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FACT CHECK COPY-Last
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Draft Six
November 20, 1991
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER
GRAND HYATT HOTEL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
8:20 P.M.
Thank you, Barbara [Franklin]. It's always a special treat
to be introduced by a Barbara. [Husband, Wally]
George Webster, thank you, too. You and Barbara have done a
great job in organizing this event. [Wife, Ann]
Our Members of the Cabinet: Secretary Derwinski, Secretary
Madigan, Secretary Watkins.
It's great to see Jeannie Austin and Clayton Yeutter here.
And Bobby Holt -- doing a great job as our National Finance
Chairman.
My thanks to Reverend Tully for that special invocation.
To everyone here, greetings. I know you each made personal
contributions to this event, and I can't begin to express my
gratitude.
I want to thank all of you for your loyalty and support, and
for helping me build a Presidency that will propel the United
States to new greatness in the years ahead.
Let me also thank a great American for his selfless
contributions to this Administration and to the American people.
I'm talking about my vice president -- someone who's out working
for our issues today, Dan Quayle.
2
Today, we begin to give you your money's worth. Today, we
begin to do to Democrats what the Redskins have done this season
to their foes. Um, that includes the Oilers. 11
We'll have to fight many opponents, of course. In recent
weeks, political rhetoric in this nation has turned demagogic and
ugly. And that's just in Doonesbury. 11
But while our opponents busy themselves with cheap shots,
Dan Quayle and I have important work assigned to us. We have a
responsibility to lead.
We also have the mandate. I know Democrats have been on a
mud-slinging roll recently, but here's the important thing: We
Republicans have the issues. We have the ideas. We have the
answers. We have the record. The Tired Old Party does not --
which is why they must resort to name-calling.
In the days and weeks and months ahead, let's take our
message to the people. Let's remind Americans of what we have
done and what we can do. Working people want to pry free of a
Democratic elite tied to old ways of looking at our changing
world. Working people want a chance to make the American dream a
reality at home, in the workplace, in the schools, in the
streets. They know that we understand -- and we can help.
Let me talk about a key issue that separates Republicans
from the other party: the economy. For more than a decade,
Republicans created growth, opportunity and prosperity. We had
to fight every step along the way against the old-fashioned
Democrats. Yet since the early 80's we have unleashed the
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greatest peacetime economic boom in our history: 17 million new
jobs, good jobs. We restored American economic leadership. We
showed the rest of the world that Americans can still outwork,
outproduce, out-innovate the rest of the world.
ensure
But we can't rest upon our record. We must build on it bring ahat
that would ensure
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Republicans have pursued long-term policies to bring about
control
low inflation, low interest rates, and a culture that rewards
Fed Fentrol
innovation and hard work. We believe in responsible government.
Cocal
We put together a budget agreement that puts federal spending
policy Dainficit
under control.
I took a lot of heat for that agreement, but I
understood the importance of leadership on the budget. Now that
weirefing
Congress finally feels the pinch of the agreement, Democrats want
not
out.
Well, Democrats need to understand that they can't continue
Andrew Andressi
to call for taxes, taxes, taxes and spending, spending, spending.
They need to understand that all the American people see when
OPD
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Democrats raise taxes is a federally mandated pay cut.
Lange
the note original
When Democrats talk about soaking the rich, the American
people reach for an umbrella. They know that when Democrats
claim to soak the rich, everyone gets wet -- and the middle class
nearly drowns in those federally mandated pay cuts.
want. Dolicies We wegon't
we have the
Let's get back to basics. We believe in helping working
people build their own fortunes through sweat, determination and
But cap
risk.
gains, would low etc. etc. ensure
4
We believe in giving everyone a full chance to climb the
ladder of opportunity. We believe in fairness -- good jobs to
people who want to work, and fair rewards to people who produce.
To do that we first must keep American business competitive
by cutting excessive red-tape and regulations. We must stop
throwing heavy new burdens on an economy just itching to burst
free. Right now, people who run businesses have to moonlight as
Hoodini. They must serve customers while also trying to escape a
strait-jacket of regulations, red tape, even legal threats.
Next, we need tort reform. Businesses shouldn't spend all
their time hiring lawyers and worrying about lawsuits. They
should be free to think about ways of giving consumers what they
want.
Third, we must make good on our commitment to quality
education and job training -- to build a workforce ready and
eager to take on the challenges of the 21st Century.
Fourth, we've got to make sure that American businesses get
a fair chance to compete in every corner of the global
Prex. NRCC NReech
marketplace. We have taken the free trade message to Japan and
potus
the European market. We've won fast-track authority for a North
Trade
American Free Trade agreement that will create the largest market
on earth -- Canada, America and Mexico.
Democrats want to look for scapegoats and wallow in the
quicksand of protectionism. We tried protectionism once, and we
got the worst economic depression the world has ever seen. For
5
the rest of our history we followed the call of free trade -- and
we became the mightiest economic power ever.
I cannot believe my ears when I hear Democrats complaining
because I have gone abroad to fight for world peace, to fight for
American jobs, and to fight for the ideals that make us all proud
to be Americans.
Our long-term strategy will work, and we all know it. But
we also can take some common-sense steps right now to get the
NREE
economy rolling. Eight months ago I sent Congress the most
16/61/118
comprehensive banking reform package since the 1930s. No one
doubts that our system is dated and obsolete. But Congress
hasn't done what we need done.
For three years now, I've pushed a dynamic group of growth
Andy
incentives: a cut in the capital gains rate, family savings
Mitrussi
accounts, a permanent research and development tax credit, IRAs
OPD
for first-time homebuyers; enterprise zones. You know the tale:
Democrats complain -- and then don't do a thing.
This inaction comes with a price. I've seen the pain in
people's eyes, and I've felt the anguish that drove many people
to begin letters, "Dear Mr. President. I've never written to you
before, but ... "
When we wanted to extend a helping hand to unemployed
workers, Democrats dawdled for weeks. They used suffering
workers as political pawns and tried to make political hay out of
the people's anguish.
6
We Republicans don't think compassion and fairness are
slogans. They're what decent people do -- without prodding by
government.
We are not going to let the American people forget that
NRCC
bill"
Democrats have controlled the House since 1955, and have
controlled the Senate in all but six of those years. Those
Democrats seem to have forgotten that they work for the people,
not the other way around. As I said in my Inaugural address,
Americans didn't send us here to bicker. They sent us here to
act.
Yet the Democrat-dominated Congress has become a Bermuda
Triangle for the initiatives Americans want, and Congressional
Democrats are content to fall back on a veto strategy. They look
at our constructive initiatives, plow them under, then send me
bills that no responsible President can sign. Then, when I do my
job, they complain.
Let me give you a quick snapshot of what Democrats have done
for the American people this year. I sent banking reform
NRCC
legislation to Congress on March 20 -- 245 days ago. No bill.
I
sent crime legislation to Congress 254 days ago. No bill.
I
sent energy legislation to Congress 261 days ago. No bill.
I
sent transportation to the Hill 280 days ago. No bill. I have
prodded Congress to pass our Educational Excellence Act for two
years. Guess what? No bill. We unveiled our America 2000
Education Strategy six months ago. No bill -- even though by
of
Nov.
2000 Memorther
26
states as
25
only
7
next week 26 states will have enacted their own Year 2000
programs.
The Tired Old Party never seems to have recovered from the
elections of 1980, 1984 and 1988. They continue mounting witch
hunts to tarnish those victories. They just don't get it.
American voters told them over and over and over: We like jobs.
We like prosperity. We like Republicans.
You'd never guess, listening to the mudslingers on the Hill
that the Cold War drew to a close on our watch. The nuclear arms
race drew to a halt on our watch. The specter of global war
vanished on our watch. And the prospect of a new world order
characterized by peace, prosperity and cooperation arose on our
watch. Democrat leaders don't like that record, so they try to
change the subject. Well, I'm proud of my record.
Most Liberals never met a defense cut they didn't like. But
while they called us warmongers, we built the strong defenses
that have created a new era of peace. Just remember what Liberal
aree
Democrats have proposed over the past 20 years. I can tell you,
if I had followed the advice of liberal Democrats, Saddam
Hussein's army would be camped out in Saudi Arabia today.
Remember who we are and what we have done. Republicans
brought America to the verge of a world united in its support of
democracy, individual liberty and free enterprise -- American
ideals. While liberal Democrats blamed America first,
Republicans made America first.
8
So we'll take this message to the American people. We'll
ask them: Who they trust to build a vibrant economy, Republicans
or the other party. Who they trust to protect our interests
abroad -- to keep our streets safe -- to insist on the world's
best schools -- in short - who they trust to make sure that the
21st Century will be the Next American Century?
I'll tell you what their answer will be -- Republicans.
1988
Three years ago I talked about making America a kinder,
gentler nation. I still believe in that goal. But we cannot be
kind to those who want to see political benefit in doing nothing
to reform education, nothing to strike at the root causes of
crime, nothing to ignite the economy, nothing on energy, nothing
on the things that Americans care about.
There's an old Texas saying: Dance with the one who brung
you. Well, our policies have helped bring Americans freedom,
peace and prosperity, the likes of which no civilization has ever
seen. Take this message to America: We don't demagog. We
deliver. We don't posture, we produce. And when times get
tough, no one -- no one -- better defends what this nation stands
for than the Republican party.
So let's stand tall for what we are and what we can do.
We're America's future. Let's elect a Republican Congress next
year. The American people believe in our ideals, our values, and
our abilities. They trust us with the economy. They trust us in
world affairs. And they trust us with their earnings. So let's
9
give our voters the America they want -- a nation united in its
ideals of generosity, opportunity, service and greatness.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
# # # #
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Draft One
November 15, 1991
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER
GRAND HYATT HOTEL
Advance
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 1991
7:45 P.M.
Thank you, Barbara [Franklin]. [Introductory
acknowledgments, jokes]
I want to thank all of you for your loyalty and support, and
for helping me build a coalition that will propel the United
States to new greatness in the years ahead.
In recent weeks, political rhetoric in this nation has
turned demagogic and ugly. But while our opponents sell silly t-
shirts and call us names, you and I have better things to do. We
have a responsibility to lead.
We must lead the nation away from the counsel of those who
want to convert America from a beacon of light and hope into a
darkened, insular fortress. It strikes me as truly strange that
some Democrat leaders want this nation of immigrants and dreamers
to turn its back on its historic past -- and its promising
future. It just doesn't make sense. And I cannot believe my
ears when I hear Democrats complaining because I have gone abroad
to fight for world peace, to fight for American jobs, and to
fight for the ideals that make us all proud to be Americans.
Well, I will not apologize for doing the President's job.
2
America has always envisioned itself as an international
power, a preserve of liberty, peace and prosperity.
Our destiny hasn't changed one bit. We remain the most
important military, economic, political and moral force on earth,
and the policies we pursue here at home, along with those we
build abroad, contribute to that greatness.
Today I want to talk about American ideals and the American
future. I want to tell you what my Administration will do in the
years ahead in the three things that matter most to American
families: schools, safety and jobs.
Let's start with schools. My Administration has proposed
America
the most sweeping educational reform this nation has seen in more
than 200 years, the America 2000 Education strategy. America
Booklet
2000 will draw upon the wisdom and concerns of mothers and
fathers, businessmen and politicians, religious leaders and
community activists, and upon our own students to set off a
revolution in schooling.
This revolution has very clear and undeniable aims: To make
our schools the best in the world, to ensure that our students
outperform the students of every other nation in math, English,
science, history, geography; and to make every community, every
workplace, every home and every street a place where learning can
-- and will -- happen.
Americans have always seen the school as the cornerstone of
a society in which people can rise just as far as their abilities
and determination will take them. We still want to build a
3
country in which it matters not who you know, but what you know,
and in which it doesn't matter where you live or how much your
parents earn to get the best possible education.
Well, today our educational system labors under the dead
weight of old ways. Our students have fallen behind the students
of other nations in the race for excellence. Our teachers must
deal with horrors, ranging from crime and drugs to a system that
too often looks the other way at inefficiency and corruption.
America 2000 dares Americans to get involved. It challenges
schools to compete with one another. It gives parents as much
freedom in selecting schools for their children as they receive
America Booklet 2000
when they shop for a loaf of bread or a tub of butter.
America 2000 makes use of the lessons people all around the
world have learned in recent years about centralized, one-size-
fits-all government programs, the lesson that those programs just
don't work.
America 2000 encourages accountability, choice, innovation,
and activism. It promotes education in schools, in homes, in the
workplace. And it takes notice of an unpleasant but obvious
fact: The old system doesn't work. A system tailored to meet the
needs of a smokestack and Cold War world has little relevance for
a New World characterized by broader peace and tougher
competition.
Dan Quayle and I have fought and will continue to fight for
schools that give our kids a fighting chance, and that tell
4
students and teachers alike: We believe in you. We know you can
be the best. Now, do it!
The Bush-Quayle Administration also has waged a lonely
Policy
campaign for peace on our streets. I have tried for nearly three
years to persuade Congress to pass a comprehensive anti-crime
bill. Read the papers. Look at the terrible statistics all
around: In the District of Columbia, in Alexandria, in Fairfax
County, in Prince George's County.
We had a far lower violent death rate in the Gulf War than
many American communities have every day. The American people
know this. Congress knows this. And Congress has failed to send
me a legislative package that prevents sharp lawyers from helping
convicts evade justice; or that includes statutes that make drug
kingpins and cop-killers pay for killing others.
It's time Congress stopped tinkering with little pieces of
the picture, and showed a little guts. We must take the streets
back from the punks who mock the law, and trust me, we will.
We must liberate the courts from cynics who see the law as a
tool for delaying justice, rather than delivering it.
And we must tell the brave men and women who put their lives
on the line in the service of justice and peace: We respect you.
We care about you. And we'll do whatever it takes to help you do
your jobs. It's outrageous that a Congress that exempts itself
from so many laws will not lend a helping hand to our law
officers. Public safety isn't some perk reserved for a
privileged few. It's the foundation for our greatness as a
5
nation. It enables people to live their lives, help others and
build a generous, creative, productive culture.
The Bush-Quayle Administration understands this, and we will
not rest until Congress does what's right and good, and passes a
crime package that protects good people and punishes the bad --
not the other way around.
Finally, jobs. Republican administrations understand that
you don't create jobs by assembling a new bureaucracy, and you
don't create jobs by drafting an industrial policy that
micromanages every little aspect of our economic lives. You
create jobs by giving people the freedom to do what they do best.
You create jobs by keeping taxes low, cutting government
spending, trimming away burdensome regulations, and
demonstrating simple faith in Americans' ability to out-produce,
out-work, out-innovate and out-perform workers anywhere else in
the world.
When someone wants to build a business, they don't apply to
George Mitchell and Ted Kennedy They work. They scrimp. They
save. They meet payrolls and satisfy customers. But they can't
get off the ground if they must spend half their time meeting
Washington-made mandates, weaving their way through a regulatory
obstacle course, or paying out their last hard-earned dime to the
tax man.
These people need our encouragement and support -- not
demagogic assaults against the so-called rich. Republicans don't
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the collapse of communism.
We don't believe in soaking the rich because we know that
everytime Democrats try to soak the rich, everyone gets wet --
and the economy just gets cold.
We don't believe that America has too many rich people. We
believe it has too few, and if we got our way, the poor would
have access to real, earned riches. They wouldn't be wards of
the state. They would serve as examples for everyone.
The poor don't become rich through redistribution of wealth.
They become rich through ability and opportunity.
Low taxes and regulations in the 1980s produced the greatest
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economic boom our nation ever has known. The rich paid more in
taxes -- in dollars, and as a share of the total tax burden
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including minority teenage unemployment. And we became the
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economic envy of the world -- so much, that nations all across
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the globe copied our policies.
Democrats don't seem to have recovered from that, and they
have tried ever since to besmear the elections of 1980, 1984 and
1988. Throughout my Administration, they have waged war on the
American worker by resisting changes that would make us more
competitive -- lower capital gains taxes, tax credits for
research and development, a banking package designed to make our
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banks competitive worldwide, IRA reforms, tort reform, and, of
course, our initiatives on education and crime.
When we wanted to extend a helping hand to unemployed
workers, Democrats kept workers dangling for weeks. They used
them as political pawns, and tried to manipulate their suffering
for political advantage.
Well, Americans have suffered enough for the sake of
political symbolism. And I won't let Democrats get away with
playing politics when it comes to the lives and fortunes of our
working people. I won't let Democrats turn the American worker
into a poster child.
We need to call an end to the politics and demagogery and
get to the real business at hand -- turning our sluggish economy
into a booming one. We must resist the siren calls of
protectionists, who don't seem to understand that the last time
we tried protectionism, we got the worst economic depression in
modern history.
We must push back the isolationists who want to treat our
allies as enemies, and who want to return to a pristine time that
never existed.
We must shout down those who try to impose quotas on the
American people, because numerical games turn people who should
be good neighbors and friends into enemies. They destroy the
spirit of brotherhood that enabled this nation to push back
segregation in the first place.
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Long ago I talked about making America a kinder, gentler
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nation. That challenge still confronts us. That doesn't mean
that we as Republicans can be kind to a Democrat-dominated
Congress that has shut down for the forseeable future; a
Democrat-controlled Congress that let 11 major domestic
initiatives on our part wither and die; a Democrat-run Congress
that sees political benefit in doing nothing on education,
nothing on crime, nothing on our growth package, nothing on
transportation, nothing on energy, nothing on the things that
Americans care about.
We don't need to be gentle when Democrat leaders accuse us
of having a veto strategy. That's a clever charge, and it's dead
wrong. The Democrats have the veto strategy.
They take a good idea, plow it under, then pass a bill that
no responsible President could sign. They have decided to waste
their time and the nation's drafting bills that I must veto.
You can help put an end to this. Let's join together and
elect Republicans next year. Let's join together and do the hard
and exciting work of building better schools, safer streets and a
more vigorous economy. Let's work even harder to build a basis
for world peace. And let's give our voters the America they want
-- a nation united in its ideals of generosity, opportunity,
service and greatness.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
Latest copy 6pm 11/15
Snow/Nix
BQ
Draft One
November 15, 1991
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER
GRAND HYATT HOTEL
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 1991
7:45 P.M.
Thank you, Barbara [Franklin]. [Introductory
acknowledgments, jokes]
I want to thank all of you for your loyalty and support, and
for helping me build a coalition that will propel the United
States to new greatness in the years ahead.
In recent weeks, political rhetoric in this nation has
turned demagogic and ugly. But while our opponents sell silly t-
shirts and call us names, you and I have better things to do. We
have a responsibility to lead.
We must lead the nation away from the counsel of those who
want to convert America from a beacon of light and hope into a
darkened, insular fortress. It strikes me as truly strange that
some Democrat leaders want this nation of immigrants and dreamers
to turn its back on its historic past -- and its promising
future. It just doesn't make sense. And I cannot believe my
ears when I hear Democrats complaining because I have gone abroad
to fight for world peace, to fight for American jobs, and to
fight for the ideals that make us all proud to be Americans.
Well, I will not apologize for doing the President's job.
2
America has always envisioned itself as an international
power, a preserve of liberty, peace and prosperity.
Our destiny hasn't changed one bit. We remain the most
important military, economic, political and moral force on earth,
and the policies we pursue here at home, along with those we
build abroad, contribute to that greatness.
Today I want to talk about American ideals and the American
future. I want to tell you what my Administration will do in the
years ahead in the three things that matter most to American
families: schools, safety and jobs.
Let's start with schools. My Administration has proposed
the most sweeping educational reform this nation has seen in more
than 200 years, the America 2000 Education strategy. America
2000 will draw upon the wisdom and concerns of mothers and
fathers, businessmen and politicians, religious leaders and
community activists, and upon our own students to set off a
revolution in schooling.
This revolution has very clear and undeniable aims: To make
our schools the best in the world, to ensure that our students
outperform the students of every other nation in math, English,
science, history, geography; and to make every community, every
workplace, every home and every street a place where learning can
-- and will -- happen.
Americans have always seen the school as the cornerstone of
a society in which people can rise just as far as their abilities
and determination will take them. We still want to build a
3
country in which it matters not who you know, but what you know,
and in which it doesn't matter where you live or how much your
parents earn to get the best possible education.
Well, today our educational system labors under the dead
weight of old ways. Our students have fallen behind the students
of other nations in the race for excellence. Our teachers must
deal with horrors, ranging from crime and drugs to a system that
too often looks the other way at inefficiency and corruption.
America 2000 dares Americans to get involved. It challenges
schools to compete with one another. It gives parents as much
freedom in selecting schools for their children as they receive
when they shop for a loaf of bread or a tub of butter.
America 2000 makes use of the lessons people all around the
world have learned in recent years about centralized, one-size-
fits-all government programs, the lesson that those programs just
don't work.
America 2000 encourages accountability, choice, innovation,
and activism. It promotes education in schools, in homes, in the
workplace. And it takes notice of an unpleasant but obvious
fact: The old system doesn't work. A system tailored to meet the
needs of a smokestack and Cold War world has little relevance for
a New World characterized by broader peace and tougher
competition.
Dan Quayle and I have fought and will continue to fight for
schools that give our kids a fighting chance, and that tell
4
students and teachers alike: We believe in you. We know you can
be the best. Now, do it!
The Bush-Quayle Administration also has waged a lonely
campaign for peace on our streets. I have tried for nearly three
years to persuade Congress to pass a comprehensive anti-crime
bill. Read the papers. Look at the terrible statistics all
around: In the District of Columbia, in Alexandria, in Fairfax
County, in Prince George's County.
We had a far lower violent death rate in the Gulf War than
many American communities have every day. The American people
know this. Congress knows this. And Congress has failed to send
me a legislative package that prevents sharp lawyers from helping
convicts evade justice; or that includes statutes that make drug
kingpins and cop-killers pay for killing others.
It's time Congress stopped tinkering with little pieces of
the picture, and showed a little guts. We must take the streets
back from the punks who mock the law, and trust me, we will.
We must liberate the courts from cynics who see the law as a
tool for delaying justice, rather than delivering it.
And we must tell the brave men and women who put their lives
on the line in the service of justice and peace: We respect you.
We care about you. And we'll do whatever it takes to help you do
your jobs. It's outrageous that a Congress that exempts itself
from so many laws will not lend a helping hand to our law
officers. Public safety isn't some perk reserved for a
privileged few. It's the foundation for our greatness as a
5
nation. It enables people to live their lives, help others and
build a generous, creative, productive culture.
The Bush-Quayle Administration understands this, and we will
not rest until Congress does what's right and good, and passes a
crime package that protects good people and punishes the bad --
not the other way around.
Finally, jobs. Republican administrations understand that
you don't create jobs by assembling a new bureaucracy, and you
don't create jobs by drafting an industrial policy that
micromanages every little aspect of our economic lives. You
create jobs by giving people the freedom to do what they do best.
You create jobs by keeping taxes low, cutting government
spending, trimming away burdensome regulations, and
demonstrating simple faith in Americans' ability to out-produce,
out-work, out-innovate and out-perform workers anywhere else in
the world.
When someone wants to build a business, they don't apply to
George Mitchell and Ted Kennedy. They work. They scrimp. They
save. They meet payrolls and satisfy customers. But they can't
get off the ground if they must spend half their time meeting
Washington-made mandates, weaving their way through a regulatory
obstacle course, or paying out their last hard-earned dime to the
tax man.
These people need our encouragement and support -- not
demagogic assaults against the so-called rich. Republicans don't
7
banks competitive worldwide, IRA reforms, tort reform, and, of
course, our initiatives on education and crime.
When we wanted to extend a helping hand to unemployed
workers, Democrats kept workers dangling for weeks. They used
them as political pawns, and tried to manipulate their suffering
for political advantage.
Well, Americans have suffered enough for the sake of
political symbolism. And I won't let Democrats get away with
playing politics when it comes to the lives and fortunes of our
working people. I won't let Democrats turn the American worker
into a poster child.
We need to call an end to the politics and demagogery and
get to the real business at hand -- turning our sluggish economy
into a booming one. We must resist the siren calls of
protectionists, who don't seem to understand that the last time
we tried protectionism, we got the worst economic depression in
modern history.
We must push back the isolationists who want to treat our
allies as enemies, and who want to return to a pristine time that
never existed.
We must shout down those who try to impose quotas on the
American people, because numerical games turn people who should
be good neighbors and friends into enemies. They destroy the
spirit of brotherhood that enabled this nation to push back
segregation in the first place.
8
Long ago I talked about making America a kinder, gentler
nation. That challenge still confronts us. That doesn't mean
that we as Republicans can be kind to a Democrat-dominated
Congress that has shut down for the forseeable future; a
Democrat-controlled Congress that let 11 major domestic
initiatives on our part wither and die; a Democrat-run Congress
that sees political benefit in doing nothing on education,
nothing on crime, nothing on our growth package, nothing on
transportation, nothing on energy, nothing on the things that
Americans care about.
We don't need to be gentle when Democrat leaders accuse us
of having a veto strategy. That's a clever charge, and it's dead
wrong. The Democrats have the veto strategy.
They take a good idea, plow it under, then pass a bill that
no responsible President could sign. They have decided to waste
their time and the nation's drafting bills that I must veto.
You can help put an end to this. Let's join together and
elect Republicans next year. Let's join together and do the hard
and exciting work of building better schools, safer streets and a
more vigorous economy. Let's work even harder to build a basis
for world peace. And let's give our voters the America they want
-- a nation united in its ideals of generosity, opportunity,
service and greatness.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
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PRE-ADVANCE/WALK-THRU QUESTIONNAIRE
EVENT: Bush-Quayle Fundraising Dinner
DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 20
TIME: approx. 7:45 p.m. POTUS speaks/after dinner
LOCATION:
(GIVE DETAILS)
Grand Hyalt
Independence Ballroom
EXPECTED AUDIENCE:
(NUMBER AND COMPOSITION)
400-500 quoted
Ballroom holds 1,200
realistically expecting 800-1,000 people
PRESS COVERAGE: Open
DIAS PARTICIPANTS: Barbara Franklin, George Webster (co-chairs)
Other names to come
EXPECTED PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF
CABINET/CONGRESSIONAL/ADMINISTRATION: Names, if any, to come
POTUS INTRODUCTION: Barbara Franklin, B-Q Event Co-chair
PERTINENT SPEECH TOPICS: B-Q people mentioned: light on the
defensive and mention of why
REASON FOR EVENT:
Fundraiser international involvement is good
for Americans here.
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SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
EVENTS:
Major Donor Photo
Bush/Quayle '92 Fundraising Dinner
DRESS:
Men
- Business Suit
Women
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CONTACTS:
Office of Presidential Advance
Jay Parmer
- 202/456-7565
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ADVANCE:
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WEATHER:
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SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
6:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush board Motorcade and
depart White House en route Grand Hyatt Hotel.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Lead
Spare
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Mrs. Bush
Follow Up
Control
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Support
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S. Rogich
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P. Swift
Medic
Staff I
T. McBride
R. Kaufman
Staff II
(Van)
Press Van I
M. Busch
Press Van II
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
6:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive Grand Hyatt
Hotel and proceed to McPherson Square Room.
Met by:
Mrs. Barbara Hackman Franklin and Mr. Wallace
Barnes
Dinner Chairwoman
Mr. and Mrs. George Webster (Ann)
Dinner Chairman
Mr. Dick Nelson
Regional Vice President, Hyatt Hotels
Ms. Toni Knorr
General Manager, Grand Hyatt Hotel
EVENT:
MAJOR DONOR PHOTO
CLOSED PRESS
6:30 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive McPherson
Square Room and begin participation in Major Donor
Photo.
NOTE: Following the photo with THE PRESIDENT and
Mrs. Bush will be a photo guests will have
a photo taken with The Vice President and
Mrs. Quayle.
7:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush conclude participation
in Major Donor Photo and, accompanied by
The Vice President and Mrs. Quayle, depart
McPherson Square Room and proceed to Ballroom,
Off-Stage Announcement Area.
7:10 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush, accompanied by The
Vice President and Mrs. Quayle, arrive Ballroom,
Off-Stage Announcement Area and hold briefly.
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EVENT:
BUSH/QUAYLE '92 FUNDRAISING DINNER
OPEN PRESS
RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES
OFF-STAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
REMARKS
TELEPROMPTER
7:12 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush, accompanied by The
Vice President and Mrs. Quayle are announced
onto Stage and proceed to Seats.
7:14
Introductory Remarks by Mr. George
Webster, Dinner Chairman.
7:17 pm
Invocation delivered by Reverend
William Tully, St. Columbus Church.
7:20 pm
Dinner is served.
8:00 pm
Mr. George Webster introduces The Vice
President for Remarks.
8:05 pm
The Vice President Remarks.
8:15 pm
THE PRESIDENT is introduced for Remarks by Mrs.
Barbara Hackman Franklin, Dinner Chairwoman.
8:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT Remarks.
8:40 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes Remarks and, with
Mrs. Bush, departs Stage and proceeds to
Holding Room.
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8:42 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive Holding Room
and hold briefly.
8:44 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush depart Holding Room
and proceed to Motorcade.
8:50 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush board Motorcade and
depart Grand Hyatt Hotel en route White House.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Same as on Arrival.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
8:55 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive White House.
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BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER
GRAND HYATT HOTEL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
8:20 P.M.
THANK YOU, BARBARA [FRANKLIN]. IT'S ALWAYS A
SPECIAL TREAT TO BE INTRODUCED BY A BARBARA. [HUSBAND,
WALLY]
GEORGE WEBSTER, THANK YOU, TOO. YOU AND BARBARA
HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN ORGANIZING THIS EVENT. [WIFE,
ANN]
IT'S GREAT TO SEE JEANNIE AUSTIN AND CLAYTON
5
YEUTTER HERE.
AND BOBBY HOLT -- DOING A GREAT JOB AS OUR
NATIONAL FINANCE CHAIRMAN.
MY THANKS TO REVEREND TULLY FOR THAT SPECIAL
INVOCATION.
OUR MEMBERS OF THE CABINET: SECRETARY DERWINSKI,
yes
SECRETARY MADIGAN, SECRETARY WATKINS.
Carol Hallett
Head Dir of Customs
Dick of Austin
General Services
Aminist
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TO EVERYONE HERE, GREETINGS. I KNOW YOU EACH MADE
PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS EVENT, AND I CAN'T BEGIN
TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. I'm touched - so weRe you.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR LOYALTY AND
SUPPORT AND FOR HELPING ME BUILD A PRESIDENCY THAT
WILL PROPEL THE UNITED STATES TO NEW GREATNESS IN THE
YEARS AHEAD
LET ME ALSO THANK A GREAT AMERICAN FOR HIS
SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS ADMINISTRATION AND TO
OUR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I'M TALKING ABOUT MY VICE
<
PRESIDENT - -- SOMEONE WHO'S OUT WORKING FOR OUR ISSUES
EVERYDAY, DAN QUAYLE.
TODAY, WE BEGIN TO GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY'S WORTH.
TODAY, WE BEGIN TO DO TO DEMOCRATS WHAT THE REDSKINS
HAVE DONE THIS SEASON TO THEIR FOES. UM, THAT INCLUDES
THE OILERS. 11
- 3 -
WE'LL HAVE TO FIGHT MANY OPPONENTS, OF COURSE. IN
RECENT WEEKS, POLITICAL RHETORIC IN THIS NATION HAS
TURNED DEMAGOGIC AND UGLY. AND THAT'S JUST IN
DOONESBURY. 11
BUT WHILE OUR OPPONENTS BUSY THEMSELVES WITH CHEAP
SHOTS, DAN QUAYLE AND I HAVE IMPORTANT WORK ASSIGNED TO
US.
YES, DEMOCRATS HAVE A PLAN -- IT'S TO FIGHT OUR
AGENDA EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WELL - I'LL TELL YOU I'M
NOT GOING TO LET THE NAME-CALLING AND PILING ON GET ME
DOWN. YOU SEE, WE HAVE THE IDEAS. WE HAVE THE
ANSWERS. AND FRANKLY, WE DO HAVE THE RECORD.
so, IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD, LET'S
TAKE OUR MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE. LET'S REMIND AMERICANS
OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHAT WE CAN DO, AND WHAT WE MUST
DO. WORKING PEOPLE -- EVERYDAY AMERICANS -- WANT A
CHANCE TO MAKE THE AMERICAN DREAM A REALITY AT HOME, IN
THE WORKPLACE, IN THE SCHOOLS, IN THE STREETS. I WANT
THEM TO KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND -- AND WE WANT TO HELP.
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LET ME TALK ABOUT A KEY ISSUE THAT SEPARATES
REPUBLICANS FROM THE OTHER PARTY: THE ECONOMY. FOR
MORE THAN A DECADE, REPUBLICANS CREATED GROWTH,
OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY. WE HAD TO FIGHT EVERY STEP
ALONG THE WAY AGAINST THE OLD-FASHIONED DEMOCRATS. YET
SINCE THE EARLY 80'S WE HAVE UNLEASHED THE GREATEST
PEACETIME ECONOMIC BOOM IN OUR HISTORY: 17 MILLION NEW
JOBS, GOOD JOBS. WE RESTORED AMERICAN ECONOMIC
LEADERSHIP. WE SHOWED THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT
AMERICANS CAN STILL OUTWORK, OUTPRODUCE, OUT-INNOVATE
THE REST OF THE WORLD ANYBODYO
So
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BUT NOW WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS. BUT I
INTEND TO FIGHT FOR THE PROGRAMS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER
FOR ALL AMERICANS.
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WE'VE PURSUED LONG-TERM POLICIES THAT ENSURE LOW
INFLATION, LOW INTEREST RATES, AND A CULTURE THAT
REWARDS INNOVATION AND HARD WORK. WE BELIEVE IN
RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. WE PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET
AGREEMENT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME PUTS FIRM CAPS ON
FEDERAL SPENDING. I TOOK A LOT OF HEAT FOR THAT
AGREEMENT, BUT I UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF
LEADERSHIP ON THE BUDGET. AND I REGRET THAT DEMOCRATS
ARE TRYING TO BUST THE BUDGET AGREEMENT. WELL, I'M NOT
GOING TO LET THEM.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET BACK TO BASICS. WE
BELIEVE IN HELPING WORKING PEOPLE BUILD THEIR OWN
FORTUNES THROUGH SWEAT, DETERMINATION AND RISK.
WE BELIEVE IN GIVING EVERYONE A FULL CHANCE TO
CLIMB THE LADDER OF OPPORTUNITY. WE BELIEVE IN
FAIRNESS -- GOOD JOBS TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK, AND
FAIR REWARDS TO PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE.
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TO DO THAT, WE'VE ALREADY HELPED KEEP AMERICAN
BUSINESS COMPETITIVE BY CUTTING EXCESSIVE RED-TAPE AND
REGULATIONS. PARTICULARLY IN TOUGH TIMES, WE MUST NOT
THROW HEAVY NEW BURDENS ON AN ECONOMY JUST ITCHING TO
BURST FREE. THE VICE PRESIDENT'S COMPETITIVENESS
COUNCIL IS DOING A GREAT JOB I MIGHT ADD.
NEXT, WE NEED TORT REFORM. BUSINESSES OR DOCTORS
OR EVEN PRIVATE GROUPS SHOULDN'T SPEND ALL THEIR TIME
HIRING LAWYERS AND WORRYING ABOUT LAWSUITS. THEY
SHOULD BE FREE TO THINK ABOUT WAYS OF GIVING CONSUMERS
WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED. WE HAVE LIABILITY REFORM
PROPOSALS IN CONGRESS AND I WANT TO SEE THE CONGRESS
ACT NOW.
THIRD, WE HAVE MADE GOOD ON OUR COMMITMENT TO
QUALITY EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING -- TO BUILD A
WORKFORCE READY AND EAGER TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES OF
THE 21ST CENTURY.
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FOURTH, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT AMERICAN BUSINESSES
GET A FAIR CHANCE TO COMPETE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE
GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. WE HAVE TAKEN THE FREE TRADE
MESSAGE TO JAPAN AND THE EUROPEAN MARKET. WE'VE WON
FAST-TRACK AUTHORITY FOR A NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT THAT WILL CREATE THE LARGEST MARKET ON EARTH
-- CANADA, AMERICA AND MEXICO. ORGANIZED LABOR IS
FIGHTING US AS ARE OTHER SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, BUT
I'M DETERMINED TO GET THIS FTA BECAUSE AMERICAN JOBS
ARE AT STAKE -- AND THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
SPECIAL INTERESTS' AGENDA.
THIS IS NO TIME TO LOOK FOR SCAPEGOATS AND WALLOW
IN THE QUICKSAND OF PROTECTIONISM. WE TRIED
PROTECTIONISM ONCE, AND WE GOT THE WORST ECONOMIC
DEPRESSION THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. FOR THE REST OF
OUR HISTORY WE PROPERLY FOLLOWED THE CALL OF FREE TRADE
-- AND WE BECAME THE MIGHTIEST ECONOMIC POWER ON THE
FACE OF THE EARTH.
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PARENTHETICALLY, I CANNOT BELIEVE MY EARS WHEN I
HEAR DEMOCRATS COMPLAINING BECAUSE I HAVE GONE ABROAD
TO FIGHT FOR AMERICAN JOBS, TO FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS
THAT MAKE US ALL PROUD TO BE AMERICANS. I WAS
ABSOLUTELY AMAZED TO HEAR ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
IN THE HOUSE -- AN ELECTED LEADER -- COMPLAIN BECAUSE
OF MY 36 HOURS IN MADRID OPENING AN HISTORIC CONFERENCE
ON PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. SMALL-BORE THINKING IS
NOT WHAT HAS MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT -- so I'LL KEEP ON
WORKING FOR A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD FOR THE KIDS IN THIS
COUNTRY. III
OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY WILL WORK, AND WE ALL KNOW
IT. BUT WE ALSO CAN TAKE SOME COMMON-SENSE STEPS RIGHT
NOW TO GET THE ECONOMY ROLLING. EIGHT MONTHS AGO I
SENT CONGRESS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BANKING REFORM
PACKAGE SINCE THE 1930'S. NO ONE DOUBTS THAT OUR
SYSTEM IS DATED AND OBSOLETE. BUT CONGRESS HASN'T DONE
WHAT WE NEED DONE.
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FOR THREE YEARS NOW, I'VE PUSHED A DYNAMIC GROUP
OF GROWTH INCENTIVES: A CUT IN THE CAPITAL GAINS RATE,
FAMILY SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, A PERMANENT RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDIT, IRA'S FOR FIRST-TIME
HOMEBUYERS; ENTERPRISE ZONES. NOW THERE'S A GOOD
GROWTH PACKAGE, BUT YOU KNOW THE TALE: DEMOCRATS
COMPLAIN - -- AND THEN DON'T ACT.
THIS INACTION COMES WITH A PRICE. I'VE SEEN THE
PAIN IN PEOPLE'S EYES, AND I'VE FELT THE ANGUISH THAT
DROVE MANY PEOPLE TO BEGIN LETTERS, "DEAR MR.
PRESIDENT. I'VE NEVER WRITTEN TO YOU BEFORE, BUT ... "
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These people are hurting --
tiRed of politics as usual.
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So
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WHEN WE GET TO CAMPAIGN TIME WHEN AND IF I
BECOME A CANDIDATE - -- I AM NOT GOING TO LET THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE FORGET THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROLLED
THE HOUSE SINCE 1955, AND HAVE CONTROLLED THE SENATE IN
ALL BUT SIX OF THOSE YEARS. THOSE DEMOCRATS SEEM TO
HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT THEY WORK FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT THE
OTHER WAY AROUND. AS I SAID IN MY INAUGURAL ADDRESS,
AMERICANS DIDN'T SEND US HERE TO BICKER. THEY SENT US
HERE TO ACT. AND IN SPITE OF THE ATTACKS I'LL KEEP
EXTENDING MY HAND SO THAT PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY CAN
SEE SOME RESULTS.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND WE ARE IN THERE EVERYDAY
SLUGGING IT OUT -- THE DEMOCRATS ARE SIMPLY UNWILLING
TO MOVE.
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LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT DEMOCRATS
HAVE DONE WITH THESE SOUND INITIATIVES I'VE SENT TO THE
CONGRESS. I SENT BANKING REFORM LEGISLATION TO
CONGRESS ON MARCH 20 -- 245 DAYS AGO. NO BILL. I SENT
CRIME LEGISLATION TO CONGRESS 254 DAYS AGO. NO BILL.
I SENT ENERGY LEGISLATION TO CONGRESS 261 DAYS AGO. NO
BILL. I SENT TRANSPORTATION TO THE HILL 280 DAYS AGO.
NO BILL. I HAVE PRODDED CONGRESS TO PASS OUR
EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE ACT FOR TWO YEARS. GUESS WHAT?
NO BILL. WE UNVEILED OUR AMERICA 2000 EDUCATION
STRATEGY SIX MONTHS AGO. NO BILL -- EVEN THOUGH BY
NEXT WEEK 26 STATES WILL HAVE ENACTED THEIR OWN YEAR
2000 PROGRAMS.
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YOU'D NEVER GUESS, LISTENING TO OUR PARTISAN
CRITICS THAT THE COLD WAR DREW TO A CLOSE ON OUR WATCH.
THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE DREW TO A HALT ON OUR WATCH. THE
SPECTER OF GLOBAL WAR VANISHED ON OUR WATCH. AND THE
PROSPECT OF A NEW WORLD ORDER CHARACTERIZED BY PEACE,
PROSPERITY AND COOPERATION AROSE ON OUR WATCH. THE
DEMOCRAT LEADERS DON'T LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT RECORD,
SO THEY TRY TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT. WELL, I'M PROUD OF
OUR RECORD AND I'M GOING TO STAY ENGAGED FOR AMERICAN
JOBS AND WORLD PEACE.
THINK OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. WE
DIDN'T WIN THE COLD WAR BY FOLLOWING THE LIBERAL
DEFENSE AGENDA. NO, WE WON IT BECAUSE WE STOOD
FOURSQUARE BEHIND A SIMPLE IDEA: FREEDOM. AND BACKED
IT UP WITH MUSCLE. NOW WE'RE IN A NEW ERA -- A MORE
HOPEFUL ERA -- BUT NOT ONE WITHOUT CHALLENGES. THIS
COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THAN IN
THE PERSIAN GULF. I CAN ASSURE YOU, HAD WE FOLLOWED
THE DEMOCRATS' ADVICE, SADDAM HUSSEIN WOULD BE IN SAUDI
ARABIA AS I SPEAK.
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SO WE'LL TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE'LL ASK THEM: WHO THEY TRUST TO BUILD A VIBRANT
ECONOMY, REPUBLICANS OR THE OTHER PARTY. WHO THEY
TRUST TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS ABROAD -- TO KEEP OUR
STREETS SAFE -- TO INSIST ON THE WORLD'S BEST SCHOOLS
-- IN SHORT -- WHO THEY TRUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
21ST CENTURY WILL BE THE NEXT AMERICAN CENTURY?
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEIR ANSWER WILL BE --
REPUBLICANS.
THREE YEARS AGO I TALKED ABOUT MAKING AMERICA A
KINDER, GENTLER NATION. I STILL BELIEVE IN THAT GOAL
to reach our destiny, we've got to move forward onall
BUT WE MUST REFORM EDUCATION, STRIKE AT THE ROOT CAUSES fronts:
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OF CRIME, GET THE ECONOMY ROLLING, IMPLEMENT AN ENERGY
STRATEGY, AND ENACT THE REST OF OUR AGENDA.
THERE'S AN OLD TEXAS SAYING: DANCE WITH THE ONE
WHO BRUNG YOU. WELL, OUR POLICIES HAVE HELPED BRING
AMERICANS FREEDOM, PEACE AND PROSPERITY, THE LIKES OF
WHICH NO CIVILIZATION HAS EVER SEEN.
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so LET'S STAND TALL FOR WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE
CAN DO. WE'RE AMERICA'S FUTURE. LET'S ELECT A
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS NEXT YEAR. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
BELIEVE IN OUR IDEALS, OUR VALUES, AND OUR ABILITIES.
THEY CAN TRUST US WITH THE ECONOMY. THEY CAN TRUST US
IN WORLD AFFAIRS. so LET'S GIVE OUR VOTERS THE AMERICA
THEY WANT - -- A NATION UNITED IN ITS IDEALS OF
GENEROSITY, OPPORTUNITY, SERVICE AND GREATNESS.
THANK YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
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