people.
tough-legislation, like our Child Care Act
George Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / June 25
1145
d the bomb shel-
which said that parents, parents should raise
Another one we've got going for us-and
of our children,
the kids, not the U.S. Government, the Clean
it's strong and it's new and it's good-and
bicture, and that's
Air Act that harnesses the market forces for
that is the total reform, a revolution in Amer-
that these kids to-
a cleaner environment. And we've got a great
ican education. Almost half a trillion dollars
the same kind of
record to take to the college campuses on
is spent at all levels on education each year.
ke credit for that
the environment. We've spent $800 billion
Does anyone think we are getting our mon-
to the American
in the last 10 years, $1.2 trillion in the next,
ey's worth?
to clean up the environment and keep this
Audience members. No!
the foreign side
world safe and sound, and we're going to do
The President. Of course not. So while
as become more
it. We passed, the Americans with Disabilities
the opposition stumbles along the beaten
Soviet bear may
Act, the most forward-looking piece of civil
path with old ideas, we've come out with a
id it is, imperial
rights legislation in the last few years, and
brandnew trail. America 2000 is the program,
re are plenty of
it says to the disabled, hey, you're going to
and it is revolutionizing the way we'll educate
know who they
be part of the mainstream, not kept out, not
our kids.
ne cold warrior;
pushed aside. Take that one out there to the
Today I sent up to the Congress the "GI
ew world.
college campuses and to the American peo-
bill" for children, a bill to help low- and mid-
dent, I can see,
ple.
dle-income parents choose what schools can
ere are real dif-
Sometimes when you have a Congress con-
best teach their kids. School choice can be
r this one, real
trolled by politically active Democrat liberals,
a catalyst, the force behind a real revolution
its. Come next
you've got to keep bad things from happen-
in our schools. The theory is this: Whether
it to the Amer-
ing, and the record is, Bush 30, on these ve-
it's public, private, or religious, parents, not
afe but only as
toes, Congress 0.
Let me just say a word on the veto. It's
governments, will choose their children's
1 as long as I'm
schools.
strong.
tough sometimes to stand up against what
r more years!
might be seemed and designated in the pa-
Not everyone's going to like what we're
ears!
pers as a popular position. But principle de-
doing. And frankly, I'd have to wonder if
now, Ronald
mands that a President do what might not
some people did. Not everyone is ready for
ife as long as
be popular, do what is principled, and I be-
these new ideas. We're not going to discover
knew this all
lieve that Government should work for the
new horizons without the courage to lose
ure of history
people, not the other way around. The sys-
sight of the shore, and we're halfway there.
e built on this
tem is broken, and we're going to fix it.
Our journey's not done. I've found that
Gulf-don't
Let me say this one: I think the executive
sometimes in this job as President, you have
se that sat on
branch could stand some disciplining, and I
to do something that's unpopular. The per-
that are try-
know very well the Democratic-controlled
son that's there must have a steady hand,
ur actions in
Congress could. So everybody in America
must have a proper temperament, must have
will stand up
knows that I've proposed an amendment to
an experienced eye, and must have some vi-
p the wolves
force a balanced Federal budget. They know
sion, some knowledge of the waters ahead.
dent, aggres-
I've fought for it, the only Presidential can-
The American people know that there's a flip
didate to support it, and I am not going to
side to change, and that is called trust. I be-
ference be-
give up that fight. I need your help.
lieve I have been a President to earn the trust
ulty to move
It's just this simple: The Government is
of the American people.
the domes-
too big, and it spends too much. The Amer-
Audience members. Four more years!
hings work
ican people know that, and the American
Four more years! Four more years!
have to get
people are with us when I call for what 43
The President. The American people
nittee con-
Governors have in the States, 43 Governors,
know this, too, that we've got to ground our
ck Saddam
and I'm saying: Give me the line-item veto,
drive for change in some things that do not
erican lives
and give us a chance to cut down on this
or should not change, things like values and
anama, we
spending.
family and faith. Too many Americans now
to protect
The taxpayers know how the budget gets
feel that the country's on the wrong track.
busted, an arrogant, permanent Congress,
And how do we get it back on? We take the
had some
unaccountable. The American people are
first step when we put the American family
-it's been
with us, and the time has come to limit the
first. I am going to keep on fighting to find
Care Act
terms of the United States Congress.
ways to strengthen the American family.
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June 25 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
A man who served as executive director
Thank you all, and God bless you. And
of this organization once said, "Long before
God bless the United States of America.
I was struck with cancer, I felt something
Thank you very much.
stirring in American society. It was the sense
among the people of this country that some-
Note: The President spoke at 3:10 p.m. at
thing was missing from their lives, something
the Omni Shoreham Hotel. In his remarks,
crucial. And my illness helped me to see what
he referred to Tony Zagotta, chairman of the
was missing, a little heart, a lot of brother-
College Republican National Committee.
hood." Lee Atwater always had a way of get-
ting to the truth. There are millions of Ameri-
cans, ordinary citizens who are guided by that
truth. We call them Points of Light. If every
Message to the Congress Reporting
life is a portrait of a person who lives it, they
Budget Deferrals
are signing theirs with charity and good will.
June 25, 1992
They' the true heroes of this country.
Government must not get in the way of
To the Congress of the United States:
what de Tocqueville found, when he came
In accordance with the Congressional
to America, was unique about America: the
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
propensity of one American to help another.
1974, I herewith report two revised deferrals,
When I talk about kinder and gentler Nation,
now totaling $2.2 billion in budgetary re-
that's what I mean. Many of you are actively
sources. Including the revised deferrals,
involved, in some way trying to help your
funds withheld in FY 1992 now total $5.7
billion.
communities, your neighborhood, your col-
leges, or whatever it is. People who feel as
The deferrals affect Funds Appropriated
we do on this, let me say the work is not
to the President and the Department of Agri-
finished, and neither is ours. And this is an
culture. The details of the deferrals are con-
age of great, great change for America.
tained in the attached reports.
Let me end this way: November 3d is so
George Bush
important. These issues, these values that
The White House,
you and I share are the values that most of
June 25, 1992.
the American people have. So what we will
do now is wait for our convention to be over.
I'll try to keep making decisions that affect
the welfare of America by moving through
some legislation that remains. But I can't wait
Nomination of Kathryn D. Sullivan
To Be Chief Scientist at the National
for the day when that Republican Conven-
tion is over, and I am going to roll up my
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
sleeves with you at my side, and we are going
to go after those Democrats.
June 25, 1992
Audience members. Four more years!
The President today announced his inten-
Four more years! Four more years!
tion to nominate Kathryn D. Sullivan, of
The President. Let's see, I'm thinking
California, to be Chief Scientist of the Na-
back, for 6 months I've stood out there as
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
a spear-catcher for five Democrats and now
tion, Department of Commerce. She would
one independent. Let me tell you, I know
succeed Sylvia Alice Earle.
how to take it, but I also know how to dish
Since 1990, Dr. Sullivan has served as
it out. We haven't even begun yet. We
NASA Mission Specialist at the Johnson
haven't even started. Five months, five
Space Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Sullivan
months of pounding in that political arena,
graduated from the University of California
and I have not yet begun to fight. But when
at Santa Cruz (B.S., 1973) and Dalhousie
I do, with you at my side, we are going to
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Ph.D.,
win on November 3d.
1978). She serves in the U.S. Naval Reserve.