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SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
marr CONFERENCE
AKNOWLEDGMENTS
Uprem S.C.
ON- STAGE:
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S.C. Gov, CAROLL CAMPBELL
INTRODUCES POTUS
SEN. STROM THURMOND
REP, ARTHUR RAVENEL
REP. FLOYD SPENCE
RNC CHAIRMAN RICH BOND
NC. Gov. JIM MARTIN
RNC Co- CHAIR JEANNIE AUSTIN
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN MARTHA ĒDENS
FIRST Row:
13 SOUTHERN STATES REPRESENTED
INCL. ALL SOUTHERN SUPER TUESDAY STATES
AND 2 PRIMARY STATES AFTER + (SC+GA)
S.C. REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR BARRY WYNN
INTRODUCES Gov, CAMPBELL
SALLY ATWATER
REP. ALEX MCMILLAN
REP. CLAY SHAW
CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN
WOMEN HUDA JONES
OTHERS:
FORMER SC Gov, JIM EDWARDS
CHAIRMAN OF SOUTHERN STATES CHAIRMAN'S Assoc.
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SC SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION BARBARA NIELSEN
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ADDRESS TO SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
February 19, 1992
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It's great to be here in Charleston. Governor Campbell,
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we're grateful for your hospitality, and for your leadership as
one of our nation's finest governors. It's great to be here in
South Carolina -- host for the first time, but I'm sure not the
last time -- of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
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Four years ago the South rose to lead our Party to a
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stunning victory across this great country. This year the South
will rise again to lead us to a victory in November, 1992.
Andy
Foster
And just to be perfectly clear about it, I want to be your
nominee at the Republican Convention and your President for four
more years.
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I'll need your support. We've much to do these next few
months, because we've much to do these next few years. Together
we can finish what we've started and move our country forward.
Let me open with a little story about the old days
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Nineteen fifty Midland, Texas -- trying to organize a
Republican party. I was a poll judge at primary election time.
Barbara and I voted Republican. We represented two-thirds of the
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You remember those days -- sometimes if you tried to
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register Republican they'd tell you not to bother -- because
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there were no Republicans to vote for in primary elections. or
times when there would be out and out intimidation -- even
violence.
We went through a lot back then. In fact, I'm sure many of
you can share similar experiences. Why did we do it? Why did we
build a Republican Party in the South?
We did it because we wanted change. We did it because we
believed in some fundamental values: faith and family --
responsibility and respect -- community and country.
We did it because we saw our government getting too big,
getting into our pockets and into every corner of our lives. We
did it because we worried about our schools and our neighborhoods
and our communities.
We did it because our taxes always seemed to go up at the
same time America's problems got worse. Each of us, in our own
small way finally said, enough is enough.
We were upstarts and mavericks and gadflies. But we
challenged the status quo -- challenged the closed-door, one-
party rule of the democrats.
And they fought us every step of the way.
But we fought hard too, and we fought fair. We took our
message of smaller government -- better government -- to the
people of the Carolinas, and Virginia, and Mississippi, and
Florida, and the rest of this great region of America. And we
started winning -- at first a House Seat here, a Senate race
there. But our momentum grew and grew.
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We owe a great debt of gratitude to our standard-bearers in
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those early days Howard Baker and the late John Tower, the Bo
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Hammerschmidt, Mills Godwin and of course the phenomenal favorite
son of South Carolina Strom Thurmond.
They paved the way. They inspired a generation of talent
that transformed the nation's political landscape. I'm thinking
now of another South Carolinian, a good man and a good friend -
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-Lee Atwater. We miss him still.
And now the Republican Party of the South is the Party of
Carroll Campbell and Phil Gramm and Trent Lott, of Jim Martin and
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Connie Mack, of Kirk Fordice and Newt Gingrich. The Republican
Party is the force for positive change in the New South, and I am
proud to have played a role in its success.
Our message then and our message now is simple: We believe
government is too big and spends too much. We believe in good
schools and safe streets -- and a government worthy of the
people's respect. And we believe in a strong defense.
We believe that we put America first when we put America's
families first.
So we believe that parents, not the government should make
the big decisions. Parents, not government, should choose their
children's schools.
Parents, not government, should decide the family's health
care and parents should choose who cares for their children --
not some bureaucrat in Washington D.C.
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And yes, we believe in parents choosing life for the unborn
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and prayer for their children in the classroom.
Those are our beliefs -- those are why we built a Party in
the South and why we continue to build it today. Those beliefs
don't change from one election to the next. They still guide
each and every one of us, each and every day.
Now we are at the beginning of a new era in America's
history. The Cold War is over and America won. The Soviet Union
collapsed and imperial communism is finished for good. Bringing
change to the world during these tumultuous years was American
leadership. Bringing change to America during the coming years
will be Republican leadership.
In my heart I am confident about our future. But we've got
a lot of work ahead of us. There are some things that are simply
on the wrong track in our country. Take our courts, for example.
When fathers stop coaching little league because they're afraid
of liability lawsuits, something's wrong. When doctors stop
delivering babies because they fear a malpractice lawsuit,
something's wrong. Or when people stop volunteering to help each
other because they fear ambulance-chasing lawyers, something is
terribly wrong. These days a sharp lawyer would tell the Good
Samaritan -- keep on walking.
We've proposed reforms to our court system to address the
question of frivolous lawsuits and that's a good step. But the
real answer for solving problems is for Americans to start
helping each other and stop suing each other.
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their jobs -- providing for their families, meeting the everyday
challenges of paying the bills.
The American people -- your neighbors -- want this economy
fired up again. So do I. Many of you heard my State of the
Union Address. I put forward a two-part plan -- the first part
gets business growing again -- hiring workers again -- upgrading
plant and equipment again. It uses incentives like an investment
tax allowance and yes, it is clearly time for Congress to wake up
and cut the tax on capital gains.
And to get housing back on its feet I put forth several
straightforward proposals to get people buying and building
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homes. Perhaps the most easily understood proposal is a $5,000
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A word about the Democrats' current plan. I say "current"
because it seems to change just about every hour. That's why
it's really not a plan, it's simply a bad deal. It smacks of
class warfare. Listen to the tráde-off in their deal: 25 cents
a day in temporary tax relief for two years paid for true
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We drew a line in the sand in the Persian Gulf and kept our
word. I'll draw another line in the sand here: if the Democrats
send me the kind of nonsense they're talking about now, I'll send
it right back.
I sent them a plan -- a good plan -- that's what they ought
to spending their time working on -- not some phony partisan
maneuver that they know right now won't fly. I'll say it again
to the Congress -- here's the deadline -- March 20. If we act
by then we can see some results this Spring. No more games, no
more empty gestures, just pass my plan and get this economy going
again.
I said the plan had two parts. The second part is a long-
term plan to keep this country competitive and vigorous right
into the next century. Our long range plan strengthens the
family through tax relief and outlines the health care proposal I
mentioned earlier. Our plan gets the billions of dollars worth
of cutting edge government research and development into the
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But a central idea behind our approach is that to succeed
economically at home, we have to lead economically abroad. Our
exports are at record levels. Isolationism is a bankrupt notion.
I simply will not jeopardize the millions of jobs that those
exports represent.
Some people wish the rest of the world would just go away.
That's naive. But worse, it's a dangerous pre-World War II
mentality. They're saying that a level playing field isn't
enough -- that American ingenuity, American know-how, and the
American can-do spirit, are simply a bunch of hackneyed phrases.
I don't believe it. And neither do you. America is not
going to cut and run -- ever.
We believe in America. We are optimistic about its future.
And we believe in our Party. I am tremendously fortunate to be
serving as your President at this most exciting time in our
nation's history.
Yes, we have much to do. But I guarantee you we are up to
it. Yes, we have many challenges before us. And I guarantee
you, we will meet them -- each and every one of them. Yes,
there's an election in November -- and I guarantee you, we will
win it. I want to be your President for another four years.
Thank you and God Bless the United States of America.
THE WH
HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Houston, Texas)
For Immediate Release
October 31, 1991
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AND THE VICE PRESIDENT
AT BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISING DINNER
Sheraton Astrodome Hotel
Houston, Texas
9:25 P.M. CST
Barbara, Marilyn, distinguished head table, ladies and gentlemen.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Phil. Mr. President,
Let me just go on the record once again and to tell all of you people
of Texas what you already know -- Phil Gramm is one of the best
United States senators in the entire country. (Applause.)
back in Houston, Texas -- the home of the 41st President of the
And what a tremendous honor for Marilyn and me to be
United States of America. (Applause.) And after speaking to all of
those lawyers -- (laughter) -- several weeks ago, I'm delighted to be
among friends. (Laughter and applause.) since I'm a lawyer and
After all, when a lawyer states his or her position, no matter how
Marilyn's a lawyer, we know it's tough to be a lawyer. (Laughter.)
right he may be, the other party always finds fault with everything
he says. And, believe it or not, lawyers are often criticized by the
press. (Laughter.)
against lawyers. They're subjected to ridicule, lawyer-bashing, and
At times, you'd think there's even a feeding frenzy
me. (Laughter and applause.)
even lawyer Jokes. I sure hope something like that never happens to
work side-by-side with our great President. History judges
For almost three years now, I've had the opportunity to
does, and should, Judge presidents on how they make those decisions.
presidents on the decisions they make. I might also add that history
I have had the opportunity to see from close range how this President
thoughtfully and, yes, at times prayerfully.
faces the tough choices every day. He does it calmly, carefully,
to the difficult challenges that face our country. For President
I've seen him search long and hard for the right answers
George Bush, the question at the beginning of the day and at the end
people? of the day is what will serve the best interests of America and her
the President made the decision that Saddam Hussein would have to be
The most dramatic moment perhaps came last January when
expelled from Kuwait by force. Our President gave Saddam every
opportunity to leave. But the dictator of Iraq thought the President
to do what had to be done.
and the coalition that he had put together lacked the political will
Well, our President, your friend and neighbor, did what
was right. Because in his heart and in his mind, he knew what was
they're a way of life. George Bush's way of life.
right. He knows that honor, decency and service aren't just words,
family. Barbara, the children, the grandchildren and, of course,
And to know the President is also to know his wonderful
Millie and Ranger -- (laughter) -- but you and I know that the George
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Bush family extends to all of us in this room tonight. And let me
just say this: On behalf of millions in our country, we are proud of
our great First Family. (Applause.)
of my partner for nearly 19 years. She's involved herself in
Speaking of being proud, let me just say how proud I am
disaster preparedness around the world and, yes, she's done a
dreaded disease of breast cancer. Thank you, Marilyn. (Applause.)
tremendous service for women of America in her crusade against the
Two of my favorite historians, will and Ariel Durant,
once said that, "the family is the nucleus of civilization." The
last three decades have been tough on the American family. Today,
almost 25 percent of America's kids live with just one parent; 15
million children do not have a father in the home. And just about
breakdown of the family.
every social problem you can think of is somehow related to the
Now, we can talk all we want about what government
should or should not do when it comes to the American family. But
one thing 1s certain: Values mean something. Real life means
something. Because there is no substitute for role models. And in
their togetherness and their values, the Bush family is an example
for all Americans to follow. (Applause.)
deeply committed to one another. I can recall the number of times
Behind the scenes, the picture is the same. A family
when the President interrupted important meetings to take a call from
his wife, his daughter, or from one of his sons. His devotion to
family is one of the many reasons that people look up to him.
Tonight, we are the George Bush political family, and
proud of it. A family united because of our belief in many of the
same principles and ideas. And ideas are important. Ideas are
powerful. And one idea that you and I agree on, Mr. President, is
the need to limit the terms of members of Congress. (Applause.)
And let me say this: If Ronald Reagan was limited to
two terms, and if you, Mr. President, are limited to two terms in
office, then surely for the good of the country, the Senate careers
of (Applause.) Howard Metzenbaum and Ted Kennedy should be limited to two terms.
Our President is a global statesman; one who yearns for
peace, works for peace and knows how to bring about peace. The mere
mention of his name evokes trust, respect and love. I've seen it
time and time again: President George Bush simply brings out the
best in the American people. He is, as you well know, one of the
most decent people you will ever meet. He has a steady inner compass
that tells him what is fair and what is right. And when he knows
what it. is right for his country, he is absolutely determined to achieve
Ladies and gentlemen, like all of you, I am proud to say
that George Bush is our President. But it makes me even more proud
to call him a very special friend.
(Applause.)
Thank you very much. Good night, and God bless you.
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Thank you for the superior and wonderful job you've done. You know,
THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated. And, Bob, thank you.
this is the very first event for the Bush-Quayle fundraising effort.
And we wanted to start amongst friends, and we wanted to get somebody
good, somebody effective to head this dinner. And I can't think of
anybody better than Bob Cruikshank and all those up here and all
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those out there that have come t)
h. It is a wonderful beginning,
and I'm grateful -- and I know DL
-- to every single one of you.
I want to thank my Vice President, your Vice President
and his marvelous wife, Marilyn. I can't begin to tell you of all
the things he does. But I think the country now sees his substance
and his value, and it's something I see every single day that I'm
President as we take on a Congress that, frankly, needs a little
leadership up there. I've heard him taxe the gloves off a little bit
there. and that's fine. That suits the heck out of me. (Applause.)
I also want to say to Bob Mosbacher how grateful I am to
have him at my side. I know all of you know him -- everybody in this
room knows him as a friend. But I know him not just as a friend of
longstanding, but as an effective member of our Cabinet. And I can
tell you, be is out there -- domestically and around the world
promoting the American free enterprise system, looking after the
interests of American investment, American jobs, here and abroad.
And, Bob, I'm very grateful to you.
May I also thank Bobby Holt. Yes, Midland's out there
somewhere. (Laughter.) Holt is everywhere, and he's doing a
wonderful job as our Chairman, our National Chairman, taking the role
the Bob Mosbacher has so successfully filled for us in the previous
campaign.
Senator Phil Gramm -- I agree with everything Dan Quayle
said about him. I see him in action. And I'll tell you -- when you
have the minority in the Senate, when you have to play defense
because of the numbers, you want a tenacious bulldog, free thinker,
enterprising senator at your side like Phil Gramm. I'm grateful to
him every single day that I'm President. (Applause.)
I want to thank Willie Alexander for being with us, and
Reverend Claude Payne, my pastor; Milo Hamilton, of course; and then
the Aggies -- the Texas A&M Singing Cadets. I don't know how they
can still stay standing. (Applause.) This is about a 45-minute
speech. Let's see how they do at the end of this one. (Laughter.)
It's great to be back. Milo, one slight correction --
you said I said, "There's so-and-so." I was looking at Red Adair,
and I said, "There's that so-and-so." (Laughter.)
You know, coming back here really does take you back in
a sense to roots. I first became active in politics out in Odessa
and Midland in '52 when I headed the Bisenhower-Nixon campaign,
Barbara at my side. In '56, the same role. I think it was in that
year that she and I conducted the very first primary that was ever
held in Midland, Техаs. Three people -- some of you have heard this
story; it happens to be true -- three people voted all day in that
precinct: Barbara, me, and one drunk that thought he was going to
the (Laughter.) Democratic precinct. (Laughter.) And that's the gospel truth.
Then, I case down here to Texas, and early in the '50s I
became Harris County Republican Chairman. There, I think more than
anyplace, Barbara and I first got a taste of what was to become a way
of life for us. The party was small -- very, very small in those
days. And yet, the ideals and the ideas were sound. Fiscal sanity,
people controlling their own destinies more; limited government;
trust in the people; a compassionate, fair government; strong
defense; a country not afraid to lead. Those were some of the things
that brought. us together in this tiny party matrix 30 years ago in
Harris County. And I must say, those are the same ideals that both
Dan and I have -- the same ideas that we believe in. Thirty years
later, I still feel strongly about those principles and other
fundamental principles that join us here tonight.
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Lately, the opposition up there in Washington says we
don't have an agenda. But I've noticed that their agenda for
Congress is stopping our agenda for America. They are old thinkers,
tired, old ideas, and all they want to do is block the agenda that I
was elected to perform on by the American people, and I'm a little
tired of it. (Applause.) You work your heart out for new ideas in
trying to bring new systems to this country, and you face the old --
same old tired liberal cliches in Washington, D.C. We are pro-
growth, we are pro-family, we are a pro-freedom agenda, and that is
our agenda -- to build a better America. And I wish we had more
people in the Senate like Phil Gramm and we'd be singing swiftly
ahead, I'll tell you. (Applause.)
I was privileged to work with my dear friend, Hugh
Liedtke, and others in starting two or three very small companies
here in Texas. And I never forgot, and I never will forget what
America owes to its small business men and women. That's one reason
that, for over the last three years, I've fought against policies
mandates. that would drive small business into the ground -- through government
Every time you turn around, you've got some subcommittee
chairman that's been there 30 years trying to mandate new benefits
and tell some guy in Midland or Odessa how to run his life. And
we're (Applause.) sick and tired of it. And next year, we're going to change it.
Dan Quayle has a committee trying to do something about
overregulation. And you ought to hear them squirming over there in
the House of Representatives, refusing to let him get his job done
because they're thinking old, tired thoughts that the federal
government ought to regulate every inch of your life. And we're
tired of that one, too. (Applause.)
Look, I'll be the first to agree we need economic growth
in this country. But we can't get it if Congress keeps piling on
mandated benefits. Wonderful new programs designed by a subcommittee
chairman in Washington, D.C., telling everybody exactly how they're
going to take their leave, what they're going to do about helping
people in their neighborhoods. This isn't the way America ought to
be operating. I have this wonderful sense that -- I get frustrated
at times, but I've got this wonderful sense that we can change that
next year by taking our message that the Congress has been around
there too darn long, controlled by the same party, and it's time to
change it. (Applause.)
Let me give you an example. I'm just getting warmed up
because I heard George Mitchell on the television a few minutes ago.
Now, let me tell you something here. (Laughter.) Let me talk to you
about an issue. I don't think there is anybody in this country, any
fair-minded man or woman who doesn't sympathize with someone who
wants to work and is out of work. It's very easy to demagoque on
this issue. Nobody who has one grain of compassion likes to veto an
unemployment compensation bill. But someone -- and I think I was the
one elected to do this -- must consider the welfare of all the people
in this country.
so let me tell you what my position is on this
unemployment compensation. Number one: I want to see the Democrats
in the Senate lay politics aside and help those whose unemployment
benefits have run out. Families are hurting out there. And I've
said for months that I want to help them.
secondly, I want a bill that, in helping them, does not
burden every single taxpayer in this country -- those that are
working and those that aren't working. I don't want to see the
budget agreement that Phil Gramm and others worked so hard to get
into place, the spending caps on it -- the only control that you as
taxpayers have on a spendthrift Congress -- I don't want to see it
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oken. And the only safeguard we
ending is that budget agreement.
against more and more
bust to the agreement. That would add to the deficit and eventually add
Every time I turn around, the liberal Democrats want to
future generations.
the tax burden of present generations and the debt burden of
before the Congress that extends benefits. It lays aside all this
Number three on this same subject -- we have a proposal
checks in the mail to those families that are hurting and does it
political rhetoric that you hear from these Democrats and gets the
within the the budget agreement. Bob Dole proposed that weeks But
I'm Democrats want to ram it down my ear in a political victory, ago. and
going (Applause.) to bust this budget again. Now, they can mark that way one down.
going to veto their bill if they send it down in a that's
down get a bill signed by me tomorrow 1f: they get going and send something can
are hurting in this country. I really believe that. And they
I think it's a crying shame to play politics when people
that that lives within the budget agreement that we all agreed to,
with that issue when people are hurting in this country.
they themselves agreed to. You tell me who's playing politics
-- I remember how Lyndon used to talk: "Come reason with me."
It's not all negative. At times, we're able to persuade
Wrench the guy's arm out of his socket. (Laughter.) And he was
how he'd do it today.
working with control of both Houses of the Congress. I don't know
But sometimes we are able to persuade the opposition to
don't cooperate, to join with us. I've reached out to the Congress. I
believe there's a person in America that thinks I haven't
but reached out to the Congress -- not always in a kind and gentle
for always reached out to the Congress, trying to get something way, done
the American people and do it in a manner I was elected to do it.
I was the one that was elected -- Dan Quayle and I were the ones that
were elected by all the people in this country. And the senators
have their responsibilities -- of course, they do. But I think I
have a responsibility to perform on what I told the people three
years ago that I would do.
free-market incentives and really do help the environment. We
Good, fair negotiation with the Democrats, amendments that employ
We did get the Clean Air Act through -- compromise.
advanced the cause of property rights and home ownership with this
HOPE, this home ownership initiative. We've broken down the barriers
to employment of 43 million Americans with our landmark Americans
with last Disabilities Act, which I was very proud -- emotional in signing
year on the South Lawn of the White House.
Other times we can do some positive things on our
Just in last week, I signed an executive order to take the first steps own.
reforming our legal system. Dan Quayle's committee came up with
some into very sound recommendations, and I was proud to incorporate them
an executive order. We're trying, frankly, to put an end to
some of these outrageous lawsuits and monstrous settlements that
this country to death. (Applause.)
scare every small businessman, every doctor and everybody else in
There's only so much of it we can do with executive
order. We need liability reform legislation. And yet, that
legislation is bottled up by these people I'm saying tonight old
thinkers. They just don't want to take on the pressure groups, are the
the few that which the many are denied.
lobbies, the tough constituents that come together and try to get for
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Americans want liability reform. And I'd like to see
the Congress move out now and do something about it. Dan Quayle has
been out there on the cutting edge of this, and I an 100-percent
behind him.
And I might say that he's touched -- he referred to
it -- touched a sore spot with some of the members of the ABA, the
American Bar Association, when he called for legal reform. But he
touched a nerve with a whole lot more everyday Americans who just
plain stood up and cheered. He's done a great job on it, and I am
very proud to have him by my side on this issue and all the other
issues we're talking about here tonight. (Applause.)
The Senate did a good job in a bipartisan manner on the
crime bill. But then it goes over to the House, and some of these
old thinkers I'm telling you about are denying the changes that the
American people so clearly spoke about in the presidential elections
of 1988. We've got -- you talk about these incentives to get
jobs -- we've got some incentive in a transportation bill -- a job-
heavy transportation bill, and yet, a good one. We beat back some
bad legislation. Ne've got a good one there.
In the state of the Union message, I said to Congress,
hey, how about passing a transportation bill in 100 days? That was
241 days ago and they haver't got it down to my desk to be signed
yet. I think the people ale tired of this kind of old thinking, old
politics.
One area where we don't need a lot of legislation --
need some, but not a lot -- is in education. We have an initiative
called America 2000 -- a concept designed to literally revolutionize
our schools.
Lamar Alexander, David Kearns, coming together as a
fantastic team there, rethinking -- working with governors,
Democrats, Republicans alike, to redefine what we need to achieve
educational excellence.
And you talk about an exciting concept, one that's
gathering momentum and exci tement around the country, it's that one.
And fortunately, we don't need a lot of legislation because one of
the key education committees that you have to go to is tired -- think
how much money are we going to spend for this; how much money are we
going to spend for that -- programs that have failed.
It's not a question of money. It's not a question of
that. We spent $190 billion in 1980 on education; ." spend $400
billion today, and we're way back in the tail end of education around
the world. It isn't good enough. And we've got to think anew. Give
me more senators like Phil and give me more congressmen like Bill
Archer, and by golly, you'll see the change in education that the
American people want. (Applause.)
You hear about consumer confidence. Yes, there's a lack
of confidence. And one thing that would change it right now is
sound, forward-looking banking reform legislation. And we've got
those proposals, and they've been gutted by partisan infighting. HOW
I long for a Congress where we can at least take the offense on these
important issues.
One subject that many of you know an awful lot about in
this room -- a national energy strategy. We need that from the
Congress. It would mean jobs, it would mean increased production,
and it would mean less dependence on foreign oil for our energy
requirements.
And I am going to continue to support environmentally
responsive access to ANWR, the Alaskan Refuge, for energy production.
we need it. And if you're worried about caribou, take a look at the
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arguments that were used about the pipeline. They'd say the caribou
would be extinct. You've got to shake them away with a stick;
they're all making love lying up against the pipeline. And you've
got thousands of caribou up there. (Applause.) And yet the same
voices, the same voices are arguing against ANWR today. I mean, come
on. (Laughter and applause.)
I want to see us reduce our reliance on foreign oil, and
we can if we pass an energy bill, one like the one that came out of
Senator Bennett Johnston's -- good Democrat on this issue -- and
senator Malcolm Wallop -- came out of their committee.
You know, we hear a lot about economic growth. I've
called for economic growth initiatives in three State of the Union
messages, and a part of that -- one part of the economic growth was a
capital gains tax cut. So what happens in Washington, D.C.? They
jump up and down and scream, "this is a tax cut for the rich." Let
me tell you, I'll make them a proposal right here tonight. I will
take all the political heat that they can muster. Whatever country,
however much demagoguery they can bring to bear on that issue, I'll
take that heat if they will give this capital gains cut a chance.
Because it will create jobs and get America back to work again. And
it is not a tax cut for the rich -- (applause.) It is a jobs measure
-- a small-business-creation measure -- a shot-in-the-arm-for-a-
sluggish-economy measure.
History has already shown that it does not add to the
deficit. The Treasury scores it as a plus, not a minus. It reduces
the deficit. so let the opposition carry on all they want. We've
all heard it before -- good heavens, I'm 67, I've heard it for a
thousand years -- "tax cut for the rich, breaks for the rich." Let's
try something a little bit different than the mandated programs from
Washington that offer people a lack of dignity and a lack of hope.
And in the meantime, give the Americans a break, give them some jobs.
Get going with our motivation package.
Finally, it's time we got around to -- rid of a practice
where a privileged few stand outside the law -- where attending to
the national interest takes a back seat to serving the special
interests. And very frankly, it's time that the United States
Congress started following the laws it imposes on every citizen in
this country. (Applause.)
I gave the Congress a gentle nudge on this the other
day, pointing out that with all the pious cries during those Thomas
hearings, Congress -- now, get this -- has exempted itself from
sexual harassment laws. Word of honor. Yesterday the Senate did
take one step to put itself under the same laws that the rest of the
people have to obey. But that's just not enough. It's time that
those who make the laws, live by the laws that they make others live
by. Now, that is fair play, and it's long overdue. (Applause.)
And speaking of Clarence Thomas, I am delighted that
he's on the Supreme court. Men supported him overwhelmingly. Women
supported him overwhelmingly. Blacks supported him overwhelmingly.
But the liberals in the Senate didn't support him at all. And I'm
glad that the people won out on that one. (Applause.)
When I hear the critics in Congress arguing about our
priorities -- foreign policy or domestic policy -- I wonder where
their priorities are. The "global marketplace" isn't off in Europe
or Asia or in Africa -- it's right here in our neighborhoods, in our
businesses, in our schools. Take a look at our North American Free
Trade Agreement. It will have a monumental effect on the quality of
life here in the United states over the next decade.
We're not doing this to be nice to Mexico, we're doing
it because it is in the best interest of the workers and the peopole
of the United States of America. Every billion dollars in new trade
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means 20,000 more jobs. A better-educated work force means higher
quality products, which means more economic growth. The cycle
continues -- and growth means more jobs, more opportunity for
everyone.
But the world beyond our borders affects us in other
ways, and we've got to make a choice: do we meet its challenges, or
do we fall behind?
And, yes, since I've been President, we have been called
upon to meet one crucial challenge after another. And meet them we
did -- each and every one. From Eastern Europe to Panama to the
Persian Gulf, to dealing with the Soviet Union as history unfolds
before your very eyes -- in all of these, it is America that stands
as a beacon of freedom throughout the world. And our prestige around
the world has never been higher than it is today. (Applause.)
I'm still on Madrid daylight saving, or something; my
eyes kind of -- because yesterday I was in Madrid, and I helped open
that Middle East peace conference in Madrid. But over there, I made
a terrible mistake. I flipped on CNN -- and I say that with respect
to CNN guys down here, but I turned it on and I saw one of the
Democrat leaders, one of the elected Democrat leaders in the House of
Representatives attack me for being at that historic conference. I
could not believe the small-bore nature of that partisan criticism.
Here you have a historic peace conference. You're bringing together
people that have been hostile and wouldn't even have been in the same
room at any time in their history. And this guy gets on and says I
shouldn't be in Madrid for 36 hours.
Come on. We have a responsibility here. I have a
responsibility to lead and I'm not going to let Democratic, liberal
carping keep me from leading. (Applause.)
If I had to get -- let me put it to you 50 you can
understand it. Let me put it in Red Adair's terms -- "If I'd have
had to let Ted Kennedy tell me whether I could move a quarter-of-a-
million troops to the Middle East or let Schwarzkopf move from St.
Petersburg or Tampa to saudi Arabia, Schwarzkcpf would still be
there; the troops would still be there; and Saddam Hussein would
still be in Kuwait, maybe moving into Saudi Arabia. That's what was
at stake. And thank God, I didn't have to listen to these carpers
telling me how to run that war. (Applause.)
I'm getting warmed up for next year. (Laughter.) I
told them I was not going to do this until about March or April off
next year. (Laughter.) But they get under your skin for a while..
I've reached out to this Congress. (Laughter.) I really have tr:ied.
And I'm getting sick and tired, as the Congress winds up, of this
pårtisan, liberal criticism. I can't wait now to roll up my sleeves
and become a candidate. (Laughter and applause.)
My point is simply this: We live in an integrated
world. And in that world, you can't neatly divide foreign policy
from domestic policy. When I talk with foreign leaders about new
markets for American products, is it foreign policy or domestic?
When I meet with groups of Latin American leaders, as I did in
Cartagena, to help try to keep drugs out of America's schools and
neighborhoods, is that foreign policy or is that domestic policy?
when Desert Storm reignited Americans' faith in themselves, was that
just foreign policy?
No. It demonstrated our special role as the world's
preeminent moral, political, economic and military power. The pride
that we felt in our fighting men and women -- and in ourselves --
shouldn't be trivialized as something "foreign."
Anyone who says we should retreat into an isolationistic
cocoon is living in the last century -- when we should be focusing on
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the next century and the life that our kids can have in that next
century. They should know that America's destiny has always been to
lead. And if I have anything to do with it, lead we will.
(Applause.)
I'll tell you, yes, there are plenty of real problems
out there all across our country. They're human problems where real
people, real lives are at stake. Dan talked about the family. Where
families are ripped asunder. Tons of problems out there. But we are
going to prevail because I firmly believe that the American spirit is
alive and well.
In Texas or in Washington, I know we'll keep up the
fight. And we will hold as. our banner the frontier resolve and the
common-sense ideals of those early Texans who built our great state.
I am absolutely convinced, no matter what the obstacles we face in a
partisan nature, that we can do something for the kids, that we can
build a better America.
So I want to thank you for being here with us tonight.
It means a great deal, in many, many more ways than I can possibly
tell you, for Barbara and me to start this journey -- this
fundraising journey right here where we feel, what Bob talked about,
a sense of love and warmth and friendship. That means an awful lot,
whether you're President of the United States or still living around
the corner.
Thank you and God bless each and every one of you.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
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Join us for the most exciting Republican event In '92, the
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historic Charleston, South Carolina. The largest gathering of Republicans
in the South, the SRLC will be a mini-convention for Southern Republican
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Already hundreds of Republicans from across the South have registered
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Chairman, Martha Edens, the conference delegation is expected to reach
capacity, with approximately 1200 delegates from across the South
flocking to Charleston for the conference.
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favorable for a Presidential visit.
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bay, and visits to historic plantations are also being set up for conference
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from several historic Charleston inns, all decorated in eighteenth century
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one of our nation's finest governors. It's great to be here in
South Carolina -- host for the first time, but I'm sure not the
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Four years ago the South rose to lead our Party to a
stunning victory across this great country. This year the South
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will rise again to lead us to a victory in November, 1992.
Andy
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And just to be perfectly clear about it, I want to be your
nominee at the Republican Convention and your President for four
more years.
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I'll need your support. We've much to do these next few
months, because we've much to do these next few years. Together
we can finish what we've started and move our country forward.
Let me open with a little story about the old days
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there were no Republicans to vote for in primary elections. or
times when there would be out and out intimidation -- even
violence.
We went through a lot back then. In fact, I'm sure many of
you can share similar experiences. Why did we do it? Why did we
build a Republican Party in the South?
We did it because we wanted change. We did it because we
believed in some fundamental values: faith and family --
responsibility and respect -- community and country.
We did it because we saw our government getting too big,
getting into our pockets and into every corner of our lives. We
did it because we worried about our schools and our neighborhoods
and our communities.
We did it because our taxes always seemed to go up at the
same time America's problems got worse. Each of us, in our own
small way finally said, enough is enough.
We were upstarts and mavericks and gadflies. But we
challenged the status quo -- challenged the closed-door, one-
party rule of the democrats.
And they fought us every step of the way.
But we fought hard too, and we fought fair. We took our
message of smaller government -- better government -- to the
people of the Carolinas, and Virginia, and Mississippi, and
Florida, and the rest of this great region of America. And we
started winning -- at first a House Seat here, a Senate race
there. But our momentum grew and grew.
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We owe a great debt of gratitude to our standard-bearers in
early days -- Howard Baker and the late John Tower, the Bo
Callaways and Bill Brocks Bill Dickinson and John Paul
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Hammerschmidt, Mills Godwin and of course the phenomenal favorite
son of South Carolina Strom Thurmond.
They paved the way. They inspired a generation of talent
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that transformed the nation's political landscape. I'm thinking
now of another South Carolinian, a good man and a good friend -
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-Lee Atwater. We miss him still.
And now the Republican Party of the South is the Party of
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Connie Mack, of Kirk Fordice and Newt Gingrich. The Republican
Party is the force for positive change in the New South, and I am
proud to have played a role in its success.
Our message then and our message now is simple: We believe
government is too big and spends too much. We believe in good
schools and safe streets -- and a government worthy of the
people's respect. And we believe in a strong defense.
We believe that we put America first when we put America's
families first.
So we believe that parents, not the government should make
the big decisions. Parents, not government, should choose their
children's schools.
Parents, not government, should decide the family's health
care --and parents should choose who cares for their children --
not some bureaucrat in Washington D.C.
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And yes, we believe in parents choosing life for the unborn
and prayer for their children in the classroom.
Those are our beliefs -- those are why we built a Party in
the South and why we continue to build it today. Those beliefs
don't change from one election to the next. They still guide
each and every one of us, each and every day.
Now we are at the beginning of a new era in America's
history. The Cold War is over and America won. The Soviet Union
collapsed and imperial communism is finished for good. Bringing
change to the world during these tumultuous years was American
leadership. Bringing change to America during the coming years
will be Republican leadership.
In my heart I am confident about our future. But we've got
a lot of work ahead of us. There are some things that are simply
on the wrong track in our country. Take our courts, for example.
When fathers stop coaching little league because they're afraid
of liability lawsuits, something's wrong. When doctors stop
delivering babies because they fear a malpractice lawsuit,
something's wrong. Or when people stop volunteering to help each
other because they fear ambulance-chasing lawyers, something is
terribly wrong. These days a sharp lawyer would tell the Good
Samaritan -- keep on walking.
We've proposed reforms to our court system to address the
question of frivolous lawsuits and that's a good step. But the
real answer for solving problems is for Americans to start
helping each other and stop suing each other.
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Then I think about our nation's health care system. Our
health care system provides the highest quality care anywhere in
the world. But it's not perfect. We all know that.
Too many people don't have access to health insurance. Too
many people worry that they'll lose their coverage if they change
jobs or worse still, if they lose their job. And anybody who's
had even minor surgery knows that health care costs are going
through the roof.
The answer isn't to go down the road of socialized medicine,
with its long lines and faceless, impersonal service. If that's
what we wanted we'd put our doctors and nurses to work for the
State Department of Motor Vehicles. That's crazy, and besides,
it won't work. My approach is to reform our health system, keep
the quality high, the bureaucracy low. The last thing we want is
the government standing between you and your doctor.
Then there's America's sorry welfare system. It's pretty
obvious that the system now too often perpetuates dependency. It
should rather promote independence and initiative. We need to
encourage individual success through personal responsibility and
the dignity of a job. So I've asked my departments and agencies
to make it easier for state and local government to reform the
system -- to get people to work -- to go after dead-beat fathers
who run out on their children -- and to keep families whole.
But we all know what the number one issue on the minds of
all Americans is -- it's the economy. It's people worried about
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their jobs -- providing for their families, meeting the everyday
challenges of paying the bills.
The American people -- your neighbors -- want this economy
fired up again. So do I. Many of you heard my State of the
Union Address. I put forward a two-part plan -- the first part
gets business growing again -- hiring workers again -- upgrading
plant and equipment again. It uses incentives like an investment
tax allowance and yes, it is clearly time for Congress to wake up
and cut the tax on capital gains.
And to get housing back on its feet I put forth several
straightforward proposals to get people buying and building
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A word about the Democrats' current plan. I say "current"
because it seems to change just about every hour. That's why
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it's really not a plan, it's simply a bad deal. It smacks of
class warfare. Listen to the trade-off in their deal: 25 cents
a day in temporary tax relief for two years -- paid for true
to form for the Democrats -- by a large permanent tax increase.
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We drew a line in the sand in the Persian Gulf and kept our
word. I'll draw another line in the sand here: if the Democrats
send me the kind of nonsense they're talking about now, I'll send
it right back.
I sent them a plan -- a good plan -- that's what they ought
to spending their time working on -- not some phony partisan
maneuver that they know right now won't fly. I'll say it again
to the Congress -- here's the deadline -- March 20. If we act
by then we can see some results this Spring. No more games, no
more empty gestures, just pass my plan and get this economy going
again.
I said the plan had two parts. The second part is a long-
term plan to keep this country competitive and vigorous right
into the next century. Our long range plan strengthens the
family through tax relief and outlines the health care proposal I
mentioned earlier. Our plan gets the billions of dollars worth
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economically at home, we have to lead economically abroad. Our
exports are at record levels. Isolationism is a bankrupt notion.
I simply will not jeopardize the millions of jobs that those
exports represent.
Some people wish the rest of the world would just go away.
That's naive. But worse, it's a dangerous pre-World War II
mentality. They're saying that a level playing field isn't
enough -- that American ingenuity, American know-how, and the
American can-do spirit, are simply a bunch of hackneyed phrases.
I don't believe it. And neither do you. America is not
going to cut and run -- ever.
We believe in America. We are optimistic about its future.
And we believe in our Party. I am tremendously fortunate to be
serving as your President at this most exciting time in our
nation's history.
Yes, we have much to do. But I guarantee you we are up to
it. Yes, we have many challenges before us. And I guarantee
you, we will meet them -- each and every one of them. Yes,
there's an election in November -- and I guarantee you, we will
win it. I want to be your President for another four years.
Thank you and God Bless the United States of America.
PINKE
N ACADEMY
FEBRI
5, 1992
7:00
RC1 ANK
YOU, GOVERNOR. IT'S GOOD TO SEE KATHY GREGG;
GOV. JOHN SUNUNU; GOV. JOCK MC KERNAN [MAINE] AND WIFE
CONGRESSWOMAN OLYMPIA SNOWE; GOV. BILL WELD; LT. GOV.
PAUL CELLUCCI; SENATOR WARREN RUDMAN; CONGRESSMAN BILL
ZELIFF; MAYOR JACK DOWD [MAYOR OF DERRY]; THANKS TO
THE PARENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF PINKERTON ACADEMY
FOR OPENING THE GYM FOR TONIGHT'S EVENT. THANKS TO THE
SHAW BROTHERS FOR SENDING A LITTLE MUSIC OUR WAY. //
AND OF COURSE, MY THANKS TO ARNOLD. [[ARNOLD'S WORKING
ON A NEW FILM ABOUT CONGRESS: HE CALLS IT THE
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PROCRASTINATOR. // BUT YOU KNOW, I MAY JUST TAKE A
TIP FROM THE KINDERGARTEN COP. WHEN CONGRESS DOESN'T
A
BEHAVE -- TAKE AWAY THEIR RECESS. ]] AND Let's get something
done for The country
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING FROM THE FOUR
CORNERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO DERRY ON THIS SATURDAY
NIGHT. WE'VE COME HERE FOR ONE REASON: TOGETHER,
H
WE'RE GOING TO WIN AN ELECTION ON TUESDAY.
AND IN ABOUT NINE MONTHS, WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE
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GOING TO WIN AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
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WE'VE GOT MUCH TO BE PROUD OF -- MANY CHALLENGES
STILL AHEAD OF US. BUT THE REMARKABLE CHANGES OF THESE
LAST THREE YEARS HAVE SHOWN WITHOUT A DOUBT -- THE
AX
UNITED STATES IS THE UNDISPUTED LEADER OF THE WORLD.
FROM THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL TO THE LAST GASP
OF IMPERIAL COMMUNISM - -- FROM THE FOUR DECADES OF THE
COLD WAR TO THE FORTY DAYS OF DESERT STORM -- AMERICA
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HAS LED THE WAY. AMERICA HAS CHANGED THE WORLD. //
NOW THE CHANGE - AND THE CHALLENGE, AS IT HAS
BEFORE -- HAS COME HOME. TIME AFTER TIME, WE'VE LIFTED
OURSELVES UP. TIME AFTER TIME, WE'VE ASKED MORE OF
OURSELVES - MORE OF EACH OTHER.
EACH TIME, AMERICA MET THE CHALLENGE.
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THIS TIME, AMERICA WILL DO IT AGAIN. //
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NEXT TUESDAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE MAKES ITS CHOICE. YOU
TAKE PART IN THIS STATE'S PROUD TRADITION AS FIRST IN
THE NATION. YOU KNOW THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. YOU
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR VOTE. YOU GO TO THE
POLLS -- -- NOT TO SEND A SIGNAL. NOT TO REGISTER A
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PROTEST. YOU GO TO THE POLLS TO ELECT A PRESIDENT DP THE
writed States of America
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN
THIS ELECTION IS THE ECONOMY. COUNT ON THIS: WE WILL
GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN -- AND WE WILL GET NEW
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HAMPSHIRE BACK ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.
THREE WEEKS AGO I LAID OUT MY TWO-PART PLAN TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND THE NATION - -- SHORT-TERM TO JUMPSTART OUR
ECONOMY - - LONG-TERM TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE AND STRONG
INTO THE NEXT CENTURY. I WANT, AND THE COUNTRY NEEDS,
BOTH PARTS ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS THIS YEAR -- IT'S
A
JUST THAT IMPORTANT.
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MY PLAN BOOSTS INVESTMENT - -- GIVES INCENTIVES TO
BUSINESSES TO BUY EQUIPMENT, UPGRADE THEIR PLANTS, AND
HIRE MORE WORKERS. IT HELPS RESTORE THE VALUE OF REAL
ESTATE - -- GETS THE HOUSING MARKET GOING AGAIN -- GIVES
A $5,000 TAX CREDIT TO FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS. AND OUR
PLAN TAKES AN AXE TO 246 GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS -- BECAUSE
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GOVERNMENT IS T00 BIG AND SPENDS TOO MUCH.
BUT THERE'S ONE THING MY PLAN DOESN'T DO: IT WON'T
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RAISE TAXES ON AMERICAN FAMILIES.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK: MY PLAN IS JUST WHAT THE
ECONOMY ORDERED. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ME AND THE
OTHER CANDIDATES - -- FROM THE LEFT OR FROM THE RIGHT --
HERE'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT COUNTS: I HAVE A PLAN
A
-- AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
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EVERYONE KNOWS WE'VE GOT TO WORK FAST TO GET THE
ECONOMY UP ON ITS FEET. BUT SOME ARE PUSHING
PROTECTIONISM - ESCAPE FROM ECONOMIC REALITY. THEY
SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY DEFENSE. THEY'RE GOING TO
FIGHT BACK. / SOUNDS TOUGH -- UNTIL YOU THINK ABOUT
IT. IT'S NOT THE SCHOOL-YARD BULLY - IT'S THE BOY WHO
WANTS TO TAKE HIS BALL AND GO HOME.
WELL, AMERICA'S NOT THAT KIND OF COUNTRY. OUR
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NATIONAL SYMBOL ISN'T THE OSTRICH IT'S THE EAGLE.
NEVER IN THIS NATION'S LONG HISTORY HAS AMERICA
TURNED ITS BACK ON A CHALLENGE. TO SUCCEED
ECONOMICALLY AT HOME - - YOU'VE GOT TO LEAD ECONOMICALLY
ABROAD. YOU SEE: I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN WORKER.
WE'LL GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH ANYONE. THE AMERICAN WORKER
CAN OUT-THINK, OUT-PRODUCE AND OUT-PERFORM THE
A
COMPETITION ANYWHERE, / ANYTIME.
THESE ARE THE THINGS NEXT TUESDAY IS ABOUT: THE
COURSE WE SET FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THE FUTURE WE BUILD
FOR OUR KIDS.
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SURE, THIS IS A TOUGH RACE. BUT I'VE BEEN IN TOUGH
RACES BEFORE. AND YES, THE STAKES ARE HIGH -- NOT JUST
FOR ME, BUT FOR YOU AND OUR COUNTRY AS WELL. I KNOW
THE VOTERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. YOU'VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO
A LOT OF THIS NEGATIVE CAMP/AIGNING. YOU'VE SEEN THE
ADS -- THE KIND THAT TEAR PEOPLE DOWN -- AND I BELIEVE
TURN PEOPLE OFF. WELL, I'M CONFIDENT THAT
YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION ISN'T ABOUT WHO CAN TRASH
ANOTHER'S CANDIDACY IN A THIRTY SECOND SPOT.
EVEN
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS HAVE BEEN TOLD SOME FLAT OUT
LIES ABOUT THE PLAN I SENT TO THE CONGRESS.
HERE'S THE BILL I SENT TO THE CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE STATE OF THE UNION. IN IT ARE PROVISIONS FOR
STUDENT LOAN DEDUCTIONS, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY,
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TAX RELIEF FOR AMERICA'S FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE -- GIVES ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO
SAY TO THE CONGRESS -- PASS THIS PLAN, THE WHOLE PLAN.
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2)
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NEXT TUESDAY MATTERS -- BECAUSE YOU DON'T JUST
CHOOSE A CANDIDATE -- YOU CHOOSE A FUTURE, SET THE
COURSE THIS COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW FOR THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS. HERE'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE:
NO MATTER HOW TOUGH TIMES ARE NOW -- AMERICA'S BEST DAY
7
ALWAYS LIES AHEAD. / I BELIEVE THAT NOW. I'LL
BELIEVE IT EVERY DAY I LIVE -- BECAUSE THAT'S THE GREAT
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GLORY OF AMERICA. //
I FELT IT TODAY, FROM NASHUA TO NEW BOSTON. THE
PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE -- LIKE CITIZENS ALL ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY -- ARE READY TO MOVE AHEAD, READY TO MOVE
FORWARD TO MEET A NEW AMERICAN DESTINY.
EVERYONE SEES THE NEED FOR CHANGE. EVERYONE FEELS
THE EXCITEMENT. EVERYONE IS IMPATIENT TO BEGIN. //
EVERYONE, THAT IS -- -- EXCEPT THE CROWD THAT CONTROLS THE
CONGRESS. //
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4
so YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING
TO MY ACTION PLAN -- THE PART TO JUMPSTART THIS
ECONOMY. ON WEDNESDAY, THE DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL THE
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PULLED A BACK-ROOM STUNT --
AND TRIED TO MAKE MY PLAN DISAPPEAR.
THANK GOODNESS I KEPT A COPY.
I'M A PATIENT MAN. I KNOW CONGRESS CAN'T PASS MY
PLAN OVERNIGHT.
THAT'S WHY I GAVE THEM 52 DAYS.
I KNOW, THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS ARBITRARY.
THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS TOO EARLY.
THEY SAY: THE DEADLINE IS UNFAIR. //
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY.
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THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 20. ///
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I CHALLENGE THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP: DON'T BURY MY
PLAN IN SOME SUB COMMITTEE 7 DON'T DECLARE IT D.O.A. /
DON'T RESORT TO PARLIAMENTARY TRICKS TO MAKE MY PLAN
VANISH WITHOUT A TRACE. // I SAY TO THE LEADERS WHO
CONTROL THE CONGRESS: BRING MY PLAN TO THE FLOOR. PUT
MY PLAN TO A VOTE. PASS MY PLAN -- AND GET THIS
ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN. //
BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
whose lone his
NEXT TUESDAY, SEND THIS PRESIDENT BACK TO
Rx
WASHINGTON FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. //
THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR YOUR TRUST AND
SUPPORT. AND GOD BLESS THIS GREAT LAND WE SHARE -- THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
18 February 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CURT SMITH
ANDY FERGUSON
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
JEANNIE BUNTON
&
SUBJECT:
S.C. & TENN. RESERVIST/GUARD PARTICIPATION IN ODS
At the height of Operation Desert Storm the following numbers of
Reservists and National Guards were called up:
SOUTH CAROLINA:
3,056 Reservists
355 Individual Ready Reserve
2,006 National Guard
466 Other Guard
6,883 TOTAL
TENNESSEE:
3,027 Reservists
463 Individual Ready Reserve
2,793 National Guard
262 Other Guard
6,725 TOTAL
[The numbers may be 5% low; of these numbers, there is no way to
tell how many were actually "in country"]
SOURCE:
CHRISTINA FERRANDINO, SYSTEMS AND ANALYSIS DIR.
RESERVE AFFAIRS - MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
703-695-7305
703-695-7307
13 souther
# of jobs dependent on
Exports
Billions of $5 year y by express
THE SOUTH
SOUTH CAROLINA
with acid, or else have ceased to run as mud slides
We are a close-knit family, living in the most original
sented a well-reasoned speech, for instance, suppos-
a defiant secession from the Union that led the way to
convert them to swamps."
and beautiful of all sections in America."
ing all along that he can convince his audience by
formation of the confederacy.
The Nation
Jesse Stuart
clear logic. He simply doesn't realize that his audi-
South Carolina is the deep, deep South. Textiles
March 17, 1973
Holiday
ence hasn't even listened to the words but has been
and pine lumbering are the major industries. Peaches
***
March, 1975
most attentive to the feeling behind them-and the
and tobacco are principal crops. Much of the state is
"In the vastness of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the
relationship that is implied. In this world of big
still rural, and many of those rural folk are poor in a
Black Mountains, the Smoky Mountains, and the
"Even summer is different [from summer in the rest
government, big cities, big industries, and big move-
way that only Southerners can be poor, suffering a
Cumberland Mountains was the most rugged land the
of America] in Appalachia. Winds blowing over
ments, the mountaineer finds himself almost totally
poverty so intense that just seeing it is like going
settlers of America ever encountered."
carry a fragrance borne by no other winds,
unable to operate: if he cannot relate himself person-
back in time.
Bruce and Nancy Roberts
anywhere-good to inhale to an Appalachian who
ally to something, he rejects it."
Where Time Stood Still
has been away breathing other winds in other parts of
Jack E. Weller
1970
THE STATE
America or in foreign lands
Autumn
in
Yesterday's People
Appalachia-a land of trees-is a must season for the
1965
"Television is showing the people of Appalachia
visitor. We live in poetry all around us."
"One fact that impresses me very much and it is that
SOUTH
South Carolina is different from North Carolina to an
what they don't have before they know how to get
Jesse Stuart
it."
extraordinary degree. This difference extends to the
Holiday
Appalachian politician
March, 1975
very air one breathes. South Carolina has the languor
Quoted by Bruce and Nancy Roberts
***
CAROLINA
of Georgia and the far south."
Pearl S. Buck
Where Time Stood Still
"As embarrassing as it may be to industrious people
America
1970
in mountainous Kentucky, it is difficult to find more
1971
than 25 percent of the adults living on private em-
***
"They [early settlers in Appalachia] felt they were
ployment or farming once you leave the county seats
dispossessing the Canaanites [American Indians],
and communities near a few high schools, six large
"The only solution for this [confusion between the
and thus were working the Lord's will."
mines, and five regional hospitals or clinics. In some
two Carolinas] is for South Carolina to change its
Theodore Roosevelt
areas, you cannot find any."
name, but South Carolinians being conceitful, that
The Winning of the West
William Surface
isn't likely."
Charles Kuralt
1912
The Hollow
Dateline America
1971
Capital: Columbia
Entered the union (with rank): May 23, 1788 (8)
1979
"The Appalachians are as beautiful as ever to the
***
State mottoes: Animis opibusque parati (Prepared in
***
eye, but less beguiling to the ear. Old mountain
"Some of the 250,000 people who passed through
songs are giving way before the whine of the air-
Cumberland Gap in the next 25 years [after the
mind and resources); Dum spiro spero (While I
"I'm going, I'm going,
waves and the jukeboxes. The speech of the younger
Revolutionary War] possessed the ambition, knowl-
breathe, I hope)
you must forgive me if I'm up and gone to Caro-
people is losing pioneer vigor. It is more grammatical
edge, and tools to develop large farms. But the
State flower: Caroline yellow jessamine
lina in my mind,
in form-no harm in that-but flabbier in quality,
majority had reasons for moving that often paralleled
State bird: Carolina wren
yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind"
which is a pity. The color is being bleached out."
the sentiments of Colonel William Whitley, a tena-
State song: "Carolina"
James Taylor
Beverly Smith, Jr.
cious Irishman: 'I hear there's a better living there
State tree: Palmetto tree
"Carolina In My Mind"
Saturday Evening Post
and less hard work there.' "
Nickname: Palmetto state
1968
March 28, 1964
William Surface
Origin of state name: Latinized honorific for King
The Hollow
Charles I of England
THE LANDSCAPE
[A description of the Appalachian landscape]:
1971
A wedge of Piedmont and plain running from the
"Red hills laced with honey suckle,
underside of North Carolina to the border of Georgia,
"In the open pine flats, and near the inlets, the dwarf
kneaded by the sun's silk knuckle."
"The Appalachian 'mountain people' are at this day
South Carolina is one of the poorest states in Amer-
white honeysuckle perfumes the air in April and May
Jane Stuart
no better than barbarians."
ica. Yet it is home to what many feel is the most
and covers thousands of acres with snowy sheets of
"Corn Shuck Dolls"
Arnold J. Toynbee
beautiful city in America, Charleston, a place where
blossom."
1967
A Study of History
Southern ambience and European elegance blend in a
The Federal Writers Project of the WPA
1935
South Carolina
fashion as lovely as, but more refined than, New
"As in the British Isles where Scotland is still Scot-
***
1941
Orleans.
land, and Ireland still Ireland (certainly not En-
"In accordance with his view of the world, the
The Spanish were the first to attempt to settle
gland), this mountainous country within America
mountaineer brings up his child to be sensitively
South Carolina, but they failed in a 1526 attempt to
"As you drive through South Carolina (for example)
will always be irrefutably Appalachia-where the
aware of persons and relationships (a prime reason
set up shop in Winyah Bay. In 1680 the English
on a summer day the endless cotton fields engulf
middle-aged and older stay, and where more and
for the remarkable charm many mountain people
established a successful colony at Charleston. South
you."
more the young are staying. Those who have gone
possess), while abstractions, ideas, and concepts are
Carolina was probably the quietest of the original 13
James Morris
away want to return. And many who die away from
difficult for him to grasp. Actually, he isn't even
colonies until the Civil War. Then it exploded to
As I Saw the USA
home are brought back and buried in their homeland.
interested. Many an outsider to the culture has pre-
prominence with the 1861 firing on Fort Sumter and
1956
420
421
Jolu: / said was goid I spepre space
The the
and
d leat rice a
worship 10t of
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
waiting for a market, short shifts in the cotton mills
issues latent in the economy of South Carolina. Mill
***
PEOPLE
drained the economy of the Piedmont factory towns,
workers and plantation owners alike want to keep the
"Probably no other Southern state was quite so
and in the cities long lines of whites and blacks
Negro in his place. In part, issues are deliberately
"The South Carolinian has fire in his head, comfort
evangelistic about industrialization as South Caro-
queued at the relief stations for oranges and bacon.
repressed, for, at least in the long run, concern with
in his middle, and a little lead in his feet."
lina. One reason might have been that it was a state
Yet on those hot nights under the flickering
genuine issues would bring an end to the consensus
The Federal Writers Project of the WPA
which was more or less one large company town
lights, these matters were not meaningfully dis-
by which the Negro is kept out of politics. One crowd
"
South Carolina
anyway."
cussed, and in fairness it should be noted that the
or another would be tempted to seek his vote.
1941
Marshall Frady
audience probably would have been offended had an
V.O. Key
Southerners
orator, instead of spinning dreams of past glory to
Southern Politics in State and Nation
1980
"The Low countryman [South Carolina's aristocrats
assuage its misery, suggested that perhaps something
1949
***
came from Low country, the seaboard] cannot forget
was fundamentally wrong with the Southern way of
***
his leadership before the War between the States (or
"Within a 40-mile radius of Timmonsville, South
life."
"One can argue about the precise date of South
the Confederate War, as it is called). Though his diet
Carolina, there are 40 farmers who each received last
Harry Ashmore
Carolina's fall from greatness. In the view of Gedney
year over $40,000 from the United States
An Epitaph for Dixie
may be skimpy, his clothes old and worn, his school-
Howe, a brilliant and urbane Charleston lawyer, 'we
ing negligible, he walks with head high among the
government-for not working. This doesn't affect
1958
ended our lives with the slave codes, because we
the character of the farmer. He's still as red-blooded,
***
big houses, graceful churches, and tumbledown
became so exclusionary.' (Note the word 'we' in
forts, with more than a bit of scorn for those whose
capitalistic, free enterprising, and patriotic as ever
"Through it all South Carolina remained relatively
Howe's comment, as if present-day South Carolin-
forebears came to the state 50 or 100 years after his."
before. But give the poor, little hungry child a 40-
untouched and unnoticed, an island of unyielding
ians were the same people who enacted the slave
The Federal Writers Project of the WPA
cent breakfast and you've destroyed his character.
segregationist defiance-managed and run, though,
codes. I can think of no American state where the
South Carolina
You've ruined his incentive. You've taught him bad
by exceptionally clever and cool political leaders
sense of historic connections runs so deeply, where
1941
habits. You have developed a drone society. "This
who long ago learned how to dress up the rankest
family trees remain such a vital concern, and where
food stamp program is a plot of the communists.'
kind of hate and exploitation in those lovely, old
there is a feeling that all the state is still an encapsu-
" 'Like Orientals,' [Newsweek correspondent Joseph
There are too many people who believe this."
'fine-appearing' clothes that go under the name of
lated society of blood ties and common experience,
Ernest Hollings, U.S. senator
B. Cumming, Jr. said], 'South Carolinians worship
'southern gentility.'
passed down through the generations.) Regard-
The Case Against Hunger
Robert Coles
less of the moment that South Carolina ceased to be a
their ancestors and eat a lot of rice. But above all,
1970
Farewell to the South
vital national force, there is no question that slavery,
they save face. Even the segregationists are offended
***
1972
above all else, occasioned the downfall."
by extreme activities like bus dumping. Everything is
ordered and controlled. It is all run with a surface
"South Carolinians have eaten cold gravy so much
Neal R. Peirce
grace but with enormous emphasis on control-like a
that any job, even one on which they are gypped and
"South Carolina in its heyday enjoyed a prosperity
The Deep South States of America
plantation or a cotton mill.'
threatened, is better than none at all. Remembering
that surpassed anything seen in the other colonies.
1974
Neal R. Peirce
the old, lean days and not enjoying the memory, they
By comparison with Charles Town's elite, old
***
The Deep South States of America
are willing to let the boss get by with just about
Boston's upper crust looked poor and flimsy, and the
1974
anything."
hedonistic life of the South Carolina capital put the
[Congressman L. Mendel Rivers obtained so many
military bases for his Charleston district that Con-
Robert Sherrill
other seaboard towns in the shade."
Richard Hofstadter
gressman Carl Vinson once told him]: 'You put
Gothic Politics in the Deep South
1968
America at 1750
anything else down there in your district, Mendel,
WAY OF LIFE
1971
it's gonna sink.'
Quoted by Neal R. Peirce
"It was plain we were in the Bible Belt [Rock Hill,
"No southern state can match South Carolina's abil-
The Deep South States of America
S.C.] by the cheapness of the shopwindows, the
ity to resist the claims of black people without
"As we meet, South Carolina is running out of
1974
vulgarity of their furniture, the more than subur-
becoming the object of national scorn."
courts. If and when every legal remedy [against
ban cretonnes, the tin watches and glass jew-
Robert Coles
desegregation] has been exhausted, this General As-
elry.
"
sembly must make clear South Carolina's choice, a
"South Carolina had been well on its way to creating
Farewell to the South
T.H. White
1972
America At Last
government of laws rather than a government of men.
a diversified manufacturing base-in pottery, brick,
As determined as we are, we of today must realize
lumber, and iron-when [Eli] Whitney's [cotton] gin
***
1965
the lesson of 100 years ago, and move on for the
set off the mad scramble for cotton profits in the
"In this country where natural growth borders on the
good of South Carolina and our United States. This
early 19th century. The tariff and slavery issues
semitropical and midday heat in summer is prostrat-
should be done with dignity. It must be done with law
compelled Calhoun and his contemporaries to con-
ing except when sea breezes creep in under the thick
HISTORY AND POLITICS
and order."
demn manufacturing as a threat to states' rights and
foliage of live oak and myrtle or between the tall
Gov. Ernest F. Hollings
the South's most treasured institutions. To accuse a
trunks of longleaf pine, there seems to be no hard
Speech to South Carolina General Assembly
man publicly of owning mill stock, for instance, was
grinding necessity for thinking too much about
"The real significance [of a demogogue's stump
1963
inviting personal combat or a libel suit."
money in the bank, fine clothes and weathertight
speech] was its magnificent irrelevance. South Caro-
Neal R. Peirce
houses."
lina was perhaps as hard hit by the Depression as any
"South Carolina's preoccupation with the Negro sti-
The Deep South States of America
The Federal Writers Project of the WPA
state in the union; recovery was painfully slow from
fles political conflict. Over offices there is conflict
1974
South Carolina
the collapse of prices and credit. Even in 1938 baled
aplenty, but the race question muffles conflict over
&
1941
cotton still stood under the trees along the back roads
423
422
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
He breathes at ease thy airs of balm,
[On South Carolina during Reconstruction]: "Here,
what wistfully, 'but now you come in on dual-lanes
***
He scorns the lances of thy palm;
then, is the outcome, the ripe, perfected fruit of the
past radar scanners and factory smokestacks.'
:
Oh! who shall break thy craven calm,
"It [Charleston] belongs in that strange, eclectic
boasted civilization of the South, after two hundred
Carolina!
Marshall Frady
category of American 'sights' not to be missed,
years of experience. A white community, that had
Southerners
Thy ancient fame is growing dim,
practically like the Taos Pueblo and Niagara Falls.
gradually risen from small beginnings, till it grew
1980
A spot is on thy garment's rim;
Once it was the fourth biggest city in America, and
into wealth, culture, and refinement, and became
Give to the winds thy battle-hymn,
probably the most sophisticated; today much of its
accomplished in all the arts of civilization; that
Carolina!
"It had lingered, it seemed, really closer to Europe
polish has worn off, though it still retains a cardinal
successfully asserted its resistance to a foreign tyr-
Henry Timrod
than to the rest of the ruffian South at its back, and its
quality of grace."
anny by deeds of conspicuous valor, which achieved
"Carolina"
usual reaction to whatever ephemeral affairs were
John Gunther
liberty and independence through the fire and tem-
transpiring in its interior was one of serene and
1865
Inside USA
pest of civil war, and illustrated itself in the councils
casual indifference."
1947
of the nation by orators and statesmen worthy of any
"South Carolina is the only state which now con-
Marshall Frady
age or nation-such a community is then reduced to
Southerners
ducts a primary election only for whites
I cannot
this. It lies prostrate in the dust, ruled over by this
1980
see where the skies will fall if South Carolina is put
"Only a Charlestonian intent upon being ostracized,
strange conglomerate, gathered from the ranks of its
in the same class as
other states."
or worse, would make she-crab soup with a he-
own servile population. It is the spectacle of a society
crab."
suddenly turned bottom-side up. The wealth, the
J. Waities Waring, federal judge
[On local military bases]: "For that matter, Charles-
Elmore vs. Rice decision
intelligence, the culture, the wisdom of the State,
ton in general had always been rather disposed to the
Philip Hamburger
An American Notebook
have broken through the crust of that social volcano
1947
martial, and its transformation under Rivers into a
1965
on which they were contentedly reposing, and have
kind of nuclear-age garrison was not all that incom-
sunk out of sight, consumed by the subterranean fires
patible with its temperament. Even before Fort Sum-
CITIES, TOWNS
they had with such temerity braved and defied."
ter, there were almost as many private militia com-
"The feminization [of Charleston] is there just to
James S. Pike
AND REGIONS
panies in town as ball societies."
promote for us some eloquent antithesis; just to make
The Prostrate State
Marshall Frady
us say-that whereas the ancient order was masculine,
1873
Charleston
Southerners
fierce and moustachioed, the present is at the most a
1980
sort of sick lioness who has so visibly parted with her
"Seven years ago these men [blacks in state legisla-
"The riot of azaleas and camellias is as violent as the
teeth and claws that we may patronizingly walk all
storms of New Orleans."
around her. This image really gives us the best word
ture during Reconstruction] were raising corn and
"In Boston the Lodges speak to the Cabots,
cotton under the whip of the overseer. Today they are
Simone de Beauvoir
for the general effect of Charleston-that of the
And the Cabots speak only to God;
raising points of order and questions of privilege.
America Day by Day
practically empty cage which used in the other time
In Charleston the Pinckneys speak to the Rhetts
They find they can raise one as well as the other.
1953
And the Rhetts don't bother about God."
to emit sounds, even to those of the portentous
They prefer the latter. It is easier, and better paid."
shaking of bars, audible as far away as in the listen-
"
Local saying
and in Charleston the creeping grass
ing North."
James S. Pike
Quoted by William Francis Guess
The Prostrate State
Grows over the wharves where the ships of the
Henry James
South Carolina
world came in."
The American Scene
1874
1947
Stephen Vincent Benet
1907
John Brown's Body
[On South Carolina politician Strom Thurmond's
1928
"Charleston is in fact a gem; it is also a kind of
"
idea of democracy]: namely, that the lowliest
mummy, like Savannah. I heard one unkind friend
I strolled from hour to hour [in Charleston]; but
individual in the community has the same right as the
"Usually, after the English fashion, a high brick wall
nickname it 'Death on the Atlantic,' and call it 'a
more and more under the impression of the consist-
highest to pursue his personal sonofabitchery to the
point of rebellion, so long as it does not violate the
encloses the grounds of [a Charleston mansion] the
perfect example of what the South must never be
ency of softness. One could have expressed the
house, and it is only through an open gateway that
again.'
softness in a word, and the picture so offered would
customs of the state. This is a definition of democ-
one catches a glimpse of flowers, and shrubs and
be infinitely touching. It was a city of gardens and no
racy that many other South Carolinians happily sub-
John Gunther
vines, that bloom and expand within the enclosure.
men-or of so few that, save for the general sweet-
scribe to, and have been subscribing to since the days
Inside USA
But the rich dark green of the magnolia half screens
ness, the [Civil] War might still have been raging and
of Calhoun and earlier."
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all the manhood at the front."
the unsmoothed brick walls far above, and seems to
Robert Sherrill
hold the ancient structure in the hush of venerable
Henry James
Gothic Politics in the Deep South
repose."
"Charleston, sir, is that untarnished jewel shining
The American Scene
1968
O.B. Bunce
regally at that sacred spot where the Ashley and
1907
Picturesque America
Cooper join their majestic waters to form the Atlantic
Ocean."
"The despot treads thy sacred sands,
1872
[On the Charleston Battery, looking out at Fort
Thy pines give shelter to his bands,
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Resident
Sumter]: "The Forts, faintly blue on the twinkling
Thy sons stand by with idle hands,
" 'You used to ride into Charleston on those old thin
Quoted by John Gunther
sea, looked like vague marine flowers; innocence,
Carolina!
moss-covered highways,' noted one citizen some-
Inside USA
pleasantness ruled the prospect: it was as if the
1947
compromised slate, sponged clean of all the wicked
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SOUTH DAKOTA
words and hung up on the wall for better use, dangled
"Charleston is a beautiful memory, a corpse whose
such a victory; never such brave lads; never such a
lower limbs have been resuscitated."
fight. There are pamphlets already full of the inci-
there so vacantly as almost to look foolish."
SOUTH DAKOTA
Henry Miller
dent. It is a bloodless Waterloo or Solferino."
Henry James
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
William Howard Russell
The American Scene
1907
1945
My Diary North and South
1863
"If there is a finer place than Charleston in the
"And if he happens to be a good businessman, this
chap from Charleston, the chances are that he is also
Six thousand fighting men or more
spring, when azaleas bloom in every garden behind
a fanatic about something unheard of."
Protect the Carolina shore,
every wrought-iron gate on every winding street, I
Henry Miller
And Freedom will defend;
don't know it."
Charles Kuralt
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
And stubborn Britons soon shall feel
Signature
1945
'Gainst Charleston, and hearts of steel,
1981
How vainly they contend."
Capital: Pierre
*
Became a territory: March 2, 1861
Anonymous
"Just as there is no snob like a Charleston snob, so
"A Song About Charleston"
Entered the union (with rank): Nov. 2, 1889 (40)
no shiftless cracker from the Tennessee hills has
1780
State motto: Under God, the people rule
"In this atmosphere [the New South] the sons of the
more hate and bilious spleen in his system than the
State flower: American pasqueflower
Charleston gentry who, until a few years ago, studied
well-bred ladies who live in Charleston's mansions.
State bird: Ring-necked pheasant
Greek as a matter of course, have sunk into that
'Death on the Atlantic,' they used to call the city."
appalling and intolerant ignorance and meanness of
James Morris
Other Cities, Towns and Regions
State song: "Hail, South Dakota"
State tree: Black Hills spruce
spirit that mark the cultural vacuum known as the
As I Saw the USA
Nicknames: Coyote State, Sunshine State
New
South
They are, of course, vastly outnum-
1956
bered and energy died out of the stock long before
Columbia:
Origin of state name: From the Dakota Indian tribe;
*
*
the name means "allies"
they were born. They are mere descendants and cling
"Something is happening in Columbia-something
to the husks."
"Charleston sums up the tragedy of the South."
not unlike what is happening in cities all over the
Ludwig Lewisohn
James Morris
nation-that confuses and frustrates and discourages
South Dakota was born in bloody clashes between
These United States
As I Saw the USA
people, segregationists and integrationists alike.
white settlers, supported by the U.S. Army, and the
1956
tenacious confederation of the Sioux nations who
1924
There are so many manifestations of the malaise that
*
*
*
it is almost impossible to describe it, but what is
gave the area its name. Although the region was first
"The history of the old Charleston group is, of
"The town's [Charleston] tortured and venerable
happening is something like this: desegregation has
explored in 1743 by a French explorer, Verendrye,
course, like the history of other such urban and
history is concentrated at the Point, a colony of iron-
arrived, but inequality persists, and so do friction and
and saw its first white settlement at Yankton in 1858,
filigreed and columned homes with tall verandas."
it was not until the vicious Battle of Wounded Knee
patrician groups in other parts of the world. It can be
hostility and discord. Neither those who sought the
Neal R. Peirce
demise of segregation nor those who resisted it are
in 1890 that American soldiers managed to kill
matched in Mantua and in Lubeck. The pathos of its
downfall lies in the fact that it has gone down not
The Deep South States of America
pleased with what is now taking place."
enough of the Indians to wipe out their threat to
1972
settlers.
before the authentic spirit of the modern world, but
John Egerton
before the mean barbarism of sharp businessmen and
The Americanization of Dixie
The most notable geographic features of South
*
1974
Dakota are the Badlands, a gnarled tangle of precipi-
Ku Klux Klanners."
"The historic Charleston district is no roped-off,
tous buttes and craggy hills that erupts suddenly out
Ludwig Lewisohn
stage set enclave; it is downtown, and it is alive."
of the flat prairie that covers the rest of the nearly
These United States
Neal R. Peirce
"The capital city of Columbia hangs exquisitely in
rectangular state, and the Black Hills, home of
1924
The Deep South States of America
the balance between old and new, between the Ton
Mount Rushmore, carved by Gutzon Borglum.
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country and the Piedmont, between model civic
There's gold in the Black Hills, which have been
*
*
"My first impressions of Charleston were extremely
progress and sins of omission that could ruin its
mined since the 1870s; it is one of the state's more
agreeable. It was a pleasant thing to find an Ameri-
"The great novel about Charleston, that proud and
prospects for a bright future."
important businesses. But agriculture reigns supreme
complex city of graceful charm and hint of wicked-
Neal R. Peirce
can city containing so many memorials of the times
here, particularly grasses and cattle, as anyone who
colonial, and not wearing the impression of having
ness, is yet to be written."
The Deep South States of America
has driven across the endless plain can attest. The
Neal R. Peirce
1974
been all built yesterday. The atmosphere, charged
population is sparse. The largest city, Sioux Falls,
with an unusual dampness in consequence of the low
The Deep South States of America
has just 72,500 people.
position of the town on coast and river banks, helps
1972
materially to deepen the marks of years; soon discol-
*
THE LANDSCAPE
oring the paint upon the houses and facilitating the
[On Charleston at the outbreak of the Civil War]:
progress of the green moss, which here is ever
"The streets of Charleston present some such aspect
"You could shoot a cue ball from the southern
creeping over the northern side of roofs and walls."
as those of Paris in the last revolution. Crowds of
boundary of the state all the way to Canada and
John Milton Mackie
armed men singing and promenading the streets. The
halfway to the North Pole."
From Cape Cod to Dixie
battle-blood running through their veins-that hot
Holger Cahill
1864
oxygen which is called 'the flush of victory' on the
The Shadow of My Hand
cheek. Sumter has set them distrought; never was
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