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Document No. 357208ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SPARTANSBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA
SUBJECT:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
X MOORE
SCOWCROFT
X MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
K
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
x ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Called 11:00
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
12:00
Ext. 2702
Provost/Grossman
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
Spartansburg, S.C
Oct. 20, 1992
Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
Spartanburg -- great to feel the cool South Carolina air. //
We started this morning in Atlanta, and took this great
train all the way across Georgia -- into your beautiful state.
I'm told that the world's entire supply of Pepto-Bismol is
made at the Proctor and Gamble plant down the road in
Greensville. After the past couple months of campaigning -- I'm
sure sales are soaring. I'm glad to do my part for the.
Greensville economy. //
I'm also told the Clemson Tigers won a cliffhanger against
UVA a couple Saturdays ago. I kind of like the idea of being
behind 28 to zip at halftime -- and storming back to win.
Believe me -- if the crowds today are any indication --
we're going to suprise the pundits -- annoy the media -- and win
this campaign. / /
It's been a good day on the campaign trial, and tonight I'd
like to depart from the traditional rhetoric -- and talk about
something that's been on my mind for a while.
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring. I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood the ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one.//
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
the shallowest -- nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world. /
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things don't look bad. " They want you to believe
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
2
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
My opponent says that his is the candidacy of change. But
last time we tried his formula of change -- we changed inflation
to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
ownership impossible. We changed America's reputation -- and
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
I don't believe America wants that kind of change. //
We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
And I am proud -- that while many nation's economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
people -- in places like Spartanburg.
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
first.
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
pile more taxes on people and businesses. For example, he would
slap a new tax on the new BMW plant that is coming here from
3
Germany. This tax could threaten four and a half million
American jobs -- here in Spartanburg and all across our country.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes. Because I understand what the owners of BMW
understand. Give an American worker the chance -- and they will
out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other worker in the
world.
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas -- like
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow parents to choose
their kids schools, because the teachers unions won't let him.
I
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people.//
These are just three examples, but there are so many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
families relief from health care rising health care costs.
Encouraging savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that give more
power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
4
In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
named Bob Zuelke (Zul-key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. Today, they employ six people
-- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- come not from giving more power
to government -- but from giving more power to people.
So please, do not count me among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in decline. I have seen
America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
where we what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet
tried to do. The polls are against us. The pundits are against
us. But history is on our side.
If we can tear down the Berlin Wall -- we can build a
stronger economy here at home. If we can make the streets of
Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets here at
home. If we lite a candle of freedom in every dark corner of the
globe, we can lift the hopes and dreams of Americans -- right
here at home.
That is what this fight is about. That is why we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
5
Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you
Spartanburg, and God Bless the United States of America.
6
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FROM Dan McGroarty (NAME)
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Steve Provost
Christina Martin
REMARKS:
(
changes for Spartanburg and Raleigh
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note from Dan
- MASTER -
Provost/Grossean
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
Spartansburg, S.C
Oct. 19, 1992
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Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
Spartanburg -- great to feel the cool South Carolina air.//
We started this morning in Atlanta, and took this great
train all the way across Georgia -- into your beautiful state.
I'm told that the world's entire supply of Pepto-Bismol is
made at the Proctor and Gamble plant down the road in
Greensville. After the past couple months of campaigning -- I'm
sure sales are soaring. I'm glad to do my part for the
Greensville economy.//
I'm also told the Clemson Tigers won a cliffhanger against
UVA a couple Saturdays ago. I kind of like the idea of being
behind 28 to zip at halftime -- and storming back to win.
Believe me -- if the crowds today are any indication --
shock the pollsters (JAG)
we're going to suprise the pundits/ annoy the media -- and win
election Mcbroarty
this campaign.
It's been a good day on the campaign trial, and tonight I'd
like to depart from the traditional rhetoric -- and talk about
something that's been on my mind for a while.
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring. I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
manned McGroarty JA6
men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood/sthe ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one.//
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
four JAG
have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
the shallowest -- nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world.//
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things don't look bad." They want you to believe
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
2
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
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candidate
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My opponent says that his is the candidacy of change. But
last time we tried his formula of change -- they we changed inflation
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to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
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ownership impossible. We changed America's reputation -- and
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
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I don't believe America wants that kind of change.
We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
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And I am proud -- that while many nation's economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
people -- in places like Spartanburg.
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
first.
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
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Germany. This tax could threaten four and a half million
American jobs -- here in Spartanburg and all across our country.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes. Because I understand what the owners of BMW
understand. Give an American worker the chance - and they will
out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other worker in the
world.
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas -- like
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow parents to choose
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their kids schools, because the teachers unions won't let him. I
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
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to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people.//
These are just three examples, but there are so many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
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families relief from health care rising health care costs.
Encouraging savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that give more
power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
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In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
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named Bob Zuelke (Sui-key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. Today, they employ six people
-- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- come not from giving more power
to government -- but from giving more power to people.
So please, do not count me among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in decline. I have seen
and aqain.
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America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
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where we what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet
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tried to do. The polls are against us. The pundits are against
us. But history is on our side.
If we can tear down the Berlin Wall -- we can build a
stronger economy here at home. If we can make the streets of
Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets here at
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home. If we lite a candle of freedom in every dark corner of the
globe, we can lift the hopes and dreams of Americans -- right
here at home.
That is what this fight is about. That is why we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
5
Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you
Spartanburg, and God Bless the United States of America.
6
- MASTER- -
Provost/Grossman
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
Raleigh, N.C.
Oct. 20, 1992
Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
Raleigh.//
We started this morning in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and
took this great train all the way -- into your beautiful state.
rails McGroarty
It's been a great two days on the rail- -- in one of the most
beautiful parts of America. I can't think of a better place to
end our train trip -- than right here -- at the great State Fair
of North Carolina.
this great
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
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optimism for our future and my concern over those preaching pessimism.
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concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring. I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
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men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood^the ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one.//
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
four JAG
have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
the shallowest -- nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world.//
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things don't look bad." They want you to believe
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
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My opponent says that his is the candidacy. of change. But
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we made a change backward not forwar
last time WO tried his formula of change -- they we changed inflation
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to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
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changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
ownership impossible. They We- changed America's reputation -- and
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
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I don't believe America wants that kind of change./
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We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
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And I am proud -- that while many nation economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
people -- in places like Raleigh. I'll give you three examples.
NSC
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
first.
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
pile more taxes on people and businesses. For example, he would
slap new taxes on all the small businesses that form the backbone
of this thriving North Carolina economy. And he would tax the
hard-working middle-class -- to pay for all his campaign
promises.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes. Give an American worker the chance -- and
they will out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other
worker in the world.
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
3
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas -- like
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow every parent to choose
their kids schools, because the teachers union won't let him. I
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people.//
These are just three examples, but there are so many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
families relief from rising health care costs. Encouraging
savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more money and power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that
give more money and power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
h
ZULL
JAG
named Bob Zuelke (Zul-key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. Today, they employ six people
- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
4
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- comes not by giving more power
to government -- but by giving more power to people.
So please, do not count me among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in JA6 decline. I have seen
and aqain
America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
where what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet tried
to do.
The polls are against us. The pundits are against us. But
history is on our side. If we can tear down the Berlin Wall
help
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we can build a stronger economy here at home. If we can/make the
streets of Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets
here at home. If we can light a candle of freedom in every dark
corner of the globe, we can lift the spirits and dreams of
Americans -- right here at home.
with your help
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That is what this fight is about. That is why/we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you Raleigh,
and God Bless the United States of America.
5
BUSH QUAYLE '92
TEL 202-336-7118
Oct 19,92 13:22 No 014 P.02
The Capital Gang
October 17, 1992
Matalin: We're going to win. This election is about choice. And
the polls have been reflecting people's anxisty about change. When
they clearly focus on the choice, and they think about who they
want sitting in that Oval Office making choices for them, we are
going to win. The other night in the debate, made-for-TV candidate
Bill Clinton put Geraldo to shame, but we won on the issues. We
won on taxes; we won on crime; we won on health care; we won on
legal reform. term limits that's what people care about.
great
They're going to make a choice and they are going to vote for a low
tax, low spend, limited government candidate,
coneise Plwase
Warner: If George Bush had made his case the way Mary just did,
he might still have a chance. But what I think he lacked this week
was any kind of theme, any kind of agenda, any kind of compelling
case that the second term would really be different than the first.
And with out that, the rest is just tactios.
(Talk, talk, talk....)
Matalin:
Our strategy was never to produce drama. This is
force-fed media pap. We never wanted drama. We want people to
focus on the choice. And I don't know who these anonymous,
loathsome, disloyal, Cretinous people are that you are talking to,
but we have had one and only one strategy and that is to focus on
the choice. This is not about drama. This is about maturity.
It's about experience, It's about leadership, and there is only one
candidate in the race that has both qualifications.
Mary, what's going to happen the last two weeks of the campaign?
Matalin: You are going to see exactly what you've seen at any
portion of the campaign. You're going to see maturity. You're
going to see leadership. You're going to see experience. And you
are going to focus on the choices. We want to lower taxes and
lower spending. They want to raise taxes and raise spending.
F41-
P. Dury M.
Document No. 357208ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
97 OCT 19 P3:39
DATE: 10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SPARTANSBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA
SUBJECT:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
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
I
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
GROOMES
\
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See Comments attached.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Gene Schoen 10/19/92
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Provost/Grossman
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
-
Spartansburg, S.C
Oct. 20, 1992
Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
Spartanburg -- great to feel the cool South Carolina air.//
We started this morning in Atlanta, and took this great
train all the way across Georgia -- into your beautiful state.
I'm told that the world's entire supply of Pepto-Bismol is
made at the Proctor and Gamble plant down the road in
Greensville. After the past couple months of campaigning -- I'm
sure sales are soaring. I'm glad to do my part for the.
Greensville economy. //
I'm also told the Clemson Tigers won a cliffhanger against
UVA a couple Saturdays ago. I kind of like the idea of being
behind 28 to zip at halftime -- and storming back to win.
Believe me -- if the crowds today are any indication --
we're going to suprise the pundits -- annoy the media -- and win
this campaign., //
It's been a good day on the campaign trial, and tonight I'd
like to depart from the traditional rhetoric -- and talk about
something that's been on my mind for a while.
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring. I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood the ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one. //
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
and my appoint (s)
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
the
shallowest
nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
and my appoint 5)
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world. //
(5)
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things don't look bad." They want you to believe
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
2
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
My opponent says that his is the candidacy of change. But
the
last time we tried his formula of change -- we changed inflation
late
seventies
to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
gater during the the
ownership impossible. We changed America's reputation -- and
years
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
I don't believe America wants that kind of change. //
We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
And I am proud -- that while many nation's economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
people -- in places like Spartanburg.
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
in
first.
He's called for $200 billion
new government spending and $150. $ 150
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
belling taxes
pile more taxes on people and businesses. For example, he would in
slap a new tax on the new BMW plant that is coming here from
3
Germany. This tax could threaten four and a half million
American jobs -- here in Spartanburg and all across our country.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes.
Because I understand what the owners of BMW
date?
understand. Give an American worker the chance -- and they will
out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other worker in the
alles the pt
world.
is that
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas -- like
america still
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow parents to choose
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their kids schools, because the teachers unions won't let him. I
to
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
more
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to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people. / /
These are just three examples, but there are so many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
families relief from health care rising health care costs.
Encouraging savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that give more
power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
4
In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
named Bob Zuelke (Zul-key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. Today, they employ six people
-- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- come not from giving more power
to government -- but from giving more power to people.
So please, do not count me among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in decline. I have seen
America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
where what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet
tried to do. The polls are against us. The pundits are against
us. But history is on our side.
If we can tear down the Berlin Wall -- we can build a
stronger economy here at home. If we can make the streets of
Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets here at
can light
home. If we Life a candle of freedom in every dark corner of the
globe, we can lift the hopes and dreams of Americans -- right
here at home.
That is what this fight is about. That is why we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
5
Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you
Spartanburg, and God Bless the United States of America.
6
[MASTER FOR RALIEGH + SPARTAN BURG
Provost/Grossman
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
Spartansburg, S.C
Oct. 19701992
you REALLY SHOULD TYOLK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT FOREIGN
INVESTMENT IN S.C,
Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
(see
3)
Spartanburg -- great to feel the cool South Carolina air.//
We started this morning in Atlanta, and took this great
train all the way across Georgia -- into your beautiful state.
I'm told that the world's entire supply of Pepto-Bismol is
Pre
made at the Proctor and Gamble plant down the road in
Greensville. After the past couple months of campaigning -- I'm
sure sales are soaring. I'm glad to do my part for the
Greensville economy. //
I'm also told the Clemson Tigers won a cliffhanger against
Dyr
UVA a couple Saturdays ago. I kind of like the idea of being
behind 28 to zip at halftime -- and storming back to win.
Believe me -- if the crowds today are any indication --
shock the pollsters
we're going to suprise the pundits 1 annoy the media -- and win
this campaign.//
It's been a good day on the campaign trial, and tonight I'd
like to depart from the traditional rhetoric -- and talk about
something that's been on my mind for a while.
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring. I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
manned
men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood the ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one.//
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
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have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
(thisis 4th)
the shallowest -- nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world./ /
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things don't look bad." They want you to believe
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
2
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
My opponent says that his is the candidacy of change. But
last time we tried his formula of change -- we changed inflation
Creens
to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
ownership impossible. We changed America's reputation -- and
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
I don't believe America wants that kind of change./ /
We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
And I am proud -- that while many nation's economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
people -- in places like Spartanburg.
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
first.
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
your memo
pile more taxes on people and businesses. For example, he would
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slap a new tax on the new BMW plant that is coming here from
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Germany. This tax could threaten four and a half million
American jobs -- here in Spartanburg and all across our country.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes. Because I understand what the owners of BMW
understand. Give an American worker the chance -- and they will
out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other worker in the
world.
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas - like
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow parents to choose
their kids schools, because the teachers unions won't let him. I
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people. /
These are just three examples, but there are so many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
families relief from health care rising health care costs.
Encouraging savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that give more
power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
4
In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
named Bob Zuelke (201 key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. Today, they employ six people
-- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- come not from giving more power
to government -- but from giving more power to people.
So please, do not count me among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in decline. I have seen
and
America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
where we what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet
tried to do. The polls are against us. The pundits are against
us. But history is on our side.
If we can tear down the Berlin Wall -- we can build a
stronger economy here at home. If we can make the streets of
Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets here at
light
home. If we lite a candle of freedom in every dark corner of the
globe, we can lift the hopes and dreams of Americans -- right
here at home.
That is what this fight is about. That is why we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
5
Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you
Spartanburg, and God Bless the United States of America.
6
Hotidays comments
Provost/Grossman
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
Spartansburg, S.C
Oct. 19, 1992
Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
Spartanburg -- great to feel the cool South Carolina air.//
We started this morning in Atlanta, and took this great
train all the way across Georgia -- into your beautiful state.
I'm told that the world's entire supply of Pepto-Bismol is
made at the Proctor and Gamble plant down the road in
Greensville. After the past couple months of campaigning -- I'm
sure sales are soaring. I'm glad to do my part for the
Greensville economy.//
I'm also told the Clemson Tigers won a cliffhanger against
UVA a couple Saturdays ago. I kind of like the idea of being
behind 28 to zip at halftime -- and storming back to win.
Believe me -- if the crowds today are any indication --
we're going to suprise the pundits -- annoy the media -- and win
this campaign.//
It's been a good day on the campaign trial, and tonight I'd
like to depart from the traditional rhetoric -- and talk about
something that's been on my mind for a while.
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring. I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood the ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one.//
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
the shallowest -- nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world.//
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things don't look bad." They want you to believe
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
2
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
My opponent says that his is the candidacy of change. But
last time we tried his formula of change -- they we changed inflation
the Democrats
same
They
to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
Swin
changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
ownership impossible. They We changed America's reputation -- and
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
I don't believe America wants that kind of change.//
We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
And I am proud -- that while many nation's economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
people -- in places like Spartanburg.
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
first.
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
pile more taxes on people and businesses. For example, he would
slap a new tax on the new BMW plant that is coming here from
3
Germany. This tax could threaten four and a half million
American jobs -- here in Spartanburg and all across our country.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes. Because I understand what the owners of BMW
understand. Give an American worker the chance -- and they will
out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other worker in the
world.
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas -- like
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow parents to choose
their kids schools, because the teachers unions won't let him. I
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people.//
These are just three examples, but there are so many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
families relief from health care rising health care costs.
Encouraging savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that give more
power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
4
In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
named Bob Zuelke (Zul-key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. Today, they employ six people
- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- come not from giving more power
to government -- but from giving more power to people.
So please, do not count Be among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in decline. I have seen
America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
where we what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet
tried to do. The polls are against us. The pundits are against
us. But history is on our side.
If we can tear down the Berlin Wall -- we can build a
stronger economy here at home. If we can make the streets of
Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets here at
home. If we lite a candle of freedom in every dark corner of the
globe, we can lift the hopes and dreams of Americans -- right
here at home.
That is what this fight is about. That is why we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
5
Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you
Spartanburg, and God Bless the United States of America.
6
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Document No. 357208ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92
OCT 19
DATE: 10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SPARTANSBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA
SUBJECT:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
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
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: TO:
DAN MCGROARTY
October 19, 1992
The NSC staff concurs as amended. Please
PHILLIP D. BRADY
see notes.
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
CC: Phillip D. Brady fa
Brent Scowcroft
Ext. 2702
Provost/Grossman
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
Spartansburg, S.C
Oct. 20, 1992
Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
Spartanburg -- great to feel the cool South Carolina air. //
We started this morning in Atlanta, and took this great
train all the way across Georgia -- into your beautiful state.
I'm told that the world's entire supply of Pepto-Bismol is
made at the Proctor and Gamble plant down the road in
Greensville. After the past couple months of campaigning -- I'm
sure sales are soaring. I'm glad to do my part for the.
Greensville economy. //
I'm also told the Clemson Tigers won a cliffhanger against
UVA a couple Saturdays ago. I kind of like the idea of being
behind 28 to zip at halftime -- and storming back to win.
Believe me -- if the crowds today are any indication --
we're going to suprise the pundits -- annoy the media -- and win
this campaign. //
It's been a good day on the campaign trial, and tonight I'd
like to depart from the traditional rhetoric -- and talk about
something that's been on my mind for a while.
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring. I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
at
men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood the ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
(
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one.//
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
the shallowest -- nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world. //
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things don't look bad." They want you to believe
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
2
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
My opponent says that his is the candidacy of change. But
last time we tried his formula of change -- we changed inflation
to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
ownership impossible. We changed America's reputation
and
under waploy later
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
I don't believe America wants that kind of change. //
We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
And I am proud -- that while many nation's economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
?ISTET
people -- in places like Spartanburg.
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
first.
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
pile more taxes on people and businesses. For example, he would
slap a new tax on the new BMW plant that is coming here from
3
Germany. This tax could threaten four and a half million
American jobs -- here in Spartanburg and all across our country.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes. Because I understand what the owners of BMW
understand. Give an American worker the chance -- and they will
out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other worker in the
world.
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas -- like
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow parents to choose
1
their kids schools, because the teachers unions won't let him. I
^
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people. //
These are just three examples, but there are so many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
families relief from health care rising health care costs.
Encouraging savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that give more
all
power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
4
grandingle Jals
crime
In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
named Bob Zuelke (Zul-key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. Today, they employ six people
-- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- come not from giving more power
to government -- but from giving more power to people.
So please, do not count me among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in decline. I have seen
America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
where we what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet
tried to do. The polls are against us. The pundits are against
us. But history is on our side.
If we can tear down the Berlin Wall -- we can build a
stronger economy here at home. If we can make the streets of
Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets here at
home. If we lite a candle of freedom in every dark corner of the
globe, we can lift the hopes and dreams of Americans -- right
here at home.
That is what this fight is about. That is why we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
5
Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you
Spartanburg, and God Bless the United States of America.
6
Document No. 357208ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/19/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 10/19 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SPARTANSBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA
SUBJECT:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
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
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, TODAY, OCTOBER 19, with a copy to
this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Provost/Grossman
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
-
Spartansburg, S.C
Oct. 20, 1992
Thank you and good evening everyone. It's great to be in
Spartanburg -- great to feel the cool South Carolina air. //
We started this morning in Atlanta, and took this great
train all the way across Georgia -- into your beautiful state.
I'm told that the world's entire supply of Pepto-Bismol is
made at the Proctor and Gamble plant down the road in
Greensville. After the past couple months of campaigning -- I'm
sure sales are soaring. I'm glad to do my part for the.
Greensville economy. / /
I'm also told the Clemson Tigers won a cliffhanger against
UVA a couple Saturdays ago. I kind of like the idea of being
behind 28 to zip at halftime -- and storming back to win.
Believe me -- if the crowds today are any indication --
we're going to suprise the pundits -- annoy the media -- and win
ELECTION
this campaign. /
It's been a good day on the campaign trial, and tonight I'd
like to depart from the traditional rhetoric -- and talk about
something that's been on my mind for a while.
As I've campaigned across the country, I've expressed my
concern that America not be overwhelmed by the pessimism that
seems to be gripping our great nation today.
My critics say I "just don't get it," to use a popular
phrase. But let me tell you what I do "get."
From the vast expanse of my life -- I have seen this nation
in both winter and spring I was a child during the Depression.
At 18 -- I was barely old enough to live, when I began to watch
ON
men die -- in a vicious war in which America stood the ramparts
of freedom.
Over the years, I have seen America confront many, many
challenges. Through war or recession -- the American Spirit has
never flickered -- and America has emerged -- stronger, sturdier
-- always number one. //
Are our challenges today anymore daunting than what we have
faced before? No. Not by a long-shot.
The media would have you believe that we are in the worst
economic times since the Great Depression. That is a lie. We
have suffered through three recessions in 20 years, and this is
the shallowest -- nowhere near as bad as the Carter years.
The media would have you believe that we are losing the
economic war to Japan and Germany. But that too is a lie.
America now sells more goods abroad than any other country, our
standard of living is second to none, our workers are more
productive than the Japanese -- more productive than the Germans
-- more productive than any other workers in the world. //
Why do the media and my opponent persist in these
exaggerations? Because their philosophy is simple -- "they don't
look good, if things STETC don't look bad. " They want you to believe
SECURITY
in the false God of big government -- that if we simply send more
2
power and taxes to all those people in Washington -- all our
problems will go away.
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My opponent says that his is the candidacy of change. But
last time we tried his formula of change we changed inflation
to over 10 percent -- and destroyed the family budget. We
changed interest rates to over 20 percent -- and made home
ownership impossible. We changed America's reputation -- and
made America blush in embarrassment around the world.
I don't believe America wants that kind of change. //
We are in the midst of a global transition. I am proud that
our leadership has changed the world -- and made our children's
lives safer.
I
And I am proud -- that while many nation's economies are
drowning in this global recession -- we have kept America afloat.
Yes, change is all around us. But I believe the principles
that should guide change -- are the principles that should never
change.
Here's what I believe. The real power in this nation comes
not from marble mausoleums along the Potomac -- but from real
people -- in places like Spartanburg.
Governor Clinton says he wants to put people first -- but if
LY
you look real close at his proposals -- they only put government
first.
Governor Clinton says the way to create more jobs -- is to
WANTS TO
pile more taxes on people and businesses. For example, he would
INCREASE
es
slap a new tax on the new BMW plant that is coming here from
FOREIGN INVESTMENT LIKE
3
SUCH
ES
Germany. This tax could threaten four and a half million
American jobs -- here in Spartanburg and all across our country.
I say the way to create jobs is to tear down barriers to
trade and cut taxes. Because I understand what the owners of BMW
understand. Give an American worker the chance -- and they will
out-think, out-create and out-compete -- any other worker in the
world.
Governor Clinton and I both want to reform our schools.
I believe it is time to embrace new ideas -- like
competition. Governor Clinton can't allow parents to choose
their kids schools, because the teachers unions won't let him. I
am the candidate who says that every parent should have the right
to choose their kids schools -- public, private or religious.
Governor Clinton and I both talk about reforming government.
But he says he is against limiting the terms of members of
Congress. I say it is time to approve term limits -- and give
government back to the people. / /
These are just three examples but there are SO many others.
Reforming welfare and putting America back to work. Giving
families relief from health care rising health care costs.
Encouraging savings and investment.
In each area, Governor Clinton offers programs that give
more power to bureaucracies, and I offer programs that give more
power to people.
I know there is anxiety in America today -- yet I believe
the American Spirit still burns bright.
4
In Michigan, during our last train ride, we stopped beside a
company called Impact Auto Collision. It was started by a guy
named Bob Zuelke (Zul-key) who had been laid off from General
Motors.
Bob and his wife Paula had taken their savings -- and
started their own small business. Today, they employ six people
-- including a veteran of Desert Storm.
This is a story of the American Spirit -- of a new
generation responding to challenges -- and it shows that the
answer to our challenges today -- come not from giving more power
to government -- but from giving more power to people.
So please, do not count me among those in the media -- who
spend their days talking of a nation in decline. I have seen
America rise again and again. I know that this is a nation,
DOESN'T SENSE
where we what is not yet done -- is only what we have not yet
0
tried to do. The polls are against us. The pundits are against
us But history is on our side.
If we can tear down the Berlin Wall -- we can build a
stronger economy here at home. If we can make the streets of
Russia safe for freedom, we can take back our streets here at
home. If we lite a candle of freedom in every dark corner of the
globe, we can lift the hopes and dreams of Americans -- right
here at home.
That is what this fight is about. That is why we will
triumph -- on November 3rd.
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Thank you for turning out this evening. Thank you
Spartanburg, and God Bless the United States of America.
6
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(North Carolina)
For Immediate Release
October 20, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT SPARTANBURG WELCOME
Spartanburg, South Carolina
8:20 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Wall to wall people. Thank you all.
This has been a wonderful day, taking this train through Georgia
and South Carolina. This is the icing on the cake. I am
delighted to be with your great Senator and my great friend,
strom Thurmond. (Applause.) When you talk about a national
leader, you've got a great Governor in Carroll Campbell,
respected all across this country. (Applause.) And I salute
him, and I salute Iris, and I'm delighted to have Rick Flair on
our side. (Applause.)
I want to thank Barry Wynn and all of you who helped
make this rally such a fantastic success. (Applause.) You know,
everyplace I go, I see signs that say, "Clean House." Well, I've
got an idea -- send Bob Inglis to the United States Congress.
(Applause.) Get a good man up there.
And while we're at it, let's clean Senate, and send
Tommy Hartnett, my old friend, to the United States Senate.
(Applause.) We need a change. That institution's control hasn't
changed in 38 years -- the Congress. It is time to clean House
and send us these two good new people. (Applause.)
Well, I'm told that the world's entire supply of
Pepto Bismol is made at the Proctor and Gamble camp, right down
the road in Greensville. And after the past couple of months of
campaigning, I'm sure sales must be soaring.
But look at it this way: Two weeks from tonight,
all this will be over and I will be reelected President of the
United states. (Applause.)
And let me give you a little advice. They've been
so wrong before. Don't listen to these pundits telling you how
to think, and don't listen to these nutty pollsters. Remember:
Things are decided in the last couple of weeks in this campaign.
And now people are going to decide: Who do I trust to be the
leader of the free world and the United States? (Applause.)
I wonder if any of you saw the debate last night.
(Applause.) Well, I think --
AUDIENCE: George Bush! George Bush!
THE PRESIDENT: -- I think the country saw a vast
difference there -- a difference in principle, a difference in
philosophy, a difference in experience, a vast difference in
character. And I ask for your support on the basis of all of
those. (Applause.)
You know, for 11 months, Governor Clinton and the
rest of those liberals have been running around criticizing not
only our country, but me and my record. And I think before
people go to the polls, they need to know a couple of statistics
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about his record. Arkansas is the 50th out of 50 states in
environmental initiatives.
AUDIENCE: Boool
THE PRESIDENT: It's deceiving. They are the 49th
in students with a high school diploma. They are 45th in the
overall well-being of children; and in incomes, in jobs and in
wages, they lag the entire nation. We do not need that for the
United States of America. (Applause.)
You know, let me tell you what he said last night in
case you didn't hear it. He said, I want to do for the United
states what I've done for Arkansas. We can't let that happen.
No way.
Ross Perot was right on one thing. He said the
grocery store is no preparation for Wal-Mart. I thought that was
a good line. (Applause.) But here's the dangerous part:
Governor Clinton wants to raise your taxes by $150 billion and
increase spending by $220 billion. We're not going to let him do
that. (Applause.)
I don't know how many people standing around here
make over $200,000, but I'll guarantee you one thing: His
figures don't add up. And to get that $150 billion he's going to
have to go after your wallet. so when he says tax the rich, you
taxpayers, you hard workers, you people that believe in the
American Dream, watch out -- it will turn into a nightmare.
(Applause.)
I've got a different philosophy. I believe the
federal government is too big and it spends too much. He wants
to see it spend more and tax more.
We've been caught up in something global. The
global economy has slowed down. And though it hurts when anyone
is out of work, I think it's fair to note that the American
economy, in spite of our problems, is still a lot better than all
the European economies or Japan or Canada. We are the United
states. And I want to make it better, not worse. (Applause.)
I want to expand our exports so our textile products
and our other products made in this great state can find free and
fair markets all around the world. We are leading in exports;
let's keep it up.
AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USAI
THE PRESIDENT: Let me remind you that it is small
business that creates most of the jobs, and it is small business
that doesn't need to pay any more taxes. It needs relief from
regulation and taxation and litigation. Let's get the job done.
(Applause.)
We've got too many crazy lawsuits, and Governor
Clinton is owned by the pocket of the trial lawyers. We ought to
sue each other less and care for each other more in this country.
(Applause.) Governor Clinton wants to slap a tax on foreign
investors. well, let me ask right here in South Carolina. You
do that, and you don't get a BMW plant. I would welcome BMW to
South Carolina because they know our workers are the best
anyplace in the world. (Applause.) And I congratulate your
Governor for taking a lead role in bringing that great business
to this state. (Applause.)
I want to promote that kind of investment in the
United States of America. That means jobs for the American
people, and we're going to keep on working for that.
Another area we've got a big difference is
education. I told you about Arkansas' sorry record. But I'll
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- 3
tell you a big difference. You see, I believe parents ought to
have the right to choose and the help for money to choose
private, public or religious schools for their kids. (Applause.)
And I think we need more support for the teachers in the local
communities and a little less for the bureaucrats. (Applause.)
And on health care, my plan provides insurance for
the poorest of the poor, tax breaks for the middle class. But it
does not turn the health care of this country over to the
government. We don't need that. We need market forces.
(Applause.)
And on crime, I believe we ought to be a little
tougher on the criminal and have a little more concern for the
victims of crime. (Applause.) And nobody in this country has
fought harder for good, strong anticrime legislation than your
own and my friend, Senator Strom Thurmond. (Applause.)
You know, the other day in the Oval Office, I had a
visit from about eight guys from Arkansas. And they came up to
pledge their support. And they represented the Fraternal Order
of Police of Little Rock, Arkansas. They are supporting me for
President of the United States. (Applause.) And so is the
national Fraternal Order of Police -- because they know that I
back up the law enforcement officers. They are fighting for us
every day of their lives, and we ought to support them.
(Applause.)
You heard another difference last night -- talking
about reducing and reforming government. I'll tell you how to
get this deficit down: Give us a balanced budget amendment to
this Constitution. (Applause.) Give us a check-off so that
people that care about the deficit can say, hey, I'm going to
check in this box 10 percent of my taxes must go to reduce the
deficit. If Congress can't do the job, make them do the job.
(Applause.)
And I strongly support a line-item veto. Forty-
three governors have it. Give it to the President. Let us try
to make it work. (Applause.) And I like the idea of getting the
power out of the congressmen and back to the people. I favor
term limits for the Congress. (Applause.)
And lastly, Governor Campbell touched on it, but let
me say I've got a big difference with Governor Clinton. He says
it's not the character of the President, but the character of the
presidency, and I say they're one and the same thing. They're
locked in. (Applause.) And you cannot -- you cannot sit in that
Oval Office and waffle. DO not turn the White House into the
waffle house. You've got to stand up. (Applause.) You've got
to stand up and make a tough decision. And when I had to make
that tough decision on Desert Storm, Governor Clinton was saying
this -- here's what he said: I'm for the minority, but I guess I
would have voted for the majority. What kind of commander-in-
chief would that make?
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: I worry about the pattern of
deception. On one side of an issue one day and then the opposite
side the other. You cannot do that as President of the United
States. (Applause.)
And let me tell you another one -- and this
concludes it -- Governor Clinton and Senator Gore, the Ozone Man,
is going around the world -- (laughter) -- you listen to some --
hey, this guy is strange. They've got Gore muzzled back now.
You have no timber workers, only a bunch of owls, 1f you listen
to him. You'd have no farmers, only a great, big wet hole out
there somewhere if you listen to him.
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4
But here's the point: They differ. They differ.
They want bigger government. He talks about growing government.
I want to grow the private sector. I want to grow jobs in the
private sector. (Applause.)
But the big difference is to get elected they've got
to convince the American people that the United States is a
nation in decline, and we are not. We are number one -- in the
economy, in security, in standing up for freedom and democracy.
(Applause.)
AUDIENCE: We're number one! We're number one!
THE PRESIDENT: I believe in the American people.
And I have had the honor, and my family shared it with me -- one
son here tonight and my daughter-in-law, twin granddaughters.
And, certainly, I happen to think we've got the best First Lady
that we could possibly ever have -- Barbara Bush. (Applause.)
And we have been privileged as a family to live in that White
House, and I've been privileged to serve as President. But I now
want to do this: We've literally changed the world. And Carroll
was very generous in his assessment. But when I look around here
and see these young people, we've got lots to do. We've got all
kinds of opportunity, and I want to take that same leadership,
and with a brand-new Congress lift up the lives of the young
people here tonight. We are not a nation in decline, we are a
nation on the move. (Applause.)
And with our education and our job retraining and
our caring for people, we are going to make America better.
We're going to create jobs worldwide, and I will see that we
continue to be the most respected leadership country in the
entire world.
Thank you all, and may God bless the United states
of America. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. God bless you
all. (Applause.)
END
8:30 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(North Carolina)
For Immediate Release
October 20, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT SPARTANBURG WELCOME
Spartanburg, South Carolina
8:20 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Wall to wall people. Thank you all.
This has been a wonderful day, taking this train through Georgia
and South Carolina. This is the icing on the cake. I am
delighted to be with your great Senator and my great friend,
strom Thurmond. (Applause.) When you talk about a national
leader, you've got a great Governor in Carroll Campbell,
respected all across this country. (Applause.) And I salute
him, and I salute Iris, and I'm delighted to have Rick Flair on
our side. (Applause.)
I want to thank Barry Wynn and all of you who helped
make this rally such a fantastic success. (Applause.) You know,
everyplace I go, I see signs that say, "Clean House." Well, I've
got an idea -- send Bob Inglis to the United States Congress.
(Applause.) Get a good man up there.
And while we're at it, let's clean Senate, and send
Tommy Hartnett, my old friend, to the United States Senate.
(Applause.) We need a change. That institution's control hasn't
changed in 38 years -- the Congress. It is time to clean House
and send us these two good new people. (Applause.)
Well, I'm told that the world's entire supply of
Pepto Bismol is made at the Proctor and Gamble camp, right down
the road in Greensville. And after the past couple of months of
campaigning, I'm sure sales must be soaring.
But look at it this way: Two weeks from tonight,
all this will be over and I will be reelected President of the
United states. (Applause.)
And let me give you a little advice. They've been
so wrong before. Don't listen to these pundits telling you how
to think, and don't listen to these nutty pollsters. Remember:
Things are decided in the last couple of weeks in this campaign.
And now people are going to decide: Who do I trust to be the
leader of the free world and the United States? (Applause.)
I wonder if any of you saw the debate last night.
(Applause.) Well, I think --
AUDIENCE: George Bush! George Bush!
THE PRESIDENT: -- I think the country saw a vast
difference there -- a difference in principle, a difference in
philosophy, a difference in experience, a vast difference in
character. And I ask for your support on the basis of all of
those. (Applause.)
You know, for 11 months, Governor Clinton and the
rest of those liberals have been running around criticizing not
only our country, but me and my record. And I think before
people go to the polls, they need to know a couple of statistics
MORE
- 2 -
about his record. Arkansas is the 50th out of 50 states in
environmental initiatives.
AUDIENCE: Boool
THE PRESIDENT: It's deceiving. They are the 49th
in students with a high school diploma. They are 45th in the
overall well-being of children; and in incomes, in jobs and in
wages, they lag the entire nation. We do not need that for the
United States of America. (Applause.)
You know, let me tell you what he said last night in
case you didn't hear it. He said, I want to do for the United
States what I've done for Arkansas. We can't let that happen.
No way.
ROSS Perot was right on one thing. He said the
grocery store is no preparation for Wal-Mart. I thought that was
a good line. (Applause.) But here's the dangerous part:
Governor Clinton wants to raise your taxes by $150 billion and
increase spending by $220 billion. We're not going to let him do
that. (Applause.)
I don't know how many people standing around here
make over $200,000, but r'll guarantee you one thing: His
figures don't add up. And to get that $150 billion he's going to
have to go after your wallet. so when he says tax the rich, you
taxpayers, you hard workers, you people that believe in the
American Dream, watch out -- it will turn into a nightmare.
(Applause.)
I've got a different philosophy. I believe the
federal government is too big and it spends too much. He wants
to see it spend more and tax more.
We've been caught up in something global. The
global economy has slowed down. And though it hurts when anyone
is out of work, I think it's fair to note that the American
economy, in spite of our problems, is still a lot better than all
the European economies or Japan or Canada. We are the United
States. And I want to make it better, not worse. (Applause.)
I want to expand our exports so our textile products
and our other products made in this great state can find free and
fair markets all around the world. We are leading in exports;
let's keep it up.
AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USAI
THE PRESIDENT: Let me remind you that it is small
business that creates most of the jobs, and it is small business
that doesn't need to pay any more taxes. It needs relief from
regulation and taxation and litigation. Let's get the job done.
(Applause.)
We've got too many crazy lawsuits, and Governor
Clinton is owned by the pocket of the trial lawyers. We ought to
sue each other less and care for each other more in this country.
(Applause.) Governor Clinton wants to slap a tax on foreign
investors. well, let me ask right here in South Carolina. You
do that, and you don't get a BMW plant. I would welcome BMW to
South Carolina because they know our workers are the best
anyplace in the world. (Applause.) And I congratulate your
Governor for taking a lead role in bringing that great business
to this state. (Applause.)
I want to promote that kind of investment in the
United States of America. That means jobs for the American
people, and we're going to keep on working for that.
Another area we've got a big difference is
education. I told you about Arkansas' sorry record. But I'll
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- 3 -
tell you a big difference. You see, I believe parents ought to
have the right to choose and the help for money to choose
private, public or religious schools for their kids. (Applause.)
And I think we need more support for the teachers in the local
communities and a little less for the bureaucrats. (Applause.)
And on health care, my plan provides insurance for
the poorest of the poor, tax breaks for the middle class. But it
does not turn the health care of this country over to the
government. We don't need that. We need market forces.
(Applause.)
And on crime, I believe we ought to be a little
tougher on the criminal and have a little more concern for the
victims of crime. (Applause.) And nobody in this country has
fought harder for good, strong anticrime legislation than your
own and my friend, Senator Strom Thurmond. (Applause.)
You know, the other day in the oval office, I had a
visit from about eight guys from Arkansas. And they came up to
pledge their support. And they represented the Fraternal Order
of Police of Little Rock, Arkansas. They are supporting me for
President of the United States. (Applause.) And SO is the
national Fraternal Order of Police -- because they know that I
back up the law enforcement officers. They are fighting for us
every day of their lives, and we ought to support them.
(Applause.)
You heard another difference last night -- talking
about reducing and reforming government. I'll tell you how to
get this deficit down: Give us a balanced budget amendment to
this Constitution. (Applause.) Give us a check-off so that
people that care about the deficit can say, hey, I'm going to
check in this box 10 percent of my taxes must go to reduce the
deficit. If Congress can't do the job, make them do the job.
(Applause.)
And I strongly support a line-item veto. Forty-
three governors have it. Give it to the President. Let us try
to make it work. (Applause.) And I like the idea of getting the
power out of the congressmen and back to the people. I favor
term limits for the Congress. (Applause.)
And lastly, Governor Campbell touched on it, but let
me say I've got a big difference with Governor Clinton. He says
it's not the character of the President, but the character of the
presidency, and I say they're one and the same thing. They're
locked in. (Applause.) And you cannot -- you cannot sit in that
Oval Office and waffle. Do not turn the White House into the
waffle house. You've got to stand up. (Applause.) You've got
to stand up and make a tough decision. And when I had to make
that tough decision on Desert Storm, Governor Clinton was saying
this -- here's what he said: I'm for the minority, but I guess I
would have voted for the majority. What kind of commander-in-
chief would that make?
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: I worry about the pattern of
deception. On one side of an issue one day and then the opposite
side the other. You cannot do that as President of the United
States. (Applause.)
And let me tell you another one -- and this
concludes it -- Governor Clinton and Senator Gore, the Ozone Man,
is going around the world -- (laughter) -- you listen to some --
hey, this guy is strange. They've got Gore muzzled back now.
You have no timber workers, only a bunch of owls, if you listen
to him. You'd have no farmers, only a great, big wet hole out
there somewhere if you listen to him.
MORE
4
But here's the point: They differ. They differ.
They want bigger government. He talks about growing government.
I want to grow the private sector. I want to grow jobs in the
private sector. (Applause.)
But the big difference is to get elected they've got
to convince the American people that the United States is a
nation in decline, and we are not. We are number one -- in the
economy, in security, in standing up for freedom and democracy.
(Applause.)
AUDIENCE: We're number one! We're number one!
THE PRESIDENT: I believe in the American people.
And I have had the honor, and my family shared it with me -- one
son here tonight and my daughter-in-law, twin granddaughters.
And, certainly, I happen to think we've got the best First Lady
that we could possibly ever have -- Barbara Bush. (Applause.)
And we have been privileged as a family to live in that White
House, and I've been privileged to serve as President. But I now
want to do this: We've literally changed the world. And Carroll
was very generous in his assessment. But when I look around here
and see these young people, we've got lots to do. We've got all
kinds of opportunity, and I want to take that same leadership,
and with a brand-new Congress lift up the lives of the young
people here tonight. We are not a nation in decline, we are a
nation on the move. (Applause.)
And with our education and our job retraining and
our caring for people, we are going to make America better.
We're going to create jobs worldwide, and I will see that we
continue to be the most respected leadership country in the
entire world.
Thank you all, and may God bless the United States
of America. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. God bless you
all. (Applause.)
END
8:30 P.M. EDT