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November 1, 1990
A:RUDY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY BOSCHWITZ FOR SENATE RALLY
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990
TIME?
Thank you so much, ((name) for that great introduction,
and thank you, Wayne Newton for a beautiful rendition of the
Anthem. It is wonderful to be out of Washington -- and I am glad
to be here to show my strong support for a national leader in our
Party and one of America's great Senators, Rudy Boschwitz. //
Only three days until Election Day, and we're pulling out
all the stops campaigning across the country -- for top-notch
candidates like Arne Carlson, "the Rocky Balboa of Minnesota," a
seasoned leader we know and trust -- who in just three days is
going to defy the odds and become the next governor of this great
state. 11
((You know, I heard Arne was in favor of a shortened
campaign season, but this is ridiculous. /// ))
And I'm excited about the rest of our state ticket as well:
Kevin Johnson (Attorney General) ; Dave Jennings (Sec. of State) i
Bob Heinrich (State Auditor) ; and John Burger (State Treasurer) ;.
((You know when Rudy called and asked us to come out for
this rally, I asked if perhaps we should bring out the Republican
secret weapon, and really rev up the crowds. // Rudy said, "Sure,
Mr. President // but Barbara told us she couldn't make it."))
It's a pleasure to be here on behalf of Rudy Boschwitz -- a
tremendous Senator and a man Minnesotans can trust. A man who
embodies responsible government. You know Rudy's a member of the
Senate Agriculture Committee -- a real champion of your dairy
farmers -- arguing that milk production isn't the problem, it's
the underconsumption of it. So, at "Rudy's Super Duper Milk
House" at the State Fair every year, he serves cherry, banana,
and root beer-flavored milk. Rudy, I'm with you all the way on
this one. But please, no broccoli-flavored milk. // Well, I
think I've milked that for all I can get.) )
Today, after ten years on the Budget Committee, Rudy's known
as a tough fighter for lower taxes and a strong advocate of the
spending freeze. And he can tell you when it comes to raising
taxes, the Democrats can't tell the difference between milking a
COW and sending it to slaughter. // Back in Washington, we need
more Senators like Rudy -- we need more Republicans in Congress.
//
I'm glad to be here today campaigning for this great team,
because I think one of the most important things we can do
together is to get more Republicans elected in every town, in
every state and for every federal seat in this land. Because the
Republican party is the party with an agenda -- the party of
change, not the status quo -- the party of new ideas.
There is no higher domestic priority on the Republican
agenda than America's economy -- the job-creating engine that
every family in this country counts on.
In recent months we've seen some uncertainty and concern
about slower economic growth. That's why a budget agreement was
crucial -- and why I was willing to go the extra mile to get it.
Despite tough negotiations, we finally reached a budget
agreement with the Democrats controlling Congress. There were
clear differences between the parties in how to cut the deficit.
The Democrats wanted to raise taxes, including income tax
rates for working Americans. I wanted to reduce the deficit with
spending cuts. What we got was a compromise: some taxes but
almost $500 billion in deficit reduction in five years. $350
billion in spending cuts -- the largest in history. Incentives
to make America less dependent on foreign oil.
And we put Congress on the pay-as-you-go plan. The
enforcement provisions in this agreement are real -- they are
strong. No longer will programs be funded with red ink.
Finally, we held the line against reckless cuts of our Armed
Forces to ensure that this nation's defense remains strong. We
owe that to our men and women in the Persian Gulf.
But getting our fiscal policy on track is just part of what
we have accomplished as the party of change. A year ago, I
challenged the Congress and the American people to work with me,
to break the stalemate that has hindered progress on clean air
for the past decade.
We've put our best minds to work, on both sides of the
aisle, and both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, to turn technology
and the power of the marketplace to the advantage of the
environment. To create. To innovate. To tip the scales in
favor of recovery, restoration, and renewal.
A year ago, I said "Every American expects and deserves to
breathe clean air. And as President, it is my mission to
guarantee it: for this generation, and for generations to come."
Today, thanks to the innovation and cooperation of industry,
government, and environmental experts -- and thanks especially to
the hard work of Rudy Boschwitz -- I can say that I'll have a
clearn air bill I can sign.
This legislation will remove 10 million tons of the
emissions that cause acid rain from the air; it will bring the
nation's 100 most smog-laden cities safe, healthy air; and it
encourages the use of alternative fuels, that are safer for our
environment, and reduce our dependence on foreign energy. This
bill is good for us. It's good for Canada -- Mexico, too. And it
sends a signal of commitment and leadership to the rest of the
world.
The fulfillment of this commitment has broken an eight year
legislative logjam. But more important, it's going to make every
man, woman, and child in America breathe a little easier.
Because Republicans care about change, we've got a Clean Air
Bill. III I think that's something to celebrate. III
But of course there is still work to be done on the
Republican agenda. America is fed up with crime. And
Republicans know handcuffs belong not on the cops and the courts
-- handcuffs belong on the criminals. III
Shortly after taking office, I stood before the U.S. Capitol
and called on Congress to pass tough new laws to help America
"Take Back the Streets." Instead, in the final hours of the
Congress, Democratic liberals choked -- and completely gutted our
package to fight back against violent crime.
Republicans fought for habeas corpus reforms -- aimed at
stopping convicted criminals from endlessly abusing the appeals
process. Republicans fought for reforms of the exclusionary rule
-- a judge-made law that lets the guilty go free. And
Republicans fought for a real federal death penalty for drug
kingpins and terrorists. The liberal Democrats blocked these
provisions -- blocked the will of the American people.
We need to be tough on crime and criminals. Republicans
want change. Give me more Republicans, and we'll get the job
done.
Republicans truly want to build a better America. To do it,
we need more Republicans. We need a strong Senator like Rudy
Boschwitz on Capitol Hill. We need a governor like Arne Carlson
in the State House. And so especially here in Southeastern
Minnesota, we need to get out the vote for these great Republican
candidates. I need them, Minnesota needs them, and most of all,
America needs them. //
Today, we are at a partisan political event but now let me
put partisan politics aside -- totally. I know that everyone in
this country is vitally interested in the situation in the Middle
East, so let me bring you up to date. Former Senator Vandenberg
was right when he said, "Politics ends at the water's edge." I
am grateful to the leaders and other Members of Congress --
Democrat and Republican -- for their bipartisan support.
On August 2nd, Iraq invaded Kuwait. They literally raped,
pillaged, and plundered this once-peaceful land -- this nation
that is a member of the Arab League and of the United Nations.
Iraq began to brutally and systematically dismantle Kuwait --
shipping its medical equipment, its machines, its records, its
gold -- back to Baghdad. They have tried to silence Kuwaiti
dissent and courage with firing squads. In one incident, a 15
year-old boy gunned down, his family forced to watch. His crime
-- passing out leaflets.
The United States and the rest of the world, united in anger
and outrage, determined to force Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
On August 5th, Saddam Hussein announced he was pulling his forces
out of Kuwait. At that very moment he sent his armor and his
troops south to mass along the Saudi border, threatening yet
another member of the U.N. and Arab League.
Subsequently, the United Nations Security Council passed ten
resolutions of condemnation and disapproval. On August 5th, I
said Saddam Hussein's aggression will not stand. Today I am more
determined than ever: This aggression will not stand. ///
This morning over 300 Americans, innocent civilians, are
held against their will in Iraq. Many of them reportedly staked
out as human shields, near possible military targets -- brutality
not seen since Adolf Hitler.
Many more Americans are in hiding in Kuwait, their lives at
stake; 27 imprisoned in the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City. They
are cut off from food and other supplies. They are surrounded by
Iraqi troops. Our flag still flies but the rights of these
American citizens are, at this very moment, being denied by
Iraq's brutal dictator.
Let me be clear -- we have no argument with the Iraqi
people. We bear no hostility to the Iraqi people, nor do any of
the over 25 countries represented on land and sea in the Gulf
area. Our problem is with Saddam Hussein -- alone.
I want a peaceful resolution to this crisis. Indeed, we
have worked closely with the United Nations in putting sanctions
into effect, in passing resolutions and in speaking with one
voice against the invader's aggression.
We are giving the sanctions time to work. I hope there will
never be a shot fired in anger, but let me be very, very clear:
There will be no compromise on the stated objectives of the
United Nations Security Council resolutions -- none at all.
The brutality against innocent civilians will not be
tolerated and will not stand. // Saddam's clear violations of
international law will not stand. // And that means, yes, Saddam
Hussein's brutal aggression will not stand. //
No one wants a peaceful solution to this crisis more than I
do. No one is more determined to see this agression turned back
than I am.
As to our own forces deployed in the Gulf, we have the best
young men and women over there ever to serve in our armed forces.
They are all volunteers, they are all well trained, they are all
highly motivated. They are your sons and daughters-- your
neighbors' kids. They are the finest and we owe them an enormous
vote of thanks. ///
These men and women don't take deomocracy for granted.
Thousands upon thousands of them will be sending absentee ballots
from the Saudi desert and the Persian Gulf. If they can find the
time to vote under such conditions, so can every single American
here at home. We have an obligation to show these extraordinary
GI's that we don't take democracy for granted either. Let's make
them as proud of us as we are of them. //
Thank you, and God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Sept. 26 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
emissions from utility plants will allow for
will allow for the phase-in of the most
scientifically sound regulatory decisions that
promising low-emitting fuels in a way that
are based on the public health risks posed
avoids market dislocations and supply prob-
by those emissions.
lems.
Nonattainment
Permits and Enforcement
Senate title I provisions.
The permit program as recently
The Senate provisions on stationary
agreed to by the conferees, striking the
source controls would not saddle smaller
permit requirements in all other titles.
businesses with excessive controls and
Maintain core of Senate enforcement
would provide emissions reductions in a
provisions with House citizen suit pro-
cost-effective and administratively superior
visions and safe harbor for firms who
way. The Senate title I does not include
initially discover potential violations
extraneous and potentially costly provisions,
while conducting internal audits.
such as the Wise amendment on labor pro-
The permit provisions found in the air
tection which is unacceptable.
toxics, nonattainment, and acid rain titles of
Mobile Sources
the Senate bill are unnecessary and poten-
tially conflicting.
House Tier I and Tier II tailpipe stand-
ards.
CFC's
Senate approach to mobile source
The CFC provisions as agreed to by
toxics.
the conferees.
The House provisions for Tier I and Tier
II standards for tailpipe emissions, modified
by substituting the Senate study on mobile
source toxics, ensure progress in reducing
tailpipe emissions in a rational way that re-
Remarks at a Fundraising Breakfast for
flects cost, need, and feasibility of controls.
Gubernatorial Candidate Jon Grunseth
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fuels
September 27, 1990
Modified Senate reformulated gasoline
program to include: (1) a 15 percent
Thank you all very, very much. Thank
reduction in VOC and toxic emissions,
you for that warm welcome. Jon, thank you
as defined in the Senate bill; (2) a mini-
for that generous introduction. Vicki, great
mum 2 percent oxygenate require-
to be with you. Also, my old friend Senator
ment; and (3) a general equivalency
Dave Durenberger, delighted you're here,
program starting in 1993, with full
sir. And it's good to see our wonderful
phase-in by 1995.
emcee, another friend of some time, State
Modified House oxygenated fuels pro-
Auditor Arnie Carlson; and our State chair-
gram in all 44 CO nonattainment areas
people, Bob Weinholzer and Barb Sykora;
with a 2.7 percent oxygenate require-
and our national committee man and
ment; and new provisions to permit
woman, Frank Graves, Evie Axdahl. What a
opt-out or opt-down from the 2.7 per-
team we've got. And then our next Republi-
cent requirement based on modeling
can in Congress, Republican taking Bill
attainment demonstrations.
Frenzel's place, Jim Ramstad. He's got to
Senate nine city alternative fuels pro-
win. We want him to win. I think he will
gram with a composite standard of .75
win.
gpm in 1995 and .66 gpm in 2000.
And let me give a special hello to my
States would have the flexibility to opt-
friend and outstanding United States Sena-
in to the nine city program or opt-up
tor, Rudy Boschwitz. Rudy is up for reelec-
to the California program.
tion this year, and I feel good about it. But I
This combination of Senate and House
can't think of a Senator anywhere in this
provisions builds upon the administration's
great country more deserving of another
clean fuels program by achieving environ-
term than Rudy Boschwitz. He has done an
mental benefits in a cost effective way. It
outstanding job for the State, and he has
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been a strong supporter of this President
when I've needed him, and I'm very, very
in the Persian Gulf. It is amazing what's
grateful to him. I seldom speak for the
happened, and it is strongly in our interest
Silver Fox, but, Rudy, Barbara and I wish
that it continue. Our two nations haven't
you the very best. Good luck! [Laughter]
shared such unity of purpose for 45 years,
And now to Jon's talented runningmate,
but now in the heat of crisis in the Middle
Sharon Clark. Let me pose a question of the
East, we forge reason for real hope-hope
hour: Isn't it about time we had a hog
for a more peaceful, more stable world
farmer on the ticket? [Laughter] Talk about
order. Through uncommon cooperation, we
rooting for a candidate. Whoops! [Laughter]
have made peace our common cause. That
I knew I shouldn't have done it; I'm sorry.
is reason for celebration.
Well, in any event, moving onward, it is
Still, while that kind of cooperation is
an honor to be here, to root for Jon Grun-
new, there's one thing we've been able to
seth. His talents as a leader have been
rely on; that is the commitment of the
noted already at the Federal level several
American service men and women to con-
years now. One example: After Minnesota
tain aggression and the American people's
experienced the worst pipeline explosions
support of our men and women in uniform.
in history, it was Jon who was called upon
We've seen no greater proof of that com-
by his current opponent to cochair the
mitment than right here among the people
Commission on Pipeline Safety. So, Presi-
of Minnesota: Minnesota radio stations send-
dent Reagan appointed him to the National
ing tapes of local news, Park Center High
Board. And I personally looked to the entire
School students tracking down names of
Grunseth family during the last Presidential
earlier graduates now in the Gulf and writ-
campaign when they served on this State's
ing them to let them know how the football
steering committee. So, I am very proud to
team's doing. And among so many others, I
be here today to support a great candidate.
heard about a group here in Minneapolis,
You know, I was talking just as we walked
newly established, called S.O.C.M., Support
in here a few minutes ago with someone
Our Country's Military. They're a volunteer
involved in planning this event. She told
group providing financial and emotional
me that, of all the details and decisions,
support for people with family members in
what concerned her most was the speaker. I
the military. Writing letters and sending
said I imagined she wanted someone influ-
board games to the troops-even arranging
ential, a world leader, a charismatic speak-
for child care to help the grandmother of
er. And she said, "No, Mr. Gorbachev has
two girls who was worried her son and
already been here." [Laughter] In any
daughter-in-law might both be called up.
event, President Gorbachev came to Min-
That kind of collective spirit, that kind of
nesota to see some of the leading-edge tech-
shared commitment, is important. And it is
nology being produced by your private
those actions, large and small, celebrated or
sector, the kind of technology and aggres-
little noticed, that make possible American
sive economic enterprise Jon Grunseth un-
leadership around the entire world.
self. derstands because he's made it happen him-
But leadership abroad-shifting back-de-
mands good leadership here at home. Min-
Today I've come here to affirm the kind
of leadership that can make sure Minnesota
nesotans are great people, and they deserve
moves forward with fresh ideas, new leader-
a great Governor, and that's just exactly
ship and, indeed, new hope for the future.
what Jon Grunseth will be. You've got a lot
to be proud of. Nestled in this fertile land of
But before I focus on change in Minnesota,
I'd like to make note of a significant change
10,000 lakes, of forests and rolling farmland,
in our relations with Moscow.
the Twin Cities are vibrant, prosperous ex-
Over the last year, if anyone were to ask
amples of urban life the way it ought to be.
me what is the most meaningful and really
You've got a diverse economy-building the
hopeful sign of change in the world, I'd
world's largest and fastest computers and
point to the quality of real cooperation now
producing more turkeys than almost any
shared by the United States and the Soviet
other State. [Laughter] I hope your political
Union as we work to face down aggression
opponents don't take that the wrong way.
[Laughter]
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But as one who first was exposed to Min-
great North Woods. He believes, as I do,
nesota in the fall of 1943, when I came out
that we can and must recapture the herit-
here as an 18-year-old kid to learn to fly
age of Teddy Roosevelt. And he under-
airplanes at Wold-Chamberlain as a naval
stands the importance of community in-
aviation cadet, I understand-because I saw
volvement in preservation efforts, to care-
it then and I've seen it every time I've
fully manage our wild lands and our wild-
come back here-that Minnesota's greatest
life.
strength has always been its people. And so,
But Minnesota's outstanding record on air
today I'm here to give my whole-hearted
and drinking water quality, conservation
support to a candidate for Governor who
and recreation, reflects a community effort
understands the power of the people them-
and a special volunteer ethic that Jon Grun-
selves, a candidate for change who wants to
seth will promote and expand. And he
unleash the full potential of the great State
knows what he's talking about. He helped
of Minnesota. And once again, Jon Grunseth
build a billion-dollar business, applying new
understands that and is determined to em-
ideas and new technology in environmental
power the people.
sanitation. As Governor, he will be a leader
Jon knows-we've talked about this-he
for the environment right here in Minneso-
knows that a bright future for Minnesota,
industrial and agricultural, won't be built by
ta.
a burgeoning bureaucracy. It will be built
And he'll also be a leader in managing
by the people, empowered and encouraged
fiscal resources. You heard just the tip of
to make a difference for themselves and
the iceberg here this morning. He's proved
their communities.
his prowess in the private sector, and he'll
He arranged for me to meet with some
apply the same financial fortitude that he's
rural educators from Minnesota today, and
demonstrated there-he'll apply that as
you can just feel that sense-not Federal
Governor. He's called for a cap on State
Government do more but empower the
spending and real, honest property-tax
people to help solve, in this case, the prob-
reform. He has said, as this party believes,
lems of rural education. I was most im-
that the answer is not to spend as much as
pressed, Jon, by that wonderful turnout
you can tax, but to tax only as much as you
from these dedicated teachers that came to
need to spend. And you know, there's a
rally support for you and to tell me of their
good lesson there for all of us. He's abso-
concerns about rural Minnesota.
lutely right about that.
That's why Jon's devoted himself to re-
Which brings me to my line of work. As
forming of education, also protecting the
you all know, we've been trying to reach an
environment and controlling State spend-
agreement on the Federal budget for
ing.
months. Four days from today-and I lis-
Minnesota has always had a strong, bipar-
tened carefully to what Rudy said, and I
tisan tradition in education. But now educa-
had a chance to talk to Dave on Air Force
tion has captured national attention, and
One when Jon and he and I flew up here
that says something about America because
last night-4 days from today America,
the importance of a well-educated citizenry
under the law, faces serious automatic, in-
transcends partisanship and politics. Real
education reform demands that all of us
discriminate, across-the-board cuts in serv-
work together to improve our schools. And
ices of every kind. Why? Because Congress
that's why this candidate isn't interested in
and that Democratic leadership there could
who's taking credit for what program. He
not get serious about making real cuts in
cares about what works-results. Results are
spending, enforceable cuts in spending, and
what we're after. And working together
they wouldn't get serious about real budget
with Jon Grunseth, results are what we are
reform. No point going through this dance
going to get.
every year; we need budget reform in
But along with this deeply held convic-
Washington, DC. Lacking discipline of their
tion on the importance of education, Jon
own, they've delayed SO long that that
shares the environmental ethic that is so
Gramm-Rudman meat ax is about to do it
crucial to preserving the grandeur of the
for them.
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And you might say: Well, what does that
said, No, don't do that. That will be coun-
mean to me? What does that mean to Min-
terproductive. That will make it more diffi-
nesota? What does that mean to my family
cult to get a job. So, I complied there with
or to the schools? What does it mean to
that request-my gut instinct being we
you? It means many-and this is not a worst
ought to have kept Congress there in
case or what they call in Washington the
August to get the job done.
Washington Monument syndrome-it
Now, 2 months have passed since I made
means many of Minnesota's spectacular
that proposal, and they have still offered no
parks, recreation, wildlife management pro-
serious comprehensive plan with the
grams will be shut down; they' be closed.
needed budget reforms to reduce the defi-
Funds to curb demand for illegal drugs
cit. And 4 days from now, sequestration will
through prevention and treatment will be
become a tragic fact of life. So, I call on the
cut by one third-Federal programs. Air
Congress again: Deal with this deficit
traffic controller cutbacks will lead to delays
through real, enforceable spending cuts and
and cancellations. And nearly 1.5 million
meaningful budget reform now.
college students will lose their Pell grants
Talks are going on probably-well, prob-
because the Congress could not do its
ably now, but certainly within a few min-
homework.
utes, the clock ticking. And I'm very hope-
These cuts-the figure is $100 billion in
ful that the Congress will get the message
all, total-will be hard for everyone to take.
and that there will be the compromise
And there may be teachers who can't go to
that's needed to keep this country from
work in Head Start programs. There may
be senior citizens wondering why their
screeching to a halt at this critical time.
Social Security checks are late. We can't
You know, everything I read, everyone I
afford business as usual. The American
talk to, tells me that they are fed up with
people deserve better, and the people of
the Federal lawmakers' evasion of responsi-
Minnesota deserve better.
bility. You hear this new thrust there. And
Let me give you a little history. Back in
thank heavens we have people like Rudy
January I sent a complete budget up to the
Boschwitz in the Congress, in the Senate,
Hill. There was a deadline set by them-
this year, up for election, who sets an exam-
selves, as Rudy and Dave know. The leader-
ple that sends a strong message to the
ship there missed the deadline-it was in
Democratic leadership and the Democratic
April-they missed the deadline to respond.
opposition.
And in May I then convened a budget
We need leaders who are going to fight
summit-some of you may remember
for fiscal discipline in every branch of gov-
that-to get things moving. In June they
ernment and at all levels, from the White
still weren't moving. And the Democrats,
House to the Minnesota statehouse. And
seeking political gain because they know
that's reason enough to be here this morn-
how I feel about taxes and they know how I
ing, because I do believe that here in Min-
feel about spending, demanded that I put
nesota Jon Grunseth will make sure that
everything on the table, including taxes, to
spending stays under control. It has to
get Congress off dead center. And I had to
happen at the Federal level, and it must
make a decision. It was a tough decision.
happen at the State level. I honestly know
But to put our fiscal house in order, I did
in my heart that he'll make a great Gover-
what had to be done to get Congress to act.
nor.
And they acted, all right-they acted like
It's been a genuine pleasure to come back
they had all the time in the world. And so,
here and join you today. But before I go,
in July I offered up another budget plan
there's one more thing: Let me ask each
that would save half a trillion dollars over 5
one of you to make an effort to get out the
years, and again I extended a hand to the
vote this fall. On the farms and fields, in the
Members of Congress, asking them to work
suburbs and cities, make sure that the
together in good faith. And again, they did
people of Minnesota know what's at stake
not respond. We talked about the summer
here. In an era that celebrates the dawning
recess, and I said, Would it help to keep the
of democratic freedoms around the world,
Congress in? The Democratic leadership
when SO many who have struggled so long
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have at last found their voice, those who
liers]? If so, come with me on Air Force
thing: The way the
One. We have a mission to do. [Laughter]
cuits out onto the
live in freedom should never rob them-
selves of the priceless power of the ballot.
In Texas, as they say, we could use a man of
lie's favorite team.
But look, I me
Encourage people to exercise that power, to
your "big" over there. [Laughter] But thank
back here, and Il
confirm the kind of leadership they're after,
you, sir, for being here and emceeing this.
and to preserve the enduring glow of the
To Rabbi Rube, thank you, sir. We heard
there, and then ot
North Star State.
outside your very generous blessing.
many to whom B:
for your having E
By electing Jon Grunseth and by electing
I understand that most of our statewide
was required, the
a Republican majority in the State legisla-
ticket is here. I know Bob Taft is. Bob,
when we were ru
ture, you can unleash new ideas and bring
where are you? Would you please stand up?
most recently, wl
about a change for an even greater Minne-
[Applause] It's very important that Bob win
the United States
sota.
as secretary of state-that race and then the
here, the capital
Thank you for what you're doing. God
next one, Jim Petro. Jim, are you out here
show my suppori
bless you, and God bless the United States
someplace? I can't see too well. But in any
standouts on Ca₁
of America. Thank you all very much.
event, that's the State auditor's job Jim's
been strong and
running for, and that one's a key race be-
And again, I war
Note: The President spoke at 8:27 a.m. in
cause between the Governor and these two
he's not here to
the Nicollet Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency
races it has an awful lot to say about fair,
serve this State
Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to Jon
nongerrymandering redistricting. And also,
mean Mike DeW
Grunseth's wife, Vicki. Prior to the break-
another old friend of mine running state-
You've got to kn
fast, the President met with educators at the
wide, Judith Brachman for State treasurer. I
superb Lieutenar
hotel.
know she's here, because I saw her. Judith,
And now to
please stand up wherever you may be.
Center stage the
Maybe she fled.
city's comeback,
Then, the ones who couldn't join us
distinction in a
Remarks at a Fundraising Luncheon for
today: Mike DeWine, who was with me yes-
in elective office
Gubernatorial Candidate George
terday-but his wife, Fran, is here, and
next Governor
Voinovich in Cleveland, Ohio
want to wish her well-a wonderful candi-
land's own Ge
date for Lieutenant Governor. And then,
him a round o
September 27, 1990
the other is an old friend of mine, Paul
plause] I wan
Thank you, George, for those kind words.
Pfeifer, who we want to see elected attor-
woman who W
ney general. So, we have an outstanding
one that Barba
Janet, what a pleasure it is to see you again.
Before we begin, I just got some good
ticket this year for the whole statewide of-
vich. Janet, go
news from Washington. Just moments ago,
fices in Ohio.
paign trail.
the Senate Judiciary Committee strongly
Of course, there's another that I want to
I'm always
endorsed my outstanding nominee for the
pay tribute to, a person that makes it all
George and n
possible. That is Bob Bennett, the chair of
don't want the
United States Supreme Court, Judge David
the Ohio State party. And then, of course,
charisma over
Souter. It was a 13-to-1 vote, and they rec-
ommended Judge Souter to the Senate. And
my old friend and compadre in the political
not to speak
I called and thanked Senator Biden just
wars from-I don't want to date him or me,
you can only st
now and Senator Thurmond, two ranking
but he goes back a long time-Bob Hughes
know, here in
Members on that important committee. I
up here. And Paul Mifsud. These are politi-
Cleveland II
cal operators, and good ones.
and Roll Hall
now would urge the full Senate to act as
quickly as possible to confirm this man. He
I'd be remiss if I didn't single out my old
come Noveml
is an outstanding jurist, and I want to see
friend who gives me lots of free advice
going to make
about the caribou and how to run the coun-
and roll. You
him join his colleagues on the Nation's high-
est court, as the Court's new session begins
try, and I mean Jim Rhodes, who served
way, to make
next week. But I think that is good news for
this State with such distinction.
breaking Stat
all of us who are committed to the Consti-
Now, with Wayne Embry, the general
cities and to
tution of the United States. He'll be a
manager of the Cavs; Dick Jacobs, owner of
breed fear an
the Indians; and Art Modell, my old friend,
whole fabric
superb Justice for the Supreme Court.
I understand now that-back to the busi-
the owner of the Cleveland Browns-Art, I
munity. In O
ness at hand-Wayne, you say you were in
don't know how the Browns are going to do
as I do that
charge of the budget for the Cavs [Cava-
this year-{laughter]-but I can tell you one
morrow is our
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The Senators, the Representatives
and the Governors:
Their Records and Election Results,
Their States and Districts
Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa
National
Journal
Washington, D.C.
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Key Votes
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1988 LIB - 1988 CONS
1987 LIB - 1987 CONS
1) Cut Aged Housing $
AGN
5) Bork Nomination
FOR
9) SDI Funding
FOR
43%
56%
2) Override Hwy Veto
AGN
Economic
56%
-
43%
-
6) Ban Plastic Guns
AGN
10) Ban Chem Weaps
FOR
Social
48%
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49%
30%
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68%
3) Kill Plnt Clsng Notice FOR
7) Deny Abortions
FOR
11) Aid To Contras
FOR
57%
42%
4) Min Wage Increase
AGN
Foreign
56%
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43%
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8) Japanese Reparations
FOR
12) Reagan Defense $
FOR
Election Results
Key Votes
1984 general
Rudy Boschwitz (IR)
1,119,926
(56%)
($6,657,484)
FOR
5) Bork Nomination
FOR
9) SDI Funding
AGN
Joan Anderson Growe (DFL)
1) Cut Aged Housing $
852,844
(43%)
($1,592,885)
6) Ban Plastic Guns
FOR
10) Ban Chem Weaps
AGN
1984 primary
FOR
Rudy Boschwitz (IR)
162,555
2) Override Hwy Veto
(97%)
3) Kill Plnt Clsng Notice AGN
7) Deny Abortions
FOR
11) Aid To Contras
AGN
Two others (IR)
5,739
(3%)
4) Min Wage Increase
AGN
8) Japanese Reparations
FOR
12) Reagan Defense $ AGN
1978 general
Rudy Boschwitz (IR)
894,092
(57%)
($1,872,443)
Wendell Anderson (DFL)
638,375
(40%)
($1,154,351)
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David Durenberger (IR)
1,176,210
(56%)
($5,410,783)
1988 general
Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL)
856,694
(41%)
($2,477,068)
FIRST DISTRICT
David Durenberger (IR)
112,413
(93%)
1988 primary
(5%)
South of Minneapolis-St. Paul the Mississippi River flows through narrow passages and broad
Sharon Anderson (IR)
5,464
David Durenberger (IR)
949,207
(53%)
($4,189,619)
calm lakes, with shoulders of rolling hills on each side-one of the finest river landscapes of
1982 general
Mark Dayton (DFL)
840,401
(47%)
($7,172,312)
North America. This far north the westward tide of Yankee migrants thinned out, and in the
years after the Civil War most of the settlers following the railroads on the floodplains and over
the Minnesota farmlands west of the river were Germans and Scandinavians, bringing their
families to this terrain that reminded some of the Rhine. Southeastern Minnesota is a borderland
Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (IR)
between Yankee and Germanic settlement-politically, between Civil War Republicans and
Elected 1978, seat up 1990; b. Nov. 7, 1930, Berlin, Germany;
Farmer-Laborites favoring interventionist economic and isolationist foreign policies.
home, Plymouth; Johns Hopkins U., B.S., 1950; N.Y.U., LL.B.
The southeastern corner of Minnesota today is the state's 1st Congressional District. Within
1953; Jewish; married (Ellen).
its compact bounds is considerable diversity. Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic, with its large
Career: Army, 1953-55; Founder and Pres., Plywood Minnesota,
professional population, is prosperous and one of the most heavily Republican parts of
Inc., 1963-78.
Minnesota; Austin, a county away, headquarters of the Hormel meatpacking firm that beat a
Offices: 506 HSOB 20510, 202-224-5641. Also 215 Kellogg
bitter strike in 1986, is one of the most Democratic places south of the Iron Range. The 1st
Square Bldg., 111 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul 55101, 612-221-0904.
District extends north to new subdivisions spreading out from the Twin Cities and to Northfield,
the home of Carleton College; it also includes the river towns of Red Wing and Wabasha and
Committees: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (5th of 9 R).
Subcommittees: Agricultural Production and Stabilization of
Winona, with their 19th century stone storefronts and mountain-like rock outcroppings that
Prices; Agricultural Credit; Nutrition and Investigations (Ranking
overlook the river. There are farms here, but not the big-and troubled-commercial farms you
find as the land smooths out farther west.
Member). Budget (3d of 10 R). Foreign Relations (4th of 9 R).
Subcommittees: European Affairs; International Economic Policy,
The 1st District, narrowly Republican in 1980s presidential elections, elects a Democratic
Trade, Oceans and Environment; Near Eastern and South Asian
congressman, Tim Penny. Not yet 40, and looking considerably younger, Penny is one of those
Affairs (Ranking Member). Small Business (Ranking Member of
young Democrats who startles everyone with his instinctive feel for politics and his energy-and
9 R).
who is an example of why the Democrats have a majority in the House. Penny was elected to the
state Senate in 1976 at age 24, after visiting every home in the Republican district. In 1982, he
used the same door-to-door, personal campaigning tactics, plus $182,000, to win in a congres-
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He also proceeded immediately to follow a political course that has proved exceedingly
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popular. Penny became chairman of the Freshman Budget Group in 1983 and called himself a
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"compassionate conservative," and he compiled a more conservative record on economic issues
than any DFL congressman has for years; ever since, he has been struggling to come up with
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proposals to cut the deficit. He got a seat on the Agriculture Committee, where he worked on
1988 LIB - 1988 CONS
1987 LIB - 1987 CONS
drought legislation and to increase payments for dairy farmers. A family man with four children,
Economic
33%
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65%
15%
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82%
he kept a middle-of-the-road profile on cultural issues. On foreign affairs he is more liberal, like
Social
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55%
42%
-
56%
44%
most Upper Midwest Democrats.
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81%
34%
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64%
Foreign
17%
Penny's politics has proved very successful. In 1984 he was reelected with 57%; in 1986 and
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Against this erratic behavior Durenberger had a record of hard work and some independence
and regulation is less.
Minnesota's cultural liberalism and its dovishness on foreign policy-it retains tinges of the
on issues. On the Finance Committee he specialized in health care, promoting choice, peer
solationism which Samuel Lubell 40 years ago found rooted in its German and Scandinavian
review and cost control in Medicare; he backed some increases in domestic spending but favored
heritage-still makes this state a national Democratic stronghold, even though the demand for
Gramm-Rudman and opposes tax increases. He has a generally liberal attitude on cultural
economic redistribution and regulation which was responsible for early DFL successes has
issues, but as a Catholic raised at St. John's in Collegeville opposes both abortion and capital
punishment on pro-life grounds.
tapered off.
Governor. Rudy Perpich is a dentist from a large Croatian family in Hibbing in the Iron
This seems to have been a winning combination in Minnesota. In 1978, he resoundingly beat
Range, and there is in his style and tone much of the rough-and-tumble of life in a community
Bob Short, who antagonized many liberals by the way he beat Donald Fraser in the DFL
made up almost entirely of people with working class roots living in a forbidding and unforgiving
primary; in 1982, Durenberger edged Mark Dayton, the department store heir who spent $7
physical environment-and working their way up in society. He is a political original, without
million, 53%-47% in a recession year. In 1988, his opponent was Hubert H. Humphrey III,
close allies and prone sometimes to the feuds that seem a staple of political life on the Iron
generally known as Skip, a champion vote-winner as state attorney general. Though competitive
Range. His wooing of business and his desire to make Minnesota "the Brainpower state" are at
in early polls, Humphrey was unable to stir grievances against the Republican. In a series of
least a shift from traditional DFL policy, though he also defends Minnesota against the charge
harsh ads he charged that Durenberger was cutting social security and medicare to pay for
that it is overtaxed. His educational choice program is particularly interesting. It is attacked by
defense, that he was AWOL in the war against drugs, and even suggested (based on an
teachers' unions which fear for the job security of their members and by some blacks who fear
incautious statement by Durenberger) that he favored "pulling the plug" on old people.
blacks won't take advantage of it; what it does is to reward students with get-up-and-go, to give
Humphrey's big-spending programs-supply management for farmers, long-term health care
school districts an incentive to attract and hold students (including high school seniors, for whom
for the elderly, the ABC child care bill-didn't generate much support. Many Minnesotans
the state will pay for college courses), and to provide special schools for those who seek special
complained about the negative tone of the ad campaigns, but the more important fact was that
Humphrey's approach to issues, which carried the day in Minnesota in his father's time, failed to
help or discipline.
Perpich first became governor without the DFL endorsement, as a maverick lieutenant
do so in 1988. He narrowed the gap in September, fell farther behind in October, then in the last
governor who succeeded when Wendell Anderson named himself to Walter Mondale's Senate
few weeks ran out of money (as his father did in 1968) and went off the air. Durenberger won
seat in 1976. Perpich then lost in 1978 to Republican Congressman Albert Quie, who cut taxes
56%-41%, a solid and impressive win, and an indication that his politics can consistently
and then was so embarrassed when he had to raise them back several times that he didn't run
command majority support in what is still in presidential elections America's premier Demo-
again in 1982. That year Perpich beat DFL party-endorsed Warren Spannaus 51%-46% in the
cratic state.
primary and got 59% against Wheelock Whitney in the general; in 1986, he beat St. Paul Mayor
Another test of this proposition will come in 1990, when Senator Rudy Boschwitz comes up
George Latimer 57%-41% in the primary and then beat a conservative IR 56%-43% in the
for reelection. Much of his record can be traced to his personal history. He came to the United
general. These primary showings in particular are not stunning, and Perpich's job rating has not
States at age five, as a refugee from Nazi Germany; raised and educated in the East, he came to
always been high, yet he has talked, implausibly, about running for President. More plausibly he
Minnesota, established a discount chain of Plywood Minnesota stores, was active in Jewish
hints he may run for governor again in 1990 and, despite his still not solid base, the apparent lack
charities and went into politics. He has specialized first of all in refugee issues, traveling to
of any strong Republican challengers will probably make him the favorite to win. By this time
Thailand to learn about Cambodian and Hmong refugees, and helping those in the United States
certainly he has put his stamp on government and life in Minnesota much more than anyone had
stay here. Minnesota, with its tolerance and strong economy, has attracted many, and so the
issue has resonance at home. On foreign policy he has been a strong, though not entirely
expected. Senators. Minnesota, after being represented by two Democrats in the Senate for 20 years,
uncritical, supporter of Israel; he drafted and signed a 1988 letter from U.S. Senators to Prime
elected two Republicans in 1978, neither well known before the year began, both regarded as
Minister Shamir criticizing some of his policies. Although a city boy, he has a seat on the
beneficiaries of good luck not likely to last long. A decade later both have been reelected by
Agriculture Committee and has worked hard on farm problems. He put his impress on the 1987
impressive margins and both have made a difference in Washington.
Farm Credit Act and he would like to see in the 1989 farm bill his approach decoupling
David Durenberger has made the biggest splash and won against the toughest electoral
payments from production of particular crops He champions the dairy industry and argues that
competition. His most visible post was as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in
its problem is not overproduction but underconsumption (Americans do consume less milk than
1985 and 1986. Suddenly he took vehement exception to contra aid, attacked CIA director
30 years ago); which he attacks by, inter alia, serving cherry, banana and root beer flavored milk
William Casey and began leaking intelligence matters to the press, which brought him not only
at Rudy's Super Duper Milk House at the Minnesota State Fair every year.
off-the-record criticism from the administration but an unmistakable public rebuke from House
More than most Minnesota politicians, Boschwitz trusts economic markets, which after all
Intelligence Committee chairman Edward Boland. Eventually, he was rebuked by the Senate
have worked very well in his experience; aware from his personal history of the impact of
for telling a Jewish group in Florida that the CIA was recruiting spies in Israel. Durenberger's
totalitarianism, he takes a more hawkish line on foreign policy than most politicians from what
leaks and outbursts may have been related to turbulence in his personal life: he separated from
was half a century ago (and arguably still is) America's isolationist belt. On cultural issues, his
his wife in 1985, moved to a nondenominational Christian retreat house amid rumors that he had
record is more mixed. On campaign finance, he is influenced by his role as a big fundraiser for
had an affair with a staffer and was drinking too much, and got into an altercation with an
himself and other Republicans and his service as chairman of the Republicans' Senate campaign
airport policeman in Boston where he was traveling to see a counselor. It turned out he was
committee in 1987 and 1988. He did not have the satisfaction of seeing the Republicans gain
giving speeches there so he could collect fees and have his travel paid for; also, he arranged to
control or even gain seats; but seeing as they had considerably more vulnerable seats up, he may
receive some $100,000 in "promotional fees" for giving speeches supposedly to boost sales on a
be pleased that they had a net loss of only one seat.
One seat Boschwitz does not want to lose in 1990 is his own. He won it in 1978 against
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Vendell Anderson, who had, in effect, appointed himself to fill Walter Mondale's seat. (This is
1988 Presidential Vote
1984 Presidential Vote
ways an unpopular tactic-only one such governor-turned-senator has won in 50 years-and
Dukakis (D)
1,109,471
(53%)
Mondale (D)
1,036,364 (50%)
oschwitz, drawing on his TV exposure in ads for his plywood business, won 57%-40%.) In 1984,
Bush (R)
962,337
(46%)
Reagan (R)
1,032,603 (50%)
ter several potentially strong opponents dropped out, Boschwitz beat Secretary of State Joan
nderson Growe 56%-43%, in the one state Ronald Reagan was (though only narrowly) losing.
here was talk that Walter Mondale would run for the seat he formerly held, but in May of 1989
GOVERNOR
decided not to make the race, as did Congressman Gerry Sikorski. Two who may run are
Gov. Rudy Perpich (DFL)
1ark Dayton, the department store heir who ran well in 1982 and can finance any level of
ampaign, and Minneapolis lawyerTom Berg. Others may jump in: Hennepin County Commis-
Elected 1982, term expires Jan. 1991; b. June 27, 1928, Carson
oner, John Derus and Paul Wellstone, a Carlton College professor who has already announced
Lake; home, Gilbert; Hibbing Jr. Col., A.A. 1950, Marquette U.,
D.D.S. 1954; Roman Catholic; married (Lola).
is running.
Presidential politics. Since 1968, Minnesota has voted 5% to 11% more Democratic than the
Career: Army, 1946-48; Dentist; Hibbings Bd. of Ed., 1952-62;
ational average in presidential elections, reflecting its special traditions and the strength of
MN Senate, 1963-71; Lt. Gov., 1971-76; Gov., 1976-79; Vice
lubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale, who were either on, or were top competitors for, a
Pres., World Tech, Inc., 1979-82.
lace on every Democratic ticket for 20 years.
Office: 130 State Capitol Bldg., Aurora Ave., St. Paul 55155,
Minnesota hasn't had a presidential primary since 1956 and never had old-fashioned political
612-296-3391.
nachines; both its parties pride themselves on their strong volunteer-based organizations, which
Election Results
ndorse state candidates and select presidential delegates in caucuses and conventions, not
1986 gen.
Rudy Perpich (DFL)
rimaries. Unlike other states where caucuses are easily dominated by small gaggles of
790,138
(56%)
Cal R. Ludeman (IR).
606,755
(43%)
nthusiasts, Minnesota's parties have enough people involved so that the results bear some
1986 prim.
Rudy Perpich (DFL)
293,426
(57%)
ensible relation to public preference. In 1988, the February 23 caucuses were won by Michael
George Latimer (DFL)
207,198
(41%)
Dukakis, with 33% of the DFL votes, and Robert Dole, with 42% of the IR votes-which is quite
1982 gen.
Rudy Perpich (DFL)
1,049,104
(59%)
ossibly how ordinary people would have voted if they'd had the information caucus-goers did
Wheelock Whitney (IR)
711,796
(40%)
although it should be added that the two ministers, Jesse Jackson and Pat Robertson, finished
econd). In 1989, however, the state legislature voted to hold presidential primaries in 1992, the
irst in 26 years.
SENATORS
Congressional districting. For the 1980s, a federal court adopted a DFL plan for Minnesota's
House districts. All signs are that it need be changed only slightly for 1990, with the outstate and
Sen. David Durenberger (IR)
central city districts nibbling little bits off the fast-growing suburban 3d and 6th Districts.
Elected 1978, seat up 1994; b. Aug. 19, 1934, St. Cloud; home,
The People: Est. Pop. 1988: 4,306,000; Pop. 1980: 4,075,970, up 5.6% 1980-88 and 7.1% 1970-80;
Minneapolis; St., John's U., B.A. 1955, U. of MN, J.D. 1959;
75% of U.S. total, 21st largest. 17% with 1-3 yrs. col., 17% with 4+ yrs. col.; 9.5% below poverty level.
Roman Catholic; married (Penny).
Single ancestry: 17% German, 7% Norwegian, 4% Swedish, 3% English, 2% Irish, Polish, 1% French,
Career: Army, 1955-57; Practicing atty., 1959-66; Exec. Secy. to
Dutch, Italian. Households (1980): 72% family, 40% with children, 62% married couples; 28.3% housing
Gov. Harold LeVander, 1967-71; Counsel for Legal & Commun.
inits rented; median monthly rent: $212; median house value: $54,300. Voting age pop. (1980):
Affairs, Corporate Secy., Mgr., Intl. Licensing Div., H.B. Fuller
2,904,162; 1% Black, 1% American Indian, 1% Spanish origin, 1% Asian origin. Registered voters
Co., 1971-78.
(1988): 2,916,957; no party registration.
Offices: 154 RSOB 20510, 202-224-3244. Also 1020 Plymouth
1988 Share of Federal Tax Burden: $15,751,000,000; 1.78% of U.S. total, 20th largest.
Bldg., 12 S. 6th St., Minneapolis 55402, 612-349-5111.
1988 Share of Federal Expenditures
Committees: Environment and Public Works (4th of 7 R). Sub-
Total
Non-Defense
Defense
committees: Water Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure;
Total Expend
$13,840m
(1.57%)
$11,445m
(1.75%)
$2,624m
(1.15%)
Environmental Protection; Superfund, Ocean and Water Protec-
St/Lcl Grants
2,120m
(1.85%)
2,114m
(1.85%)
5m
(4.65%)
tion (Ranking Member). Finance (7th of 9 R). Subcommittees:
Salary/Wages
1,163m
(0.87%)
967m
(1.44%)
195m
(1.44%)
Health for Families and the Uninsured; Social Security and Family
Pymnts to Indiv
6,168m
(1.51%)
6,052m
(1.55%)
116m
(0.62%)
Policy; Medicare and Long-Term Care (Ranking Member). Labor
Procurement
2,306m
(1.22%)
228m
(0.49%)
2,306m
(1.22%)
and Human Resources (6th of 7 R). Subcommittees: Employment and Productivity; Handicapped
Research/Other
2,084m
(5.58%)
2,083m
(5.62%)
2m
(5.62%)
(Ranking Member); Aging.
Political Lineup: Governor, Rudy Perpich (DFL); Lt. Gov., Marlene Johnson (DFL); Secy. of State,
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Joan Anderson Growe (DFL); Atty. Gen., Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL); Treasurer, Michael
McGrath (DFL); Auditor, Arne Carlson (IR). State Senate, 67 (44 DFL and 23 IR); State House of
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY BOSCHWITZ FOR GOVERNOR RALLY
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990
TIME?
((Acknowledgements))
Thank you so much, ((name) for that great introduction. I
can't tell you how great it is to be out of Washington -- and how
honored I am to show my strong support for national leader in our
Party and one of America's great Senators, Rudy Boschwitz. //
Only three days until Election Day, and we're pulling out
all the stops campaigning across the country -- for top-notch
candidates like Arne Carlson, the Rocky Balboa of Minnesota, a
seasoned leader we know and trust -- who in just three days is
going to defy the odds and defy his liberal opponent.
((You know, I've heard Arne was in favor of a shortened
campaign season, but this is ridiculous. /// ))
((And so when Rudy called and asked for us to come out for
this rally, I asked if perhaps we should bring out the Republican
secret weapon, and really rev up the crowds./ Rudy said, "Sure,
Mr. President // but Barbara told us she couldn't make it."))
Which reminds me -- I bring you greetings from the Silver
Fox, and if I may brag just a bit, I think she's doing a fabulous
job clocking more frequent flier miles than anybody, campaigning
for our candidates. ///
It's a pleasure to be here on behalf of Rudy Boschwitz -- a
great Senator and a man Minnesotans can count on. You know
2
Rudy's a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee -- a real
champion of your dairy farmers -- arguing that milk production
isn't the problem, it's the underconsumption of it. So, at
"Rudy's Super Duper Milk House" at the State Fair every year, he
serves cherry, banana, and root beer-flavored milk. Rudy, I'm
with you all the way on this one. But please, no broccoli-
flavored milk. // I think I've milked that for all I can get.))
Today, after ten years on the Budget Committee, Rudy's known
as a tough fighter for lower taxes and a strong advocate of the
spending freeze. And he can tell you when it comes to raising
taxes, the Democrats can't tell the difference between milking a
COW and sending it to slaughter. //
We need more Senators like Rudy -- we need more Republicans.
Now, we've got just three days until Election Day -- I like to
call it Opportunity Day -- when voters have the opportunity to
vote for change. To vent their frustration and their anger at
the unresponsive and irresponsible Democratic Congress. //
This country faces an enormous challenge of tremendous
consequences. A federal budget deficit spiraling into the
hundreds of billions of dollars. And I was elected to make some
tough decisions, to govern. It was time to stop this deficit.
At times, every President finds that he's had to compromise
for the good of the country. And I reached out my hand -- to
work with the Democrats in Congress -- only to have a parade of
liberal Democrats march to the microphone to blame me for their
failures. My goodwill has been rewarded with business-as-usual
3
on the budget. Well, enough is enough. // America deserves a
Better Deal. Send me more Senators like Rudy Boschwitz. 11 Send
me more Republicans and we'll get the job done. //
We're taking our case to the American people. We can send a
message to every Democratic Congressman or Senator who mortgaged
the future of our kids. To every Democrat who tried to raise
income taxes on every working American. And to every Democrat
who's part of this Democratic spending binge -- Americans say
we're not going to take it anymore. //
Because this is our country and it belongs to those who work
in the fields and in the factories, who run the small businesses,
who teach our kids, who protect the land. And each one is every
bit as much a part of the American Dream as the privileged few
who roam the congressional corridors of power. Perhaps the
Democrats have forgotten. Perhaps they're too busy taking care
of their special interests and their re-elections. But Harry
Truman reminded us that only a President represents all the
people, can stand for the national interest, and stand against
the special interests. And it's the Republicans who were looking
out for the working men and women of this country. //
What a shame that the highest aspirations of the Founding
Fathers would come down to this: an imperious majority that uses
its power to protect its own prerogatives; its own perks; its own
privileges; and its own pet projects. It's time the American
people say 'enough is enough.' // You know, Will Rogers -- whose
birthday is this weekend -- once remarked, "Lord, the money we do
4
spend on Government -- and it's not one bit better than the
government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago." He
was right -- the American people know that it's Congress that has
the power of the purse -- Congress that appropriates every dime
we spend. It's time we got more for our money from Congress.
It's time Americans got a Better Deal. //
((You know, they say there are two things you should never
watch being made: sausage and laws. // When it comes to the
Democrats in Congress, I'd say we've all been taken on a first-
class tour of the hot dog factory. //))
And, frankly, I can't say I was surprised to hear a Democrat
leader say -- before the ink was dry on the agreement -- that the
Democrats will fight for higher taxes next year. I was disgusted
to hear them call it their bill to 'soak the rich,' and what it
really did was go after the paycheck of the working men and women
in this country. Well, we stopped them cold. // Their rhetoric
is wrong and their purpose is wrong. And Republicans aren't
going to let them get away with it. //
Americans have had to endure six months of endless budget
negotiations. Rudy will tell you -- he saw it all as a member of
the Budget Committee -- but for six months this Democratic
Congress stalled the budget agreement and risked stalling the
economy -- all in the name of politics and higher taxes. We're
not going to let them get away with that, either. //
All in all, this budget agreement is unprecedented, and
long-overdue. We got nearly $350 billion in spending cuts and
5
almost $500 billion in total deficit reduction. And we fought
for what was good in the package: spending cuts, entitlement
reform, and tough enforcement provisions. It was time to stop
mortgaging the future of these kids ((in audience)) This
Democratic spending binge had to stop. //
But there was a price for that agreement. Those spending
cuts were held hostage by the liberal Democrats, and the ransom
we paid was taxes. The Democrats are still pushing that tired
line of more taxes, more spending, and more bureaucracy. And at
the same time the Administration and Republican members on the
Hill wanted to cut spending, Congress voted to spend half a
million dollars to create a Lawrence Welk tourist attraction.
And that is not "wunnerful, wunnerful."
This liberal Democrat Congress has become America's biggest,
most entrenched special interest. /// And we're not going to
take it anymore. ///
In 1959, Congress was served by 5800 staff members. Today
it is served by almost 20,000 staff members, who control the
perks and pass out the pork. It's an endless maze of 300
committees and subcommitttes -- all fed by special interests ---
while the national interest is lost in the rush to get re-
elected. The House intended to be closest to the people has
become a House of Lords. Ninety-eight percent who seek re-
election, are re-elected. It's time to make a change --the
American people deserve a Better Deal. //
6
Let me tell you, it's great to be out of Washington. ///
And as we travel around the country, I've seen the wisdom of the
American people. They've got a solution for entrenched
politicians: it's called term limitation. In states like
California, Oklahoma, and Colorado frustrated voters have taken
matters into their own hands -- with ballot initiatives to limit
the terms of state legislators. But when it comes to Congress,
Minnesotans don't have to wait for a ballot initiative. They can
start limiting a few terms themselves -- this Tuesday. // They
can elect citizen-legislators -- men and women who return to live
under the laws they made. Term limitation is an idea whose time
has come. /// And it's time it came to Capitol Hill. //
When you get out in the country, you also see the ideas that
work. See what good Governors -- ones like Arne Carlson will be
-- what they can do when they have the tools they need. And what
works is the line item veto that 43 governors already have. And
what works is the requirement for a balanced budget that 49
states already have. I like those ideas because I like what
works -- and so does Rudy Boschwitz -- and so do the people of
Minnesota. //
Here is my message to the voters of this state, and to all
the American people: This year, don't make November 6 a day like
any other day. This year, when you go to the polls, vote for
Rudy Boschwitz and Arne Carlson. //
7
Go to the polls -- and drag everybody you can with you.
Let's get out the vote and keep Rudy Boschwitz in the United
States Senate. Because Minnesota deserves the best. //
Meanwhile, I'm going to crisscross this country from North
to South and East to West, and take this message to those
Americans who don't have Rudy Boschwitz to represent them in the
U.S. Senate: more Republicans in Congress means more men and
women fighting against more taxes and more spending. 11 More
Republicans means a Better Deal for America. //
Thank you. God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Grant/Simon
Draft two
October 30, 1990
A:RUDY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY BOSCHWITZ FOR GOVERNOR RALLY
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990
TIME?
((Acknowledgements) )
Thank you so much, ((name) for that great introduction. I
IS
can't tell you how wonderful it is to be out of Washington -- and
glals tobe here
how honored In am to show my strong support for a national leader
in our Party and one of America's great Senators, Rudy Boschwitz.
//
Only three days until Election Day, and we're pulling out
all the stops campaigning across the country -- for top-notch
11
11
candidates like Arne Carlson, the Rocky Balboa of Minnesota, a
seasoned leader we know and trust -- who in just three days is
going to defy the odds and become the next governor of this great
state. 11
((You know, I heard Arne was in favor of a shortened
campaign season, but this is ridiculous. /// ))
((You know when Rudy called and asked us to come out for
this rally, I asked if perhaps we should bring out the Republican
secret weapon, and really rev up the crowds. // Rudy said, "Sure,
Mr. President // but Barbara told us she couldn't make it."))
It's a pleasure to be here on behalf of Rudy Boschwitz -- a
tremendous Senator and a man Minnesotans can count on. You know
Rudy's a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee -- a real
champion of your dairy farmers -- arguing that milk production
2
isn't the problem, it's the underconsumption of it. So, at
"Rudy's Super Duper Milk House" at the State Fair every year, he
serves cherry, banana, and root beer-flavored milk. Rudy, I'm
with you all the way on this one. But please, no broccoli-
flavored milk. // Well, I think I've milked that for all I can
get.))
Today, after ten years on the Budget Committee, Rudy's known
as a tough fighter for lower taxes and a strong advocate of the
spending freeze. And he can tell you when it comes to raising
taxes, the Democrats can't tell the difference between milking a
COW and sending it to slaughter. //
Back in Washington, we need more Senators like Rudy -- we
need more Republicans in Congress. Now, we've got just three
days until Election Day -- I like to call it Opportunity Day --
when voters have the opportunity to vote for change. To vent
their frustration and their anger at the unresponsive and
irresponsible Democratic Congress. // And nowhere has this
Democratic Congress been more irresponsible than the budget
process we've just completed.
This country faces an enormous challenge of tremendous
consequences. A federal budget deficit spiraling into the
hundreds of billions of dollars. And I was elected to make some
tough decisions, to govern. It was time to stop this deficit //
must
At times, every President finds that he had to compromise
for the good of the country. And I reached out my hand -- to
work with the Democrats in Congress -- only to have a parade of
3
liberal Democrats march to the microphone to blame me for their
failures. My goodwill has been rewarded with business-as-usual
on the budget. Well, enough is enough. // America deserves a
Better Deal. Send me more Senators like Rudy Boschwitz. 11 Send
me more Republicans and we'll get the job done. //
We're taking our case to the American people. We can send a
message to every Democratic Congressman or Senator who mortgaged
the future of our kids. To every Democrat who tried to raise
and believe me they tried.
income taxes on every working American. And to every Democrat
can
who's part of this Democratic spending binge -- Americans, say
we're not going to take it anymore. //
Because this is our country. and it doesn't belong only to
the privileged few who roam the congressional corridors of power.
Perhaps the Democrats have forgotten that. Perhaps they're too
busy taking care of their special interests and their own re-
elections.
What a shame that the highest aspirations of the Founding
Fathers would come down to this: an imperious majority that uses
its power to protect its own prerogatives; its own perks; its own
privileges; and its own pet projects. It's time the American
people say 'enough is enough. //
You know, Will Rogers -- whose birthday is this weekend --
once said, "Lord, the money we do spend on Government -- and it's
not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the
money twenty years ago." He was right -- the American people
know that it's Congress that has the power of the purse
4
were Issay,
Congress that appropriates every dime we spend. It's time we got
more for our money, from Congress. It's time Americans got a
Better Deal. 11
((You know, they say there are two things you should never
leguslition.
watch being made: sausage and laws. // When it comes to the
Democrats in Congress, I'd say we've all been taken on a first-
class tour of the hot dog factory. //))
And, frankly, I can't say I was surprised to hear a Democrat
leader say -- before the ink was dry on the budget agreement --
that the Democrats will fight for higher taxes next year. I was
disgusted to hear them call it their bill to 'soak the rich.'
What it really did was go after the paycheck of the working men
and women in this country with $40 billion in new income taxes.
Well, we stopped them cold. // Their rhetoric is wrong and their
purpose is wrong. And Republicans aren't going to let them get
away with it -- because Republicans are looking out for the
working men and women of this country. //
Americans have had to endure six months of endless budget
negotiations. Rudy will tell you -- he saw it all as a member of
the Budget Committee -- but for six months this Democratic
Congress stalled the budget agreement and risked stalling the
economy -- all in the name of politics and higher taxes. And the
American people are not going to let them get away with that,
either. 11
All in all, this budget agreement is unprecedented, and
long-overdue. We got nearly $350 billion in spending cuts and
5
almost $500 billion in total deficit reduction. And we fought
for what was good in the package: spending cuts, entitlement
reform, and tough enforcement provisions. It was time to stop
mortgaging the future of these kids ( (in audience)) This
Democratic spending binge had to stop. //
But there was a price for that agreement. Those spending
cuts were held hostage by the liberal Democrats, and the ransom
we paid was taxes. The Democrats are still pushing that tired
line of more taxes, more spending, and more bureaucracy. And at
the same time the Administration and Republican members on the
Hill wanted to cut spending, Congress voted to spend half a
million dollars to create a Lawrence Welk tourist attraction.
((And that is not "wunnerful, wunnerful. ") )
This liberal Democrat Congress has become America's biggest,
most entrenched special interest The solution is simple:
We need more Republicans in Congress. ///
You know the difference between Republicans and Democrats.
Values
We are the ones fighting for family perspective in this year's
legislation -- in education, in child care, in housing. And
we're going to keep right on fighting. And we're the ones
determined to bring hope and opportunity to the millions
forgotten by the Democrats. And we won't give up on them. We're
the ones with more sympathy for the victims of crime than for the
criminals. And we're the ones who understand that the world
remains a dangerous place and that American leadership can meet
the challenges of an uncertain world. And America will continue
6
to lead because Republicans will not undermine America's
strength. 11
In 1959, Congress was served by 5800 staff members. Today
it is served by almost 20,000 staff members, who control the
perks and pass out the pork. It's an endless maze of 300
committees and subcommitttes -- all fed by special interests --
while the national interest is lost in the rush to get re-
elected. The House intended to be closest to the people has
become a House of Lords. Ninety-eight percent who seek re-
election, are re-elected. It's time to make a change --the -
American people deserve a Better Deal. //
Let me tell you, it's great to be out of Washington. ///
And as we travel around the country, I've seen the wisdom of the
American people. They've got an answer for entrenched
politicians: it's called term limitation. In states like
California, Oklahoma, and Colorado frustrated voters have taken
matters into their own hands -- with ballot initiatives to limit
the terms of state legislators. But when it comes to Congress,
Minnesotans don't have to wait for a ballot initiative. They can
start limiting a few terms themselves this Tuesday. // They
can elect citizen-legislators -- men and women who return to live
under the laws they made. Term limitation is an idea whose time
has come. /// And it's time it came to Capitol Hill. //
When you get out in the country, you also see the ideas that
work. See what good Governors -- like Arne Carlson will be --
what they can do when they have the tools they need. And what
7
works is the line item veto that 43 governors already have.
If
themas say
Congress can't cut spending give the President a shot. Give me
the line item veto and see what we can do. /// And that's not
all. We want a balanced budget amendment like 49 states already
to
do
and were the one
have. The Democratic tax-and-spend machine must be stopped. /// theyrb,
I like those ideas because I like what works and so does Rudy
Boschwitz -- and so do the people of Minnesota.//
So here is my message to the voters of this state: This
year, don't make November 6 a day like any other day. This year,
when you go to the polls, vote Republican -- vote for Rudy
Boschwitz and Arne Carlson. // Because Minnesota deserves the
and you VC Sat it right here. 14
best. //
Meanwhile, I'm going to crisscross this country from North
to South and East to West, and take this message to those
Americans who don't have Rudy Boschwitz to represent them in the
U.S. Senate: more Republicans in Congress means more men and
women fighting against more taxes and more spending. // And more
Republicans means a Better Deal for America. //
Thank you. God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Grant/Simon
Draft two
October 30, 1990
A:RUDY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY BOSCHWITZ FOR GOVERNOR RALLY
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990
TIME?
(Acknowledgements)
Thank you so much, ( (name) ) for that great introduction. I
wonderful
can't tell you how great it is to be out of Washington -- and how
honored I am to show my strong support for a national leader in
our Party and one of America's great Senators, Rudy Boschwitz. //
Only three days until Election Day, and we're pulling out
all the stops campaigning across the country -- for top-notch
candidates like Arne Carlson, the Rocky Balboa of Minnesota, a
seasoned leader we know and trust -- who in just three days is
and becomethe next governor of this gud
going to defy the odds and defy his liberal opponent.
state,
((You know, I've heard Arne was in favor of a shortened
campaign season, but this is ridiculous. /// ))
you know
( (And so when Rudy called and asked us to come out for this
rally, I asked if perhaps we should bring out the Republican
secret weapon, and really rev up the crowds. // Rudy said, "Sure,
Mr. President // but Barbara told us she couldn't make it."))
It's a pleasure to be here on behalf of Rudy Boschwitz -- a
tremendaus
great Senator and a man Minnesotans can count on. You know
Rudy's a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee -- a real
champion of your dairy farmers -- arguing that milk production
isn't the problem, it's the underconsumption of it. So, at
"Rudy's Super Duper Milk House" at the State Fair every year, he
2
serves cherry, banana, and root beer-flavored milk. Rudy, I'm
with you all the way on this one. But please, no broccoli-
Well,
flavored milk. // I think I've milked that for all I can get.)
Today, after ten years on the Budget Committee, Rudy's known
as a tough fighter for lower taxes and a strong advocate of the
spending freeze. And he can tell you when it comes to raising
taxes, the Democrats can't tell the difference between milking a
COW and sending it to slaughter. //
Back in Wishington,
in Conguas.
We need more Senators like Rudy -- we need more Republicans
Now, we've got just three days until Election Day -- I like to
across America across america
call it Opportunity Day -- when voters have the opportunity to
vote for change. To vent their frustration and their anger at
the unresponsive and irresponsible Democratic Congress. //
This country faces an enormous challenge of tremendous
consequences. A federal budget deficit spiraling into the
hundreds of billions of dollars. And I was elected to make some
tough decisions, to govern. It was time to stop this deficit. //
must
At times, every President finds that he -had to compromise
for the good of the country. And I reached out my hand -- to
work with the Democrats in Congress -- only to have a parade of
liberal Democrats march to the microphone to blame me for their
failures. My goodwill has been rewarded with business-as-usual
on the budget. Well, enough is enough. // America deserves a
Better Deal. Send me more Senators like Rudy Boschwitz. // Send
me more Republicans and we'll get the job done. //
and mowhere has this Democra tic Congress been more we
mesponsible than the budget process we 're just
completed.
3
We're taking our case to the American people. We can send a
message to every Democratic Congressman or Senator who mortgaged
the future of our kids. To every Democrat who tried to raise
income taxes on every working American. And to every Democrat
who's part of this Democratic spending binge -- Americans say
we're not going to take it anymore. //
doesn't only to
Because this is our country and it, belongs to those who work
in the fields and in the factories, who run the small businesses,
who teach our kids, who protect the land. And each one is every
bit as much a part of the American Dream as the privileged few
who roam the congressional corridors of power. Perhaps the
that
Democrats have forgotten Perhaps they're too busy taking care
own
of their special interests and their re-elections. But Harry
Truman reminded us that only a President represents all the
people, can stand for the national interest, and stand against
are
the special interests. And it's the Republicans who were looking
out for the working men and women of this country.
11
What a shame that the highest aspirations of the Founding
Fathers would come down to this: an imperious majority that uses
its power to protect its own prerogatives; its own perks; its own
privileges; and its own pet projects. It's time the American
people say 'enough is enough.' // You know, Will Rogers -- whose
birthday is this weekend -- once remarked, "Lord, the money we do
Said
spend on Government -- and it's not one bit better than the
government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago." He
was right -- the American people know that it's Congress that has
4
the power of the purse -- Congress that appropriates every dime
we spend. It's time we got more for our money from Congress.
It's time Americans got a Better Deal. //
((You know, they say there are two things you should never
watch being made: sausage and laws. // When it comes to the
Democrats in Congress, I'd say we've all been taken on a first-
class tour of the hot dog factory. //))
And, frankly, I can't say I was surprised to hear a Democrat
budget
leader say -- before the ink was dry on the agreement -- that the
Democrats will fight for higher taxes next year. I was disgusted
to hear them call it their bill to 'soak the rich, and what it
really did was go after the paycheck of the working men and women
with a 40 billion m new income tores.
in this country. Well, we stopped them cold. // Their rhetoric
is wrong and their purpose is wrong. And Republicans aren't
Decause R's are looking out for
going to let them get away with it. H The working men and women of
this country,
Americans have had to endure six months of endless budget
negotiations. Rudy will tell you -- he saw it all as a member of
the Budget Committee -- but for six months this Democratic
Congress stalled the budget agreement and risked stalling the
and the
economy -- all in the name of politics and higher taxes. We're
american peoperare
not going to let them get away with that,-either. //
All in all, this budget agreement is unprecedented, and
long-overdue. We got nearly $350 billion in spending cuts and
almost $500 billion in total deficit reduction. And we fought
for what was good in the package: spending cuts, entitlement
reform, and tough enforcement provisions. It was time to stop
5
mortgaging the future of these kids ((in audience)) This
Democratic spending binge had to stop. //
But there was a price for that agreement. Those spending
cuts were held hostage by the liberal Democrats, and the ransom
we paid was taxes. The Democrats are still pushing that tired
line of more taxes, more spending, and more bureaucracy. And at
the same time the Administration and Republican members on the
Hill wanted to cut spending, Congress voted to spend half a
million dollars to create a Lawrence Welk tourist attraction.
And that is not "wunnerful, wunnerful.
This liberal Democrat Congress has become America's biggest,
most entrenched special interest. 111 The solution is simple:
We need more Republicans in Congress. ///
In 1959, Congress was served by 5800 staff members. Today
it is served by almost 20,000 staff members, who control the
perks and pass out the pork. It's an endless maze of 300
committees and subcommitttes -- all fed by special interests --
while the national interest is lost in the rush to get re-
elected. The House intended to be closest to the people has
become a House of Lords. Ninety-eight percent who seek re-
election, are re-elected. It's time to make a. change --the -
American people deserve a Better Deal. //
Let me tell you, it's great to be out of Washington. ///
And as we travel around the country, I've seen the wisdom of the
American people. They've got an answer for entrenched
politicians: it's called term limitation. In states like
6
California, Oklahoma, and Colorado frustrated voters have taken
matters into their own hands -- with ballot initiatives to limit
the terms of state legislators. But when it comes to Congress,
Minnesotans don't have to wait for a ballot initiative. They can
start limiting a few terms themselves -- this Tuesday. // They
can elect citizen-legislators -- men and women who return to live
under the laws they made. Term limitation is an idea whose time
has come. /// And it's time it came to Capitol Hill. 11
When you get out in the country, you also see the ideas that
work. See what good Governors -- ones like Arne Carlson will be
-- what they can do when they have the tools they need. And what
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Vote Republicon
any other day. This year, when you go to the polls, vote for
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States Senate. (Because Minnesota deserves the best. //
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to South and East to West, and take this message to those
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Grant/Simon
Draft one
October 30, 1990
A:RUDY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: RUDY BOSCHWITZ FOR GOVERNOR RALLY
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990
TIME?
((Acknowledgements))
Thank you so much, ((name)), for that great introduction. I
can't tell you how great it is to be out of Washington -- and how
honored I am to show my strong support for national leader in our
Cerricas
Party and one of the great Republican Senators from Minnesota,
Rudy Boschwitz. //
Only three days until Election Day, and we're pulling out
all the stops campaigning for our Republicans across the country
gut
-- good candidates like Arne Carlson Rudy Boschwitz and
the Rocky of Memesota polutes,
[Cerm
( (names)) -- has who in just three days are going to defy the odds
and defy their liberal opponents, next Tuesday.
( (You know, I've heard Arne was in favor of a shortened
campaign season, but this is ridiculous. /// ) )
( (And so when Rudy called and asked for us to come out for
this rally, I asked if perhaps we should bring out the Republican
secret weapon, and really rev up the crowds. // Rudy said, "Sure,
Mr. President // but Barbara told us she couldn't make it. )
Which reminds me -- I bring you greetings from the Silver
Fox, and if I may brag just a bit, I think she's doing a fabulous
Clockers more miles omp.
job in her fight against illiteracy in this country. ///
It's a pleasure to be here on behalf of Rudy Boschwitz --
who came here as a boy from Nazi Germany, later fought in the U.S
a great Genator and a mon Memoesota
concount on.
2
you hnow Rudys
Army, and became a successful businessman and lawyer. AS
a
member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, he's become a neal
your
champion of the dairy farmers -- arguing that the overproduction
of milk isn't the problem, it's the underconsumption of it. So
he serves cherry, banana, and root beer-flavored milk at "Rudy's
Super Duper Milk House" at the State Fair every year. (Rudy,
I'm with you all the way on this one. But please, no broccoli-
flavored milk.)) (0 think d he muhed that for about all
Deor set) 111
Today, after ten years on the Budget Committee, Rudy's known
as a tough fighter for lower taxes and a strong advocate of the
spending freeze. And he can tell you when it comes to raising
taxes, the Democrats can't tell the difference between milking a
COW and sending it to slaughter. //
Rudy's been in Washington -- he's seen the big tax-and-
spenders up close and personal. Now, we've got just three days
until Election Day -- I like to call it Opportunity Day -- when
voters have the opportunity to vote for change. To vent their
frustration and their anger at the unresponsive and irresponsible
Democratic Congress. //
The budget fiasco is a fine example of Congressional action
that
-- or inaction, I should say. Harry Truman reminded us that only
a President represents all the people, can stand for the national
interest, and stand against the special interests. For the sake
of the nation, we had to reduce the deficit now. //
In this spirit, I extended my hand, worked for a bipartisan
solution to this horrible budget mess. You sent me to Washington
and get will the love.
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to govern. I have tried very hard -- only to have a parade of
stand
liberal Democrats stop up to the mike to blame me for their
failures. My goodwill has been rewarded with business-as-usual
on the budget. Well, America has had enough of business-as-
usual. America deserves a Better Deal. Send me more Members of
Congress like Rudy Boschwitz. Send me more Republicans. //
All in all, this budget agreement is unprecedented, and
long-overdue. We got nearly $350 billion in spending cuts and
almost $500 billion in total deficit reduction. And we fought
for what was good in the package: spending cuts, entitlement
reform, and tough enforcement provisions. It was time to stop
mortgaging the future of these kids ((in audience) This
Democratic spending binge had to stop. 11
But there was a price for that agreement. Those spending
cuts were held hostage by the liberal Democrats, and the ransom
can't pay I was surprised
we paid was taxes. And, frankly, I was sickened to hear a
before the end was any on the
Democrat leader say, as soon as the agreement came through
that the Democrats will fight for higher taxes next year.
I was
Disgusted to hear the explanation of the Democrats' attempt to
raise $40 billion in new income taxes on working Americans and
call it 'soaking the rich.' Their rhetoric is wrong and their
purpose is wrong. And Republicans aren't going to let them get
away with it. //
The Democrats are still pushing that tired line of more
programs, more taxes, and more bureaucracy. And at the same time
the Administration and Republican members on the Hill wanted to
cut
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curtail spending, Congress voted to spend half a million dollars
to create a Lawrence Welk tourist attraction. And that is not
"wunnerful, wunnerful."
Americans have had to endure six months of endless budget
negotiations. We don't need to tell Rudy this, he saw it all as
a member of the Budget Committee -- but for six months this
Democratic Congress stalled the budget agreement and risked
stalling the economy -- all in the name of politics and higher
taxes. ((I can remember the liberal Democrats' favorite exercise
used to be jogging up the street. Now it's running down the
government. // ))
This liberal Democrat Congress has become America's biggest,
most entrenched special interest. /// And we're not going to
take it anymore. ///
In 1959, Congress was served by 5800 staff members. Today
it is served by almost 20,000 staff members, who control the
perks and pass out the pork. It's an endless maze of 300
committees and subcommitttes -- all fed by special interests --
while the national interest is trampled in the dust lost in the
rush to get re-elected. The House intended to be closest to the
people has become a House of Lords. Ninety-eight percent who
seek re-election, are re-elected. It's time to make a change --
betterdeal
the American people deserve a new Congress -- and this time, a
Republican Congress. //
What a shame that the highest aspirations of the Founding
Fathers would come down to this: an imperious majority that uses
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its power to protect its own prerogatives; its own perks; its own
privileges; and its own pet projects. It's time the American
people say 'enough is enough.' // You know, Will Rogers -- whose
birthday is this weekend -- once remarked, "Lord, the money we do
spend on Government -- and it's not one bit better than the
government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago." He
was right -- the American people know that it's Congress that / has
the power of the purse -- Congress that appropriates every dime
Its frome wegat more fn our money from Congress. time It's
we spend. And the American people deserve a Better Deal 11
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Let me tell you, it's great to be out of Washington. ///
And as we travel around the country, I've seen the wisdom of the
American people. They've got a solution for entrenched
politicians: it's called term limitation. In states like
California, Oklahoma, and Colorado frustruted angry voters have taken
matters into their own hands -- with ballot initiatives to limit
state
when at comes to Engress,
the terms of legislators. But Minnesotans don't have to wait for
a ballot initiative. They can start limiting a few terms
They can
themselves -- this Tuesday. // The time has come to elect
citizen-legislators -- men and women who return to live under the
laws they made. Term limitation is an idea whose time has come.
and its time it come to Cap toe
/// And that time will come on Election Day //
When you get out in the country, you also see the ideas that
work. See what good Governors -- ones like Arne Carlson will be
-- what they can do when they have the tools they need. And what
works is the line item veto that 43 governors already have. And
what works is the requirement for a balanced budget that 49
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states already have. I like those ideas because I like what
works -- and so does Rudy Boschwitz -- and so do the people of
Minnesota. //
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Here is my message to the people of Minnesota, and to all
the American people: This year, don't make November 6 a day like
vote for Rachy
any other day. This year, when you go to the polls give me a
Congress I can work with -- give me a Republican one and we'll
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So get yourself to the polls -- and drag everybody you can
with you. Let's get out the vote and keep Rudy Boschwitz in the
United States Senate. Because Minnesota deserves the best //
Meanwhile, I'm going to crisscross this country from North
prose
to South and East to West, and take this message to the American
people: more Republicans in Congress means more men and women
fighting against more taxes and more spending. // More
Republicans means a Better Deal for America. //
Thank you. God bless the United States of America.
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