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eorge Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Aug. 19
1457
have a learning
schools; and Sam Nunchia, Houston chief of
am without fear
proud and honored to have him at my side
police.
in the convention and the days that lie ahead.
ear of drugs. And
Il about. We saw
Now, I know the excitement's building.
Each hour we get closer to the moment ev-
¿lad I was not in
eryone's waiting for, packed house at the As-
g end; that guy
ty powerful.
Remarks at the Republican National
trodome, nationwide TV audience. I'd be less
Committee Gala Luncheon in
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few
across the coun-
Houston
make enormous
butterflies. But I'll tell you, you're going to
August 19, 1992
love Barbara's speech. [Laughter] But after
rigs. And I want
cent less use of
she's through, then I get my turn tomorrow.
The President. Lod Cook, thank you, sir.
I want to spell out where I'm going to take
S in this country,
Thank you all for that warm welcome. Thank
this country with your help over the next 4
the last 3 years.
you so very much. Thank you, Lod. Please
years. But first, just a little bit about why
,oing. In schools
be seated. Let me just single out at the begin-
we're here in Houston.
ents like this, po-
ning of these remarks Lod Cook, who does
Some of you may have read an interview
dedicated teach-
so much, not just for the party and for can-
by my opponent, the one he gave to the USA
1 then dedicated
didates but who's certainly done so much for
Today last week. It was absolutely incredible.
ome together to
Barbara and for me. Everything he touches
He talked about how he's already planning
or today and not
works out, and I couldn't be more pleased
the transition, figuring out who should be
country and for
to be at his side through this luncheon. This
Deputy Assistant Under Secretary in every
gives me an opportunity to thank him and
be here. I have
Washington Agency, even where he will go
all of you who made this luncheon quite
to get away from the White House. Heck,
at Barbara Bush,
clearly a tremendous success. I think this
er her in Hous-
I've expected to come forward Friday morn-
bodes well for what lies ahead.
ing and find somebody measuring the drapes
it in. But never-
I want to single out a couple of people.
in the Oval Office.
ot here because
I thought that Boy Scout color guard was
This guy got a problem up here? Are they
oking at the po-
great, and so was the Boys Choir and the
with the press corps?
ng ready for her
Houston Chorus; take great pride in them.
I can't hear you. Please speak up. This is
rrow night. But
Reverend Claude Payne is, as Lod said, Bar-
a crazy year, when they have credentials for
you know how
bara and my home parish minister at St. Mar-
the
J these kids be
tin's Church here, and we're just delighted
Audience members. What about AIDS?
to read, helping
to be with him.
What about AIDS? What about AIDS?
stay together so
I want to single out, of course, a man that
Audience members. Four more years!
did a great job firing up the troops last night,
Four more years! Four more years!
n Houston. Yes-
getting our message of hope and opportunity
The President. As I was saying-that
for me. These
across the country, our distinguished key-
guy-hey, listen, for those of you who haven't
licated, as some
noter, Phil Gramm. He did a superb job last
been around my line of work lately, this is
igton know that
night. We've got a lot, but let me just also
normal. Don't get worried. [Laughter] Don't
u get here, and
add Rich Bond, who came in in this national
get worried.
ning; you feel
committee, grabbed a hold of it, taking our
But let me just say this. I saw a demonstra-
just the political
message out there. He is a feisty devil, and
tion out there on the television the other day,
ot off to a great
he's doing a first-class job, too. And so, really,
and let me be clear where I stand: Everybody
S. It's the grass-
this then, with this dramatic entrance, is the
has a right to protest, but I have a right to
d to make life
first of our whistlestop tour. I think the train
stand with our law enforcement people who
ve me inspired.
sure beats the hell out of the bus, frankly.
have to put these protests in the proper per-
u're doing. And
I want to just salute the Vice President
spective. Thank you, to those from the sher-
try.
and Marilyn. Dan Quayle has served with
iff's office.
great distinction. He's taken on a lot of sub-
Audience members. What about AIDS?
t 10:20 a.m. at
stantive tasks and done them well. He's done
What about AIDS? What about AIDS?
is remarks, he
his job with dignity and honor, and he's taken
The President. May I address myself to
Norris; Diane
the best shots the other side can fire. If you
hool; Frank R.
the gentleman's question? Our administra-
ask me, he's given better than he's got. His
'rintendent of
tion last year spent $4.3 billion on AIDS.
head is up; he's ready to charge. And I am
That is 10 times as much for a person sick
1458
Aug. 19 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
with AIDS as we spend on cancer. This year,
ple do want to know that their leader has
we've asked for $4.9 billion, the highest re-
the experience, the background, and the guts
search and prevention program in the world.
to do the right thing. I am proud of the
We have the best scientists working on the
changes that we've made together. I am
problem. My heart is full of compassion, and
proud of our total victory in the cold war,
we are doing what we can to get to the bot-
proud that in the past 4 years more people
tom of that.
have taken the first breath of freedom than
Now, does anybody else have something
at any time in human history. That is major
they would like to say while we're all stand-
change. That is significant in terms of world
ing?
peace.
Audience members. What about AIDS?
But the job is not finished. There are plen-
What about AIDS? What about AIDS?
ty of wolves. The Soviet bear may be extinct,
Audience members. Four more years!
but there are plenty of wolves out there. As
Four more years! Four more years!
long as I am President, no madman will get
The President. Thank you very much.
his finger on the nuclear trigger. As long as
Anybody else like to be heard up here, be-
I am Commander in Chief, America will re-
cause I have one or two things only that I
main safe and strong. I owe that to the Amer-
want to say. I was telling you how my oppo-
ican people.
nent gave an interview to the USA Today,
and he talked about planning his transition
Electing our leader who will protect our
Nation means trust in the traditional sense.
and picking out who's going to be the Deputy
Assistant Under Secretary in each Washing-
But that's just part of the picture. Each elec-
tion is a referendum on the future and what
ton Agency, where he'll go to get away from
the White House. I expected to go to the
we want it to look like. I stake my claim on
Oval Office on Thursday to find him there
a very simple philosophy: To lead a great Na-
in the Oval Office measuring the drapes. But
tion, you must first trust the people that you
lead.
I have a message: Put the drapes on hold.
For pretty soon, for you it is going to be cur-
And think about this fact: Nearly one out
tains. We are going to take this to the Amer-
of every two delegates in Manhattan at that
ican people.
convention was on a government payroll.
This week, right here in Houston, we
That's just not true in Houston. We are the
began this conversation with the American
party of real people. The preacher, the pay-
people, talking about the issues that shape
roll meeter, the wage earner, the entre-
the world, about the values that are close to
preneur, the veteran, and yes, the volunteer,
home. I'm talking about jobs and family and
God bless them. And look at every big issue
faith and about neighborhoods free from
we face. You'll see a choice, a choice between
crime and about a world free from fear.
we who put our faith in everyday Americans
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're
and they who put their faith in a big, unre-
for them if you're for change. But this elec-
sponsive Government.
tion is not just about change, because change
If you haven't heard by now what that
has a flip side, and that is called trust. When
Government-first crowd has planned, let me
you get right down to it, the election is going
just give you a couple of examples. First,
to be like every other. When you pull that
they're calling for over $200 billion in new
curtain closed and cast your vote on Novem-
spending and another $150 billion in new
ber 3d, trust matters. The American people
taxes. Now, they're going to come back at
are going to say, I trust President George
me and say, "Wait a minute, we're the new
Bush because he's made the tough decisions
breed. We're no Walter Mondale, or we're
and he's conducted himself with honor and
no Michael Dukakis." And they may be right.
decency in that office.
I don't want to be unfair to Mr. Mondale
You know, I used this example the other
or Dukakis-[laughter]-$150 billion in new
day, that when a phone rings in the middle
taxes is more than the two of them ever
of the night at the White House, when a crisis
dreamed of offering the United States of
comes half a world away, the American peo-
America.
6
leorge Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Aug. 19
1459
their leader has
But I think we'd all agree that we trust
I remember back in 1948 traveling out
und, and the guts
the people, not the Government, to create
there when Bar and I were living in Odessa
m proud of the
the jobs and get this economy moving. You
and then in Midland, traveling out across the
together. I am
heard Phil Gramm talk about it. You saw that
plains to towns like Wink and Notrees and
in the cold war,
film showing what we've tried to do, blocked,
Andrews and Kermit and Crane, towns
:ars more people
blocked by that Congress.
where parents worried and watched when
of freedom than
Let me just say another thing: We trust
the kid crossed the street; towns that sent
ry. That is major
the parents, not the Government, to make
their kids halfway around the world to fight
n terms of world
the decisions that matter in life. We trust par-
for freedom, to the DMZ or to Da Nang or,
ents, not the Government, to choose their
yes, to Desert Storm. I remember the
1. There are plen-
children's schools, public, private, or paro-
rhythms of that part of our country, the
'r may be extinct,
chial. We fought for and we got a child care
rhythms of west Texas: Friday night football,
ves out there. As
bill, where the parents choose the children's
Saturday night picnics, the Sunday sermon.
madman will get
child care. And when the other side says Gov-
Barbara and I raised a family, built a busi-
igger. As long as
ernment knows best, I say parents know bet-
ness, and we made friends. We shared the
America will re-
ter. Parents know better than some bureau-
small triumphs and the sorrows. As my good
that to the Amer-
crat in Washington, DC, or some subcommit-
friend Dan Jenkins-you remember Dan the
tee chairman out there that's been there for
Hornfrog Man, the T.C.U. writer-he put it
will protect our
38 years and is mandating everybody in this
this way, "We lived life its own self." I re-
traditional sense.
country how to behave.
member, when the work was done, how we
cture. Each elec-
We trust the people, not a new Govern-
sat around the table late at night, and we
future and what
ment bureaucracy, to fix our health care sys-
talked: report cards, schoolyard fights, small
ake my claim on
tem. We've got a good proposal that provides
things, big dreams.
lead a great Na-
health insurance to the poorest of the poor
I was not born in Texas, but in Texas 48
people that you
and still provides the quality of medical care
years ago, whatever it was, 44 years ago, I
that would be decimated if we turn to the
came of age. The lessons that Barbara and
Nearly one out
Government to do it all.
I learned here are the lessons that we have
Manhattan at that
Well, you know that we've tried to get
tried to live by. The friends that we made
ernment payroll.
things through Congress. Now I'm going to
here and throughout our lives are the friends
ston. We are the
take this fight to every corner of the Nation
who are in this room, some from Texas, some
reacher, the pay-
and make the case not just to reelect me,
elsewhere, every one of whom we owe a vote
mer, the entre-
not just to reelect the Bush-Quayle ticket but
of gratitude to, the friends who have stood
es, the volunteer,
to give Congress back to the people. You
by us when times are great and when times
at every big issue
heard it here today: The House has remained
are tough.
a choice between
under the same control since Khrushchev
Now we are about to embark on the fight
eryday Americans
ruled the Kremlin and since Castro's coup
of our life and the fight to keep the American
h in a big, unre-
in Cuba. And today, the status quo is under
dream alive, but. keeping faith in people. I
siege. The only way to break the deadlock
look forward to this fight. I can feel it. I can
now what that
in Washington is to clear out the deadwood
feel it building in my blood. One thing that
planned, let me
on Capitol Hill. I'm going to do what Harry
is the most comfort is that through good
examples. First,
Truman did, take that case to the American
times and bad, I have had you at my side.
Ю billion in new
people for a November decision.
And we want to thank you for this fantastic
0 billion in new
Now, let me close with just a few words
show of support.
to come back at
to my friends here in Houston and others
May God bless this great Nation of ours.
e, we're the new
from across this country. We've been talking
Thank you for our many blessings, and may
ondale, or we're
about it, and for Barbara and me this week
God bless the United States of America.
hey may be right.
is bound to have a very special meaning. This
Thank you very, very much. Thank you all.
to Mr. Mondale
is our last big convention, last time, you
Thank you so very much.
50 billion in new
might say, around the track. It is great to
'O of them ever
come back home to Texas, come home to
Note: The President spoke at 2 p.m. at the
United States of
where it really began for us in a political
George R. Brown Center. In his remarks, he
sense.
referred to Lodwrick M. Cook, chairman of
1460
Aug. 19 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
the luncheon, and Senator Phil Gramm of
born November 1, 1946, in Oak Park, IL.
Texas.
Mr. Reum currently resides in Chicago, IL.
Statement by Press Secretary
Remarks at a Prayer Breakfast in
Fitzwater on Possible Changes in the
Houston
Cabinet
August 20, 1992
August 19, 1992
Thank you very much, Mary Lou. For
President Bush yesterday commented in
heaven sakes, that was just wonderful, and
a PBS interview that there would undoubt-
thank you for that wonderful introduction.
edly be changes in the Cabinet in the second
Let me repeat what I said last week to
term. He said this would be a normal situa-
the 1992
tion historically, and he did not refer to any
specific individual. The President believes his
[At this point, audience members interrupted
Cabinet is doing an excellent job.
the President's remarks.]
The President called Jack Kemp, Secretary
I apologize to those who have put together
of Housing and Urban Development, this
this ecumenical, lovely prayer breakfast, but
morning to congratulate him on his speech
you just can't control things like this. I hope
to the convention and to express his concern
you understand. I certainly do.
about Jack being singled out by the Houston
I was saying that I salute Mary Lou and
Post this morning as departing from the Cab-
thank her. Let me repeat what I said last
inet. The President assured Jack that he was
week to the 1992 summer Olympic team
referring only to the routine departure of
when they came to the White House. Wheth-
Cabinet members that historically occurs in
er they won a gold, silver, or bronze medal,
a second term.
or simply gave their best, they are all heroes
in the eyes of each American.
I also want to salute my friend and running
mate, Vice President Dan Quayle. Ninfa said
Nomination of James Michael Reum
it all; my friend Ninfa said it all: first-class.
To Be a Member of the Securities
May I salute the Mayor. And fellow Texans
and Exchange Commission
and Americans, I'm delighted to address this
August 19, 1992
ecumenical prayer breakfast on this great oc-
casion. You see, breakfast speeches are al-
The President today announced his inten-
ways my favorite. I figure it's the one meal
tion to nominate James Michael Reum, of
where broccoli is never served. [Laughter]
Illinois, to be a member of the Securities and
Let me first salute that marvelous choir
Exchange Commission for the term expiring
behind us. Think of it: a 40-piece orchestra;
June 5, 1997. He would succeed Edward H.
85 singers from the Houston Children's
Fleischman.
Choir, too; our adult choir, members of 40
Since 1979, Mr. Reum has served as a
area congregations, 1,200 voices; and then,
partner in the law firm of Hopkins & Sutter
of course, there was Alan Green, football
in Chicago, IL. He has also served as associ-
player, "A" student, Rice graduate, and mag-
ate Republican counsel for the Committee
nificent musician. Believe me, as one who
on the Judiciary in the U.S. House of Rep-
works in the divisive world of politics, it's
resentatives, 1974. From 1973 to 1974 and
amazing to hear that many voices raised in
1974 to 1978, he served as a corporate lawyer
unison on anything.
with the firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell.
As you know, we meet on a special day.
Mr. Reum graduated from Harvard Col-
Tonight I give my acceptance speech. If it
lege (B.A., 1968) and Harvard Law School
catches fire, it might give a whole new mean-
(J.D., 1972). He also served in the U.S. Army
ing to the story of the "burning bush."
Reserves/National Guard, 1969-75. He was
[Laughter] The only problem is I have a
Document No. 344907ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
----
DATE:
08/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TX - WED., AUG. 19, 1:50 P.M.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FINDLAY
FITZWATER
KAUFMAN
GRAY
MCGROARTY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
2.0014 P4: 06
August 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Doral
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR HOUSTON GALA
I. SUMMARY
On Wednesday, August 19, at 1:50 p.m., you will address
approximately 4,000 people at a rally and fundraiser in Houston,
Texas. You will ride into the reception area on a motorized
train with the First Lady, the Vice President and Mrs. Quayle,
and family members, and your remarks begin after lunch.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 12 minutes / teleprompter),
stress the importance of trust in this election year and talk
about your roots in Texas.
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." " We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus.]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle [[-- America's
favorite two-lawyer couple.] Dan Quayle has served with
distinction -- and with dignity. He's taken the other side's
best shots -- and if you ask me, he's given better than he's got.
I am proud to have him with me in the White House for four more
years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. 11
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
2
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
3
Trust matters. // The American people want to know that
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man. //
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me give you a few details:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending
-- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: Of the government, by the
4
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people. "
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
We trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
We 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. //
And we trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they say: Take two aspirin -
- and call me after the election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? We have a better way -- a plan to make health care
affordable for all Americans, without driving quality down or
driving costs through the roof. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people
I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my economic plan -- 500,000 more
Americans would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under siege: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rhythms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams.
//
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now.
/
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
Document No. 344907ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
6263
DATE:
08/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
----
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
SUBJECT:
HOUSTON, TX - WED., AUG. 19, 1:50 P.M.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFI
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FINDLAY
FITZWATER
KAUFMAN
GRAY
MCGROARTY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the Pr
See p5, Bd
\
called changes
to speechwood
RESPONSE:
8/17 1745. ch
FYI: CNR: WHK: DHP: WFS: KJH: BS: JTH: EXEC SEC: WWD
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
2..0014 P4: 06
August 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Doral
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR HOUSTON GALA
I. SUMMARY
On Wednesday, August 19, at 1:50 p.m., you will address
approximately 4,000 people at a rally and fundraiser in Houston,
Texas. You will ride into the reception area on a motorized
train with the First Lady, the Vice President and Mrs. Quayle,
and family members, and your remarks begin after lunch.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 12 minutes / teleprompter),
stress the importance of trust in this election year and talk
about your roots in Texas.
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. 1]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle [[-- America's
favorite two-lawyer couple.]] Dan Quayle has served with
distinction -- and with dignity. He's taken the other side's
best shots -- and if you ask me, he's given better than he's got.
I am proud to have him with me in the White House for four more
years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building ... and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
2
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
3
Trust matters. // The American people want to know that
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man. //
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me give you a few details:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
4
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people.'
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
We trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. 11
We 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. //
And we trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they say: Take two aspirin -
- and call me after the election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? We have a better way -- a plan to make health care
affordable for all Americans, without driving quality down or
driving costs through the roof. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people
I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my economic plan -- 500,000 more
Americans would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under siege: The only way to
Let's change the
break the /deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
status guo on Capitol Hilltoo, by clearing wet
the Devoratideadeod
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rhythms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
Document No. 344907ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
6263
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
----
08/15/92
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
SUBJECT:
HOUSTON, TX - WED., AUG. 19, 1:50 P.M.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFI
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FINDLAY
FITZWATER
KAUFMAN
GRAY
MCGROARTY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the Prt
See p5 Bl
1
called change
to speechwell
RESPONSE:
8/17 1745. ch
FYI: CNR: WHK: DHP: WFS: KJH: BS: JTH: EXEC SEC: WWD
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
2.0014 P4: 06
August 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Doral
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR HOUSTON GALA
I. SUMMARY
On Wednesday, August 19, at 1:50 p.m., you will address
approximately 4,000 people at a rally and fundraiser in Houston,
Texas. You will ride into the reception area on a motorized
train with the First Lady, the Vice President and Mrs. Quayle,
and family members, and your remarks begin after lunch.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 12 minutes / teleprompter),
stress the importance of trust in this election year and talk
about your roots in Texas.
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle [[-- America's
favorite two-lawyer couple.] Dan Quayle has served with
distinction -- and with dignity. He's taken the other side's
best shots -- and if you ask me, he's given better than he's got.
I am proud to have him with me in the White House for four more
years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
2
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. 11 As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
3
Trust matters. // The American people want to know that
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man. //
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me give you a few details:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
4
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people.'
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
We trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. 11
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
We 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. //
And we trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they say: Take two aspirin -
- and call me after the election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? We have a better way -- a plan to make health care
affordable for all Americans, without driving quality down or
driving costs through the roof. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people ... I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my economic plan -- 500,000 more
Americans would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under siege: The only way to
Let's change the
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
status guo on Capital Hill Too, by eleasing out
the Devaratidedd.od
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rhythms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
...
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
Document No. 344907ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
8/13/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 8/14 2:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
SUBJECT:
HOUSTON, TX - - WED. 8/19/92 - 1:50 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
X
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
McGrath
PORTER
BROMLEY
X
PROVOST
CALIO NK
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
NIL
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY N/C
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 p.m., FRIDAY, 8/14/92, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
called 1:00
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
12:30 p.m.
02 AUG 13 P2: 00
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle has
done an outstanding job as Vice President
...
he's going to be a
bulldog in this campaign
and we are going to win. I'm proud
Dan Quayle will be serving with me in the White House for four
more years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
...
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
2
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. / /
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
Trust matters. // The American people want to know whether
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man.
//
3
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me fill you in:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people.'
4
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
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. //
And I trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government-take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they're for change, alright.
Changing the subject. //
They say: Take two aspirin -- and call me after the
election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? The American people don't want the government playing
doctor. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my plan -- 500,000 more Americans
would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
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THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
August 13, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Houston Gala
We have reviewed the attached presidential remarks and have
noted a few suggested changes on the draft.
If you have any questions or we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
92 AUG 14 AUG14 P4: 36
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11
HK
DATE:
8/13/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 8/14 2:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
SUBJECT:
HOUSTON, TX - WED. 8/19/92 - 1:50 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROMOST
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 2:00 p.m., FRIDAY, 8/14/92, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
12:30 p.m.
2 AUG 13 P2: 00
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. 11
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus.]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle has
done an outstanding job as Vice President
he's going to be a
bulldog in this campaign ... and we are going to win. I'm proud
Dan Quayle will be serving with me in the White House for four
more years. 11
And of course, my partner in this great adventure - with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. 11
Now, I know the excitement's building ... and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
...
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. 11
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
week is so critically important. This election is about the I big
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2
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. 11
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side ... 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. 11
When the phone rings in the middle of the night in the White
House
when a crisis comes half a world away
...
trust
matters.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. 11
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. 11 As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
Trust matters. 11 The American people want to know whether
their President has the experience the character ... the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
...
I am that man. 11
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3
so far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me fill you in:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. 11
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
government. for the government" versus "of the people. by the
people. for the people.'
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4
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. 11 But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
I trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. 11
I trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or relicious. 11
I trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's child care. 11 When the other side says, "government
knows best" - I say: Parents know better. Parents know better
than some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. 11
And I trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government-take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they're for change, alright.
Changing the subject. 11
They say: Take two aspirin -- and call me after the
election. 11
I ask you: DO. we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? The American people don't want the government playing
doctor. 11
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people ... I trust the
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5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people - it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my plan -- 500,000 more Americans
would be working right now. 11
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change - a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. 11
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. 11
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//11
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
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6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. 11
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs ---- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." 11
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams. 11
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now.
/
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America - if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. 11
Thank you all for this warm welcome home and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Doral
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR HOUSTON RALLY
I. SUMMARY
On Wednesday, August 19, at 1:50 p.m., you will address
approximately 4,000 people at a rally and fundraiser in Houston,
Texas. You will ride into the reception area on a motorized
train with the First Lady, the Vice President and Mrs. Quayle,
and family members, and your remarks begin after lunch.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 12 minutes / teleprompter),
stress the importance of trust in this election year and talk
about your roots in Texas.
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle [[-- America's
favorite two-lawyer couple.]] Dan Quayle has served with
distinction -- and with dignity. He's taken the other side's
best shots -- and if you ask me, he's given better than he's got.
I am proud to have him with me in the White House for four more
years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome ... a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
2
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. 11
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
3
Trust matters. // The American people want to know that
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
...
I am that man. //
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me give you a few details:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: Of the government, by the
4
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people."
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
We trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
We 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. //
And we trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they say: Take two aspirin -
- and call me after the election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? We have a better way -- a plan to make health care
affordable for all Americans, without driving quality down or
driving costs through the roof. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my economic plan -- 500,000 more
Americans would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under siege: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rhythms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust --- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
...
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Dorh
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR HOUSTON RALLY
I. SUMMARY
On Wednesday, August 19, at 1:50 p.m., you will address
approximately 4,000 people at a rally and fundraiser in Houston,
Texas. You will ride into the reception area on a motorized
train with the First Lady, the Vice President and Mrs. Quayle,
and family members, and your remarks begin after lunch.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 12 minutes / teleprompter),
stress the importance of trust in this election year and talk
about your roots in Texas.
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle [[-- America's
favorite two-lawyer couple.]] Dan Quayle has served with
distinction -- and with dignity. He's taken the other side's
best shots -- and if you ask me, he's given better than he's got.
I am proud to have him with me in the White House for four more
years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome ... a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
2
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
3
Trust matters. // The American people want to know that
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man.
//
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me give you a few details:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: Of the government, by the
4
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people."
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
We trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
We 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. //
And we trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they say: Take two aspirin -
- and call me after the election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? We have a better way -- a plan to make health care
affordable for all Americans, without driving quality down or
driving costs through the roof. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people
I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my economic plan -- 500,000 more
Americans would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under siege: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rhythms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
...
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
...
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
NORE FOR DAN MCGROARTY
Suggested changes for the
Houston Gala remarks.
Dean McGrath, Jr.
Document No. 344907ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
8/13/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 8/14 2:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
SUBJECT:
HOUSTON, TX - WED. 8/19/92 - 1:50 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:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 p.m., FRIDAY, 8/14/92, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
12 : 11A Pl AUG 26
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
12:30 p.m.
02 AUG 13 P2: 00
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And T'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus ]-]-
At the outset I want to take a moment
want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle has
and
done an outstanding job as Vice President
hels going to be a
bulldog in this campaign and we are going to win. I'm proud
Dan Quayle will be serving with me in the White House for four
more years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
2
this country and
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change But this election is not just about change
because change has a flip side 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
we've made
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that
happened on our
watch proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
that
Trust matters. // The American people want to know whether
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man.
//
I know what it means to send America's sons and daughters in harms way. I've had to
make that difficult decision, Having seen Firsthead the horrors of war, I know that
its a decision that be taken lightly.
3
Foreign offairs arera,
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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,
big
and those who put their faith inagovernment.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me fill you in:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say:
Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now maybe they're right
//
I don't want to be unfair
...
to Mr. Mondale or Mr Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people.'
It's the same "spend beyond
your means" philosophy the
democrat - controlled congress
has practicised for years.
4
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's what American people believe
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 same bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. //
And I trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government-take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they're for change, alright.
Changing the subject. //
They say: Take two aspirin -- and call me after the
election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? The American people don't want the government playing
doctor. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people ... I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs
economic
And if Congress had passed my plan -- 500,000 more Americans
would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin ... since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know some people say I was born to privilege I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
...
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
2 Koua, Vuluan, ?
6
crossed the street
...
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
...
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
...
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
...
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things ... about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
...
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
...
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
...
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
Document No. 344907ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
8/13/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 8/14 2:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
SUBJECT:
HOUSTON, TX - WED. 8/19/92 - 1:50 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:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 p.m., FRIDAY, 8/14/92, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
12:30 p.m.
02 AUG 13 P2: 00
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. 1]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle has
done an outstanding job as Vice President
...
he's going to be a
not
bulldog in this campaign
and we are going to win. I'm proud
Dan Quayle will be serving with me in the White House for four
more years. 11
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
2
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
Trust matters. // The American people want to know whether
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man.
//
3
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
give a few of the details
crowd has planned, let me fill you
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: Of the government, by the
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people.
4
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
we
trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
we
trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
we
tall 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. //
And VI trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government-take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they're for change, airight.
Changing the subject //
They say: Take two aspirin -- and call me after the
election. //
we have a betteway
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? The American people don't want the gove nment: playing
ductor. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people ...
I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my plan -- 500,000 more Americans
would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is,
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams.
//
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATION
FROM: misfor GREGORY S. WALDEN
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Houston Gala
At your request, the Counsel's office has reviewed the above-
referenced matter. We have no legal objection or comments.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
32 AUG 14 A10: 08
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
12:30 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle has
done an outstanding job as Vice President
he's going to be a
bulldog in this campaign
and we are going to win. I'm proud
Dan Quayle will be serving with me in the White House for four
more years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
2
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
Trust matters. // The American people want to know whether
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man. //
3
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me fill you in:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people. "
4
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
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. //
And I trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government-take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they're for change, alright.
Changing the subject. //
They say: Take two aspirin -- and call me after the
election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? The American people don't want the government playing
doctor. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people ... I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my plan -- 500,000 more Americans
would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self. //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams.
//
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now.
/
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
12:30 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle has
done an outstanding job as Vice President
...
he's going to be a
bulldog in this campaign ... and we are going to win. I'm proud
Dan Quayle will be serving with me in the White House for four
more years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
...
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
2
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
Trust matters. // The American people want to know whether
their President has the experience
...
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
...
I am that man. //
3
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me fill you in:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people. "
4
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
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. //
And I trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government-take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they're for change, alright.
Changing the subject. //
They say: Take two aspirin -- and call me after the
election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? The American people don't want the government playing
doctor. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people
I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my plan -- 500,000 more Americans
would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[ [Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
...
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self. " //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas, I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
...
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
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and Staff Secretary
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12:30 p.m.
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[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle has
done an outstanding job as Vice President ... he's going to be a
bulldog in this campaign ... and we are going to win. I'm proud
Dan Quayle will be serving with me in the White House for four
more years. 11
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome ... a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you todayWhy what we do here in Houston this
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
2
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about 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. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
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.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
Trust matters. // The American people want to know whether
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man.
//
3
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: 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.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me fill you in:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people.
4
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
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. //
And I trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government-take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they're for change, alright.
Changing the subject. //
They say: Take two aspirin -- and call me after the
election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? The American people don't want the government playing
doctor. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people ...
I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my plan -- 500,000 more Americans
would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." 11
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
...
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #