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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
June 25
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE COLLEGE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
The Omni Shoreham Hotel
3:10 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much.
THE AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Bush-
Quayle in '92. Bush-Quayle in '92.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so very much. Let me start by
thanking Tony. And lest some of you don't know it, he has done a
first-class job in this centennial year as President of the College
Republicans. (Applause.)
And it is the best party on campus. (Applause.) And
thank you all for this warm and enthusiastic welcome. And let me
tell you something. Let me let you and the rest of the world in on a
secret: I finish what I start. I am going to be reelected for four
more years. (Applause.)
We've heard the drumbeat for change; we've even heard
the saxophone for change. I have news: You and I, we are the
change, and you give us four more years and give us, hopefully, a
Republican House and a Republican Senate and then watch the change
Republican-style. (Applause.)
You know, some have gotten so caught up in the moment
that they've forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course
that they forgotten where we're headed. And I know where I'm
headed, and I aim, with your help and with the help of the Congress,
to lead America along to a future of good jobs, fueled by free trade,
by low taxes. And I will keep on vetoing the Democratic tax bills
that come down our way every day. (Applause.)
And we will lead to a future where families stick
together and fathers stick around and -- (applause) -- and to another
American century, a world of hard-won peace and growing freedom. And
some would say, well, this is a tall order. And they're right and
that's exactly because our vision doesn't ride on the next election,
though, it rests on the next generation. And in just the last four
years the world as we've known it before is gone. And our mission
for the next four years is to shape the next 40 years, and we can do
it. (Applause.)
I need your help in the fall elections. And the fall
elections must be a referendum on some big ideas -- what kind of
economy we'll have in the future, what kind of families and, really,
it's this big, what kind of world. In America, blood, sweat and
tears have literally changed the face of the Earth; and American
strength and determination have consequences. Look around the world,
you don't hear one single thing about it in this strange campaign
year; but it's your credit and ours and Ronald Reagans and everybody
that's gone before us. (Applause.)
Let me tell you what to remind the critics. Let me tell
you what to remind the critics and those who would have hacked away
at our defense spending. Eastern Europe is free, Germany is
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reunified, ancient enemies are talking peace in the Middle East and
our own hemisphere, look south of our border, is almost totally
democratic, imperial communism is dead and buried and just last week
-- (applause) -- just last week, standing in the Rose Garden a
democratically-elected President of Russia stood with me in the ROSC
Garden as we announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cut in history.
(Applause.) And that is a sound record to take to the American
people.
And the doomsday clock and the bomb shelters and the
nightmares of our children, they're folding out of the picture, and
that's something to be proud of, that these kids tonight don't go to
bed with the same kind of fear of nuclear war. And let's take credit
for that change, and take that case to the American people.
(Applause.)
And let me just add this on the foreign side of things,
while the world has become more free, it is less certain. And the
Soviet bear may be a creature of the past, and it is -- imperial,
Soviet communism. But there are plenty of wolves out there, and you
know who they are. And this is no fantasy of some cold warrior;
these are the realities of the new world.
And from where I sit as President, I can see -- I can
survey the situation. And there are real differences here -- and
remember this one -- real differences with our opponents. And come
next November we're going to take it to the American people that
America is safe, but only as long as we remain strong. And as long
as I'm President, we are going to stay strong. (Applause.)
THE AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four
more years!
THE PRESIDENT: You know, Ronald Reagan -- thinking of
being safe -- as long as we're strong, my predecessor knew this all
along, President Reagan (applause) -- a picture of history has
been vindicated. And now we've built on this legacy. And our
actions in the Gulf -- don't listen to these revisionists, those that
sat on the sideline criticizing and now that are trying to turn
history around. Our actions in the Gulf proved that America will
stand up for its own interests. We will keep the wolves at bay. And
as long as I am President, aggression will not stand. (Applause.)
And some say, hey -- some say, how come the difference
between domestic policy, the difficulty to move things that we need
and want on the domestic scene compared to how things work abroad?
And the answer is, I did not have to get permission from some
subcommittee controlled by the Democrats to kick Saddam Hussein out
of Kuwait. (Applause.)
And when American lives are threatened, as they were in
Panama, we took action and we'd do it again -- to protect American
lives. (Applause.)
On the domestic scene, we've had some succésses up there
on Capitol Hill. It's been tough. Legislation, like our child care
act which said that parents, parents should raise the kids, not the
U.S. government -- (applause) -- the Clean Air Act that harnesses the
market forces for a cleaner environment, and we've got a great record
to take to the college campuses on the environment. We've spent $800
billion in the last 10 years, $1.2 trillion in the next,
to clean up the environment and keep this world safe and sound, and
we're going to do it. (Applause.) And we passed the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the most forward-looking piece of civil rights
legislation in the last few years, and it makes room -- it says to
the disabled, hey, you're going to be part of the mainstream -- not
kept out, not pushed aside. And take that one out there to the
college campuses and to the American people. (Applause.)
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And sometimes when you have a Congress controlled by
politically active Democrat liberals, you've got to keep -- you've
got to keep bad things from happening; and the record is, Bush: 30,
on these vetos, Congress: O. (Applause.)
Let me just say a word on the veto. It's tough
sometimes to stand up against what might be seemed and designated in
the papers as a popular position. But principle demands that a
President do what might not be popular, do what is principled, and I
believe that government should work for the people -- not the other
way around -- and the system is broken and we're going to fix it.
(Applause.)
And let me say this one. I think the Executive Branch
can stand some disciplining, and I know very well the Democratic-
controlled Congress could. So everybody in America knows that I've
proposed an amendment to force a balanced federal budget -- they know
I've fought for it -- the only presidential candidate to support it,
and I am not going to give up that fight. I need your help.
(Applause.)
It's just this simple: the government is too big and it
spends too much, and the American people know that, and the American
people are with us when I call for what 43 other governors have in
the states -- 43 governors -- and I'm saying: Give me the line-item
veto and give us a chance to cut down on this spending. (Applause.)
The taxpayers know how the budget gets busted -- an
arrogant, permanent Congress unaccountable. And the American people
are with us, and the time has come to limit the terms of the United
States Congress. (Applause.)
Another one we've got going for us -- and it's strong
and it's new and it's good -- and that is the total reform, a
revolution in American education. Almost half a trillion dollars is
spent at all levels on education each year. And does anyone think we
are getting our money's worth?
AUDIENCE: Nooooo!
THE PRESIDENT: of course not. And so while the
opposition stumbles along the beaten path with old ideas, we've come
out with a brand-new trail. America 2000 is the program, and it is
revolutionizing the way we'll educate our kids. (Applause.)
Today I sent up to the Congress the GI Bill for
Children, a bill to help low- and middle-income parents choose what
schools can best teach their kids. And school choice can be a
catalyst, the force behind a real revolution in our schools.
(Applause.) And the theory is this: Whether it's public, private or
religious, parents, not governments, will choose their children's
schools. (Applause.)
Not everyone's going to like what we're doing. And,
frankly, I'd have to wonder if some people did. Not everyone is
ready for these new ideas. And we're not going to discover new
horizons without the courage to lose sight of the shore; and we're
halfway there.
Our journey's not done. I've found that sometimes in
this job as President, you have to do something that's unpopular.
The person that's there must have a steady hand, must have a proper
temperament, must have an experienced eye, and must have some vision,
some knowledge of the waters ahead. And the American people know
that there's a flipside to change, and that is called trust. And I
believe I have been a President to earn the trust of the American
people. (Applause.)
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THE AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four
more years!
THE PRESIDENT: And the American people know this, too,
that we've got to ground our drive for change in some things that do
not or should not change -- things like values and family and faith.
And too many Americans now feel that the country's on the wrong
track. And how do we get it back on? We take the first step when we
put the American family first. And I am going to keep on fighting to
find ways to strengthen the American family. (Applause.)
The man who served as executive director of this
organization once said, "Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt
something stirring in American society. It was the sense among the
people of this country that something was missing from their lives,
something crucial. And my illness helped me to see what was missing
-- a little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee Atwater always had a
way of getting to the truth. And there are millions of American --
(applause) -- there are millions of Americans, ordinary citizens who
are guided by that truth. We call them Points of Light. And if
every light is a portrait of a person who lives it, they are signing
theirs with charity and goodwill. And they're the true heroes of
this country.
And government must not get in the way of what de
Toqueville found when he came to America was unique about America:
the propensity of one American to help another. When I talk about
kinder and gentler nation, that's what I mean. And many of you are
actively involved, in some way try to help your communities, your
neighborhood, your colleges or whatever it is. And people who feel
as we do on this, let me say the work is not finished, and neither is
ours. And this is an age of great, great -- (applause) -- great,
great change for America.
And let me end this way: November 3rd is so important.
These issues, these values that you and I share are the values that
most of the American people have. And so what we will do now is wait
for our convention to be over. I'll try to keep making decisions
that affect the welfare of America by moving through some legislation
that remains. But I can't wait for the day when that Republican
Convention is over, and I am going to roll up my sleeves with you at
my side, and we are going to go after those Democrats. (Applause.)
THE AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: Let's see, I'm thinking back -- for six
months I've stood out there as a spear-catcher for five Democrats and
now one Independent. And let me tell you, I know how to take it, but
I also know how to dish it out. And we haven't even begun yet.
(Applause.) We haven't even started. (Applause.) Five months --
five months of pounding in that political arena. And I have not yet
begun to fight, but when I do, with you at my side, we are going to
win on November 3rd. (Applause.)
Thank you all and God bless you. And God bless the
United States of America. Thank you very much.
END
3:23 P.M. EDT
(Grossman)
June 24, 1992
Draft Two
COLLEGE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
JUNE 25, 1992
OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
Tony Zagotta, your national chairman -- Tony has done a
terrific job. Thanks to him, the GOP truly is "the best party on
campus." I really envy you all: you're the only group I know
that could be one-hundred years young.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going's a little
rough, and it just might get rougher. But I want to let the
world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I start.
We've heard the drumbeat for change. We've even heard a
saxophone for change. But I have news for the liberal status
quo: This is the change. Give me four more years and a
Republican Congress and we'll have change all right: Republican
style.
Some have gotten so caught up in the moment that they've
forgotten the hour. So caught up in changing course, that
they've forgotten where they're headed. I know where I'm headed,
and I aim to take America along: to a future of good jobs fueled
by free trade and low taxes. A future where families stick
together and fathers stick around. To another American Century -
- a world of hard won peace and growing freedom.
Some would say this is a tall order. They're right. And
that's because my "vision" doesn't ride on the next election --
it rests on the next generation. In just the last four years,
2
the world as we have known it is gone. Our mission for the next
four years is to shape the next forty. This is a serious
responsibility -- requiring not just good intentions, but also
good judgment.
That is why this election must be a referendum on some big
ideas: what kind of economy we'll have in the next forty years -
- what kind of families -- what kind of world.
American blood, sweat and tears have changed the face of the
earth. American ideas have consequences. Today Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just last week
we put another nail in the coffin of the Cold War. Boris Yeltsin
and I announced the most sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history.
The doomsday clock, the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our
children -- that's all over now. And that's something to be damn
proud of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the past,
but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and you know
who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold Warrior -- these
are the realities of the new world, and from where I sit I can
survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and
come November we will take it to the people: America is safe as
long as America is strong. My predecessor, Ronald Reagan, knew
this all along -- and history has vindicated his vision. We have
built upon this legacy. Our actions in the Gulf proved that
3
America will defend its interests -- we will keep the wolves at
bay -- and as long as I am President: aggression will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is: we
can, and we will -- but I need a Congress that supports our
domestic offensive.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing free
market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans with
Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the American
mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad legislation with
the veto: it's Bush 30, Congress 0.
It's tough to use the veto -- even tougher to sustain it.
But I am a man of principle. So when the Congress hangs left --
George Bush will hang tough. I believe that government should
work for the people -- not the other way around. The system is
broken, and we've got a plan to fix it.
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force a
balanced federal budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
It's just this simple: Government is too big and spends too
much. The American people know that the President should have
what 43 governors have to control spending. They know I've
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called for it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be
with us -- America wants the President to have the Line-Item-
Veto.
The taxpayer knows how the budget gets busted. It's an
arrogant, permanent Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The
American people are with us -- the time has come to limit the
terms of Congress.
I'll give you the best argument for term limits yet: a
Congress that thinks it can spend its way out of any problem.
The Democrats accuse us of being stingy. Well I'll tell you
something: it sure is easy to be generous with other people's
money. The American people are tired of big spending, small
results, and big excuses.
Look at education: almost half a trillion dollars is spent
on education each year. Does anyone think we're getting our
money's worth? of course not. So while the opposition stumbles
along the beaten path, we've struck out to blaze a new trail.
America 2000 is revolutionizing the way we educate our kids. And
before we're done: whether it's public, private or religious,
parents -- not government -- will choose their children's
schools.
Now not everyone will like what we're doing. Frankly, I'd
have to wonder if some people did. Not everyone is ready for new
ideas. But we won't discover new horizons without the courage to
lose sight of the shore. We are halfway there -- our journey's
not done. The man who guides our progress must have courage, yes
5
-- but also a steady hand, an experienced eye, and a knowledge of
the waters ahead.
My friends, I am that man. The American people know that
there's a flip side to change -- it's called trust. They know
that we must ground our drive for change in the things that do
not change: things like values and family and faith. Too many
Americans feel that their country's on the wrong track. How do
we get it back on track? We take the first step when we put the
family first.
A man who served as your executive director once said this:
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring
in American society. It was a sense among the people of this
country
that something was missing from their lives, something
crucial
My illness helped me to see that what was missing
a
little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Lee always had a way of
getting to the truth.
There are millions of Americans, ordinary citizens, who are
guided by that truth. They are the Points of Light. If every
life is a portrait of the person who lives it, they are signing
theirs with charity and good will. They are the true heroes of
this country -- and government must not get in their way.
But their work is not finished, and neither is ours. This
is an age of great change for America -- that's what makes
November 3rd so important. I am ready, and I am counting on you.
We are in the fight of our lives, but it is worth the fight and
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we are in it to win. Thank you all, God bless you, and God bless
the United States of America.
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EXCERPTS FROM REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
COLLEGE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
The President's swift nomination of Judge David Souter to
the Supreme Court is just the latest example of his decisive
executive style. Judge Souter is a first-rate jurist, a public
servant of distinction and accomplishment, and a fair man.
There were no litmus tests involved in the choice, the
President selected an outstanding person for the job, someone who
will interpret our Constitution and our laws, and not try to
legislate from the bench.
Now it is up to the Senate to confirm Judge Souter. I am
hopeful my former colleagues will evaluate Judge Souter on the
merits and avoid rancorous partisanship.
I am disappointed, and we should all be disappointed, by the
reaction of some single-issue special interest groups. They
stand up and say, "If we don't know in advance that Judge Souter
is for us on our single issue, we oppose him."
I say -- no way. No litmus tests. No loyalty oaths to the
agendas of single issue special interest groups. A Justice must
be impartial and fair to all sides -- that's a key difference
between judging and legislating. It's wrong to seek a commitment
from a Justice before he hears a case.
I am hopeful the Senate will stand strong and not be
intimidated by these special interest groups. They must resist
this special interest group pressure and look at Judge Souter's
total record -- a record of fairness, integrity, and excellence.
And, when they do, I'm confident that the Senate will give its
consent to this outstanding jurist.
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Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1988 / Oct. 27
eath sen-
world. But George and I did all those
The President. I know some of you out
e are no
things, and I tell you proudly right now:
there can't read what this says. It says, "I'm
nore pre-
We'd both do every single one of them over
ho guard
a Bush hog." Hey, pig, sooey. Thank you all.
again.
d George
Ladies and gentlemen, America needs
the way.
Note: The President spoke at 10:36 a.m. at
the strength, the vision, and the true grit of
en signifi-
the Central Flying Service ramp at Little
George Bush and Dan Quayle. So, let's re-
and I put
Rock Airport. He was introduced by Repre-
member what Yogi Berra said: "It isn't over
.e a false
sentative John Paul Hammerschmidt. In his
till it's over"-no complacency or overconfi-
ar is the
dence. We need you to work. We need you
opening remarks, the President referred to
shut. Of
to vote. And if you would, I hope you'll
Mary Anne Stephens, cochairman of the Ar-
setts is a
help win just one more for the Gipper. But,
kansas Bush-Quayle Campaign Committee;
d only in
really, let's all do this for America.
Chesley Pruet, finance chairman of Victory
not even
Thank you, and God bless you all.
'88; and Edward Bethune, chairman of the
weekend
State Republican Party. Following his re-
thered to
[At this point, Representative Hammer-
schmidt gave the President a giant bumper
marks, the President traveled to Springfield,
MO.
sticker.]
st liberal
d sprung
the only
Remarks at a Republican Campaign Rally in Springfield, Missouri
hould be
October 27, 1988
itary and
believe?
The President. Thank you, John, and
they're right. And let me also say hello to
thank you for that great music to the Kicka-
another group I take a kind of personal in-
). So, on
poo Chiefs High School Band, the Bolivar
terest in, the College Republicans.
the polls
Liberators High School Band, and the
You know, I watched a certain debate a
1 Quayle.
Southwest Baptist University Bearcats Band.
couple of weeks ago. I don't often feel sorry
defense.
And let me say a special hello to Wayne
for liberals, but I came close. [Laughter] I
oring our
Newton; Tom Fowler-[applause]-to a
couldn't help thinking the problem with
ice again
great Congressman, Gene Taylor; and a
those fellows on the other side is not
orld, our
great future Congressman and author of
camera angles or lighting. It's not whether
nation is
Missouri's tax-limiting Hancock amend-
their candidate is likable or not. No, it's the
ies stood
ment, Mel Hancock; and one of America's
very thing that they've spent this campaign
pointing
best Governors, John Ashcroft. And let me
trying desperately to hide. When our liberal
And Mr.
say here that as we've worked to restore
did busi-
friends refuse even to whisper the "L"
respect for values and basics in our nation's
word and insist that this election is not
business.
schools, no Governor has done more to
about ideology, it's about competence,
blaze the trail than John Ashcroft.
they're just acknowledging that where they
e of this
And one other thing: As our administra-
want to take America, America doesn't
rals had
tion set America on the path of what is now
want to go.
1 no INF
the longest peacetime expansion on record
or demo-
But you know, the American people
and as we negotiated the first real reduc-
be. They
always have a way of figuring out the facts.
tion in U.S. and Soviet nuclear missiles in
defenses.
Our liberal friends have spent the last 3
world history, no one has been a better ally
the mis-
months trying to dress up their agenda in
in the Senate than Kit Bond or Jack Dan-
et threat.
our clothes, but somehow nothing fits.
forth.
Grenada.
When they say "opportunity," they mean
And I can't go any farther without a hello
"subsidies." When they say "reducing the
K against
to some fellows that I have a personal link
policy of
deficit," they mean "raising taxes." And
to at Southwest Missouri State-my brother
when they say "strong defense," they mean
amunism
TEEK's. When I first joined, they told me it
round the
"cut defense spending." No wonder their
was a fraternity for life, and I can see
favorite machine is the snowblower. They
1397
Oct. 27 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1988
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1988 / Oct. 27
talk about it being time for a change. Well,
The President. You're right. Yes, we've
Audience members. No!
Washington.
where have they been these last 8 years?
come a long way in the last 8 years, but, my
The President. You just made my day.
Do you want a Congress that will work
We are the change. We began it 8 years
friends, everything that you and I and
Yes, we've accomplished much these last 8
with George Bush, and not against him?
ago. And the choice this year is to go back
George Bush have worked for these last 8
years, but we could have accomplished
Audience members. Yes!
to the stagnant status quo of the past or to
years, everything, could be lost faster than
even more-including, I believe, balancing
The President. Do you want a new Con-
go forward with the change.
you can say gun control. [Laughter] The
the budget-if both Houses of Congress had
gress where the liberals are no longer run-
When George Bush and I took office,
liberals talk about reaching for the center,
been friendly. Ours is a system of three
ning the show?
America was in the worst economic crisis
but from the economy to national defense
equal branches of government. Two
Audience members. Yes!
since the Great Depression. High taxes and
they've taken positions only a McGovern
branches, the President and Congress, are
The President. Will you turn out and get
runaway regulations had driven our econo-
could love.
chosen by election. The third, the courts, is
your friends to turn out on election day and
my to its knees with a 1-2-3 combination of
We've achieved arms reduction agree-
chosen by the other two. When you vote for
send Mel Hancock to the House of Repre-
inflation, economic stagnation, and unem-
ments with the Soviets and a new warmth
a candidate for the House or Senate, you're
sentatives?
ployment. Well, we turned that around.
in relations not through weakness but
voting for the direction of the country and
Audience members. Yes!
Since our expansion began, we've created
through our policy of peace through
the world as much as when you're voting
over 18 million new jobs. That is more new
The President. Will you go vote and get
strength. You know, you'd think our liberal
for President.
jobs than Europe and Japan combined, and
your friends to go vote and keep George
friends would have learned from that. But
So, if we're going to keep the liberals out
they've got about 50 percent more people
Bush's friend and my friend, Jack Danforth,
not long ago former Defense Secretary
of the White House, shouldn't we ask: Since
in the United States Senate?
to work than we have. Today we're in the
James Schlesinger wrote that their ticket
we must ride two horses, Congress and the
Audience members. Yes!
longest peacetime economic expansion ever
this year seems to be, in his words, "viscer-
President, across every stream, shouldn't
recorded. We're exporting more than ever
they both be going in the same direction?
The President. Will you keep a friend of
ally antimilitary." They'd cut the B-1
before in our history. And a greater propor-
We don't want a President who would raise
ours in the Governor's chair-John Ash-
bomber. They'd cut the MX missiles, our
tion of Americans and a greater number of
strategic defense against ballistic missiles.
taxes. Why elect a Congress that would? We
croft? [Applause] And will you give him
Americans are at work today than ever
And if they had their way, and what they
don't want a big-spending President. Why
help he can rely on and make R.B. Grisham
before in the history of the United States of
proposed already, we would have to get rid
should we want a big-spending Congress?
part of that great statewide team?
America.
of two carrier battle groups in the Navy.
We don't want a President who would cut
Audience members. Yes! R.B.I R.B.I R.B.I
I was so surprised to find out a certain
our defenses. Why vote for a Congress that
The President. You know, what they say is
figure that I think you would be, too. When
Audience members. No! Nol No!
wants to do that?
true: This year Missouri is a must. So, you
I said that about this proportion of Ameri-
The President. You know, in fact, what
they plan for the Navy is so bad that by the
You know, I once belonged to the party
just make my day again.
cans, do you know that what the statisti-
of Harry Truman. I'll let you in on a little
I mentioned voting a few moments ago.
cians called the potential employment pool
time they get through, Michael may have to
row the boat ashore.
secret: I still do. I know it's often said that
Earlier this year I had the privilege of
is everyone, male and female, from 16 years
the once-proud party of Harry Truman is
doing something I never thought an Ameri-
of age on up, all the way. In other words,
Now, our liberal friends have promised
that come January the Reagan era is
dead and gone, that the left has taken over
can President would be able to do. There,
the total population of the United States
its leadership and now defines it, especially
at the Moscow summit, I stood at the
except those below age 16. Well, today 62.7
over-
its liberal leadership in Congress-an old
podium at the Moscow State University and
percent of that total population have jobs.
Audience members. Nol Nol Nol
label on a new and very different package.
spoke to those students there about the glo-
Between 1977 and 1981-I don't know
The President. their era will just
But you know something? The party of
ries of personal and individual freedom.
why I pick those years-laughter]-the real
be beginning. Let me ask you something,
Harry Truman couldn't be killed. Harry
Think of those students. Only if they're
income of the typical American family
and could you give me an answer loud
Truman's party believed in working Ameri-
very lucky and rise high in the Communist
dropped 7 percent. Since then, it's soared
enough so they can hear it all the way to
cans and in keeping America's defenses
Party will any of them have influence on
more than 10 percent. Now, think of what
Boston? Come January, do you want Wash-
strong and, yes, in "one nation under God."
the course of history that each American
reducing mortgage interest rates by over a
ington run by those whose only pledge of
And today the party that believes in that is
has by just walking into the voting booth.
third means to young families seeking to
allegiance is to more government and more
stronger than ever. It's called the Republi-
The race is still up for grabs. So, in clos-
purchase a new home. Think of what reduc-
spending, and who have never let the tax-
can Party.
ing, I'd just ask you to take history in your
ing inflation to a third of what it was means
payers' dollars out on furlough?
You see, the secret is: When we left the
hands. You and I work much too hard to
to families seeking to protect their life sav-
Audience members. No!
Democratic Party-or when they left-I
cut your taxes to let our opponents come
ings. And think of what our tax reduction
The President. Do you want our foreign
should say, took over the Democratic Party,
into office and raise them all over again. So,
program has meant to families, most of
policy in the hands of those who criticized
then we took over the Republican Party.
on November 8th, go into that polling
whom now pay a top rate of only 15 per-
our rescue mission in Grenada and our
So, yes, today Harry Truman's party is the
booth and do some negative campaigning of
cent. Yes, what you heard in a recent
strike on Libya and who always, always
Republican Party, and it's time to give that
your own-the right kind of negative cam-
debate, I've heard echoed in my talks with
blame America first?
party a bigger stick in the Congress and cut
paigning. Say no to new taxes, and say yes
the leaders of many other nations. Today
Audience members. No!
the liberals down to size.
to the Republican ticket. And if you don't
they tell me the United States of America is
The President. I guess what I'm asking is:
So, let me ask you one or two more ques-
mind one last personal request: Win one for
the envy of the world.
Do you want the liberals in control in
tions, and again, I hope you'll shout your
the Gipper!
Audience members. U.S.A.I U.S.A.! U.S.A.I
Washington?
answers so they can be heard all the way to
Thank you, and God bless you all.
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provisions of that Act, of other Acts affect-
terminate the increased duties imposed by
in
ing import treatment, and of actions taken
this Proclamation upon publication in the
thereunder. Section 1204(b) of the Omnibus
Federal Register of his determination that
of
Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 re-
such action is in the interest of the United
quires that I proclaim such modifications to
States.
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
(4)(a) The modifications to the TSUS
United States (HTS), as enacted in section
made by Annex I to this Proclamation are
1204 of that Act, as are necessary or appro-
effective with respect to articles entered, or
priate to implement the applicable provi-
withdrawn from warehouse for consump-
sions of statutes enacted, executive actions
tion, on or after the 10th day after the date
taken, and final judicial decisions rendered,
of signature of this Proclamation.
after January 1, 1988, and before the effec-
(b) The modifications to the HTS made by
tive date of the HTS.
Annex II to this Proclamation are effective
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, Presi-
with respect to articles entered, or with-
dent of the United States of America, acting
drawn from warehouse for consumption, on
under the authority vested in me by the
or after January 1, 1989.
Constitution and statutes of the United
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
States, including but not limited to sections
my hand this twentieth day of October, in
301 and 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
amended, and section 1204 of the Omnibus
eighty-eight, and of the Independence of
Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, do
the United States of America the two hun-
dred and thirteenth.
proclaim that:
(1) Subpart B of part 2 of the Appendix to
RONALD REAGAN
the TSUS is modified as provided in Annex
I to this Proclamation.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis-
(2) Chapter 99 of the HTS is modified as
ter, 11:14 a.m., October 21, 1988]
provided in Annex II to this Proclamation.
Note: The annexes to the proclamation were
(3) The United States Trade Representa-
printed in the "Federal Register" of October
tive is authorized to suspend, modify, or
24.
Remarks at a Republican Campaign Rally in Raleigh, North Carolina
October 21, 1988
The President. Thank you very much,
numbered in a big way.
and, Governor Jim, thank you very much.
That reminds me of a story-when you're
And a very good morning to all of you. And
my age, everything reminds you of a story.
having had a few minutes here to look at
[Laughter] You know, in those previous
some of the signs, there's a lot of talent
here that could be used on political com-
times, there was a Tarheel who was running
for office as a Republican. And he was out
mercials. And a special hello to Jim Broyhill
in the rural area, and he saw a farm there
and Jim Holshouser, Jesse Helms, Jack
Hawke, and Jim Gardner.
and decided to step in and do a little cam-
You know, it's a real pleasure to come
paigning. And he announced who he was to
here to Raleigh and drive in the gold spike
the farmer, who said, "Well, wait right here
for Express '88, the train that'll take us all
till I get Ma. She's never seen a Republican
the way to victory on November 8th. It's
before." [Laughter] But while he was gone
quite a treat for an old hand like me be-
getting Ma, the candidate looked around for
cause I remember when being a Republican
something. He thought he'd give them a
in North Carolina felt like being Gary
little speech and looked for something in
Cooper in "High Noon"-|laughter-out-
the nature of a platform. And all he could
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find was a pile of that stuff Bess Truman
of limited government, economic growth,
took 35 years getting Harry to call fertilizer.
individual opportunity, a strong defense,
[Laughter] And there he was, ready to
firmness with the Soviets, and always,
speak, and when they came back, he gave
always, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of
them a little Republican pitch. When he
the United States."
was finished, the farmer said, "That's the
When we took office 8 years ago, Amer-
first Republican speech I ever heard." And
ica was in the worst economic crisis since
the candidate said, "That's the first time I
the Great Depression. We turned that
ever made a speech from a Democratic
around, and since our expansion began,
platform." [Laughter]
we've created over 18 million new jobs.
Well, that's in the past now. North Caroli-
That's almost 2½ times as many as Europe
na is a leader, a pathfinder, as this country
and Japan combined. We've reduced the
travels down the road toward the future.
unemployment rate to a 14-year low and
And I'm here to help that future along,
presided over the greatest flowering of new
from the statehouse to the courthouse. Be-
businesses and new technology in the histo-
cause what North Carolina has been teach-
ry of the world. And today a greater pro-
ing this nation is that the future has an
portion of our potential work force is em-
honest face, a good face, a conservative
ployed than ever before in the history of
face. It's a future in which a responsible
the United States of America.
President will deal with a responsible Con-
gress that seeks to enhance our strength at
Let me explain something that perhaps
home and abroad. And that, my friends,
many of you might not be aware of. You
means a more conservative Congress. And
know, the figure for the rate of unemploy-
on November 8th, that goal will be met
ment-well, of course, there are always
when the great people of North Carolina go
people between jobs or looking for a new
to the polls and send great congressional
one, or new entrants into the job force-but
candidates like Tom Fetzer and Lyons
that isn't the figure that counts. The so-
Gray, Ted Blanton and Charles Taylor to
called potential employment pool in the
Washington.
United States is considered to be everyone,
It's a future of peace through strength,
male and female, from age 16 on up, all the
and prosperity through liberty, personified
way. That is what they consider the poten-
by the man I believe will be the next Presi-
tial pool. Well, for the first time in our his-
dent of the United States: George Bush.
tory, 62.7 percent of that body of citizenry
The opposition can say that ideology and
are employed in jobs in the United States
values don't matter. The opposition can try
today.
to hide what they believe. Wasn't George
Look at Jim Martin's North Carolina. The
Bush right when he said that the opposition
economy grew at a rate of almost 6 percent
is over there in left field, they're out of the
in 1987; the lowest yearly unemployment
mainstream of American politics, and their
rate in 9 years; and last year, over 120,000
policies can only be described by the dread-
new jobs statewide. And for the first 9
ed "L" word: Liberal, liberal, liberal! [Ap-
months of 1988, the unemployment rate is
plause]
the lowest it's been since 1973. In fact, sev-
Now, from top to bottom, from President
eral corporations from a well-known State
to Congress to local office, especially here
up north-it's a place called Massachu-
in North Carolina, this is what is at stake.
setts-[laughter-have been moving some
This election this year is a referendum on
of their business and operations out of the
liberalism. The choice before the American
Northeast and down here to the Research
people this year is just as clear as it was in
Triangle. Now, how's that for high-tech Tar-
1980 and 1984: a choice between, on the
heel know-how? [Laughter]
one hand, policies of tax and spend, eco-
Of course, you know that the Research
nomic stagnation, international weakness,
Triangle Park is also home to one of our
accommodation, and from Grenada to
most distinguished Americans. And just this
Libya, always, always "blame America
week-I know he is here in the place
first"; and, on the other hand, the policies
today-he was awarded the Nobel Prize for
1362
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1988 / Oct. 21
Medicine. And he's with us here: Dr.
cious than the men and women who guard
George Hitchings.
us-our State and local police. And George
And now, what we've done with the
Bush and I stand behind them.
economy is very important, and it must
But what about the liberals? They oppose
continue, but what we believe in is much
the death penalty. They oppose it absolute-
more than that. Our greatest treasure as a
ly and in every case. And sometimes they
nation is our precious moral heritage, the
seem to care more about the rights of
basic values of faith and family that make
criminals than the rights of victims. And if
ours a great nation. It's the power of the
you ask me, we don't need to see the job of
family that holds the nation together and
the police made any tougher by the kind of
that gives America her conscience and that
furloughing of first-degree murderers, even
serves as the cradle of our country's soul.
those ineligible for parole, that we've seen
I've often said there really are only two
in the State of Massachusetts. That State has
things the liberals don't understand: the
the most liberal prison program since Billy
things that change and the things that don't
the Kid sprung the Lincoln County jail.
change. [Laughter] The economy, technolo-
[Laughter]
gy-these things change. But America's
Besides. fighting crime and restoring our
basic moral and spiritual values-they don't
economy, we also went to work on our na-
change.
tion's defenses. We're once again respected
Now, let me just give you an example of
in the world. Our Armed Forces are strong,
the difference between our values and
and America is at peace. We and our NATO
theirs. The liberals recently proposed a
allies stood firm in the face of Soviet mis-
Federal child-care assistance program.
siles pointing at the heart of Europe and
Sounds all right so far. But under their pro-
Asia. And Mr. Gorbachev got the message.
gram, if you want assistance and wish to
He did business because he knew we meant
leave your children with their grandmoth-
business. And we still mean business.
ers, the grandmothers would have to be li-
Now, I know that, here and there, there
censed by the Federal Government.
have been some people concerned that
Audience members. Booo!
The President. Now, one of the liberal
maybe our making some progress with
them means that I've turned somehow
congressional staff members behind the bill
was asked by a reporter-after I said that
inside myself and perhaps not being as
the first time-was that true? And the reply
watchful as I should be about our Soviet
came that, well, of course, it's true. After
neighbors. And that's not true. I just have
all-and here's his quote-"How else can
one slogan that guides me. It's an old Amer-
you design a program that receives Federal
ican slogan: Trust everybody, but cut the
funds?" [Laughter] Licensing grandmoth-
cards. [Laughter]
ers-can you believe that? [Laughter] The
But none of this, my friends, none of this
next thing you know, they'll say that barbe-
could have happened if the liberals had
cuing ribs is an environmental hazard.
their way. There would have been no INF
[Laughter]
treaty or rollback in Afghanistan or demo-
Another area where we differ is crime.
cratic revolutions around the globe. They
We've appointed serious-minded judges
opposed rebuilding our military defenses.
who respect the Constitution and know the
They opposed the deployment of the mis-
meaning of the word punishment. Violent
siles in Europe to counter that Soviet
crime has fallen significantly since 1981 be-
threat. They opposed the liberation of Gre-
cause we put criminals on notice: Make a
nada. They opposed the raid on terrorist
false move and the next sound you hear is
Libya. They oppose our policy of helping
the clang of a jail cell door closing. George
freedom fighters advance the cause of liber-
Bush and I also believe that a crack dealer
ty around the world. Well, Vice President
with a machinegun who murders a police
Bush and I did all those things, and I tell
officer in the line of duty should receive the
you proudly right now: We'd both do every
death penalty. If you ask me, there are no
single one of them over again.
Americans braver and no citizens more pre-
And there's something else we've done
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Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1988 / Oct. 21
that I'm particularly proud about. And
political guerrilla war for the next 4 years to
that's pushing ahead in our efforts to pro-
I'll go back to something else. I've got a
you're running our country." And the Rus-
tect the United States and the world from
block the policies that the American people
nasty habit now and a new hobby. It isn't a
sian said, "I can do that." The American
have chosen at the ballot box. That's what
the threat of a nuclear attack by means of
part of the speech, but I just can't help-I
said, "You can?" He says, "Yes. I can go into
our program called SDI, the Strategic De-
the liberal Democrats have been doing in
fense Initiative. Now, a lot of the research
Congress for the last 8 years. Keeping the
am collecting jokes that I can find are writ-
the Kremlin, in the General Secretary's
ten by people in the Soviet Union, and they
office, pound his desk, and say, 'Mr. Gener-
into SDI goes on around here in the Re-
liberal Democrats in control of Congress is
are told among themselves. And it reveals a
al Secretary, I don't like the way President
search Triangle area. And, ladies and gen-
a certain formula for governmental gridlock
and political paralysis.
great deal about their sense of humor, but
Reagan's running his country. [Laughter]
tlemen, we've been so successful, so wildly
Let me take an opinion poll of my own.
also about the sort of cynicism with regard
Well, thank you all, and God bless you all.
successful, in our research and advances
When you vote Republican at the top of the
to their system. And every once in a
that we've slashed an incredible $46 bil-
ticket, will you also make sure to vote for
while-before I leave and get some people
Note: The President spoke at 11:05 a.m. at
lion-that's almost half-off the projected
the "Tiptop Tarheel Seven": Howard Coble,
like you together, I like to tell you one of
the Raleigh Civic Center. He was intro-
cost of our most promising freedom. And
duced by Gov. James Martin. In his re-
Alex McMillan, Cass Ballenger, and once
those jokes. I told a couple to Gorbachev,
that's with funding levels I barely consider
marks, the President referred to James Broy-
adequate to the task ahead. All I can say is
again Tom Fetzer, Lyons Gray, Ted Blan-
and he laughed. [Laughter] But there are
hill, former Senator from North Carolina;
ton, and Charles Taylor? [Applause] And
some I can't tell him; it would be tactless to
one word: Wow! [Laughter] Let me assure
James Holshouser, former Governor of
you of this: SDI is no fantasy-it's a reality.
will you make sure to vote for a great guy
tell him. [Laughter]
North Carolina; Senator Jesse Helms; Jack
who's running for Lieutenant Governor,
But one I did tell him-and I'll repeat to
And it's going to shape the future as long as
Hawke, chairman of the State Republican
there's a Republican in the White House.
Jim Gardner? [Applause] Will you make
you-is this joke has an American and a
Party; James Gardner, candidate for Lieu-
But there's even more that we must do.
sure to cast your ballot for Sam Wilson for
Russian arguing about their systems. And
tenant Governor; and Representatives
We must go to battle to take the Hill-
attorney general? [Applause] They all need
the American said, "Look, I can go into the
Howard Coble, J. Alex McMillan, and Cass
Capitol Hill, that is. You know that, like
you, and America needs them. Remember,
Oval Office and pound the President's desk,
Ballenger. Following his remarks, the Presi-
many of you, I'm a former Democrat. And
it takes the President and Congress working
and say, 'Mr. President, I don't like the way
dent traveled to Bowling Green, KY.
it's often said that the once-proud Demo-
together to move America forward. So, if
cratic Party of F.D.R. and Harry Truman is
we have to ride two horses at once,
dead and gone; that the Democratic Party
shouldn't they both be headed in the same
has been taken over by the left; that the
direction? [Applause]
Remarks at a Republican Campaign Rally in Bowling Green,
departure from the mainstream, which we
So, that's what's on the line this year and
began to see at their 1968 convention, now
why the thousands of you here today-each
Kentucky
defines the party at the national level, espe-
and every one of you-have a responsibility
October 21, 1988
cially the liberal leadership in Congress. But
to get the truth out all across the Tarheel
there's something you should know. The
State. Ladies and gentlemen, America
The President. Thank you, and thank you
but you know something? I wasn't. I've
party of F.D.R. and Harry Truman couldn't
needs the strength, the vision, and the true
for that great music to the Bowling Green
worked more closely with George Bush
be killed. The party that represents people
grit of George Bush, Jim Martin, and the
High School Band, the Warren Central
these two terms than with any other
like you and me, that represents the majori-
"Tiptop Tarheel Seven." Express '88 is
Band, the Warren East Band, the Allen
member of the administration. I have seen
ty of Americans-this party hasn't disap-
ready to leave the station, and it's time to
County Scotsville Band, the Muhlenburg
him keep a cool head in hot crises. I've seen
peared. The fact is, we're stronger than
tell all of America to come aboard.
Central Band, and of course the Western
his leadership and vision. I've given him
ever.
Now, I'm going to stick my neck out here
You see, the secret is that when the left
Kentucky University Marching Band. Let
some of the most sensitive and difficult
and say something that maybe would have
me say a special hello to Glen Campbell;
tasks that we've had, and he's never let me
took over the Democratic Party leadership,
you think I'm sticking my nose in your busi-
President Tom Meredith; Bob Gable; a
or the country down.
we took over the Republican Party. We
ness. But having been a Governor for 8
made the Republican Party into the party
great former Governor of your State, Louie
Audience members. Bush! Bush! Bush!
years, and having had the advantage of the
of working people; the family; the neigh-
Nunn; and a great United States Senator-
The President. All right. I once said that
line-item veto-which I used 932 times and
borhood; the defense of freedom; and, yes,
who, unfortunately, had to stay in Washing-
he's a great Vice President, but I know and
was never overridden once-I have a sug-
"one nation under God." So, you see, the
ton and battle for the things that are right
I've seen that didn't come easily. George
gestion for all of you: Get these people I've
party that so many of us grew up with still
today on this last day of the session-Mitch
Bush is a man of action; he's a man accus-
mentioned here by name in office and get
exists, except today it's called the Republi-
McConnell. And let me also say hello to a
tomed to command. And the Vice Presiden-
to the point where you can add a little
can Party. And I'm asking all of you to
group I take a kind of personal interest in:
cy doesn't fit easily on such a man. But
something to your Governor's power and
come home and join me.
the College Republican Club. It's great to
George Bush is also a patriot. And so, he
give him, first of all, the right of veto itself,
I say come home because the liberal lead-
be back in the Bluegrass State and here in
made it fit, and he served with a distinction
which he presently does not have. And then
ership in Washington has replaced the idea
Red Towel Territory.
that no one has ever matched.
you can stick that other line in front of it
of checks and balances with a philosophy of
about "line-item" also. So far we haven't
You know, I watched a certain debate the
George Bush knows the importance of
adversarial government. Now, when they
been able to get it.
other night. I don't often feel sorry for lib-
the values expressed in the Pledge of Alle-
lose in the national election, they fight a
erals, but I came close. Now, he may have
giance. He cares that the courts won't allow
Let me just say to you here-you know,
been surprised at George Bush's strength,
children in public schools to open their day
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Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1988 / Nov. 1
Note: The exchange began at 11:04 a.m. in
Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
minds you of a story. This is a story that
since the Great Depression. High taxes and
the International Ballroom at the Beverly
happens to be about one of our intelligence
runaway regulations were driving America's
agencies in Washington. They had an agent,
families to their knees, pounding them with
a spy, who was over in a little town in
a 1-2-3 combination of inflation, economic
Ireland, and they had to make contact with
stagnation, and unemployment. We turned
Remarks at a Republican Campaign Rally in Fullerton, California
him. And they called in another agent and
that around.
November 1, 1988
told him he was to go there and contact this
Since our expansion began, we have cre-
man. The man's name would be Murphy.
ated over 18 million new jobs. That is more
And he said, "Your recognition so that he'll
The President. You are living proof of
other member of the administration. I have
new jobs than Europe and Japan combined.
know who you are is that you say, 'It's a
something that I have said over and over
seen him keep a cool head in hot crises. I've
And overall, job for job, those jobs pay
beautiful day today, but it'll be a better one
again: Orange County is where the good
better than the jobs that existed before our
seen his leadership and vision.
tomorrow.' And then he was on his way.
Republicans go before they die. But, thank
expansion began. Today we're in the long-
I've given him some of the most sensitive
you, Dr. Cobb. And thank you for that great
Well, he got to this little town, and he fig-
est peacetime economic expansion ever re-
and difficult tasks that we've had, and he's
music, both here and outdoors.
ured the best place to start his search was
corded. We're exporting more than ever
Let me say a special hello to Governor
never let me or the country down. When
in the pub. So, he went into the pub and up
before in our history. And a greater propor-
Deukmejian, Gabe Kaplan, Bob Naylor,
you ask who led the fight to lift excessive
to the bar and said to the bartender,
tion of our potential work force and a great-
Congressmen Bill Dannemeyer and Bob
regulations off of the shoulders of America's
"Where would I find a man named
er number of Americans are at work today
Dornan, and to two future Congressmen
economy or who reassured our allies about
Murphy?"
deployment of INF missiles and set the
than ever before in the history of the
who have already given invaluable service
And the bartender said, "If it's Murphy
United States of America.
to their country in helping to make our
stage for the INF treaty or who ran the
the bootmaker you want, he's in the second
administration a success. I could always
initial policy meetings that led to our rescue
floor of the building across the street. And
Let me explain that term "potential work
count on Chris Cox to push our agenda for-
of Grenada, or when you ask which candi-
if it's Murphy the farmer you want, he's a
force" to you. That is considered by the
ward and to keep his sights on why we
date for President is on your side and
half a mile down the road-the farm on the
statisticians to be everyone in the United
were in Washington. And what can I say
America's side: George Bush is that man.
left." "And," he said, "my name is
States, male and female, 16 years of age and
about Dana Rohrabacher? Well, for 20 years
George Bush knows the importance of
Murphy." And the agent said, "Well, it's a
up, all the way, including the retirees and
the values expressed in the Pledge of Alle-
beautiful day today, but it'll be better to-
all. Today 62.7 percent of that pool of
he was at my side in every campaign. In
giance. He cares that the courts won't allow
morrow." And the bartender said, "Oh, it's
Americans are employed.
Washington, every one of my fights was his
fight. I've watched him grow from a boy to
Murphy the spy you want." [Laughter]
Think of what this means to you when
children in public schools to open their day
Well, you know the facts, and so do the
you leave school. There'll be jobs and op-
a man, and I'm proud of him. So, please,
with a simple, silent, voluntary prayer. He
believes that we must have judges on our
American people. Our liberal friends have
portunities waiting for you. It's a good time
please give two great new Congressmen to
America: Chris Cox and Dana Rohrabacher.
courts who interpret the law and don't try
spent the last 3 months trying to dress up
to begin a career and maybe get married to
their agenda in our clothes-and now in
that special someone and start a family. Per-
And let me also say hello to a group I
to legislate and who care not just about the
take a kind of personal interest in: the Col-
rights of criminals but about those of the
Harry Truman's clothes or F.D.R.'s
haps now or in a few years, you'll want to
victims of crime. That's why I want the
clothes-but somehow nothing fits.
start your own business. Well, it's a great
lege Republican Club. But there's also some
Audience members. We want Mike! We
time for that, too. Think of how lucky you
others here I've noticed. You won't mind if
next President of the United States to be
want Mikel We want Mikel
are not to have graduated in the late seven-
I recognize my fraters in Tau Kappa Epsi-
George Bush.
But as I listened to George Bush and his
The President. You see, his supporters
ties when things looked so different. Think
lon, because I'm a TEEK.
can't even find the right meeting. Well,
of how lucky you are to be graduating in
Somebody asked why I've come here
opponent debate, I couldn't help thinking
the problem with those fellows on the other
now, when they say "opportunity," they
our country and not some other country.
today. Well, that's easy. I like great teams
side is not camera angles or lighting; it's not
mean subsidies. When they say "reducing
What you heard in a recent debate I've
and I couldn't think of any greater one than
the Titans.
the deficit," they mean raising the taxes.
heard echoed in my talks with the leaders
whether their candidate is likable or not.
Audience members. Booo!
of many other nations: Today the United
Now, before I go any further, I have a
No, it's the very thing that they've spent
The President. And when they say "strong
States of America is the envy of the world.
special message from my roommate: Please,
this campaign trying desperately to hide.
defense," they mean cut defense spending.
Yes, we've come a long way in the last 8
for your families, for your friends, for your
When our liberal friends refuse, until the
You know, it's no wonder their favorite ma-
years, but, my friends, everything that you
country, and most of all, for yourselves-
last week of the campaign, even to whisper
chine is the snowblower. They talk about it
and I and George Bush have worked for in
just say no to drugs.
the "L" word and insist that this election is
You know, I watched a certain debate a
not about ideology, it's about competence,
being time for a change. Well, where have
these last 8 years, everything, could be lost
couple of weeks ago. I don't often feel sorry
they been the last 8 years? We are the
faster than you can say furlough. Now, our
they're just acknowledging that where they
for liberals, but I came close. Now, he may
change. We began it 8 years ago. And the
opponents say they're in the tradition of
want to take America, America doesn't
have been surprised at George Bush's
choice this year is to go forward with the
F.D.R., Harry Truman, and John Kennedy;
want to go.
strength, but you know something? I
change or to go back to the stagnant status
but from the economy to national defense,
The American people always have a way
wasn't. I've worked more closely with
of figuring out the facts. And that reminds
quo of the past.
they've taken positions only a McGovern
George Bush these two terms than with any
When George Bush and I took office,
could love. They're so far out in left field
me of a story. At my age, everything re-
America was in the worst economic crisis
that not even Kirk Gibson could hit a ball
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Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1988 / Nov. I
that deep. And don't be fooled, folks,
The President. Now, after I first said that,
The President. while the number of
George Bush's opponent is no Harry
a reporter called one of the congressional
far don't show up at the polls to vote. With
Truman-
staffers behind that bill and asked if it was
manufacturing jobs nationally grew-more
so many years ahead, you have a big stake
Audience members. We want Mikel We
manufacturing jobs nationally-manufactur-
in this election.
true-that grandmothers would have to get
want Mikel We want Mikel
ing jobs lost in Massachusetts. Would you
Federal licenses to take care of their own
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of
The President. he's no F.D.R.
tell me, and shout it loud and clear, who's
grandchildren. And the reply came, yes, of
doing something I never thought an Ameri-
When the leadership of today's Democratic
on your side: that fellow or George Bush?
course, it's true. After all-and. here's the
can President would be able to do. There,
Audience members. Bush! Bush! Bush!
Party took that party over, I was a Demo-
quote-"How else can you design a pro-
in the Soviet Union, in the Lenin Hills, I
crat, and a lot of you probably were. Well,
The President. I can see I'm speaking to a
gram that receives Federal funds?"
spoke to students at Moscow State Universi-
we took the other party over, and it's now
well-educated audience. Let's try one more.
Audience members. Boool
ty; and my speech was about the glories of
the party of Harry Truman and F.D.R.
The Federal deficit fell by more than $65
human individual freedom. Now, think of
The President. Licensing grandmothers—
billion between 1986 and 1988 while the
Not long ago, former Defense and
can you believe it? But doesn't that tell all
those students. Only if they're lucky and
Energy Secretary James Schlesinger, who
top tax rate was cut from 50 percent to 28
the difference between our two philoso-
rise high in the Communist Party will any
has served in both Democratic and Republi-
percent. Meanwhile, a certain New Eng-
one of them have influence on the course of
can administrations, wrote that their ticket
phies? When they say "family," they mean
land State's spending has risen 61.7 percent
this year seems to be, in Secretary Schlesin-
Big Brother in Washington. When we say
history that each American has by just walk-
since George Bush's opponent took office in
ing into the voting booth.
ger's words, "viscerally antimilitary."
"family," we mean honor thy father and
1983-double the rate of increase in Feder-
mother.
So, let me ask you one or two more ques-
They'd cut the B-1 bomber, the mobile
al spending. And the Bank of Boston fore-
tions. And I'm asking you for a commit-
MX, our strategic defense against ballistic
Hearing all this, maybe it won't surprise
casts a deficit for the State as high as $750
missiles, and they would eliminate two car-
you that this year we have an opposition
million for 1989, despite the enactment of
ment, so if you shout yes, be sure you mean
rier battle groups from the Navy. In fact,
candidate for President whose appointees to
$180 million in additional State taxes and
it. This November, will you show up at the
polls to vote?
what they plan for the Navy is so bad that
his State's supreme court have been de-
fees. Lower tax rates, lower deficits nation-
Audience members. Yes!
when they get through Michael may have
scribed, in the words of legal authorities
ally; higher taxes, bigger deficits in that
to row the boat ashore.
who've studied their record, as "fervent
State-tell me again even louder, the one
The President. Will you also-and this
Yes, it's the same Carter-Mondale liberal
proponents of the liberal social agenda com-
who's on your side: Is it that other fellow or
goes for even you who are too young to
agenda they're pushing: less defense, more
mitted to imposing it through judicial
George Bush?
vote-get your friends to show up at the
big government. For example, as part of
decree." They have opposed the death pen-
Audience members. Bush!
polls to vote?
their
The President. Well, all right. Yes, George
Audience members. Yes!
alty and opposed mandatory sentences for
Audience members. We want Bush! We
drug dealers. They believe that directing
Bush is the one, and the only one, who's on
The President. Will you vote to elect Don
want Bush! We want Bushl
teachers to lead classes in the Pledge of
your side. And that's not negative cam-
Knabe and Curt Pringle to the State legisla-
The President. You know—
Allegiance is unconstitutional and have
paigning: That's the truth.
ture?
Audience members. We want Bush! We
voted to strike down a ban on child pornog-
Now, our friends on the other side have
Audience members. Yes!
want Bush! We want Bushl
raphy.
promised that come January the Reagan era
The President. Will you vote to end 34
The President. And you're going to have
Audience members. Boool
is over, and their era will be just beginning.
years of liberal control of the House of Rep-
him. You know, if they'd shut up and listen,
Well, let me ask you something else, and
resentatives and to elect Chris Cox and
The President. Well, I've appointed very
again: Could you give me an answer loud
Dana Rohrabacher and reelect Bill Danne-
they'd learn where George was. You know,
different Justices to the United States Su-
every time this happens, I wonder if some
preme Court, and so will George Bush. It's
enough so they can hear it all the way to
meyer and Bob Dornan?
of the people who are doing that realize
just this simple: We Californians know that
Boston? Come January, do you want Wash-
Audience members. Yes!
that maybe if they had their way about the
the U.S. Supreme Court must never come
ington run by those whose only pledge of
The President. You know I said 34 years. I
government people wouldn't be able to do
to resemble the California Supreme Court
allegiance is to more government and more
was being easy on you-counting this year,
what they're doing.
before the voters rose up and said,
spending and who have never let the tax-
58. For 58 years, the other party has con-
Audience members. Ronniel Ronniel
"Enough!" And in that, as in so many other
payers' dollars out on furlough?
trolled the House of Representatives.
battles, George Bush is on our side. That's
Audience members. No!
Audience members. Booo!
Ronniel
The President. All right. Okay. Well, now,
where George is.
The President. Okay. Do you want our
The President. Except for 2 years during
for that other party, and for an example of
Now, George's opponent says this is nega-
foreign policy in the hands of those who
Harry Truman, every Democratic President
criticized our rescue mission in Grenada
their so-called profamily agenda, they pro-
tive campaigning. We don't do negative
in more than half a century has had a
pose Federal child-care assistance. A little
campaigning. We tell them the truth, and
and our strike on Libya and who always,
Democratic Congress. Well, except for 2
while ago, I told an audience that under
they think it's negative campaigning.
always blame America first?
years in Ike's term, every Republican Presi-
Audience members. Nol
this proposal if parents want assistance and
You've heard that George's opponent says
dent but me has had a Democratic Con-
they also want to leave their child with his
he's on your side, but you know better.
The President. You just made my day.
gress. I was lucky enough to have for 6
or her grandmother the grandmother will
Massachusetts has lost more than 90,000
This election campaign is not over. And the
years a majority in the Senate. And that
have to be licensed by the Federal Govern-
manufacturing jobs since 1984, the years
only poll that means a thing is the one on
majority is what made it possible for us to
that he has been in office
election day. And that's why it's so impor-
ment.
bring about the recovery that we've
Audience members. Boool
Audience members. Boool
tant for you to vote. It's disturbing to me
brought about. So, vote to return Pete
that so many of America's young people so
Wilson to the United States Senate. And of
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course, will you vote for George Bush?
will you go out there and win one for the
from this area
Audience members. Yes!
Gipper?
openly about 0]
The President. You just keep on making
Audience members. Yes!
ing than any C
my day. Almost a quarter century ago, we
The President. Thank you all very much-
he's been in Wa
Californians began a crusade for a stronger,
almost you all. Thank you, and God bless
years.
braver, freer land. We've fought side by
you all.
Audience men
side ever since. And Nancy and I have been
The President.
grateful for all the support that we've re-
Note: The President spoke at 10:10 a.m. in
a question: Is t
ceived. Right now my theme song all over
the gymnasium at California State Univer-
good people of S
Washington is "California Here I Come."
sity. He was introduced by Jewel Plummer
Audience men.
And in January, I hope everyone here at
Cobb, president of the university. In his re-
The President.
home will open up those Golden Gates and
marks, the President referred to actor Gabe
Bernardino need
welcome us back. But until then, you and I
Kaplan; Robert Naylor, chairman of the
his constituents
still have work to do. As Yogi Berra said: "It
State Republican Party; and Kirk Gibson, a
stands that his C
isn't over 'till it's over." And ours is one
member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fol-
and fight for fr
crusade that continues in full swing. So, if I
lowing his remarks, the President traveled
one guy in this
could ask you one time: On election day,
to San Bernardino.
you will agree wi
next Congressma
John Paul Stark.
Now, the liber
Remarks at a Republican Campaign Rally in San Bernardino,
our side. Well, ]
California
they were-said
when that happ
November 1, 1988
them loud and cle
We've been sla
The President. Thank you very much,
Audience members. Reagan! Reagan!
ing the American
George. You've been a great Governor, and
Reagan!
cation of the "n
this fall you've been a terrific quarterback
The President. Thank you. But you know,
came into office,
for the Republican team. And I'd like to
I'll feel just fine about leaving Washington
reeling from tax
add a special thank you to seven of the best
because nobody knows better than I do just
this nation's initia
darn high school bands in America. You did
how capable are those two hands I expect
money out of the
yourselves proud. Now, will you promise
will be taking the wheel come the 20th of
Washington burea
me you'll do all of America proud and just
January. I can't think of a man alive today
the wallets of the
say no to drugs? [Applause] Well, now you
who's more prepared to take a hold of
confiscated it in t
just did me proud.
America's gearshift, rev up America's
ing men and wom
I have a special hello to Frank Visco,
engine, and then downshift into America's
Since our expans
David Dreier, Jerry Lewis, John Paul Stark,
future than my good friend and valued col-
more than 18 milli
Tom Hallock, and a big American hello to a
league, George Bush.
the unemployment
great patriot and a very funny guy, Yakov
Audience members. Bush! Bush! Bush!
it's been in 14 ye.
Smirnoff. I see I've even got some fraterni-
proportion of wha
The President. All right. I'm here today,
work force-that
ty brothers in the crowd. [Applause] T-K-E,
though, to talk to you about the great Re-
yes!
and female, from
publican ticket from the White House to
It's great to be here in California, because
including all stude.
the statehouse and make sure everybody
you know, there's no place like home. As
greater proportion
who shares our hopes for the future turns
my time draws to a close in Washington,
percent, is employ
out to vote on November 8th. We need
than ever before
people in the White House are always
people in the Senate who will work for a
United States.
asking me, "Mr. President, why are you
thriving economy, a strong national de-
Now, we didn't
humming that old song?" Well, I tell them,
fense, and the preservation of our family
friends, you did it-
I just can't get the words out of my mind.
values. And that means reelecting one of
working man and
Yes, when January the 20th rolls around,
America's very best Senators, California's
I'm going to be asking every one of you to
What George and I
own, Pete Wilson. We need people in the
open up that Golden Gate, 'cause, Califor-
every Republican
House who will work for a strong national
nia, here I come!
there's no greater
defense. The Democratic Congressman
greater engine for p
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MARGARET BRENT DEMANDS A POLITICAL VOICE:
CBS SENDS FIRST COLOR TV BROADCAST OVER
ANNIVERSARY. June 24. On June 24, 1647, Margaret Brent
THE AIR: ANNIVERSARY. June 25. Columbia Broadcast
made her claim as America's first feminist by demanding a voice
System broadcast the first color television program on June 25,
and vote for herself in the Maryland colonial assembly. Brent
1951. The four-hour program was carried by stations in New
came to America in 1638 and was the first woman to own
York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington,
property in Maryland. At the time of her demands she was
DC, although no color sets were owned by the public. At the
serving as secretary to Governor Leonard Calvert. She was
time CBS, itself, owned fewer than 40 color receivers.
ejected from the meetings, but when Calvert died she became
his executor and became acting governor, presiding over the
CROATIA AND SLOVENIA SECEDE FROM YUGOSLA-
General Assembly.
VIA: ANNIVERSARY. June 25. The republics of Croatia and
Slovenia seceded from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991, declaring
ONIZUKA, ELLISON S.: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. June 24.
themselves independent and sovereign states. The move was
Lieutenant Colonel Ellison S. Onizuka, 39-year-old aerospace
sparked by long standing political, cultural and ethnic differ-
engineer, was mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Chal-
ences between the republics and the central government of
lenger when it exploded on Jan 28, 1986 (killing all aboard).
Yugoslavia. The move was not initially supported by the US and
Onizuka was born on June 24, 1946, at Kealakekua, Kona, HI.
most western nations. In the days following the breakup, fight-
See also: "Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion Anniversary"
(Jan 28).
ing broke out between Slovenian and Yugoslavian forces prior
to an agreement to cease hostilities and begin negotiations that
PERU: COUNTRYMAN'S DAY. June 24. Half-day public hol-
were to be brokered by representatives of the European Com-
iday.
mon Market. (Editor's note: The situation was not resolved at
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST DAY. June 24. Celebrates birth of
presstime.)
saint.
GILLARS, MILDRED "AXIS SALLY" E.: DEATH ANNI-
SPACE MILESTONE: SOYUZ T-6 (USSR). June 24. Three-
VERSARY. June 25. Mildred E. Gillars received the nickname
man crew (V. Dzhanibekov, A. Ivanchenkov and Jean-Loup
"Axis Sally" during World War II, when she broadcast Nazi
Chretien) docked at Salyut 7, visiting two other cosmonauts in
propaganda to US troops in Europe. An American citizen, she
residence there before returning to Earth on July 2. Launched
was arrested after the war and tried and convicted of treason.
June 24, 1982.
She was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison and fined $10,000.
She was released after 12 years and later taught music in a
BIRTHDAYS TODAY
convent school in Columbus, OH. She died on June 25, 1988.
Nancy Allen, 42, actress, born at New York, NY, June 24, 1950.
HJEMKOMST SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL. June 25. Civic
Claude Chabrol, 62, director, born at Sardent, France, June 24,
Center and Trollwood Park, Fargo, ND. A celebration of the
1930.
Scandinavian heritage. Traditional Icelandic, Swedish, Finnish,
Mick Fleetwood, 50, musician, born at Cornwall, England, June
Norwegian, and Danish crafts, and entertainment is scheduled.
24, 1942.
Guest performers from the Scandinavian countries perform, as
Phyllis George, 43, sports announcer, former Miss America,
well as regional artists. Throughout the community mini-festi-
born at Denton, TX, June 24, 1949.
vals complement the festival. Most events are free and open to
Michelle Lee, 50, actress, born at Los Angeles, CA, June 24,
the public. Annually, the last full weekend in June. Info from:
1942.
Bev Paulson, 3107 Rivershore Dr S, Moorhead, MN 56560.
Phone: (701) 241-8160.
INDIANAPOLIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. June 25-July
26. Garfield Park, Indianapolis, IN. One full Shakespeare pro-
duction will be featured in the festival's 12th season. Annually,
the last Thursday in June through the last Sunday in July. Info
from: Indianapolis, Shakespeare Festival, PO Box 30316, India-
napolis, IN 46230. Phone: (317) 631-1188.
JUNE 25 - THURSDAY
KOREAN WAR ANNIVERSARY. June 25. Invasion began
177th Day - Remaining, 189
June 25, 1950, and US ground forces entered conflict June 30.
Armistice signed at Panmunjom, South Korea, on July 27, 1953.
ARNOLD, HENRY H. "HAP": BIRTH ANNIVERSARY.
June 25. Commanding general of the US Army Air Force in
MONTANA TRADITIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL. June 25-28.
World War II. Arnold, who had received flying instruction from
Helena, MT. A traditional festival featuring more than 15 jazz
Orville Wright in 1911, was born at Gladwyne, PA, on June 25,
bands from across the nation. Info from: Travel Montana, Dept
1886. Arnold retired in 1946 and died near Sonoma, CA, on Jan
of Commerce, Helena, MT 59620. Phone: (406) 444-2808.
15, 1950.
MOZAMBIQUE: NATIONAL DAY. June 25. National holiday.
BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN: ANNIVERSARY. June
O'NEILL, ROSE CECIL: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. June 25.
25. Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, leading mil-
Rose O'Neill was born on June 25, 1874, in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
itary force of more than 200 men, attacked an encampment of
Her career included work as an illustrator, author and doll
Sioux Indians led by Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, near
designer, the latter gaining her commercial success with the
Little Bighorn River, MT. Custer and all men in his immediate
Kewpie Doll. In 1910, The Ladies Home Journal devoted a full
command were killed. Brief battle (about two hours) of Little
page to her Kewpie Doll designs, which turned into a marketing
Bighorn occurred on Sunday, June 25, 1876. One horse, named
phenomenon for three decades.
Comanche, is said to have been the only survivor among Cus-
ORWELL, GEORGE: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. June 25. En-
ter's forces.
glish satirist, author of Animal Farm, 1984, and other works was
born at Motihari, Bengal, on June 25, 1903. George Orwell was
the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair. Died at London, England,
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SEVEN DAYS CAMPAIGN BEGINS: ANNIVERSARY.
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL. June 26-Aug 23. Aspen, CO. Nine
June 25. In an effort to prevent the assumed attack on Rich-
weeks of concerts performed by highly acclaimed artists. Spon-
mond, VA, Confederate Robert E. Lee launched a series of
sor: Music Assn of Aspen, Inc, Box AA, Aspen, CO 81612.
engagements on June 25, 1862, that became known as the
Phone: (303) 925-3254.
Seven Days Campaign. Battles at Oak Grove, Gaine's Mills,
BRICKFEST. June 26-28. Malvern, AR. To have fun and cele-
Garnett's Farm, Golding's Farm, Savage's Station, White Oak
brate Malvern's being the "brick capital of the world." More
Swamp and finally Malvern Hill left more than 36,000 casualties
than 75 arts and crafts exhibitors. Sponsor: Malvern Chamber
on both sides. Despite losing the final assualt at Malvern Hill,
of Commerce, PO Box 266, Malvern, AR 72104. Phone:
the Confederates succeeded in preventing the Union army from
(501) 332-2721.
taking Richmond.
BUCK, PEARL SYDENSTRICKER: 100TH BIRTH ANNI-
SUMMERFEST. June 25-July 5. Milwaukee, WI. Music festival.
VERSARY. June 26. American author, noted authority on
Info from: Summerfest, Marketing Dir, 200 N Harbor Dr, Mil-
China. Nobel prize winner for the The Good Earth. Born at
waukee, WI 53202. Phone: (800) 837-3378.
Hillsboro, WV, June 26,1892. Died, Mar 6, 1973.
SUPREME COURT BANS OFFICIAL PRAYER: 30TH AN-
CN TOWER: ANNIVERSARY. June 26-July 1. Birthday of the
NIVERSARY. June 25. On June 25, 1962, the US Supreme
world's tallest free-standing, self-supporting structure, the CN
Court ruled that a prayer read aloud in public schools violated
Tower, 1,815 feet, 5 inches high, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
the 1st Amendment's separation of church and state. On June
which opened on June 26, 1976. Info from: CN Tower, PR Mgr,
1, 1985, the court again struck down a law pertaining to the 1st
301 Front St W, Toronto, Ont, Canada M5V 2T6. Phone:
Amendment when it disallowed an Alabama law that permitted
(416) 360-8500.
a daily one-minute period of silent meditation or prayer in public
DOUBLEDAY, ABNER: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. June 26.
schools. (Vote 6 to 3)
Abner Doubleday served in the US Army during the Mexican
VIRGINIA RATIFICATION DAY. June 25. Tenth state to rat-
War and against the Seminole Indians in Florida prior to his
ify Constitution, on this day in 1788.
service in the American Civil War. He was stationed at Charles-
VIRGINIA STATE HORSE SHOW-PART II. June 25-28.
ton, SC, where he manned the first of Fort Sumter's guns to fire
Fairgrounds on Strawberry Hill, Richmond, VA. Equine compe-
back at the South after its initial bombardments. His service
tition for Arabians, Half-Arabians, Morgans, Saddlebreds, Walk-
found him at the battle of Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fred-
ing Horses, Hackneys and ADS Pleasure Driving. Info from:
ricksburg, and as a major general commanding a division at
Susan Mullins, Equine Dir, PO Box 26805, Richmond, VA
Gettysburg. As a school boy in Cooperstown, NY, he con-
23261. Phone: (804) 228-3238.
stantly organized ball games. He was credited with inventing the
VIVA EL PASO. June 25-Aug 29. McKelligon Canyon Amphi-
game of baseball in the year of 1839, and this fact was ratified by
a committee set up to investigate the origins of baseball by
theater, El Paso, TX. Outdoor drama celebrating El Paso's
sporting goods manufacturer Albert Spaulding. Abner Double-
cultural history through song, dance, narration and dramatic
scenes about early Native American, Spanish, Mexican and
day was born in Ballston Spa, NY, June 26, 1819, and died at
western American settlers. Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8:30
Mendham, NJ on Jan 26, 1893.
PM; barbeque dinner served before show. Info from: El Paso
FESTIVAL OF NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS. June 26-Aug 9.
Assn for the Performing Arts, PO Box 31340, El Paso, TX
Flagstaff, AZ. 11th annual festival focusing on Native American
79931-1340. Phone: (915) 565-6900.
arts and traditions of the "four corner" states. Films, speakers,
demonstrations and workshops at the Coconino Center for the
WATERMELON THUMP WITH WORLD CHAMPION SEED-
Arts. Info from: Arizona Office of Tourism, 1100 W Washington,
SPITTING CONTEST). June 25-27. Luling, TX. Features World
Phoenix, AZ 85007. Phone: (602) 779-6921.
Champion Seed-Spitting Contest, street dance each night, giant
parade on Saturday, free live entertainment in the Beer Garden,
car rally, champion melon auction, arts and crafts exhibit and
sales, food, games, rides, beer garden. Annually, the last Thurs-
day, Friday, and Saturday in June. Info from: Susan H. Ward,
Box 710, Luling, TX 78648. Phone: (512) 875-3214.
BIRTHDAYS TODAY
Dorothy Gilman, 69, author, born at New Brunswick, NJ, June
25, 1923.
June Lockhart, 67, actress, born at New York, NY, June 25,
1925.
Sidney Lumet, 68, director, born at Philadelphia, PA, June 25,
1924.
George Michael, 29, musician, born at Radlett, England, June
25, 1963.
Willis Reed, 50, basketball player, coach, born at Hico, LA, June
25, 1942.
Carly Simon, 47, singer, composer, born at New York, NY, June
25, 1945.
Jimmie Walker, 44; actor, comedian, born at New York, NY,
June 25, 1948.
JUNE 26 - FRIDAY
178th Day - Remaining, 188
ANTIQUE AUTO SHOW AND COLLECTOR CAR FES-
TIVAL. June 26-27. St. Ignace, MI. A cruise one night, and a
nostalgia concert. Entries from 18 states and Canada. Info from:
Edward K. Reavie, St. Ignace, MI 49781. Phone: (906) 643-8087.
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and Other Days of Heortological Significance, Birthdays of the Famous,
Important Dates in History, and Special Events and Their Sponsors
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Holidays
Mozambique
Independence Day
Commemorates Mozambique's
achievement of independence
from Portugal, 1975.
Religious Calendar
June 25
Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. [minor
festival, Lutheran Church]
The Saints
St. Febronia, virgin and martyr. [d. c. 304]
St. Gallicanus. [d. C. 352]
St. Prosper of Aquitaine, layman, poet, and author.
Secretary to Pope St. Leo the Great. [d. c. 465]
Birthdates
Lazare Hoche, French Revolutionary gen-
1911
William Howard Stein, U.S. biochemist;
1768
eral. [d. September 19, 1797]
Nobel Prize in chemistry for research re-
lated to chemical structure of ribonuclease
1860
Gustave Charpentier, French composer.
(with C.B. Anfisen and S. Moore), 1972. [d.
[d. February 18, 1956]
February 2, 1980]
1865
Robert Henri, U.S. painter, art teacher; in-
1916
William Bart Saxbe, U.S. politician; Sena-
fluential artist of the period who, with
tor, 1969-74; Ambassador to India.
Maurice Prendergast (October 10) and
others, attempted to convey new realism;
1921
Celia Franca, British ballet dancer, direc-
group became known as the Ashcan
tor, choreographer; founder of National
School. [d. July 12, 1929]
Ballet of Canada.
1886
Henry Harley (Hap) Arnold, U.S. Air Force
1924
Sidney Lumet, U.S. director; known for the
five-star general; as commander of U.S.
direction of Twelve Angry Men, Dog Day
forces, 1941-46, was responsible for build-
Afternoon, and Network.
ing the world's largest air force. Planned
massive air strikes against Germany in
1925
June Lockhart, U.S. actress; known for her
World War II. [d. January 15, 1950]
starring roles on television series, Lassie,
1958-64, and Lost in Space, 1965-68.
1887
George Abbot, U.S. producer, director,
1933
James Howard Meredith, U.S. political
and playwright.
activist; first black student, University of
1900
Louis Mountbatten, First Earl Mountbat-
Mississippi, 1962; wrote Three Years in Mis-
ten of Burma, British naval officer, govern-
sissippi, 1966.
ment official; great-grandson of Queen Vic-
toria; last viceroy of India; killed in an Irish
1937
Marabel Morgan, U.S. author; wrote The
Republican Army bomb explosion. [d.
Total Woman.
August 27, 1979]
1945
Carly Simon, U.S. singer, songwriter.
1903
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair), British
1948
James Carter (Jimmie) Walker, U.S. actor,
author, critic; wrote Animal Farm, 1946, and
comedian; known for his role as J.J. on
1984, 1949. [d. January 21, 1950]
television series, Good Times, 1974-78.
1907
J. Hans Daniels Jensen, German physi-
1949
Phyllis George, U.S. broadcaster; Miss
cist; Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries
America, 1971.
of atomic nucleus shell structure (with M.
Goeppert-Mayer and E. P. Wigner), 1963. [d.
1963
George Michael, British singer; member of
February 11, 1973]
the rock group, Wham!
474
St. Prosper, Bishop of Reggio; principal patron of
St. Cyneburga of Gloucester, princess. [death date
Reggio. [d. c. 466]
unknown]
St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin. [d. c. 467]
The Beatified
St. Molaug, abbot. Founded Scottish Monastery of
Blessed Henry Zdik, Bishop of Olomuc. [d. C. 1150]
Lismore. Invoked for cures from madness. Also
Blessed John the Spaniard, prior. [d. 1160]
called Lugaid, Molloch. [d. 592]
Blessed Guy Maramaldi, theologian and preacher.
St. Adalbert of Egmond, missionary. Also called
[d. 1391]
Adelbert. [d. 8th century]
St. Eurosia, virgin and martyr. Honored as protec-
tor of the fruits of the field and invoked against bad
weather. Also called Eurosis. [d. 8th century]
St. Gohard, Bishop of Nantes, and his companions,
martyrs. [d. 843]
St. William of Vercelli, Abbot of Monte Vergine. [d.
1142]
Historical Events
1080
Synod of Brixen elects imperial anti-pope
1950
People's Army of North Korea drives across
Clement III after Pope Gregory VII is de-
the 38th parallel in invasion of South Ko-
posed.
rea (Korean War).
1115
Abbey of Clairvaux is founded with St.
1957
Congregational Christian, Evangelical, and
Bernard as its first abbot.
Reformed denominations merge to form the
1580
Book of Concord, official collection of Lu-
United Church of Christ.
theran confessional treatises, is published.
1962
U.S. Supreme Court rules that prayer in
1788
Virginia ratifies the U.S. constitution.
public schools is unconstitutional.
1857
Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victo-
1975
After 470 years of colonial rule, Portu-
ria of England, is named Prince Consort.
guese East Africa becomes the indepen-
dent People's Republic of Mozambique.
1861
The Order of the Star of India is institut-
1983
ed by the British.
The U.S. grants $183.7 million in damages to
the Marshall Islands for problems caused
1870
Queen Isabella II of Spain abdicates in
by nuclear weapons testing in the 1940's
favor of her son, Alfonso XII.
and '50's.
1876
Gen. George Custer and his men are mas-
sacred by Sitting Bull and his Sioux at Lit-
tle Big Horn, South Dakota.
1910
Igor Stravinsky's first ballet, The Firebird,
premieres in Paris, performed by Ballet
Russe.
U.S. Congress passes Mann Act (White
Slave Traffic Act), prohibiting interstate
transportation of women for immoral pur-
poses.
1918
U.S. Marine brigade captures Belleau
Wood after weeks of fighting (World War
I).
1938
U.S. Congress passes the Fair Labor Stan-
dards Act, providing for a 40-hour work
week.
1944
U.S. troops capture Cherbourg, France,
from the Germans (World War II).
475
generational consciousness they are starting to develop.
coming to an end), but 30, providing retroactive benefits to
"Let me tell you about us notch babies," one retiree told
the notch babies, at a cost of nearly $80 billion over the
me. "We got undernourished as babies because of World
next five years alone.
War I rationing. We grew up during the Great Depression.
The American Association of Retired Persons and the
Then we fought in World War II. And now the govern-
National Council of Senior Citizens won't touch this pro-
ment wants to take away our benefits."
posal because it's so irresponsible. Neither will Represen-
Will the notch babies get what they want? They certain-
tative Claude Pepper, America's leading advocate for the
ly know how to make their demands heard. And several
elderly. "The notch is not the problem," Pepper wrote to
representatives have introduced notch bills to pacify them.
Roybal. But tell that to thousands of screaming notch
The favorite among notch babies, weighing in with 174 co-
babies.
sponsors, is H.R. 1917 (get it?), sponsored by Edward R.
My candidate lost.
Roybal, chairman of the Select Committee on Aging and
someone who should know better. Roybal is indefatigable
TIMOTHY NOAH
on the notch issue. He has held hearings and meets regular-
ly with notch groups. His bill would phase in the 1977
Timothy Noah is a contributing editor of the Washington
change not over the present five years (which are just
Monthly.
The politics of youth.
LOST GENERATION
BY CROCKER COULSON
O
N HALLOWEEN the streets of Greenwich Village
bureaus, the ideological atmosphere on campus remains
were a carnival of animated corpses, sequined star-
almost unchanged from the early 1970s. According to a
lets, and androgynous delegates of imagined planets. In-
survey of 300,000 college freshmen, a majority of Reagan
side the Puck Building, revelers were downing four-dollar
Youth backs national health insurance, legal abortion, tax-
drinks and dancing to a New Orleans bar mitzvah band on
ing the rich, and cutting defense spending. The big change
floors littered with ersatz $1,000 bills. The festivities were
has come on broad themes: "being very well off financial-
sponsored by the Democratic National Committee, part of
ly" has soared as an important goal, whereas "keeping up
a belated effort to stanch the flow of America's youngest
with current events" and "developing a meaningful phi-
voters to the Grand Old Party. There were no speeches, no
losophy of life" has plummeted. In other words, when
leaflets, no declarations of faith. Outside I asked Mao
college students think about most issues, they tend to side
Zedong (Yale '80, Goldman Sachs) about the future of the
with the Democrats, but they don't think about them
party. He thought the Democrats should move to the cen-
enough to matter.
ter, but admitted, "I find politics pretty boring."
Through organizational and marketing savvy, the Re-
For six years, while bright young Democrats have
publicans have translated this vapid materialism into an
drifted off to work in law firms and investment houses, the
electoral majority. In a era obsessed with winners, they
Republican Party has captured their generation. In 1984
have painted the Democrats as permanent losers. "Young
Ronald Reagan won 59 percent of the college-age voters.
voters remember only two presidents," says Dennis Kil-
Worse, young people (ages 18 to 27) are the one demo-
coyne, executive director of the College Republicans.
graphic cohort where more people identify themselves as
(Kilcoyne, whose parents were long-time Democrats, be-
Republicans than as Democrats. This group gives Reagan
gan his political career at 13 licking envelopes for Reagan in
an approval rating nine points above the national average.
the 1976 North Carolina Republican primary.) "They re-
In an August poll it was the only age group to prefer that
member Carter and Reagan, and it's pretty clear which one
the GOP retain control of both the Senate and the White
they prefer." And just in case young voters can't remember
House.
back that far, the Republican National Committee put
The most remarkable thing about this shift is that
together a TV spot in which a hale telephone lineman
college-age voters diverge from the Republican Party on
reminds his young co-worker about "1979, with its gas
almost every issue. Despite the millions of dollars that the
lines and inflation."
right has pumped into conservative journals and speakers'
Republicans have discovered the formula that sells on
The New Republic
DECEMBER 1, 1986 21
campus: concentrate on economics and national self-
cratic counterparts. In contrast with the fiery-eyed zealots
esteem and avoid social issues that might force kids to
of the right, the College Young Democrats of America has
curtail their vices. As Kilcoyne notes: "I never heard of a
become a haven for careerists and party hacks, more con-
College Republican club that made abortion their issue of
cerned with procedural maneuvering than with helping to
the term." Since 1980 the College Republicans have be-
recast the Democratic agenda. The CRs have a $250,000
come the nation's largest youth-oriented political move-
budget. The College Democrats have less than $2,000. The
ment, tripling membership to 100,000 students. Its strate-
CRs have a seat on the National Committee. The Demo-
gy, borrowed from the left, is to use a core of hardened
crats don't. The CRs have a full-time Washington staff.
ideologues to direct uncommitted sympathizers. At dozens
The Democrats don't even have an office. Asked what the
of campuses this fall, the CRs canvassed the student body
party is doing to win back the youth vote, spokesman
to determine who was inclined to vote Republican, and
Terry Michael replied that the Democrats "aren't inter-
made sure they registered. "When students are registered
ested in interest group politics any more. We're dealing
somewhere else, we'll get them an absentee ballot and
with transcending issues." The prevailing wisdom is that
come to their dorm rooms and notarize it. They don't have
once the blinding figure of Ronald Reagan is gone, the
to do anything," explains Kilcoyne.
youth will return to the fold.
College Republicans also serves as a training ground for
the next generation of right-wing activists. Along with
groups like Morton Blackwell's Leadership Institute,
T
HE DEMOCRATS have made a few efforts to appeal
to young voters. Last fall Representative Dick Durbin
Young Americans for Freedom, and Heritage's Third Gen-
sponsored the Forum for the Future, which sent 50 House
eration, the CRs are part of the conveyor belt that locates
Democrats to campuses around the country. The objective
conservative youth, schools them in the doctrine, and
was to expose young representatives to the mood on cam-
moves them into public life. Kilcoyne notes with pride that
pus, but the reception was decidedly cool. CRs sent out
College Republicans are "the most conservative faction in
voting histories on each speaker and packed the meetings
the Republican Party," and speaks with scorn of the
with hecklers. And at Georgetown University, Democratic
"country club Republicans" who were unseated by the
representatives were castigated by their own for being
Reagan revolution. In 1970 the CRs broke with the Young
mired in the problems and attitudes of the Kennedy era.
Republicans for being too soft, and there has been a run-
Kilcoyne recalls the effort with a sneer: "What a waste of
ning battle between the two groups ever since. The Young
money. They could have funded a whole national organi-
Republicans are closely bound to the party; the College
zation with what they spent on those forums!"
Republicans owe their allegiance to Reagan and the right.
Last spring the DNC funded a trial program in Massa-
In 1984, when the Young Republicans held a cocktail
chusetts and North Carolina. The results in Massachusetts,
party for a delegation from China, a few blocks away the
a solidly Democratic state, were promising. In six months
CRs feted students from Taiwan. Following the MX mis-
the state committee founded 20 new chapters, published a
sile vote, they passed out "Neville Chamberlain umbrel-
glossy magazine that was sent around the country, and
las" to Republicans who diverged from the Reagan line.
established a jobs bank to move Democratic activists onto
When the left built shanties as a symbol of apartheid at the
campaigns and state offices. Jim Spencer, who ran the
University of North Carolina, the local Republican club
Massachusetts effort, Campus Action '86, found that col-
surrounded them with a scale model of the Berlin Wall.
lege progressives had splintered into dozens of groups.
"That convinced the college administration to rip the
"Students on the left got involved with women's groups or
whole mess down," says Kilcoyne, who recommended the
the divestment movement. The last thing they thought of
tactic to CR chapters across the country.
was the Democratic Party," he says. To counter this trend,
But the CRs' greatest influence may be in shifting the
the Democratic clubs began bringing in speakers and shar-
internal balance of power in the party itself. In a straw vote
ing manpower to focus on particular issues. But in May
at a student summit this summer, 58 percent of the College
1986 the $5,000 grant ran out, and Spencer left to work on
Republicans backed Representative Jack Kemp for presi-
the Joe Kennedy campaign. For the moment Campus Ac-
dent in 1988 (George Bush drew a lame 22 percent). "Kemp
tion has been shelved.
is considered to be the natural heir to Ronald Reagan," says
As the recent elections showed, the Democrats can still
Colleen Morrow, who was executive director of the CRs in
eke out a majority from young voters when they field
1984. "He talks about growth. and opportunity, about a
attractive candidates. But recapturing the generation
tough foreign policy. Young people love him." Kemp's
that came of age with Reagan will require more than an
beaming visage is printed on all CR literature, and he is the
occasional bacchanal. Cultivating first-time voters isn't
most requested speaker at campus chapters. Their enthusi-
interest-group politics; it's a form of self-preservation.
asm is reciprocated. "Here we have a ready-made national
Think of the party as a factory: if you neglect investment
network for any potential campaign," notes Kemp aide
and spend all your money on labor and materials, you will
John Buckley. "A candidate like Bush just can't tap into
increase your profits over the short term. But eventually
that energy."
the gears wear down, the cables snap, the fire box ex-
The College Republicans' accomplishments are particu-
plodes, and the entire plant shudders to a halt.
larly striking when viewed against those of their Demo-
22 THE NEW REPUBLIC
National Review 9/12/86
trappings of power, acquiring Gerald
sures on campus, for example, College
TINS
Ford as a fellow while letting go of
Republicans refuse to be bullied on
REAGAN'S JUD
excellent scholars such as Walter Berns
South Africa. Stockton Reeves, Florida
APPOINTMEN
and Mark Falcoff." AEI's ludicrous
State Chairman, expressed widely felt
courting of Gerald Ford was both a
sentiments on the issue, saying, "I'm
THREE MYT
cause and a sign of the foundation's
disgusted with all those people run-
decline. "AEI had become to think-
ning scared, calling for every sanction
tanks what Ford was to the Presi-
Myth #1: Reagan appo
possible. There are a lot of countries
la of peace through
dency. Gerald Ford's a nice guy, but
of lower-than-averag
doing a lot worse-like most of the
overall.
ided to change my
ho-hum," comments one conservative
rest of Africa. If we're going to talk
very strong opposi-
intellectual. "Big-name people like Jer-
about a consistent human-rights poli-
Judges rated Well Qu
[of double-breast-
ry Ford have their own agenda. And
cy, we'd better start with the greatest
better (ABA rat
it's not necessarily going to be con-
abuser, the USSR." The campus Left
Carter
55.
loesn't buy Kemp's
servative."
will find it has some new opposition
Reagan
51.
I am concerned,"
Washington cognoscenti cite the
next semester; one CR workshop de-
Nixon
50.
your vote on HR-
abandonment of Regulation magazine
voted to South Africa brought out sev-
Ford
48.
the same way that
as one of the most striking examples
eral new tactics for dealing with the
te for the Panama
of what was wrong with AEI. Regula-
shanty movement, which it would be
Myth #2: Reagan has
icidal."
tion was particularly well received in
impolitic to reveal (but they should
some completely un
has received little
the intellectual community (Supreme
amuse NR readers in the fall).
judges.
over the legislation
Court Justice-designate Antonin Sca-
In addition to workshops, the CR
District Court judges W
business and indus-
lia once served as its editor-in-chief).
conference offered a preview of the
Not Qualified rating (A
ng the U.S. Cham-
From 1977 to 1981, while lecturing on
youth vote in 1988. Potential presiden-
the National Fed-
public policy at Harvard University,
Reagan
3
tial candidates Jack Kemp, Pat Rob-
Christopher Demuth used Regulation
Carter
dent Business, and
22
ertson, and Al Haig all addressed the
itable. The Senate
in his classes. Demuth considered Reg-
conference. Robertson received warm
District Court judges
was scheduled for
ulation the most important magazine
applause, although his uncompromising
Qualified (ABA r
July, but Senator
AEI put out. In fact, Demuth liked
stand on social issues went against the
Reagan
0
the bill after the
Regulation so much, he bought the
libertarian grain of many of those
Carter
3
eads and found it
company. That is, when the staff evap-
present. Jack Kemp was greeted by
strategists predict
orated and the magazine was dropped,
wild enthusiasm. "There's an incredi-
Myth #3: Reagan has a
reintroduce the bill
Demuth made an arrangement with
ble energy when Kemp speaks, that
unprecedented number
R. CORT KIRKWOOD
AEI to acquire the magazine. Look
just isn't there with the other candi-
for an issue of the new, independent
dates," enthused Yale's Reg Brown.
Presidential appointm
Regulation (which aims to be just like
With the election more than two
percentage of all feder
the old Regulation) to be out this
years off, we turned to Frank Enton,
Johnson (5 years)
Y
month.
the Button Man, for the marketplace's
Nixon (5½ years)
Back at AEI (now headed by the
judgment: "Kemp and Robertson are
Carter (4 years)
respected conservative Paul McCrack-
doing very well-Kemp may be lead-
Reagan (5½ years)
en), staffers dispute charges that AEI
ing-and Jeane Kirkpatrick's right up
agement may well
drifted to the left, insisting AEI had
behind them. Bush and Baker aren't
William Baroody
Source: Office of Legal Policy
no problems that a whole lot of mon-
doing much. I've had some calls for
ment of Justice.
are from AEI [see
ey couldn't cure. They refuse to com-
Laxalt, Haig, and all that, but I figure
ington," Aug. 1],
ment publicly on the past and profess
I'll wait until the first of the year
ers insist bad debts
only optimism about AEI's future.
before ordering those fellows. I'll prob-
ing judicial-watchdog group
)ry. They say that
-TODD LENCZ
ably get some Armstrong and Lehr-
en it upon themselves to
tutelage, AEI ran
man, too," he smiles. "It's going to be
Republic from Reagan's ju
steam and intellec-
a lot of fun." -MARK CUNNINGHAM
such group is the Sup
lost its sense of
Watch, which operates un
ormer AEI insider.
THE YOUNG AND
pices of the Nation Institut
1 was power bro-
THE RESTLESS
of the Supreme Court Wa
ecific philosophy."
COURTING PUBLIC
no official position on the
Heritage Founda-
ty scholarship is
HE 1986 College Republican Lead-
OPINION
of Rehnquist and Scalia
nust have a focus.
T
part, to people like Steph
ership Conference, held at the end
professor at NYU Law S
what game you're
of July in Washington, D.C., reaf-
le you're on; other-
firmed one of the more welcome de-
H
OW GOOD are Reagan's judicial ap-
member of the Supreme C
pointments? In spite of the Demo-
board. "I disagree with 1
ell be a university
velopments in GOP politics: CRs have
cratic clamor that Reagan is flooding
liberal, People for the Ar
shed their ties to the old moderate
the bench with undistinguished ideo-
line about the poor qua
petently, Baroody's
wing of the GOP and have emerged a
logues, his appointments are, by any
gan's nominees," says (
center might have
significant force for conservatism on
objective standard, at least as good as
Justice Department's sele
ormer AEI staffer.
campus.
his predecessors' (see box).
the President's agenda, ha
ook delight in the
Despite strong pro-divestiture pres-
Nonetheless, a number of left-lean-
the most part, commenda
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Representatives Floyd Spence, Carroll Campbell, Tommy Hartnett and John
Napier of South Carolina, and Representative Gene Johnston of North Carolina.
In addition, Mr. Atwater, 30, is a former executive director of the College
Republican National Committee. He was one of the youngest delegates to the
1972 Republican National Convention, as well as the youngest Presidential
elector from his home State. He was also a delegate to the 1980 Republican
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HEADLINE: Throwing stones; Criticisms of Republicans for Choice by other
pro-choice groups
BYLINE: McGurn, William
BODY:
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Not long into George Bush's first summer in the Oval Office, Ann Stone
approached Tony Zagotta about business. Zagotta had just arrived in D.C. as
national chairman of the College Republicans, a staunchly Reaganite body. Ann
Stone, who did direct-mail fundraising for a number of conservative
organizations and was married to political consultant Roger Stone, was after a
contract. And 50 at a barbecue in suburban Alexandria, Mrs. Stone asked him,
"Have you ever thought of raising money on the pro-life issue?"
That, of course, was before she launched a much-publicized political-action
committee called Republicans for Choice. The genesis of RFC, she says, was a
suggestion over dinner by Republican National Committee chief Lee Atwater that
the only way the party's pro-life position would change would be if someone,
"preferably a female, with conservative credentials," got the ball rolling.
National Review, May 11, 1992
Republicans for Choice was launched a few months later. The New York Times,
Washington Post, Newsweek, and others gave Mrs. Stone nice coverage, quoting her
threat to raise $ 1.5 to $ 3 million.
That was two years ago, and RFC is still around-and 50 are the skeptics. A
former employer, Human Events, quoted her as likening the unborn to "rock
formations that look like people" in response to a question whether she was
troubled by photos that show clearly defined hands and feet on fetuses (an
"inappropriate analogy," she concedes). The Legal Times followed with a harsh
assessment of RFC'S finances, though this has been tempered by a rebuttal and
the promise of a more positive story to come. Even a generally favorable
Style-section profile in the Washington Post was sprinkled with damning
quotations about what the Clinton campaign would call "the character issue."
The irony is that most of the fire is coming from other pro-choice groups. "I
suppose that if I were them [prochoicers] and someone like me came along, I
would have the same reaction," she says, sitting in her townhouse office, a
national monument and former slave house in Old Town. On the wall behind her are
photographs of her with Reagan, one of Jack Kemp, and a host of other
conservative memorabilia. "I mean, if Abbie Hoffman walked into NATIONAL REVIEW
and said he was on your side, wouldn't you be a little skeptical at f irst?"
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In Ann Stone's case, the skepticism hasn't abated much, not least because of
the frequent accusation that she plays different tunes for different audiences.
While she says RFC is interested in a Big Tent, and she told a convention of
Young Americans for Freedom that she respected pro-lifers' convictions, she has
referred to "Religious Right, anti-choice fanatics like Phyllis Schlafly"-though
she toned down her language when Representative Bob Dornan (R., Calif.)
complained. In her office here, as in statements to Republican groups, she says
she wants the Republican Party to be the party of choice and fewer abortions,
yet she appeared at a Wichita rally to endorse Dr. George Tiller, famous for
performing late-term abortions, and more recently delivered the keynote address
at a Planned Parenthood luncheon in Dallas. Similarly, she stresses in an
interview that this is a delicate moral issue, but in instructions to a
conference of pro-choice activists she suggests approaching businessmen by
telling them that money should be spent on competitiveness, not wasted on
children. "Admittedly this is not very humanitarian sounding," says the note.
"But it is what fiscal/business people need to know." And in defending her use
of her own companies to do RFC business, she makes a big point of saying that
all but one of the people involved are pro-choice; in other words, for the
cause. Yet she has just signed on to run the senatorial campaign of pro-lifer
Steve Sydness, running in North Dakota. "That's business," she says.
National Review, May 11, 1992
Ditto with the Atwater anecdote. The story is not impossible, but with
Atwater no longer around it's decidedly convenient. And none of those close to
him heard it until after his death. Sally Atwater says she doesn't remember it
and won't comment. Mary Matalin, his right hand at the RNC, didn't hear of it
until after his death. Nor did Jeanie Austin, co-chair of the RNC: "I can't say
it didn't happen. But when I read it in the Post that's the first I heard of
it."
But the most contentious claims revolve around the moolah. Federal Election
Commission documents show that of the $ 987, 400 RFC raised in 1990 and 1991,
only 8.9 per cent went to candidates. Mrs. Stone defends herself by saying that
this is the nature of direct mail, that her percentages are in the ballpark for
such groups, and that electing candidates is not even her stated goal (on the
question of electing pro-choice delegates to the GOP convention-which is a
stated goal-she refuses to give figures). All true enough, particularly that
direct mail doesn't yield that much net. But if it is all but impossible to
reach her stated goal of $ 1.5 to $ 3 million through direct mail alone,
shouldn't she be out there soliciting funds from foundations?
To understand why this raises eyebrows, you have to know how direct mail
works and how RFC is set up. Although Ann Stone the chairman of Republicans for
Choice gets not a penny for her efforts, Ann Stone the owner or part-owner of
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direct-mail-related businesses does. There is nothing illegal here. It's just
that the client and the firm do not always have the same interests, particularly
if the firm is paid per piece. Even if a direct-mail piece loses money for the
client, the vendor may still make money.
A glance at RFC's most recent FEC monthly statement illustrates the point.
RFC took in $ 33,674.99. Among the payments listed are $ 10,458.71 to Ann Stone
and Associates, $ 695.46 to Unique Graphics, and $ 628.09 to Capstone Lists.
Also listed are debts to these three Stone-owned or -operated companies of $
736.13, $ 667.44, and $ 5,903.25 respectively-not a bad chunk of the action.
Mrs. Stone defends her decision to use her companies on several counts.
First, as mentioned above, it guarantees that nearly everyone involved is
pro-choice. Second, the only alternative would be Democratic firms. Third, her
firm was rated tops in its field, and RFC should benefit. As to the amounts, she
points out that federal law requires that her firms charge RFC the market rate.
That's true. But the use of her businesses still creates powerful incentives at
odds with the interests of RFC-for example, mailing to an expensive but marginal
list that might not yield many contributions but still pays the firms. She's not
saying what lists she has used.
National Review, May 11, 1992
In the end, it depends on which Ann Stone you believe. There's Ann Stone the
hard-nosed entrepreneur, who doesn't let political differences get in the way of
making a buck. And there's Ann Stone the head of Republicans for Choice, who
believes the right to an abortion is worth fighting for in the GOP and advances
conservative arguments on its behalf. "I believe in moral leadership, personal
responsibility, and more pro-active language on things like abstinence to make
fewer abortions," she says. "Laws don't make people moral."
Good point. And not bad for business, either.
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Los Angeles Times
March 22, 1992, Sunday, Home Edition
SECTION: Magazine; Page 8; Magazine Desk
LENGTH: 106 words
HEADLINE: PARTY LINE
To call us ultraconservative radicals is questionable. If he finds us
ultraconservative, then I assume that he also rejects the ideals of Ronald
Reagan, President Bush and the national platform of the Republican Party.
Tobey also accuses the state board of "dechartering" chapters run by
moderates. Our state constitution expressly forbids the state board from
dechartering any College Republicans club.
JONATHAN GEAR
1992 The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, March 17, 1992
study to gauge the impact of "race-baiting" and the Bush administration's
efforts to politicize the issue of affirmative action, Mr. Kroop said.
"They're at a teachable moment," he said. "There's still enough optimism and
hope in this generation that you can work with them."
But Tony Zagotta, national chairman of the College Republicans, a
conservative group, says the divisions among young people today are real and the
result of an affirmative-action backlash.
"I would make the argument that the rhetoric of the national debate is
reflecting what people are feeling rather than the rhetoric causing those
feelings to occur," Mr. Zagotta said.
Who are the victims?
One of the most divisive issues in the survey was the question of who most
often gets the short end of the stick in scholarships, employment and
promotions. Regardless of race, the majority of youths questioned see themselves
as victims of discrimination, the report says.
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The Washington Times
January 19, 1992, Sunday, Final Edition
SECTION: Part B; COMMENTARY; FORUM; Pg. B5
LENGTH: 177 words
HEADLINE: Let's play fair
As a former College Republican club president at the University of
Illinois, I am outraged to see the College Republican National Committee's
attempt to pressure state CR chairmen into pledging support for President
Bush. Such Stalinist tactics are unbecoming an organization dedicated to
political freedom around the world.
In 1988, College Republicans supported all major Republicans running for
office, from Bob Dole and Pat Robertson to Jack Kemp and, regrettably, George
Bush. Had any of us known Mr. Bush and his hacks at the National Committee
and the CRNC would attempt to destroy intraparty competition, we would have
redoubled our efforts against him.
1991 PR Newswire, December 17, 1991
HEADLINE: COLLEGE REPUBLICANS SOLIDLY BEHIND PRESIDENT BUSH
DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Dec. 17
KEYWORD: bc-College-Republicans
BODY:
The youth of the Republican Party overwhelmingly support the re-election of
President Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle, according to the leader of the
nation's oldest and largest youth-based political organization.
College Republican National Committee Chairman Tony Zagotta today said that
members of his organization have overwhelmingly committed themselves to
President Bush in 1992. In a letter to White House Political Director Ron
Kaufman, Zagotta said that College Republicans (CRs) are willing and eager to
take an active part in the re-election effort.
"The College Republican troops are firmly lined up behind President Bush
and Vice President Quayle," Zagotta said. "Certainly any claims by other
candidates to having strong support among Republican youth should be greeted
with a great deal of skepticism."
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Included with the letter to Kaufman were signed pledges from 100 percent of
the College Republican national leadership and nearly all state chairmen.
"I know that the rank and file membership share the leadership's enthusiasm
and commitment to the Bush -Quayle re-election effort in 1992," Zagotta said.
According to Zagotta, the College Republicans are widely known for their
conservative views.
"The CRs have a proud tradition of carrying the 'conservative torch' for the
Republican Party. I think our clear demonstration of support for the President
proves that any rumors of 'conservative revolt' within the GOP are entirely
unfounded," Zagotta asserted.
The College Republican National Committee is the nation's oldest and largest
youth-based political organization, with over 100,000 members on 1,000 college
and university campuses. They will celebrate their 100th anniversary in June of
1992. CONTACT: Steve Satran of the College Republican National Committee,
202-662-1330
ORGANIZATION: College Republican National Committee
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The Washington Times
April 1, 1991, Monday, Final Edition
SECTION: Part A; NATION; Pg. A4
LENGTH: 1485 words
HEADLINE: Amends at the end of longest campaign
BYLINE: Ralph Z. Hallow; THE WASHINGTON TIMES
RNC chairman he made recruiting blacks a top priority.
Mr. Atwater's acceptability to his party's right was just what Mr. Bush
needed to reach out to the conservative coalition that had elected Ronald
Reagan.
The unlikely bonding between the Southern populist and the New England
aristocrat began in 1973, when Mr. Bush was party chairman and Mr. Atwater
was the chairman of College Republicans.
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was the chairman of College Republicans.
Political operatives in both parties speak in awe of two Atwater
accomplishments:
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The 1980 Southern strategy that helped Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter.
In the early days of the campaign, it was thought that Mr. Carter, a Georgian,
was sure to carry the deep South. Mr. Atwater understood Southerners and
argued that the Bush forces should battle Mr. Carter there and tie him down
on his home turf. The Atwater strategy prevailed: Mr. Carter spent the
campaign's last week virtually lashed to his home base and finally lost
everything in the South but his home state of Georgia.
*
The 1988 Super Tuesday Southern "firewall" strategy for assuring Mr. Bush
an early victory over his GOP rivals, even if he should lose New Hampshire.
Building the firewall meant not just investing money, people and time in the
South and doing it better and earlier than anyone else, but locking the rivals
out.
Born Feb. 27, 1951, in Atlanta, Mr. Atwater wet his toes in politics as a
summer intern for his home state's GOP senator, Mr. Thurmond.
The Washington Times, April 1, 1991
It was there that he met a co-worker named Sally Dunbar. They married in
1978 and had three daughters, Sara Lee, 11, Ashley Page, 5, and Sally Theodosia,
born last Aug. 6 while Mr. Atwater was in the midst of his battle against the
tumor.
As a student at Newberry College in Newberry, S.C., he was active in campus
politics and served as chairman of the South Carolina College Republicans and as
national director for the College Republicans. He graduated from Newberry in
1973 and later obtained a master's degree from the University of South Carolina,
where he also completed course requirements for a doctoral degree.
In 1974 he established a political consulting firm and was credited with 28
Republican victories over the next four years. In 1978, he was political
director for Mr. Thurmond's successful re-election bid.
He was tapped to manage Mr. Reagan's primary campaign in South Carolina in
1980. After scoring a strong victory for Mr. Reagan, he served as a Reagan
delegate and assistant floor leader at the national convention in Detroit.
In the general election campaign that fall, Mr. Atwater was promoted to
regional political director and oversaw Republican efforts in four Southern
states.
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As deputy campaign director and political director for Reagan-Bush '84, Mr.
Atwater oversaw campaigns in all 50 states.
Mr. Atwater remained party chairman until January, when he was elevated to
the honorary position of general chairman.
Mr. Atwater's funeral will be held at 4 p.m. today in Trinity Episcopal
Cathedral, Columbia, S.C. A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday at
Washington Cathedral here.
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HARVEY LEROY ATWATER
Born: Feb. 27, 1951, in Atlanta
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Family: Wife, Sally; three daughters, Sara Lee, 11, Ashley Page, 5, and
Sally Theodosia, born Aug. 6.
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Remarks on the Railroad Strike and
The President. I'm not taking any ques-
an Exchange With Reporters
tions on that here, Jim [Jim Miklaszewski,
June 25, 1992
NBC News]. Thank you very much. Nice try.
Q. Well, did you write a very amenable,
The President. Let me just simply say that
friendly letter to him?
we're now in the second day of a national
The President. Yes, I certainly did.
rail strike. And Secretary Card and his associ-
Q. Why, if he investigated your children?
ates and others have worked all night, work-
The President. Well, go look at the dates,
ing with a bipartisan group on Capitol Hill
is the only thing I can suggest.
to get the legislation to stop this strike. The
Q. But do you think he did investigate your
trains are not moving as of this minute, how-
kids?
ever. Clearly the national interest is at stake
The President. I don't know, Rita [Rita
here. We now face a complete halt of pas-
Beamish, Associated Press]. And I'm not
senger and commuter rail lines. I urge the
going to take any more questions on it.
House and Senate to act to end this strike
Q. Do you know anything abut Republican
today; the national interest requires no less.
dirty tricks?
There must be no further delay.
The President. I'm not going to take any
So I salute the Secretary and his people
more questions. Jim, you guys are getting a
at the Department of Transportation, those
little hard of hearing here today. [Laughter]
Members that are working to end this strike.
But it must happen, and it should happen
Note: The President spoke at 11:56 a.m. in
today.
the Oval Office at the White House, prior
Q. What is the holdup?
to a meeting with Secretary of Transpor-
The President. Well, Andy can give you
tation Andrew H. Card, Jr. A tape was not
more detail, but there's a difference of opin-
available for verification of the content of
these remarks.
ion amongst some of the Senators, I mean,
some of the House Members and Senators.
But the point is, no finger pointing here, I
just want to use this office to encourage the
Congress to move and move fast and settle
Remarks to the College Republican
this matter once and for all. I believe they
Convention
can do it. In fact, I think they should do it.
June 25, 1992
Q. Well, is there something happening
today that you know of?
The President. Thank you all very much.
Audience members. Four more years!
The President. Well, talking's still going
Four more years! Four more years! Bush-
on on the legislation, yes.
Quayle in '92! Bush-Quayle in '92! Bush-
Q. Mr. President, are you amenable to a
Quayle in '92!
30-day cooling-off period and the appoint-
The President. Thank you so very much.
ment of
Let me start by thanking Tony. And lest some
The President. Look, we want that matter
of you don't know it, he has done a first-
resolved once and for all. And that's what
class job in this centennial year as president
the administration position is
of the College Republicans. It is the best
Q. Mr. President, did you make a mistake
party on campus. And thank you all for this
the other day
warm and enthusiastic welcome.
The President.
that's in the best in-
Let me tell you something. Let me let you
terest of the American people.
and the rest of the world in on a secret: I
Perot Investigations
finish what I start. I am going to be reelected
for 4 more years. You know, we've heard the
Q. Mr. President, did you make a mistake
drumbeat for change; we've even heard the
the other day when you criticized Ross Perot
saxophone for change. I have news: You and
in an indirect fashion concerning the
I, we are the change, and you give us 4 more
possible
years and give us, hopefully, a Republican
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House and a Republican Senate and then
The doomsday clock and the bomb shel-
watch the change, Republican style.
ters and the nightmares of our children,
You know, some have gotten so caught up
they're folding out of the picture, and that's
in the moment that they've forgotten the
something to be proud of, that these kids to-
hour, so caught up in changing course that
night don't go to bed with the same kind of
they've forgotten where we're headed. I
fear of nuclear war. Let's take credit for that
know where I'm headed, and I aim, with your
change and take that case to the American
help and with the help of the Congress, to
people.
lead America along to a future of good jobs,
Let me just add this on the foreign side
fueled by free trade, by low taxes. And I will
of things. While the world has become more
keep on vetoing the Democratic tax bills that
free, it is less certain. The Soviet bear may
come down our way every day.
be a creature of the past, and it is, imperial
We will lead to a future where families
Soviet communism. But there are plenty of
stick together and fathers stick around and
wolves out there, and you know who they
to another American century, a world of
are. This is no fantasy of some cold warrior;
hard-won peace and growing freedom. Some
these are the realities of the new world.
would say, "Well, this is a tall order." They're
From where I sit as President, I can see,
right, and that's exactly because our vision
I can survey the situation. There are real dif-
doesn't ride on the next election, though, it
ferences here, and remember this one, real
rests on the next generation. In just the last
differences with our opponents. Come next
4 years the world as we've known it before
November we're going to take it to the Amer-
is gone. Our mission for the next 4 years is
ican people that America is safe but only as
to shape the next 40 years, and we can do
long as we remain strong. And as long as I'm
it.
President, we are going to stay strong.
I need your help in the fall elections. And
Audience members. Four more years!
the fall elections must be a referendum on
Four more years! Four more years!
The President. You know, Ronald
some big ideas: what kind of economy we'll
Reagan, speaking of being safe as long as
have in the future, what kind of families, and
we're strong, my predecessor knew this all
really it's this big, what kind of world. In
along. President Reagan's picture of history
America, blood, sweat, and tears have lit-
has been vindicated. Now we've built on this
erally changed the face of the Earth, and
legacy. And our actions in the Gulf-don't
American strength and determination have
listen to these revisionists, those that sat on
consequences. Look around the world. You
the sideline criticizing and now that are try-
don't hear one single thing about it in this
ing to turn history around. Our actions in
strange campaign year, but it's your credit
the Gulf proved that America will stand up
and ours and Ronald Reagan's and everybody
for its own interests. We will keep the wolves
that's gone before us.
at bay. And as long as I am President, aggres-
Let me tell you what to remind the critics.
sion will not stand.
Let me tell you what to remind the critics
Some say, how come the difference be-
and those who would have hacked away at
tween domestic policy, the difficulty to move
our defense spending. Eastern Europe is
things that we need and want on the domes-
free. Germany is reunified. Ancient enemies
tic scene compared to how things work
are talking peace in the Middle East. And
abroad? The answer is, I did not have to get
our own hemisphere, look south of our bor-
permission from some subcommittee con-
der, is almost totally democratic. Imperial
trolled by the Democrats to kick Saddam
communism is dead and buried, and just last
Hussein out of Kuwait. When American lives
week, standing in the Rose Garden, a demo-
are threatened, as they were in Panama, we
cratically elected President of Russia stood
took action. And we'd do it again to protect
with me in the Rose Garden as we an-
American lives.
nounced the most sweeping nuclear arms cut
On the domestic scene, we've had some
in history. That is a sound record to take to
successes up there on Capitol Hill-it's been
the American people.
tough-legislation, like our Child Care Act
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which said that parents, parents should raise
Another one we've got going for us-and
the kids, not the U.S. Government, the Clean
it's strong and it's new and it's good-and
Air Act that harnesses the market forces for
that is the total reform, a revolution in Amer-
a cleaner environment. And we've got a great
ican education. Almost half a trillion dollars
record to take to the college campuses on
is spent at all levels on education each year.
the environment. We've spent $800 billion
Does anyone think we are getting our mon-
in the last 10 years, $1.2 trillion in the next,
ey's worth?
to clean up the environment and keep this
Audience members. No!
world safe and sound, and we're going to do
The President. Of course not. So while
it. We passed the Americans with Disabilities
the opposition stumbles along the beaten
Act, the most forward-looking piece of civil
path with old ideas, we've come out with a
rights legislation in the last few years, and
brandnew trail. America 2000 is the program,
it says to the disabled, hey, you're going to
and it is revolutionizing the way we'll educate
be part of the mainstream, not kept out, not
our kids.
pushed aside. Take that one out there to the
Today I sent up to the Congress the "GI
college campuses and to the American peo-
bill" for children, a bill to help low- and mid-
ple.
Sometimes when you have a Congress con-
dle-income parents choose what schools can
best teach their kids. School choice can be
trolled by politically active Democrat liberals,
you've got to keep bad things from happen-
a catalyst, the force behind a real revolution
ing, and the record is, Bush 30, on these ve-
in our schools. The theory is this: Whether
it's public, private, or religious, parents, not
toes, Congress 0.
Let me just say a word on the veto. It's
governments, will choose their children's
schools.
tough sometimes to stand up against what
might be seemed and designated in the pa-
Not everyone's going to like what we're
pers as a popular position. But principle de-
doing. And frankly, I'd have to wonder if
mands that a President do what might not
some people did. Not everyone is ready for
be popular, do what is principled, and I be-
these new ideas. We're not going to discover
lieve that Government should work for the
new horizons without the courage to lose
people, not the other way around. The sys-
sight of the shore, and we're halfway there.
tem is broken, and we're going to fix it.
Our journey's not done. I've found that
Let me say this one: I think the executive
sometimes in this job as President, you have
branch could stand some disciplining, and I
to do something that's unpopular. The per-
know very well the Democratic-controlled
son that's there must have a steady hand,
Congress could. So everybody in America
must have a proper temperament, must have
knows that I've proposed an amendment to
an experienced eye, and must have some vi-
force a balanced Federal budget. They know
sion, some knowledge of the waters ahead.
I've fought for it, the only Presidential can-
The American people know that there's a flip
didate to support it, and I am not going to
side to change, and that is called trust. I be-
give up that fight. I need your help.
lieve I have been a President to earn the trust
It's just this simple: The Government is
of the American people.
too big, and it spends too much. The Amer-
Audience members. Four more years!
ican people know that, and the American
Four more years! Four more years!
people are with us when I call for what 43
The President. The American people
Governors have in the States, 43 Governors,
know this, too, that we've got to ground our
and I'm saying: Give me the line-item veto,
drive for change in some things that do not
and give us a chance to cut down on this
or should not change, things like values and
spending.
family and faith. Too many Americans now
The taxpayers know how the budget gets
feel that the country's on the wrong track.
busted, an arrogant, permanent Congress,
And how do we get it back on? We take the
unaccountable. The American people are
first step when we put the American family
with us, and the time has come to limit the
first. I am going to keep on fighting to find
terms of the United States Congress.
ways to strengthen the American family.
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A man who served as executive director
Thank you all, and God bless you. And
of this organization once said, "Long before
God bless the United States of America.
I was struck with cancer, I felt something
Thank you very much.
stirring in American society. It was the sense
among the people of this country that some-
Note: The President spoke at 3:10 p.m. at
the Omni Shoreham Hotel. In his remarks,
thing was missing from their lives, something
crucial. And my illness helped me to see what
he referred to Tony Zagotta, chairman of the
was missing, a little heart, a lot of brother-
College Republican National Committee.
hood." Lee Atwater always had a way of get-
ting to the truth. There are millions of Ameri-
cans, ordinary citizens who are guided by that
truth. We call them Points of Light. If every
Message to the Congress Reporting
life is a portrait of a person who lives it, they
Budget Deferrals
are signing theirs with charity and good will.
June 25, 1992
They're the true heroes of this country.
Government must not get in the way of
To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Congressional
what de Tocqueville found, when he came
to America, was unique about America: the
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974, I herewith report two revised deferrals,
propensity of one American to help another.
now totaling $2.2 billion in budgetary re-
When I talk about kinder and gentler Nation,
sources. Including the revised deferrals,
that's what I mean. Many of you are actively
funds withheld in FY 1992 now total $5.7
involved, in some way trying to help your
billion.
communities, your neighborhood, your col-
The deferrals affect Funds Appropriated
leges, or whatever it is. People who feel as
to the President and the Department of Agri-
we do on this, let me say the work is not
culture. The details of the deferrals are con-
finished, and neither is ours. And this is an
tained in the attached reports.
age of great, great change for America.
Let me end this way: November 3d is so
George Bush
important. These issues, these values that
The White House,
you and I share are the values that most of
June 25, 1992.
the American people have. So what we will
do now is wait for our convention to be over.
I'll try to keep making decisions that affect
the welfare of America by moving through
Nomination of Kathryn D. Sullivan
some legislation that remains. But I can't wait
To Be Chief Scientist at the National
for the day when that Republican Conven-
Oceanic and Atmospheric
tion is over, and I am going to roll up my
Administration
sleeves with you at my side, and we are going
June 25, 1992
to go after those Democrats.
Audience members. Four more years!
The President today announced his inten-
Four more years! Four more years!
tion to nominate Kathryn D. Sullivan, of
The President. Let's see, I'm thinking
California, to be Chief Scientist of the Na-
back, for 6 months I've stood out there as
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
a spear-catcher for five Democrats and now
tion, Department of Commerce. She would
one independent. Let me tell you, I know
succeed Sylvia Alice Earle.
how to take it, but I also know how to dish
Since 1990, Dr. Sullivan has served as
it out.| We haven't even begun yet. We
NASA Mission Specialist at the Johnson
haven't even started. Five months, five
Space Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Sullivan
months of pounding in that political arena,
graduated from the University of California
and I have not yet begun to fight. But when
at Santa Cruz (B.S., 1973) and Dalhousie
I do, with you at my side, we are going to
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Ph.D.,
win on November 3d.
1978). She serves in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
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MEMORANDUM FOR DAVE DEMAREST
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN
SUBJECT:
A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY
"Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something
stirring in American society. It was a sense among the
people of this country that something was missing
from their lives, something crucial My illness helped
me to see that what was missing in society was missing
in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood
I don't
know who will lead us through the Nineties, but they
must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the
heart of American society, this tumor of the soul. "
--Lee Atwater, on his deathbed.
"My friends, I am that man."
--George Bush, Aug. 18, 1988
The vast majority of Americans are not unemployed, are not
victimized by violent crime, and are not broken by health care
costs. Yet 72% of Americans think things in the nation are on
the wrong track. What's the matter? Blame it on fin de siecle
jitters, on Cold War post partum, on a bilious 60's hangover, on
the exhaustion of modernity, on the bankruptcy of secular
humanism -- heck, blame it on the stars. Bottom line: under the
din of demands for change lies an unease about what's already
changed, a confusion over how to change things for the better,
and a skepticism about who will change things and why.
"There's been a lot of talk about change this election
year
" Yes, there has. But the flip side of change is trust:
trust to make the right changes --- to not make the wrong ones.
If you put any faith in the British elections as a harbinger of
things to come, note one pundit's post-mortem on Kinnock: "a
hard-working and agile -- maybe too agile -- politician who
called for 'change' at every turn and struck voters as not
entirely trustworthy." I believe that ultimately the election
will hinge on trust -- as much if not more so than change. If
this premise is correct, then it is incumbent on us to find the
voice and frame the debate in ways that reinforce George Bush as
the better repository of that trust.
Insofar as we do push for change, we must ground our drive
in the things that do not change: the importance of values,
family, faith. Increasingly, Americans view these as the keys to
contentment and stability in their lives, and are alarmed that
these institutions are under siege. The candidate that
successfully places these concerns center stage scores not only
CROUT
I.
Intro
--CR humor
A. I finish what I start
II. Right Track/Wrong Track
-Atwater quote
--I said it four years ago, and I'll say it again: "My
friends, I am that man. " (Maybe this needs to come at the
end, with the values section -- getting our country back on
track: we take the first step when we put family first).
A. Trust and change
"trust to make the right decisions and block the
wrong ones. Turst: to make the tough calls -- and put
the public interest before the special interests.
Trust: to cast the votes that aren't always easy, to
take the stands that aren't always fashionable -- to be
a leader, and not just a servant.
--There are liberals clammoring for change. Hel-
lo! This is the change. \ Give me four more years and
a Republican congress -- and we'll have change all
right: Republican style.
let the pundits/critics hang left -- George Bush will
hang tough.
-four years, forty years, next forty years: children -
- my vision is their future.
B. Now I'm not here to point fingers -- but I am here to
point out differences.
--blazing a new path, gridlock and roadblocks
III. Election as a referendum on big ideas (frame in context of
right track/wrong track)
B. World change
-forty years, four years, next forty
--peace dividend is peace
--bringing the same purpose to domestic agenda: didn't
have to get Congress's permission
A. Government is too big and spends too much: people have
lost faith in their government -- they think it's broken.
There's a liberal way to fix it, there's a conservative way.
You don't fix a broken car by giving it more gas. Gas-
guzzling government
--balanced budget amendment
--line-item veto
--term limits
C. Economy
--after a tough recession, cofidence is returning
--exports
D. Education
E. Points of Light
IV. Despite Congress, we've been able to accomplish
--legis record
V.
more than government -- a return to basic values
--family, faith, love of country
*30 years ago to the day, the Supreme Court ruled public
school prayer unconstitutional.
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PRESIDENTIAL TALKING POINTS: DETROIT VICTORY '92
WHY I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT:
O
I finish what I start.
TO
A lot of glib talk won't get the job done. There's too much
at stake for America and nobody else is going to stick
closer to the values that made this Party great and this
country great. And nobody else is going to lead this
country for the next four years.
Our mission for the next four years is to shape our new
world -- not just abroad -- but right here at home. It's a
big job to set the course for the next forty years. But
that's why I want to be President -- because I am the right
man for that job.
I UNDERSTAND AMERICA. AMERICA WANTS:
Families strong and united, good schools, safe
neighborhoods, a job-creating economy, and a world at peace.
America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Government is just too big and spends too much.
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America wants the President to have the Line-Item-Veto.
The American people want term limits for members of
Congress.
ROLE AS WORLD LEADER:
The Cold War is over -- Eastern Europe is free. Imperial
Communism is dead and buried. Our children now go to sleep
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at night without fear of nuclear war. I am proud of that
record.
The best way to keep America safe is to keep America strong.
CONGRESS:
Four years just haven't been enough to finish our mission.
Give me a Republican Congress, and you just watch us get
this country moving again.
During Operation Desert Storm I didn't have to get
permission from some Congressional subcommittee to kick
Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
We must break this gridlock and recapture the trust of the
people.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act, the Clean Air Act,
the Americans with Disabilities Act.
And when it comes to stopping bad legislation a veto, it's
Bush 28, Congress O. We are already setting a new course
for America. But the future of our country is at stake and
the job is only half-done. We must finish what we started.
I'm proud of our record. But with or without the Congress
we are going to make our families stronger, our schools
better, our streets safer, and build opportunity for all
Americans.
MISSIONS:
There's a right way and a wrong way to set a new course.
The wrong way is to give up on America -- and I will not do
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that. America will always be a rising nation -- and I'm an
optimist about the future of our country.
The biggest mission -- the biggest idea of this campaign is
to accelerate economic growth to create hope and opportunity
for everyone. Good fundamentals in place.
All across America a revolution in education is bringing
back excellence to our schools. And before we're done,
whether it's public, private or religious, parents are going
to have the right to choose their children's schools.
Another great and dynamic movement transforming our country
is a movement of ordinary people solving problems right
where they live -- create whole and good communities. Under
my Presidency this big idea, is a national crusade.
ELECTION DAY RALLY CALL:
This is an age of great change for America -- that's what
makes November 3rd so important. Change breeds uncertainty
and skepticism. I understand that. But we are the United
States of America -- one nation under God.
The genius of America is everywhere. Let the skeptics say
it can't be done. Let the optimists say, let's get to work.
Yes, we are in the fight of our lives, but it's worth the
fight and we're in it to win. Our day is Election Day.
Thank you and God bless the United States of America.
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TEXAS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TEXAS STATE CONVENTION
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]
[ [ I appreciate this great turnout -- especially with the
Home Shopping Network featuring Ross Perot today. ]]
I don't think I've ever felt it as strongly -- I'm proud to
be a Texan. Barbara and I raised our kids here, I coached Little
League here, built my business here, my Presidential campaign
started here, and when my work is over, I'll return here. I've
chosen a great site for my Presidential Library -- the home of
the Aggies -- Texas A & M. It is great to be back home because
there is no place like Texas.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going is a
little rough right now, but I'll let the world in on a secret you
already know: I finish what I start. To finish the job the
American people asked me to do, I need your help -- Texas, give
me four more years as your leader.
I'll do my part - by keeping my eye on the ball. Snappy
answers and glib talk won't get the job done. Let somebody else
pitch pie-in-the-sky promises, and babble sound-good sound-
bites. Let somebody else become the darling of the talking heads
on TV, I'll keep fighting to get something done for this country.
There's too much at stake for America to forget about trust
and judgment and values -- too much at stake, as we say in Texas,
to buy a pig in a poke.
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Count on this: somebody else can cozy up to the special
interest crowd in Washington, spend the next five months being
all things to all people -- nobody else is going to stick closer
to the values that made this Party great and this country great.
No matter what the polls say or the pundits want, nobody
else is going to hang tougher on principle. And one more thing:
nobody else is going to lead this country for the next four
years. We will win in November, and we will win going away.
In just the last four years, the world we have known for the
last forty years vanished. our mission for the next four years
is to shape our new world -- not just abroad -- but right here at
home. It's a big job to set the course for the next forty years.
It means solving big problems with a level head, tolerance, and
good judgment. But that's why I want to be President -- because
I am the right man for that job.
I understand America and her problems and I understand where
we must go. I want for my kids and my grandkids -- for every one
of America's children -- what we all want: families strong and
united, good schools, safe neighborhoods, a job-creating economy,
and a world at peace, Pretty straightforward, isn't it?
Since becoming your President, I've felt the heartbeat of
this country in every single state. I've felt it closeup --
farmers, ranchers, city kids, teachers, truck drivers -- I know
the American people, and they are with us. But they are angry -
- angry at big government, small results, and big excuses. They
are right -- government is just too big and spends too much.
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This election must be a referendum on some big ideas. One
of them is a government that works right without raising taxes.
You see, I don't believe that the only way to ever balance the
budget is "a massive tax increase." The American people know I
proposed an amendment to force us to balance the budget. They
know I fought for it -- the only Presidential candidate to
support it. That's why in the fall they'll be with us -- America
wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Government is too big and spends too much. The American
people know that the President should have what forty-three
governors have to control spending. They know I've called for
it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be with us --
America wants the President to have the Line-Item-Veto.
Government is too big and spends too much. The taxpayer
knows how the budget gets busted. It's an arrogant, permanent
Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The American people are
with us - it's time to limit terms for members of Congress.
Now, there are others out there who say they are the leaders
of change. Maybe they can read polls -- but they haven't read
the American people. You and I, we know each other. Throughout
my life in Texas, you've seen me tested.
When I sent our sons and daughters into battle, Texans
anguished with me. When I agreed to pay a painful price for a
deal on the budget, Lord knows, you argued with me And when I
defied the powerful broccoli lobby, you laughed with me. But
through it all you knew I would never break with Texas values we
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hold most dear: freedom and faith, honor and decency, and most
of all family.
You've seen these values change the world. Eastern Europe
Found this
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just this week
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we put another nail in the coffin of the Cold War. Boris Yeltsin
and I stood in the Rose Garden to announce the most sweeping
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nuclear arms cuts in history. That's something spectacular for
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our children and our grandchildren -- these kids right here will
sleep at night without fear of nuclear war. These are dreams
come true for America, and I am proud of that record.
But let me warn you: for all the great triumphs freedom has
made, the world remains a dangerous place. That's why a big idea
in this campaign is defending America's interests abroad. The
best way to keep America safe is to keep America strong.
The Soviet "bear" might now be a creature of the past, but
there are still plenty of wolves out there -- you know who they
are. But as our actions in the Gulf proved, we will defend our
interests -- we will keep the wolves at bay -- and we will never
let aggression stand.
Yes, our successes abroad have laid the foundation for
stepping up our attack on our domestic problems. But we don't
need to bring back the central planners or the social engineers.
They're on the run in Russia -- they're not welcome here. The
big government crowd has it backward: the people don't work for
the government, the government works for the people.
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No, to set things on a new track right here at home -- we
must start with a moral, even a spiritual revival across our
nation, particularly when it comes to instilling values in our
kids. So here is another big idea: fads may come and go -- but
in the Bush Administration, the family will always be in fashion.
Family
That's how we put first things first -- families united,
fathers and mothers staying together, in spite of tough times,
because they love their children and want them to grow up whole
and strong. It all begins with the family.
Some of the ideas I've put forth for changing America
unnerve those who cling to the old thinking of the status quo.
Not everyone is ready for new ideas. So it will take time. And
four years just haven't been enough to finish our mission.
On that one, give me a few more Phil Gramms - a few more
new thinkers in the Congress - give me a new Congress, the kind
my great predecessor, Ronald Reagan began with, and you just
watch us get this country moving again.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is I
didn't have to get permission from some old thinker in the
Congress to kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Would I like to see our domestic agenda off and running?
You bet. So I understand the feeling that's out there because I
am frustrated with the same things you are: family values under
siege, second-rate schools, too much despair and too much
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violence on too many streets. Think about the fifty-year old man
laid off after thirty years with the same company when he asks,
"What about me?" or the parents who took on second jobs to
provide a daughter with a college education, when they say, "Our
daughter can't find a job, what about her?" or the kids on the
streets, whose only friend is crack, whose only family is the
gang, when they ask, "What about us?"
At this historic moment when political leadership is so
necessary, we too must ask, "What about him, what about her, what
about those kids?" To the American people their government is
impotent and out of touch, still shuffling these painful protests
to the waiting room of some Congressional subcommittee. We must
change this. We must break this gridlock and recapture the trust
of the American people.
We have much to do these next four years, but I know our
strength is in our values, our determination, and our optimism
about the future. There's a right way and a wrong way to set a
new course. The wrong way is to give up -- and I will not give
up on America not now, not ever. America will always be a
rising nation but only if we continue to believe in ourselves.
After a tough recession, confidence is returning to our
economy. Some good fundamentals are in place: low interest
rates, and low inflation. Stronger growth in the first quarter.
The United States is still the largest and most productive
economy in the world. Don't ever forget that. The biggest
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mission -- the biggest idea of this campaign is to accelerate
economic growth to create hope and opportunity for everyone.
And with our exports still climbing -- there's solid proof that
Americans can outcompete anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world.
Look right down a Texas road for examples -- Texas beef on
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the market in Japan, Texas cotton weven in Europe, Texas oil and
gas technology in demand everywhere. I'm going to fight to keep
that technology state of the art. To help keep our independent
oil and gas producers competitive, I 'll keep pushing for a
revised Alternative Minimum Tax. I'll keep pushing for cleaner
fuels like natural gas. And I'll keep pushing to reduce our
dangerous dependence on foreign oil, not only by conservation,
but also by supporting the industries right here in Texas.
A rising nation educates her young people. Well, you
wouldn't know it to read the papers, but all across America a
revolution in education is bringing back excellence to our
schools. Well, we were the ones to start it -- we are the ones
that are leading it -- we'll be the ones to complete it. And
before we're done, whether it's public, private or religious,
parents are going to have the right to choose their children's
schools.
You wouldn't know it to watch the network news, but there's
another great and dynamic movement transforming our country. It
is a movement of ordinary people solving problems right where
they live -- millions of courageous people taking direct and
consequential action on their own. This is how we help create
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whole and good communities. Lest anyone forget, under my
Presidency this movement, this big idea, is a national crusade.
The real heroes of America -- God bless them -- are the ones we
call Points of Light.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents raise
kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- linking a strong
economy with a clean environment; the Americans with Disabilities
Act -- guaranteeing the disabled their rightful place in the
mainstream. And when it comes to stopping bad legislation with
my veto pen, it's Bush 28, Congress 0.
So despite what you hear from the pundits, or the special
interests, we are already setting a new course for America. But
it is a very critical moment. To meet the tough issues of
education, of crime, or the decline in the American family -- we
must resolve not to once again walk down the old paths of the old
thinkers. The future of our country is at stake. The job is
only half-done. We must finish what we started.
I'm proud of our record. We've had to make the tough calls
-- every day and every week. Bigger government, higher taxes,
moral relativism -- that's their way -- the old way -- and we've
proposed a better way. A new track for America -- like Texas,
it's a big idea. When Congress blocked the way -- stuck in the
muck of the old thinking -- we kept the heat on -- kept pushing
for change. One specific on that note: the Congress may have a
vision problem but don't for a minute think we're going to give
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up on the Superconducting Supercollider. Across the board we're
going to keep on pushing the Congress until we get the job done.
When the American people send me a Congress with a
commitment to change -- we'll pass the laws, do the work the
American people deserve. But with or without the Congress we are
going to make our families stronger, our schools better, our
streets safer, and build opportunity for all Americans. That's
what the American people want, not excuses, but action.
This is an age of great change for America -- that's what
makes November 3rd so important. Change can seem to threaten the
most valuable legacies we hope to leave our children: good jobs,
strong families, a nation at peace. Change breeds uncertainty
and skepticism. I understand that. But we are the United States
of America -- one nation under God.
The genius of America is everywhere. It's in a society that
places a premium on performance, not glitz -- on service, not
selfishness. A society that captures what Texas is all about.
Let the skeptics say it can't be done. The will optimists say,
let's get to work.
I am ready. Yes, we are in the fight of our lives, but it's
worth the fight and we are in it to win.
I appreciate this warm Texas welcome. God bless you all.
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