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Davis/Martin
June 16, 1989
Title: NYC
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: NEW YORK STATE PARTY, HILTON HOTEL
THURS., JUNE 22, 7:15 p.m.
Thank you. Jonathan, Anthony Colavita, Pat Barrett, Rudi
Guiliani, Ron Lauder, Herb London.
((It's always great to get back to New York. Where else can
you find newspapers with headlines like: "Picked Pot Packed in
Pickled Peppers"
better get Bill Bennett on that one
or my personal favorite from The New York Daily News, a headline
that accompanied before and after pictures of a famous actor,
that read -- "Brando Expando. ")) ( (PAUSE) )
( ( I couldn't help but notice recent news articles on the
pow-wow between the nine candidates for mayor. Gives a whole new
meaning to the political phrase: "to run for somebody's seat. ") )
((PAUSE))
( (But I have to admit, the reaction to presidential visits
is a little different in the Big Apple, perhaps a little more
jaded. When I was just arriving, I heard one guy say to another:
"I hear the most powerful man in America is here tonight for a
2
fund-raiser." And the other guy said: "You mean they got Donald
Trump.' ) ) ((PAUSE))
I am here today to celebrate a new fact in American politics
-- the emergence of a strong New York State Republican Party.
This is due, in no small measure, to the leadership of Anthony
Colavita, and to the promise of success from your new Chairman,
Pat Barrett.
It is no surprise to me that millions of New Yorkers, in
particular minority and ethnic New Yorkers, are shifting from
automatic loyalty to the other party and voting Republican more
and more often. It was, after all, the Republican Party that was
the original party of civil rights. And it was the Republican
Party that first attracted immigrants, and the sons and daughters
of immigrants, into politics; including Fiorello LaGuardia, the
Little Flower of Italy.
Now we are proud to have a new generation of Republican
leaders, with Alfonse D'Amato heading our New York Republican
delegation for a second term in the United States Senate.
And we are just as proud of our Republican candidates for
mayor of New York City -- Ralph Lauren, Herb London and Rudi
Guiliani. ((PAUSE)) Whoever wins our primary, we will have a
strong and united candidacy and something more -- a message for
3
the man who lives in Gracie Mansion: Ed, you're history!
((PAUSE))
And as we win the top job in America's top city, we will
also make big gains in Albany, keeping the State Senate, and
making big strides in the Assembly.
With a strong, united New York Republican Party under Pat's
leadership -- with unity, and with courage -- you will go the
distance. The era of Democratic dominance is past.
Thank you for inviting me to New York, God bless you and God
bless America.
#
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Davis/Martin
June 16, 1989
Title: NYC
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: NEW YORK STATE PARTY, HILTON HOTEL
THURS. , JUNE 22, 7:15 p.m.
Thank you. Jonathan, Anthony Colavita, Pat Barrett, Rudi
Guiliani, Ron Lauder, Herb London.
((It's always great to get back to New York. Where else can
you find newspapers with headlines like: "Picked Pot Packed in
Pickled Peppers"
better get Bill Bennett on that one
or my personal favorite from The New York Daily News, a headline
that accompanied before and after pictures of a famous actor,
that read -- "Brando Expando. ")) ( (PAUSE) )
((I couldn't help but notice recent news articles on the
pow-wow between the nine candidates for mayor. Gives a whole new
meaning to the political phrase: "to run for somebody's seat."))
((PAUSE))
( (But I have to admit, the reaction to presidential visits
is a little different in the Big Apple, perhaps a little more
jaded. When I was just arriving, I heard one guy say to another:
"I hear the most powerful man in America is here tonight for a
2
fund-raiser." And the other guy said: "You mean they got Donald
Trump. ")) ((PAUSE))
I am here today to celebrate a new fact in American politics
-- the emergence of a strong New York State Republican Party.
This is due, in no small measure, to the leadership of Anthony
Colavita, and to the promise of success from your new Chairman,
Pat Barrett.
It is no surprise to me that millions of New Yorkers, in
particular minority and ethnic New Yorkers, are shifting from
automatic loyalty to the other party and voting Republican more
and more often. It was, after all, the Republican Party that was
the original party of civil rights. And it was the Republican
Party that first attracted immigrants, and the sons and daughters
of immigrants, into politics; including Fiorello LaGuardia, the
Little Flower of Italy.
Now we are proud to have a new generation of Republican
leaders, with Alfonse D'Amato heading our New York Republican
delegation for a second term in the United States Senate.
And we are just as proud of our Republican candidates for
mayor of New York City -- Ralph Lauren, Herb London and Rudi
Guiliani. ((PAUSE)) Whoever wins our primary, we will have a
strong and united candidacy and something more -- a message for
3
the man who lives in Gracie Mansion: Ed, you're history!
((PAUSE))
And as we win the top job in America's top city, we will
also make big gains in Albany, keeping the State Senate, and
making big strides in the Assembly.
With a strong, united New York Republican Party under Pat's
leadership -- with unity, and with courage -- you will go the
distance. The era of Democratic dominance is past.
Thank you for inviting me to New York, God bless you and God
bless America.
#
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: NEW YORK STATE PARTY DAUS
HILTON HOTEL
THURS., JUNE 22, 7:15 P.M.
THANK YOU. PAT BARRETT, JONATHAN, ANTHONY
COLAVITA.
((IT's ALWAYS GREAT TO GET BACK TO NEW YORK. WHERE
ELSE CAN YOU FIND NEWSPAPERS WITH HEADLINES LIKE:
"PICKED PoT PACKED IN PICKLED PEPPERS"
BETTER GET
BILL BENNETT ON THAT ONE
- 2 -
((OR MY PERSONAL FAVORITE FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS,
A HEADLINE THAT ACCOMPANIED BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES
OF A FAMOUS ACTOR, THAT READ -- "BRANDO EXPANDO. "))
((PAUSE))
((OF COURSE, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MAINTAINS A
MORE DIGNIFIED AIR WITH ITS "NO PHOTOS" POLICY. IF
THEY WERE TO EVER RUN A SWIMSUIT ISSUE, IT WOULD STILL
BE NOTHING MORE THAN LEE IACCOCA IN THONGS.))
((PAUSE))
- 3 -
I AM HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE A NEW FACT IN AMERICAN
POLITICS -- THE EMERGENCE OF A STRONG NEW YORK STATE
REPUBLICAN PARTY. THIS IS DUE, IN NO SMALL MEASURE, TO
THE LEADERSHIP OF TONY COLAVITA, AND TO THE PROMISE OF
SUCCESS FROM YOUR NEW CHAIRMAN, PAT BARRETT
HE
HAS BEEN A GOOD FRIEND FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS THE
PROVEN ABILITY TO REACH OUT AND ATTRACT NEW VOTERS TO
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. PaT, YOU'VE WORKED WONDERS
UPSTATE IN ONONDAGA COUNTY.
- 4 -
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU WORKING YOUR MAGIC ALL ACROSS
NEW YORK STATE. ((PAUSE))
IT IS NO SURPRISE TO ME THAT NEW YORKERS, IN
PARTICULAR MINORITY AND ETHNIC VOTERS, ARE SHIFTING
FROM AUTOMATIC LOYALTY TO THE OTHER PARTY AND VOTING
REPUBLICAN MORE AND MORE OFTEN. IT WAS, AFTER ALL, THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PARTY OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
- 5 -
AND IT WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT FIRST ATTRACTED
IMMIGRANTS, AND THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF IMMIGRANTS,
INTO POLITICS; INCLUDING FIORELLO LAGUARDIA, THE LITTLE
FLOWER OF ITALY.
Now WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE A NEW GENERATION OF
REPUBLICAN LEADERS, WITH ALFONSE D'AMATO HEADING OUR
NEW YORK REPUBLICAN DELEGATION FOR A SECOND TERM IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE. ((PAUSE))
- 6 -
REPUBLICANS TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OUR NEW YORK
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, NOW 13 STRONG. I HOPE WE KEEP THE
NUMBER AT 13 -- GUY MOLINARI HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE
CONGRESS TO RUN FOR BOROUGH PRESIDENT -- SO THE
NATION'S LOSS IS STATEN ISLAND'S GAIN. AND WITH SUSAN
MOLINARI ALREADY ON THE NEW YORK COUNCIL -- THE
MOLINARIS WILL BE EVEN MORE OF A POWERHOUSE IN THE
STATE.
- 7 -
WE ARE ALSO JUSTLY PROUD OF HOW FAR WE'VE COME AS A
PARTY --so FAR THAT WE NOW HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF
WINNING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN NEW YORK CITY -- THE MOST
POWERFUL LOCAL OFFICE IN AMERICA. IT IS A TREMENDOUS
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO SHOW THAT OUR
COMMITMENT TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP EXTENDS FAR BEYOND
THE WHITE HOUSE, TO THE CITY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS OF
NEW YORK.
- 8 -
AND AS WE WIN THE TOP EXECUTIVE JOB IN AMERICA'S
TOP CITY, WE WILL ALSO MAKE BIG LEGISLATIVE GAINS IN
ALBANY, KEEPING THE STATE SENATE, AND MAKING BIG
STRIDES IN THE ASSEMBLY. THE STATE SENATE HAS BEEN OUR
REPUBLICAN WATCHDOG IN ALBANY. AND IT MUST BE OUR
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN THE FIGHT FOR FAIR
REPRESENTATION IN THE 1990s.
- 9 -
WITH A STRONG, UNITED NEW YORK REPUBLICAN PARTY
UNDER PAT'S LEADERSHIP -- WITH UNITY, AND WITH
COURAGE -- YOU WILL GO THE DISTANCE, AND THE ERA OF
DEMOCRATIC DOMINANCE WILL BE A STORY FROM THE PAST.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO NEW YORK, GOD BLESS
YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
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MarkD.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: VIRGINIA GOP, RICHMOND
WED., JUNE 21, 7:30 P.M.
THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN BLILEY -- ToM. SENATOR
WARNER, DON HUFFMAN. I AM DELIGHTED TO BE BACK AMONG
so MANY OF MY LONG-TIME REPUBLICAN FRIENDS.
((AND IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN VIRGINIA. You KNOW,
ON THE WAY DOWN HERE, I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE AS I
LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW OF MY HELICOPTER THAT KING'S
DOMINION WAS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
- 2 -
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN -- ALTHOUGH I COULD HAVE BEEN
FROM THE HEIGHT OF A THOUSAND FEET -- I COULD SWEAR I
SAW THE ENTIRE VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC TICKET RIDING THE
"Sноск WAVE" .)) ((PAUSE))
((OF COURSE, WE REPUBLICANS HAD TO RESOLVE A FEW
DIFFERENCES. WHEN I TOLD BARBARA I WAS HOPING TO VISIT
SOME HISTORIC BATTLEFIELD SITES IN VIRGINIA, SHE DIDN'T
KNOW IF I WAS REFERRING TO THE CIVIL WAR OR THE
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY.)) ((PAUSE))
- 3 -
(MARSHALL, YOU KNOW VIRGINIA BETTER THAN I DO.
BUT MAY I GIVE YOU SOME FREE ADVICE. DON'T FILM
YOUR T.V. ADS RIDING IN A TANK.))
KIDDING ASIDE, WITH STAN PARRIS, PAUL TRIBLE AND
MARSHALL COLEMAN IN COMPETITION, ONE THING WAS
CERTAIN -- VIRGINIA COULD NOT LOSE. ((PAUSE))
I AM PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE
HELD A PRIMARY IN VIRGINIA, OUR FIRST IN FORTY YEARS.
YES, THERE WAS A ROUGH AND TUMBLE COMPETITION.
- 4 -
REPUBLICANS TURNED OUT IN HUGE NUMBERS. BUT WE'VE
PROVEN ONCE AGAIN THAT WE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER
PARTY. WE ARE UNITED BY A GREAT CAUSE, AND THAT IS WHY
NOW THAT THE DUST HAS SETTLED, WE ARE ALL STILL
REPUBLICANS. ((PAUSE))
WITH THE PRIMARY BEHIND US, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW
PLEASED AND PROUD I AM TO SEE, ONCE AGAIN, REPUBLICANS
UNITE -- UNITE BEHIND MARSHALL COLEMAN AND OUR TICKET,
UNITED FOR VICTORY.
- 5 -
MARSHALL WILL MAKE A GREAT GOVERNOR FOR THIS
COMMONWEALTH, FOR HE IS A VIRGINIAN, THROUGH AND
THROUGH. FROM HIS MARINE DAYS, TO HIS SERVICE AS A
DELEGATE AND STATE SENATOR, MARSHALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
TRAILBLAZER. HE BEST KNOWS, AND CAN MEET, THE
CHALLENGES FACING YOUR STATE.
MARSHALL IS ALSO A FORMER ATTORNEY-GENERAL WHO
KNOWS BEST HOW TO FIGHT CRIME IN VIRGINIA.
- 6 -
HE HAS A TOUGH, HARDNOSED PLAN FOR PUTTING AWAY VIOLENT
CRIMINALS -- FOR GOOD. AND HE HAS SOLID PROPOSALS FOR
DEALING WITH THE SCOURGE OF DRUGS -- PROPOSALS THAT
ONLY A VETERAN CRIME-FIGHTER COULD CONCEIVE AND
IMPLEMENT.
VIRGINIA IS ALSO GOING TO BE A BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN
THE PARTIES IN THE 1990s. WILL REPUBLICANS BE FAIRLY
REPRESENTED?
- 7 -
MARSHALL COLEMAN WILL BE OUR REPUBLICAN WATCHDOG IN
RICHMOND, PROTECTING THE FAIRNESS OF THE
REAPPORTIONMENT PROCESS, AND VETOING LIBERAL
LEGISLATION.
MARSHALL IS ALSO LEADING A STRONG AND IMPRESSIVE
REPUBLICAN TICKET. EDDY DALTON WILL MAKE A GREAT
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
- 8 -
As A STATE SENATOR, EDDY HAS LED THE CHARGE AGAINST THE
DRUG THUGS, DEMANDING MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR THOSE
CONVICTED OF SELLING DRUGS TO MINORS. AND HER
COMMITMENT TO CURBING STATE SPENDING IS SO STRONG, THAT
SHE WILL BEGIN WITH THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
You ALSO HAVE NOMINATED ANOTHER EXCELLENT CANDIDATE
IN STATE SENATOR JOE BENEDETTI, FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
VIRGINIA DESERVES A FULL-TIME ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO IS
WILLING TO LEAD THE FIGHT ON DRUGS AND CRIME.
- 9 -
THIS TICKET OFFERS LEADERSHIP -- GREAT LEADERSHIP --
FOR VIRGINIA.
BUT TO WIN, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT REPUBLICANS MUST
DEVELOP AN APPEAL AS DIVERSE AS THIS STATE. VIRGINIA
HAS CHANGED. IT IS NO LONGER A RURAL STATE. You NOW
HAVE LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS GROWING AT BOTH ENDS OF
VIRGINIA. AND YOUR STATE HAS CHANGED IN OTHER WAYS,
TOO.
- 10 -
WE REPUBLICANS MUST DO MORE THAN RECOGNIZE THIS
CHANGE. WE MUST TAKE OUR MESSAGE TO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
AND EVERY COMMUNITY. WE WILL TAKE OUR REPUBLICAN
MESSAGE -- A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY -- TO THE
BLACK AND OTHER MINORITY VOTERS OF VIRGINIA. MARSHALL
COLEMAN AND I AGREE. WE WILL NOT CONCEDE A COMMUNITY,
A PRECINCT, OR A SINGLE VOTER. ((PAUSE))
- 11 -
REPUBLICANS MUST WIN IN VIRGINIA, AS IN NEW JERSEY,
TO SET THE STAGE FOR 1990 -- THE CRITICAL YEAR, THE
YEAR THAT MY FRIEND AND YOUR U.S. SENATOR JOHN WARNER
WILL BE ELECTED TO A THIRD TERM -- A YEAR THAT WILL
SHAPE THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS WELL INTO THE
NEXT CENTURY. BUT THERE ARE OTHER REASONS, SOME
PRACTICAL, AND SOME SENTIMENTAL, WHY WE WANT VICTORY IN
NOVEMBER.
- 12 -
EVERY AMERICAN, FROM MAINE TO TEXAS, LOOKS TO
VIRGINIA AS A CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY. EVERY AMERICAN
HEART QUICKENS AT THE IDEALS OF THE BUILDERS OF
MONTICELLO, MOUNT VERNON AND MONTPELIER. FROM THE
MOUNTAINS OF THE SHENANDOAH TO THE RIVERS OF THE
TIDEWATER, FROM THE COUNTRY LANES OF ABINGDON TO THE
CITY LIGHTS OF ALEXANDRIA, WHAT THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID
IS STILL TRUE -- OLD DOMINION IS THE MOTHER OF US ALL.
- 13 -
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO RICHMOND. GOD BLESS
YOU, GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND LET'S MAKE MARSHALL COLEMAN
THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
((MARSHALL, EDDY, JOE ((PAUSE)) STAN, PAUL -- COME
ON UP HERE.))
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