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357213SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/19/92
3: 00PM, TODAY, OCT. 19
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
THOMASVILLE, NC
SUBJECT:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
X MOORE
SCOWCROFT
X
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
X PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
X
ZOELLICK
KAUFMAN
GRAY
GROOMES
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
HORNER
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly
to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to
this office NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, TODAY, MONDAY,
OCTOBER 19. Thank you
RESPONSE:
called 11:00
PHILLIP D. BRADY
12:00
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
STUMP3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
THOMASVILLE, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, A special salute to bands from Thomasville,
East Davidson, and Ledford High Schools.
It's great to be in the home of last year's state champions
-- the Thomasville High School Bulldogs. That's what we all have
to be over the next two weeks.
I'm proud to be the first Republican President to visit Hall
County. Actually, Dan Quayle preceded me -- and what a great job
he did in last week's debate. And Barbara was down here last
year to buy some new furniture after Hurricane - damaged our
home in Maine.
I want to thank Thomasville Furniture for sending furniture
to victims of Hurricane Andrew. And while I'm at it let me
salute another instance of Carolina generosity.
A few years back the Presbyterian Church here sponsored a
Cambodian family. Ross and Thea [Tee-a] Nylo [Neel]. Today the
Nylos have their own business.
People already know how you export furniture and textiles.
What I like is how you export kindness, too. Let others run
America down. You show why this is the greatest Nation on earth
-- and always will be. /
Earlier today Barbara and I, were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
and Kannapolis. At each stop it's the same. We're in the land
2
of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe me, the
Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
Youthnow, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. 11
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg), I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Thomasville, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
3
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
pion
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
4
is to keep government down keep taxes down and keep our
leadership in the White House.
I notice that huge chair over there. If you compare its
size to a regular chair, you get some idea of what the Democrats
would do to the size of your taxes compared to what you pay now.
But at least he's consistent. Governor Clinton never met a
tax he didn't like. When it comes to anything else, he has a
tendency to come down on every side of every issue. He reminds
me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the Other Hand.
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them.'
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor, country" than
in the South. That's why - North Carolinians bravely served in
5
the Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made." II
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he vas for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. 11
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
6
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. 11
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America.
by MISleading them. "
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. 11
7
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I an proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Nov I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #
357213SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/19/92
3: 00PM, TODAY, OCT. 19
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
THOMASVILLE, NC
SUBJECT:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 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
KAUFMAN
GRAY
GROOMES
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
HORNER
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly
to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to
this office NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, TODAY, MONDAY,
OCTOBER 19. Thank you
60 :Sd 61 100 26
RESPONSE:
no comment
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
STUMP3
2019 : 40
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
THOMASVILLE, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, A special salute to bands from Thomasville,
East Davidson, and Ledford High Schools.
It's great to be in the home of last year's state champions
-- the Thomasville High School Bulldogs. That's what we all have
to be over the next two weeks.
I'm proud to be the first Republican President to visit Hall
County. Actually, Dan Quayle preceded me -- and what a great job
he did in last week's debate. And Barbara was down here last
year to buy some new furniture after Hurricane damaged our
I
home in Maine.
I want to thank Thomasville Furniture for sending furniture
to victims of Hurricane Andrew. And while I'm at it let me
salute another instance of Carolina generosity.
A few years back the Presbyterian Church here sponsored a
Cambodian family. Ross and Thea [Tee-a] Nylo [Neel]. Today the
Nylos have their own business.
People already know how you export furniture and textiles.
What I like is how you export kindness, too. Let others run
America down. You show why this is the greatest Nation on earth
-- and always will be. /
Earlier today Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
and Kannapolis. At each stop it's the same. We're in the land
2
of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe me, the
Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg), I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Thomasville, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
3
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
4
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep our
leadership in the White House.
I notice that huge chair over there. If you compare its
size to a regular chair, you get some idea of what the Democrats
would do to the size of your taxes compared to what you pay now.
But at least he's consistent. Governor Clinton never met a
tax he didn't like. When it comes to anything else, he has a
tendency to come down on every side of every issue. He reminds
me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the Other Hand."
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them."
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor, country" than
in the South. That's why North Carolinians bravely served in
-
5
the Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made." //
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
6
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. 11
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America,
by MISleading them. //
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head.' End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
7
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #
357213SS
Document No.
7790
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
97 OCT 19 P3: P 19
DATE: 10/19/92
3: 00PM, TODAY, OCT. 19
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
THOMASVILLE, NC
SUBJECT:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 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
KAUFMAN
GRAY
GROOMES
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
HORNER
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly
to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to
this office NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, TODAY, MONDAY,
OCTOBER 19. Thank you
RESPONSE: TO: DAN MCGROARTY
October 19, 1992
The NSC staff concurs as amended.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
Brent Scowcroft
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
CC: Phillip D. Brady
(Smith/Askew)
Draft Two
October 18, 1992
STUMP3
2.001.19 40
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
THOMASVILLE, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, A special salute to bands from Thomasville,
East Davidson, and Ledford High Schools.
It's great to be in the home of last year's state champions
-- the Thomasville High School Bulldogs. That's what we all have
A buildog, Imgoing
to be over the next two weeks.
I'm proud to be the first Republican President to visit Hall
County. Actually, Dan Quayle preceded me -- and what a great job
he did in last week's debate. And Barbara was down here last
year to buy some new furniture after Hurricane damaged our
-
home in Maine.
I want to thank Thomasville Furniture for sending furniture
to victims of Hurricane Andrew. And while I'm at it let me
salute another instance of Carolina generosity.
A few years back the Presbyterian Church here sponsored a
Cambodian family. Ross and Thea [Tee-a] Nylo [Neel]. Today the
Nylos have their own business.
People already know how you export furniture and textiles.
What I like is how you export kindness, too. Let others run
America down. You show why this is the greatest Nation on earth
-- and always will be. /
Earlier today Barbara and I were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
and Kannapolis. At each stop it's the same. We're in the land
2
of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe me, the
Broves.
Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
You know, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg), I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Thomasville, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
3
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
Billion ?
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks. an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
4
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep
our
leadership in the White House.
I notice that huge chair over there. If you compare its
size to a regular chair, you get some idea of what the Democrats
would do to the size of your taxes compared to what you pay now.
But at least he's consistent. Governor Clinton never met a
tax he didn't like. When it comes to anything else, he has a
tendency to come down on every side of every issue. He reminds
me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the Other Hand."
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them."
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor, country" than
in the South. That's why - North Carolinians bravely served in
5
the Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made. //
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
someob publy
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
too
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
outdated!
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
6
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America,
by MISleading them. //
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
7
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust.
Now I ask you to
with this decision.
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
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Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Thomasville, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
3
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
5
the Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made." / /
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
6
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America,
by MISleading them. //
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head. End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
7
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
#
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Draft Two
October 18, 1992
STUMP3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STUMP SPEECH
THOMASVILLE, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1992
Thank you, A special salute to bands from Thomasville,
East Davidson, and Ledford High Schools.
It's great to be in the home of last year's state champions
-- the Thomasville High School Bulldogs. That's what we all have
to be over the next two weeks.
I'm proud to be the first Republican President to visit Hall
County. Actually, Dan Quayle preceded me -- and what a great job
he did in last week's debate. And Barbara was down here last
year to buy some new furniture after Hurricane - damaged our
home in Maine.
I want to thank Thomasville Furniture for sending furniture
to victims of Hurricane Andrew. And while I'm at it let ne
salute another instance of Carolina generosity.
A few years back the Presbyterian Church here sponsored a
Cambodian family. Ross and Thea [Tee-a] Nylo [Neel]. Today the
Nylos have their own business.
People already know how you export furniture and textiles.
What I like is how you export kindness, too. Let others run
America down. You show why this is the greatest Nation on earth
-- and always will be. /
Earlier today Barbara and I, were in Spartanburg, Gastonia,
and Kannapolis. At each stop it's the same. We're in the land
2
of the free and the home of the Braves. And, believe me, the
Braves are going to win the first real World Series.
Youllnow, I identify with the Braves. Baseball's like
politics. Forget the polls. Ignore the know-it-alls. On
Election Day we'll show the media: It ain't over till Cabrera
[Cu-BRARE-ah] swings. //
And Cabrera's going to swing Republican on November 3. I
feel it in my bones, because it's not in the marrow of American
character to put up with the crushing tax burden Bill Clinton
wants for the middle class.
This morning in (Spartanburg), I talked about my specific
ideas to get this economy moving -- my Agenda for American
Renewal. (Hold up.) Here in Thomasville, I'd like to compare my
ideas with Governor Clinton's.
Governor Clinton started out early in the campaign calling
for $150 billion in new taxes. He'd need it, too, and more, to
pay for his $220 billion of new government spending.
He's proposing the single most-mammoth tax-and-spend
increase ever proposed on the planet. And if it stopped right
there, that would be bad enough.
But it doesn't stop there. Governor Clinton's like the
battery bunny. Ever since he first came up with those numbers,
he's been out there making new promises. And he keeps going and
going and going.
We added it up -- since June, it comes to an extra billion
dollars a day of government spending he's promising.
3
Today the Federal government will spend four billion and
fifteen million of your tax dollars. Just one day. Do you
really think they should spend even more?
But it's worse than that. We've got a big old Democratic
Congress up on the hill that's been taking a cold shower for
twelve years
just twitching to spend more of your money.
Right now, Congress has another (900) billion dollars of spending
under consideration -- that they don't dare send to me. But they
won't be shy with Bill Clinton.
Think about it. That Congress
and Bill-Dollar Bill.
Getting those two together would be like giving Imelda
Marcos a couple of drinks
an eighteen-wheeler
and the key
to the Kinney's shoe warehouse.
Governor Clinton says only the richest Americans will have
to pay. He says he'll only tax folks who make more than $200,000
a year.
Obviously, Governor Clinton slept through arithmetic class
at Oxford. Because here's what the experts tell you. To pay for
all his promises
drawing the tax line at $200,000 a year isn't
enough. Going down to $60,000 isn't enough. Even $36,000 isn't
enough, either. To pay for all his promises, Governor Clinton
will have to tax the entire middle class.
I want to hold the line on taxes. Every economist who
understands the way our world works, now that the Cold War's
over
knows that the way for the United States to break free
from this world-wide recession
the way for us to get ahead
4
is to keep government down
keep taxes down
and keep our
leadership in the White House.
I notice that huge chair over there. If you compare its
size to a regular chair, you get some idea of what the Democrats
would do to the size of your taxes compared to what you pay now.
But at least he's consistent. Governor Clinton never met a
tax he didn't like. When it comes to anything else, he has a
tendency to come down on every side of every issue. He reminds
me of that Randy Travis song -- "On the Other Hand.
Someone asked Governor Clinton the other day which country
singers he'd invite to the White House if he got elected. He
said, and I quote -- "All of them.
Governor Clinton treats politics the way he treats country
music singers. He tries to make everybody happy. That just
doesn't work in the Oval Office. You have to take a stand.
I'm sure the Governor's a nice-enough guy. But I have a big
problem with his pattern of dealing with tough questions. Maybe
he's allergic to candor.
We all know his various stories on what he did to evade the
draft. Governor Clinton still hasn't leveled with the American
people. Nor has he come clean on any number of other issues.
Let's start with the Gulf War.
As President your beliefs have to stand tall every day.
Nowhere do Americans believe more in "duty, honor, country" than
in the South. That's why North Carolinians bravely served in
-
5
the Persian Gulf. I said to Saddam Hussein: Aggression must not
stand. My friends: You made sure that aggression DID not stand.
What did Bill Clinton say? Well, two days after Congress
followed my declaration of war, here's what he said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I
agree with the arguments the minority made." //
That's not leadership. That's followship, and a dangerous
trait for a Commander-in-Chief. An greater problem is that this
trait extends across the board.
Take our schools. Last week in a debate, you heard Governor
Clinton say he's against letting parents use tax dollars to send
their kids to private or religious schools.
That's funny. Three months ago he said he was for the idea.
Then he went to the teachers union bosses. They said no -- so he
said no. Just call him Charlie McCarthy to their Edgar Bergen.
Don't have to ask me about school choice. I'm for it. On
November 3, parents who want to choose their kids' schools can
start by choosing a President who agrees with them. //
What about limiting the terms of members of Congress? I
want to limit terms in Congress -- and give government back to
the people. Last week the Governor said he was against the idea.
Last January, he said it's something you should decide.
It's the same thing on every issue. On free trade --
Governor Clinton has had three different positions. For it,
against, now for it again. On health care -- he has had two
contradictory plans.
6
On crime, Governor Clinton talks tough on the trail, but
coddles criminals in Arkansas. Last Friday, the Little Rock
police came to visit in the Oval Office. They endorsed me -- for
President of the United States. //
There is a pattern here -- a deliberate pattern of
deception. And I believe you can't lead the people of America.
by MISLEADING them. 11
This issue is important. Listen to the Editor of The New
Republic, a liberal magazine strongly supportive of Governor
Clinton. He says he worries about a Clinton Administration.
Here's why -- and I quote: "Bill Clinton's so completely
political a character -- that when he has to address an issue,
the actual truth about it is not the first thing that comes into
his head." End-quote. /
Why does this matter?
Well, sometime in the next four years the phone will ring in
the Oval Office. The man who picks up that phone will have to
make a decision -- maybe it will affect American jobs. Maybe it
will affect American lives. /
The leader who picks up that phone can't take two positions,
can't make everybody happy, can't wait and take a poll.
Governor Clinton suggests that individual character is not
important. He says he wants to change the character of the
Presidency.
But let me be clear. You cannot separate the character of
the President -- from the character of the Presidency. //
7
I have led this Nation through four difficult years.
I am proud we've made this world safer for our kids.
I am proud we've kept our economy afloat while other Nations
are drowning.
I believe I have demonstrated the character, the integrity
worthy of America and its ideals.
I hope I've been worthy of your trust. Now I ask you to
trust yourselves. I need your support and prayers. I need your
vote. Thank you for this welcome, and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(North Carolina)
FOR Immediate Release
october 21, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT THOMASVILLE WELCOME
Thomasville, North Carolina
3:12 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: What a great North Carolina day.
(Applause.) Thank you, Governor Jim Martin. I'll tell you
something -- the people of North Carolina are lucky to have such
a quality man of character leading this state as Jim Martin.
(Applause.) And now we've got to keep that character and quality
going by electing Jim Gardner to be the next Governor of North
Carolina. (Applause.)
I'm delighted to see a man here who supports me and
supports our country so much -- Congressman Howard Coble.
(Applause.) If we had more like him they wouldn't be yelling,
"Clean House" at me. We need more like him. And while we're at
it, we need to help of our distinguished guest today, Senator
strom Thurmond, one of America's truly greats over here.
(Applause.) And we need to help him by cleaning senate. And
that means send our friend, Lauch Faircloth to the United states
Senate.
Lauch Faircloth is one of the great -- he'd be a
great senator. He'll go up there and change things. And the
status quo is what's wrong. We need him in the Senate. Send him
up there. He's doing just great. (Applause.)
And then we've got another sportsman here. I think
of North Carolina as a sporting state, one that loves athletics.
Charlotte's coming on strong. We've got Darryl Waltrip right
here, one of America's greats. (Applause.)
And so we've got them all. And now we're ready to
go. And let me thank everybody responsible for this wonderful
rally -- the great bands from Thomasville, East Davidson, and
Ledford High Schools. (Applause.) And it's great to be here
with last year's state champions, the Thomasville High School
Bulldogs. (Applause.)
And can I tell you something as a satisfied
customer? You've got to make the best furniture in the entire
world. (Applause.) Not only is it made right here, but also
there's a certain generosity of spirit by the commanies and the
workers involved, because I'm told that you were sanding
furniture to the victims of Hurricane Andrew. That is the
American spirit, and I'm very grateful to you. (Applause.)
And now on to the business at hand. Did anybody
watch that debate the other night? (Applause.) Let me tell you
-- well, I thought we did all right, I thought we did okay. But
let me tell you this. What I think you saw was a vast difference
in experience, certainly a vast difference in philosophy, and a
vast difference in character. And character matters for
President of the United States. (Applause.)
Governor Clinton made a horrible comment. He said
he wants to do for the United States what he's done for Arkansas.
That would be terrible.
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AUDIENCE: B000000,
THE PRESIDENT: Let me click off some gloomy
statistics and then we'll get on to something a little more
positive. Arkansas -- you've got this Ozone Man on the ticket
with him -- you know, Gore. Arkansas ranks the 50th in quality
of environmental standards; it ranks 50th in per capita spending
on criminal justice; it ranks 49th in per capita spending on
police protection; it ranks 48th in percentage of adults with
high school diplomas; it is 48th on spending on corrections; 46th
on teachers' salaries; and 45th in the overall well-being of
children. You cannot take a failing Little League coach and put
him on to coach the Atlanta Braves -- manage the Braves.
(Applause.)
He calls this change. He says he's the candidate of
change. Well, let's take a close look at what he offers. How
about this one for openers -- and he hasn't got there: $150
billion in new taxes and $220 in new spending. That is trickle-
down government and we don't need it in Washington, D.C.
(Applause.) He says he'd take it to the -- sock it to the rich.
Watch out, middle America. Watch out, struggling nurse or family
person. He's going to stick it right in your wallet -- and you
don't need that anymore. Let's get the taxes down and the
spending down. (Applause.)
The last time we got that kind of change -- you
don't have to go back to Herbert Hoover. Go back to when you had
a liberal Democrat in the White House and you had a Democrat
spendthrift Congress that Lauch Faircloth wants to change. Go
back and take a look. That was in the days of Jimmy Carter.
Now, do you remember what interest rates --
AUDIENCE: B00000.
THE PRESIDENT: Sorry, gang, but it's true. DO you
remember what the interest rates were? Twenty-one and a half
percent. Twenty-one percent. Inflation was robbing every senior
citizen in this country -- 15 percent. We cannot go back to that
failed policy. (Applause.) You keep going with that kind of
change and change is all you'll have left in your pocket. We've
got to do better.
And my philosophy is this: Cut the spending and cut
the taxes and put more money -- put more money into the pockets
of the American working man. (Applause.) And one way to do that
is create more markets abroad. It's exports that have saved us
in the global slowdown. We've got to increase exports, create
more markets for the goods that are produced right here in North
Carolina. And we can do it. But we can't do it by turning
inward.
It's small business - it's small business that
creates the jobs in this country and we ought never to forget it.
And that means -- they create two-thirds of the new jobs. And
that means we need relief for taxation from small business; we
need relief from regulation; and certainly, we nec relief from
litigation. We are suing each other too much in this country --
(applause) -- and caring for each other too little.
Legal reform is what we need. It's a sorry thing
when malpractice insurance is running health care costs up for
every American. When a guy sees somebody lying by the highway
and doesn't dare stop to help him because they're afraid some
trial lawyer will come along and sue him, when a person doesn't
coach Little League because he's scared of getting a lawsuit by
some nutty lawyer it is time to put a lid on this. Sue each
other less, care for each other more. (Applause.)
And one big difference I've got is with him on
health care. He wants to put a government board in to kind of
ration out the health care of this country. And I want to make
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insurance available to the poorest of the poor. I want to give a
tax credit to middle America so they can get a little relief.
And make insurance available to everybody, but keep the quality
up. We've got the best doctors in the world. Keep the quality
up by keeping government under control. (Applause.)
A big difference on education. You see, he wants to
put the control more in Washington. And I say this: We want to
put control in the hands of the families. We did it in child
care and now I want to do it in school choice. Help parents send
their kids to all schools -- public schools, private schools, and
religious schools. (Applause.) And he won't do that. And I am
proud that under my administration more money is going to kids to
help them go to college than anytime in the history of this
country. (Applause.)
You know, as I ride along the rails and I see these
crossings, I see law enforcement people out helping us at every
crossing. And let me just say this: Strom Thurmond, one of the
great leaders for strong anticrime legislation, is fighting in
the Senate to make our laws tougher so that we back up our law
enforcement officials and have more consideration for the victims
of crime and less for the criminals. (Applause.) That's what
we've got to do.
And what is Arkansas's policy? Arkansas's prisoners
spend 20 percent of their sentences in jail. That's not good
enough.
AUDIENCE: Booooo.
THE PRESIDENT: If a guy busts a law -- and
certainly, if they kill a law enforcement officer, they ought to
stay there until they get on Willard Scott's program on that
100th birthday. (Applause.)
You heard the difference the other day between how
we get the government spending down. I'll give you three ideas.
You give us Lauch Faircloth and we're going to help Strom get
that job done. one, a balanced budget amendment. (Applause.)
Two, a taxpayers' check-off that says if you're concerned about
the deficit, check your tax return, and 10 percent of it has to
go to lowering the deficit. And if Congress can't make the
priorities, make them cut right straight across the board until
we get the job done. (Applause.)
And the last one is, I want that line-item veto.
Forty-three governors have it. (Applause.) Forty-three
governors have it. Let's stop that pork barrel spending, do
what's right for the American people, but not do what's right for
the reelection of every member of the United States Congress.
And, frankly, I like the idea of turning the Congress back to the
people by putting on term limits. The President is limited, why
not the Congress? (Applause.)
You know, the other night I guess one of the big
differences came -- this was in the Richmond debate -- when
Governor Clinton said it's not the character of the President, he
says it's the character of the presidency. And to that, I say
they're inseparable. You cannot separate it out. And character
matters.
And the liberals don't like it when I talk about
family values, but America knows what I mean. We've got to
strengthen the family. (Applause.) And they don't like it when
I say, yes, we're one nation under God -- and we are -- and we'd
better never forget it. (Applause.)
But my argument with the Governor of Arkansas is you
can't please everybody. I found that out in this job. You've
got to call them as you see them. And if you make a mistake, you
admit it. You don't try to cover it up and say one thing to one
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group and another thing to another group. And therein is a
question of character -- on everything from the right to work
laws, to term limits, to free trade, to the Persian Gulf, he's
tried to be on one side and then another. And you cannot do that
as President, and that is a matter of character. (Applause.)
There's a pattern of deception here, and America
better look at it. There is a pattern of deception. I love what
Governor Martin said about the patriotism of this state, serving
your country -- and, yes, North Carolina responded perhaps more
than any other state in Desert Storm. (Applause.)
But where was Governor clinton? Where was Governor
-- never mind. Don't let this guy say that. You're going to get
me in trouble with the media. And who would want to do that?
(Applause.)
But let me remind you where that man that wants to
be commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. This one didn't
happen 23 years ago, this one happened about a year and a half
ago. And what he said was -- at the time, I had to make a very
tough decision, leading the country and the Congress to make a
tough decision -- he said this. He said, well, I agreed with the
minority, but I guess if it were a close vote, I guess if it were
a close vote I would have voted with the majority. If we had
listened to him -- Governor Martin is right -- Saddam Hussein
would be in downtown Saudi Arabia and controlling the world oil
supply and have a nuclear bomb. We didn't listen to that kind of
waffle; we went ahead and made a tough decision. (Applause.)
Character counts. Character matters. You cannot be all things
to all people. And, yes, it matters.
Let me say this. First place, I wish Barbara Bush
were here because I think we've got a great First Lady.
(Applause.) But, you know, she and I have talked about this --
and as you know, we are blessed in our family. We're blessed
with a bunch of grandkids, blessed with five wonderful children.
And so, life has treated us pretty good. But when people are
hurting in this country you feel it. You feel it right in your
heart. And so I want to win this election not because I need
this job, but I want to continue to serve the American people and
lift up the hopes of these kids. (Applause.) We have literally
changed the world.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: We have literally changed the world.
And the kids in these bands over here go to bed at night without
that same fear of nuclear war that gripped their parents, and
that is substantial change for world peace. (Applause.)
And now what we've got to do is take that same
leadership with a new and changed Congress -- and there will be
one -- and lift up America. We are not, as Clinton says, a
nation in decline. We are the greatest, fairest, freest nation
on the face of the Earth. And now let's make it better. Now
let's make it better. (Applause.) Help me. But the change I'm
talking about -- remember, send Lauch Faircloth to the United
States Senate. We must change the Senate. Reelect Howard coble,
let's move America forward. And thank you, and may God bless
this greatest country on the face of the Earth. Thank you all
very much. (Applause.)
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