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Document No. 338632ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 JUL 17 P4:11
DATE: 7/16/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/17/92 11:00am
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE RALLY
SUBJECT:
PROVO, UTAH - 7/18/92
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Da: McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 11:00 a.m., FRI. JULY 7, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
no comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
2 JUL 16 P3: 26
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
and to
visit this outstanding university
and to be here where the
...
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills. I Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams or spend our old age."
And today I can add
with complete authority
that the West
also isn't all that bad a place to be
when your personality
is being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
2,000 miles away.
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
...
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of State Jim Baker
...
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But I am aware that something else was going on in America this
week. Something real important.
1
This is the week when all across America
crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe
Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now
please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
From what I heard about the convention
I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Provo
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York City.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
do they really
mean what they say? Or is this new costume something the
Democrats plan on discarding
maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a prayer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
3
Now
don't take my word that the Democrats may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
Listen instead
to a party elder. A guy named McGovern.
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party
"a
Trojan Horse.' II
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected." II
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
Now
let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
My view of America is a little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
4
I know at BYU you like to say
that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges
and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs
more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
Now
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
But keep in mind a few facts.
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
the last time interest rates stayed
this low
the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
an American
can make in four.
Today
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
Last year
the Japanese government asked who leads the world
in 143 critical technology industries. Japanese firms led in 33.
The United States in 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if that report was put
together on WordPerfect software
made right here in Provo.
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough.
6
Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people are working your way through Brigham
Young
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and I'm going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years
we need even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
we're going to treat
7
wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revolution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home.' "
David O. McKay said those words many years ago
and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left
but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore a world beyond the stars
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients into miracle medicines
but
why do we feel the need to turn every argume t into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together
not fall apart.
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons
but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You say enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Let's put an end to the
illegal behavior.
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
Those of you in the BYU summer school program
are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds
is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? Will the
dream still be alive for me and my kids.
Well
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
some advice from an elder
...
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
Yes
we face challenges today
but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a strong
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on immorality and indifference. If we can help
people walk free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
10
Document No. 338632ss
DAN
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 7/16/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/17/92 11:00am
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE RALLY
SUBJECT:
PROVO, UTAH - 7/18/92
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
x MOORE
DARMAN N/C
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
1
X
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROA
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Da McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 11:00 a.m., FRI. JULY 7, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
MASTER
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
We need to speak there of change and how
we are the aspects for change (Holiday)
Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
2 JUL 16 P3: 26
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
and to
visit this outstanding university
and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills.' Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams
or spend our old age.
(Petersonyer)
And today I can add
with complete authority
that the West
fundamental beliefs (Diar)
also isn't all that bad a place to be
when your personality
is being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
2,000 miles away
(smith)
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of Stat Jim Baker
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But I (PORTER) am aware that something else was going on in America this
week. Something real important.
(PORTER)
1
the is overtaken tome perot wents by the (smith)
This is the week when all across America
crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now
please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
GRAY SAID TO USE "NEUTRAL KOCAL" TERM To AVOID COMMERCIAL
ENDORSEMENT OF RICH'S VIDEO.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
SOME OF THE ASSERTIONS MADE (PORTER)
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
OR THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBER 88N6 "MASQUERADE" IS MORE CURRENT REFERENCE (smit.
From what I heard about the convention
I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Provo
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York City.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
do they really
mean what they say? Or is this new costume something the
Democrats plan on discarding
maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
The Democrats (FORER)
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
SUPPORT (PARTER) small (Petersmyer)
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a prayer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
3
Now
don't take my word that the Democrats may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
(Hshiday)
Listen instead
to a party elder. A guy named McGovern.
ticket
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party
"a
Trojan Horse."
he said not the party
the ticket (Heliday)
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected."
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
As compared to who? (smith)
Now let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
My view of America is a little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it. (SMIGH)
4
I know at BYU you like to say
that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges
and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs
more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
Now
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
the news from (Porter)
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
But keep in mind a few facts.
We are (porter) still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
the last time interest rates stayed
this low
the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
an American
can make in four.
Today
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
Completed a study of (Porkr)
Last year
the Japanese government asked who leads the world
in 143 critical technology industries. ^ Japanese firms led in 33.
The United States A in 43.
H found that (PIRTER)
IS the leader (Porter)
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if hat report was put
together on
WordPerfect
software
made right here in Provo.
GRAY: DELETE TO AVOID EXPLICIT COMMERCIAL ENDORSED
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough. our WORK IS NOT
FINISHED. THE MISSION is NOT COMPLETED. (SMITH)
V
GEN. SCOWCROFT SAYS DELETE GRAPH: WHILE TOTAL u.s. PRODUCTIVITY (INCLUDING
AGRICULTURE) IS HIGHER, MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY is LOWER. THE STATEMEN
APPEARS TO RELATE To MANUFACTURING 6 PRODUCTIVITY AND THEREFORE IS MISLEADI.
IT SHOULD BE DELETED.
Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people (Porkr) are working your way through Brigham
Young
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
opportunities (Porter)
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
were (Holiday)
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
were (Holicky)
Constitution
and I III going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years
we need even more
discipline on the Potomac.
(Petersmyer also said this)
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
we're going to treat
Garn is returing this year - how can he help? [Cline/IGA]
wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revolution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home."
David O. McKay said those words many years ago
and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left
but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore a world beyond the stars
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients into miracle medicines
but
why do we feel the need to turn every argume t into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
(Porter) whether they are public, private, or religious
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together
not fall apart.
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons
but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You say enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Let's but an end to the
I'M FIGHTING TO PUT AN END TO LAWLESSNESS. (SMITH)
illegal behavior.
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
Those of you in the BYU summer school program
are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds
is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? Will the
dream still be alive for me and my kids
?
Well
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
(Porter)
some advice from an elder
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
"Elder"15 ATITLE USED BY MORNON CHURCH
LEADERSHIPS AND IS PROBABLY INAPPROPRIATE HERE. (Porter
Yes
we face challenges today
but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
will (smith)
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
...
we can build a strong
WILL (smith)
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on immorality and indifference. If we can help
will (shich)
people walk free in Eastern Europe
...
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
(smith)
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
10
5587
Document No. 338632ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
92 JUL 7/16/92 17 P12: 35
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/17/92 11:00am
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE RALLY
SUBJECT:
PROVO, UTAH - 7/18/92
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
1
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Da McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 11:00 a.m., FRI. JULY 7, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
TO: DANIEL MCGROARTY
July 17, 1992
The NSC staff has reviewed the above-referenced matter and has no objection,
subject to the changes noted on the attached text.
B
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Brent Scowcroft
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
2 JUL 16 P3: 26
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
and to
visit this outstanding university
and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills. I Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams
or spend our old age."
And today I can add
with complete authority
that the West
also isn't all that bad a place to be
when your personality
is being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
2,000 miles away.
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of Stat : : Jim Baker
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But I am aware that something else was going on in America this
week. Something real important.
1
This is the week when all across America
crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe
Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now
please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
From what I heard about the convention
I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Provo
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York City.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
do they really
mean what they say? or is this new costume something the
Democrats plan on discarding
maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a prayer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
3
Now
don't take my word that the Democrats may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
Listen instead
to a party elder. A guy named McGovern.
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party
"a
Trojan Horse. "
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected."
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
Now
let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
My view of America is a little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
4
I know at BYU you like to say
that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years
Because of our leadership
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges
and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs
more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
Now
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
But keep in mind a few facts.
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
the last time interest rates stayed
this low
the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
an American
can make in four.
Today
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
Last year
the Japanese government asked who leads the world
in 143 critical technology industries. Japanese firms led in 33.
The United States in 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if hat report was put
together on WordPerfect software
made ri ht here in Provo.
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough.
while rotal U.S. productivity (including agriculture) is higher,
manufacturing productively is lower. The statement appears to
relate to manufasturing
6 productivity and therefore
is misleading. la should be deleted.
Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people are working your way through Brigham
Young
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and I'm going to get it.
And despite 31, vetoes in three years
we need even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
we're going to treat
7
wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revolution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home. "
David O. McKay said those words many years ago
and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left
but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore a world beyond the stars
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients into miracle medicines
but
why do we feel the need to turn every argume t into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together
not fall apart.
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons
but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You say enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Let's put an end to the
illegal behavior.
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
Those of you in the BYU summer school program
are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds
is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? Will the
dream still be alive for me and my kids.
Well
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
some advice from an elder
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
Yes
we face challenges today
but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a strong
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on immorality and indifference. If we can help
people walk free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
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MOORE
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BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
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KAUFMAN
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and Staff Secretary
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Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
? COL 16 P3: 26
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
and to
visit this outstanding university
and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills. I Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams
or spend our old age. "
And today I can add
with complete authority
that the West
also isn't all that bad a place to be
when your personality
is being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
2,000 miles away.
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of Stat : Jim Baker
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But
ID
something else was going on in America this
week. Something important.
1
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This is the week when all across America ... crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe
Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now
please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
SOME OF THE ASSERTIONS MADE
little to what want on! in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
...
I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
From what I heard about the convention
...
I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
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20245662181# 4
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Provo
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York city.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
do they really
mean what they say? or is this new costume something the
Democrate plan on discarding
maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
THE DEMOCRATS
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
SUPPORT
If they claim to extrudies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a pr yer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D,
3
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Now
don't take my word that the Democrats may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
STET
Listen instead
to
a
party
older.
A guy named McGovern.
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party
"a
Trojan Horse."
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected."
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
Now
let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
...
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
My view of America is a little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
4
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 7-17-92 ; 11:48 ;
The White House->
2024566218:# 6
I know at BYU you like to say
that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership
...
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs
more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
Now
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
THE NEWS FROM
Listening toYMadison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
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But keep in mind a few facts.
We are @@@@@ the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
...
the last time interest rates stayed
this low
the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
...
an American
can make in four.
Today
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
COMPLETED A STUBY of
Last year the Japanese government asked who leads the world
IT FOUND THAT
in 143 critical technology industries. V Japanese firms led in 33, AND
IS THE LEADER
The United statesVin 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if that report was put
together on WordPerfect software made ri ht here in Provo.
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough.
6
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Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people working your way through Brigham
Young
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
OPPORTUNITIES
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and I'm going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years
we need even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
we're going to treat
7
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The White House->
2024566218:# 9
wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revolution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home."
David O. McKay said those words many years ago
and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left
but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore a world beyond the stars
...
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients_into miracle medicines
but
why do we feel the need to turn every argume t into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
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20245662181#10
We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
WHETHER THEY ARE PUBLIC,
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together
not fall apart.
PRIVATE OR RELIEIOUSO
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons
but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You say enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Let's put an end to the
illegal behavior.
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
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Those of you in the BYU summer school program
are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds
is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? will the
?
dream still be alive for me and my kids
Well
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
some advice from an elder
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
"ELDER" IS A TIRE USED BY MORMON
CHURCH WADERS AND IS PROBABLY
INAPPROPRIATE HERE.
Yes
we face challenges today
but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a strong
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on immorality and indifference. If we can help
people walk free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
10
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 17, 1992
92 JUL 17 P : / 16 6
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER JH FOR
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Bush-Quayle Rally
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have noted a few suggested changes on the draft.
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assistance, please let us know.
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HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
1
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Da McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 11:00 a.m., FRI. JULY 7, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
? JUL 16 P3: 26
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
and to
visit this outstanding university
and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
...
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills. ' Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams
or spend our old age. "
And today I can add
with complete authority
that the West
also isn't all that bad a place to be
when your personality
is being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
2,000 miles away.
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of Stat Jim Baker
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But I am aware that I something else was going on in America this
week. Something real important.
1
This is the week when all across America crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe
Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now
please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
SOME OF THE ASSERTIONS MADE
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
From what I heard about the convention
I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Provo
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York city.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
do they really
mean what they say? Or is this new costume something the
Democrats plan on discarding
maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
THE DEMOCRATS
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
SUPPORT
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a prayer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
3
Now
don't take my word that the Democrats may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
STET
Listen instead
to a party older A guy named McGovern.
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party
"a
Trojan Horse."
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected."
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
Now
let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
My view of America is a little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
4
I know at BYU you like to say
that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges
and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
GREATER OPPORTUNITIES
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs
more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
Now
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
THE NEWS FROM
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
But keep in mind a few facts.
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
the last time interest rates stayed
this low
the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
an American
can make in four.
Today
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
COMPLETED A STUDY of
Last year
the Japanese government asked who leads the world
IT FOUND THAT
in 143 critical technology industries. V Japanese firms led in 33, AND
IS THE LEADER
The United States in 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if that report was put
together on WordPerfect software
made ri ht here in Provo.
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough.
6
Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people working your way through Brigham
Young
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
OPPORTUNITIES
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and I'm going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years
we need even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
we're going to treat
7
wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revolution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home."
David O. McKay said those words many years ago
and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left
but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore a world beyond the stars
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients into miracle medicines
but
why do we feel the need to turn every argume t into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
WHETHER THEY ARE PUBLIC,
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together
not fall apart.
PRIVATE OR RELIEIOUSO
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons
but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You say enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Let's put an end to the
illegal behavior.
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
Those of you in the BYU summer school program
are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds
is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? Will the
?
dream still be alive for me and my kids.
Well
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
some advice from an elder
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
"ELDER" u IS A TIRE USED BY MORMON
CHURCH WADERS AND IS PROBABLY
INAPPROPRIATE HERE.
Yes
we face challenges today
but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a strong
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on immorality and indifference. If we can help
people walk free in Eastern Europe
...
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
God bless you and God bless America.
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SUBJECT: Provo, UT Rally comments due 11 am, Friday, July 17
Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West ... and
to
visit this outstanding university ... and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday" ... a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills.' Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams ... or spend our old age."
And today I can add ... with complete authority ... that the West
also isn't all that bad a place to be ... when your personality
is being pummelled
...
your character questioned
...
and your
administration verbally assassinated ... * 2,000 miles away.
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I spent the past couple days away from a television set ... up in
WASHINGTON
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of State Jim Baker ... and
our sons, Jamie and Job.
But I am aware that something else was going on in America this
week. something real important.
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This is the week when all across America
...
crowds of panting,
WASHINGTON
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe ... Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now ... please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
... I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of A 1965 cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
From what I heard about the convention NOW I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
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Now
don't take my word that the Democrate may not be what
WASHINGTON
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
Listen instead
to a party elder. A guy named McGovern.
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party "a
Trojan Morse."
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected."
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
Now
let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
...
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
My view of America is a little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
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In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
WASHINGTON
toy store on the corner
...
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
ware at this "home on the range" in Provo
...
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York city.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
...
do they really
mean what they say? or is this new costume something the
Democrate plan on discarding ... maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
Think about it. If they celebrate the and of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a prayer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
...
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
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I know at BYU you like to say that the world is your campus.
WASHINGTON
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges ... and opportunities.
The question is this w . can we compete now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs more prosperity for our kids and
their kids.
Now that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first prierity
is to create and protect jobs.
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
...
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
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But keep in mind a few facts.
WASHINGTON
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
the last time interest rates stayed
this low the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
an American
can make in four.
Today
...
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
Last year
the Japanese government asked who leads the world
in 143 critical technology industries. Japanese firms led in 33.
The United States in 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if that report was put
together on WordPerfect software made right here in Prevo.
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough.
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Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
WASHINGTON
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people are working your way through Brigham
Young
...
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
...
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
Like your Governor
we need a line-item vato
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and I'm going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years we need even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator orrin Hatch
&
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
we're going to treat
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DATE: 7/16/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/17/92 11:00
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SUBJECT:
PROVO, UTAH - 7/18/92
ACTION FYI
ACTION PYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
I
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
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FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDA
MCGROARTY
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Please forward your comments directly to Da McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 11:00 a.m., FRI. JULY 1, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
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See comments.
TO
To Paull
PK
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Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
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Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
and to
visit this outstanding university
and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
...
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills. I Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams or spend our old age."
And today I can add with complete authority
that the West
also isn't all that bad a place to be
when your personality
is being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
2,000 miles away.
29
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of Stat : Jim Baker
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But I am aware that something else was going on in America this
week. Something real important.
1
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This is the week when all across America ... crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe ... Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now ... please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
H know you have a lot on your minds baside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting ... I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson cogedy: "Masquerade."
From what I heard about the convention ... I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
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OPD->
2024566218:# 4
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner and the bullet proof vests' being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Prevo not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York city.
But you know I couldn't help but wonder do they really
mean what they say? or is this new costume something the
Democrate plan on discarding maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unbern?
And if they start their convention with a pr yer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
3
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Now ... don't take my word that the Democrate may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
Listen instead ... to a party elder. A guy named McGovern. ticket
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Ready.
Trojan Horse."
he said not ng ticht tichet parts
the
1
He said ... and I quote ... "they're much more
and will prove it when they're elected."
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful mani
Now * * * let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side *** OF what
they say about us ... for that matter.
What matters
... 1s what we have to offer the American people.
#
My view of America is & little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
4
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I know at BYU you like to say that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
NOW
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
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OPD->
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But keep in mind a few facts.
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation ... the last time interest rates stayed
this low ... the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days ... an American
can make in four.
Today ... we have emerged as the world's export champion.
Last year ... the Japanese government asked who leads the world
in 143 critical technology industries. Japanese firms led in 33.
The United states in 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn ... if hat report was put
together on WordPerfect software ... made ri ht here in Provo.
our economy is growing today. But not fast enough.
6
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Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people are working your way through Brigham
Young
... you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs is to support the people
who create tobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
we
re
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
...
and going
to get it.
we're
Like your Goyernor
...
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years
we eed even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
...
we're going to treat
7
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wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revelution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home."
David O. McKay said those words many years ago ... and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore & world beyond the stars
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients into miracle medicines but
why do we feal the need to turn every argume t into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
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We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together not fall apart.
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You say enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Lat's put an end to the
illegal behavior.
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
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Those of you in the BYU summer school program ... are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? will the
dream still be alive for me and my kids.
Well
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
some advice from an elder
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
Yes we face challenges today but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
If we can topple the Berlin Wall we can build a strong
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
...
we can bring the
curtain down on immorality and indifference. If we can help
people walk free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
10
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 JUL 17 A10: 36
DATE: 7/16/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/17/92 11:00am
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE RALLY
SUBJECT:
PROVO, UTAH - 7/18/92
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
-
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Da McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 11:00 a.m., FRI. JULY 7, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Please see comments 7
PP. 1, 3,
Thank you
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
2 JUL 16 P3: 26
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
...
and to
visit this outstanding university
...
and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills. I Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams
or spend our old age. "
And today I can add
with complete authority
that the West
Fundamental beliefs are
also isn't all that bad a place to be
...
when your personality
being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
2,000 miles away.
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
...
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of Stat Jim Baker
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But I am aware that something else was going on in America this
week. Something real important.
1
This is the week when all across America
crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe
Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now
please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
From what I heard about the convention
I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Provo
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York City.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
do they really
mean what they say? Or is this new costume something the
Democrats plan on discarding
maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
small
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a prayer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
3
Now
don't take my word that the Democrats may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
Listen instead
to a party elder. A guy named McGovern.
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party
"a
Trojan Horse. If
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected."
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
Now
let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
My view of America is a little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
4
I know at BYU you like to say
that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges
and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs
more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
Now
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
But keep in mind a few facts.
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
the last time interest rates stayed
this low
the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
an American
can make in four.
Today
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
Last year
the Japanese government asked who leads the world
in 143 critical technology industries. Japanese firms led in 33.
The United States in 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if hat report was put
together on WordPerfect software
made right here in Provo.
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough.
6
Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people are working your way through Brigham
Young
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and I'm going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years
we eed even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
...
we're going to treat
Garn is
7
wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revolution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home. "
David O. McKay said those words many years ago
and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left
but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore a world beyond the stars
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients into miracle medicines
but
why do we feel the need to turn every argume t into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together
not fall apart.
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons
but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You say enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Let's put an end to the
illegal behavior.
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
Those of you in the BYU summer school program
...
are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds
is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? Will the
dream still be alive for me and my kids.
Well
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
some advice from an elder
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
Yes
we face challenges today
but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a strong
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on immorality and indifference. If we can help
people walk free in Eastern Europe
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
10
Document No. 338632ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 7/16/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/17/92 11:00a
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE RALLY
SUBJECT:
PROVO, UTAH - 7/18/92
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
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Please forward your comments directly to Da. McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 11:00 a.m., FRI. JULY 7, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Minor comments
good tone throughout
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
? JUL 16 P3: 26
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
and to
visit this outstanding university
and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many- victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills. I Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams
or spend our old age. "
And today I can add
with complete authority
that the West
also isn't all that bad a place to be
when your personality
is being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
21000 miles away.
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of Stat : Jim Baker
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But I am aware that something else was going on in America this
week. Something real important.
1
The tone of is
this
This is the week when all across America
my the
crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe
Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now
please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
OR THE ANTREN Laoys WEBER song "MASQUERADE"
MORE CURRENT
From what I heard about the convention
I wonder if the REFERENCE
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Provo
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York City.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
do they really
mean what they say? or is this new costume something the
Democrats plan on discarding
maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load "em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a prayer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
3
Now
don't take my word that the Democrats may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
Listen instead
to a party elder. A guy named McGovern.
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party
"a
Trojan Horse."
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected. "
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
LOMPADED
Now
let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
"
My view of America is a little different than what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
4
I know at BYU you like to say
that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges
and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs
more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
Now
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
But keep in mind a few facts.
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
the last time interest rates stayed
this low
the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
an American
can make in four.
Today
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
Last year
the Japanese government asked who leads the world
in 143 critical technology industries. Japanese firms led in 33.
The United States in 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if hat report was put
together on WordPerfect software
made ri ht here in Provo.
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough. our WORK
is NOT FINISHED. THE fee if NOT completed.
MISSION
6
Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people are working your way through Brigham
Young
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and I'm going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years
we eed even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
we're going to treat
7
wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat. a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revolution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home."
David O. McKay said those words many years ago
and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left
but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore a world beyond the stars
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients into miracle medicines
but
why do we feel the need to turn every argume t into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together
not fall apart.
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons
but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You say enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Let's ut an end to the
illegal behavior.
I'm FIGHTING TO PUT AN END to CAWLESSNASS
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
Those of you in the BYU summer school program
...
are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds
...
is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? Will the
dream still be alive for me and my kids.
Well
...
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
some advice from an elder
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
Yes
...
we face challenges today
but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
WILL
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
...
we can build a strong
WILL
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
...
we can bring the
curtain down*on immorality and indifference. If we can help
WILL
people walk free in Eastern Europe
...
we can take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
10
Presidential Remarks
Bush-Quayle Rally
Provo, Utah
18 July 1992
Draft
Good morning everybody. It's great to be out West
and to
visit this outstanding university
and to be here where the
Cougars have devoured so many victims.
"The West is where we all go someday"
a famous writer once
wrote. "It's where we go when we hear there is 'gold in them
thar hills.' Where we go to grow with the country. Where we
chase our young dreams
or spend our old age."
And today I can add
with complete authority
that the West
also isn't all that bad a place to be
when your personality
is being pummelled
your character questioned
and your
administration verbally assassinated
2,000 miles away.
I spent the past couple days away from a television set
up in
Wyoming trout fishing with Secretary of Sta Jim Baker
and
our sons, Jamie and Jeb.
But I am aware that something else was going on in America this
week. Something real important.
1
This is the week when all across America
crowds of panting,
sweating people overran their neighborhood video stores. From
Tallahassee to Tempe
Americans turned on their TV and decided
they'd rather rent "Action Jackson" than listen to: Well, never
mind.
Now
please don't get the idea that this is some kind of
partisan attack. Stop by Rich's Video down on Freedom Boulevard
and I'm sure Rich'll tell it to you straight. Sales aren't
all that bad during the Republican Convention either.
I know you have a lot on your minds beside politics. And I hate
to poison the air with partisan talk. But let me respond just a
little to what went on in Manhattan.
If you're one of those who prefer video renting to politicians
venting
I'll put it simple. You can sum up all you need to
know about the Manhattan meeting with the title of a 1965 Cliff
Robertson comedy: "Masquerade."
From what I heard about the convention
I wonder if the
Democrats are donning a disguise.
They're saying the right things. Pride in America's strength.
Support for entrepreneurs. Respect for law and order.
2
In fact
if it weren't for the $9,000 stuffed ponies at the
toy store on the corner
and the bullet proof vests being sold
on street corners
you could close your eyes and think they
were at this "home on the range" in Provo
not the "home of
the hockey Rangers" in New York city.
But you know
I couldn't help but wonder
do they really
mean what they say? or is this new costume something the
Democrats plan on discarding
maybe sometime right after
Halloween?
Think about it. If they celebrate the end of the Cold War
how come they never supported the strength that won it?
If they claim to be buddies with business people
how come
they want to load 'em down with new taxes?
If they are really the party of new ideas and open ears
why
not allow just one speaker to talk about the rights of the
unborn?
And if they start their convention with a pr yer
how come you
can read all 10,000 words in their party platform
and never
run across three simple letters: G-O-D.
3
Now
don't take my word that the Democrats may not be what
they appear to be. I'm a little biased.
Listen instead
to a party elder. A guy named McGovern.
First name George. He called this year's Democratic Party
"a
Trojan Horse."
He said
and I quote
"they're much more liberal underneath
and will prove it when they're elected."
I know I've never said this publicly. But that McGovern. He's
an incredibly insightful man!
Now
let me be straight with you. This election isn't going
to be decided on what we say about the other side
or what
they say about us
for that matter.
What matters
is what we have to offer the American people.
My view of America is a little different tha what you may have
heard this week. I'd like to explain it.
4
I know at BYU you like to say
that the world is your campus.
Let me say
that campus has been through incredible change in
four years. Because of our leadership
because of your
sacrifice and commitment
millions of people breathe free
today.
That poses challenges
and opportunities.
The question is this
can we compete
now that so many
other nations are playing our game?
We need to understand something. If we can win this competition
and we will
to the victors will go bigger spoils than
ever before in human history.
Today
far more people are eager for the fruit of our labors.
That means more jobs
more prosperity for our kids
and
their kids.
Now
that's the opportunity I see today. But how do we take
advantage of it?
Our first priority
is to create and protect jobs.
Listening to Madison Square Garden this week
you probably got
the impression that our economy was second rate
second class.
5
But keep in mind a few facts.
We are still the world's largest and most vibrant economy.
Second to no one.
We've tamed inflation
the last time interest rates stayed
this low
the Brady Bunch hadn't started re-runs.
Our factories produce a higher percentage of the world's
manufactured goods than we did 20 years ago.
What a Japanese worker can produce in five days
an American
can make in four.
Today
we have emerged as the world's export champion.
Last year
the Japanese government asked who leads the world
in 143 critical technology industries. Japanese firms led in 33.
The United States in 43.
And I wouldn't be suprised to learn
if hat report was put
together on WordPerfect software
made rl ht here in Provo.
Our economy is growing today. But not fast enough.
6
Too many people have worked for a company for twenty years
only to fear that the next mail run will bring a pink slip. And
many of you young people are working your way through Brigham
Young
you deserve to be able to find a job on graduation day.
I used to run a business
meet a payroll. I learned the only
way that government can create jobs
is to support the people
who create jobs.
This is the creed Governor Norm Bangerter follows. He
understands that the only surefire way to give people unlimited
dreams
is by limiting the size of government.
We're going to bring some of Norm's attitude to Washington.
Like your Governor
we need a line-item veto
and I'm going
to get it.
Like your Governor
we need a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution
and I'm going to get it.
And despite 31 vetoes in three years
we eed even more
discipline on the Potomac.
With the help of Senator Jake Garn and Senator Orrin Hatch
a
new Congressman named Richard Harrington
we're going to treat
7
wasteful government spending the way Karl Malone will treat a
jump shot in Barcelona. We're going to swat it back into the
front row!
Here's my second priority. A moral revolution in America.
Americans need to understand something you all know very well.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home."
David O. McKay said those words many years ago
and they
harken back to a different age in America.
Today we can fly from Paris to New York and arrive earlier than
we left
but do we too often leave behind the difference
between right and wrong?
We can explore a world beyond the stars
but do we too often
ignore a neighbor down the street?
We can turn natural ingredients into miracle medicines
but
why do we feel the need to turn every argume = into a lawsuit?
America won't get better until we start suing each other less
and serving each other more.
8
We learn these values in our living rooms and around our kitchen
tables. But while families help keep our lives together
government can help keep our families together.
By giving parents the freedom to choose their kid's schools. By
reforming welfare
so that we reward work and families can
stick together
not fall apart.
Only then
can our nation find its way back to our foundation.
My third priority. Quite simple. Restore respect for the law.
Elderly women in this country
watch the Berlin Wall fall on
television
but are afraid to walk to their neighborhood
grocery store.
There are kids in our cities
who hear of the Russians
reducing nuclear weapons
but then have to walk through a
metal detector at school every morning.
What do you say to these Americans? You sa enough is enough.
Let's put an end to the lawlessness. Let's ut an end to the
illegal behavior.
These are my principles
the things in which I believe. I
hope you agree
because they are the key to our future.
9
Those of you in the BYU summer school program
...
are here to be
prepared to "go forth to serve." But you might be wondering
where America is going forth.
The question on your minds
is one that's been asked for
generations. Can I do better than my mom and dad? Will the
dream still be alive for me and my kids.
Well
I've been around for a couple years. If you'll excuse
some advice from an elder
I really do believe America's best
days are ahead.
Yes
we face challenges today
but I've seen this nation
climb much taller mountains.
If we can topple the Berlin Wall
we can build a strong
economy. If we can lift the iron curtain
we can bring the
curtain down on immorality and indifference. If we can help
people walk free in Eastern Europe
we ca take back the
streets of America.
This is our mission. Together we'll accomplish it.
God bless you and God bless America.
# # #
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