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WE'RE GOING TO WIN!
November 1, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
MICHELE NIX MN
SUBJECT:
HOUSTON "WELCOME HOME" RALLY
This is a "Welcome Home" rally, which takes place at the
Astro Arena -- same room as the opening event before the
convention. The pre-program begins at 7:30 p.m. -- POTUS goes on
stage at 9:30 p.m.
The pre-program includes the following celebrities: Ricky
Scaggs, Lee Greenwood, Gatlin Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Naomi
Judd, Nolan Ryan, Mary Lou Retton, Charlton Heston, Bob
Country
Hope. Amold Palmin ,Ted Williams (Hall ofFame), Johnny Lee
Bob Hope will be the last to speak before the President is
introduced by an off-stage announce. So one Bob Hope line
right off the bat would work well.
Mayor Bob Lanier will probably be on stage -- but he's been
wishy washy in his support. Handle as you see fit.
The celebrities will be lined up across the stage and behind
POTUS. Behind them will be the Bush family -- except for
Mrs. Bush who will be announced on stage with the President
and will stand near him when he speaks.
Behind the Bush family will be state and national Bush-
Fredmeyen statemair
Quayle officials and some local officials.
Ricky TR Perry Car
Brief remarks are expected -- particularly ones that reflect
the President's happiness at being home. Also Advance says
Kay Bailey
Bartey
everyone down there wants the President to really fire the
crowd up -- so the momentum will be high and wild going into
election day.
Phil Gram
Family
Milo Hamolton (me Play by
grandkids Police Chief
Play announce
Mashacher Rre Chief
State leadership
for Houston
Astros)
Tom Operevetter Local cong Archer Fields Deta
Bar Patton pay Burera
The Holy Bible: Ephesians - I Timothy
The Holy Bible: I Timothy - James
he whole armor
14 Let your speech be alway with grace, sea-
to withstand in
soned with salt.
We brought nothing into this world, and it
18 Faith is the substa
e all, to stand.
Colossians 4:6
is certain we can carry nothing out. 1
the evidence of thing
hesians 6:12-13
15 Luke, the beloved physician.
4:14
I Timothy 6:7
e is gain.
16 Labor of love.
The love of money is the root of all evil. 2
19
Wherefore seeing
l the Apostle to
The First Epistle of Paul the Apos-
6:10
about with so great a
Philippians 1:21
tle to the Thessalonians 1:3
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on
let us run with patie
3
17
n with fear and
Study to be quiet, and to do your own busi-
eternal life.
6:12
before us,
Looking unto Jesus
ness.
2:12
4:11
Rich in good works.
6:18
of our faith.
in you both to
18 The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in
o Timothy, keep that which is committed
20 Whom the Lord lov
asure.
the night.
to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain bab-
5:2
blings, and oppositions of science falsely so
2:13
19 Ye are all the children of light, and the
called.
6:20
21 The spirits of just n
g those things
children of the day: we are not of the night,
ng forth unto
nor of darkness.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
5:5
but of power, and of love, and of a sound
22 Let brotherly love C
20 Putting on the breastplate of faith and
mind.
Be not forgetful to e)
3:13-14
love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
The Second Epistle of Paul the
thereby some have en
whose God is
5:8
Apostle to Timothy I:7
wares.
n their shame,
21 Pray without ceasing.
5:17
A workman that needeth not to be
23 The Lord is my help
3:19
ashamed.
what man shall do unt
22 Prove all things; hold fast that which is
2:15
eth all under-
good.
Be instant in season, out of season
24 Jesus Christ the sar
ts and minds
5:21
day, and for ever.
23
The law is good, if a man use it lawfully.
4:2
4:7
The First Epistle of Paul the
I have fought a good fight, I have finished
25 For here have we nc
whatsoever
Apostle to Timothy 1:8
my course, I have kept the faith.
we seek one to come.
4:7
ings are just,
24
Christ Jesus came into the world to save
The Lord reward him according to his
26
To do good and to con
whatsoever
works.
for with such sacrifices
hings are of
sinners; of whom I am chief.
4:14
1:15
11
irtue, and if
25 For if a man know not how to rule his own
Unto the pure all things are pure.
ese things.
house, how shall he take care of the church
The Epistle of Paul to Titus I:15
27 Let patience have her
may be perfect and enti
4:8
of God?2
12
3:5
Making mention of thee always in my
If any of you lack wis
prayers.
state I am,
26 Not greedy of filthy lucre.
God.
3:8
The Epistle of Paul to Philemon 1:4
4:11
The General Ep
27 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
13
Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
that are in
28 Blessed is the man th:
conscience seared with a hot iron.
4:2
ministers a flame of fire.
visible and
tion: for when he is tried.
28 Every creature of God is good, and nothing
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to
crown of life.
created by
ing. to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiv-
the Hebrews 1:7
29 Every good gift and e
1 by him all
4:4
14 The word of God is quick, and powerful,
from above, and cometh
29
Refuse profane and old wives' fables.
and sharper than any two-edged sword, pierc-
ther of lights, with whom
? Apostle to
ing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
neither shadow of turnin
ins 1:16-17
4:7
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a
30 Let them learn first to show piety at home.
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
30 Be swift to hear, slow
it.
heart.
wrath:
5:4
4:12
2:21
For the wrath of man W
31 But if any provide not for his own, and spe-
Strong meat belongeth to them that are of
teousness of God.
ove, not on
cially for those of his own house, he hath
full age.
5:14
denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
31 Be ye doers of the wor
3:2
They crucify to themselves the Son of God
only.
3
or Jew, cir-
5:8
afresh, and put him to an open shame.
32
Unspotted from the WO)
Barbarian,
32 They learn to be idle, wandering about
6:6
is all, and
from house to house; and not only idle, but
17
Without shedding of blood is no remission.
33 As the body without th
3:11
tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things
faith without works is dea
which they ought not.
9:22
'Also in Book of Common Prayer, Burial of the Dead.
34
ildren to
5:13
How great a matter a li
3:21
33 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine
See also The Song of the Harper, 3:2, and Ecclesiastes
5:15, 27:2.
Communion
for thy stomach's sake.
5:23
1See Sophocles, 74:12, and Plato, 84:12.
35 The tongue can no man
2See Sophocles, 74:19.
Radix malorum est cupiditas. The Canter-
ruly evil.
bury Tales [c. 1387], The Pardoner's Prologue, l. 6
³See Homer, 58:10.
54
55
there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the
slight what is done by those who actually bear the brunt of
way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt.
the day; nor yet for those others who always profess that
There is no more unhealthy being, no man less worthy of
they would like to take action, if only the conditions of life
M
respect, than he who either really holds, or feigns to hold, an
were not what they actually are. The man who does nothing
attitude of sneering disbelief toward all that is great and
cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he
ech
lofty, whether in achievement or in that noble effort which,
be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary. There is little use for the
in
o
even if it fails, comes second to achievement. A cynical habit
being whose tepid soul knows nothing of the great and gen-
of thought and speech, a readiness to criticise work which the
erous emotion, of the high pride, the stern belief, the lofty en-
he
critic himself never tries to perform, an intellectual aloofness
thusiasm, of the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder.
he
which will not accept contact with life's realities-all these
Well for these men if they succeed; well also, though not so
all
are marks, not, as the possessor would fain think, of superi-
well, if they fail, given only that they have nobly ventured,
ority, but of weakness. They mark the men unfit to bear their
lone
and have put forth all their heart and strength. It is war-
part manfully in the stern strife of living, who seek, in the
worn Hotspur, spent with hard fighting, he of the many
of
affectation of contempt for the achievements of others, to
errors and the valiant end, over whose memory we love to
hide from others and from themselves their own weakness.
linger, not over the memory of the young lord who "but for
enty
The rôle is easy; there is none easier, save only the rôle of
the vile guns would have been a soldier."
the man who sneers alike at both criticism and formance.
France has taught many lessons to other nations: surely one
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out
of the most important is the lesson her whole history teaches,
vo
how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could
that a high artistic and literary development is compatible
have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who
with notable leadership in arms and statecraft. The brilliant
is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and
gallantry of the French soldier has for many centuries been
Joh
sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes
proverbial; and during these same centuries at every court
short again and again, because there is no effort without error
in Europe the "freemasons of fashion" have treated the French
and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
tongue as their common speech; while every artist and man
who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who
of letters, and every man of science able to appreciate that
spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in
marvellous instrument of precision, French prose, has turned
the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the
toward France for aid and inspiration. How long the leader-
worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that
ship in arms and letters has lasted is curiously illustrated by
his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who
the fact that the earliest masterpiece in a modern tongue
know neither victory nor defeat. Shame on the man of cul-
is the splendid French epic which tells of Roland's doom and
MAN IN THE ARENA
tivated taste who permits refinement to develop into a fas-
the vengeance of Charlemagne when the lords of the Frankish
tidiousness that unfits him for doing the rough work of a
host were stricken at. Roncesvalles.
workaday world. Among the free peoples who govern them-
Let those who have, keep, let those who have not, strive to
selves there is but a small field of usefulness open for the
attain, a high standard of cultivation and scholarship. Yet let
men of cloistered life who shrink from contact with their
us remember that these stand second to certain other things.
fellows. Still less room is there for those who deride or
There is need of a sound body, and even more need of a sound
VICTORY IS OURS!!!!
November 3, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
MN
SUBJECT:
UNITY/HEALING QUOTE
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness
in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to
finish the work we are in: to bind up the nation's wounds;
to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace
among ourselves and with all nations."
-- Lincoln, second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
Bartlett's, p. 524.
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.
Though passion may have strained, it must not break, our bonds of
affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every
battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone
all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union
when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels
of our nature."
-- Lincoln, first Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
Bartlett's, p. 521.
FOR:
SP
FROM:
JAG
WIN
LANG
Like I said: I finish what I start.
--Houston I won't be coming home
for four more years.
--I don't know if we annoyed the media -- but we sure did confuse
them. You see, you don't ride off into the sunset when it's
still high noon.
-I've got one question for the media: Are you annoyed yet?
--I can see the headlines now: "POLLSTERS LOSE JOBS: BLAME BUSH."
--The people have laid their trust in me, and now I shall return
it: with more choice in education, more choice in health care,
lower taxes and smaller government.
--If you didn't vote for me, but you're listening now, I'm asking
you to come home, I'm leaving the door open. We've got a lot of
work to do in this country. You can't join hands with a clenched
fist.
For better or for worse, in sickness and in health, America is
one family: One Nation Under God.
--Governor Clinton asked you to vote your hopes not your
fears
and you did. Ross Perot asked you to vote for the man
you'd trust your kids' future with. You did that too.
QUOTES
"Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward. " --Lincoln
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice;
it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be
achieved." -William Jennings Bryan.
(Harriet Beecher Stowe) ) "The longest day must have its close -
- the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning." Dawn is here.
The election is over. And yes, the truth is: the recession is
over. America is getting back to business
and I'm here to open
shop: entrepreneurial capitalism
capital gains tax
cuts
opportunity for first time home buyers
etc.
We're
going to kick the sun back up into the sky.
"The game is well worth the candle that may have to be burned
far into the night. " -- J. Paul Getty.
LOSE
QUOTES
"Every dogma has its day, but ideals are eternal." -- Israel
Zangwill.
LANG
-Houston -- I'm coming home!
God save the Union. (okay, maybe not.)
-maybe I shouldn't have vetoed the unemployment extension after
all.
-Riding off into the sunrise.
The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that
look like they cannot be done.
Arnold Palmer
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a
man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Once to every man and every nation comes the moment to decide.
James Russell Lowell
Tribulation brings about perserverance; and perserverance proven
character; and proven character, hope.
Romans 5:3-4
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 3, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
ED WALTERS
SUBJECT:
BACKGROUND QUOTES FOR TONIGHT'S SPEECH
"[I feel] somewhat like the boy in Kentucky who stubbed his toe while running to see his
sweetheart. The boy said he was too big to cry, and far too badly hurt to laugh."
- Lincoln's reply as to how he felt about the New York elections, in
which a Democrat won. On that day, Democrats picked up a number of congressional seats in
the North and won an number of state elections.
"So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because
he believed in his God."
- Daniel 6:23
Quotes from Remarks of Vice President George Bush, announcing his candidacy for the
Presidency in Houston Texas, on October 12, 1987: Sort of in the context of bookends - I
said when I announced my candidacy five years ago
...
"We don't need radical new directions -- we need strong and steady leadership. We don't
need to remake society, we just need to remember who we are."
"There are those who forget, in the warmth of 1987, how cold it was in 1980."
"Prosperity is not an end, but a beginning. It has a point: It gives us time to think and care;
it frees us up to learn, to grow, to be better than we are." [[And the prosperity that Ronald
Reagan and I have brought this nation since 1980 has another dividend - it has allowed us to
end permanently the global nuclear arms race to win the Cold War.]]
"And what is the proper attitude toward the Soviets as we pursue progress? Praise God - and
keep your guard up."
"The interests of the world are best served - and the cause of peace best served - by not
merely containing communism, but by spreading freedom."
C8 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1992
THE WASHINGTON POST
BLONDIE YOUNG & DRAKE
Today's Horoscope
THIS WILL BE
AND WE'RE
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prominently. Written report could
be completely vindicated. Reward
prove "explosive."
follows. Deserved
Aries (March 21-April 19): Em-
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Read
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Cir-
phasis on added recognition, univer-
and write, disseminate information,
cumstances take sudden, dramatic
sal appeal, wider audience for your
format previously rejected will be
turn in your favor. Imprint style,
Features Syndicate. World Rights Received
creative endeavors. Many desires
enthusiastically accepted. Scenario
stress confidence, display courage
fulfilled in dramatic fashion. Accent
features change, travel, variety,
of convictions. Love relationship
the unorthodox, utilize elements of
exciting "flirtation." Another Virgo
will survive crisis, Leo, another
timing, surprise.
plays role.
Aquarian figure prominently.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): Make
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Atten-
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20):
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tion revolves around home, harmo-
Events begin to transpire in way
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Professional superior says, "You,
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the student, have out-distanced the
wrapping." Focus also on style, cre-
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GIVE ME THAT
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two directions simultaneously." Be
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lenge of added responsibility. Love
ment. Before day's end, you'll be
sympathetic but do not become in-
GET BACK TO
will not be a stranger.
humming, "I'm in love!"
extricably involved. Win big!
WORK!
Gemini (May 21-June 20):
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Atten-
If November 3 is your birthday:
POW
Aquarian Moon highlights ability to
tion revolves around real estate,
You possess intellectual. curiosity,
reach beyond previous limitations.
sale or purchase of property, frank
unusual sense of humor, are versa-
Romantic interval lends spice. In-
discussion with family member who
tile, are capable of loving more than
tuition hits bull's eye. You'll be told,
wants to "jump ship." Answers
one person. Gemini, Sagittarius in-
5
"You are a fascinating, wonderful
found through meditation, ability to
dividuals play unusual roles in your
creature!" It's for real!
be quiet within.
life. During November, you gain
Cancer June 21-July 22): Diver-
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
wider audience, terms will be de-
II-3
sify, keep options open, add to ap-
Focus on ideas, concepts that re-
fined, you'll be regarded as myste-
parel. Check accounting proce-
quire "seasoning." Means time is on
rious, intriguing, romantic figure.
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dures. Someone could be playing
your side. Emphasis also on organ-
You could be asked to appear before
fast and loose with your money.
ization, responsibility, strong love
the media. You are creative, willing
NOT A LOT OF
Ounce of prevention worth more
relationship, improved financial sta-
to fight when cause is right. During
IT'S EARLY,
BALLOTS IN YOUR
WENDY
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tus. Persist!
December, you'll know true mean-
BOX THERE, SID.
Leo July 23-Aug. 22): Study
ing of love.
©1992 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
World reserved.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
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