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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: S S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Speech File Backup Files Subseries: Chron File, 1989-1993 OA/ID Number: 13837 Folder ID Number: 13837-005 Folder Title: Clearwater, Florida 10/3/92 [OA 7581] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 26 23 1 6 FACT CHECK COPY McGroarty/Nix October 2, 1992 1:45 p.m. [clear] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ON TOP OF THE WORLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY CLEARWATER, FLORIDA OCTOBER 3, 1992 9:25 A.M. Thank you, Sidney [Colen], for those warm words. [Acknowledgements.] // You've got it all: Swimming pool, tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe Jan for Activities Director Barbara and I will come down here when we retire -- in 1997. This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple gropof // World question: what kind of America do we want -- for our kids and our grandkids? // (8B) For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking 799 at the world. He says America is over the hill, struggling in 2734 the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention, he said he saw the U.S. sliding down the list of nations, somewhere past Germany and heading for Sri Lanka. Governor Clinton needs to talk to the Europeans. Talk to the people of Asia -- they'd tell him. The American worker is still the most productive -- the American economy is still the most dynamic. Any way you measure it -- America is still "On Top of the World." // How do we stay Number One? That's the question. / I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific, comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America -- the world's very first $10 trillion economy./ 2 My agenda offers real-world solutions for real-world problems. As I told Sidney, I put it together after long discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds available anywhere. // Jamton And Sidney said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?" (813) 799- My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward -- to open 2734 new markets for American products -- because that is the way we will create new jobs for American workers. // My agenda prepares our young people to work -- because that is the way we will win. // My agenda helps strengthen the American family -- because family is still the foundation of our nation. // My agenda aims at promoting savings and investment -- because America must always be a country where we put tomorrow ahead of today. // Here's what I'm fighting for: To re-invent American education -- give every American the fundamental right to choose the best school for their children. To reform our crazy legal system -- because as a nation, we must sue each other less and care for each other more. / / To use competition to cut the cost of health care and make it more affordable to you and your families. The way I see it, you should only have a headache when you go to the doctor -- not two months later when you get the bill. // Finally, I'm fighting for economic security -- for every man and woman in America. // 3 I know that Social Security and Medicare are vital issues to all of you. And that's why it bothers me so much that Bill Clinton's so desperate to win that he's putting aside the facts to play on your fears. Here are the facts: I've proposed a comprehensive program to reform our health care system -- to improve health care for all Americans. But I will not reduce your Medicare benefits to get there. We need to cut the fat out of an inefficient system - - not cut your health care benefits. Bill Clinton's got a different idea in mind: A government takeover of health care -- forcing people to wait in lines for treatment they want and need. His plan would require $218 Tom billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare over the next five years Scully x4844 to meet his targets. Where does he think he's going to get those savings? How does he expect to cut over $200 billion from Medicare and Medicaid without hurting people like you? Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics. Without a single shred of evidence, he's claimed we're going to cut Medicare benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought to be ashamed. You know I've been right out in the open: The only Tom proposal I've made that will affect Medicare benefits is to give Sailly people with income over $100,000 a year a smaller government #1844 subsidy. I think Bill Clinton's in for a surprise, because America's seniors are smarter than he thinks. And if anyone thinks 4 nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until you make 'em mad. // You know, in 1983, we took steps to make sure Social scully Tom X4844 Security would stay financially sound. As long as I am + President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. I will not touch Social Security. I will not let Congress touch Social Security. And I won't let anyone take a knife to your Medicare benefits. // These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay -- let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you find out that he's wrong for America. // Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes, especially, for America's children and for our senior citizens. We didn't fight for peace in the world to see a nation live in fear, locked behind bolted doors in a prison called home. // Candidate Clinton -- meet Governor Clinton. In Arkansas, the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence -- then he's let back out on the streets. Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average Stump inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to sport crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say 5 you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday salute from Willard Scott. / / But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United States. // It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton Arkansas has been falling behind in high school. Three out of every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college - yump - relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. He says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. / The rivers around Arkansas are some of the most polluted in America. Governor Clinton sometimes sounds as if he can walk on water. Well in Arkansas, the rivers are so polluted -- maybe he can. // Your grandchildren deserve better than this. So does all America. Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign. I know America has endured some tough economic times, but understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown. Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute. Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social welfare state policies. More government. More special interest spending. More taxes on the middle class. 6 As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax, Stump including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV. // In this campaign, the Governor of Arkansas is proposing at stump[ least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry, he says -- I'll get it all from the rich. But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor stump Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with taxable income over $36,600. These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break./ / But that's just the start of his tax campaign against the middle-class. Hardly a day goes by when Candidate Clinton isn't signing on to some plea for new government spending. Before he's done, Bill Clinton's going to need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for all the programs he's promised. Who will pay? The same people who always pay: The people who work hard to pay their bills, who sweat it out at tax time. Bill Clinton wants you to sweat harder for the tax man -- and I say his ideas deserve a cold shower. // Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed Teanessee the example that Bill Clinton would has set as Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a tax program that hit the middle-class hardest." ^ 2 7 Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing. Let's say your granddaughter is a third grade teacher -- with about $22,000 a year in taxable income. Governor Clinton could have her fork over another $430 bucks a year to the tax man. And I say she ought to be able to use that money to pay for your grandkids education, or pay the mortgage on her house, not send it back to the IRS.// Now whenever I say this, Bill Clinton says it's outrageous - - he'd never consider taxing the Middle Class. He's a different kind of Democrat. But there's nothing different about $150 billion in new taxes. There's nothing different about at least $220 billion in new government spending. There's nothing different in Bill Clinton's record in Arkansas -- where he's treated the Middle Class like a piggy-bank to pay for all his programs. Remember Mike Dukakis? Bill Clinton nominated him for Nytimes President four years ago. And this year, according to an article in the New York Times, 39 of Governor Clinton's 49 economic proposals are almost identical to the ideas Governor Dukakis was Qa92 pushing. Liberal Governor of Massachusetts. Liberal Governor of Arkansas. Higher taxes. More spending. A bigger deficit. America Georges deserves something different than this. Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and 8 spend government planners to have total control over the Executive Branch, too. Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit stump inflation -- rising interest rates -- a misery index over 21 percent. We've seen what happens when the party of "tax and spend" operates without checks and balances. // Think about what inflation does to people on fixed incomes. Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress want to let the lion of inflation out of its cage. I say: Let's lock it away for good. At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again. You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough decisions. I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them. But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America. I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that stand in the way of this country. So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation, and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give government back to the people. This is the my Agenda I have to offer 9 If you want someone who has more plans than there are problems -- cast your vote for someone else [[OR: for the other guy -- or the other other guy. ]] But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who understands that America's real strength is not in government, t Cong but in places like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa I Billirakis office - then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd. // Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of Florida Noth Dist. America. # # # 26 George Bush Looking Forward 27 take a strong stand against Communist aggression in East- ern Europe and Asia-an issue that was brought home her children. You're talking about yourself too much, forcefully in June 1950, when American and allied troops George, she told me after reading a news report covering were sent in to prevent a North Korean takeover of South one of my campaign speeches. I pointed out that as a candi- Korea. date, I was expected to tell voters something about my qual- My father's 1950 campaign in Connecticut was geared ifications. She thought about that a moment, then reluc- to developing a responsible Republican alternative to the tantly conceded. "Well, I understand that," she said, "but Democrats' New Deal/Fair Deal policies. The Democratic try to restrain yourself." Senate incumbent was Senator William Benton. Dad lost by Even after I became Vice President, Mother called to 1,000 votes out of 862,000 cast-a strong showing for a first- set me straight on my appearance during one of the Presi- time candidate. When the senior Democratic senator, Brien dent's televised State of the Union messages. She said it McMahon, died two years later, Dad was nominated to run didn't look right for me to be reading something while Presi- in a special election to fill the unexpired term. With Barbara dent Reagan was speaking. When I explained that House and me cheering him on from Texas, he defeated Abraham Speaker "Tip" O'Neill and I were given advance copies of Ribicoff for the Senate seat, and in 1956 was re-elected, de- the speech in order to follow the President's remarks, she feating Thomas Dodd who, like Ribicoff, eventually served was less than persuaded. "I really can't see why that's neces- in the Senate, He would serve a full decade in the Senate, sary," she said. Just listen and you'll find out what he has retiring in 1962-the year I began my own political career to say. in Harris County, Texas. Sometimes Mother is more subtle in her suggestions about my deportment as Vice President. "George, I've no- ticed how thoughtful President Reagan is to Nancy," she For the five Bush children growing up in Greenwich, once called to say. "I've never seen him climb off a plane Connecticut-especially the two oldest, Pres Jr. and me- ahead of her or walk ahead of her. He's so thoughtful!" I got our father had a powerful impact on the way we came to the message. look at the world. But the writer who once described Dad as But Mother's criticism of her children, like Dad's, was the single greatest influence" on my life was only partly always constructive, not negative. They were our biggest right. Our mother's influence and example were equally boosters, always there when we needed them. They believed strong. Dad taught us about duty and service. Mother in an old-fashioned way of bringing up a family-generous taught us about dealing with life on a personal basis, relating measures of both love and discipline. Religious teaching was to other people. also part of our home life. Each morning, as we gathered at Like Dad (and her own father), Mother was a first-rate the breakfast table, Mother or Dad read a Bible lesson to us. athlete. She wasn't big, but she was a match for anyone in Our family is Episcopalian, and we regularly attended Sun- tennis, golf, basketball, baseball-for that matter I don't re- day services at Christ Church in Greenwich. call a footrace Mother was ever in that she didn't come in We were a close, happy family, and never closer or first. Even when her teenage sons outgrew her, she could happier than when we crammed into the station wagon each bring us down to size whenever we'd get too full of our- summer-five kids, two dogs, with Mother driving-to visit selves. Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine. It was named af- Fifty years later, Mother still stays on the alert for any- ter my grandfather, George Herbert Walker, and his father, thing that sounds like "braggadocio" coming from one of David, who had bought it jointly as a family vacation home. Grandfather Walker was born into a devout Catholic Mike Bilirakis,' district 6 x6722 then he says "I haven't made up my mind yet. One day Bill Clinton says the middle-class deserves a tax break, the next day he's plotting new ways to hit the middle-class to pay for all his programs. And just the other day in Wisconsin, Bill Clinton said -- in certuary 1991, get this -- he said he supported the Gulf War. But nine months lago, when Congress voted to support me in standing up to Saddam Hussein, he was playing a different tune. Let's refresh his memory. Back then he said -- and I quote -- I guess I would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote. But I agree with the arguments the minority made." That's not the way it works in the Oval Office. You can't have it both ways. You have to take a stand. Governor Clinton's memory lapse amazes me. Think of it: A man who can remember in great detail that he didn't inhale 20 is year anda half ago. years ago, forgets the hot air he exhaled just nine months ado. If Bill Clinton ever became President -- and he won't -- we'd have to replace the American Eagle -- with a chameleon. I'm proud of my record. I stand by it now -- and I'll stand by it in November. But if Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay -- fine. Let's look at where we've both been -- so you can understand the two very different directions we want to take our country. I think you know Ft. Lauderdale is a special place for me. This is where I finished my flight training, at the old Naval Air TEL May 06'01 16:16 No.012 P.02 RECOMMENDED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS an of FLORIDA POLITICAL EVENTS OCTOBER 3, 1992 RTP 1pm CLEARWATER 1) Mac Norcross and Sandy Mortham, Co-Chairmen, Pinellas County Bush- Quayle '92 2) Sidney Colen, Manager, On Top of the World" retirement community 3) Bill Grant, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate 4) Jeanis Austin, Vice-Chairman, Republican National Committee 5) Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 6) Marian Keith, longtime GOP volunteer and resident of "On Top of the World" FT. LAUDERDALE 1) Van Poole, Chairman, Republican Party of Florida 2) Jeanie Austin, Vice-Chairman, Republican National Committee 3) Bill Grent, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate 4) Bill Bucknam and Rita Johnson, Co-Chairmen, Broward County Bush-Quayle '92 5) Guy Sanchez, Guif War veteran, Corporal in the Marine Corps reserves 6) Commander Donald Feak Commander of VFW post 1966 and army Sergeant in Korea (marched In Ike's Inaugural parade) 7) Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 8) Chris Evert??? ORLANDO 1) Pat Williams, General Manager, Orlando Majic Basketball Team 2) Congresaman Bill McGellum 3) John Mica, Republican candidate for Congress 4) Bill Tolley, Republican candidate for Congress 5) Van Poole, Chairman, Republican Party of Florida 6) Bill Grant, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate 7) Jeanie Austin, Vice-Chairman, Republican National Committee 8) Ken Wright and Bill Donegan, Co-Chairman, Orange County Bush-Quayle '92 9) Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 10) West Orange High School "Marching Warriors" Mr Genger 8/29 SUMMARY OF THE HIGHEST RATED POINTS OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S ECONOMIC SPEECH Rating¹ Statement 77 "Money alone is not the answer -- the United States already spends more per pupil than any other country but Switzerland. The answer M: 72 is a radical overhaul of the system itself. If we want to change our W: 80 country, we've got to change our schools." Spiked at "My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward -- to open new 76 markets, prepare our people to work, strengthen our families, save and invest so that we can win. Our renewal depends on economic growth - M: 72 but growth not for the few at the expense of the many, not for the W: 80 present at the expense of the future." Spiked at "At the same time, we need to foster at home the capabilities that will 76 keep us in the lead: radical changes in our education system to prepare our children for a constantly changing workplace; incentives for the M: 71 entrepreneurs and new technologies to sharpen our competitive edge; W: 79 job training; health care reform, to promote the economic security of our working men and women; and new approaches for reaching out to those who have been left behind, since in the century ahead we will need the talent and the energy of every single American." Spiked at "I will streamline government -- consolidating agencies, tightening 75 budgets, and cutting the salaries of highly paid federal employees. And I'll start by cutting the White House budget 33 percent if Congress cuts M: 60 its own budget by the same amount." W: 78 73 "For America to be safe and strong, we must meet the defining challenge of the 1990s; to win the economic competition -- to win the M: 68 peace. We must be a military superpower, an economic superpower W: 78 and an export superpower." 73 "And finally, because our greatest strengths flow not form government but from the personal initiative of free men and women, my agenda M: 64 aims to check the growth of government, and in some ways, reverse W: 77 it." 73 "Our current school system is not up to the task. Designed for the 19th century, it will collapse under the weight of the 21st." M: 73 W: 74 1Average rating, followed by the men's rating (M), and the women's rating (W). 73 "That means sweeping away the nightmare of crime from our cities, building a core of property owners, crating business incentives, and M: 64 making individual discipline and self-reliance the goal of all of our W: 79 programs." 72 "In our country we've always prized an entrepreneurial capitalism that grows from the bottom up, not the top down; a prosperity that begins M: 56 on Main Street and extends to Wall Street not the other way around." W: 80 72 " giving children scholarships so that all parents have the freedom to choose which schools will best serve the freedom to choose which M: 69 schools will best serve their children. Competition is the principle that W: 74 must underlie education reform, to break the establishment's monopoly on the system." 72 "The dream has made us the most dynamic society in the world; it's yet another strength we can draw upon for the challenge ahead. And M: 68 so we must give every American a shot at making good on the dream." W: 75 71 "We must prepare the American people for a lifetime of learning, to keep a step ahead of that process of change. Now, developed nations M: 66 need developing minds. The burden will fall on our educational system. W: 73 As in the past, education should be the ladder that children can climb to better themselves." 71 "Health care costs are the fastest-rising part of our budget for government, businesses, and yes, families." M: 71 W: 73 70 "So we must seize every opportunity to open new markets, particularly those with the greatest potential for expansion." M: 65 W: 75 70 "That's the lesson I learned as a young man, packed up a Studebaker and moved to Texas after another war, at the start of another era. I M: 53 saw jobs, prosperity -- an entire future -- built with the hands of W: 81 ordinary men and women with extraordinary dreams." 70 "And I believe government owes it to them, and to you, to keep tax rates low and make them even lower; to keep money sound; to limit M: 60 government spending and regulations; and to open the way for greater W: 75 competition, and freer trade." 70 "Second, supporting civilian R & D, by bring the development, production and marketing of technology closer to the consumer." M: 55 W: 74 70 "This is a fact: We will never lead the world in the 21st century until we learn to sue each other less and care for each other more." M: 55 W: 81 70 "At a time when companies across the country have been restructuring, increasing efficiency - -- all to prepare for the economic M: 62 competition of tomorrow federal government faces an obligation to W: 76 do the same." 70 "We must enhance competition and market forces, not restrict them; we must preserve individual choice, not hand decision-making over to M: 68 centralized bureaucracies; we must reduce the burden on employers, W: 72 not bury them in a tide of new taxes and government regulations." 67 "Government is too big and spends too much." M: 50 W: 77 BC disperable he'll to say ww anything I know that Social Security and Medicare are vital issues to many all of you. The Social Security reforms we enacted in 1983 have kept the system financially sound -- and, as President, I have consistently said "Don't Mess with Social Security". I will not touch your Social Security and I won't let Congress touch it either. there M The fach: Health care costs are exploding and we must reform the system. I've proposed a comprehensive program to fundamentally change and improve health care. But I will not reduce your Medicare benefits to get there. We need to cut the fat out of an inefficient system -- not cut your health benefits. Bill Clinton has abandoned straight talk for scare tactics. WIthout a shread of evidence he's claimed we're going to cut Medicare benefits. He knows better -- and he ought to be ashamed. America's seniors are smarter than that. The only proposal I've made that will affect Medicare benefits is to give people with over $100,000 a year in income a smaller government subsidy. In contrast, the Clinton health care plan will have the government take over the whole health system, and ration care --- forcing people to wait in lines for treatment they want and need. And his plan would require $218 Billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare over the next five years to meet its targets. Where does he think he is going to get those savings? How does he expect to cut over $200 Billion from Medicare and Medicaid without hurting (beneficiaries/you) ? people like you As long as I'm President you won't have to worry about Social Security -- and you won't have to worry about anyone cutting your Medicare benefits. from Scu Uy for file. Machele- - Fyl, We need to McGroarty/Nix October 2, 1992 cut / page - - 8:00 a.m. [clear] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FLORIDA STUMP CLEARWATER, FLORIDA OCTOBER 3, 1992 TIME T.B.D. 9:25a,m. Thank you, -------, for those warm words. [Acknowledgements.] // You've got it all: Swimming pool, tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe I'll come down here when I retire -- in 1997. // [[ This election is going to be a wild ride. Just the other day, I thought I'd take a few minutes to relax, turn on the TV, maybe watch one of those new fall shows -- but all I got was this old Ross Perot re-run. // ]] But don't let the sound and fury fool you. This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple question: what kind of America do we want -- what kind of future do we want for our kids and our grandkids? // For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking at the world. He thinks America is over the hill, struggling in the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention, said he he sees the U.S. sliding down the list of nations, somewhere past ? Germany and heading for Sri Lanka. He ought to get down here to Clearwater -- and get a little bit of your optimism about this great country of ours. // Old-ese But I say this to that gloomy guss; Because I'll tell you, America is now right where it will always be -- On Top of the World. // I want an America that is not just a military superpower -- but the greatest economic superpower in the world. // I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific, comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America - - the world's very first $10 trillion economy. // ((ADD GRAPH RATTLING OFF OUR AGENDA?)) My agenda offers real-world solutions for real-world problems. As I told Sidney [host], I put it together after long discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds available anywhere. // And he said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?" // If you want to lead in this new world of ours, you've got to Clinton keep know your way around the neighborhood. / I want to lead the way to new markets for American products -- new jobs for American workers -- because that is how we will beat the global against competition and win the peace. // Small business is the backbone of what we call the new American entrepreneurial capitalism -- they will create 2/3rds of the new jobs in the new economy. Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more red tape -- I promise small business relief -- from taxation, regulation and litigation. // Americans spend almost $200 billion every year -- on direct costs to lawyers. Japan doesn't pay that, neither do European countries. 3 want to see the Bill Clinton doesn't think this is a- problem -- because you was see, his campaign's in cahoots with all the ambulance-chasing trial lawyers. They think life's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Well, I think as a nation, we must sue each other less -- and care for each other more. // [[ADD ONE GRAPH ON MEDICARE/SOCIAL SECURITY. ]] Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics. Without a single shred of evidence, Bill Clinton's claimed I'm going to cut your benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought to be ashamed. / But I think America's seniors are smarter than that. Because if you think nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until you make 'em mad. // Under this As long I am President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. // These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay -- let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you find out that he's wrong for America. // Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes, especially, for America's children and for our senior citizens. We must take back our streets from the crackheads and the criminals. H meet Governor Clinton. In Arkansas, Candidate Clinton A talks tough, but in Arkansas, the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence -- then he's let back out on the streets. Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday salute from Willard Scott. // But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United States. // It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in He environmental policies. Bill Clinton says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton Arkansas has been falling behind in high school. Three out of every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college Ire relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. YOUR grandchildRen deserve better than this. So does all America deserves better than this a Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign. I know America has endured some tough economic times, but understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown. 5 Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute. Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social welfare state policies. More government. More special interest spending. More taxes on the middle class. As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he taxed cable TV. And get this -- for all those proud grandparents looking to add another baby photo to your wallet -- Bill Clinton slapped a tax on baby formula. // Now, Governor Clinton says he suscen the light. In this the Governor's campaign, he proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry, he says I'll get it all from the rich -- people who make it over $200,000 -- the top 2 percent. something that doesn't come so easy to the But here's the truth a To get the money he needs for his Governor. plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with taxable income over $36,600. These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break. That's just the start of his tax campaign against the middle-class. You know, Governor Clinton is a promising young man -- he's promising everything to everybody. Hardly a day goes by when he isn't signing on to some plea for new government spending -- and before he's done, Bill Clinton's going to need idea that this young man, may not understand Thow-gout works 6 hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for all the programs he's promised. And you know, Bill Clinton's going to tax the middle class Ducklogy for the same reason Slick Willie Sutton robbed banks: "Because 3 that's where the money is." H Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle-class the hardest." Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing. When you add up all Governor Clinton's promises and point out the truth -- he says, "hey, forget my record. Forget the would facts. I'm a different kind of Democrat." Take cut But what's different about him? George McGovern -- Bill this. Clinton ran Texas for him in'72, and learned his liberalism in Needs to tow better befter Take that campaign. Jimmy Carter -- (Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at least President Carter meant it.) And take Michael Dukakis -- Bill Clinton nominated him, and praised the Massachusetts Miracle -- right before the Massachusetts economy went into intensive care. / I'm tempted to ask the real Bill Clinton to "please stand up" -- but what we really ought to ask is will he "please stand still?" One day my Governor Clinton tells the people of Arkansas governor, (Bill if elected he'll never run for President -- next thing, he's announcing his Presidential campaign. One day he says he's for the North American Free Trade 7 Agreement, then he says "I haven't made up my mind yet.' One day Vetexample Bill Clinton says the middle-class deserves a tax break, the next day he's plotting new ways to hit the middle-class to pay for all his programs. But the one I like best is still Governor Clinton's principled stand on both sides of the Gulf War -- when he said - - and I quote -- "I guess I would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote, but I agree with the arguments the minority made." / // / If Bill Clinton ever became President -- and he won't -- we'd have to replace the American Eagle -- with a chameleon, and Now, the Bill waffle Clinton would wants probably you to believe be named that the the National American Breakfast) economy will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and spend government planners to have total control over the Executive Branch, too. Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit inflation -- and rising interest rates -- and a misery index over 21 percent. We've seen what happens when the party of "tax and spend" operates without checks and balances. // W? It took years to ring inflation and high interest out of the American economy. Our workers and our businesses paid the price. At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again. You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough decisions. I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them mother To add a little humar at end & insculate President against "concert" try two lines his mother's reprimand. Perfect audience to dothis. But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the tough calls I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America. -- [I think this is a little too boastful tophrase this way ] I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that stand in the way of this country. So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation, and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give government back to the people. This a wimpy? is the Agenda I that have to can offer. take us into a new century. If you want someone who has more plans than there are problems -- cast your vote for the man other guy [[OR the other otherquy. But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who understands that America's real strength is not in government, and Largo but in places like Clearwater and St. Pete and Tampa and then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd. // Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of America. # # # OR Arkansas. cast your vote for the young mar from September 25, 1992 MEMORANDUM TO: GARY FOSTER FROM: DOUG DUVALL SUBJECT: SURVEY REPORT FOR CLEARWATER, FLORIDA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1992 PROPOSED EVENT SCENARIO: The President would make the third Florida stop in Clearwater where he will address a group of senior citizens at a retirement community. Air Force One could land at St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport and motorcade 20 minutes to the Activities Center of the On Top of the World retirement community, which is located in Pinellas County. The President would have the opportunity to speak on issues which directly affect senior citizens. The audience would be comprised of over 1000 residents of the retirement community. After remarks, the President would motorcade back to the airport for his departure to Orlando, where he will participate in other campaign events. PROPOSED EVENT SITE: On Top of the World retirement community has approximately 9000 residents and almost 5000 apartments/condos. Given its size, the community is virtually a city within itself. There is a golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts, shuffle board, horseshoe pits, many service organizations and other organized activities for the seniors. Their largest meeting area is the Activities Center which is located in the heart of the development. The Activities Center can hold a seated crowd of 1000. There are two partitioned rooms to the rear of the hall which could seat an additional 300 persons. The hall is very much like a high school all purpose room. There is a large, curtained stage to the front of the room. The President could arrive at the Activities Center at the rear entrance where he would be escorted to a holding room back stage. There are several offices and dressing rooms suitable for Presidential and senior staff holds. The President would be announced into the room from an off stage announce position. 90% of the audience would be residents of On Top of the World retirement community. The remainder of the audience would be made up of Republican invitees from greater Pinellas County. Given the limited seating, the event would obviously need to be ticketed. I would recommend that after times are finalized and tickets have been printed up, the manager's office at the Activities Center be used as a distribution center. On Top of the World has its own newspaper, closed circuit television and bulletin boards to be used for advertising the event. The newspaper is bimonthly, 80 we already missed the deadline for the next issue. Mr. Sidney Colen, builder and manager of the community, plans on making a general announcement of the President's visit this weekend over the television broadcast. Posters could be placed in the entrance of each residential building, and if necessary, flyers could be distributed in everyone's mailbox. A special mailing to those residents who are registered Republicans could also be considered. Pinellas County has 225,000 registered Republicans and 190,000 registered Democrats. The DNC has recently launched an aggressive radio and television advertising campaign in the area which focuses on Seniors' issues and the economy. The community itself, is in an area which is strongly Republican and the majority of the residents are likely to be very of the President. CONTACTS: Sally Harrell, BQ Executive Director for Florida, 904/425-2874 Mac Norcross, Pinellas County GOP Chair, 813/585-3002 O 813/595-5072 h Sidney Colen, Builder and Manager of On Top of the World 813/799-3417 o Charles Simmons, Atty. for On Top of the World 914/725-1088 Jan Tipton, Activities Center Manager, 813/799-2734 O 784-2143 h 1) Cleanwater / indoors 1000 X 2) Miami / Aeller ? &B.Remanbs vibtor cuting at FEMA customer service 3) Ft.L.RAcq. eenth AIRPORT WANGAR INSIDE, 4) Orlando Rally. McGroarty/Nix October 1, 1992 5:00 p.m. [clear] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FLORIDA STUMP CLEARWATER, FLORIDA OCTOBER 3, 1992 TIME -- T.B.D. Thank you, , for those warm words. [Acknowledgements.] 11 You've got it all: Swimming pool, tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe I'll come down here when I retire -- in 1997. // This election is going to be a wild ride. Just the other day, I thought I'd take a few minutes to relax, turn on the TV, maybe watch one of those new fall shows -- but all I got was this old Ross Perot re-run. // But don't let the sound and fury fool you. This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple question: what kind of America do we want -- what kind of future do we want for our kids and our grandkids? 11 For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking at the world. He thinks America is over the hill, struggling in the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention, he sees the U.S. sliding down the list of nations, somewhere past Germany theodry for for Lanka. He ought to get down here to Clearwater -- and get a little bit of your optimism about this great country of ours. // 2 Because I'll tell you, America is now right where it will always be -- On Top of the World. // I want an America that is not just a military superpower -- but the greatest economic superpower in the world. 11 I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific, comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America - - the world's very first $10 trillion economy. 11 My agenda offers real world solutions for real-world problems. As I told Sidaey [host], I put it together after long discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds available anywhere. 11 And he said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?" // If you want to lead in this new world of ours, you've got to know your way around the neighborhood. Bill Clinton's international experience consists of leading demonstrations in a foreign country against his own government. I want to lead the way to new markets for American products -- new jobs for American workers -- because that is how we will beat the global competition and win the peace. // Small business is the backbone of what we call the new American entrepreneurial capitalism -- they will create 2/3rds of the new jobs in the new economy. Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more red tape -- I promise small business relief -- from taxation, regulation and litigation. // 3 Americans spend almost $200 billion every year -- on direct costs to lawyers. Japan doesn't pay that, neither do European countries. Bill Clinton doesn't think this is a problem -- because you too see, his campaign's in cahoots with all the ambulance-chasing reg trial lawyers. They think life's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Well, I think as a nation, we must sue each other less -- and care for each other more.// [[ADD ONE GRAPH ON MEDICARE/SOCIAL SECURITY.] Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics. Without a single shred of evidence, Bill Clinton's claimed I'm The going to cut your benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought The truth doesn 4 come easy to This man to be ashamed. / But I think America's seniors are smarter than that. Because if you think nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until you make 'em mad. // And let me tell you: I know we've got one guy coming in from the sidelines in this race who talks about taxing your benefits. Under this As long 1 am President, Social Security will remain safe and Under this sound. / As long as I am President, no one will mess with Medicare. 11 These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay -- let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know 4 about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you find out that he's wrong for America. // Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes, especially, for America's children and senior citizens. We must take back our streets from the crackheads and the criminals./ Candidate Clinton talks tough, but in Arkansas, the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence -- then he's let back out on the streets. Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday salute from Willard Scott.// But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United States. // It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. He says he's tough on crime -- but the average Arkansas inmate serves just 1/5th his sentence before he's back on the streets. Bill Clinton says he's for high tech - but under Bill Clinton Arkansas has been falling behind in high 5 school. Three out of every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. Your America grandchildren deserves better deserve than better this. than this. Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign. I know America has endured some tough economic times, but understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown. Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute. Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social welfare state policies. More government. More special interest spending. More taxes on the middle class. As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he taxed cable TV. And get this -- for all those proud grandparents looking to add another baby photo to your wallet -- Bill Clinton slapped a tax on baby formula. // Now, Governor Clinton says he's seen the light. In this campaign, he's proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry, he says $ I'll get it all from the rich -- people who make it over $200,000 -- the top 2 percent. But here's the truth To get the money he needs for his Governor. something that doesn 4 come easy to the plan the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes Governor Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with taxable income over $36,600. 6 These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break. That's just the start of his tax campaign against the middle-class. Governor Clinton will need hundreds of billions of dollars more, to pay for all the programs he's promised. And you know, Bill Clinton's going to tax the middle class for the same reason Slick Willie Sutton robbed banks: "Because that's where the money is." 11 Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle-class the hardest." Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing. When you add up all Governor Clinton's promises and point out the truth -- he says, "hey, forget my record. Forget the facts. I'm a different kind of Democrat." But what's different about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in '72, and learned his liberalism in that campaign. Jimmy Carter -- (Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at least President Carter meant it.) Michael Dukakis -- Bill Clinton nominated him, and praised the Massachusetts Miracle -- right before the Massachusetts economy went into intensive care. // I'm tempted to ask the real Bill Clinton to "please stand up" -- but what we really ought to ask is will he "please stand still?" the Governor 7 One day my opponent tells the people of Arkansas he'll never run for President -- next thing, he's announcing his campaign. One day he says he's for the North American Free Trade Agreement, then he says "I haven't made up my mind yet. One day Bill Clinton says the middle-class deserves a tax break, the next day he's plotting new ways to hit the middle-class to pay for all his programs. But the one I like best is still Governor Clinton's principled stand on both sides of the Gulf War -- when he said - - and I quote -- "I guess I would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote, but I agree with the arguments the minority made. // If Bill Clinton ever became President -- and he won't -- we'd have to replace the American Eagle -- with a chameleon. Now, Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and spend government planners to have total control over the Executive Branch, too. Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit inflation -- and rising interest rates -- and a misery index over 21 percent. W It took years to A ring inflation and high interest out of the American economy. Our workers and our businesses paid the price. At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again. 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Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of (b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] (b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ;10- 1-92 ; 2:08PM ; 4562983-> 024566218;# 2 TEL: Oct 01'92 11:48 No 002 P.02 MEMORANDUM TO STEVE PROVOST FROM: MIMI DAWSON DATE: OCTOBER 1, 1992 The speech the President gives to seniors in Clearwater, FL this Saturday will focus on crime. If is is possible, I would like the speech to include a message that strongly reassures our nation's senior citizens that the President will protect their Social Security and Medicare benefits. The President has already stated that Social Security will be exempt from any budget outs, and that Medicare funding will be protected. As you may know, Governor Clinton and the Democratic National Committee have falsely accused the President through speeches and radio ads of wanting to out Medicare benefits to seniors. The campaign's political shop has estimated that these concerted attacks on the President have cost us several points in the polls among seniors, and specifically more than ten points among seniors In Florida. In addition, our folks in Florida have expressed the need to reasoure the senior community on these issues. The inclusion of the points on Social Security and Medicare would fit nicely into the crime speech under the heading of economic security. ("Just as we must provide security for seniors from crime and violence, we must also continue to support the programs that provide our senior citizens with economic security.") In addition, you may want to mention that the President signed the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act this past Wednesday, and include the announcement of our National Seniors Coalition. '456' September 28, 1992 MEMORANDUM TO: KATHY SUPER JOHN KELLER STEVE PROVOST FROM: GARY FOSTER GA SUBJECT: SITE SURVEYS FOR FT. LAUDERDALE, CLEARWATER & ORLANDO, FLORIDA Attached are the site surveys for the President's trip to Ft. Lauderdale, Clearwater and Orlando Florida on Saturday, October 3. Once Kathy has the sites "scrubbed", implementation can begin. The first stop of the day will be in Miami to follow-up on Hurricane Andrew relief efforts. We are waiting for word from Counsel's Office as to whether that portion of the day will be considered official. No survey was done in the Miami area. CC: Bob Zoellick David Bates Margaret Tutwiler Tim McBride David Demarest Ede Holliday Karen Groomes Andrew Carpendale Speechwriters SEP 26 '92 14:28 SCHEDULING OFFICE 112 P04 September 25, 1992 MEMORANDUM TO: GARY FOSTER FROM: DOUG DUVALL SUBJECT: SURVEY REPORT FOR FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1992 PROPOSED EVENT SCENARIO: The second stop of the President's Florida swing would be Ft. Lauderdale. Air Force One will fly from Miami to Hollywood International Airport where the President would give a mid morning address to an outdoor crowd of 5000-8000 people. Hollywood International Airport is the site of the former Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station where an 18 year old George Bush had his flight training before he went to the Pacific during World War II. Air Force One would taxi to a runway parallel to AMR COMBS hangar. The President would give remarks in front of the Avenger, the torpedo bomber aircraft the President flew during the war. The audience for the event would consist of Veterans groups, Republican invitees, and general public. After his remarks, the President could then motorcade a short distance to the building which was formerly the bachelor's officers quarters when the President did his flight training in 1943. In his official capacity as Commander in Chief, the President would receive an honorary lifetime membership to the Naval Air Station Ft. Lauderdale Historical Association and participate in a brief photo opportunity in front of a mural painted in honor of his military service. Including the drive times, this entire event would take no more than 15 minutes. At the conclusion of these events, the President would motorcade back to Air Force One and depart for Clearwater, Florida for additional campaign events. PROPOSED EVENT SITES: As mentioned, Air Force One would taxi to a runway parallel to the AMR COMBS hangar. The hangar itself and the AMR COMBS office building have several areas suitable for holding rooms. They have hosted the President and Vice President in the past so they are quite familiar with the requirements. Air Force One would park on the taxiway and the President would deplane and walk a short distance to a small dais. I recommend the dais be placed in front of the Avenger which would be to the President's right as he deplaned. With this setting, Air Force One would be in the cut away shot, and the Avenger, SEP 26 '92 14:28 SCHEDULING OFFICE 112 P05 surrounded by veterans, would be the primary backdrop. This would visually reiterate the President's veterans message and depict the dichotomy between the two Presidential candidates' military service. The Republican Party has already started contacting veterans groups, and they expect to be able to draw several hundred representatives of the VFW, USO, and the Foreign Legion. Bleachers filled with veterans could flank the stage. The audience would also be augmented by Ft. Lauderdale area Republicans and the general public. Since the event is on a Saturday morning, people will have no conflict with school or work. Thus, we should be able to generate a large, family-oriented crowd. There is enough parking on the airport grounds, but unfortunately, it is not all in one lot. There are several fields which can be used, but volunteer parkers would have to be recruited. Shuttle buses are available but would probably have to be rented. The main entrance for the public would be in between the AMR COMBS hangar and office building. A flatbed truck could be brought in for the press platform, which would be at a head-on position. A smaller trailer could be placed stage right of the President's dais for the pool photographers. The press filing center could be located in the Employee Break Room, 2nd level of the hangar. Another alternative would be in a corner of the hangar. One concern is noise from incoming and departing airplanes. Fortunately, there is little air traffic during the proposed time of the event, but it should be addressed with airport management. Security should not be too much of a problem since AMR COMBS has hosted several official stops. The commercial airport is definitely visible across the runway as is the airport's main access road. However, the road is more than 1000 yds away and the President's stage would be blocked by Air Force One and the Avenger. After his remarks, and while the press are filing stories, the President could motorcade to what was the Junior Bachelor Officers' Quarters, where Ensign George Bush lived for two months in 1943 while learning to operate the Avenger torpedo bomber airplane. Today, the building houses the Naval Surface Warfare Center Detachment of Ft. Lauderdale. The President would arrive at the building and participate in a very brief ceremony outdoors. Allan McElhiney, Naval Historian, would like to present the President and a few others with an honorary lifetime membership to the Historical Association. Tex Ellison, the President's training officer in 1943, would also be involved in the ceremony. Capt. Ellison's nephew, Jim Naugle, is now the mayor of Ft. Lauderdale (D). In addition, the Historical Association would try to locate other members of the President's training class. SEP 26 '92 14:29 SCHEDULING OFFICE 112 P06 After receiving the plaque outdoors, the President would proceed inside for a photo op in front of a mural which was dedicated to George Bush two years ago. Jeb Bush participated in the dedication ceremony. The mural is 27 feet long and portrays the Avenger aircraft in the traffic pattern reminiscent of WWII flying training days. This "museum" is virtually a shrine to President Bush, with several photos of him in his combat days. Even though much of the building has been converted into official office space, the day room of the 1940's is still in tact. The original pool table which was there in the summer of 1943 has not moved. Since the US Navy owns and operates the building, they want to get clearance fort he President's visit. We are proposing this event in the President's official capacity as Commander in Chief. This event would not be open to the public - only to those who are involved in the ceremony. We could limit the media to an expanded pool because of the limited space inside for the photo op. All in all, these two events would certainly highlight the President's agenda to the citizens of Florida. It would also target veterans and emphasize the contrast between the President's and Gov. Clinton's military service. These events would provide a natural forum for the President to talk about the contributions veterans have made to this country; our country's military advances; the success of Desert Storm; and the early age at which the President decided to serve his country, To this day, George Bush remains the youngest commissioned Naval Officer in the United States. CONTACTS: Andrew Ballard, BQ - Florida GOP Regional Dir., 800/373-0436 x5817 voice mail 407/622-9380 home in W Palm Walt Houghton, Airport Aviation Ops, 305/359-6106 0 726-2914 h Lt. James Walkup, Airport Security contact, 305/359-1244 Barbara Churchill, AMR COMBS Manager, 305/359-0000 Allan McElhiney, Naval Historian, 305/763-5363 SEP 26 '92 14:27 SCHEDULING OFFICE 112 P02 September 25, 1992 MEMORANDUM TO: GARY FOSTER FROM: DOUG DUVALL SUBJECT: SURVEY REPORT FOR CLEARWATER, FLORIDA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1992 PROPOSED EVENT SCENARIO: The President would make the third Florida stop in Clearwater where he will address a group of senior citizens at a retirement community. Air Force One could land at St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport and motorcade 20 minutes to the Activities Center of the On Top of the World retirement community, which is located in Pinellas County. The President would have the opportunity to speak on issues which directly affect senior citizens. The audience would be comprised of over 1000 residents of the retirement community. After remarks, the President would motorcade back to the airport for his departure to Orlando, where he will participate in other campaign events. PROPOSED EVENT SITE: On Top of the World retirement community has approximately 9000 residents and almost 5000 apartments/condos. Given its size, the community is virtually a city within itself. There is a golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts, shuffle board, horseshoe pits, many service organizations and other organized activities for the seniors. Their largest meeting area is the Activities Center which is located in the heart of the development. The Activities Center can hold a seated crowd of 1000. There are two partitioned rooms to the rear of the hall which could seat an additional 300 persons. The hall is very much like a high school all purpose room. There is a large, curtained stage to the front of the room. The President could arrive at the Activities Center at the rear entrance where he would be escorted to a holding room back stage. There are several offices and dressing rooms suitable for Presidential and senior staff holds. The President would be announced into the room from an off stage announce position. SEP 26 '92 14:27 SCHEDULING OFFICE 112 P03 90% of the audience would be residents of On Top of the World retirement community. The remainder of the audience would be made up of Republican invitees from greater Pinellas County. Given the limited seating, the event would obviously need to be ticketed. I would recommend that after times are finalized and tickets have been printed up, the manager's office at the Activities Center be used as a distribution center. On Top of the World has its own newspaper, closed circuit television and bulletin boards to be used for advertising the event. The newspaper is bimonthly, so we already missed the deadline for the next issue. Mr. Sidney Colen, builder and manager of the community, plans on making a general announcement of the President's visit this weekend over the television broadcast. Posters could be placed in the entrance of each residential building, and if necessary, flyers could be distributed in everyone's mailbox. A special mailing to those residents who are registered Republicans could also be considered. Pinellas County has 225,000 registered Republicans and 190,000 registered Democrats. The DNC has recently launched an aggressive radio and television advertising campaign in the area which focuses on Seniors' issues and the economy. The community itself, is in an area which is strongly Republican and the majority of the residents are likely to be very of the President. CONTACTS: Sally Harrell, BQ Executive Director for Florida, 904/425-2874 Mac Norcross, Pinellas County GOP Chair, 813/585-3002 o 813/595-5072 h K Sidney Colen, Builder and Manager of On Top of the World 813/799-3417 o Charles Simmons, Atty. for On Top of the World 914/725-1088 Jan Tipton, Activities Center Manager, 813/799-2734 O 784-2143 h SEP 28 '92 9:28 FROM V E LLP 31 HOUSTON PAGE. 002 September 28, 1992 Memorandum to: Gary Foster From: Pat Mizell Re: President's Visit to Orlando, Florida, October 3, 1992 The President would travel to Orlando, Florida to attend a rally. PROPOSED EVENT SITE: Church Street Market The Church Street Market is located in downtown Orlando, Florida. It is an area of shops and restaurants on a picturesque street. I propose that the dais be placed on the street, and the crowd be allowed to view from all four sides of the dais. This achieves a picture of the President talking with the people. To achieve this affect, the dais will need to be low, and the press platform will need to be tall, to allow for a shot down on the President surrounded by people. Down the street approximately eighty feet is a railroad track. I propose an old-fashioned train be placed across the railroad track as a backdrop. The train will also be needed to block a line of sight to a freeway which is at the far end of the street. A chute could be created with barrels and ropes from the dais to one side, which would allow access to the dais for the President. There is a "Sports Jamboree Weekend" planned that weekend in the Church Street Market. The organizers of the Jamboree are willing to work with the advance team to reschedule events currently planned for the late afternoon slots. Although we can take advantage of the people attending the Sports Jamboree, the President's event should not be billed as attending the Sports Jamboree. The attached diagram demonstrates the placement of the dais in relation to the square. A fundraiser has been requested, and the Lilly Marlene Room in the Church Street Station has been identified as a suitable fundraising site. SEP 28 '92 8:39 FROM U E LLP 31 HOUSTON PAGE 002 The Orchid Room in the Church Street Station would be suitable for a press filing center. The room is available for Saturday, October 3, and has been reserved. EVENT SCENARIO: The President would arrive at the Orlando International Airport and proceed via motorcade to the Church Street Market. Drive time is approximately twenty minutes. Upon arrival at the Church Street Market the President would proceed to the train station for holding. The President would be announced onto the dais, and proceed through the crowd to the dais. The President would make remarks, and on conclusion of remarks the President would depart the dais to the motorcade. The President would then depart the Church Street Market to the Orlando International Airport. Contacts: Ken Wright is the Orlando Bush-Quayle Chairman. His office number is (407) 423-3200. His home number is (407) 333-9008. Todd Parish is a Bush-Quayle Assistant. His numbers are (407) 341-3834 and (407) 648-1970. The property manager of the Church Street Market is Barbara Muenks. Her office number is (407) 872-3500. Her home number is (407) 351-5481. The president of the Church Street Station, which is an adjoining property where the filing center and the fundraiser will take place, is Robert E. Windham. His office number is (407) 422-2434. The food and beverage director is John Rodriguez, and his number is (407) 422-2434. SEP 28 '92 8:39 FROM VE LLP 31 HOUSTON PAGE. 003 Freeway Crosswalk Fundraising site Filing center Shops: ." shops ... Restaurant Street Restaurant Train o Train Station (shops) Shops crowd 0415 : crowd Crowd Shops Crowd SEP 28 '92 8:40 FROM U E LLP 31 HOUSTON PAGE 004 will CHURCH STREET MARKET PRESENTS Guma same SPORTS JAMBOREE arricing arrro en we G S WEEKEND in 1000 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 Join us for a jam packed weekend of sports, food and fun! It's a whole weekend of fun for everyone from Slam Dunk Contests, Mascots and Cheerleaders to Card Shows, Food and Fun! Just look at our game plan: Saturday, October 3 yes Sunday, October 4 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 10:00 am - 5:00 pm American Heart Walk 3 on 3 Basketball Games 3 on 3 Basketball Games Sports Card Show Sports Card Show Food and Shopping Food and Shopping Clowns and Mascots Clowns and Mascots Variety 101 Radio Remote with Prizes Noon - 1:00 pm Mascot Basketball Game Noon or 2.00 pm (with Stuff) Slam Dunk Contest (Stanley Roberts, Judge) Noon - 5:00 pm Variety 101 Radio Remote 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm with Prizes Magic Cheerleaders CHURCHSTREET DOWNTOWN ORLANDO Convenient covered parking in the SunBank Center Garage OR South Street or the Market Garage on Pine Street Jennna man crime OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITING FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET Number of Pages (Including Cover) 2 To Tom x5730 Scally Fax Number Date Oct / From Michele Vix Office Number x7750 ****** COMMENTS ****** Audrence: 900 Senior Citizens Residents Page from Florida Speech for Saturday of Retirement community be appropriate Medicare/ Please add hergudge you think would Social Security. 3 Americans spend almost $200 billion every year -- on direct costs to lawyers. Japan doesn't pay that, neither do European countries. Bill Clinton doesn't think this is a problem -- because you see, his campaign's in cahoots with all the ambulance-chasing trial lawyers. They think life's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Well, I think as a nation, we must sue each other less -- and care for each other more.// [[ADD ONE GRAPH ON MEDICARE/SOCIAL SECURITY. ]] Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics. Without a single shred of evidence, Bill Clinton's claimed I'm going to cut your benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought Tom to be ashamed. / But I think America's seniors are smarter than ok? that. Because if you think nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until you make 'em mad. // And let me tell you: I know we've got one guy coming in from the sidelines in this race who talks about taxing your benefits. As long I am President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. / As long as I am President, no one will mess with Medicare. // These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay -- let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know McGroarty/Nix October 1, 1992 5:00 p.m. [clear] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FLORIDA STUMP CLEARWATER, FLORIDA OCTOBER 3, 1992 TIME -- T.B.D. Thank you, , for those warm words. [Acknowledgements.] 11 You've got it all: Swimming pool, tennis courts, shuffle board -- even horseshoe pits. Maybe I'll come down here when I retire -- in 1997. // This election is going to be a wild ride. Just the other day, I thought I'd take a few minutes to relax, turn on the TV, maybe watch one of those new fall shows -- but all I got was this old Ross Perot re-run. // But don't let the sound and fury fool you. This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple question: what kind of America do we want -- what kind of future do we want for our kids and our grandkids? // For a young man, Bill Clinton's got a tired way of looking at the world. He thinks America is over the hill, struggling in the sunset years of this century. At the Democratic convention, he sees the U.S. sliding down the list of nations, somewhere past Germany but before/Sri Lanka. + headry for He ought to get down here to Clearwater -- and get a little bit of your optimism about this great country of ours. // 2 Because I'll tell you, America is now right where it will always be -- On Top of the World. // I want an America that is not just a military superpower -- but the greatest economic superpower in the world. // I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific, comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America - - the world's very first $10 trillion economy. // My agenda offers real-world solutions for real-world problems. As I told [host], I put it together after long discussion -- hours of intense argument -- with the best minds available anywhere. // And he said: "When were you ever at the Coffee Corner?" // If you want to lead in this new world of ours, you've got to know your way around the neighborhood. Bill Clinton's international experience consists of leading demonstrations in a foreign country against his own government. I want to lead the way to new markets for American products -- new jobs for American workers -- because that is how we will beat the global competition and win the peace. // Small business is the backbone of what we call the new American entrepreneurial capitalism -- they will create 2/3rds of the new jobs in the new economy. Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more red tape -- I promise small business relief -- from taxation, regulation and litication. // 3 Americans spend almost $200 billion every year -- on direct costs to lawyers. Japan doesn't pay that, neither do European countries. Bill Clinton doesn't think this is a problem -- because you see, his campaign's in cahoots with all the ambulance-chasing trial lawyers. They think life's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Well, I think as a nation, we must sue each other less -- and care for each other more. // [[ADD ONE GRAPH ON MEDICARE/SOCIAL SECURITY. ]] Bill Clinton's abandoned straight talk for scare tactics. Without a single shred of evidence, Bill Clinton's claimed I'm going to cut your benefits. / He knows better -- and he ought to be ashamed. / But I think America's seniors are smarter than that. Because if you think nothing's worse than making senior citizens scared -- wait until you make 'em mad. // And let me tell you: I know we've got one guy coming in from the sidelines in this race who talks about taxing your benefits. As long I am President, Social Security will remain safe and sound. / As long as I am President, no one will mess with Medicare. // These are just some of the things I'm fighting for. / I'm proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay -- let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know 4 about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you find out that he's wrong for America. // Look at the issue of crime -- and the fear it strikes, especially, for America's children and senior citizens. We must take back our streets from the crackheads and the criminals. // Candidate Clinton talks tough, but in Arkansas, the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence -- then he's let back out on the streets. Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday salute from Willard Scott. // But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United States. 11 It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. He says he's tough on crime -- but the average Arkansas inmate serves just 1/5th his sentence before he's back on the streets. Bill Clinton says he's for high tech - -but under Bill Clinton Arkansas has been falling behind in high 5 school. Three out of every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college -- relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. America deserves better than this. Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign. I know America has endured some tough economic times, but understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown. Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute. Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social welfare state policies. More government. More special interest spending. More taxes on the middle class. As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he taxed cable TV. And get this -- for all those proud grandparents looking to add another baby photo to your wallet -- Bill Clinton slapped a tax on baby formula. // Now, Governor Clinton says he's seen the light. In this campaign, he's proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry, he says --I'll get it all from the rich -- people who make it over $200,000 -- the top 2 percent. But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with taxable income over $36,600. 6 These aren't the folks you see on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous -- they work hard, they deserve a break. That's just the start of his tax campaign against the middle-class. Governor Clinton will need hundreds of billions of dollars more, to pay for all the programs he's promised. And you know, Bill Clinton's going to tax the middle class for the same reason Slick Willie Sutton robbed banks: "Because that's where the money is." // Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle-class the hardest." Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing. When you add up all Governor Clinton's promises and point out the truth -- he says, "hey, forget my record. Forget the facts. I'm a different kind of Democrat." But what's different about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in 72, and learned his liberalism in that campaign. Jimmy Carter -- (Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at least President Carter meant it.) Michael Dukakis -- Bill Clinton nominated him, and praised the Massachusetts Miracle -- right before the Massachusetts economy went into intensive care. // I'm tempted to ask the real Bill Clinton to "please stand up" -- but what we really ought to ask is will he "please stand still?" 7 One day my opponent tells the people of Arkansas he'll never run for President -- next thing, he's announcing his campaign. One day he says he's for the North American Free Trade Agreement, then he says "I haven't made up my mind yet.' One day Bill Clinton says the middle-class deserves a tax break, the next day he's plotting new ways to hit the middle-class to pay for all his programs. But the one I like best is still Governor Clinton's principled stand on both sides of the Gulf War -- when he said - - and I quote -- "I guess I would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote, but I agree with the arguments the minority made." // If Bill Clinton ever became President -- and he won't -- we'd have to replace the American Eagle -- with a chameleon. Now, Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and spend government planners to have total control over the Executive Branch, too. Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit inflation -- and rising interest rates -- and a misery index over 21 percent. It took years to ring inflation and high interest out of the American economy. Our workers and our businesses paid the price. At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again. 8 You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough decisions. I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them. But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America. I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that stand in the way of this country. So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation, and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give government back to the people. This is the Agenda I have to offer. If you want someone who has more plans than there are problems -- cast your vote for the other guy. But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who understands that America's real strength is not in government, but in places like Clearwater and XXX and XXX -- then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd. // Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of America. # # # Draft October 1, 1992 1:00 p.m. [----] Presidential Remarks: FLORIDA STUMP / FLORIDA OCTOBER 3, 1992 TIME -- T.B.D. Thank you, 1 for those warm words. [Acknowledgements/local color/humor.] This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple question: what kind of America do we want -- for the young people here today? // I want an America that is not just a military superpower -- but the greatest economic superpower in the world. // I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific, comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America - - the world's very first $10 trillion economy // [My opponent's international experience consists of leading demonstrations leading demonstrations in a foreign country against his own government. I want to lead the way to new markets for American products -- because that is how we will create good jobs for American workers.//] Small business is the backbone of what we call the new American entrepreneurial capitalism -- they will create 2/3rds of the new jobs in the new economy. Governor Clinton promises small 2 business higher taxes and more red tape -- I promise small business relief -- from taxation, regulation and litigation./ Americans spend almost $200 billion every year -- on direct costs to lawyers. Japan doesn't pay that, neither do European countries. My opponent doesn't think this is a problem. He is in cahoots with all the ambulance-chasing trial lawyers. As a nation, we must sue each other less -- and care for each other more.// ADD ONE GRAPH ON: MEDICARE/CLEARWATER -- TERM LIMITS/MIAMI - - 10 PERCENT CHECKOFF/FT. LAUDERDALE -- SCHOOL CHOICE/ORLANDO These are just some of my ideas -- some of what I'm fighting for. I'm proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay -- let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. The people there are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't know about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more you find out that he's wrong for America. // SECTION ON CLINTON RECORD: HEALTH CARE/CLEARWATER -- CRIME (SEE BELOW) /MIAMI -- FT. LAUDERDALE/ENVIRONMENT -- ORLANDO/EDUCATION Look at the issue of crime. We must take back our streets from the crackheads and the criminals.// 3 Candidate Clinton talks tough, but in Arkansas, the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence -- then he's back out on the streets. Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a car or beat an elderly woman -- you ought to go to jail. I say you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday salute from Willard Scott.// But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United States. // It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for Southern Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies. Bill Clinton says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton Arkansas has been falling behind in high school. Three out of every four Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college -- relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school. America deserves better than this. Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign. 4 I know America has endured some tough economic times, but understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown. Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute. Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social welfare state policies. More government. More special interest spending. More taxes on the middle class. As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on baby formula, vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, and for those of you ESPN watchers -- he even taxed cable TV. Now, Governor Clinton says he's seen the light. In this campaign, he's proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry, he says --I'll get it all from the rich -- people who make it over $200,000 -- the top 2 percent. But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with taxable income over $36,600. These people are not on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - - they work hard, they deserve a break. That's just the start of his tax campaign against the middle-class. Governor Clinton will need hundreds of billions of dollars more, to pay for all the programs he's promised. There's an old saying. "When you hunt ducks, you go where the ducks are." Bill Clinton is hunting ways for pay for all his 5 promises -- and he's going to go to the middle class -- because that's where the bucks are. Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle-class the hardest." I say -- the middle-class has been hit hard enough already., // Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing. Let me give you one example. Lets say you are a third grade teacher -- with about $22,000 a year in taxable income. Governor Clinton could have you fork over another $430 bucks a year to the tax man. And I say you ought to be able to use that money to pay for your kids education, or pay the mortgage on the house, not send it back to the IRS. / / Now, when I add up all Governor Clinton's promises and point out the truth -- he says, "hey, forget my record. Forget the facts. I'm a different kind of Democrat." But what's different about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in 72, and learned his liberalism in that campaign. Jimmy Carter -- (Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at least President Carter meant it.) Michael Dukakis -- Bill Clinton nominated him, and praised the Massachusetts Miracle -- right before the Massachusetts economy collapsed./ / That doesn't sound different to me!// 6 (It explains his principled stand on both sides of the Gulf War -- when he said -- and I quote -- "I guess I would have voted with the majority if it was a close vote, but I agree with the arguments the minority made." One day Bill Clinton tells the people of Arkansas he'll never run for President, the next (year) he announces his campaign. One day he says he's for the North American Free Trade Agreement, then he says I haven't made up my mind yet.' One day Bill Clinton says the middle-class deserves a tax break, the next day he's plotting new ways to hit the middle-class to pay for all his programs.) If Bill Clinton ever became President -- and he won't -- we'd have to replace the American Eagle -- with a chameleon. Now, Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American economy will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the tax and spend government planners to have total control over the Executive Branch, too. Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit inflation -- and rising interest rates -- and a misery index over 21 percent. It took years to ring inflation and high interest out of the American economy. Our workers and business paid the price. At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again. You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough decisions. 7 I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them. But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America. I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that stand in the way of this country. So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation, and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give government back to the people. This is the Agenda I have to offer. If you want someone who has more plans than there are problems -- cast your vote for the other guy. But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who understands that America's real strength is not in government, but in places like then I know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd. Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of America. # # # EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 01-Oct-1992 01:07pm TO: Steven D. Provost TO: Daniel B. McGroarty FROM: Christina M. Martin Office of Communications CC: Linda R. Tripp SUBJECT: Current Assignments Friday Events: Appropriation Signing -- Ferguson/Nix Boston Police Endorsement -- Askew/Bunton Satruday Events: Clearwater McGroarty/Nix Miami -- Smith/Walters Ft. Lauderdale -- Ferguson/Bunton Orlando -- Askew/Grossman To Be Assigned For Next Week: Wednesday: NAFTA Ceremony, TX Thursday: Nat'l Victory '92, OH FLORIDA until you wish that both parties "God reigns and the government at Washington still *** their own gas." lives." "I realized [in 1953]-and with some surprise-that President Woodrow Wilson James A. Garfield Washington was now a world capital." Speech in St. Louis Speaking to New York crowd Edmund Wilson Sept. 5, 1919 on the day of Lincoln's death, April 15, 1865 Postscript of 1957 1957 *** "Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the AND POLITICS morals are deplorable." Horace Greeley FLORIDA lways amusing, but in 1900, as in New York Tribune rest lay in its distance from New July 13, 1865 ent of New York had become *** control-while the task of Wash "Home of the brave, land of the free in 1800, was to control it. The I don't want to be mistreated by no bourgeoisie, ton in the past century promised Lord, it's a bourgeois town! + the next." Tell all the colored folks to listen to me, Henry Adams Don't try to buy no home in Washington, D.C. The Education of Henry Adams 'Cause it's a bourgeois town!" 1907 Leadbelly, bluesman Capital: Tallahassee *** Quoted by Alden Stevens Became a territory: March 30, 1822 ing-place of fashion, of intelli- Harper's Monthly Magazine Entered the union (with rank): March 3, 1845 (27) resort without the attractions of December, 1941 State motto: In God we trust ral or salt, where there is no *** State flower: Orange blossom ngs, but drinking in abundance "No position in America can be more susceptible of State bird: Mockingbird / quantity." grand improvement than that between the eastern State song: "Swanee River" G.W. Bagby branch of the Potomac and Georgetown." State tree: Sabal palmetto palm Atlantic Monthly Charles L'Enfant Nickname: Sunshine State January, 1861 Letter to Alexander Hamilton Origin of state name: From Spanish for "feast of *** April, 1781 flowers" e permitted to vote for a presi *** actical purposes they are colo "Washington the capital is the hope of world free- Florida is a thin skin of earth stretched between the dom; Washington the city is over-crowded, badly Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Barely rising Russell Baker housed, expensive, crime-ridden, intolerant, with above sea level at most points, the state is a mixture he New York Times Guide to the inadequate transportation, schools, and health facili- of swampland, beach and table flat farmland. The Nation's Capital ties. It staggers under a dilapidated and hopeless southernmost spot in the continental United States, 1967 governmental organization, and its problems are rap- Florida has become a haven for youngsters who want *** idly growing worse." to party on the beaches and for retirees who want to Alden Stevens alled the City of Magnificent relax in the year-round sun. Most recently, Florida ght with greater propensity be Harper's Monthly Magazine has become a miniature Cuba for thousands of exiles Magnificent Intentions; for it is December, 1941 from the Castro regime. The Latin influence in the 's-eye view of it from the top of *** state is growing by leaps and bounds. Florida's reputation as a haven for the aging began : can at all comprehend the vast [On segregation]: "Here in the capital of a nation ector, an aspiring Frenchman. dedicated to the proposition that all men are created early in its history. In 1513, Ponce de Leon went at begin in nothing, and lead equal, one-third of the residents are forbidden the there seeking the legendary "fountain of youth," le-long, that only want houses, theaters and the restaurants of the principal business which he was convinced was located somewhere on ; public buildings that need but area, are effectively blocked in their search for em- the peninsula. He was wrong, but the state's balmy plete; and ornaments of great ployment, are commonly charged two to three times climate is about the best substitute available. ! only lack great thoroughfares as much rent as the other two-thirds for equivalent Florida passed from Spain to France, then to leading features." accommodations, and are hated and feared because England and finally to the United States. For 19 Charles Dickens they do not like it." years it was a territory whose future was much in American Notes Alden Stevens doubt as vicious wars between settlers and the native 1842 Harper's Monthly Magazine Seminole Indians raged. The Indians succumbed in *** December, 1941 1842, and Florida achieved statehood in 1848. 161 FLORIDA Florida is one of America's fastest growing states, swamps are potential treasure houses of fertility and "B which has created problems with crime, pollution health, its bustling surface life, its expansive self- onl and a scarcity of fresh water. It is difficult to main- satisfaction, hide a profound mental and spiritual ten tain the leisurely life for which the state is known in sterility." con crowded urban conditions. Clara G. Stillman bro Economically, Florida's health rests on tourism, These United States sea agriculture and limited manufacturing. Citrus fruit 1924 leads Florida crops, with truck garden vegetables *** coming close behind. Phosphate mining and manu- "For Florida, mixture of infant prodigy, spoiled facture and aerospace operation are the two leading prima donna and nouveau riche, has the engaging industries. and disheartening qualities of all three. Forced into "Fi Florida is in many ways an odd match of youth and adult ways beyond her years, what wonder that she low age: its population centers around the very young and frequently lapses into corners to play with dolls or to pan very old, its cities include America's oldest continu- make faces, what wonder that like the slattern who is ing ous community, St. Augustine, founded in 1565, and beautiful only for company, she decks herself gor- the the futuristic Kennedy Space Center at Cape geously, according to her lights, in her tourist centers mos Canaveral; even its phosphate industry, which is and rich agricultural regions, with wastes of slov- relatively young, is dependent upon remains in Flori- enly, burned-out, swamp-gutted rural destitution and da's soil of the very old dinosaurs and other prehis- decay between." toric creatures that once roamed here. Clara G. Stillman These United States "So THE STATE 1924 It THE LANDSCAPE will "Florida, I have read, is the oldest state in our wild history but the youngest in its development. I doubt the last half of the sentence. It is more than four "Florida was so great a mosquito haven that the hundred years old in Western terms, and in some insect's name was honored in at least one place name." ways antidiluvian in its vegetable and animal life." Pearl S. Buck Thomas Clark "A America The Emerging South mu 1971 1968 the *** *** " Florida still had, in her ingenuous, not at all "In none of the forty-eight states does life leap so insidious way, the secret of pleasing, and that even suddenly, in an hour's motor drive, from the subur- round about me the vagueness was still an appeal. ban snooze to the primeval ooze." Alistair Cooke The vagueness was warm, the vagueness was bright, One Man's America the vagueness was sweet, being scented and flowered PH 1952 and fruited; above all the vagueness was somehow *** consciously and confessedly weak. I made out in it "TI something of the look of the charming shy face that "The first faint reflection of south Florida's Gold 'Da desires to communicate and that yet has just too little Coast shows up slowly, then in a tumbling cascade as hav expression. What it would fain say was that it really you proceed south from Melbourne along the south knew itself unequal to any extravagance of demand central coast." upon it, but that it would always do its gentle Robert Fisher best. I found the plea, for myself, I may declare, Fodor's Sunbelt Leisure Guide exquisite and irresistible: the Florida of that particu- 1979 lar tone was a Florida adorable." *** W Henry James "The way it's going [at Lake Okeechobee], we'll The American Scene soon have a desert." "Th 1907 Joel Kuperberg, executive director of the Collier the *** County Conservatory. sell "Taking it all in all, Florida is, physically and Quoted by John G. Mitchell coul spiritually, both the desert and the rose, and "The Bitter Struggle for a National Park" strangely, when it appears to be one, it often turns American Heritage out to be the other. Its gray sands and malarial 1970 162

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