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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Doral
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR HOUSTON RALLY
I. SUMMARY
On Wednesday, August 19, at 1:50 p.m., you will address
approximately 4,000 people at a rally and fundraiser in Houston,
Texas. You will ride into the reception area on a motorized
train with the First Lady, the Vice President and Mrs. Quayle,
and family members, and your remarks begin after lunch.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 12 minutes / teleprompter),
stress the importance of trust in this election year and talk
about your roots in Texas.
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle [[-- America's
favorite two-lawyer couple.]] Dan Quayle has served with
distinction -- and with dignity. He's taken the other side's
best shots -- and if you ask me, he's given better than he's got.
I am proud to have him with me in the White House for four more
years. 11
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome ... a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
2
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about the
values close to home: I'm talking about jobs, about family and
faith -- about neighborhoods free from crime
...
about a world
free from fear. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side called trust. When you get
right down to it, this election will be like every other: When
you pull that curtain closed and cast your vote November 3rd --
trust matters. 11
When the phone rings in the middle of the night in the White
House
when a crisis comes half a world away
...
trust
matters.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
3
Trust matters. // The American people want to know that
their President has the experience
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
I am that man. //
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: To lead a great nation
you must first trust the people you lead.
Look at every big issue we face. You'll see a choice -- a
choice between those who put their faith in everyday Americans,
and those who put their faith in government.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me give you a few details:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: Of the government, by the
4
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people."
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
We trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's child care. // When the other side says, "government
knows best" -- I say: Parents know better. Parents know better
than some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. //
And we trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost -- and they say: Take two aspirin -
- and call me after the election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? We have a better way -- a plan to make health care
affordable for all Americans, without driving quality down or
driving costs through the roof. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people ... I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my economic plan -- 500,000 more
Americans would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under siege: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
...
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rhythms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
...
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
...
built a business
...
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America --- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
pers.
DAVID BOAZ
Perpetual party of government
hey're both all-American
tional candidates who have less
T
on Embassy Row that was home to
boys from small Southern
knowledge of what it means to obey
many members of Congress, and
towns, outsiders in an era of
laws rather than write them, to pay
married a woman from Washington.
change, devoted to public
taxes rather than raise them.
Except for about four years as a jour-
service.
Bill Clinton grew up poor, but
nalist, he has spent his entire life on
At least that's the Clinton cam-
since the age of 18 he has lived no-
the public payroll, entering Con-
paign's perspective.
where except elite college campuses
gress at the age of 28.
Here's another view: Bill Clinton
and the Governor's Mansion. After
As it happens, their personal
and Al Gore make up the most totally
law school he taught at a state uni-
backgrounds make Mr. Clinton and
"insider" ticket ever nominated by
versity for less than two years before
Mr. Gore the perfect ticket for the
an American political party. Both
being elected attorney general at the
modern Democratic party, which
men have had virtually no life out-
age of 30. Since then, except for a
has become not just the party of in-
side politics. Not only have they
two-year forced exile as a politically
terest groups, but the party of gov-
never "met a payroll," as the saying
connected rainmaker for a Little
ernment itself. At recent Demo-
goes, they've spent precious little
Rock law firm, he has been in public
cratic conventions, upwards of 40
time on a private-sector payroll. It
office. It's revealing to recall that at
percent of the delegates have been
would be hard to imagine two na-
the age of 23 he had been planning a
government employees.
political career for "many years."
The fundamental class division
Al Gore is an even more complete
in any society is not between rich
David Boaz is executive vice
product of the public sector. He was
and poor, or between farmers and
president of the Cato Institute and
born and raised in Washington, the
city dwellers, but between taxpayers
author of "Left, Right and Baby-
son of a 32-year veteran of Congress.
boom: America's New Politics."
He grew up in an apartment building
see BOAZ, page B3
THE WHITE HOUSE
McGroarty/Walters
WASHINGTON
August 13, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle [[-- America's
favorite two-lawyer couple.]] Dan Quayle has served with
distinction -- and with dignity. He's taken the other side's
best shots -- and if you ask me, he's given better than he's got.
I am proud to have him with me in the White House for four more
years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome ... a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about the
values close to home: I'm talking about jobs, about family and
faith -- about neighborhoods free from crime
...
about a world
free from fear. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side ... called trust. When you get
right down to it, this election will be like every other: When
you pull that curtain closed and cast your vote November 3rd --
trust matters. //
When the phone rings in the middle of the night in the White
House
when a crisis comes half a world away
trust
matters.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Trust matters. // The American people want to know that
their President has the experience
...
the character
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
...
I am that man. //
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: To lead a great nation
...
you must first trust the people you lead.
Look at every big issue we face. You'll see a choice -- a
choice between those who put their faith in everyday Americans,
and those who put their faith in government.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me give you a few details:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis."
Well now
...
maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair
...
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: Of the government, by the
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people."
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
We trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's child care. // When the other side says, "government
knows best" -- I say: Parents know better. Parents know better
than some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. //
And we trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is pushing for a new
payroll tax of at least 7 percent, to finance a government take
over of America's hospitals.
Ask them about the cost ---- and they say: Take two aspirin -
- and call me after the election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? We have a better way -- a plan to make health care
affordable for all Americans, without driving quality down or
driving costs through the roof. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people
...
I trust the
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
And if Congress had passed my economic plan -- 500,000 more
Americans would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
...
since Castro's coup in
Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[ [Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
... towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
crossed the street
...
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
...
Saturday picnics
...
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
...
built a business
...
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its own self." //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
...
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
...
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
...
are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America -- if we start with family and faith
and trust -- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
...
One Nation, Under God. //
Thank you all for this warm welcome home
...
and may God
bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
# # #
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
12:30 p.m.
[gala]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour." We've got a message to take to
all America -- and it starts right here, with the Victory
Express. //
[[And I'll tell you one more thing: It sure beats the
bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle has
done an outstanding job as Vice President
...
he's going to be a
bulldog in this campaign
...
and we are going to win. I'm proud
Dan Quayle will be serving with me in the White House for four
more years. //
And of course, my partner in this great adventure -- with me
every step of the way from West Texas to the White House:
Barbara Bush. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
...
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- they're going to love Barbara's speech. //
I want to tell you today why what we do here in Houston this
week is so critically important. This election is about the big
2
issues. About the issues that shape the world -- about the
values close to home: I'm talking about jobs, about family and
faith -- about neighborhoods free from crime
...
about a world
free from fear. //
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
called trust. When you get
right down to it, this election will be like every other: When
you pull that curtain closed and cast your vote November 3rd --
trust matters. //
When the phone rings in the middle of the night in the White
House
when a crisis comes half a world away
trust
matters.
I'm proud of the world-shaping events that happened on our
watch -- proud of America's victory in the Cold War / proud that
American values have won the hearts of millions from Managua to
Moscow. //
But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger. // As long
as I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong.
///
Trust matters. // The American people want to know whether
their President has the experience
the character
...
the guts
-- to do the right thing. / I believe
...
I am that man. //
3
So far, I've talked about trust in the traditional sense.
But that's just part of the picture. Each election is a
referendum on the future -- and what we want it to look like. I
stake my claim on a simple philosophy: To lead a great nation
... you must first trust the people you lead.
Look at every big issue we face. You'll see a choice -- a
choice between those who put their faith in everyday Americans,
and those who put their faith in government.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me fill you in:
They start with a big idea -- it's called big government.
X
X
They're on the record for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis. "
Well now ... maybe they're right. //
I don't want to be unfair ... to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
X
x
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they ever dreamed of --
X
combined. //
The choice could not be clearer -- and it's a choice the
American people have made before. A choice between two
fundamentally different philosophies: of the government, by the
government, for the government" versus "of the people, by the
people, for the people.'
4
I believe the American people will once again choose the
Republican creed. // But our philosophy isn't right because
it's Republican. It's right because it's American.
I trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
I trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
I trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's child care. // When the other side says, "government
knows best" -- I say: Parents know better. Parents know better
than some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. //
And I trust the people -- not the government -- to choose
their own health care. The other side is X pushing for a new
X
midten
payroll X tax of at least 7 X percent, to finance a government-take Review
Budget
over of America's hospitals. X
Ask them about the cost -- and they're for change, alright.
Changing the subject. //
They say: Take two aspirin -- and call me after the
election. //
I ask you: Do we really want to put the same crew who runs
the House Bank and the House Post Office in charge of America's
hospitals? The American people don't want the government playing
doctor. //
But the number one issue today is the economy -- it's jobs.
Trust matters here, too. I trust the people ... I trust the
5
people to spend and save their money more wisely than some budget
planner in Washington.
The "government first" folks may not realize it -- but
there's a difference between printing money and creating wealth.
My economic plan trusts the people -- it creates incentives to
unleash the economy, to jump start the small businesses out there
that create the vast majority of America's new jobs.
ELK GROVE
And if Congress had passed my plan -- 500,000 more Americans
OMB
would be working right now. //
That's why I challenge you to join me in the true crusade
for change -- a Republican crusade to take back the Congress.
1956
The House of Representatives has remained in Democratic control
NYT
10/6/90
since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in
X
1959 Cuba. But today, the status quo is under seige: The only way to
Reaters 9/22/91
break the deadlock in Washington is to clear out the deadwood on
Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
[[Now I know, some people say I was born to privilege. I've
never understood that. /// I never said I was born a Texan.
//]]
X
X
Texas
X
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and Almanac
Crane
...
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
6
crossed the street
...
towns that sent their kids halfway around
x
x
X
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rythyms of West Texas. Friday night football
... Saturday picnics ... and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
...
built a business
...
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- we shared the grief that never goes away.
Lived life -- as the author says -- "its X own self." // NEXIS
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
...
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things ... about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here ... are the lessons I live by now. /
Yes, we have witnessed -- we have worked for -- a world of
change: a new world of opportunity for ourselves, for our
children. But what we want for our children isn't much different
than what our parents wanted for us: Safe streets. Good
schools. A solid sense of right and wrong
....
And if today we've gone wrong with anything -- it's that
we've gotten away from something fundamental. If we start with
what's right about America if we start with family and faith
and trust. --- we will build a future lit with hope and opportunity
for all Americans. A future true to America's oldest ideal
...
One Nation, Under God. //
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I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the
presidency.
Recalling his initial reaction to suggestions that he run for office,
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Linda J. Wachner
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Michael A. Miles
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Honorable Richard K. Armey
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Ms. Jeanie Austin
Vice-Chairman, Republican National Committee
Mr. Larry Bathgate
Chairman, Republican National Committee
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12:35 pm
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- Thursday, August 18, 1988
Vice President Bush: Texas Republican Delegation, Bush Headquarters
Transcript ID: 380865 (164 lines)
REMARKS OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH
BEFORE THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN DELEGATION
BUSH HEADQUARTERS, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1988
VICE PRESIDENT BUSH: (Applause.) Thank you very, very much.
Governor, thank you. (Applause.) Please let me say how very
pleased I am to be here and pleased to be introduced by Bill and
accompanied by Rita coming in here. Texas is back at a tough time,
but under Bill Clements' leadership, we're fighting back. More
Texans have worked now, I'm told, than at any time in the history of
our state and I credit our Governor and other leaders here with us
today for that magnificent performance. (Applause.)
I want to thank Phil Gramm for throwing my hat into the ring
there last night. He did an outstanding job and I was proud that a
senator from Texas did the honor. (Applause.) I want to thank John
Tower for his steadfast support and his leadership, of course, for
our state over the years, and his steadfast support for me now as an
top advisor on defense matters and a campaigner of extraordinary
vigor. He's right. I do have perspicacity (pronouces
"per-sa-picacity" -- (laughter) -- but then I'm a perspicacious
(pronounces "per-sa-picacious") -- (laughter -- applause) -- kind of
a person and I don't see why that should come as a surprise to any
one of you. (Applause.)
I want to thank Tom Loeffler, who has been at my side as one of
our Chairmen, leaders, in this campaign and Penny Butler and I'm
going to make some mistakes -- Kent Hance, I see down here and so
many others. I want to thank Roger Staubach for being at my side
and helping me in this campaign. I'll never forget that at the
convention that we had -- the Dallas convention -- our boys,
including George here, Marvin, Jeb and Neil, went out to the
Staubach house and challenged -- one of our few mistakes in sporting
life is to challenge Staubach and associates to a basketball game.
He had a couple of ringers on his team. One guy that had been a
awesome -- what was he, running back or blind backer for the cowboys
-- and some ringer he brought in from the East who was a basketball
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player, but anyway, they are playing in about 105 degrees heat.
It's not that our kids hadn't been in training - (laughter) --
but once Marvin -- and they were playing three-on-three and we had
four on their team and they had four, so one guy could sit out, you
see, and I had the good sense to be watching the game -- (laughter)
-- but Marvin, exhausted, wrung out from the heat, leaned over like
this -- (indicating) -- trying to get his breathin the Staubach's
basketball court out there. Roger, guarding him, turned over to
him and he said, "Marv, never let the other side know you're
tired." (Laughter.) Marvin jumped like this and staggered to the sidelines as
we put a substitute in. But he sets a good example for us, and I'm
not going to let the other side know I'm tired, because I'm not.
(Applause and cheers) I'm upbeat and ready to go. (Applause and
cheers)
Now, I'm very -- appreciate what John Tower said about my
running mate Dan Quayle. He's going to make a tremendous impression
across this country. I wanted to drag him over here, but he's doing
what I'll be doing in five minutes -- being upstairs working on my
speech. He's doing that. But he'll be good. Texans will like
this man. They'll like his position on defense. They'll like his
position on job retraining because, as we move into a more
competitive era, we've got to train our workers for the future. The
best opportunity for those who have not participated in this longest
recovery in history will come through education. And Senator Quayle
has been out on the front edge with the Job Training Partnership
Act, offering hope, where formerly there was only misery. He's
going to be a great vice president, and I'm glad to have him at my
side. (Applause and cheers)
I'm not going to give you too much of a preview of coming
attractions for tonight, but we've got to get these issues in focus.
We've got to do a couple of things. We've got to be sure, in a
fair, objective way, that the country knows where my opponent stands
ideologically. He said in his speech ideology doesn't matter, just
competence. He's only half right -- or half wrong. Ideology
matters. You need to know why you want to lead this country and how
to take it there. And SO I will spell out, over this campaign, what
I think are differences SO fundamental that the America people will
find them hard to believe. But that's only half the equation,
putting his record in shape. The other half is spelling out, with
clarity, what I want to do as President of the United States.
And, yes, I've been a loyal Vice President, but now the gears
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shift tonight, and I'm going to be the nominee of this party for
President -- (applause) -- and I'm going to set the agenda, and I'm
going to tell us where we want to take this country. (Applause and
cheers)
And though -- (applause and cheers) -- and though I've come
here to say thank you -- I've come here to say thank you very much,
my mind goes back to Midland. And I've got to document this,
because everything you say at this level of politics they check it
out. But I'll repeat, because it's pretty close to true,
if not accurate. (Laughter.) But I'll never forget, when Barbara
and I held the first primary, we conducted it in a junior high
school building there in Midland, it was either '52 or '56, first
time in that then one party state that we had ever conducted a
primary in that precinct. I see O'Donnell nodding, he probably made
me do it. But Barb and I got there and my recollection is that
three people voted in our primary all day long. We sat in that
school, me, Barbara, and one drunk democrat who though he was voting
in the Democratic primary. And so look at the dramatic change, look
what our governor has done, look what our two senators are doing,
and wouldn't it be nice to have Beau Boulter join Phil Gramm in the
United States Senate? (Cheers, applause.)
But all through this, where there's -- at this level, one of
two people standing here, I'm one of two who will be the next
president, but I know how I got here. I know what -- I don't know
whether Bob Masbacher is here, but from the very, very beginning at
my side in finances, and I know some of you in this room, when you
see him coming you run, you go the other direction. But he'll catch
you, and part of the reason that I'm here is because he has caught a
lot of you, and I'm grateful to him. I see Peter O'Donnell who
carved out in the earliest days the future of this Party by just
plain sheer determination.
And I see others around this room to whom Barbara and I are
extraordinarily grateful, and I can tell you we are certain, just
absolutely certain that if it weren't for the people in this room, I
wouldn't be standing here as a nominee of the Republican Party, I
know it, and I am grateful to each and every one of you.
I'll close with this, you know I told that Californians
yesterday that for us our strength comes from family, and it comes
from faith, whether it was First Presbyterian Church and Matthew
Lynn in Midland, Texas a thousand years ago, or Saint Martins in
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Houston today, our faith comes from our belief in God and our
understanding that nobody, nobody could be President of the United
States if you didn't understand that. And it comes from family.
And I have kept our family close in, held them close, because I've
always believed there was a certain oasis, and that oasis gave us
our strength. But as you might have seen last night, we don't do
that anymore. I'm very grateful to Bill for letting George make the
nominating pitch that put me over the top. I'll never forget that.
And I'm grateful to four other states, where our four other
kids are delegates, each and every one of them elected in their own
right, but nevertheless there they were speaking up for their
father. I want to say I'm grateful to the in-laws, but after being
kicked around by those ten grandchildren last night on television
and trying to get them to shut up so I could listen, why we might
take a recount on that one.
But the point is this, we're going to share, we're going to
have not just Texans understand, but we're going to have those in
the 49 other states understand what I think my friends in Texas
know, and that is that we are blessed by the strength of family,
we're out there, hopefully all of them working for their dad, and
it's going to come through loud and clear. Because when I think of
our state, I think of what family means, and what faith means,
there's no other way to look at it. And so, I'm going to be doing
my level best, I really just came down to say thank you, thank you
from the bottom of a very grateful heart. I'm going to go out, and
with your help, be elected the next President of the United States.
(Applause.)
END
the political fray.
This intemperate move could
PHIL DUNCAN
backfire. Two years ago, when the
ABA struck a similar pose, it lost
1,500 members and recanted. The
t's a familiar indictment that the
matter is of public interest because
I
But this misses the possibility
already feeds a daily general news
media tend to simplify political
When all you get
that indifference may not be a per-
TV program (with advertising) into
the ABA touts its ratings of judicial
campaigns into mere "who's
manent trait of the citizenry. While
the classrooms of more than 10,000
candidates as objective measures of
ahead" horse races, and lately
the ordinary American's grasp of
secondary schools across the coun-
professional competence.
it seems that the arts of conducting,
public policy may not be as sophisti-
try. The programming reaches
That pretense was exposed back
analyzing and arguing over "trial
is the horse race
cated as some would like, the voters
about 6 million students, including
in 1987, when the ABA's judicial rat-
heat" presidential election polls
have always been interested - and
an estimated 600,000 18-year-olds
ing panel changed its mind about
have transfixed the news business.
still are - in sizing up the politicians
who are eligible to vote.
Robert Bork. Unanimously awarded
It's all great fun, but it is dis-
who want to lead them.
In September and October, Chan-
the highest rating for a seat on the
tracting the media from their spe-
what he calls the horse race which
rent stories on Mr. Clinton's lopsided
To satisfy their hunger for infor-
nel One will air a series of news re-
Appeals Court in 1982, Judge Bork
cial responsibility in our democ-
candidate is ahead, by how much and
summer-survey lead over Mr. Bush
mation, people are turning not to tra-
ports on issues previously identified
suddenly became persona non grata
racy: to help foster a meaningful
why - "has become extravagant.
will hold through the fall.
ditional media sources, which filter
by student viewers as important to
to some members the ABA panel
campaign dialogue between the pub-
Such stories may satisfy the curios-
Thus, horse-race journalism es-
political news, but to more direct
them. After the series, Whittle-
when President Reagan nominated
lic and those who seek to govern it.
ity of political writers and activists,
sentially is a form of political snack
links to candidates and issues.
affiliated schools will conduct a
him for the Supreme Court. In the
"The news media no longer facili-
but in terms of the basic informa-
food. And in devoting so much time
They're phoning TV and radio talk/
mock presidential election, with the
heat of an exceptionally bitter politi-
tate democratic conversation," says
tional needs of the American people,
and space to it, print and broadcast
interview shows, calling candidates'
outcome reported the next day on
cal fight, four of the panel's 15 mem-
Lawrence Hansen, a George Wash-
they are largely irrelevant."
media often neglect more substan-
800 numbers for information, shar-
Channel One.
bers rated this renowned former
ington University professor and au-
It is easy to see why the media
tive work that might get voters and
ing questions and thoughts on com-
Given the substantial 18-year-old
Yale professor "unqualified."
thor of a report on the media's role
have been so tempted of late to dwell
candidates talking to each other
puter bulletin boards and watching
component of the Whittle audience,
Vice President Dan Quayle has
as a bridge between voters and
on such reporting and its first
about the nation's future.
C-SPAN, the network that delivers
the mock election outcome may of-
aptly seized on the ABA's antics to
elected officials. "The news busi-
cousin, presidential campaign poll-
One media retort is that issue
unedited political coverage.
fer a clue about the real Bush-
make a political point of his own: The
ness, as we know and understand it
ing. When Texas billionaire Ross
coverage doesn't sell to the general
Also, while many in the media are
Clinton contest. But far more signifi-
Bush-Quayle ticket favors reform of
today. is incapable of helping the
Perot appeared to be running for the
public: Members of the elite care
churning out horse-race stories,
cant than the mock vote itself is the
the civil justice system, while the
public and politicians discuss and
Oval Office, the media were mes-
about issues, but the average Joe
public service groups and private
process that leads up to it. The Whit-
Democrats are protective of the le-
work through problems facing the
merized by the prospect of a genu-
turns the page, switches the chan-
businesses in profuse numbers iden-
tle approach - first educating the
gal status quo. The president should
nation."
inely competitive three-way general
nel. Thus, it appears that some
tify issues of broad concern to the
underline this difference in his cam-
audience, stimulating it to think and
Mr. Hansen suggests that the
election. And since early July, Bill
budget-conscious executives run-
public and then inform citizens
discuss, and then polling it - is a
paign. He could start by rereading
amount of news coverage devoted to
Clinton's climb in the polls, com-
ning newspapers and TV stations
about the parties' and candidates' al-
more constructive contribution to.
Mr. Quayle's speech to the ABA con-
bined with President Bush's stagna-
these days view issue coverage as
ternatives for addressing those con-
the democratic process than the sur-
vention last year, which called for
tion, has been a terrific story in the
not much more than time-
cerns.
veys and standings that SO preoc-
limits on punitive damages and in-
Phil Duncan is political éditor of
genre.
consuming work that costs money.
One of the more ambitious such
cupy the traditional media.
centives for less litigation:
Congressional Quarterly, in which
But when Mr. Perot backed down
Horse-race journalism seems suffi-
endeavors is being undertaken this
The emphasis here is on issues
this article appeared prior to distri-
from a bid, that seemingly exciting
cient for an audience that, in the
fall by Whittle Communications L.P.,
and education - two areas of con-
bution by Scripps Howard News Ser-
race quickly evaporated. And few
main, appears indifferent to politics
based in Knoxville, Tenn. Whittle's
Claudia Winkler is chief editorial
centration all too lacking in the more
vice.
journalists really believe the cur-
and government.
Channel One educational network
traditional campaign coverage.
writer for Scripps Howard Newspa-
pers.
DAVID BOAZ
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THE
TRICK,
TO
INHALE
Perpetual party of government
hey're both all-American
tional candidates who have less
on Embassy Row that was home to
T
boys from small Southern
knowledge of what it means to obey
many members of Congress, and
LIBERAK
towns, outsiders in an era of
laws rather than write them, to pay
married a woman from Washington.
change, devoted to public
taxes rather than raise them.
Except for about four years as a jour-
service.
Bill Clinton grew up poor, but
nalist, he has spent his entire life on
At least that's the Clinton cam-
since the age of 18 he has lived no-
the public payroll, entering Con-
paign's perspective.
where except elite college campuses
gress at the age of 28.
Here's another view: Bill Clinton
and the Governor's Mansion. After
As it happens, their personal
and Al Gore make up the most totally
law school he taught at a state uni-
backgrounds make Mr. Clinton and
"insider" ticket ever nominated by
versity for less than two years before
Mr. Gore the perfect ticket for the
an American political party. Both
being elected attorney general at the
modern Democratic party, which
men have had virtually no life out-
age of 30. Since then, except for a
has become not just the party of in-
side politics. Not only have they
two-year forced exile as a politically
terest groups, but the party of gov-
never "met a payroll," as the saving
connected
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The Washington Times
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EDITORIALS
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COMMENTARY
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WALTER MEARS
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New management
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nder new manage-
that new look and with the opening
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ment, President Bush
burst of campaign television, they
has only one change
say, the president should be able to
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left to make in his
narrow Mr. Clinton's advantage in
comeback quest for a
the public opinion polls by more
second term and
than half, to single digits, before La-
he's it. Mr. Bush is still the candidate,
bor Day.
the man who must deliver a mes-
To get there, the revival has to
sage, the president who has to con-
begin now. Republican Chairman
T
vince voters his re-election would
Rich Bond said in Houston that the
new
change their lives for the better.
convention "begins the comeback
socia
Managers and advisers can help,
trail of the real comeback kid," bor-
Franc
but presidential nominees have to
rowing a Clinton line from the pri-
Fe
deliver. And so far. the Bush mes-
mary campaign. He said he wanted
Hill
sage has been uncertain, sometimes
Mr. Baker back for that effort.
activi
wavering. He's been campaigning
But if Mr. Baker can chart a
a fem
for months, while saying he was not
comeback route, Mr. Bush is going
testir
yet in a real compaign mode.
to have to travel it with a convincing.
prem
He will be after the Republican
personal campaign that connects
Thon
National Convention.
with the voters.
sexua
It opens Monday, and Mr. Bush
Rep. Vin Weber, Minnesota Re-
lawye
will be delivering what could be the
publican, a conservative and some-
Legal
crucial speech of his campaign next
the
Thursday night in Houston, accept-
ident
ing the nomination and beginning
If Baker can chart a
cles
the final phase of the campaign
dren'
against Democrat Bill Clinton.
comeback route,
Or
He'll have James A. Baker III at
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Bush is going to have
wome
his side again, as in 1988 and 1980,
wher
an aide and friend who doesn't have
to travel it with a
Hill
to stand on rank or ceremony, and
"who
can deliver blunt advice without the
personal campaign
pitch
inhibitions that constrain others in
their dealings with Mr. President.
that connects with
at ba
peral
Mr. Bush announced Thursday
that Mr. Baker is to become White
the voters.
polic
House chief of staff on Aug. 23
James Baker
vote
three days after the Republican Con-
stric
vention ends. Sam Skinner, who has
time critic of Bush tax policy and of
been in that job for nine months,
the campaign operation, said there
since taking over in an earlier
was no magic bullet, no miracle at
Pr
shakeup, will become general chair-
hand, but that the whole team would
man of the Republican National
operate more effectively with Mr.
sta
Committee, a title without a clear
Baker back.
role.
There is a downside. Democrats
Do
Mr. Baker's peer stature with Mr.
have been criticizing the long-
Bush is one of the reasons top people
expected move and taunting the
to
in the campaign were anxious for his
Bush campaign over it. Mr. Clinton
As
return, convinced he could bring or-
said it seemed aimed at disarray in
der and political sense to an opera-
the Bush campaign; Sen. Al Gore Jr.,
COi
tion they saw stalled and divided be-
Mr. Clinton's running mate. said
tween rival factions in the White
such a shakeup would be a sign of
wh
House and the re-election commit-
panic.
On Wednesday, Mr. Bond had
on
tee.
They think Mr. Bush will leave
praised Mr. Baker's work as secre-
an
Houston a more disciplined candi-
tary of state and said Mr. Clinton
date, ready to heed political counsel.
couldn't figure out how to replace
lin
settled in themes and message. With
him because the Democratic nomi-
McGroarty/Walters
August 13, 1992
3:00 p.m.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSTON GALA
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUGUST 19, 1992
1:50 P.M.
Thank you, Lod [Cook], for those kind words. Thank you all
for this warm Texas welcome. I'm delighted to make this the
first in my "whistle-stop tour. [[And let me tell you
something: the train sure beats the bus. ]]
I want to salute Marilyn and Dan Quayle [[-- America's
favorite two-lawyer couple. ]] Dan Quayle has served with
distinction -- and with dignity. He's taken the other side's
best shots -- and if you ask me, he's given better than he's got.
I am proud to have him by my side in the White House for four
more years. //
Now, I know the excitement's building
...
and each hour we
get closer to the moment everyone's been waiting for. A packed
house at the Astrodome
a nationwide TV audience: I'd be less
than honest if I didn't tell you I've got a few butterflies. But
I'll tell you this -- you're going to love Barbara's speech. //
After Barbara goes tonight, it's my turn tommorrow -- and
I'll spell out where I want to take this country the next four
years. But first, a little about why we are here in Houston.
Some of you may have read an interview my opponent gave to
USA Today last week. It was incredible. He talked about how he
is already planning his transition, figuring out who should be
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"Deputy Assistant Under Secretary" in every Washington agency,
even where he will go to get away from the White House. Heck, I
half expected to come to work Friday morning and find someone in
the Oval Office measuring the drapes.
Well, I have a message for my opponent. Put the drapes on
hold. For you, pretty soon, it's curtain time.
This week we have begun our conversation with the American
people. Straight talk about the issues that shape the world --
about the values close to home: I'm talking about jobs, about
family and faith -- about neighborhoods free from crime -- about
a world free from fear. / /
If you listen to the other side tell it, you're for them if
you're for change. But this election is not just about change -
- because change has a flip-side
called trust. When you get
right down to it, this election will be like every other: When
you pull that curtain closed and cast your vote November 3rd --
trust matters. //
When the phone rings in the middle of the night in the White
House
when a crisis comes half a world away
the American
people want to know that their leader has the experience, the
background, the "guts" to do the right thing.
I'm proud of the changes we have made together. Proud of
America's victory in the Cold War -- proud that in the past four
years, more people have taken the first breath of freedom than at
any time in human history. //
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But this I know: America's work in the world is far from
over. The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still
plenty of wolves in the world. As long as I am President, no
madman will get his finger on the nuclear trigger // As long as
I am Commander in Chief, America will remain safe and strong. //
Electing our leader who will protect our nation means trust
in the traditional sense. But that's just part of the picture.
Each election is a referendum on the future -- and what we want
it to look like. I stake my claim on a simple philosophy: To
lead a great nation
you must first trust the people you lead.
Think about this fact. Nearly one out of every two
delegates in Manhattan was on a government payroll. That's just
not true here in Houston. We are the party of real people -- the
preacher, the payroll-meeter, the wage-earner, the entrepreneur -
- the Veteran and the volunteer.
Look at every big issue we face. You'll see a choice -- a
choice we who put their faith in everyday Americans, and they who
put their faith in government.
And if you haven't heard by now what the "Government First"
crowd has planned, let me give you just a couple details:
First -- they're calling for over $200 billion dollars in new
spending -- and another $150 billion in new taxes.
Now, they're going to come back at me and say: "Wait one
minute. We're the new breed. We're no Walter Mondale or Mike
Dukakis. "
Well now
maybe they're right. //
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I don't want to be unfair
to Mr. Mondale or Mr. Dukakis.
$150 billion in new taxes is more than they the two of them ever
dreamed of offering. //
We trust the people -- not the government -- to create the
jobs and get this economy moving again.
And we trust parents -- not the government -- to make the
decisions that matter in life. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's schools: public, private or religious. //
We trust parents -- not the government -- to choose their
children's child care. // When the other side says, "government
knows best" -- I say: Parents know better. Parents know better
than some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C.//
And we trust the people -- not a new government bureaucracy
-- to fix our health care sytem. //
I've put many of these ideas before Congress -- including a
plan of tax cuts and incentives that would have created half a
million new jobs in America over the past few months.
But Congress hasn't acted. With the silent support of the
other ticket -- the ossified, entrenced, change-allergic
Congressional leadership is blockig America's progress.
That's why I'm going take my fight to every corner of this
nation. And make the case not just to re-elect me -- but to give
Congress back to the people. The House of Representatives has
remained in the same control since Khrushchev ruled the Kremlin
since Castro's coup in Cuba. But today, the status quo is
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under siege: The only way to break the deadlock in Washington is
to clear out the deadwood on Capitol Hill. //
Let me close today with a few words from the heart. //
For Barbara and me, this week has special meaning. This is
our last time around the track. It's good to come home to Texas
-- come home, to where it all began.
I remember travelling to towns like Wink and Kermit and
Crane
towns where parents worried and watched when a kid
crossed the street
towns that sent their kids halfway around
the world to fight from the DMZ to Da Nang to Desert Storm. //
I remember the rhythms of West Texas. Friday night football
Saturday picnics
and the Sunday sermon. Barbara and I
raised a family
built a business
made friends. We shared
the small triumphs -- and the sorrows. As my good friend Dan
Jenkins put it -- we lived life, "its own self. " //
I remember, when the work was done, how we sat around the
table late at night
and we talked: About report cards and
schoolyard fights. About small things
about big dreams. //
No, I wasn't born in Texas. But in Texas I came of age.
The lessons I learned here
are the lessons I live by now. //
The friends we made here -- and throughout our lives -- are the
friends who are in this room -- the friends who stand by us now.
I am about to embark on the fight of my life -- a fight to
keep the American dream alive, but keeping faith in people. I
look forward to this fight, because I have you by my side.
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Barbara and I want to thank you for your support -- and may
God bless this great nation -- the United States of America.
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