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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/20/92
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
THE ATTACHED HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE PRESIDENT.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
ATLANTA GA.
TUE 20 OCT 92 07:32
PG.03
DMAF/WALTERS
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
(Norcross1)
Presidential Remarks: Norcross Whistle Stop
Norcross, Georgia
October 20, 1992
12:25 p.m.
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
I want to salute your great Congressman, Newt Gingrich. And
a special salute to the students, staff and faculty of Norcross
High.
Let me just say -- it's good to be in Georgia, the land of
the free -- and the home of the Braves. 11
You know, there is an old tradition in politics. It says
that when the American League team wins the World Series -- the
Republican candidate wins the Presidency. But you know, I'm so
confident we're going to win this thing -- that I'm cheering for
the Braves anyway. //
Because believe me, baseball is exactly like politics. So
forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls in the media. On
election day we'll show America -- it ain't over till Cabrera
(Cah-BRARE-ah) swings. //
Anyone see the debate last night? We laid out the choice
before the American people -- a vast difference in experience, a
vast difference in philosophy, a vast difference in character.
Bill Clinton says he wants to do for America what he has
done for Arkansas. And that's exactly what worries me.
ATLANTA GA.
TUE 20 OCT 92 07:32
PG.04
2
Let me just give you a few facts about Bill Clinton's twelve
years in office, and what he did to the good people of Arkansas.
Today, Arkansas is 50th in quality of environmental
initiatives, next to last in students with high school diplomas,
45th in overall well-being of children. Under Bill Clinton --
growth in income, jobs and wages all lagged the nation. In the
Clinton years -- Arkansas' economy had a simple motto -- "from
here to the curb is up." I say -- America deserves better. //
Last night, Ross Perot said that just because you've run a
corner grocery, doesn't mean you should try to run WalMart. I
agree -- and I'd go even a step further. Just because you
managed a last-place Little League team -- doesn't mean you're
ready to take over the Atlanta Braves. 11
For all our challenges, America is still the world's beacon.
And what really scares me about Governor Clinton -- is not just
his inexperience, but the ideas he has to offer America.
Governor Clinton says the economy is the number one issue -
- and I agree. And Americans face a choice between two vastly
different strategies -- to win the global economic competition.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media want you to
believe that the U.S. economy is second-rate.
They won't tell you that we have that inflation is down and
the family budget goes further -- that interest rates are the
lowest in 30 years -- saving the average family $1,500 a year in
mortgage payments. Let's hear Dan Rather ruminate about that
tonight. / /
ATLANTA GA.
TUE 20 OCT 92 07:33
PG.05
3
We are in the midst of a global slowdown, but our growth is
stronger than Germany and Japan, our standard of living is the
highest in the world, and our workers are the most productive.
Let's see Peter Jennings jawbone those facts tonight. / /
And the media won't remind you what happened the last time
we put a big-spending Congress together with a big-spending
Democratic President. How skyrocketing inflation wiped out
family budgets. How 20 percent interest rates made the average
seem like an impossibility. Let's see Tom Brokaw break that down
for you this evening.
No, the media won't tell you the truth, because they agree
with Governor Clinton -- the solution to all our problems is to
send more of your money to Washington. They believe that the way
to increase jobs -- is to increase government. I say -- there
must be a better way.
Over the past four years -- I've stood up to the big
spenders in Congress, because somebody has to protect the
American taxpayer. But now listen to what Teddy Kennedy says --
and I quote -- "with a stroke of a pen, President Clinton will
achieve what President Bush has blocked for four years." When
you hear those words -- you ought to hold on to your wallet and
nail your pocketbook to the floor. //
Here are the facts. The big-spenders in Congress have
already introduced $800 billion in new spending programs --
awaiting the next President. And in this campaign, Governor
ATLANTA GA.
IVE 20 OCT 92 07:34
PG.06
4
Clinton already proposes $150 billion dollars in new taxes --
plus at least $220 billion in new spending. Just to start.
Who is going to pay the bill? Well, last night Bill Clinton
admitted that his plan may come up short. He still says he'll
raise all his money from the rich -- those over $200,000. But
his comes up $77 billion dollars short.
You've of the $64,000 question, well, here's the $77 billion
answer. Governor Clinton is going to take it out of the hide of
the middle-class. Governor Clinton will go after all the cab
drivers and the nurses and the teachers. And I say -- the middle
class already pays enough. / /
I will work with the new Congress -- to approve new
incentives for home ownership -- to get the real estate industry
moving. New incentives for small business -- to create new jobs.
Bill Clinton's trickle-down government philosophy will cost
America almost 3 million jobs. My philosophy of incentives and
investment -- will get this economy moving -- and create almost a
million new jobs. / /
That's the short-term -- but this election is also about the
long-term -- how we will compete in the global economy.
I'm proud that on my watch, exports have risen 40 percent -
And today, more of the goods sold in the world are labelled --
"Made In The USA." If we want the sons and daughters of
steelworkers to earn good wages, we must fight for free and fair
trade. 11
ATLANTA GA.
TUE 20 OCT 92 07:35
PG.07
5
I'm proud that my administration has negotiated the North
American Free Trade Treaty -- creating 175,000 American jobs.
Governor Clinton says he is for free and fair trade --
"but. " I will fight to create new jobs for American workers --
no ifs, ands or buts. 11
As compete in a global economy, two-thirds of our jobs will
be created by small business. Small businessmen and women need
relief -- from taxation, regulation and litigation.
Today, Americans spend almost $200 billion a year on direct
costs to lawyers. Japan doesn't spend this, neither does
Germany. Governor Clinton doesn't think this is a problem, I
want to reform the system.
As a nation, we must sue each other less -- and care for
each other more. //
As we promote and encourage business, we will create new
jobs -- with higher wages. But these jobs will require new
skills -- so we change our system of education.
I said I would be the Education President -- and I
delivered. Never before has America had national education goals
-- today we do. Never before have communities pulled together to
literally reinvent our schools -- today they are.
Governor Clinton says he wants parents to choose their kids
schools -- but he doesn't want to offend the teacher's unions.
Wealthy parents can choose their kids schools, why can't every
parent? I will fight to give every parent the right to choose
ATLANTA GA.
TUE 20 OCT 92 07:35
PG.08
6
their best school for their kids -- public, private or
religious. / /
Americans need economic security -- that means better health
care.
I have a plan -- investment in prevention -- lower costs for
small business -- malpractice reform -- and credits and vouchers
so that you can not only get health care -- you can afford it. / /
Governor Clinton has a new plan every day of the week.
First he wants to tax small business to pay for health care.
Then he was doesn't. Then he does. He has more stories -- than
Dr. Zeuss.
Step number five of my agenda -- is to take back the streets
of America. Governor Clinton talks tough, but in Arkansas, the
average criminal serves just 20 percent of his sentence -- before
he's back out on the street. Federal inmates serve 85 percent of
our sentences. I don't want to turn our prisons into a drive
through window for felons.
Ask the police of Little Rock, they know that if Bill
Clinton is tough on crime -- Barney Fife is "Conan the
Barbarian." They've endorsed me to be President of the United
States.
The last part of my agenda -- is to cut the size of
government -- because it's too big, and spends too much of your
money.
ATLANTA GA.
TUE 20 OCT 92 07:36
PG.09
7
Governor Clinton says that raising taxes will reduce the
deficit -- and I say he is dead wrong. If you give Congress more
money, they will spend it.
I'm fighting for a balanced budget amendment -- and a line-
item veto -- and a check-off on your tax return, so that if
Congress won't cut spending -- you can do it for them. 11
Governor Clinton is afraid to stand up to the kingpins of
Congress -- and endorse term limits. I say it's time to limit
the terms of members of Congress -- and give government back to
the people. 11
Now I must tell you -- Governor Clinton wasn't always
against term limits. Once upon a time he was for them. Once
upon a time he said he was never drafted -- then he said he was.
Once upon a time he was in favor of right to work laws -- now he
wants to repeal them. For it. Against it. For it. Against it.
Governor Clinton has a pattern over his career -- first on
one side, then on the other. But in the Oval Office, there's no
such thing as both sides. You have to take a stand.
Governor Clinton says he doesn't care about the character of
the President -- he's interested in the character of the
Presidency.
I say -- you can't separate the character of the Presidency
-- from the character of the President. 11
You cannot lead the American people -- by misleading them. 11
ATLANTA GA.
TUE 20 OCT 92 07:37
PG. 10
8
People all around the world judge America by the character
of the President -- when they decide if America an be counted on
to keep its word.
I hesitate to think how the world will judge us -- if we
have a President with all the conviction of a weathervane.
Our world is smaller -- the next crises around the corner.
And leadership abroad -- translates into jobs -- right here at
home.
If his pattern of failure in Arkansas is any indication --
Bill Clinton is not ready for the job. If his pattern of
deception is any guide, Bill Clinton is not right for the job.
Only one leader in the race has led in a time of crisis --
has demonstrated the integrity, the character, the maturity, the
ideas -- to lead America and the world.
I need your support, I ask for your vote. God bless the
United States of America.
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REMARKS:
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Changes for Norcross, Gastonia and Kannapolis
2
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from Jeannie
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
Veryimportant!
OCTOBER 20, 1992
12:00 noon
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
[Acknowledgements. I want to salute your great Congressman,
and his wife, Marianne.
Newt Gingrich And finally, a special hello to the students,
staff and faculty of Norcross High.
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Norcross such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Norcross -- how America leads in the world.
This election -- like every election -- is a referendum on the
future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
ernor
Gov Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality. You know the
story: They're telling you it's bottom of the ninth, two out --
so you might as well just flip off the set. //
I think you know down here in Braves country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. //
(
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over ( til Cabrerro swings." //
Cabrera
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
my
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
for
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
^
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors because of strong leadership.
earlier this year
Japan's
They don't tell you that for the last three months the
econom. economy in Sermany and Japan actually got smaller they
stagnated. and Germany economy
actually contracted
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
a generation
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years
JD Foster
interest
upto
and together those lower, rates save the average family more than
CEA Agenda
$1,500 1,
+ in
$2 000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
take his medicine
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his preser iption
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned #He He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
will
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
will
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment to create jobs -- and give more
Americans the chance to use their IRA savings accounts to buy a
new home, or send their kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
stet?
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America. Here's what I'm fighting for.
foreign
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
Georgian textiles, auto parts, and soybeans
It's fine that the [products] from Georgia are sold in
Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good enough.
products
I want to sell those HX in Moscow and Mexico City and Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
if per
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
any
shake, and they can outwork, ^ outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business es
They're
the
small businesses are STE.I
backbone of our economy. But they re being strangled by high
government
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
STET
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and yes litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear
taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have
restille
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment. these in alithe delail, please, 6 the audience)
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate ID ten
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. 11
Let me end today with a story -- a story about a family many
Carl
of you know
Charles Johnson, his wife Sherry and their two
daughters. They run the pharmacy here in town -- a family
business since 1885.
For the Johnsons, Norcross isn't just the place they run
their business -- it's home. And the people who come through
their door aren't just customers -- they're neighbors, friends,
family.
Carl
You saw that during Desert Storm, when Charles Johnson
Persion
realized one day he could send messages out to the Gulf using his
pharmacy computer. So each night, after he closed up shop,
Charles sat down at his computer, and He spent hours typing out
Carl
people's letters -- and sending them on to their loved ones.
Carl
And half a world away Charles Johnson helped bring a little
bit of home to our proud sons and daughters of Desert Storm.
Carl
Now, Charles Johnson may say what he did was a small thing -
- I say: small things carry big truths. It's the small things
that show us the spirit of America. //
Yes, our world is changing. /
Yes we face new challenges. /
But as I look out at you today, I know: there is no change
I can think of -- no challenge we face -- that is bigger than
America's heart or brighter than our dreams. /
America is ready. And so am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Georgia welcome. And
may God bless this great country, the United States of America.
# # #
P.S. Norcross, GA is the corporate HQ
for Waffle House restaurants. Their
phones rang off the hook after the
last debate
(CED IS a big Republican,
according to Hendricks -the site lead)
19 October 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
J. BUNTON &
SUBJECT:
FACTS AND ACKS FOR GAINESVILE AND BURLINGTON
GAINESVILLE:
ACKS: College Republicans; Bands playing - Riverside Blue Devils;
East Hall Vikings; North Hall Trojans; West Hall Spartans;
Johnson Knights; Gainesville Red Elephants. Ferguson Enterprises and Co.
FACT CHANGES: p. 4 -- 4th graph, "Not far from here is your
veterans' memorial -- the Eternal Flame". (It's not a statue.)
p. 5, 2nd graph -- "And I'm glad to say your Chamber of Commerce
has endorsed our America 2000 education plan.' (Chamber endorsed
plan -- but Clifton McDuffie at the Chamber said we should not
say the chamber endorsed singularly the choice component of the
plan. Be safe he said and mention only the plan.)
BURLINGTON:
ACKS: POTUS INTRO - Sen. Helms
11 high school bands.
also Newlin Haraware Giliam and sons Farm and Garden supplies for helping out
FACT CHANGES: p. 1; 2nd graph : the place near where more than
220 years ago, a group opposed to corruption and unfair taxation
with the
fought the Battle of Alamance." (They didn't win).
visit
(The lead said
P. 1, 4th graph -- delete Spartanburg.
these businesses are
building the staging and
P. 2, 1 graph -- This morning in Gastonia (not Spartanburg) closing down for day-
using parking
P. 4, 5th graph -- Marvin Aldridge was in the first tank in the lot etc.)
11th Armored Division to cross the Rhine River
P. 4, 6th graph -- That's why North Carolina sent 75,000 to the
Persian Gulf
more than any other state in the Nation.
P. 5, 6th graph -- Burlington Industries (not textiles),
exporting goods for nearly 70 years (they were founded in 1923 -
- however the guy at Burlington could not confirm that they've
been exporting since day one -- he went on to say he didn't know
POTUS was visiting and that "exports is a small portion of total
sales".)
Huge banner POTUS right reads: Bill you're just blowin' smoke!
// after POTUS says: We're going to blow the whistle on Bill"
the trains will blow their whistles -- people in audience will
blow whistles and air horns.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVEN PROVOST
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY min
SUBJECT:
COMMENTS
Holiday has the following comment to be incorporated into
Spartanburgh, Raleigh, Cornelia, Gainsville, and Thomasville
speeches.
"You can't be one kind of man and another kind of
President."
October 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
MICHELE NIX MN
SUBJECT:
GASTONIA COLOR INSERTS FOR SPEECH
Page 1, 3rd graph: Take Gastonia mayor mention out. He is a
Democrat and "friendly," but he hasn't endorsed us. Advance
isn't sure yet what his status is or whether he'll be at the
event. Mayor Joe Lawling (a Republican) will be there. He is
the mayor from Ranlo -- which is where POTUS will be. The stage
where he speaks is actually about 20 feet from the border of
Gastonia.
Page 1, graph 2: How they get the jockeys to stay on those fish
-- I'll never know. // (plural)
Page 5, 1rst graph: "It's fine that textiles, auto parts and
apparel from North Carolina are sold in Detroit and Boston and
Los Angeles. But that's not good enough. I want to sell those
products in Moscow and Mexico City and Yokohama."
Last page: The "Whatever my opponent and his friends
"
graph is repeated. I'd delete the first reference.
We are not doing a Gastonia and new American schools insert.
Delete.
For fact check changes re stump section, Carol has incorporated
those on the Norcross master. Those apply to Kannapolis and
Gastonia as well.
IMPORTANT: Remember, do not refer to "free trade' in NC. These
people are not supporters of free trade. You can say "we want to
open markets,' but do not use "free trade."
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO DATE
Introduced by Congressman Alex McMillan (9th district)
Congressman Cass Ballenger
Governor Jim Martin
Document No. 357354ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
NORCROSS, GEORGIA - OCT. 20 - NOON
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
&
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
&
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
X
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS N/C
CALIO
SMITH N/C
DEMAREST N/C
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
N/C
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY N/C
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19,
with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
2:45 called
PHILLIP D. BRADY
3:30 "
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
DMAF/Aarhus
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
2 OCT 19 All : 12
[norcross]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 20, 1992
12:00 noon
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
[Acknowledgements.] I want to salute your great Congressman,
Newt Gingrich. And finally, a special hello to the students,
staff and faculty of Norcross High.
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Norcross such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Norcross -- how America leads in the world.
This election -- like every election -- is a referendum on the
future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality. You know the
story: They're telling you it's bottom of the ninth, two out --
so you might as well just flip off the set. //
I think you know down here in Braves' country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. //
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over til Cabrerro swings." //
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment to create jobs -- and give more
Americans the chance to use their IRA savings accounts to buy a
new home, or send their kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America. Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
It's fine that the [products] from [Georgia] are sold in
Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good enough.
I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
[
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
Let me end today with a story -- a story about a family many
of you know -- Charles Johnson, his wife Sherry and their two
daughters. They run the pharmacy here in town -- a family
business since 1885.
For the Johnsons, Norcross isn't just the place they run
their business -- it's home. And the people who come through
their door aren't just customers -- they're neighbors, friends,
family.
You saw that during Desert Storm, when Charles Johnson
realized one day he could send messages out to the Gulf using his
pharmacy computer. So each night, after he closed up shop,
Charles sat down at his computer. He spent hours typing out
people's letters -- and sending them on to their loved ones.
And half a world away, Charles Johnson helped bring a little
bit of home to our proud sons and daughters of Desert Storm.
Now, Charles Johnson may say what he did was a small thing -
- I say: small things carry big truths. It's the small things
that show us the spirit of America. //
Yes, our world is changing. /
Yes we face new challenges.
/
But as I look out at you today, I know: there is no change
I can think of -- no challenge we face -- that is bigger than
America's heart or brighter than our dreams. /
America is ready. And so am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Georgia welcome. And
may God bless this great country, the United States of America.
# # #
DMAF/Aarhus
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
[norcross]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 20, 1992
12:00 noon
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
[Acknowledgements.] I want to salute your great Congressman,
Newt Gingrich. And finally, a special hello to the students,
staff and faculty of Norcross High.
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Norcross such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Norcross -:- how America leads in the world.
This election -- like every election -- is a referendum on the
future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality. You know the
story: They're telling you it's bottom of the ninth, two out --
so you might as well just flip off the set. //
I think you know down here in Braves' country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. //
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over til Cabrerro swings." //
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
for
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
earlier this year the Japance
during the
economic
They don't tell you that for the last three months
the
growthas was stagnant that the German economy
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller
they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
take his medicine
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment to create jobs -- and give more
Americans the chance to use their IRA savings accounts to buy a
new home, or send their kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America. Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
It's fine that the [products] from [Georgia] are sold in
Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good enough.
I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anyoner anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
Let me end today with a story -- a story about a family many
of you know -- Charles Johnson, his wife Sherry and their two
daughters. They run the pharmacy here in town -- a family
business since 1885.
For the Johnsons, Norcross isn't just the place they run
their business -- it's home. And the people who come through
their door aren't just customers -- they're neighbors, friends,
family.
You saw that during Desert Storm, when Charles Johnson
realized one day he could send messages out to the Gulf using his
pharmacy computer. So each night, after he closed up shop,
Charles sat down at his computer. He spent hours typing out
people's letters -- and sending them on to their loved ones.
And half a world away, Charles Johnson helped bring a little
bit of home to our proud sons and daughters of Desert Storm.
Now, Charles Johnson may say what he did was a small thing -
- I say: small things carry big truths. It's the small things
that show us the spirit of America. //
Yes, our world is changing. /
Yes we face new challenges. /
But as I look out at you today, I know: there is no change
I can think of -- no challenge we face -- that is bigger than
America's heart or brighter than our dreams. /
America is ready. And so am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Georgia welcome. And
may God bless this great country, the United States of America.
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NORCRUSS
I think you know down here in Braves' country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. //
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over til Cabrerro swings." //
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
TowMeg
FROM:
Joff
HOLMSTEAD, WH COUNSEL
DMAF/Nix
October 19, 1992
10
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11:00 a.m.
[gastonia]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GASTONIA WHISTLE STOP
GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 21, 1992
9:45 A.M.
Thank you all for this warm welcome. As the old song says,
"nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning."
// [Acknowledgements.]
Barbara and I are sorry we missed the Fish Camp Jam. /
Especially the catfish races. How they get the jockey to stay on
those fish -- I'll never know. //
I want to thank all of you for this strong show of support -
- especially Mayor
[------].
The choice we make two weeks from
now really transcends party. It's a choice we make not as
Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans -- and I thank you for
the trust you've placed in me.
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Gastonia such a special
place to live and raise a family.
b
yay
The choice we make Novemer 3rd will shape how you live here
in Gastonia how America leads in the world. This election --
like every election -- is a referendum on the future. You face
a real choice -- between two different candidates, two different
directions to take this country.
Gastonia
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality.
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
the
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
Democrat
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
had
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
denit
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
time
House
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
Gastonia
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. 11
When it comes down to it, I put my trust in the people. In
the people waiting at the airport in a driving rain early one
workday morning not so long ago in Greensboro. In the families -
- the Moms, Dads and kids -- that stood out along the railroad
tracks from Gainsville, Georgia all the way in to Gastonia.
These are people yearning for change / ready to build on what's
good about America -- and make it better.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
repeats
people are good. 11
There is no change I can think of -- no challenge we face -
- that is bigger than America's heart or brighter than our
dreams. /
America is ready. So am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm North Carolina
welcome.
And may God bless this great country, the United
States of America.
# # #
Kannapolis
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller --- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Kannapous
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
our international competitors
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince(that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same
The Thuth
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But
the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 OCT 20 October 19, 1992
a
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Norcross Whistle Stop
We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted a few
suggested changes on the draft.
Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may
help in any other way.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
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DATE: 10/19/92
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BAKER
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BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19,
with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
My
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
DMAF/Aarhus
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
2 20019 All: 12
[norcross]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 20, 1992
12:00 noon
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
[Acknowledgements.] I want to salute your great Congressman,
Newt Gingrich. And finally, a special hello to the students,
staff and faculty of Norcross High.
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Norcross such a special
place to live and raise a family. 11
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Norcross -- how America leads in the world.
This election -- like every election -- is a referendum on the
future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality. You know the
story: They're telling you it's bottom of the ninth, two out --
so you might as well just flip off the set. //
I think you know down here in Braves' country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. //
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over til Cabrerro swings." //
(#)
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
AT
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
FOR
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates I in 30 20 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
TO INCREASE
BADLY
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
A
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment to create jobs -- and give more
Americans the chance to use their IRA savings accounts to buy a
new home, or send their kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America. Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
It's fine that the [products] from [Georgia] are sold in
Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good enough.
I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
ONE
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents I the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we I they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
ES
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
ENGAGED IN, LITIGATION
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
NEEDLESS
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for TO COMPETE
IN the global economic y competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
TO REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDIMED
American people the power, and they 11 do it for you you!
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
Let me end today with a story -- a story about a family many
of you know -- Charles Johnson, his wife Sherry and their two
daughters. They run the pharmacy here in town -- a family
business since 1885.
For the Johnsons, Norcross isn't just the place they run
their business -- it's home. And the people who come through
their door aren't just customers -- they're neighbors, friends,
family.
You saw that during Desert Storm, when Charles Johnson
realized one day he could send messages out to the Gulf using his
pharmacy computer. So each night, after he closed up shop,
Charles sat down at his computer. He spent hours typing out
people's letters -- and sending them on to their loved ones.
And half a world away, Charles Johnson helped bring a little
bit of home to our proud sons and daughters of Desert Storm.
Now, Charles Johnson may say what he did was a small thing -
- I say: small things carry big truths. It's the small things
that show us the spirit of America. //
Yes, our world is changing. /
Yes we face new challenges.
/
But as I look out at you today, I know: there is no change
I can think of -- no challenge we face -- that is bigger than
America's heart or brighter than our dreams. /
America is ready. And so am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Georgia welcome. And
may God bless this great country, the United States of America.
# # #
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THE WHITE HOUSE
37 OCT 19 P5.5 HINGTON
October 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RSP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Norcross Whistle Stop
We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted a few
suggested changes on the draft.
Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may
help in any other way.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
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DATE: 10/19/92
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
NORCROSS, GEORGIA - OCT. 20 - NOON
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19,
with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
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FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
R&P
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Norcross Whistle Stop
We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted a few
suggested changes on the draft.
Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may
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WALLEN
DATE: 10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
NORCROSS, GEORGIA - OCT. 20 - - NOON
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19,
with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
THE
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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[norcross]
2 2/C0/19 All : 12
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 20, 1992
12:00 noon
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
[Acknowledgements.] I want to salute your great Congressman,
Newt Gingrich. And finally, a special hello to the students,
staff and faculty of Norcross High.
If you want to know why I'm here today --- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people --- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Norcross such a special
place to live and raise a family. 11
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Norcross -- how America leads in the world.
This election -- like every election -- is a referendum on the
future. You face a real choice - between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality. You know the
story: They're telling you it's bottom of the ninth, two out --
so you might as well just flip off the set. 11
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The White House->
2024566218;# 5
I think you know down here in Braves' country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. 11
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over til Cabrerro swings." 11
(#)
I know you get allot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
AT
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
FOR
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth --- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
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They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 10-19-92 ; 17:55
;
The White House-
2024566218:# 7
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
To INCREASE
BADLY
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
A
with new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products - give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
- cut taxes on investment to create jobs -- and give more
Americans the chance to use their IRA savings accounts to buy a
new home, or send their kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, bayond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century - to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever,
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America. Here's what I'm fighting for.
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;
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I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
It's fine that the [products] from [Georgia] are sold in
Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good enough.
I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico city and Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
ONE
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids - whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if 12 T they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
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;
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That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
ENGAGED WTIGATION
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkpkin suits and at lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for TO
COMPETE
IN
the global economic 4 competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges - who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit then give the
TO REDUCE FEBERAL SPENDIMED
American people the power and they 11 do it for you!
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
The White House+
Telecopiery 7020 ;10-19-92 17:56
BY:Xeroxica Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. 11
Let me end today with a story -- a story about a family many
you know -- Charles Johnson, his wife Sherry and their two
aughters. They run the pharmacy here in town -- a family
siness since 1885.
For the Johnsons, Norcross isn't just the place they run
ir business it's home. And the people who come through
t door aren't just customers -- they're neighbors, friends,
Y.
ou saw that during Desert Storm, when Charles Johnson
d one day he could send messages out to the Gulf using his
computer. so each night, after he closed up shop,
at down at his computer. He spent hours typing out
letters -- and sending them on to their loved ones.
if a world away, Charles Johnson helped bring a little
to our proud sons and daughters of Desert Storm.
arles Johnson may say what he did was a small thing -
11 things carry big truths. It's the small things
he spirit of America. 11
7795
Document No. 357354ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 OCT 19 P5.
DATE: 10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT 50 DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
SUBJECT:
NORCROSS, GEORGIA - OCT. 20 - NOON
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, OCT. 19,
with a copy to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: TO:
DAN MCGROARTY
October 19, 1992
The NSC staff concurs as amended.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
John Brent Scowcroft
Assistant to the President
CC: Phillip D. Brady
As
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
DMAF/Aarhus
October 19, 1992
11:00 a.m.
2 2 COT 19 All: 12
[norcross]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 20, 1992
12:00 noon
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
[Acknowledgements.] I want to salute your great Congressman,
Newt Gingrich. And finally, a special hello to the students,
staff and faculty of Norcross High.
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Norcross such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Norcross -- how America leads in the world.
This election -- like every election -- is a referendum on the
future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality. You know the
story: They're telling you it's bottom of the ninth, two out --
so you might as well just flip off the set. //
I think you know down here in Braves' country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. //
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over til Cabrerro swings." //
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
international
For all the pain in America today, the ourjeompetitors Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that their first home
4
-- cut taxes on investment to create jobs -- and give more
Americans the chance to use their IRA savings accounts to buy a
new home, or send their kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America. Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
It's fine that the [products] from [Georgia] are sold in
Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good enough.
I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
our small businessmen
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We d be a lot
and women could create more jobs if we freed them from
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
government red-tape and senseless litigation.
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
Let me end today with a story -- a story about a family many
of you know -- Charles Johnson, his wife Sherry and their two
daughters. They run the pharmacy here in town -- a family
business since 1885.
For the Johnsons, Norcross isn't just the place they run
their business -- it's home. And the people who come through
their door aren't just customers -- they're neighbors, friends,
family.
You saw that during Desert Storm, when Charles Johnson
realized one day he could send messages out to the Gulf using his
pharmacy computer. So each night, after he closed up shop,
Charles sat down at his computer. He spent hours typing out
people's letters -- and sending them on to their loved ones.
And half a world away, Charles Johnson helped bring a little
bit of home to our proud sons and daughters of Desert Storm.
Now, Charles Johnson may say what he did was a small thing -
- I say: small things carry big truths. It's the small things
that show us the spirit of America. //
Yes, our world is changing.
/
Yes we face new challenges.
/
But as I look out at you today, I know: there is no change
I can think of -- no challenge we face -- that is bigger than
America's heart or brighter than our dreams. /
America is ready. And so am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Georgia welcome. And
may God bless this great country, the United States of America.
# # #
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[norcross]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 20, 1992
12:00 noon
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
[Acknowledgements.] I want to salute your great Congressman,
Newt Gingrich. And finally, a special hello to the students,
staff and faculty of Norcross High.
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Norcross such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Norcross -- how America leads in the world.
This election -- like every election -- is a referendum on the
future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality. You know the
story: They're telling you it's bottom of the ninth, two out --
so you might as well just flip off the set. //
I think you know down here in Braves' country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. //
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over til Cabrerro swings." //
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
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lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription for a
deathbed recovery,
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Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
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liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment to create jobs -- and give more
Americans the chance to use their IRA savings accounts to buy a
new home, or send their kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America. Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
It's fine that the [products] from [Georgia] are sold in
Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good enough.
I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
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they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good.
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Let me end today with a story -- a story about a family many
of you know -- Charles Johnson, his wife Sherry and their two
daughters. They run the pharmacy here in town -- a family
business since 1885.
For the Johnsons, Norcross isn't just the place they run
their business -- it's home. And the people who come through
their door aren't just customers -- they're neighbors, friends,
family.
You saw that during Desert Storm, when Charles Johnson
realized one day he could send messages out to the Gulf using his
pharmacy computer. So each night, after he closed up shop,
excellent
Charles sat down at his computer. He spent hours typing out
people's letters -- and sending them on to their loved ones.
And half a world away, Charles Johnson helped bring a little
bit of home to our proud sons and daughters of Desert Storm.
Now, Charles Johnson may say what he did was a small thing -
- I say: small things carry big truths. It's the small things
that show us the spirit of America. //
Yes, our world is changing.
/
Yes we face new challenges.
/
But as I look out at you today, I know: there is no change
I can think of -- no challenge we face -- that is bigger than
America's heart or brighter than our dreams. /
America is ready. And so am I. //
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Georgia welcome. And
may God bless this great country, the United States of America.
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[norcross]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NORCROSS WHISTLE STOP
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 20, 1992
12:00 noon
Thank you all for this warm Georgia welcome.
[Acknowledgements.] I want to salute your great Congressman,
Newt Gingrich. And finally, a special hello to the students,
staff and faculty of Norcross High.
If you want to know why I'm here today -- why I'm bringing
this campaign to the people -- the name of this train says it
all. We call it the Spirit of America -- and it's named for the
kind of small-town spirit that makes Norcross such a special
place to live and raise a family. //
Two weeks from now, you will make a choice that will shape
how you live here in Norcross -- how America leads in the world.
This election -- like every election -- is a referendum on the
future. You face a real choice -- between two different
candidates, two different directions to take this country.
Gov. Clinton seems to have a pretty strong cheerleading
section in the national media. For weeks now, you've been
hearing on the news that this election is all over -- that the
vote you cast November 3rd is just a formality. You know the
story: They're telling you it's bottom of the ninth, two out --
so you might as well just flip off the set. //
I think you know down here in Braves' country -- that's just
when the game gets interesting. 11
You know that old saying, "It ain't over til the fat lady
sings?" Well, here's my updated Atlanta version: "It ain't
over til Cabrerro swings." //
I know you get alot of free advice, expert opinion about
what matters in this election -- what issues you care about --
what issues are off-limits. I say, let the voters speak for
themselves.
Governor Clinton says this this election is about the
economy. So here's my challenge: Put our ideas side by side.
Look at his economic plan, then look at my Agenda for American
Renewal. I believe with all my heart that you'll decide our
Agenda is the right way to create jobs and prosperity and our
kids -- right for economic growth -- right for America.
Yes, we've been through tough times. But you can't solve a
problem unless you look at it honestly.
Governor Clinton tells you that the American economy is flat
on its back -- that we face what our grandparents faced in the
Great Depression. And his cheerleading squad in the national
media echoes every word of his gloom-and-doom message.
But here's the fact: they aren't telling you the truth.
They don't tell you that there's been a slowdown world-wide
-- and America has come through better than our economic
competitors.
They don't tell you that for the last three months -- the
economies in Germany and Japan actually got smaller -- they
actually contracted.
While our economy grew.
They don't tell you that American workers are the most
productive in the world. They don't tell you that we have the
lowest interest rates, the lowest inflation rates in 30 years --
and together those lower rates save the average family more than
$2,000 a year in mortgage payments.
Governor Clinton and his friends in the media don't tell you
that almost one million more Americans are employed than ten
months ago. They don't tell you that our industries are stronger
and more competitive than four years ago.
For all the pain in America today, the Europeans would swap
places with us in a minute. We have kept our economy afloat
while most other economies are drowning. I am proud of that
leadership.
Now, there's a reason Governor Clinton won't tell you the
truth. If he can convince that you the economy is on its
deathbed -- maybe he can convince you to go for his prescription
of bigger government and higher taxes.
Look at what Governor Clinton has planned. He says he's a
new kind of Democrat -- but his economic ideas are the same old
liberal game of bigger government and higher taxes. But the
American people will pay more than higher taxes -- they will pay
with their jobs.
A new payroll tax, new taxes on business, new taxes on
investment, more regulations, gutting the defense budget -- add
it up and Governor Clinton's economic plan will cost Americans
more than 2 million jobs.
That's the most basic difference between us: Governor
Clinton wants higher taxes so much he's willing to destroy jobs
in the process. My Agenda for American Renewal wants to create
jobs -- by cutting your taxes.
With the new Congress in January, we can get to work on a
short-term agenda to spur economic growth. We'll pass our new
agreement to open Mexican markets to American products -- give
first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit to buy that first home
-- cut taxes on investment to create jobs -- and give more
Americans the chance to use their IRA savings accounts to buy a
new home, or send their kids to school.
Add that up -- and our short-term growth agenda will
jumpstart this economy and create more than one million new jobs.
But we won't stop there. My Agenda for American Renewal
looks beyond this year, beyond the next four years -- to prepare
America for the next century -- to compete in the new economy and
win.
That's what my Agenda for American Renewal is all about:
Taking the greatest country in the world and making it stronger,
more secure than ever.
I want to win this election because I know my Agenda is
right for America. Here's what I'm fighting for.
I want to open markets -- so we can sell American products
in every corner of the world. In the next decade, the jobs with
the highest wages, the best careers, are going to be tied to the
world economy.
It's fine that the [products] from [Georgia] are sold in
Detroit and Boston and Los Angeles. But that's not good enough.
I want to sell those XX in Moscow and Mexico City and Yokohama.
When it comes to opening markets, I won't waffle, I won't
fudge. I want the best jobs to be right here in the USA.
Because I know something you know: give American workers a fair
shake, and they can outwork, outthink, outcompete anywhere in the
world.
And we have to make sure we stay that way.
That means we have to give our kids the finest schools in
the world. Our kids deserve the best, and I want to make sure
they get it.
Competition made America great, and competition can make our
schools great. That's why I want to give all parents -- not just
the wealthy -- give all parents the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether it's the public school down
the street or the Baptist school across town.
But the best schools won't help our kids if we they can't
find good jobs when they graduate. And the way Americans have
always created jobs is through small business. They're the
backbone of our economy. But they're being strangled by high
taxes, arrogant regulators and ambulance-chasing lawyers.
That's why my Agenda will give small businesses relief from
taxation, regulation, and -- yes -- litigation. We'd be a lot
better off if we had fewer lawyers in sharkskin suits and a lot
more small businessmen and women creating jobs.
As a nation we must sue each other less and care for each
other more.
That's the next part of our Agenda for American Renewal --
caring for each other, reaching out to each other -- so that no
one is left behind. We need the talents of every American for
the global economic competition.
That means letting people walk their neighborhoods without
fear -- taking back our streets from the thugs and criminals.
And that's why I've appointed strong judges -- who have no
respect for the criminal and a lot more concern for the
criminal's victims. And that's the kind of judges I'll appoint
for the next four years.
Here's the last part of my Agenda: getting government off
your back and out of your pocketbooks.
The fact is: government is too big and it spends too much.
That's why I'm fighting for a line-item veto and a balanced
budget amendment.
And that's why I want you to have the power to designate 10
percent of your tax dollars to cutting the federal deficit. I
say if Congress won't help me cut the deficit -- then give the
American people the power, and they'll do it for you.
And that's why I've proposed that we cut taxes across the
board.
That's my Agenda for American Renewal. It promises an
America where "Made in the USA" is read in every marketplace of
the world; where our kids go to the finest schools in the world;
where the government knows its place, and you keep more of your
paycheck, not less.
Whatever my opponent and his friends in the media may say,
America is still the envy of the world. But America's not great
because its government is great -- America is great because its
people are good. //
Let me end today with a story -- a story about a family many
of you know -- Charles Johnson, his wife Sherry and their two
daughters. They run the pharmacy here in town -- a family
business since 1885.
For the Johnsons, Norcross isn't just the place they run
their business -- it's home. And the people who come through
their door aren't just customers -- they're neighbors, friends,
family.
You saw that during Desert Storm, when Charles Johnson
realized one day he could send messages out to the Gulf using his
pharmacy computer. So each night, after he closed up shop,
Charles sat down at his computer. He spent hours typing out
people's letters -- and sending, them on to their loved ones.
And half a world away, Charles Johnson helped bring a little
bit of home to our proud sons and daughters of Desert Storm.
Now, Charles Johnson may say what he did was a small thing -
- I say: small things carry big truths. It's the small things
that show us the spirit of America. //
Yes, our world is changing.
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Yes we face new challenges.
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But as I look out at you today, I know: there is no change
I can think of -- no challenge we face -- that is bigger than
America's heart or brighter than our dreams.
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America is ready. And so am I. 11
Barbara and I thank you for this warm Georgia welcome. And
may God bless this great country, the United States of America.
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