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respect to Iraq
Week Ending Friday, August 7, 1992
Remarks at a Fundraising Brunch for
future and their daughter's son an even bet-
ent of Agency for
ent (AID)
Rich Williamson in Rosemont,
ter one.
Illinois
That's how this country was born. And
August 2, 1992
that's how it grew into the most proud, the
Media
most free Nation on the face of the Earth.
n Colorado Springs,
Thank you all very, very much. What a
America became great through millions of
wonderful welcome. And that makes me con-
stories like this, stories of men and women
7 (No. 137)-1396
vinced that I'm going to win in November,
who left behind their homes in order to take
:nt
too.
a chance on a dream for their children here
Let me thank Rich Williamson. And good
in the land of opportunity.
standards of
morning and my respects to Jane, and of
If that young woman I just told you about
course, to Jim Edgar, who is just doing a su-
were here today, she would see how her sac-
ng parental choice in
perb job as Governor of this State. You ought
rifice made the American dream come true
to be very, very proud of him. Rich couldn't
for her grandson. She would see with pride
esidential
have a better man at his side than secretary
that he stands here today, determined to
e railway labor
of state George Ryan, longtime friend. I'm
make that dream come true for all of us, the
grateful also to the Lieutenant Governor,
sons and the daughters of Illinois, the whole
Bob Kustre, who was out there at the airport
country. Helen Salisbury would be proud to
to say hello; and to the State's attorney, Jack
see the next Senator from Illinois, her grand-
ident-1404
O'Malley; my old friend Congressman Phil
son: Rich Williamson.
press releases-
Crane, with us today. And if you want some
As he said, Rich and I go back a long way.
ise
heavy lifting done in the fundraising, get H.
Rich and his dog, Mac, knew Millie before
Clark involved. H., thank you very, very
she was a best-selling author. [Laughter] So
the Senate-1403
much for what you've done here. And also,
I'm here out of friendship for a brilliant,
I want to salute our State chairman Al
dedicated leader. But I'm also here for what's
Jourdan. And national committeewoman
good for the United States of America. I
Mary Jo Arndt is here today. I see she
thought George Ryan put it very, very well
brought some of her family with her; that's
when he spelled out what's at stake here be-
good.
cause Rich's race and the race I'm involved
It's great to be back here in Chicago. I
in have a lot in common. If you really want
was half tempted to call the Mayor while I'm
to make a change in this country, let's change
istrative Committee of the
in town. My guess is that he was pretty upset
the institution that hasn't changed for 38
President (37 FR 23607;
by his party's recent gathering in New York.
years and change control of the United States
Superintendent of Docu-
He thought Chicago had the nickname "the
Congress. Rich can do a lot to help.
Washington, DC 20402.
Windy City." [Laughter]
In the dog days of summer, it's very easy
ential Documents will be
ribers for $55.00 per year
But this afternoon, I want to tell you a
to be attracted to the new candidate, the one
to foreign subscribers for
story about a young girl, poor in pocket but
who says the things the polls say the people
erintendent of Documents,
rich in hope, who left her German village
want to hear. But by the fall, the American
nington, DC 20402. The
$2.50 for foreign mailing).
to come to America. She came in search of
people look more closely, and they ask this
republication of materiz
something larger than herself, a future for
question, "Who do we trust to change Amer-
ion of Presidential Doct
her children and for their children. Here in
ica? Who has the ideas to carry us forward
Chicago, she married another immigrant.
to a better future?"
She took in laundry; he sold clothes. They
Rich Williamson is a leader worthy of your
lived in a tiny apartment and never gave up
trust. Just as we've changed the world, we
hope that their daughter would have a better
now have the ideas to change America. Rich
1369
1370
Aug. 2 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
and I both believe that to lead a great Nation
much paperwork, far too many frivolous law-
you must first trust the people you lead.
suits out there.
Look at the two sides in this election, and
Understand what's at stake here. If the
the choice is very clear. On one side you have
Governor of Arkansas is elected with a
people advocating a Nation of the Govern-
Democratic Congress and a new Democratic
ment, by the Government, for the Govern-
Senator from Illinois, within a year the Gov-
ment. Rich and I have a very different philos-
ernment will run health care in this country.
ophy. We agree with another son of Illinois:
Our health care system will combine the effi-
America should be a Nation "of the people,
ciency of the House post office with the com-
by the people, and for the people."
passion of the KGB. I am not going to let
that happen.
Let me just take one issue today, discuss
one issue to show the Grand Canyon of phi-
Give me Rich Williamson in the Senate,
losophy that separates the two sides in this
and we will fight against those who put the
election. It is one of the most pressing con-
Government first all the time. We'll fight for
cerns that we face today: I'm talking about
what works for America. We will fight for
health care. Our health care system doesn't
what's right for America. That's what this
work today. We all know that. Thirty-four
election is all about. Not about change alone
million Americans are without insurance.
because change always happens. The ques-
Millions more worry that they cannot afford
tion is, who do you trust to change America?
the rising costs of health care.
On health care, taxes, education, and every
other issue we face, Rich and I say the same
What are we going to do about it? Well,
thing: Let others listen to the polls; let others
the other side and I have both put forward
listen to the pols. Rich and I want to fight
plans; you can look them over. I invite com-
for what's right for the United States of
parison. The other plan offers health care re-
America.
form. My plan offers health care reform. The
Rich touched on it, and he and I share
other plan is printed on plain white bond
a strong love of a certain proud American
paper, and my plan is printed on plain white
tradition, one that his kids, Ricky and Lisa,
bond paper. From there the differences are
already shared with us today. I want to close
wider than an Illinois cornfield.
by asking all of you to listen once again to
The other plan will dump 52 million Amer-
these familiar words. I believe with all my
icans into a new Government bureaucracy,
heart that Americans must join and once
and my plan will help 90 million Americans
again pledge allegiance to the finest vision
afford private insurance to take care of their
of the United States of America: "one nation,
health care needs. The other plan would slap
under God, indivisible, with liberty and jus-
tice for all."
at least a 7-percent payroll tax on middle-
income Americans, and my plan would pro-
That is the country I love, the country Rich
vide tax relief to Americans to help them pay
loves, the country you love. When I ask you
for their own health care. The other plan will
to help that country by believing in this good
cost America at least 700,000 jobs, and my
man, working for him, and voting for him,
plan helps small business afford health insur-
I'm sure you'll answer in the words of the
ance so they can hire more people. The other
motto of this great city of Chicago: "I will."
plan will create lines at hospitals so long
God bless you all. Thank you very, very
you'll think they were selling Bears tickets
much for this fantastic turnout and this won-
inside. [Laughter] My plan will allow you to
derful support. Thank you very much.
get the care you need when you need it, and
my plan will preserve the quality of health
Note: The President spoke at 12:15 p.m. at
care in this country. The other plan is going
the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel. In his re-
to put bureaucrats in charge of setting health
marks, he referred to Jane Williamson, wife
care prices, and my plan attacks the root
of Rich Williamson, and H. Clark, master of
causes of rising costs: faulty insurance, too
ceremonies.
FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
THANKS RICH. GOVERNOR EDGAR. SECRETARY OF STATE
GEORGE RYAN. LT. GOVERNOR BOB KUSTRE [CUSS-TRAH].
CONGRESSMAN PHIL CRANE. WORLEY CLARK (MASTER OF
CEREMONIES). GOP STATE CHAIRMAN AL JOURDAN. GOP
NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN MARY JO ARNDT. IT'S GREAT TO
BE HERE IN CHICAGO. I WAS HALF TEMPTED TO CALL THE
MAYOR WHILE I'M IN TOWN. MY GUESS IS HE WAS PRETTY
UPSET BY HIS PARTY'S RECENT GATHERING IN NEW YORK. HE
THOUGHT CHICAGO HAD THE NICKNAME -- "THE WINDY CITY." "
III
WE MEET HERE AT AN IMPORTANT TIME. SOME WHO THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE EASY TO OUST AN INCUMBENT THIS YEAR -
- BUT THEY UNDERESTIMATE HOW HARD SOMEONE WHO'S USED TO
BEING IN THE LEAD IS GOING TO FIGHT. BUT ENOUGH ABOUT
THE CHICAGO CUBS. III
- 2 -
THIS AFTERNOON, I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT A
YOUNG GIRL -- POOR IN POCKET BUT RICH IN HOPE -- WHO
LEFT HER GERMAN VILLAGE TO COME TO AMERICA. SHE CAME
IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING LARGER THAN HERSELF -- A FUTURE
FOR HER CHILDREN -- AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN. HERE IN
CHICAGO, SHE MARRIED ANOTHER IMMIGRANT. SHE TOOK IN
LAUNDRY, HE SOLD CLOTHES, THEY LIVED IN A TINY
APARTMENT AND NEVER GAVE UP HOPE THAT THEIR DAUGHTER
WOULD HAVE A BETTER FUTURE -- AND THEIR DAUGHTER'S SON
AN EVEN BETTER ONE.
THAT'S HOW THIS COUNTRY WAS BORN. AND THAT'S HOW
IT GREW INTO THE MOST PROUD, MOST FREE NATION ON THE
FACE OF THE EARTH. AMERICA BECAME GREAT THROUGH
MILLIONS OF STORIES LIKE THIS -- STORIES OF MEN AND
WOMEN WHO LEFT BEHIND THEIR HOMES IN ORDER TO TAKE A
CHANCE ON A DREAM FOR THEIR CHILDREN HERE IN "THE LAND
OF OPPORTUNITY."
- 3 -
IF THAT YOUNG WOMAN I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT WERE HERE
TODAY, SHE WOULD SEE HOW HER SACRIFICE MADE THE
AMERICAN DREAM COME TRUE FOR HER GRANDSON. AND SHE
WOULD SEE WITH PRIDE THAT HE STANDS HERE TODAY --
DETERMINED TO MAKE THAT SAME DREAM COME TRUE FOR ALL
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ILLINOIS. HELEN SALISBURY
WOULD BE PROUD TO SEE THE NEXT SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS,
HER GRANDSON -- RICH WILLIAMSON. III
YOU KNOW, RICH AND I GO WAY BACK. RICH AND HIS DOG
MAC KNEW MILLIE BEFORE SHE WAS A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR.
11 so I'M HERE OUT OF FRIENDSHIP FOR A BRILLIANT,
DEDICATED LEADER. BUT I'M ALSO HERE FOR OUR COUNTRY -
- BECAUSE RICH'S RACE AND MY RACE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.
IN THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER, IT'S VERY EASY TO BE
ATTRACTED TO THE NEW CANDIDATE -- THE ONE WHO SAYS THE
THINGS POLLS SAY THE PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR. BUT BY FALL,
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LOOK MORE CLOSELY AND ASK -- "WHO
DO WE TRUST TO CHANGE AMERICA?" WHO HAS THE IDEAS TO
CARRY US FORWARD TO A BETTER FUTURE."
- 4 -
RICH WILLIAMSON IS A LEADER WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST.
JUST AS WE HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD --- WE NOW HAVE THE
IDEAS TO CHANGE AMERICA.
RICH AND I BOTH BELIEVE -- THAT TO LEAD A GREAT
NATION YOU MUST FIRST TRUST THE PEOPLE YOU LEAD.
LOOK AT THE TWO SIDES IN THIS ELECTION --- AND THE
CHOICE IS CLEAR.
ON ONE SIDE YOU HAVE PEOPLE ADVOCATING A NATION "OF
THE GOVERNMENT, BY THE GOVERNMENT, FOR THE GOVERNMENT."
RICH AND I HAVE A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. WE AGREE WITH
ANOTHER SON OF ILLINOIS --- AMERICA SHOULD BE A NATION:
"OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE."
LET ME TAKE JUST ONE ISSUE TO SHOW THE GRAND CANYON
OF PHILOSOPHY THAT SEPARATES THE TWO SIDES IN THIS
ELECTION. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING CONCERNS WE
FACE TODAY: HEALTH CARE.
- 5 -
OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK TODAY -- WE ALL
KNOW THAT. THIRTY-FOUR MILLION AMERICANS ARE WITHOUT
INSURANCE. MILLIONS MORE WORRY THAT THEY CANNOT AFFORD
THE RISING COSTS.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
WELL -- THE OTHER SIDE AND I HAVE BOTH PUT FORWARD
PLANS -- YOU CAN COMPARE THEM.
THE OTHER PLAN OFFERS HEALTH CARE REFORM. MY PLAN
OFFERS HEALTH CARE REFORM.
THE OTHER PLAN IS PRINTED ON PLAIN, WHITE BOND
PAPER. MY PLAN IS PRINTED ON PLAIN, WHITE BOND PAPER.
FROM THERE -- THE DIFFERENCES ARE WIDER THAN AN
ILLINOIS CORNFIELD.
- 6 -
THE OTHER PLAN WILL DUMP 52 MILLION AMERICANS INTO
A NEW GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY -- MY PLAN WILL HELP 90
MILLION AMERICANS AFFORD PRIVATE INSURANCE.
THE OTHER PLAN WOULD SLAP AT LEAST A 7 PERCENT
PAYROLL TAX ON MIDDLE-INCOME AMERICANS -- MY PLAN WOULD
PROVIDE TAX RELIEF TO AMERICANS, TO HELP THEM PAY FOR
THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE.
THE OTHER PLAN WILL COST AMERICA AT LEAST 700,000
JOBS -- MY PLAN HELPS SMALL BUSINESS AFFORD HEALTH
INSURANCE so THEY CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE.
THE OTHER PLAN WILL CREATE LINES AT HOSPITALS SO
LONG YOU'LL THINK THEY WERE SELLING BEARS TICKETS
INSIDE. MY PLAN WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET THE CARE YOU
NEED -- WHEN YOU NEED IT.
- 7 -
THE OTHER PLAN WILL PUT GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS IN
CHARGE OF SETTING HEALTH CARE PRICES -- MY PLAN ATTACKS
THE ROOT CAUSE OF RISING COSTS -- FAULTY INSURANCE, TOO
MUCH PAPERWORK AND FAR TOO MANY FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS. 11
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE IF THE GOVERNOR
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I AM NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN. GIVE ME RICH
WILLIAMSON IN THE SENATE, AND WE WILL FIGHT AGAINST
THOSE WHO PUT GOVERNMENT FIRST. WE WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT
WORKS FOR AMERICA! WE WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT FOR
AMERICA!
THAT'S WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT. NOT ABOUT
CHANGE ALONE, BECAUSE CHANGE ALWAYS HAPPEN. THE
QUESTION IS -- WHO DO YOU TRUST TO CHANGE AMERICA?
- 8 -
ON HEALTH CARE, TAXES, EDUCATION AND EVERY OTHER
ISSUE WE FACE, RICH AND I SAY THE SAME THING. LET
OTHERS LISTEN TO THE POLLS
...
LET OTHERS LISTEN TO THE
POLS [PAHLS]
RICH WILLIAMSON AND I FIGHT FOR WHAT'S
RIGHT FOR AMERICA.
RICH AND I SHARE A STRONG LOVE OF A CERTAIN PROUD
AMERICAN TRADITION - -- ONE THAT HIS KIDS RICKY AND LISA
ALREADY SHARED WITH US TODAY. I WANT TO CLOSE BY
ASKING ALL OF YOU TO LISTEN ONCE AGAIN TO THESE
FAMILIAR WORDS. I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT
AMERICANS MUST JOIN AND ONCE AGAIN PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO
THE FINEST VISION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA --
"ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL."
THAT'S THE COUNTRY I LOVE -- THE COUNTRY RICH LOVES
-- THE COUNTRY YOU LOVE. WHEN I ASK YOU TO HELP THAT
COUNTRY BY BELIEVING IN RICH -- WORKING FOR RICH -- AND
VOTING FOR RICH, I'M SURE YOU'LL ANSWER IN THE WORDS OF
THE MOTTO OF THIS GREAT CITY OF CHICAGO: "I WILL!"
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
#
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PICNIC RALLY 1 ELK GROVE, ILLINOIS
AUGUST 2, 1992 \ 1:30 P.M.
THANK YOU, RICH [WILLIAMSON], FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
I COULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU GO ON ALL DAY.
It's GREAT TO BE IN ELK GROVE, GREAT TO BE BACK IN
CHICAGO: LAND OF THE FREE -- AND HOME OF THE BEARS.
//
- 2 -
SOMEONE ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY WHY I WAS A
REPUBLICAN. I LOOKED THEM STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND
SAID: FREE CORN-ON-THE-COB AT THE ELK GROVE PICNIC.
// CORN, SOFT DRINKS, BEER -- ALL FOR JUST $5 DOLLARS.
Now THAT'S WHAT I CALL A FAMILY VALUE. //
THE CHICAGO AREA IS HOME TO SOME OF THIS COUNTRY'S
GREATEST ATHLETES. THE OTHER NIGHT, I SAW MICHAEL
JORDAN WIN THE LONG JUMP AND THE HIGH JUMP ... AND THAT
WAS JUST IN THE FIRST QUARTER. //
- 3 -
THEN THERE'S PABLO MORALES, THE SWIMMER WHO MISSED
OUT IN '84, DIDN'T MAKE THE TEAM IN '88, THEN CAME BACK
THIS YEAR TO TAKE THE GOLD -- // AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF
27. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I KIND OF LIKE A GUY WHO
PROVES YOUTH AND INEXPERIENCE ARE NO MATCH FOR MATURITY
AND DETERMINATION. //
YOU'VE HEARD PLENTY OF TALK ALREADY THIS YEAR ABOUT
CHANGE. BUT THIS ELECTION IS NOT JUST ABOUT CHANGE --
BECAUSE CHANGE HAS A FLIP-SIDE.
- 4 -
THAT FLIP-SIDE IS CALLED TRUST. WHEN YOU GET RIGHT
DOWN TO IT, THIS ELECTION WILL BE LIKE EVERY OTHER:
WHEN YOU PULL THAT CURTAIN CLOSED AND CAST YOUR VOTE
NOVEMBER 3RD -- TRUST MATTERS. //
MANY TIMES, IN THE WHITE HOUSE LATE AT NIGHT, THE
PHONE RINGS. MOST TIMES IT'S AN AIDE DOUBLE-CHECKING
THE NEXT DAY'S SCHEDULE.
- 5 -
BUT SOMETIMES IT'S ANOTHER VOICE -- MORE SERIOUS, MORE
SOLEMN -- BRINGING NEWS OF A COUP IN A POWERFUL
COUNTRY, OR WORD OF A BULLY THREATENING THE PEACE
HALFWAY ROUND THE WORLD. / THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED
TO KNOW THAT THE MAN WHO ANSWERS THAT PHONE HAS THE
EXPERIENCE, THE SEASONING -- THE GUTS -- TO DO THE
RIGHT THING. // You WANT A LEADER YOU CAN TRUST. I
HAVE PROVED I AM THAT MAN. //
- 6 -
Now, THAT'S TRUST IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE -- TRUST
THAT KEEPS AMERICA SAFE AND STRONG. BUT THAT'S JUST
PART OF THE PICTURE. TRUST MATTERS -- WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING TO SOMEONE TO BUILD A STRONG ECONOMY ...
A
BETTER FUTURE. I STAKE MY CLAIM ON A SIMPLE
PHILOSOPHY: To LEAD A GREAT NATION
...
YOU MUST FIRST
TRUST THE PEOPLE YOU LEAD.
- 7 -
LOOK AT EVERY BIG ISSUE WE FACE. You'll SEE A
CHOICE -- A CHOICE BETWEEN THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN
EVERYDAY AMERICANS, AND THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN
GOVERNMENT.
THE OTHER SIDE SEEMS TO BE SAYING THEY WANT A
NATION "OF THE GOVERNMENT, BY THE GOVERNMENT, FOR THE
GOVERNMENT." I STAND WITH THE GREAT SON OF ILLINOIS
WHO SPOKE OF A NATION "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE,
FOR THE PEOPLE." //
- 8 -
I TRUST PARENTS -- NOT THE GOVERNMENT -- TO MAKE
THE DECISIONS THAT MATTER IN LIFE. //
I TRUST PARENTS -- NOT THE GOVERNMENT -- TO CHOOSE
THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS: PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR
RELIGIOUS. //
I TRUST PARENTS -- NOT THE GOVERNMENT -- TO CHOOSE
THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILD CARE. // WHEN THE OTHER SIDE
SAYS, "GOVERNMENT KNOWS BEST" -- I SAY:
- 9 -
PARENTS KNOW BETTER. PARENTS KNOW BETTER THAN SOME
BUREAUCRAT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. //
I TRUST THE PEOPLE -- NOT THE GOVERNMENT -- TO
CHOOSE THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE. IF THE OTHER SIDE GETS
IN POWER -- WITHIN A YEAR -- THE GOVERNMENT WILL RUN
HEALTH CARE ... AND YOU'LL BE PAYING ANOTHER PAYROLL
TAX. WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE, OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM WILL COMBINE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES -- WITH THE COMPASSION OF THE KGB.
//
- 10 -
As LONG AS I'M PRESIDENT, I SAY: WE DON'T WANT
THE GOVERNMENT PLAYING DOCTOR. I WILL FIGHT FOR A
DIFFERENT WAY, I WILL FIGHT TO PUT HEALTH CARE IN THE
HANDS OF THE PEOPLE. //
BUT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE TODAY IS THE ECONOMY --
IT'S JOBS. THE QUESTION IS HOW WE KEEP THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD.
- 11 -
TRUST MATTERS HERE, TOO. I TRUST YOU TO SPEND AND
SAVE YOUR MONEY MORE WISELY THAN SOME BUDGET PLANNER IN
WASHINGTON.
SIX MONTHS AGO IN MY STATE OF THE UNION, I PROPOSED
A COMMON-SENSE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN To GET THIS ECONOMY
MOVING FASTER -- RIGHT NOW. TAX INCENTIVES -- TO
ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO HIRE NEW WORKERS.
- 12 -
A $5000 TAX CREDIT -- $5000 DOLLARS RIGHT OFF THE
INCOME TAX YOU OWE -- AS A BREAK FOR YOUNG FAMILIES
STRUGGLING TO WORK AND SAVE AND BUY THAT FIRST HOME.
THINK ABOUT THAT. SOME LUCKY PERSON IS GOING TO
WIN THE $5000 RAFFLE PRIZE THIS AFTERNOON. MAYBE IT'LL
BE SOMEONE FROM ELK GROVE OR PALATINE, FROM HANOVER OR
SHAUMBURG. MAYBE EVEN FROM MAINE -- THAT'S MAINE
COUNTY, OF COURSE. //
- 13 -
WELL, MY PLAN WOULD PUT $5000 DOLLARS IN THE HANDS
OF EVERY FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER: To HELP YOU -- OR YOUR
KIDS -- DO MORE THAN WIN A RAFFLE. To REACH THAT
AMERICAN DREAM. //
I'M STILL WAITING -- AMERICA'S STILL WAITING --
ALMOST 200 DAYS LATER. MY ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN IS
BEING HELD HOSTAGE AND THE RANSOM NOTE READS, "WAIT
'TILL AFTER THE ELECTION."
- 14 -
LET ME ASK YOU TO SEND A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS: THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF WAITING. THEY WANT JOBS.
No ALIBIS. No EXCUSES. It's TIME FOR ACTION -- NOW.
//
THIS IS WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS ALL ABOUT -- WHO DO
YOU TRUST TO CHANGE AMERICA? THE OTHER SIDE SAYS --
THEY WANT TO "PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST." BUT LOOK AT EVERY
CHANGE THEY PROPOSE: IT ISN'T PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST --
IT'S PUTTING GOVERNMENT FIRST.
- 15 -
IT SOUNDS GOOD
...
SOUNDS EASY
...
BUT WHY HAS
ALMOST EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD MOVED AWAY FROM IT?
I STAND FOR A DIFFERENT WAY.
ON EDUCATION: LET OTHERS LISTEN TO THE POLLS --
LET OTHERS LISTEN TO THE POLS: I'M GOING TO DO WHAT'S
RIGHT FOR AMERICA.
ON HEALTH CARE: LET OTHERS LISTEN TO THE POLLS --
LET OTHERS LISTEN TO THE POLS: I'M GOING TO DO WHAT'S
RIGHT FOR AMERICA. //
- 16 -
ON NATIONAL DEFENSE: LET OTHERS LISTEN TO THE
POLLS -- LET OTHERS LISTEN TO THE POLS: I'M GOING TO
DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR AMERICA. //
LET ME CLOSE TODAY WITH A FEW WORDS FROM THE HEART.
// BARBARA AND I ARE BLESSED -- BLESSED TO SERVE AT A
MOMENT IN HISTORY WHEN so MANY OF THE OLD FEARS HAVE
BEEN DRIVEN AWAY ...
WHEN so MANY NEW HOPES STAND
WITHIN OUR REACH.
- 1/ -
THE CHANGES WE'VE WORKED FOR HAVE COME TO PASS:
THE END OF THE COLD WAR
THE COLLAPSE OF IMPERIAL
COMMUNISM
A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM, FROM MANAGUA To
Moscow. A NEW WORLD OF HOPE FOR OURSELVES -- FOR OUR
KIDS.
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN IS A SAFER WORLD -- SAFER THAN
IT WAS A DECADE AGO / A YEAR AGO -- SAFER THAN IT WAS
TWO MONTHS AGO, WHEN THE KIDS RIGHT HERE WALKED OUT OF
SCHOOL ... AND INTO SUMMER.
- 18 -
I'M PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN REDUCING SOME
OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. //
THE IMPORTANT THING ISN'T WHAT THAT MEANS FOR
PRESIDENTS OR PRIME MINISTERS ... NOT FOR HISTORIANS OR
HEADS OF STATE
BUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR PARENTS, AND
...
FOR OUR KIDS: IT MEANS A FUTURE FREE FROM FEAR. 11
Now WE CAN TURN OUR ATTENTION TO OUR JOBS, OUR
SCHOOLS OUR FUTURE. WE HAVE DONE so MUCH THE PAST FOUR
YEARS TOGETHER.
Now THAT WE HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD -- IT'S TIME TO
CHANGE AMERICA. //
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS WARM WELCOME -- AND MAY GOD
BLESS THIS GREAT NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 1, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
STEVE PROVOST
5P
SUBJECT:
WILLIAMSON FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
Tomorrow, at 12:15 p.m. you will deliver remarks (9
minutes/teleprompted) at a fundraising luncheon for Rich
Williamson in the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel to 600 supporters.
II. DISCUSSION
Bob Teeter has specifically asked, and Sam Skinner concurs,
that you make a pitch for your health care proposal. Governor
Clinton realizes that his current health care plan is politically
and substantively flawed and will attempt to quietly change his
plan next week. Therefore, it is important that the press focus
on the Governor's existing health care plan on Sunday.
Most of the distinctions in this speech refer to the "other
side," which is consistent with last weeks' remarks. On page
four, however, there is a specific reference to the "Governor
from Arkansas." This is meant to guarantee that the press will
pick up the line and use it in newspapers and TV coverage.
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 31, 1992 3 p.m.
RICH Draft Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
Thanks Rich.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] It's great to be here in Chicago. I was half
tempted to call the Mayor while I'm in town. My guess is he was
pretty upset by his party's recent gathering in New York. He
thought Chicago had the nickname -- "The Windy City." III
We meet here at an important time. Some who think it's
going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year -- but they
underestimate how hard someone who's used to being in the lead is
going to fight. But enough about the Chicago Cubs. III
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity."
2
If that young woman I just told you about were here today,
she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream come true
for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he stands
here today -- determined to make that same dream come true for
all the sons and daughters of Illinois. Helen Salisbury would be
proud to see the next Senator from Illinois, her grandson -- Rich
Williamson. III
You know, Rich and I go way back. Rich and his dog Mac knew
Millie before she was a best-selling author. 11 So I'm here out
of friendship for a brilliant, dedicated leader. But I'm also
here for our country -- because Rich's race and my race have a
lot in common.
In the dog days of summer, it's very easy to be attracted to
the new candidate -- the one who says the things polls say the
people want to hear. But by fall, the American people look more
closely and ask -- "who do we trust to change America?" Who has
the ideas to carry us forward to a better future." "
Rich Williamson is a leader worthy of your trust. Just as
we have changed the world --- we now have the ideas to change
America.
Rich and I both believe -- that to lead a great nation you
must first trust the people you lead.
Look at the two sides in this election --- and the choice is
clear.
On one side you have people advocating a nation "of the
government, by the government, for the government." Rich and I
3
have a different philosophy. We agree with another son of
Illinois --- America should be a nation: "of the people, by the
people, for the people. "
Let me take just one issue to show the Grand Canyon of
philosophy that separates the two sides in this election. It is
one of the most pressing concerns we face today: health care.
Our health care system doesn't work today -- we all know
that. Thirty-four million Americans are without insurance.
Millions more worry that they cannot afford the rising costs.
What are we going to do about it?
Well -- the other side and I have both put forward plans --
you can compare them.
The other plan offers health care reform. My plan offers
health care reform.
The other plan is printed on plain, white bond paper. My
plan is printed on plain, white bond paper.
From there -- the differences are wider than an Illinois
cornfield.
The other plan will dump 52 million Americans into a new
government bureaucracy -- my plan will help 90 million Americans
afford private insurance.
The other plan would slap at least a 7 percent payroll tax
on middle-income Americans -- my plan would provide tax relief to
Americans, to help them pay for their own health care.
The other plan will cost America at least 700,000 jobs -- my
plan helps small business afford health insurance so they can
4
hire more people.
The other plan will create lines at hospitals so long you'll
think they were selling Bears tickets inside. My plan will allow
you to get the care you need -- when you need it.
The other plan will put government bureaucrats in charge of
setting health care prices -- my plan attacks the root cause of
rising costs -- faulty insurance, too much papérwork and far too
many frivolous lawsuits. //
Understand what is at stake here. If the Governor of
Arkansas is elected with a Democratic Congress -- within a year
the government will run health care in this country. Our health
care system will combine the efficiency of the motor vehicle
department with the compassion of the KGB.
I am not going to let that happen. Give me Rich Williamson
in the Senate, and we will fight against those who put government
first. We will fight for what works for America! We will fight
for what's right for America!
That's what this election is all about. Not about change
alone, because change always happen. The question is -- who do
you trust to change America?
On health care, taxes, education and every other issue we
face, Rich and I say the same thing. Let others listen to the
polls
let others listen to the pols [PAHLS]
Rich
Williamson and I fight for what's right for America.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition -- one that his kids Ricky and Lisa already shared with
5
us today. I want to close by asking all of you to listen once
again to these familiar words. I believe with all my heart that
Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich --- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 1, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
STEVE PROVOST
5P
SUBJECT:
WILLIAMSON FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
Tomorrow, at 12:15 p.m. you will deliver remarks (9
minutes/teleprompted) at a fundraising luncheon for Rich
Williamson in the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel to 600 supporters.
II. DISCUSSION
Bob Teeter has specifically asked, and Sam Skinner concurs,
that you make a pitch for your health care proposal. Governor
Clinton realizes that his current health care plan is politically
and substantively flawed and will attempt to quietly change his
plan next week. Therefore, it is important that the press focus
on the Governor's existing health care plan on Sunday.
Most of the distinctions in this speech refer to the "other
side," which is consistent with last weeks' remarks. On page
four, however, there is a specific reference to the "Governor
from Arkansas." This is meant to guarantee that the press will
pick up the line and use it in newspapers and TV coverage.
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 31, 1992 3 p.m.
RICH Draft Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
Thanks Rich.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] It's great to be here in Chicago. I was half
tempted to call the Mayor while I'm in town. My guess is he was
pretty upset by his party's recent gathering in New York. He
thought Chicago had the nickname -- "The Windy City." III
We meet here at an important time. Some who think it's
going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year -- but they
underestimate how hard someone who's used to being in the lead is
going to fight. But enough about the Chicago Cubs. III
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity."
2
If that young woman I just told you about were here today,
she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream come true
for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he stands
here today -- determined to make that same dream come true for
all the sons and daughters of Illinois. Helen Salisbury would be
proud to see the next Senator from Illinois, her grandson -- Rich
Williamson. 111
You know, Rich and I go way back. Rich and his dog Mac knew
Millie before she was a best-selling author. 11 So I'm here out
of friendship for a brilliant, dedicated leader. But I'm also
here for our country because Rich's race and my race have a
lot in common.
In the dog days of summer, it's very easy to be attracted to
the new candidate -- the one who says the things polls say the
people want to hear. But by fall, the American people look more
closely and ask -- "who do we trust to change America?" Who has
the ideas to carry us forward to a better future."
Rich Williamson is a leader worthy of your trust. Just as
we have changed the world --- we now have the ideas to change
America.
Rich and I both believe -- that to lead a great nation you
must first trust the people you lead.
Look at the two sides in this election --- and the choice is
clear.
On one side you have people advocating a nation "of the
government, by the government, for the government." Rich and I
3
have a different philosophy. We agree with another son of
Illinois --- America should be a nation: "of the people, by the
people, for the people.'
Let me take just one issue to show the Grand Canyon of
philosophy that separates the two sides in this election. It is
one of the most pressing concerns we face today: health care.
Our health care system doesn't work today -- we all know
that. Thirty-four million Americans are without insurance.
Millions more worry that they cannot afford the rising costs.
What are we going to do about it?
Well -- the other side and I have both put forward plans
I
you can compare them.
The other plan offers health care reform. My plan offers
health care reform.
The other plan is printed on plain, white bond paper. My
plan is printed on plain, white bond paper.
From there -- the differences are wider than an Illinois
cornfield.
The other plan will dump 52 million Americans into a new
government bureaucracy -- my plan will help 90 million Americans
afford private insurance.
The other plan would slap at least a 7 percent payroll tax
on middle-income Americans -- my plan would provide tax relief to
Americans, to help them pay for their own health care.
The other plan will cost America at least 700,000 jobs -- my
plan helps small business afford health insurance so they can
4
hire more people.
The other plan will create lines at hospitals so long you'll
think they were selling Bears tickets inside. My plan will allow
you to get the care you need -- when you need it.
The other plan will put government bureaucrats in charge of
setting health care prices -- my plan attacks the root cause of
rising costs -- faulty insurance, too much paperwork and far too
many frivolous lawsuits. //
Understand what is at stake here. If the Governor of
Arkansas is elected with a Democratic Congress -- within a year
the government will run health care in this country. Our health
care system will combine the efficiency of the motor vehicle
department with the compassion of the KGB.
I am not going to let that happen. Give me Rich Williamson
in the Senate, and we will fight against those who put government
first. We will fight for what works for America! We will fight
for what's right for America!
That's what this election is all about. Not about change
alone, because change always happen. The question is -- who do
you trust to change America?
On health care, taxes, education and every other issue we
face, Rich and I say the same thing. Let others listen to the
polls
let others listen to the pols [PAHLS]
Rich
Williamson and I fight for what's right for America.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition -- one that his kids Ricky and Lisa already shared with
5
us today. I want to close by asking all of you to listen once
again to these familiar words. I believe with all my heart that
Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 31, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
SUBJECT:
FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
On Sunday, August 2nd, at 12:15 p.m. you will deliver
remarks (12 minutes/teleprompted) at a fundraising luncheon for
Rich Williamson in the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel to 600
supporters.
Your remarks focus on Williamson's strengths and beliefs and
how they fit into your program. In particular, they highlight
opportunity, economic growth and trust.
A note: the speech ends with the Pledge of Allegiance
because that's a very important theme and campaign issue for
Williamson.
Document No. 34198/s. =
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 1, 1992
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
SUBJECT:
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 12:15 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
A
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
1
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
1
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
(REVISEDVERSION)
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 1, 1992 2 P1:49
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
STEVE PROVOST
SUBJECT:
WILLIAMSON FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
Tomorrow, at 12:15 p.m. you will deliver remarks (9
minutes/teleprompted) at a fundraising luncheon for Rich
Williamson in the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel to 600 supporters.
II. DISCUSSION
Bob Teeter has specifically asked, and Sam Skinner concurs,
that you make a pitch for your health care proposal. Governor
Clinton realizes that his current health care plan is politically
and substantively flawed and will attempt to quietly change his
plan next week. Therefore, it is important that the press focus
on the Governor's existing health care plan on Sunday.
Most of the distinctions in this speech refer to the "other
side," which is consistent with last weeks' remarks. On page
four, however, there is a specific reference to the "Governor
from Arkansas." This is meant to guarantee that the press will
pick up the line and use it in newspapers and TV coverage.
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 31, 1992 3 p.m.
RICH Draft Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
Thanks Rich.
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] It's great to be here in Chicago. I was half
tempted to call the Mayor while I'm in town. My guess is he was
pretty upset by his party's recent gathering in New York. He
thought Chicago had the nickname -- "The Windy City." III
We meet here at an important time. Some who think it's
going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year -- but they
underestimate how hard someone who's used to being in the lead is
going to fight. But enough about the Chicago Cubs. 111
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity."
2
If that young woman I just told you about were here today,
she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream come true
for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he stands
here today -- determined to make that same dream come true for
all the sons and daughters of Illinois. Helen Salisbury would be
proud to see the next Senator from Illinois, her grandson -- Rich
Williamson. III
You know, Rich and I go way back. Rich and his dog Mac knew
Millie before she was a best-selling author. 11 So I'm here out
of friendship for a brilliant, dedicated leader. But I'm also
here for our country -- because Rich's race and my race have a
lot in common.
In the dog days of summer, it's very easy to be attracted to
the new candidate -- the one who says the things polls say the
people want to hear. But by fall, the American people look more
closely and ask -- "who do we trust to change America?" Who has
the ideas to carry us forward to a better future."
Rich Williamson is a leader worthy of your trust. Just as
we have changed the world --- we now have the ideas to change
America.
Rich and I both believe -- that to lead a great nation you
must first trust the people you lead.
Look at the two sides in this election and the choice is
clear.
On one side you have people advocating a nation "of the
government, by the government, for the government." Rich and
I
3
have a different philosophy. We agree with another son of
Illinois --- America should be a nation: "of the people, by the
people, for the people. "
Let me take just one issue to show the Grand Canyon of
philosophy that separates the two sides in this election. It is
one of the most pressing concerns we face today: health care.
Our health care system doesn't work today -- we all know
that. Thirty-four million Americans are without insurance.
Millions more worry that they cannot afford the rising costs.
What are we going to do about it?
Well -- the other side and I have both put forward plans --
you can compare them.
The other plan offers health care reform. My plan offers
health care reform.
The other plan is printed on plain, white bond paper. My
plan is printed on plain, white bond paper.
From there -- the differences are wider than an Illinois
cornfield.
The other plan will dump 52 million Americans into a new
government bureaucracy -- my plan will help 90 million Americans
afford private insurance.
The other plan would slap at least a 7 percent payroll tax
on middle-income Americans -- my plan would provide tax relief to
Americans, to help them pay for their own health care.
The other plan will cost America at least 700,000 jobs -- my
plan helps small business afford health insurance so they can
4
hire more people.
The other plan will create lines at hospitals so long you'll
think they were selling Bears tickets inside. My plan will allow
you to get the care you need -- when you need it.
The other plan will put government bureaucrats in charge of
setting health care prices -- my plan attacks the root cause of
rising costs -- faulty insurance, too much paperwork and far too
many frivolous lawsuits. //
Understand what is at stake here. If the Governor of
Arkansas is elected with a Democratic Congress -- within a year
the government will run health care in this country. Our health
care system will combine the efficiency of the motor vehicle
department with the compassion of the KGB.
I am not going to let that happen. Give me Rich Williamson
in the Senate, and we will fight against those who put government
first. We will fight for what works for America! We will fight
for what's right for America!
That's what this election is all about. Not about change
alone, because change always happen. The question is -- who do
you trust to change America?
On health care, taxes, education and every other issue we
face, Rich and I say the same thing. Let others listen to the
polls
let others listen to the pols [PAHLS]
Rich
Williamson and I fight for what's right for America.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition -- one that his kids Ricky and Lisa already shared with
5
us today. I want to close by asking all of you to listen once
again to these familiar words. I believe with all my heart that
Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 34/98/55.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/31/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
---
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
SUBJECT:
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 2nd - 12:15 p.m.
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:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
2 20023: P12:35
July 31, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
SUBJECT:
FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
On Sunday, August 2nd, at 12:15 p.m. you will deliver
remarks (12 minutes/teleprompted) at a fundraising luncheon for
Rich Williamson in the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel to 600
supporters.
Your remarks focus on Williamson's strengths and beliefs and
how they fit into your program. In particular, they highlight
opportunity, economic growth and trust.
A note: the speech ends with the Pledge of Allegiance
because that's a very important theme and campaign issue for
Williamson.
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 31, 1992 12 p.m.
RICH Draft Four
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] Great to be here in Chicago -- but I
have to tell you, after that recent convention in New York -- I
think you've lost your claim to the title "The Windy City." 111
We meet here at an important time. I know there are some
who think it's going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year
-- but they underestimate how hard someone who's determined to
stay is going to fight. But enough about the Cubs. III
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity." If that young woman I just told you about were here
today, she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream
come true for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he
2
stands here now -- determined to make that same dream come true
for all the sons and daughters, the grandsons and granddaughters
of Illinois -- Helen Salisbury's grandson: Rich Williamson. III
You know, Rich and I go way back. As a matter of fact, he
and his dog Mac knew Millie before she was a best-seller. 11 So
I'm here out of friendship for a good, loyal American. But I'm
also here for our country -- because this race has become a ref-
erendum on American principles. I'm here to say to every citizen
of Illinois: Don't cast your vote on the side of failed, liberal
Democratic policies. If you care about your kids' America --
then vote for the good old-fashioned principles we were raised
on. Vote for the Republican principles of opportunity -- of
growth -- of personal responsibility -- and above all, of trust
-- vote for the next Senator from Illinois -- Rich Williamson.
Back when another native son of Illinois was President and
Rich was a senior member of our White House team, we worked hard
together wielding our ax against the overgrown two-headed monster
of big government and bureaucratic regulations. It was a good
fight -- it is a good fight, and I need Rich back at my side. 11
I need him with me as we take on Congress. Look at how that
place operates. Shrugs off my proposals for spending cuts --
then what does it do with your hard-earned money? Throws it into
boondoggles like $150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Hey,
Congress -- I can tell you for free what causes feuds: the Hat-
fields wanted less spending while those stubborn old McCoys held
out for bigger taxes. That's a blood feud if I ever saw one. 11
3
You know what happens if you walk up to an ATM machine on
State Street and try to take out more money than you have. Good
luck. Can anyone tell me why Congress can't learn that simple
lesson? Rich and I know Congress needs a tough, real Balanced
Budget Amendment. And I'll slash those pork-barrel pet projects
in a heartbeat -- just as soon as they give me what Jim Edgar and
42 other governors have -- the power of the line-item veto. 111
America is crying out for fiscal responsibility -- and for
hope. You know, I get a lot of letters. People write when
they're happy -- and they write when they're hurting. I got a
letter from a woman named Ruth Luitjohan, here in Carterville,
Illinois. She wrote: "We need jobs
Give us the opportunity
to succeed, that's all we're asking for. Can you
understand?"
Ruth, I remember sitting around picnic tables in our
backyard in Midland, Texas with the families of folks who worked
in our company -- heard their worries, heard their fears. But
this is a wonderful country -- because mixed in with the hard
times is America's precious gift of opportunity. Rich and I can
stand here today because this country gave us the chance to
become full partners in the American dream.
For Rich -- it was working in the little family-owned bus-
iness which passed down jobs for 4 generations. For me -- it was
the chance for a kid fresh out of college and the Navy to head
down where the jobs were -- to drive my old Studebaker up and
down the dusty Texas plains as a salesman. That opportunity for
work and self-respect is what this country must give to everyone
4
-- every checkout clerk who wants to open his own store -- every
single mom going to classes at night to become a nurse -- every
unemployed linesman with a mortgage to meet. They deserve their
shot at the American dream and we're going to give it to them. 11
Let me tell you something, Ruth -- Rich and I work for those
people. We'll keep pushing for the real reforms that will
bring the light of opportunity into the dark corners of this
land. Unlike some -- we haven't spent our lives as
professional politicians. We've been in the workaday world.
We've met payrolls. We know opportunity comes through jobs --
that's why above all we will create jobs. III
We'll create jobs through tax incentives to help businesses
thrive and expand -- and by whacking through the stranglehold of
regulations. Rich knows how overregulation can cripple and
destroy a small business -- his family's business went bankrupt.
We will work so no other family will have to see their hope
emptied out and their livelihood boarded up. We're turning the
lights back on in America. 111
As Rich says -- we will "Free the American Spirit. 11
That's our number one priority -- because the only entitle-
ment every American is born to is opportunity. That's the true
American legacy -- the opportunity to inherit your fair share of
the American dream -- and enter into a new American partnership.
This year we hear a lot of politicians tell us what they
think elections are all about. Well, I think elections come down
to just one thing. Trust. You know what I mean. When you go
5
into that voting booth, when you pull the curtain and put all the
hype and the hoopla behind you -- what matters is trust. What
matters is knowing that when your country faces a crisis -- you
trust the man in the Oval Office because he has the experience
-- the seasoning -- and the guts to do the right thing.
But there's something more than just the traditional view of
truth. Our whole process of governing is also about another kind
of trust -- one that gets right to the heart of what it means to
me to be President. To lead a great nation you must first trust
the people you lead. Look at our two political parties and the
choice couldn't be clearer -- it's between those who put their
trust in the average American to make the tough choices -- and
those who put their trust in the government to choose for them
-- and you know which side we're on!
We must trust the American people. Trust the people to decide
whether they want their kids' school to be public, private or re-
ligious. Trust the people to decide what kind of child care they
want for their own kids. Trust the people to deal with their own
lives: don't set up bureaucracy upon bureaucracy to overregulate
and dictate. Trust the people to spend their money more wisely
than a budget planner in Washington. I will always believe this
should be a country not of the government, by the government, for
the government: but of the people, by the people, for the people.
America is the greatest country on earth because our people
make it the most decent country on earth. One reason I'm so proud
of Rich is his dedication to deep-down American values. He's one
6
of an entire family of Eagle Scouts -- grew up with a father so
devoted his kids said: "If we were playing tiddlywinks, Dad
would be there.' Rich is that kind of father to his own 3 great
kids: last January he even led a campout at 20 below. Guess the
YMCA Indian Guides don't call him "Screaming Eagle" for nothing!
This man of strong ideals, who'd read the Bible 13 times
before he graduated from high school, believes there's something
wrong when a kid can get a condom in school -- but can't say a
prayer. And as long as he is your Senator, he will fight the
good fight, for the values you and I believe in -- he will fight
the decriminalization of drugs -- he will fight those who coddle
criminals -- and he will fight to make sure our streets are safe
for us and for our children.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition. I want to close by asking all of you to listen again
to these familiar words. I believe with all my heart that
Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
#
#
#
#
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DATE:
7/30/92
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RICH WILLIAMSON FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
SUNDAY, 8/2/92 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
ACTION FYI
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MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
X
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PETERSMEYER N/C
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
X
CALIO
SMITH N/C
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
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FINDLAY
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KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
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Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., FRIDAY,
July 31, with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: called called at at 9AMMD
called at 11:00
06 7nr
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 29, 1992 1 p.m.
JUL
RICH Draft Three
30
P
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS;
FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] Great to be here in Chicago -- but I
have to tell you, after that recent convention in New York -- I
think you've lost your claim to the title "The Windy City." III
We meet here at an important time. I know there are some
who think it's going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year
-- but they underestimate how hard someone who's determined to
stay is going to fight. But enough about the Cubs. III
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity. " If that young woman I just told you about were here
today, she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream
come true for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he
2
stands here now -- determined to make that same dream come true
for all the sons and daughters, the grandsons and granddaughters
of Illinois -- [NAME]'s grandson: Rich Williamson. III
You know, Rich and I go way back. As a matter of fact, he
and his dog Mac knew Millie before she was a best-seller. 11 So
I'm here out of friendship for a good, loyal American. But I'm
also here for our country -- because this race has become a ref-
erendum on American principles. I'm here to say to every citizen
of Illinois: Don't cast your vote on the side of failed, liberal
Democratic policies. If you care about your kids' America --
then vote for the good old-fashioned principles we were raised
on. Vote for the Republican principles of opportunity -- of
growth -- of personal responsibility -- and above all, of trust
-- vote for the next Senator from Illinois -- Rich Williamson.
Back when another native son of Illinois was President and
Rich was a senior member of our White House team, we worked hard
together wielding our ax against the overgrown two-headed monster
of big government and bureaucratic regulations. It was a good
fight -- it is a good fight, and I need Rich back at my side.
11
I need him with me as we take on Congress. Look at how that
place operates. Shrugs off my proposals for spending cuts --
then what does it do with your hard-earned money? Throws it into
boondoggles like $150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Hey,
Congress -- I can tell you for free what causes feuds: the Hat-
fields wanted less spending while those stubborn old McCoys held
out for bigger taxes. That's a blood feud if I ever saw one. 11
3
You know what happens if you walk up to an ATM machine on
State Street and try to take out more money than you have. Good
luck. Can anyone tell me why Congress can't learn that simple
lesson? Rich and I know Congress needs a tough, real Balanced
Budget Amendment. And I'll slash those pork-barrel pet projects
in a heartbeat -- just as soon as they give me what Jim Edgar and
42 other governors have -- the power of the line-item veto. 111
America is crying out for fiscal responsibility -- and for
hope. You know, I get a lot of letters. People write when
they're happy -- and they write when they're hurting. I got a
letter from a woman named Ruth Luitjohan, here in Carterville,
Illinois. She wrote: "We need jobs
Give us the opportunity
to succeed, that's all we're asking for. Can
you
understand?"
Ruth, I remember sitting around picnic tables in our
backyard in Midland, Texas with the families of folks who worked
in our company -- heard their worries, heard their fears. But
this is a wonderful country -- because mixed in with the hard
times is America's precious gift of opportunity. Rich and I can
stand here today because this country gave us the chance to
become full partners in the American dream.
For Rich -- it was working in the little family-owned fac-
tory which passed down jobs for 4 generations. For me -- it was
the chance for a kid fresh out of college and the Navy to head
down where the jobs were -- to drive my old Studebaker up and
down the dusty Texas plains as a salesman. That opportunity for
work and self-respect is what this country must give to everyone
4
-- every checkout clerk who wants to open his own store; every
single mom going to classes at night to become a nurse; every
unemployed linesman with a mortgage to meet. They deserve their
shot at the American dream and we're going to give it to them.
11
Let me tell you something, Ruth -- Rich and I work for those
people. 11 We'll keep pushing for the real reforms that will
bring the light of opportunity into the dark corners of this
land. 11 Unlike some -- we haven't spent our lives as
professional politicians. We've been in the workday world.
We've met payrolls. We know opportunity comes through jobs --
that's why above all we will create jobs. III
We'll create jobs through tax incentives to help businesses
thrive and expand -- and by whacking through the stranglehold of
regulations. Rich knows how overregulation can cripple and
destroy a small business -- his family's factory has gone
bankrupt. We will work so no other family will have to see their
hope emptied out and their livelihood boarded up. We're turning
the lights back on in America. III
As Rich says -- we will "Free the American Spirit.' 11
That's our number one priority -- because the only entitle-
ment every American is born to is opportunity. That's the true
American legacy -- the opportunity to inherit your fair share of
the American dream -- and enter into a new American partnership.
This year we hear a lot of politicians tell us what they
think elections are all about. Well, I think elections come down
to just one thing. Trust. You know what I mean. When you go
5
into that voting booth, when you pull the curtain and put all the
hype and the hoopla behind you -- what matters is trust. What
matters is knowing that when your country faces a crisis -- you
trust the man in the Oval Office because he has the experience
-- the seasoning -- and the guts to do the right thing.
But there's something more than just the traditional view of
truth. Our whole process of governing is also about another kind
of trust -- one that gets right to the heart of what it means to
me to be President. To lead a great nation you must first trust
the people you lead. Look at our two political parties and the
choice couldn't be clearer -- it's between those who put their
trust in the average American to make the tough choices -- and
those who put their trust in the government to choose for them
-- and you know which side we're on!
We must trust the American people. Trust the people to decide
whether they want their kids' school to be public, private or re-
ligious. Trust the people to decide what kind of child care they
want for their own kids. Trust the people to deal with their own
lives: don't set up bureaucracy upon bureaucracy to overregulate
and dictate. Trust the people to spend their money more wisely
than a budget planner in Washington. I will always believe this
should be a country not of the government, by the government, for
the government: but of the people, by the people, for the people.
America is the greatest country on earth because our people
make it the most decent country on earth. One reason I'm so proud
of Rich is his dedication to deep-down American values. He's one
6
of an entire family of Eagle Scouts -- grew up with a father so
devoted his kids said: "If we were playing tiddlywinks, Dad
would be there." Rich is that kind of father to his own 3 great
kids: last January he even led a campout at 20 below. Guess the
YMCA Indian Guides don't call him "Screaming Eagle" for nothing!
This man of strong ideals, who'd read the Bible 13 times
before he graduated from high school, believes there's something
wrong when a kid can get a condom in school -- but can't say a
prayer. And as long as he is your Senator, he will fight the
good fight, for the values you and I believe in -- he will fight
the decriminalization of drugs -- he will fight those who coddle
criminals -- and he will fight for the value of every human life.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition. I want to close by asking all of you to listen again
to these familiar words -- because I believe with all my heart
that Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
JUL 3 A10: 09
July 31, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Rich Williamson Fundraiser
We have reviewed the attached presidential remarks and
have noted a few suggested changes on the draft.
If you have any questions or we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Document No. 341981ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
JMA
DATE:
7/30/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/31/92 10:00 am
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RICH WILLIAMSON FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
SUNDAY, 8/2/92 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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 Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., FRIDAY,
July 31, with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
see changes
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 29, 1992 1 p.m.
30
RICH Draft Three
PI:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] Great to be here in Chicago -- but I
have to tell you, after that recent convention in New York -- I
think you've lost your claim to the title "The Windy City." 111
We meet here at an important time. I know there are some
who think it's going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year
-- but they underestimate how hard someone who's determined to
stay is going to fight. But enough about the Cubs. 111
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity." If that young woman I just told you about were here
today, she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream
come true for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he
2
stands here now -- determined to make that same dream come true
for all the sons and daughters, the grandsons and granddaughters
of Illinois -- [NAME]'s grandson: Rich Williamson.
You know, Rich and I go way back. As a matter of fact, he
and his dog Mac knew Millie before she was a best-seller. So
I'm here out of friendship SHELPING for a good, loyal American. But I'm
AS
also here for our country -- because this race has become a ref-
erendum on American principles. I'm here to say to every citizen
? (WASTE ?
of Illinois: Don't cast your vote on the side of failed, liberal
Democratic policies. If you care about your kids' America --
then vote for the good old-fashioned principles we were raised
on. Vote for the Republican principles of opportunity -- of
growth -- of personal responsibility -- and above all, of trust
-- vote for the next Senator from Illinois -- Rich Williamson.
Back when another native son of Illinois was President and
Rich was a senior member of our White House team, we worked hard
together wielding our ax against the overgrown two-headed monster
of big government and bureaucratic regulations. It was a good
STILL
fight -- it isVa good fight, and I need Rich back at my side. 11
THE DEMOCRAT DOMINATED
I need him with me as we take on Congress. Look at how that
place operates. Shrugs off my proposals for spending cuts --
then what does it do with your hard-earned money? Throws it into
boondoggles like $150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Hey,
Congress -- I can tell you for free what causes feuds: the Hat-
fields wanted less spending while those stubborn old McCoys held
out for bigger taxes. That's a blood feud if I ever saw one. 11
3
You know what happens if you walk up to an ATM machine on
State Street and try to take out more money than you have. Good
luck I Can anyone tell me I why Congress can't learn that simple
Now
TO PASS A
lesson? Rich and I know Congress needs tough, real Balanced
Budget Amendment. And I'll slash those pork-barrel pet projects
in a heartbeat -- just as soon as they give me what Jim Edgar and
42 other governors have -- the power of the line-item veto. 111
America is crying out for fiscal responsibility -- and for
hope. You know, I get a lot of letters. People write when
they're happy -- and they write when they're hurting. I got a
letter from a woman named Ruth Luitjohan, here in Carterville,
Illinois. She wrote: "We need jobs
...
Give us the opportunity
to succeed, that's all we're asking for. Can you
understand?"
Ruth, I remember sitting around picnic tables in our
backyard in Midland, Texas with the families of folks who worked
in our company -- heard their worries, heard their fears. But
this is a wonderful country -- because mixed in with the hard
times is America's precious gift of opportunity. Rich and I can
stand here today because this country gave us the chance to
become full partners in the American dream.
For Rich -- it was working in the little family-owned fac-
tory which passed down jobs for 4 generations. For me -- it was
the chance for a kid fresh out of college and the Navy to head
down where the jobs were -- to drive my old Studebaker up and
down the dusty Texas plains as a salesman. That opportunity for
work and self-respect is what this country must give to everyone
4
-- every checkout clerk who wants to open his own store; every
single mom going to classes at night to become a nurse; every
unemployed linesman with a mortgage to meet. They deserve their
shot at the American dream and we're going to give it to them.
Let me tell you something, Ruth -- Rich and I work for those
people. 11 We'll keep pushing for the real reforms that will
bring the light of opportunity into the dark corners of this
land. 11 Unlike some -- we haven't spent our lives as
professional politicians. We've been in the workday world.
We've met payrolls. We know opportunity comes through jobs --
that's why above all we will create jobs.
We'll create jobs through tax incentives to help businesses
thrive and expand -- and by whacking through the stranglehold of
regulations. Rich knows how overregulation can cripple and
destroy a small business -- his family's factory has gone
bankrupt. We will work so no other family will have to see their
hope emptied out and their livelihood boarded up. We're turning
the lights back on in America.
KIII
As Rich says -- we will "Free the American Spirit. 11
That's our number one priority -- because the only entitle-
ment every American is born to is opportunity. That's the true
American legacy -- the opportunity to inherit your fair share of
the American dream -- and enter into a new American partnership.
This year we hear a lot of politicians tell us what they
think elections are all about. Well, I think elections come down
to just one thing. Trust. You know what I mean. When you go
5
into that voting booth, when you pull the curtain and put all the
hype and the hoopla behind you -- what matters is trust. What
matters is knowing that when your country faces a crisis -- you
trust the man in the Oval Office because he has the experience
-- the seasoning -- and the guts to do the right thing.
But there's something more than just the traditional view of
truth. Our whole process of governing is also about another kind
of trust -- one that gets right to the heart of what it means to
me to be President. To lead a great nation you must first trust
the people you lead. Look at our two political parties and the
DIFFERENCE
choice couldn't be clearer -- it's between those who put their
trust in the average American to make the tough choices -- and
those who put their trust in the government to choose for them
-- and you know which side we're on!
We must I trust the American people. Trust the people to decide
whether they want their kids' school to be public, private or re-
ligious. Trust the people to decide what kind of child care they
want for their own kids. Trust the people to deal with their own
lives: don't set up bureaucracy upon bureaucracy to overregulate
and dictate. Trust the people to spend their money more wisely
than a budget planner in Washington. I will always believe this
should be a country not of the government, by the government, for
the government: but of the people, by the people, for the people.
America is the greatest country on earth because our people
make it the most decent country on earth. One reason I'm so proud
of Rich is his dedication to deep-down American values. He's one
6
of an entire family of Eagle Scouts -- grew up with a father so
devoted his kids said: "If we were playing tiddlywinks, Dad
would be there." Rich is that kind of father to his own 3 great
kids: last January he even led a campout at 20 below. Guess the
YMCA Indian Guides don't call him "Screaming Eagle" for nothing!
This man of strong ideals, who'd read the Bible 13 times
before he graduated from high school, believes there's something
wrong when a kid can get a condom in school -- but can't say a
prayer. And as long as he is your Senator, he will fight the
good fight, for the values you and I believe in -- he will fight
the decriminalization of drugs -- he will fight those who coddle
criminals -- and he will fight for the value of every human life.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition. I want to close by asking all of you to listen again
to these familiar words -- because I believe with all my heart
that Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 341981ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/30/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/31/92 10:00am
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RICH WILLIAMSON FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
SUNDAY, 8/2/92 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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 Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., FRIDAY,
July 31, with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
no comments :td 18
700
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 29, 1992 1 p.m.
2
JUL
30
RICH Draft Three
P
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS;
FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] Great to be here in Chicago -- but I
have to tell you, after that recent convention in New York -- I
think you've lost your claim to the title "The Windy city." 111
We meet here at an important time. I know there are some
who think it's going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year
--- but they underestimate how hard someone who's determined to
stay is going to fight. But enough about the Cubs. III
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity." If that young woman I just told you about were here
today, she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream
come true for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he
2
stands here now -- determined to make that same dream come true
for all the sons and daughters, the grandsons and granddaughters
of Illinois -- [NAME]'s grandson: Rich Williamson. III
You know, Rich and I go way back. As a matter of fact, he
and his dog Mac knew Millie before she was a best-seller. 11 So
I'm here out of friendship for a good, loyal American. But I'm
also here for our country -- because this race has become a ref-
erendum on American principles. I'm here to say to every citizen
of Illinois: Don't cast your vote on the side of failed, liberal
Democratic policies. If you care about your kids' America --
then vote for the good old-fashioned principles we were raised
on. Vote for the Republican principles of opportunity -- of
growth -- of personal responsibility -- and above all, of trust
-- vote for the next Senator from Illinois -- Rich Williamson.
Back when another native son of Illinois was President and
Rich was a senior member of our White House team, we worked hard
together wielding our ax against the overgrown two-headed monster
of big government and bureaucratic regulations. It was a good
fight -- it is a good fight, and I need Rich back at my side. 11
I need him with me as we take on Congress. Look at how that
place operates. Shrugs off my proposals for spending cuts --
then what does it do with your hard-earned money? Throws it into
boondoggles like $150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Hey,
Congress -- I can tell you for free what causes feuds: the Hat-
fields wanted less spending while those stubborn old McCoys held
out for bigger taxes. That's a blood feud if I ever saw one. 11
3
You know what happens if you walk up to an ATM machine on
State Street and try to take out more money than you have. Good
luck. Can anyone tell me why Congress can't learn that simple
lesson? Rich and I know Congress needs a tough, real Balanced
Budget Amendment. And I'll slash those pork-barrel pet projects
in a heartbeat -- just as soon as they give me what Jim Edgar and
42 other governors have -- the power of the line-item veto. 111
America is crying out for fiscal responsibility -- and for
hope. You know, I get a lot of letters. People write when
they're happy -- and they write when they're hurting. I got a
letter from a woman named Ruth Luitjohan, here in Carterville,
Illinois. She wrote: "We need jobs
Give us the opportunity
to succeed, that's all we're asking for. Can you
understand?"
Ruth, I remember sitting around picnic tables in our
backyard in Midland, Texas with the families of folks who worked
in our company -- heard their worries, heard their fears. But
this is a wonderful country -- because mixed in with the hard
times is America's precious gift of opportunity. Rich and I can
stand here today because this country gave us the chance to
become full partners in the American dream.
For Rich -- it was working in the little family-owned fac-
tory which passed down jobs for 4 generations. For me -- it was
the chance for a kid fresh out of college and the Navy to head
down where the jobs were -- to drive my old Studebaker up and
down the dusty Texas plains as a salesman. That opportunity for
work and self-respect is what this country must give to everyone
4
-- every checkout clerk who wants to open his own store; every
single mom going to classes at night to become a nurse; every
unemployed linesman with a mortgage to meet. They deserve their
shot at the American dream and we're going to give it to them.
11
Let me tell you something, Ruth -- Rich and I work for those
people. 11 We'll keep pushing for the real reforms that will
bring the light of opportunity into the dark corners of this
land. 11 Unlike some -- we haven't spent our lives as
professional politicians. We've been in the workday world.
We've met payrolls. We know opportunity comes through jobs --
that's why above all we will create jobs. III
We'll create jobs through tax incentives to help businesses
thrive and expand -- and by whacking through the stranglehold of
regulations. Rich knows how overregulation can cripple and
destroy a small business -- his family's factory has gone
bankrupt. We will work so no other family will have to see their
hope emptied out and their livelihood boarded up. We're turning
the lights back on in America. III
As Rich says -- we will "Free the American Spirit.' 11
That's our number one priority -- because the only entitle-
ment every American is born to is opportunity. That's the true
American legacy -- the opportunity to inherit your fair share of
the American dream -- and enter into a new American partnership.
This year we hear a lot of politicians tell us what they
think elections are all about. Well, I think elections come down
to just one thing. Trust. You know what I mean. When you go
5
into that voting booth, when you pull the curtain and put all the
hype and the hoopla behind you -- what matters is trust. What
matters is knowing that when your country faces a crisis -- you
trust the man in the Oval Office because he has the experience
-- the seasoning -- and the guts to do the right thing.
But there's something more than just the traditional view of
truth. Our whole process of governing is also about another kind
of trust -- one that gets right to the heart of what it means to
me to be President. To lead a great nation you must first trust
the people you lead. Look at our two political parties and the
choice couldn't be clearer -- it's between those who put their
trust in the average American to make the tough choices -- and
those who put their trust in the government to choose for them
-- and you know which side we're on!
We must trust the American people. Trust the people to decide
whether they want their kids' school to be public, private or re-
ligious. Trust the people to decide what kind of child care they
want for their own kids. Trust the people to deal with their own
lives: don't set up bureaucracy upon bureaucracy to overregulate
and dictate. Trust the people to spend their money more wisely
than a budget planner in Washington. I will always believe this
should be a country not of the government, by the government, for
the government: but of the people, by the people, for the people.
America is the greatest country on earth because our people
make it the most decent country on earth. One reason I'm so proud
of Rich is his dedication to deep-down American values. He's one
6
of an entire family of Eagle Scouts -- grew up with a father SO
devoted his kids said: "If we were playing tiddlywinks, Dad
would be there." Rich is that kind of father to his own 3 great
kids: last January he even led a campout at 20 below. Guess the
YMCA Indian Guides don't call him "Screaming Eagle" for nothing!
This man of strong ideals, who'd read the Bible 13 times
before he graduated from high school, believes there's something
wrong when a kid can get a condom in school -- but can't say a
prayer. And as long as he is your Senator, he will fight the
good fight, for the values you and I believe in -- he will fight
the decriminalization of drugs -- he will fight those who coddle
criminals -- and he will fight for the value of every human life.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition. I want to close by asking all of you to listen again
to these familiar words -- because I believe with all my heart
that Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
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7-31-92
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DATE:
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PICNIC RALLY
SUBJECT:
ELK GROVE, ILLINOIS -- -- SUNDAY 8/2/92 - 1:30pm
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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KAUFMAN
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PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Walters
July 30, 1992
1:00 p.m.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PICNIC RALLY
ELK GROVE, ILLINOIS
AUGUST 1, 1992
1:30 P.M.
Thank you, Rich [Williamson], for those kind words. I could
have listened to you go on all day. [Acknowledgements.] It's
great to be in Elk Grove, great to be back in Chicago: land of
the free -- and home of the Bears. //
You're home to some of this country's greatest athletes.
The other night, I saw Michael Jordan win the long jump and the
high jump
...
in a single game of basketball. //
I brought my mitt today. I should have brought along
Barbara and the grandkids -- could have had a whole softball
team, complete with subs: Give the term "Bush league" a whole
new meaning. //
Someone asked me the other day and asked me why I was a
Republican. I looked them straight in the eye and said: Free
corn-on-the-cob at the Elk Grove Picnic. // Corn, soft drinks,
beer -- all for $5 dollars. Now that's what I call family
values. //
We live at a time of tremendous opportunity. The changes
we've worked for have come to pass: The end of the Cold War
...
the collapse of imperial communism
...
a new birth of freedom,
from Managua to Moscow. A new world of hope for ourselves -- for
2
our kids.
Something I've thought about many times since I met with
Boris Yelstin at the White House: The world we live in is a
safer world -- safer than it was a decade ago / a year ago --
safer than it was two months ago, when kids walked out of school
and into summer. I'm proud of the progress we've made in
reducing some of the world's most dangerous nuclear weapons.
//
Let me tell you what that means: Not for Presidents or
Prime Ministers
not for historians or heads of state
but
for parents, and for our kids: it means a future free from fear.
//
Now we face a new challenge. The time has come for the
country that's changed the world
to change America. And let
me tell you: America is up to the challenge. //
This election year is about how we change to meet those
challenges. But this election is not just about change --
because change has a flip-side. That flip-side is called trust.
When you get right down to it, this election will be like every
other: When you pull that curtain closed and cast your vote
November 3rd -- trust matters. //
When the phone rings in the middle of the night in the White
House
when a crisis comes half a world away
trust
matters.
And that's the way it should be. //
Now, that's trust in the traditional sense. But that's just
part of the picture. I stake my claim on a simple philosophy:
3
To lead a great nation
you must first trust the people you
lead.
Look at every big issue we face. You'll see a choice -- a
choice between those who put their faith in everyday Americans,
and those who put their faith in government.
The other side seems to be saying "of the government, by the
government, for the government. " I stand with the great son of
Illinois who spoke government "of the people, by the people, for
the people."
I trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
I trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
I trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's child care. // When the other side says, "government
knows best" -- I say: Parents know better. Parents know better
than some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. //
So to those who doubt what makes this nation great, I say:
America is first
as long as we put the family first. //
Take it from my favorite silver-haired philosopher: Barbara
Bush. 11 What happens in the White House isn't half as
important as what happens in your house. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
That's what's keeping people up late at night -- worrying about
how they're going to pay the bills
put food on the table
care for their kids
and still manage to put away something
4
for their own retirement.
These concerns aren't mere matters of economics. Trust
matters here, too. I trust you to spend and save your money more
wisely than some budget planner in Washington.
Six months ago in my State of the Union, I proposed a
common-sense, comprehensive plan to get this economy moving
faster -- right now. Tax incentives -- to encourage businesses
to hire new workers. A $5000 tax credit -- $5000 dollars right
off the income tax you owe -- as a break for young families
struggling to scrimp and save and buy that first home.
Think about that. Some lucky person is going to win the
$5000 raffle prize this afternoon. Maybe it'll be someone from
Elk Grove or Palatine, from Hanover or Shaumburg. Maybe even
from Maine -- that's Maine County, of course. //
Well, my plan would put $5000 dollars in the hands of every
first-time homebuyer: To help you -- or your kids -- reach that
American Dream. //
If Congress had acted -- my economic plan would have created
half a million jobs.
Instead, Congress sat on my plan -- and sent me one full of
new government spending, and new taxes.
You know the story. I sent it back. //
I'm still waiting -- America's still waiting -- almost 200
days later. My economic recovery plan is being held hostage and
the ransom note reads, "wait 'till after the election."
There are some signs Congress may be getting the message.
then conect ? or
is should it be Finance?
5
Last Wednesday, the Senate Budget Committee approved a package
including a tax credit for first time homebuyers of $2500
dollars. It's half a year late
half as much as I asked for
half way through the Congress.
People ask what I think? That's not half bad. //
But what I'm going to say to Congress is: The American
people are waiting. They want action. Pass a bill that helps us
get this economy growing again. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
Barbara and I are blessed -- blessed to serve at a moment in
history when so many of the old fears have been driven away
when so many new hopes stand within our reach.
Since the day I took the oath of office, I've made it my
duty always to work for what's right for America. //
This election is about the big issues. The issues that
shape the world -- and the values close to home: I'm talking
about jobs, about family and faith -- about neighborhoods free
from crime
about a world free from fear. About trusting a
leader who trusts you.
Today, I say to all the good people of this state: together
we've made a great beginning. Give me four more years to finish
the job. //
Thank you all for this warm Illini welcome -- and may God
bless this great nation, the United States of America.
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4
America is crying out for fiscal responsibility -- and for
hope. You know, I get a lot of letters. People write when
they're happy -- and they write when they're hurting. I got a
letter from John and Jenna Fletcher here in Marion, Illinois --
like so many young couples struggling to deal with the economy -
- wanting the opportunity to succeed, to keep their hopes and
their pride. They wrote: "Give us our field of dreams, Mr.
President. "
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 31, 1992 12 p.m.
RICH Draft Four
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] Great to be here in Chicago -- but I
have to tell you, after that recent convention in New York -- I
think you've lost your claim to the title "The Windy City." 111
We meet here at an important time. I know there are some
who think it's going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year
-- but they underestimate how hard someone who's determined to
stay is going to fight. But enough about the Cubs. III
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity." If that young woman I just told you about were here
today, she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream
come true for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he
2
stands here now -- determined to make that same dream come true
for all the sons and daughters, the grandsons and granddaughters
of Illinois -- Helen Salisbury's grandson: Rich Williamson. 111
You know, Rich and I go way back. As a matter of fact, he
and his dog Mac knew Millie before she was a best-seller. So
I'm here out of friendship for a good, loyal American. But I'm
also here for our country -- because this race has become a ref-
erendum on American principles. I'm here to say to every citizen
of Illinois: Don't cast your vote on the side of failed, liberal
Democratic policies. If you care about your kids' America --
then vote for the good old-fashioned principles we were raised
on. Vote for the Republican principles of opportunity -- of
growth -- of personal responsibility -- and above all, of trust
-- vote for the next Senator from Illinois -- Rich Williamson.
Back when another native son of Illinois was President and
Rich was a senior member of our White House team, we worked hard
together wielding our ax against the overgrown two-headed monster
of big government and bureaucratic regulations. It was a good
fight -- it is a good fight, and I need Rich back at my side. 11
I need him with me as we take on Congress. Look at how that
place operates. Shrugs off my proposals for spending cuts --
then what does it do with your hard-earned money? Throws it into
boondoggles like $150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Hey,
Congress -- I can tell you for free what causes feuds: the Hat-
fields wanted less spending while those stubborn old McCoys held
out for bigger taxes. That's a blood feud if I ever saw one. 11
3
You know what happens if you walk up to an ATM machine on
State Street and try to take out more money than you have. Good
luck. Can anyone tell me why Congress can't learn that simple
lesson? Rich and I know Congress needs a tough, real Balanced
Budget Amendment. And I'll slash those pork-barrel pet projects
in a heartbeat -- just as soon as they give me what Jim Edgar and
42 other governors have -- the power of the line-item veto. III
America is crying out for fiscal responsibility -- and for
hope. You know, I get a lot of letters. People write when
they're happy -- and they write when they're hurting. I got a
letter from a woman named Ruth Luitjohan, here in Carterville,
Illinois. She wrote: "We need jobs Give us the opportunity
to succeed, that's all we're asking for. Can you
understand?"
Ruth, I remember sitting around picnic tables in our
backyard in Midland, Texas with the families of folks who worked
in our company -- heard their worries, heard their fears. But
this is a wonderful country -- because mixed in with the hard
times is America's precious gift of opportunity. Rich and I can
stand here today because this country gave us the chance to
become full partners in the American dream.
For Rich -- it was working in the little family-owned bus-
iness which passed down jobs for 4 generations. For me -- it was
the chance for a kid fresh out of college and the Navy to head
down where the jobs were -- to drive my old Studebaker up and
down the dusty Texas plains as a salesman. That opportunity for
work and self-respect is what this country must give to everyone
4
-- every checkout clerk who wants to open his own store -- every
single mom going to classes at night to become a nurse -- every
unemployed linesman with a mortgage to meet. They deserve their
shot at the American dream and we're going to give it to them.
11
Let me tell you something, Ruth -- Rich and I work for those
people. 11 We'll keep pushing for the real reforms that will
bring the light of opportunity into the dark corners of this
land. 11 Unlike some -- we haven't spent our lives as
professional politicians. We've been in the workaday world.
We've met payrolls. We know opportunity comes through jobs --
that's why above all we will create jobs. 111
We'll create jobs through tax incentives to help businesses
thrive and expand -- and by whacking through the stranglehold of
regulations. Rich knows how overregulation can cripple and
destroy a small business -- his family's business went bankrupt.
We will work so no other family will have to see their hope
emptied out and their livelihood boarded up. We're turning the
lights back on in America. III
As Rich says -- we will "Free the American Spirit.' 11
That's our number one priority -- because the only entitle-
ment every American is born to is opportunity. That's the true
American legacy -- the opportunity to inherit your fair share of
the American dream -- and enter into a new American partnership.
This year we hear a lot of politicians tell us what they
think elections are all about. Well, I think elections come down
to just one thing. Trust. You know what I mean. When you go
5
into that voting booth, when you pull the curtain and put all the
hype and the hoopla behind you -- what matters is trust. What
matters is knowing that when your country faces a crisis -- you
trust the man in the Oval Office because he has the experience
-- the seasoning -- and the guts to do the right thing.
But there's something more than just the traditional view of
truth. Our whole process of governing is also about another kind
of trust -- one that gets right to the heart of what it means to
me to be President. To lead a great nation you must first trust
the people you lead. Look at our two political parties and the
choice couldn't be clearer -- it's between those who put their
trust in the average American to make the tough choices -- and
those who put their trust in the government to choose for them
-- and you know which side we're on!
We must trust the American people. Trust the people to decide
whether they want their kids' school to be public, private or re-
ligious. Trust the people to decide what kind of child care they
want for their own kids. Trust the people to deal with their own
lives: don't set up bureaucracy upon bureaucracy to overregulate
and dictate. Trust the people to spend their money more wisely
than a budget planner in Washington. I will always believe this
should be a country not of the government, by the government, for
the government: but of the people, by the people, for the people.
America is the greatest country on earth because our people
make it the most decent country on earth. One reason I'm so proud
of Rich is his dedication to deep-down American values. He's one
6
of an entire family of Eagle Scouts -- grew up with a father so
devoted his kids said: "If we were playing tiddlywinks, Dad
would be there." Rich is that kind of father to his own 3 great
kids: last January he even led a campout at 20 below. Guess the
YMCA Indian Guides don't call him "Screaming Eagle" for nothing!
This man of strong ideals, who'd read the Bible 13 times
before he graduated from high school, believes there's something
wrong when a kid can get a condom in school -- but can't say a
prayer. And as long as he is your Senator, he will fight the
good fight, for the values you and I believe in -- he will fight
the devaluing of human life -- he will fight the decriminaliza-
tion of drugs -- he will fight those who coddle criminals -- and
he will make sure our streets are safe for you and your children.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition. I want to close by asking all of you to listen again
to these familiar words. I believe with all my heart that
Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
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of an entire family of Eagle Scouts -- grew up with a father so
devoted his kids said: "If we were playing tiddlywinks, Dad
would be there." Rich is that kind of father to his own 3 great
kids: last January he even led a campout at 20 below. Guess the
YMCA Indian Guides don't call him "Screaming Eagle" for nothing!
This man of strong ideals, who'd read the Bible 13 times
before he graduated from high school, believes there's something
wrong when a kid can get a condom in school -- but can't say a
prayer. And as long as he is your Senator, he will fight the
good fight, for the values you and I believe in -- he will fight
the devaluing of human life -- he will fight the decriminaliza-
tion of drugs -- he will fight those who coddle criminals -- and
he will make sure our streets are safe for you and your children.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition. I want to close by asking all of you to listen again
to these familiar words. I believe with all my heart that
Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/30/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 7/31/92 10:00am
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RICH WILLIAMSON FUNDRATSER
SUBJECT:
JUL 3 SUNDAY 8/2/92 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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 Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 10:00 a.m., FRIDAY,
July 31, with a copy to this office. Thank you.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
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TO:
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FROM:
Office of Communications
SUBJECT: WILLIAMSON comments due 10 am Friday morning, July 31
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
July 29, 1992 1 p.m.
RICH Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] Great to be here in Chicago - but I
have to tell you, after that recent convention in New York I
think you've lost your claim to the title "The Windy City." \\\
We meet here at an important time. I know there are some
JUL 30 30 07
who think it's going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year
-- but they underestimate how hard someone who's determined to
stay is going to fight. But enough about the Cubs. \\\
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl poor in pocket but rich in hope who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity." If that young woman I just told you about were here
today, she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream
come true for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he
stands here now -- determined to make that same dream come true
for all the sons and daughters, the grandsons and granddaughters
of Illinois -- [NAME]'s grandson: Rich Williamson. \\\
You know, Rich and I go way back. As a matter of fact, he
and his dog Mac knew Millie before she was a best-seller. So
I'm here out of friendship for a good, loyal American. But I'm
also here for our country -- because this race has become a ref-
erendum on American principles. I'm here to say to every citizen
of Illinois: Don't cast your vote on the side of failed, liberal
Democratic policies. If you care about your kids' America --then
vote for the good old-fashioned principles we were raised on.
Vote for the Republican principles of opportunity -- of growth --
of personal responsibility -- and above all, of trust -- vote
for the next Senator from Illinois -- Rich Williamson.
Back when another native son of Illinois was President and
Rich was a senior member of our White House team, we worked hard
together wielding our ax against the overgrown two-headed monster
of big government and bureaucratic regulations. It was a good
fight -- it is a good fight, and I need Rich back at my side.
I need him with me as we take on Congress. Look at how that
place operates. Shrugs off my proposals for spending cuts --then
what does it do with your hard-earned money? Throws it into
This word is too Washington.
boondoggles like $150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Hey,
Congress -- I can tell you for free what causes feuds: the Hat-
fields wanted less spending while those stubborn old McCoys held
out for bigger taxes. That's a blood feud if I ever saw one.
You know what happens if you walk up to an ATM machine on
State Street and try to take out more money than you have. Good
luck. Can anyone tell me why Congress can't learn that simple
lesson? Rich and I know Congress needs a tough, real Balanced
Budget Amendment. And I'll slash those pork-barrel pet projects
in a heartbeat -- just as soon as they give me what Jim Edgar and
42 other governors have -- the power of the line-item veto. \\\
America is crying out for fiscal responsibility -- and for
hope. You know, I get a lot of letters. People write when
they're happy -- and they write when they're hurting. I got a
letter from a woman named Ruth Luitjohan, here in Carterville,
Illinois. She wrote: "We need jobs
Give us the opportunity
to succeed, that's all we're asking for. Can you
understand?"
Ruth, I remember sitting around picnic tables in our
backyard in Midland, Texas with the families of folks who worked
in our company -- heard their worries, heard their fears. But
this is a wonderful country -- because mixed in with the hard
times is America's precious gift of opportunity. Rich and I can
stand here today because this country gave us the chance to
become full partners in the American dream.
For Rich -- it was working in the little family-owned fac-
tory which passed down jobs for 4 generations. For me -- it was
the chance for a kid fresh out of college and the Navy to head
down where the jobs were -- to drive my old Studebaker up and
down the dusty Texas plains as a salesman. That opportunity for
work and self-respect is what this country must give to everyone
-- every checkout clerk who wants to open his own store; every
single mom going to classes at night to become a nurse; every
unemployed linesman with a mortgage to meet. They deserve their
shot at the American dream and we're going to give it to them. \\
Let me tell you something, Ruth -- Rich and I work for those
people. \\ We'll keep pushing for the real reforms that will
bring the light of opportunity into the dark corners of this
land. \\ Unlike some -- we haven't spent our lives as
professional politicians. We've been in the workday world.
We've met payrolls. We know opportunity comes through jobs --
that's why above all we will create jobs. \\\
We'll create jobs through tax incentives to help businesses
thrive and expand -- and by whacking through the stranglehold of
regulations. Rich knows how overregulation can cripple and
destroy a small business -- his family's factory has gone
bankrupt. We will work so no other family will have to see their
hope emptied out and their livelihood boarded up. We're turning
the lights back on in America. \\\
As Rich says -- we will "Free the American Spirit."
That's our number one priority -- because the only entitle X ment
every American is born to is opportunity. That's the true
American legacy -- the opportunity to inherit your fair share of
the American dream -- and enter into a new American partnership.
This year we hear a lot of politicians tell us what they
think elections are all about. Well, I think elections come down
to just one thing. Trust You know what I mean. When you go
into that voting booth, when you pull the curtain and put all the
hype and the hoopla behind you -- what matters is trust. What
matters is knowing that when your country faces a crisis -- you
trust the man in the Oval Office because he has the experience
-- the seasoning -- and the guts to do the right thing.
But there's something more than just the traditional view of
truth. Our whole process of governing is also about another kind
of trust -- one that gets right to the heart of what it means to
me to be President. To lead a great nation you must first trust
the people you lead. Look at our two political parties and the
choice couldn't be clearer -- it's between those who put their
trust in the average American to make the tough choices -- and
those who put their trust in the government to choose for them
-- and you know which side we're on!
We must trust the American people. Trust the people to decide
whether they want their kids' school to be public, private or re-
ligious. Trust the people to decide what kind of child care they
want for their own kids. Trust the people to deal with their own
lives: don't set up bureaucracy program upon bureaucracy program to overregulate
might get
and dictate. Trust the people to spend their money more wisely
him tounge -tied
than a budget planner in Washington. I will always believe this
should be a country not of the government, by the government, for
the government: but of the people, by the people, for the people.
America is the greatest country on earth because our people
make it the most decent country on earth. One reason I'm so proud
of Rich is his dedication to deep-down American values. He's one
of an entire family of Eagle Scouts -- grew up with a father so
devoted his kids said: "If we were playing tiddlywinks, Dad
would be there. Rich is that kind of father to his own 3 great
kids: last January he even led a campout at 20 below. Guess the
YMCA Indian Guides don't call him "Screaming Eagle" for nothing!
This man of strong ideals, who'd read the Bible 13 times
before he graduated from high school, believes there's something
wrong when a kid can get a condom in school -- but can't say a
prayer. And as long as he is your Senator, he will fight the
good fight, for the values you and I believe in -- he will fight
the decriminalization of drugs -- he will fight those who coddle
criminals -- and he will fight for the value of every human life.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition. I want to close by asking all of you to listen again
to these familiar words -- because I believe with all my heart
that Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. II
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
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RICH Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR RICH WILLIAMSON
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1992
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] Great to be here in Chicago -- but I
have to tell you, after that recent convention in New York -- I
think you've lost your claim to the title "The Windy city. " 111
We meet here at an important time. I know there are some
who think it's going to be easy to oust an incumbent this year
-- but they underestimate how hard someone who's determined to
stay is going to fight. But enough about the Cubs. 111
This afternoon, I want to tell you a story about a young
girl -- poor in pocket but rich in hope -- who left her German
village to come to America. She came in search of something
larger than herself -- a future for her children -- and for their
children. Here in Chicago, she married another immigrant. She
took in laundry, he sold clothes, they lived in a tiny apartment
and never gave up hope that their daughter would have a better
future -- and their daughter's son an even better one.
That's how this country was born. And that's how it grew
into the most proud, most free nation on the face of the earth.
America became great through millions of stories like this --
stories of men and women who left behind their homes in order to
take a chance on a dream for their children here in "the land of
opportunity." If that young woman I just told you about were here
today, she would see how her sacrifice made the American Dream
come true for her grandson. And she would see with pride that he
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stands here now -- determined to make that same dream come true
for all the sons and daughters, the grandsons and granddaughters
of Illinois -- [NAME]'s grandson: Rich Williamson. 111
You know, Rich and I go way back. As a matter of fact, he
and his dog Mac knew Millie before she was a best-seller. So
I'm here out of friendship for a good, loyal American. But I'm
also here for our country -- because this race has become a ref-
erendum on American principles. I'm here to say to every citizen
of Illinois: Don't cast your vote on the side of failed, liberal
Democratic policies. If you care about your kids' America --
then vote for the good old-fashioned principles we were raised
on. Vote for the Republican principles of opportunity -- of
growth -- of personal responsibility -- and above all, of trust
-- vote for the next Senator from Illinois -- Rich Williamson.
11
Back when another native son of Illinois was President and
Rich was a senior member of our White House team, we worked hard
together wielding our ax against the overgrown two-headed monster
of big government and bureaucratic regulations. It was a good
fight -- it is a good fight, and I need Rich back at my side. 11
I need him with me as we take on Congress. Look at how that
place operates. Shrugs off my proposals for spending cuts --
then what does it do with your hard-earned money? Throws it into
boondoggles like $150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Hey,
Congress -- I can tell you for free what causes feuds: the Hat-
fields wanted less spending while those stubborn old McCoys held
out for bigger taxes. That's a blood feud if I ever saw one. 11
3
You know what happens if you walk up to an ATM machine on
State Street and try to take out more money than you have. Good
luck. Can anyone tell me why Congress can't learn that simple
lesson? Rich and I know Congress needs a tough, real Balanced
Budget Amendment. And I'll slash those pork-barrel pet projects
in a heartbeat -- just as soon as they give me what Jim Edgar and
42 other governors have -- the power of the line-item veto. 111
America is crying out for fiscal responsibility -- and for
hope. You know, I get a lot of letters. People write when
they're happy -- and they write when they're hurting. I got a
letter from a woman named Ruth Luitjohan, here in Carterville,
Illinois. She wrote: "We need jobs Give us the opportunity
to succeed, that's all we're asking for. Can you
understand?"
Ruth, I remember sitting around picnic tables in our
backyard in Midland, Texas with the families of folks who worked
in our company -- heard their worries, heard their fears. But
this is a wonderful country -- because mixed in with the hard
times is America's precious gift of opportunity. Rich and I can
stand here today because this country gave us the chance to
become full partners in the American dream.
For Rich -- it was working in the little family-owned fac-
tory which passed down jobs for 4 generations. For me -- it was
the chance for a kid fresh out of college and the Navy to head
down where the jobs were -- to drive my old Studebaker up and
down the dusty Texas plains as a salesman. That opportunity for
work and self-respect is what this country must give to everyone
4
-- every checkout clerk who wants to open his own store; every
single mom going to classes at night to become a nurse; every
unemployed linesman with a mortgage to meet. They deserve their
shot at the American dream and we're going to give it to them.
11
Let me tell you something, Ruth -- Rich and I work for those
people. 11 We'll keep pushing for the real reforms that will
bring the light of opportunity into the dark corners of this
land. 11 Unlike some -- we haven't spent our lives as
professional politicians. We've been in the workday world.
We've met payrolls. We know opportunity comes through jobs --
that's why above all we will create jobs. III
We'll create jobs through tax incentives to help businesses
thrive and expand -- and by whacking through the stranglehold of
regulations. Rich knows how overregulation can cripple and
destroy a small business -- his family's factory has gone
bankrupt. We will work so no other family will have to see their
hope emptied out and their livelihood boarded up. We're turning
the lights back on in America. III
As Rich says -- we will "Free the American Spirit. 11
That's our number one priority -- because the only entitle-
ment every American is born to is opportunity. That's the true
American legacy -- the opportunity to inherit your fair share of
the American dream -- and enter into a new American partnership.
This year we hear a lot of politicians tell us what they
think elections are all about. Well, I think elections come down
to just one thing. Trust. You know what I mean. When you go
5
into that voting booth, when you pull the curtain and put all the
hype and the hoopla behind you -- what matters is trust. What
matters is knowing that when your country faces a crisis -- you
trust the man in the Oval Office because he has the experience
-- the seasoning -- and the guts to do the right thing.
But there's something more than just the traditional view of
truth. Our whole process of governing is also about another kind
of trust -- one that gets right to the heart of what it means to
me to be President. To lead a great nation you must first trust
the people you lead. Look at our two political parties and the
choice couldn't be clearer -- it's between those who put their
trust in the average American to make the tough choices -- and
those who put their trust in the government to choose for them
-- and you know which side we're on!
We must trust the American people. Trust the people to decide
whether they want their kids' school to be public, private or re-
ligious. Trust the people to decide what kind of child care they
want for their own kids. Trust the people to deal with their own
lives: don't set up bureaucracy upon bureaucracy to overregulate
and dictate. Trust the people to spend their money more wisely
than a budget planner in Washington. I will always believe this
should be a country not of the government, by the government, for
the government: but of the people, by the people, for the people.
America is the greatest country on earth because our people
make it the most decent country on earth. One reason I'm so proud
of Rich is his dedication to deep-down American values. He's one
6
of an entire family of Eagle Scouts -- grew up with a father SO
devoted his kids said: "If we were playing tiddlywinks, Dad
would be there." Rich is that kind of father to his own 3 great
kids: last January he even led a campout at 20 below. Guess the
YMCA Indian Guides don't call him "Screaming Eagle" for nothing!
This man of strong ideals, who'd read the Bible 13 times
before he graduated from high school, believes there's something
wrong when a kid can get a condom in school -- but can't say a
prayer. And as long as he is your Senator, he will fight the
good fight, for the values you and I believe in -- he will fight
the decriminalization of drugs -- he will fight those who coddle
criminals -- and he will fight for the value of every human life.
Rich and I share a strong love of a certain proud American
tradition. I want to close by asking all of you to listen again
to these familiar words -- because I believe with all my heart
that Americans must join and once again pledge allegiance to the
finest vision of the United States of America -- "one nation,
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
That's the country I love -- the country Rich loves -- the
country you love. When I ask you to help that country by
believing in Rich -- working for Rich -- and voting for Rich, I'm
sure you'll answer in the words of the motto of this great city
of Chicago: "I will!" God bless you all.
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