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SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC \ JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1992 \ 12:00 P.M.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY
AND THANKS FOR THAT
WARM WYOMING WELCOME. CRAIG (REP. THOMAS), THANK YOU
FOR THAT FINE INTRODUCTION. I'D LIKE TO SINGLE OUT A
FEW OF OUR GUEST IN THE AUDIENCE ... SENATOR AL
SIMPSON; MAYOR BILL WESTBROOK; FORMER WYOMING GOVERNOR
AND SENATOR CLIFF HANSEN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA; FORMER
NEBRASKA SENATOR CURTIS; MY FORMER RNC COLLEAGUE
ESTELLE STACIE CARRIER AND HER HUSBAND, JOHN; AND
FORMER SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR JIM WATT AND HIS
LOVELY WIFE, LEILANI.
- 2 -
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SPEND A FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. BIG SKY. HoT SUN. A STUNNING VIEW. AND A
HEAPING PLATE OF BAKED BEANS
...
COLE SLAW
...
WITH
NOT A SINGLE PIECE OF BROCCOLI IN SIGHT.
((IN THE PICNIC LINE
SOMEONE ASKED IF I'D CARE TO
...
COMMENT ON THIS WEEK'S BIG EVENT
...
THE ONE THAT
5
CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF MILLIONS OF TV VIEWERS ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
- 3 -
To BE BRUTALLY HONEST ... I THOUGHT THE ALL-STAR
GAME WOULD BE A LOT CLOSER. 11))
SERIOUSLY
IT WAS AN IMPORTANT WEEK IN AMERICAN
...
POLITICS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A WORD ABOUT Ross
PEROT
AND THE SURPRISING ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY.
- 4 -
I ADMIT ... AS THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT ... IT IS
TEMPTING TO QUIETLY APPLAUD THE FACT THAT THIS STRANGE
POLITICAL YEAR HAS SUDDENLY BECOME ...
QUOTE ...
NORMAL.
BUT I CANNOT DO THAT. THE GRASS ROOTS FERVOR OF
THE PEROT SUPPORTERS TRANSCENDS WHAT WE CALL ...
POLITICS AS USUAL.
- 5 -
You SEE
A VOTE WAS TAKEN THIS SPRING AND SUMMER
...
IN AMERICA. No BALLOTS WERE CAST. No POLLS OPENED.
BUT A REFERENDUM TOOK PLACE NONETHELESS.
NOBODY WON THIS ELECTION
BUT POLITICS LOST.
...
POLITICS LOST BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY
IRRELEVANT TO MANY AMERICANS
ITS LANGUAGE IS NOT
...
UNDERSTOOD AROUND OUR KITCHEN TABLES.
- 6 -
POLITICS
...
FOR TOO MANY PEOPLE
...
HAS BECOME
SYNONYMOUS WITH SLOGANS
...
POSTURING
...
IT HAS COME
TO MEAN THE OPPOSITE OF "PROGRESS."
TODAY I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ANYONE WHO SUPPORTED
Ross PEROT
...
AND ANY AMERICAN WHO IDENTIFIES WITH
THEIR FRUSTRATION.
I HEAR YOU. You HAVE COME THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR.
- 7 -
Ross PEROT LIKED To SAY TWO WORDS MORE THAN ANY
OTHERS. "You"
AND "WIN. " AND TODAY I CAN SAY TO
...
HIS SUPPORTERS
WHILE POLITICS AS USUAL HAS LOST
...
...
YOU HAVE WON.
I HEAR THE VOICES ... IN so MANY ACCENTS ... WHO
SAY "ATTENTION MUST BE PAID" TO OUR JOBS ...
OUR
SCHOOLS
... OUR FAMILIES. ATTENTION MUST BE PAID TO
OUR FUTURE.
- 8 -
I HEAR YOUR CALL. MORE THAN THAT
...
I SHARE YOUR
FRUSTRATION.
IN MY FIRST TERM IN OFFICE
..
I HAVE LEARNED IT IS
FAR EASIER TO CONVINCE THE LEADERS OF DIVERSE NATIONS
TO MOBILIZE TO CONFRONT A TYRANT
...
THAN TO CONVINCE
CONGRESS TO APPROVE A RELATIVELY SMALL TAX INCENTIVE
+
so THAT YOUNG AMERICANS CAN BUY A FIRST HOME.
- 9 -
I SAY THIS NOT TO BASH CONGRESS
...
BUT TO TELL YOU
THAT THE VIEW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKS THE SAME AS
THE VIEW FROM YOUR FRONT PORCH.
THE SYSTEM NEEDS REPAIR.
- 10 -
My MESSAGE TO THE DISILLUSIONED AND DISAFFECTED IS
SIMPLE
...
DON'T WALK AWAY FROM THE SYSTEM. DON'T
ASSUME THAT WITHOUT A PROTEST VOTE
...
THERE IS NO VOTE
AT ALL.
THE SOLUTION TO OUR CHALLENGES TODAY
...
IS THE
SAME THAT AMERICA HAS TURNED TO so MANY TIMES BEFORE
...
THAT MIXTURE OF VALUES, EXPERIENCE AND IDEAS WE
CALL LEADERSHIP.
- 11 -
WHAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP DO WE NEED?
I BELIEVE OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO PROVIDE MORE
X
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PEOPLE.
- 12 -
Too MANY PEOPLE HAVE WORKED FOR A COMPANY FOR 20
YEARS
...
ONLY TO WORRY THAT THE NEXT MAIL RUN WILL
BRING A PINK SLIP. Too MANY PARENTS HAVE SAVED TO SEND
KIDS TO COLLEGE
...
ONLY TO FIND THAT THE GRADUATES
CAN'T GET A GOOD JOB.
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO GET THE FEDERAL
DEFICIT DOWN
BY CUTTING FEDERAL SPENDING.
- 13 -
THEN WE HAVE TO CREATE INCENTIVES FOR THE PEOPLE
AND BUSINESSES WHO CREATE JOBS
...
AND GIVE THEM ACCESS
TO THE NEW MARKETS THAT ARE OPENING AROUND THE WORLD.
I ALSO BELIEVE WE HAVE TO RESTORE THE TRADITIONAL
AMERICA VALUES THAT HAVE HELD OUR SOCIETY TOGETHER FOR
200 YEARS.
- 14 -
I'M TALKING ABOUT KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
RIGHT AND WRONG. HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS. PUTTING
FAMILY FIRST. PUTTING OUR FAITH IN SOMETHING LARGER
THAN OURSELVES.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW A CERTAIN SILVER-HAIRED
PHILOSOPHER ... NAME OF BARBARA BUSH. SHE SAYS THAT
WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR HOUSE
...
IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT
THAN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
- 15 -
I BELIEVE GOVERNMENT CAN BE A FORCE TO STRENGTHEN
OUR FAMILIES.
GOVERNMENT CAN REWARD WORK
...
NOT WELFARE
DEPENDENCY. WELFARE CAN ENCOURAGE FAMILIES NOT TO FALL
APART
... BUT TO STICK TOGETHER. AND GOVERNMENT CAN
GIVE FAMILIES IN WYOMING AND EVERY OTHER STATE
...
THE
OPTION OF DECIDING WHERE OUR KIDS SHOULD GO TO SCHOOL.
A CHURCH SCHOOL
...
A PRIVATE SCHOOL OR A PUBLIC SCHOOL
*
WHEREVER THEIR PARENTS CHOOSE.
- 16 -
I ALSO BELIEVE WE MUST RESTORE RESPECT FOR THE LAW.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE PEACE IN THE WORLD ...
IF
PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE IN OUR THEIR BACKYARDS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO AN ELDERLY WOMAN
...
WHO
WATCHES THE BERLIN WALL FALL ON TELEVISION
BUT IS
AFRAID TO WALK TO HER GROCERY STORE?
- 17 -
WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO A TEN-YEAR-OLD KID
...
WHO
HEARS OF THE RUSSIANS REDUCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS ...
THEN
HAS TO WALK THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR AT SCHOOL EVERY
MORNING?
You SAY. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. LET'S PUT AN END TO
THE LAWLESSNESS. LET'S PUT AN END TO DRUG USE THAT
RESULTS IN SO MUCH OF THE ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR.
- 18 -
THIS IS THE KIND OF ACTION I PROPOSE
...
TODAY
...
RIGHT NOW
...
To SHAKE UP THE SYSTEM
...
AND LET
AMERICA REALIZE THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US.
KAD LB
IT WON'T BE EASY.
FOR THREE YEARS NOW
I HAVE
...
PROPOSED DRAMATIC CHANGES IN EACH OF THESE AREAS
AND RUN INTO ROADBLOCKS.
- 19 -
BUT AS I SAID
"POLITICS AS USUAL" CAN BE NO
...
MORE. You WANT ACTION
YOU WANT CHANGE. AND TO
...
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BLOCK THAT CHANGE
...
I SAY WHAT
X
YOU SAY...
GET OUT OF OUR WAY. //
- 20 - -
FOR ALL OUR CHALLENGES ... AMERICA' POTENTIAL HAS
NEVER BEEN GREATER. IF WE CAN GET OUR ECONOMY MOVING
FASTER ... RESTORE OUR FAMILIES AND TAKE BACK OUR
STREETS
OUR POTENTIAL IS AS TALL AS THIS MOUNTAIN
...
RANGE BEHIND ME.
CAN WE DO IT? I BELIEVE WE CAN.
- 21 -
IF WE CAN TOPPLE THE BERLIN WALL
WE CAN BUILD A
STURDY ECONOMY. IF WE CAN LIFT THE IRON CURTAIN
...
WE
CAN BRING THE CURTAIN DOWN ON "NEW AGE" VALUES. IF WE
CAN HELP PEOPLE WALK THE STREETS FREE IN EASTERN EUROPE
WE CAN TAKE BACK THE STREETS OF AMERICA.
X
IF WE CAN REVIVE A WORLD'S FAITH IN FREEDOM ...
WE
CAN REPAIR THE AMERICAN SYSTEM.
- 22 -
THIS IS OUR MISSION ... TO RENEW AMERICA. To
COMPLETE THE DREAM.
FOR YEARS FROM NOW
WHEN I RETURN FOR A LITTLE
...
MORE TROUT FISHING
I LOOK FORWARD TO STANDING
BEFORE YOU AGAIN AND SAYING: "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED."
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
# # #
Document No. 338264ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/16/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
---
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
SUBJECT:
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING - 7/17/92
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
1
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
MCGROARTY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
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
2 JUL 16 P2:59
July 16, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
STEVEN PROVOST
SP
SUBJECT:
SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING
On Friday, July 17 at approximately 11:45 a.m., you will
address nearly 2500 attendees at a service clubs picnic in Grand
Teton National Forest in Jackson Hole. Your remarks (14 minutes,
cards) explain three priorities of the campaign, as suggested by
Bob Teeter.
Presidential Remarks
Service Clubs Picnic
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
17 July 1992
Draft Two
Good afternoon everybody
and thanks for that warm Wyoming
welcome. (Acknowledgements)
I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. Big
sky. Hot sun. A great view. And a heaping plate of baked
beans
cole slaw
with not a single piece of broccoli in
sight.
In the picnic line
someone asked if I'd care to comment on
this week's big event
the one that captured the attention of
millions of TV viewers all across this country.
To be brutally honest
I thought the All-Star game would be a
lot closer.
I just came down from a little fishing up in the woods. With
Secretary of State Jim Baker and two of our sons.
I can pretty much guess what went on in Madison Square Garden.
If you don't mind
I'd like to take a few minutes
and give
you a slightly different view of America.
1
I'd like to talk a little bit about why I'm running for four more
years
rather than spending more of my time fishing in
magnificent places like this.
I had the good fortune of growing up in what is known as the
American century. A time when opportunity was as vast as this
sky above.
But the great thing about America
is that we wanted everyone
to sit in our sunshine. We shared our good fortune. More than
that
we sacrificed for it.
Sometimes in blood. Sometimes in tears. Always in taxes. So
that other people wouldn't just yearn to breathe free.
In the past four years
we saw our efforts pay off. Change of
almost Biblical proportions. Captive nations set free. The dark
corners of our world bathed in the sunshine of freedom and free
enterprise.
We know what this means for the people of Eastern Europe. But
what does it mean for us here in America? Two things.
2
As we sit down for this picnic today
America is safer from
nuclear war. Kids can worry about the big test and the big game
not what might happen on the "day after" a nuclear explosion.
While the world is still uncertain and dangerous
we've been
able to slow defense spending by a thousand dollars a year for
every American family.
The other change
of course
is the world economy is being
revolutionized. More people have bought our way of doing
business
they want to produce and consume products and
services.
Now
I'm sure in New York
our economy was called second
class
second rate.
But although we have problems lets keep in mind a few facts.
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
American products
our cars, computers
even our colas
are now sold in more nations than ever before.
3
Despite a sluggish world economy
American companies have
created more than a million-and-a-half export jobs over the past
three years.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
Our companies lead in more than one-half of the world's critical
high technology industries.
We've tamed inflation. Interest rates are generally at a 20-
year-low.
And don't ever forget this. What a Japanese worker can produce
in five days
an American can make in four.
Now the truth is
the world's recent changes have confronted
us with some of the biggest challenges in our history. But they
also present us with awesome opportunities.
The question is
can we compete
now that so many other
nations are playing our game?
And if we can compete
and we will
we need to understand
that as victors
the spoils are bigger and better than ever in
human history.
4
More people are eager for the fruit of our labors. That means
more jobs
and more prosperity for our kids
and their
kids.
Now
that's where America is today. The question is
how
do we take advantage of the opportunity?
First
we must create and protect our jobs
provide more
opportunity for more people.
Our economy is growing today
but it must grow faster.
Too many people have worked for a company for 20 years
only
to worry that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. Too many
parents have saved to send kids to college
only to find that
the graduates can't get a good job.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I know that the
only way to create jobs
is to support the people who create
the jobs.
That means cutting the deficit
by reducing the size of
government. It means giving people incentives to save and invest
in our future.
5
With Congress's help
or without it
I'm going to get the
job done!
My second priority: Restore traditional American values.
I'm not talking slogans here. I'm talking the fundamental moral
and ethical underpinnings of our country. Knowing the difference
between right and wrong. Helping our neighbors. Understanding
that we have to sue each other less
and love each other more.
A couple months ago
I happened to be in San Antonio, meeting
with some of the front-line soldiers in the war on drugs. I saw
a story in the newspaper. A cab driver had been murdered
another act of random, senseless violence.
But what stopped me in my tracks was that the murderer was a 12-
year-old boy. And as he left the courtroom
the sheriffs
struggled to adjust his handcuffs
because they wouldn't stay
on his thin wrists.
Just one story
I'm sure you can tell many more
about the
consequences of families breaking down in America.
6
For an answer
I turn to a silver-haired philosopher. Her
name is Barbara Bush. She says that what happens in your house
is far more important than what happens in the White House.
I happen to agree.
The first thing government can do is to take its own Hippocratic
Oath: "Do no harm." Stop breaking families apart
and start
bringing them together.
Let's give parents the freedom to choose their kids schools.
Let's create a welfare system that rewards work and the human
capacity to improve.
My third priority
very simple. Restore respect for the law.
What do you say
to an elderly woman
who watches the
Berlin Wall fall on television
but is afraid to walk to her
grocery store?
What do you say
to a ten-year-old kid
who hears of the
Russians reducing nuclear weapons
then has to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning?
You say. Enough is enough. Let's put an end to the lawlessness.
Let's put an end to the illegal behavior.
7
These are my principles the things I believe in. I hope you
do too.
You might be thinking
why haven't you acted already? The
truth is we have made some progress
in education, welfare
reform and child care
we're building solid foundations for
the 21st century.
But it's also true that these changes aren't popular in some
places. They threaten the usual way of doing business. They get
under the skin of special interests.
But I'm not backing off
and I don't believe you want me to.
America has a burr under her saddle today. We don't want talk
we want leadership. And I'm going to provide it.
Despite everything you might have heard in New York this week
I believe America's potential is still vast
still as big
as this blue sky above.
I've seen this nation climb much tallèr mountains
and my
faith is as strong as ever.
8
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a sturdy
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on "new age" values. If we can help people walk
the streets free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission
...
to renew America. To complete the dream.
For years from now
when I return for a little more trout
fishing
I look forward to standing before you again and
saying: "mission accomplished. "
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
9
Document No. 338264
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 07/15/92 17
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00 A.M. 07/16
SUBJECT: REVISED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, 07/17
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
No Comment
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST Publiaison
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
(personally, not for agencies)
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, 07/16, with a copy
to this office. MASTER Thanks.
RESPONSE:
No Response from>
see comments
Holiday MOORE
pg.4
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
PORTER you Hey
Ext. 2702
Rnskin
Presidential Remarks
Service Clubs Picnic
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
17 July 1992
Draft Two
Good afternoon everybody
and thanks for that warm Wyoming
welcome. (Acknowledgements)
I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. Big
sky. Hot sun. A stunning view. And a heaping plate of baked
beans
cole slaw
with not a single piece of broccoli in
sight.
Our friends in the press corps are kind of hoping I'll be the
proverbial rattlesnake at this picnic
by talking a little bit
about politics.
They want to know if I'd comment on this week's big event
the
one that captured the attention of millions of TV viewers all
across this country.
To be brutally honest
I think the National League should have
won the All-Star game.
I just came down from a little fishing up in the woods. With
Secretary of State Jim Baker and our sons.
1
I heard what went on in Madison Square Garden. All the clamor.
All the criticism. If you don't mind
I'd like to take a few
minutes
...
and give you a slightly different view of America.
Talk a little bit about why I'm running for four more years
...
rather than spending more of my time fishing in magnificent
places like this.
I had the good fortune of growing up in what is known as the
American century. A time when opportunity was as vast as this
sky above.
But the great thing about America
...
is that we wanted everyone
to enjoy our sunshine. We shared our good fortune. More than
that
we sacrificed for it.
Sometimes in blood. Sometimes in tears. Always in taxes. So
that other people wouldn't just yearn to breath free.
In the past four years we saw our efforts pay off. Change of
almost Biblical proportions. Captive nations set free. The dark
corners of our world bathed in the sunshine of freedom and free
enterprise.
2
Today
as we sit down for this picnic
the specter of
nuclear war has receded. While the world can still be uncertain
and dangerous
we've been able to slow defense spending by a
thousand dollars for every American family.
American products
our cars, computers
even our colas
are now sold in more nations than ever before. Despite a
sluggish world economy
American companies have created almost
two million export jobs over the past five years.
We've tamed inflation. The last time interest rates were this
low
Dick Cheney was a cub Congressman. (Believe me
that's a long time ago.)
My guess is you didn't hear a lot of this kind of talk in New
York City. I'm pretty sure America was described as second rate
second-class.
It probably wasn't mentioned that we have the world's largest
economy
the most productive workers
that we sell more of
our products from Hong Kong to Honduras
than the Japanese,
the Germans
anyone else.
3
STAFF
J.Grossman: & quoting
Potuspringsteen.
Billy Joel
The speeches all probably sounded like a Bruce Springsteen song
Note:
tales of factories closed and mills shuttered. No one
Are
you
mentioned that the percent of the world's manufactured goods we
sure
now much
the
produce today
is/higher than it was 20 years ago.
President
wants to
talk abt.
a major
rock major
Or how about this. An American worker can produce in four days
star star?
STAFF:
what a Japanese worker can produce in five.
Now don't get me wrong. We have our problems. We have our
challenges. But let's keep things in perspective.
Our mission
very simply
is to finish the job we started
four decades ago
and made so much progress on the past four
years.
Think about why we sacrificed all those decades. For
selflessness
and self-interest.
We understood that if we could eliminate the specter of nuclear
war
if we could win more of the world's people to freedom and
free enterprise
our children would live more secure and (w)
(be prosperous.
We've worked miracles across the world
now it's time to work
a miracle in America.
4
First
we must create more opportunity for more people. That
means slashing the budget deficit
and reducing the size of
Vogt
government.
K. Public Liaison
Second
it's time for a moral revival in this country
a
return to the solid values that have carried us for 200 years.
plug small
business
Third
peace in the world means nothing
if we are not
secure in our own backyards. Government must guarantee the
security of all people.
There
These are the three principles I will use to lead this nation the
next four years.
Signal that is this 3rd
point.
STAFF TERS:
Our economy is growing today
but it must grow faster.
Too many people have worked for a company for 20 years
only
to worry that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. Too many
parents have saved to send kids to college
only to find that
the graduates can't get a good job.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I know that the
only way to create jobs
is to support the people who create
the jobs.
5
That means cutting the deficit. It means giving people incentives
to save and invest in our future.
With the help of Congress
or without the help of Congress
I'm going to get the job done!
My second priority: Restore traditional American values.
I'm not talking slogans here. I'm talking the fundamental moral
and ethical underpinnings of our country. Knowing the difference
between right and wrong. Helping out neighbors. Understanding
that you don't sue somebody at every drop of a lawyer's name.
A couple months ago
I happened to be in San Antonio, meeting
with some of the front-line soldiers in the war on drugs. I saw
a story in the newspaper. A cab driver had been murdered
another act of random, senseless violence.
But what stopped me in my tracks was that the murderer was a 12-
year-old boy. And as he left the courtroom
his handcuffs
clanged to the floor
because the child's wrists were too
thin.
Just one story
I'm sure you can tell many more
about the
consequences of families breaking down in America.
6
For an answer
I turn to a certain silver haired philosopher.
Her name is Barbara Bush. She says that what happens in your
house
is far more important than what happens in the White
House.
I happen to agree.
The first thing government can do is to take its own Hippocratic
Oath: "Do no harm. " [stop encouraging single moms from having
children
and start discouraging them.
Sentence
Then we've got to help pull families together. By reforming
welfare. Providing better schools.
My third priority
very simple. Restore respect for the law.
What do you say
to an elderly woman
who watches the
Berlin Wall fall on television
but is afraid to walk to her
grocery store?
What do you say
to a ten-year-old kid
who hears of the
Russians reducing nuclear weapons
then has to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning?
You say.
Enough is enough. Let's put an end to the lawlessness.
Let's put an end to the illegal behavior.
7
These are my principles
the things I believe in. I hope you
do too.
You might be thinking
why haven't you acted on them already?
The truth is we have made some progress
in education, welfare
reform and child care
we're building solid foundations for
the 21st century.
But it's also true that these changes aren't popular in some
places. They threaten the usual way of doing things. They get
under the skin of special interests.
But I'm not backing off
...
and I don't believe you want me to.
Americans have a burr under their saddle. They don't want talk
they want leadership. And I'm going to provide it.
Despite everything you might have heard this week
I believe
America's potential is still vast
still as big and blue as EWalting
this sky above.
? blue potential
I've seen this nation climb mountains much taller
and my faith
is as strong as ever.
8
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a sturdy
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on "new age" values. If we can help people walk
the streets free in Eastern Europe
...
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission
to complete the dream. To renew America.
Four years from now
when I return for a little more trout
fishing
I look forward to standing before you again and
saying: "mission accomplished. "
God bless you and God bless America.
MeG: Find a way to work
in: 11
I FINISH WHAT
I START."
9
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DATE: 32 07111692A10 : 17
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10:00 A.M. 07/16
SUBJECT: REVISED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, 07/17
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
(personally, not for agencies)
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m.
ursday, 07/16, with a copy
to this office. Thanks
RESPONSE:
see comments
pg.4
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Service Clubs Picnic
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
17 July 1992
Draft Two
Good afternoon everybody
and thanks for that warm Wyoming
welcome. (Acknowledgements)
I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. Big
sky. Hot sun. A stunning view. And a heaping plate of baked
beans
cole slaw
with not a single piece of broccoli in
sight.
Our friends in the press corps are kind of hoping I'll be the
proverbial rattlesnake at this picnic
by talking a little bit
about politics.
They want to know if I'd comment on this week's big event
the
one that captured the attention of millions of TV viewers all
across this country.
To be brutally honest
I think the National League should have
won the All-Star game.
I just came down from a little fishing up in the woods. With
Secretary of State Jim Baker and our sons.
1
I heard what went on in Madison Square Garden. All the clamor.
All the criticism. If you don't mind
I'd like to take a few
minutes
and give you a slightly different view of America.
Talk a little bit about why I'm running for four more years
rather than spending more of my time fishing in magnificent
places like this.
I had the good fortune of growing up in what is known as the
American century. A time when opportunity was as vast as this
sky above.
But the great thing about America
is that we wanted everyone
to enjoy our sunshine. We shared our good fortune. More than
that
we sacrificed for it.
Sometimes in blood. Sometimes in tears. Always in taxes. So
that other people wouldn't just yearn to breath free.
In the past four years
we saw our efforts pay off. Change of
almost Biblical proportions. Captive nations set free. The dark
corners of our world bathed in the sunshine of freedom and free
enterprise.
2
Today
as we sit down for this picnic
the specter of
nuclear war has receded. While the world can still be uncertain
and dangerous
we've been able to slow defense spending by a
thousand dollars for every American family.
American products
our cars, computers
even our colas
are now sold in more nations than ever before. Despite a
sluggish world economy
American companies have created almost
two million export jobs over the past five years.
We've tamed inflation. The last time interest rates were this
low
Dick Cheney was a cub Congressman. (Believe me
that's a long time ago.)
My guess is you didn't hear a lot of this kind of talk in New
York City. I'm pretty sure America was described as second rate
second-class.
It probably wasn't mentioned that we have the world's largest
economy
the most productive workers
that we sell more of
our products from Hong Kong to Honduras
than the Japanese,
the Germans
anyone else.
3
STAFF COMMENT X POTUS Springsteen. quoting
Billy Joel
The speeches all probably sounded like a Bruce Springsteen song
Note:
tales of factories closed and mills shuttered. No one
Are
you
sure
mentioned that the percent of the world's manufactured goods we the
now much
produce today
is/higher than it was 20 years ago.
President
wants to
talk abt
a major
rock-
or how about this. An American worker can produce in four days
star
STAFF-
what a Japanese worker can produce in five.
Now don't get me wrong. We have our problems. We have our
challenges. But let's keep things in perspective.
Our mission
very simply
is to finish the job we started
four decades ago
and made so much progress on the past four
years.
Think about why we sacrificed all those decades. For
selflessness and self-interest.
We understood that if we could eliminate the specter of nuclear
war
if we could win more of the world's people to freedom and
free enterprise
our children would live more secure and (be)
(be Mrbrosperous.
We've worked miracles across the world
now it's time to work
a miracle in America.
4
First
we must create more opportunity for more people. That
means slashing the budget deficit
and reducing the size of
Vogt
government.
Public Liaison
Second
it's time for a moral revival in this country
a
return to the solid values that have carried us for 200 years.
Prugsmull, plug
Third
peace in the world means nothing
if we are not
secure in our own backyards. Government must guarantee the
security of all people.
There
These are the three principles I will use to lead this nation the
next four years.
Signal that this 3rd
point.
STAFF WALTERS:
Our economy is growing today
but it must grow faster.
Too many people have worked for a company for 20 years
only
to worry that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. Too many
parents have saved to send kids to college
only to find that
the graduates can't get a good job.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I know that the
only way to create jobs
is to support the people who create
the jobs.
5
That means cutting the deficit. It means giving people incentives
to save and invest in our future.
With the help of Congress
or without the help of Congress
I'm going to get the job done!
My second priority: Restore traditional American values.
I'm not talking slogans here. I'm talking the fundamental moral
and ethical underpinnings of our country. Knowing the difference
between right and wrong. Helping out neighbors. Understanding
that you don't sue somebody at every drop of a lawyer's name.
A couple months ago
I happened to be in San Antonio, meeting
with some of the front-line soldiers in the war on drugs. I saw
a story in the newspaper. A cab driver had been murdered
another act of random, senseless violence.
But what stopped me in my tracks was that the murderer was a 12-
year-old boy. And as he left the courtroom
his handcuffs
clanged to the floor
because the child's wrists were too
thin.
Just one story
I'm sure you can tell many more
about the
consequences of families breaking down in America.
6
For an answer
I turn to a certain silver haired philosopher.
Her name is Barbara Bush. She says that what happens in your
house
is far more important than what happens in the White
House.
I happen to agree.
The first thing government can do is to take its own Hippocratic
Oath: "Do no harm. " Stop encouraging single moms. from having
children
and start discouraging them.
Sentence
Then we've got to help pull families together. By reforming
welfare. Providing better schools.
My third priority
very simple. Restore respect for the law.
What do you say
to an elderly woman
who watches the
Berlin Wall fall on television
but is afraid to walk to her
grocery store?
What do you say
to a ten-year-old kid
who hears of the
Russians reducing nuclear weapons
then has to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning?
You say:
Enough is enough. Let's put an end to the lawlessness.
Let's put an end to the illegal behavior.
7
These are my principles
the things I believe in. I hope you
do too.
You might be thinking
why haven't you acted on them already?
The truth is we have made some progress
in education, welfare
reform and child care
we're building solid foundations for
the 21st century.
But it's also true that these changes aren't popular in some
places. They threaten the usual way of doing things. They get
under the skin of special interests.
But I'm not backing off
and I don't believe you want me to.
Americans have a burr under their saddle. They don't want talk
they want leadership. And I'm going to provide it.
Despite everything you might have heard this week
I believe
America's potential is still vast
still as big and blue as
EWals
this sky above.
? blue potentic
I've seen this nation climb mountains much taller
and my faith
is as strong as ever.
8
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
...
we can build a sturdy
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on "new age" values. If we can help people walk
the streets free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission
to complete the dream. To renew America.
Four years from now
...
when I return for a little more trout
fishing
I look forward to standing before you again and
saying: "mission accomplished."
God bless you and God bless America.
MeG: Find a way to work
in.
"I FINISH WHAT
I START."
9
Document No. 338264
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDU
5585
07/15/92 92 JUL 16 P12: 14
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10:00 A.M. 07/16
SUBJECT: REVISED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, 07/17
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
(personally, not for agencies)
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, 07/16, with a copy
to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
TO:
DAN MCGROARTY
July 16, 1992
The NSC staff concurs with the revised presidential remarks.
thoughtful. and this do as Brent lorksy Scowcroft venue
This is a terribly important speech It needs to he were
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
fruit. CC: Phillip Really D lousy Brady
B
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Service Clubs Picnic
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
17 July 1992
Draft Two
Good afternoon everybody
and thanks for that warm Wyoming
welcome. (Acknowledgements)
I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. Big
sky. Hot sun. A stunning view. And a heaping plate of baked
beans
cole slaw
with not a single piece of broccoli in
sight.
Our friends in the press corps are kind of hoping I'll be the
proverbial rattlesnake at this picnic
by talking a little bit
about politics.
They want to know if I'd comment on this week's big event
the
one that captured the attention of millions of TV viewers all
across this country.
To be brutally honest
I think the National League should have
won the All-Star game.
I just came down from a little fishing up in the woods. With
Secretary of State Jim Baker and our sons.
1
I heard what went on in Madison Square Garden. All the clamor.
All the criticism. If you don't mind
I'd like to take a few
minutes
and give you a slightly different view of America.
Talk a little bit about why I'm running for four more years
rather than spending more of my time fishing in magnificent
places like this.
I had the good fortune of growing up in what is known as the
American century. A time when opportunity was as vast as this
sky above.
But the great thing about America
is that we wanted everyone
to enjoy our sunshine. We shared our good fortune. More than
that
we sacrificed for it.
Sometimes in blood. Sometimes in tears. Always in taxes. So
that other people wouldn't just yearn to breath free.
In the past four years
we saw our efforts pay off.
Change of
almost Biblical proportions. Captive nations set free. The dark
corners of our world bathed in the sunshine of freedom and free
enterprise.
2
Today
as we sit down for this picnic
the specter of
nuclear war has receded. While the world can still be uncertain
and dangerous
we've been able to slow defense spending by a
thousand dollars for every American family.
American products
our cars, computers
even our colas
are now sold in more nations than ever before. Despite a
sluggish world economy
American companies have created almost
two million export jobs over the past five years.
We've tamed inflation. The last time interest rates were this
low
Dick Cheney was a cub Congressman. (Believe me
that's a long time ago.)
My guess is you didn't hear a lot of this kind of talk in New
York City. I'm pretty sure America was described as second rate
second-class.
It probably wasn't mentioned that we have the world's largest
economy
the most productive workers
that we sell more of
our products from Hong Kong to Honduras
than the Japanese,
the Germans
anyone else.
3
The speeches all probably sounded like a Bruce Springsteen song
tales of factories closed and mills shuttered. No one
mentioned that the percent of the world's manufactured goods we
produce today
is higher than it was 20 years ago.
or how about this. An American worker can produce in four days
what a Japanese worker can produce in five.
Now don't get me wrong. We have our problems. We have our
challenges. But let's keep things in perspective.
Our mission
very simply
is to finish the job we started
This
four decades ago
and made so much progress on the past four
years.
mission
described
below,
Think about why we sacrificed all those decades. For
selflessness
and self-interest.
We understood that if we could eliminate the specter of nuclear
war
if we could win more of the world's people to freedom and
free enterprise
our children would live more secure and
prosperous.
We've worked miracles across the world
now it's time to work
a miracle in America.
4
First
we must create more opportunity for more people. That
means slashing the budget deficit
and reducing the size of
government.
Second
it's time for a moral revival in this country
a
return to the solid values that have carried us for 200 years.
Third
peace in the world means nothing
if we are not
secure in our own backyards. Government must guarantee the
security of all people.
These are the three principles I will use to lead this nation the
next four years.
not not growth? compassion?
Our economy is growing today
but it must grow faster.
Too many people have worked for a company for 20 years
only
to worry that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. Too many
parents have saved to send kids to college
only to find that
the graduates can't get a good job.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I know that the
only way to create jobs
is to support the people who create
the jobs.
5
That means cutting the deficit. It means giving people incentives
to save and invest in our future.
With the help of Congress
or without the help of Congress
I'm going to get the job done!
My second priority: Restore traditional American values.
I'm not talking slogans here. I'm talking the fundamental moral
and ethical underpinnings of our country. Knowing the difference
between right and wrong. Helping out neighbors. Understanding
that you don't sue somebody at every drop of a lawyer's name.
A couple months ago
I happened to be in San Antonio, meeting
with some of the front-line soldiers in the war on drugs. I saw
a story in the newspaper. A cab driver had been murdered
another act of random, senseless violence.
But what stopped me in my tracks was that the murderer was a 12-
year-old boy. And as he left the courtroom
his handcuffs
clanged to the floor
because the child's wrists were too
thin. (small?)
Just one story
I'm sure you can tell many more
about the
consequences of families breaking down in America.
6
For an answer
I turn to a certain silver haired philosopher.
Her name is Barbara Bush. She says that what happens in your
house
is far more important than what happens in the White
House.
I happen to agree.
The first thing government can do is to take its own Hippocratic
Oath: "Do no harm." Stop encouraging single moms from
children
and start discouraging them.
having / Don't
Then we've got to help pull families together. By reforming
which
Brown.
welfare. Providing better schools.
My third priority
very simple. Restore respect for the law.
What do you say
to an elderly woman
who watches the
Berlin Wall fall on television
but is afraid to walk to her
grocery store?
What do you say
to a ten-year-old kid
who hears of the
Russians reducing nuclear weapons
then has to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning?
You say. Enough is enough. Let's put an end to the lawlessness.
Let's put an end to the illegal behavior.
7
These are my principles
the things I believe in.
I hope you
do too.
You might be thinking
why haven't you acted on them already?
The truth is we have made some progress
in education, welfare
reform and child care
...
we're building solid foundations for
the 21st century.
But it's also true that these changes aren't popular in some
places. They threaten the usual way of doing things. They get
under the skin of special interests.
But I'm not backing off
and I don't believe you want me to.
Americans have a burr under their saddle. They don't want talk
they want leadership. And I'm going to provide it.
Despite everything you might have heard this week
I believe
America's potential is still vast
still as big and blue as
this sky above.
I've seen this nation climb mountains much taller
and my faith
is as strong as ever.
8
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a sturdy
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on "new age" values. If we can help people walk
the streets free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission
to complete the dream. To renew America.
Four years from now
when I return for a little more trout
fishing
I look forward to standing before you again and
saying: "mission accomplished. "
God bless you and God bless America.
9
Document No. 338264
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 07/15/92 JUL 16 P12:23 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT 23 DUE BY: 10: 00A M. 07/16
SUBJECT: REVISED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, 07/17
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
I
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
(personally, not for agencies)
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, 07/16, with a copy
to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Service Clubs Picnic
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
17 July 1992
Draft Two
Good afternoon everybody
and thanks for that warm Wyoming
welcome. (Acknowledgements)
I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. Big
sky. Hot sun. A stunning view. And a heaping plate of baked
beans
cole slaw
with not a single piece of broccoli in
sight.
Our friends in the press corps are kind of hoping I'll be the
proverbial rattlesnake at this picnic
by talking a little bit
about politics.
They want to know if I'd comment on this week's big event
the
one that captured the attention of millions of TV viewers all
across this country.
To be brutally honest
I think the National League should have
won the All-Star game.
I just came down from a little fishing up in the woods. With
Secretary of State Jim Baker and our sons.
1
I heard what went on in Madison Square Garden. All the clamor.
All the criticism. If you don't mind
I'd like to take a few
minutes
and give you a slightly different view of America.
Talk a little bit about why I'm running for four more years
rather than spending more of my time fishing in magnificent
places like this.
I had the good fortune of growing up in what is known as the
American century. A time when opportunity was as vast as this
sky above.
But the great thing about America
is that we wanted everyone
to enjoy our sunshine. We shared our good fortune. More than
that
we sacrificed for it.
Sometimes in blood. Sometimes in tears. Always in taxes. So
that other people wouldn't just yearn to breath free.
In the past four years
we saw our efforts pay off. Change of
almost Biblical proportions. Captive nations set free. The dark
corners of our world bathed in the sunshine of freedom and free
enterprise.
2
Today
as we sit down for this picnic
the specter of
nuclear war has receded. While the world can still be uncertain
and dangerous
we've been able to slow defense spending by a
thousand dollars for every American family.
American products
our cars, computers
even our colas
are now sold in more nations than ever before. Despite a
sluggish world economy
American companies have created almost
two million export jobs over the past five years.
We've tamed inflation. The last time interest rates were this
low
Dick Cheney was a cub Congressman. (Believe me
that's a long time ago.)
My guess is you didn't hear a lot of this kind of talk in New
York City. I'm pretty sure America was described as second rate
second-class.
It probably wasn't mentioned that we have the world's largest
economy
the most productive workers
that we sell more of
our products from Hong Kong to Honduras
than the Japanese,
the Germans
anyone else.
3
The speeches all probably sounded like a Bruce Springsteen song
tales of factories closed and mills shuttered. No one
mentioned that the percent of the world's manufactured goods we
produce today
is higher than it was 20 years ago.
make
Or how about this. An American worker can produce in four days
what a Japanese worker can to produce in five.
it,
tahes
ta
five
Now don't get me wrong. We have our problems. We have our
days
challenges. But let's keep things in perspective.
for
Our mission
very simply
is to finish the job we started
four decades ago
and made so much progress on the past four
years.
Think about why we sacrificed all those decades. For
selflessness
...
and self-interest.
We understood that if we could eliminate the specter of nuclear
war
...
if we could win more of the world's people to freedom and
free enterprise
...
our children would live more secure and
prosperous.
We've worked miracles across the world
now it's time to work
a miracle in America.
4
First
we must create more opportunity for more people. That
means slashing the budget deficit
and reducing the size of
government.
Second
it's time for a spiritual meral revival in this country
a
return to the solid values that have carried us for 200 years.
Third
peace in the world means nothing
...
if we are not
secure in our own backyards. Government must guarantee the
security of all people.
These are the three principles I will use to lead this nation the
next four years.
Our economy is growing today
but it must grow faster.
Too many people have worked for a company for 20 years
...
only
to worry that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. Too many
parents have saved to send kids to college
...
only to find that
the graduates can't get a good job.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I know that the
only way to create jobs
is to support the people who create
the jobs.
5
That means cutting the deficit. It means giving people incentives
to save and invest in our future.
With the help of Congress
or without the help of Congress
I'm going to get the job done!
My second priority: Restore traditional American values.
I'm not talking slogans here. I'm talking the fundamental moral
and ethical underpinnings of our country. Knowing the difference
between right and wrong. Helping out neighbors. Understanding
that you don't sue somebody at every drop of a lawyer's name.
A couple months ago
I happened to be in San Antonio, meeting
with some of the front-line soldiers in the war on drugs. I saw
a story in the newspaper. A cab driver had been murdered
another act of random, senseless violence.
But what stopped me in my tracks was that the murderer was a 12-
year-old boy. And as he left the courtroom
his handcuffs
clanged to the floor
because the child's wrists were too
thin.
Just one story
I'm sure you can tell many more
about the
consequences of families breaking down in America.
6
For an answer
I turn to a certain silver haired philosopher.
Her name is Barbara Bush. She says that what happens in your
house
is far more important than what happens in the White
House.
I happen to agree.
The first thing government can do is to take its own Hippocratic
Oath: "Do no harm." Stop encouraging single moms from having
children
and start discouraging them.
Then we've got to help pull families together. By reforming
welfare. Providing better schools.
My third priority
very simple. Restore respect for the law.
What do you say
...
to an elderly woman
...
who watches the
Berlin Wall fall on television
but is afraid to walk to her
grocery store?
What do you say
to a ten-year-old kid
...
who hears of the
Russians destroying reducing nuclear weapons
then has to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning?
You say. Enough is enough. Let's put an end to the lawlessness.
Let's put an end to the illegal behavior.
7
These are my principles
the things I believe in. I hope you
do too.
You might be thinking
...
why haven't you acted on them already?
The truth is we have made some progress
...
in education, welfare
reform and child care ... we're building solid foundations for
the 21st century.
But it's also true that these changes aren't popular in some
places. They threaten the usual way of doing things. They get
under the skin of special interests.
But I'm not backing off
...
and I don't believe you want me to.
Americans have a burr under their saddle. They don't want talk
they want leadership. And I'm going to provide it.
Despite everything you might have heard this week
I believe
America's potential is still vast
...
still as big and blue as
this sky above.
I've seen this nation climb mountains much taller
and my faith
is as strong as ever.
8
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a sturdy
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on "new age" values. If we can help people walk
the streets free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission
to complete the dream. To renew America.
Four years from now
when I return for a little more trout
fishing
I look forward to standing before you again and
saying: "mission accomplished. "
God bless you and God bless America.
9
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 JUL 17 AlO : 21
July 16, 1992
MEMORANDUM, FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Revised Presidential Remarks: Service Clubs
Picnic
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
Document No. 338564
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 07/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00 A.M. 07/16
SUBJECT: REVISED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, 07/17
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
-
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
-
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
(personally, not for agencies)
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, 07/16, with a copy
to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
see Comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Service Clubs Picnic
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
17 July 1992
Draft Two
Good afternoon everybody
and thanks for that warm Wyoming
welcome. (Acknowledgements)
I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. Big
sky. Hot sun. A stunning view. And a heaping plate of baked
beans
cole slaw
with not a single piece of broccoli in
sight.
Our friends in the press corps are kind of hoping I'll be the
proverbial rattlesnake at this picnic
by talking a little bit
about politics.
They want to know if I'd comment on this week's big event
the
one that captured the attention of millions of TV viewers all
across this country.
To be brutally honest
I think the National League should have
won the All-Star game.
I just came down from a little fishing up in the woods. With
Secretary of State Jim Baker and our sons.
1
I heard what went on in Madison Square Garden. All the clamor.
All the criticism. If you don't mind
...
I'd like to take a few
minutes
...
and give you a slightly different view of America.
Talk a little bit about why I'm running for four more years
...
rather than spending more of my time fishing in magnificent
places like this.
I had the good fortune of growing up in what is known as the
American century. A time when opportunity was as vast as this
sky above.
But the great thing about America
is that we wanted I everyone
to enjoy our sunshine. We shared our good fortune. More than
that
we sacrificed I for it.
Sometimes in blood. Sometimes in tears. Always in taxes. So
that other people wouldn't just yearn to breath free.
In the past four years ... we saw our efforts pay off. Change of
almost Biblical proportions. Captive nations set free. The dark
corners of our world bathed in the sunshine of freedom and free
enterprise.
2
Today
as we sit down for this picnic
the specter of
nuclear war has receded. While the world can still be uncertain
and dangerous
we've been able to slow defense spending by a
thousand dollars for every American family.
American products
our cars, computers
even our colas
are now sold in more nations than ever before. Despite a
sluggish world economy
American companies have created almost
two million export jobs over the past five years.
We've tamed inflation. The last time interest rates were this
low
Dick Cheney was a cub Congressman. (Believe me
that's a long time ago.)
My guess is you didn't hear a lot of this kind of talk in New
York City. I'm pretty sure America was described as second rate
second-class.
It probably wasn't mentioned that we have the world's largest
economy
the most productive workers
that we sell more of
our products from Hong Kong to Honduras
than the Japanese,
the Germans
anyone else.
3
TOLD
The speeches all probably sounded like a Bruce Springsteen song
...
tales of factories closed and mills shuttered. No one
ALE
mentioned that the percent of the world's manufactured goods we
produce today
... is higher than it was 20 years ago.
THAT
or how about this An American worker can produce in four days
...
what a Japanese worker can produce in five.
STILL FACE
Now don't get me wrong. We have our problems I We y have our
challenges. But let's keep things in perspective.
Our mission ... very simply ... is to finish the job we started
four decades ago
...
and made so much progress on the past four
years.
Think about why we sacrificed all those decades. For
selflessness ... and self-interest.
We understood that if we could eliminate the specter of nuclear
war
...
if we could win more of the world's people to freedom and
free enterprise
...
our children would LEAD live more secure and
LIVESO
prosperous.
We've worked miracles across the world ... now it's time to work
a miracle in America.
4
First
we must create more opportunity for more people. That
means slashing the budget deficit
and reducing the size of
government.
Second
it's time for a moral revival in this country
a
return to the solid values that have carried us for 200 years.
Third
...
peace in the world means nothing
if we are not
secure in our own backyards. Government must guarantee the
security of all people.
These are the three principles I will use to lead this nation the
next four years.
Our economy is growing today
but it must grow faster.
Too many people have worked for a company for 20 years
only
to worry that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. Too many
parents have saved to send kids to college
...
only to find that
the graduates can't get a good job.
HAVE
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I know that the
only way to create jobs
is to support the people who create
the jobs.
5
That means cutting the deficit. It means giving people incentives
to save and invest in our future.
With the help of Congress
or without the help of Congress
I'm going to get the job done!
My second priority: Restore traditional American values.
ABOUT
I'm not talking slogans here. I'm talking the fundamental moral
and ethical underpinnings of our country. Knowing the difference
between right and wrong. Helping out neighbors. Understanding
that you don't sue somebody at every drop of a lawyer's name.
A couple months ago
I happened to be in San Antonio, meeting
with some of the front-line soldiers in the war on drugs. I saw
a story in the newspaper. A cab driver had been murdered
another act of random, senseless violence.
But what stopped me in my tracks was that the murderer was a 12-
year-old boy. And as he left the courtroom
...
his handcuffs
So
clanged to the floor
...
because the child's wrists were tool too
thin.
KNOW
Just one story
I'm sure you can tell many more
...
about the
consequences of families breaking down in America.
6
For an answer
I turn to a certain silver haired philosopher.
Her name is Barbara Bush. She says that what happens in your
house
is far more important than what happens in the White
House.
I happen to agree.
The first thing government can do is to take its own Hippocratic
Oath: "Do no harm. " Stop encouraging single moms from having
children
and start discouraging them.
Then we've got to help pull families together. By reforming
welfare. Providing better schools.
My third priority
very simple. Restore respect for the law.
What do you say
to an elderly woman
who watches the
TO LEAVE HER HOME
Berlin Wall fall on television
but is afraid to walk to her THE
grocery store?
What do you say
to a ten-year-old kid
who hears of the
Russians reducing nuclear weapons
...
then has to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning?
You say. Enough is enough. Let's put an end to the lawlessness.
Let's put an end to the illegal behavior.
7
These are my principles
the things I believe in. I hope you
do too.
You might be thinking
why haven't you acted on them already?
The truth is we have made some progress
in education, welfare
reform and child care
we're building solid foundations for
the 21st century.
But it's also true that these changes aren't popular in some
places. They threaten the usual way of doing things. They get
under the skin of special interests.
But I'm not backing off
and I don't believe you want me to.
Americans have a burr under their saddle. They don't want talk
they want leadership. And I'm going to provide it.
Despite everything you might have heard this week
I believe
America's potential is still vast
still as big and blue as
this sky above.
I've seen this nation climb mountains much taller
and my faith
is as strong as ever.
8
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a sturdy
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on "new age" values. If we can help people walk
the streets free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission
to complete the dream. To renew America.
Four years from now
when I return for a little more trout
fishing
I look forward to standing before you again and
saying: "mission accomplished "
God bless you and God bless America.
9
Document No. 338264
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 07/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00 A.M. 07/16
SUBJECT: REVISED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, 07/17
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
X
MOORE
DARMAN N/C
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
-
X
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
-
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
(personally, not for agencies)
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, 07/16, with a copy
to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Service Clubs Picnic
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
17 July 1992
Draft Two
Good afternoon everybody
and thanks for that warm Wyoming
welcome. (Acknowledgements)
I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. Big
sky. Hot sun. A stunning view. And a heaping plate of baked
beans
cole slaw
with not a single piece of broccoli in
sight.
Our friends in the press corps are kind of hoping I'll be the
proverbial rattlesnake at this picnic
by talking a little bit
about politics.
They want to know if I'd comment on this week's big event
the
one that captured the attention of millions of TV viewers all
across this country.
To be brutally honest
I think the National League should have
won the All-Star game.
I just came down from a little fishing up in the woods. With
Secretary of State Jim Baker and our sons.
1
I heard what went on in Madison Square Garden. All the clamor.
All the criticism. If you don't mind
I'd like to take a few
minutes
and give you a slightly different view of America.
Talk a little bit about why I'm running for four more years
rather than spending more of my time fishing in magnificent
places like this.
I had the good fortune of growing up in what is known as the
American century. A time when opportunity was as vast as this
sky above.
But the great thing about America
is that we wanted everyone
to enjoy our sunshine. We shared our good fortune. More than
that
we sacrificed for it.
Sometimes in blood. Sometimes in tears. Always in taxes. So
that other people wouldn't just yearn to breath free.
In the past four years
we saw our efforts pay off. Change of
almost Biblical proportions. Captive nations set free. The dark
corners of our world bathed in the sunshine of freedom and free
enterprise.
2
Today
as we sit down for this picnic
the specter of
nuclear war has receded. While the world can still be uncertain
and dangerous
we've been able to slow defense spending by a
thousand dollars for every American family.
American products
our cars, computers
even our colas
are now sold in more nations than ever before. Despite a
sluggish world economy
American companies have created almost
two million export jobs over the past five years.
We've tamed inflation. The last time interest rates were this
low
Dick Cheney was a cub Congressman. (Believe me
that's a long time ago.)
My guess is you didn't hear a lot of this kind of talk in New
York City. I'm pretty sure America was described as second rate
second-class.
It probably wasn't mentioned that we have the world's largest
economy
the most productive workers
that we sell more of
our products from Hong Kong to Honduras
than the Japanese,
the Germans
anyone else.
3
The speeches all probably sounded like a Bruce Springsteen song
tales of factories closed and mills shuttered. No one
mentioned that the percent of the world's manufactured goods we
produce today
is higher than it was 20 years ago.
Or how about this. An American worker can produce in four days
what a Japanese worker can produce in five.
Now don't get me wrong. We have our problems. We have our
challenges. But let's keep things in perspective.
Our mission
very simply
is to finish the job we started
four decades ago
and made so much progress on the past four
years.
Think about why we sacrificed all those decades. For
selflessness
and self-interest.
We understood that if we could eliminate the specter of nuclear
war
if we could win more of the world's people to freedom and
free enterprise
our children would live more secure and
prosperous.
We've worked miracles across the world
now it's time to work
a miracle in America.
4
First
we must create more opportunity for more people. That
means slashing the budget deficit
and reducing the size of
government.
Second
it's time for a moral revival in this country
a
return to the solid values that have carried us for 200 years.
Third
peace in the world means nothing
if we are not
secure in our own backyards. Government must guarantee the
security of all people.
These are the three principles I will use to lead this nation the
next four years.
Our economy is growing today
but it must grow faster.
Too many people have worked for a company for 20 years
only
to worry that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. Too many
parents have saved to send kids to college
only to find that
the graduates can't get a good job.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I know that the
only way to create jobs
is to support the people who create
the jobs.
5
That means cutting the deficit. It means giving people incentives
to save and invest in our future.
With the help of Congress ... or without the help of Congress
I'm going to get the job done!
My second priority: Restore traditional American values.
I'm not talking slogans here. I'm talking the fundamental moral
and ethical underpinnings of our country. Knowing the difference
between right and wrong. Helping out neighbors. Understanding
that you don't sue somebody at every drop of a lawyer's name.
A couple months ago
I happened to be in San Antonio, meeting
with some of the front-line soldiers in the war on drugs. I saw
a story in the newspaper. A cab driver had been murdered
another act of random, senseless violence.
But what stopped me in my tracks was that the murderer was a 12-
year-old boy. And as he left the courtroom
his handcuffs
clanged to the floor
because the child's wrists were too
thin.
Just one story
I'm sure you can tell many more
about the
consequences of families breaking down in America.
6
For an answer
I turn to a certain silver haired philosopher.
Her name is Barbara Bush. She says that what happens in your
house
is far more important than what happens in the White
House.
I happen to agree.
The first thing government can do is to take its own Hippocratic
Oath: "Do no harm. II Stop encouraging single moms from having
children
and start discouraging them.
Then we've got to help pull families together. By reforming
welfare. Providing better schools.
My third priority
very simple. Restore respect for the law.
What do you say
to an elderly woman
who watches the
Berlin Wall fall on television
but is afraid to walk to her
grocery store?
What do you say
to a ten-year-old kid
who hears of the
Russians reducing nuclear weapons
then has to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning?
You say. Enough is enough. Let's put an end to the lawlessness.
Let's put an end to the illegal behavior.
7
These are my principles
the things I believe in. I hope you
do too.
You might be thinking
why haven't you acted on them already?
The truth is we have made some progress
in education, welfare
reform and child care
we're building solid foundations for
the 21st century.
But it's also true that these changes aren't popular in some
places. They threaten the usual way of doing things. They get
under the skin of special interests.
But I'm not backing off
and I don't believe you want me to.
Americans have a burr under their saddle. They don't want talk
they want leadership. And I'm going to provide it.
Despite everything you might have heard this week
I believe
America's potential is still vast
still as big and blue as
this sky above.
I've seen this nation climb mountains much taller
and my faith
is as strong as ever.
8
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a sturdy
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on "new age" values. If we can help people walk
the streets free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission
to complete the dream. To renew America.
Four years from now
when I return for a little more trout
fishing
I look forward to standing before you again and
saying: "mission accomplished "
God bless you-and God bless America.
9
Document No. 338264
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 07/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00 A.M. 07/16
SUBJECT: REVISED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SERVICE CLUBS PICNIC
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, 07/17
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
-
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
a
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
MCGROARTY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
-
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
(personally, not for agencies)
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, 07/16, with a copy
to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
Ao comment
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Service Clubs Picnic
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
17 July 1992
Draft Two
Good afternoon everybody
and thanks for that warm Wyoming
welcome. (Acknowledgements)
I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. Big
sky. Hot sun. A stunning view. And a heaping plate of baked
beans
cole slaw
with not a single piece of broccoli in
sight.
Our friends in the press corps are kind of hoping I'll be the
proverbial rattlesnake at this picnic
by talking a little bit
about politics.
They want to know if I'd comment on this week's big event
the
one that captured the attention of millions of TV viewers all
across this country.
To be brutally honest
I think the National League should have
won the All-Star game.
I just came down from a little fishing up in the woods. With
Secretary of State Jim Baker and our sons.
1
I heard what went on in Madison Square Garden. All the clamor.
All the criticism. If you don't mind
I'd like to take a few
minutes
and give you a slightly different view of America.
Talk a little bit about why I'm running for four more years
rather than spending more of my time fishing in magnificent
places like this.
I had the good fortune of growing up in what is known as the
American century. A time when opportunity was as vast as this
sky above.
But the great-thing about America
is that we wanted everyone
to enjoy our sunshine. We shared our good fortune. More than
that
we sacrificed for it.
Sometimes in blood. Sometimes in tears. Always in taxes. So
that other people wouldn't just yearn to breath free.
In the past four years
we saw our efforts pay off. Change of
almost Biblical proportions. Captive nations set free. The dark
corners of our world bathed in the sunshine of freedom and free
enterprise.
2
Today
as we sit down for this picnic
the specter of
nuclear war has receded. While the world can still be uncertain
and dangerous
we've been able to slow defense spending by a
thousand dollars for every American family.
American products
our cars, computers
even our colas
are now sold in more nations than ever before. Despite a
sluggish world economy
American companies have created almost
two million export jobs over the past five years.
We've tamed inflation. The last time interest rates were this
low
Dick Cheney was a cub Congressman. (Believe me
that's a long time ago.)
My guess is you didn't hear a lot of this kind of talk in New
York City. I'm pretty sure America was described as second rate
second-class.
It probably wasn't mentioned that we have the world's largest
economy
the most productive workers
that we sell more of
our products from Hong Kong to Honduras
than the Japanese,
the Germans
anyone else.
3
The speeches all probably sounded like a Bruce Springsteen song
tales of factories closed and mills shuttered. No one
mentioned that the percent of the world's manufactured goods we
produce today
is higher than it was 20 years ago.
or how about this. An American worker can produce in four days
what a Japanese worker can produce in five.
Now don't get me wrong. We have our problems. We have our
challenges. But let's keep things in perspective.
Our mission
very simply
is to finish the job we started
four decades ago
...
and made so much progress on the past four
years.
Think about why we sacrificed all those decades. For
selflessness and self-interest.
We understood that if we could eliminate the specter of nuclear
war
if we could win more of the world's people to freedom and
free enterprise
our children would live more secure and
prosperous.
We've worked miracles across the world
now it's time to work
a miracle in America.
4
First
we must create more opportunity for more people. That
means slashing the budget deficit
and reducing the size of
government.
Second
it's time for a moral revival in this country
a
return to the solid values that have carried us for 200 years.
Third
peace in the world means nothing
if we are not
secure in our own backyards. Government must guarantee the
security of all people.
These are the three principles I will use to lead this nation the
next four years.
Our economy is growing today
but it must grow faster.
Too many people have worked for a company for 20 years
only
to worry that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. Too many
parents have saved to send kids to college
only to find that
the graduates can't get a good job.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I know that the
only way to create jobs
is to support the people who create
the jobs.
5
That means cutting the deficit. It means giving people incentives
to save and invest in our future.
With the help of Congress
or without the help of Congress
I'm going to get the job done!
My second priority: Restore traditional American values.
I'm not talking slogans here. I'm talking the fundamental moral
and ethical underpinnings of our country. Knowing the difference
between right and wrong. Helping out neighbors. Understanding
that you don't sue somebody at every drop of a lawyer's name.
A couple months ago
I happened to be in San Antonio, meeting
with some of the front-line soldiers in the war on drugs. I saw
a story in the newspaper. A cab driver had been murdered
another act of random, senseless violence.
But what stopped me in my tracks was that the murderer was a 12-
year-old boy. And as he left the courtroom
his handcuffs
clanged to the floor
because the child's wrists were too
thin.
Just one story
I'm sure you can tell many more
about the
consequences of families breaking down in America.
6
For an answer
I turn to a certain silver haired philosopher.
Her name is Barbara Bush. She says that what happens in your
house
is far more important than what happens in the White
House.
-
I happen to agree.
The first thing government can do is to take its own Hippocratic
Oath: "Do no harm." Stop encouraging single moms from having
children
and start discouraging them.
Then we've got to help pull families together. By reforming
welfare. Providing better schools.
My third priority
very simple. Restore respect for the law.
What do you say
to an elderly woman
who watches the
Berlin Wall fall on television
but is afraid to walk to her
grocery store?
What do you say
to a ten-year-old kid
who hears of the
Russians reducing nuclear weapons
then has to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning?
You say. Enough is enough. Let's put an end to the lawlessness.
Let's put an end to the illegal behavior.
7
These are my principles
the things I believe in. I hope you
do too.
You might be thinking
why haven't you acted on them already?
The truth is we have made some progress
in education, welfare
reform and child care
...
we're building solid foundations for
the 21st century.
But it's also true that these changes aren't popular in some
places. They threaten the usual way of doing things. They get
under the skin of special interests.
But I'm not backing off
and I don't believe you want me to.
Americans have a burr under their saddle. They don't want talk
they want leadership. And I'm going to provide it.
Despite everything you might have heard this week
I believe
America's potential is still vast
still as big and blue as
this sky above.
I've seen this nation climb mountains much taller
and my faith
is as strong as ever.
8
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a sturdy
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on "new age" values. If we can help people walk
the streets free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission
to complete the dream. To renew America.
Four years from now
when I return for a little more trout
fishing
I look forward to standing before you again and
saying: "mission accomplished. "
God bless you and God bless America.
9