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the fred your Document x2992 No.
116757 SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 FEB 26 P1:57
DATE: 2/23/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
2/26/90 2:00 PM
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PETE WILSON FUNDRAISER
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, February 26, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1990 FEB 23 PM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time) ) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
( (Acknowledgements to come.) )
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. À champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. A champion for the environment. A champion for
California. The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
But California is prized for more than the size of its
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
the land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found the future. so the state of California today is the state
of the union tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California does --
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use -a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if/dealing drugs is are
the King -pring who
dealing death, then let's judge It/for what they are theis -- murden. are
other
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California. wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
((Clean Air paragraph to come))
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
((It has been said that for the Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine.\ They get the gold. We get the
shaft. )
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
Congressmen will represent your state.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process of
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
first give him power.' For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 26, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Pete Wilson Fundraiser
We have reviewed the draft and have one comment from a
policy standpoint. The last sentence of the fourth paragraph on
page three does not accurately reflect administration policy. In
the absence of death, the only person eligible for the death
penalty for the distribution of drugs, under the administration's
latest proposal, is a drug kingpin. As written, this sentence
suggests we equate any type of drug dealing with murder, implying
we advocate the death penalty in such instances. This is not the
case.
We also suggest inserting the words "to give these children
a hopeful start" at the end of the last sentence of the third
paragraph on page five.
If you have any questions or we can help in any other way,
please let me know.
CC: James W. Cicconi
82:2d 92833 06
Document No. 116757 ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 2/23/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
2/26/90 2:00 PM
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PETE WILSON FUNDRAISER
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, February 26, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Rall
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1990 FEB 23 FM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time)) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
((Acknowledgements to come. ))
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. À champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. \ A champion for the environment.\ A champion for
California.\ The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
But California is prized for more than the size of its
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
the land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found the future. so the state of California today is the state
of the union tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California does --
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if dealing drugs is
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment.\ And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
((Clean Air paragraph to come))
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.\\
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.\\I
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
((It has been said that for the Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine.\ They get the gold. We get the
shaft.\\))
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
Congressmen will represent your state.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process of
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
first give him power." For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
CC to David
Ac
Document No. 116757 SS
FEB 23 1990
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 2/23/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
2/26/90 2:00 PM
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PETE WILSON FUNDRAISER
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, February 26, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
OK - Clean an paragraph
is still missing; this
will be very important and
⑈5 : Olv 9283306
needs to be strort
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
- assume we are not yerready
to amounce OCS- lease sale decision
has California.
1990 FEB 23 PM I: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time) ) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
( (Acknowledgements to come. ) )
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. À champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. \ A champion for the environment.\ A champion for
California. The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
But California is prized for more than the size of its
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
the land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found the future. So the state of California today is the state
of the union tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California does --
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if dealing drugs is
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment.\ And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California. wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
((Clean Air paragraph to come))
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
( (It has been said that for the Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine.\ They get the gold. We get the
shaft. \\))
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
Congressmen will represent your state.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process of
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
first give him power." For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
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James W. Cicconi
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and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1990 FEB 23 PM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time) ) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
Sen. wilson, Rep. Campbell(?)
((Acknowledgements to come. )
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
northern
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. À champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. A champion for the environment. A champion for
California. The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
A champion for a gornd and , noning economy
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
But California is prized for more than the size of its
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
the land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found the future. So the state of California today is the state
of the union tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California does --
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grew grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds.
It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
positive other
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
?
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if dealing drugs is
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect preserve the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
((Clean Air paragraph to come))
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor.
And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
mistake
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmej ian.
highlight to
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
the here. one
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
((It has been said that for the Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine.\ They get the gold. We get the
shaft. )
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
Member of the U.S.
Congressmen. will represent your the state of California.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process of
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
first give him power. " For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
continue
in this
tradition #
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and in
doing so
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ROGERS
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WINSTON
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James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1990 FEB 23 PM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time) ) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
((Acknowledgements to come. "
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. À champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. \ A champion for the environment.\ A champion for
California.\ The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way
But California is prized for more than the size of its
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
the land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found the future. So the state of California today is the state
of the union tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California does --
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if dealing drugs is
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
( (Clean Air paragraph to come) )
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
( (It has been said that for the Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine.\ They get the gold. We get the
shaft. )
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
Congressmen will represent your state.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process of
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
first give him power.' For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
3
- Pete Wilson. And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come
Cilifornia
November, one of the two biggest states in the Lower 48 will go
Republican in a big way.
But California is prized for more than its political
importance or the size of its Congressional delegation. We must
win this state, because California represents the future.
California is at the forefront, not just regionally and
nationally but internationally, and needs a special kind of
leadership -- Pete Wilson's kind of leadership. Pete's twenty-
three year career in public life began under the Dome in
Sacramento. Today, he is a lawmaker still, this time in
Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete first
showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. And it is
exactly this kind of executive leadership that the whole state of
California needs to take it to the threshold of a new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. California
needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a Republican
tradition. It needs a governor who will continue the war
against violent crime. California needs a governor who shares
our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
a magor
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
4
We need action on the rest of our proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if the king-pins who
deal drugs are dealing death, then let's judge them for what they
are -- murderers. It's high time we took the shackles off the
cops, the courts and the law.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile coastal ecology to the education
of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. Pete has added thousands
of acres to the California wilderness system, saved canyons and
protected urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air
pollution by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working
together to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative
fuels.
Date
177.
XXX
Right now, Pete Wilson is one of the leaders in the U.S.
Senate working to enact a Clean Air Bill. One that will clean up
the smog, curb acid rain and cut back on the air toxins that
plague California's air. Cleaner cars. Cleaner fuels. Cleaner
factories. That's what we're working for. And with Pete Wilson
at the helm -- you'll have a governor who's working for a Cleaner
California, just AS he is in the Surate,
5
Education is also critical to the future -- and'a critical
responsibility of every governor. Governors across the country
are disturbed that there are still many American children --
often in the inner-city, often immigrants -- who are denied the
American dream because of a lack of literacy and job skills.
This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And that's why Pete
Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion dollar increase for
Head Start to give these children a hopeful start.\\
Almost a year has passed since I sent the "Education
Excellence Act" to Congress. It is based on a few basic
concepts: To make our schools work, we must give parents,
teachers and children the power to choose. To make our system
work -- states, schools and individuals will need greater
flexibility in the way in which they can pursue their goals. And
then we must all must be accountable for the results.
my
am
+
others
poclage
Thanks to Pete's help education reform, has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
( (Some say reapportionment has been a political goldmine for
both parties. I suppose they're right. The Democrats get the
gold. We get the shaft. \\))
6
Remember, after the 1990 Census, almost one out of eight
Members of Congress will represent the state of California.
This is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering violates
the spirit of one-man, one-vote. On a summer night in 1981, a
group of California Democrats sat in a restaurant in Sacramento
with pencil and paper and redesigned your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same brand of
political manipulation that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates.
You know, in the early days of our great nation, some
Americans stayed in the cities of the East, and built great
industries\ -- and they have every right to be proud. And some
Americans came halfway across the continent, and farmed our rich
and fertile plains\ -- and they, too, have every right to be
7
Some found gold. Most didn't. But all Californians found
something precious -- the future. So today's state of
California, is tomorrow's state of the union.
It was once said: "If you would test a man, first give him
power. " For twenty-three years, a Californian named Pete Wilson
has been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but
to make a better life for millions. Pete Wilson, today a Senator
-- a sterling example of California's passion for excellence.
Tomorrow, the golden bear state will be proud to call you
Governor.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
7
proud. But then there were those who pressed ever forward until
they reached the sea -- gumption, gold, and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians. 11
Some found gold. Most didn't. But all Californians found
something precious -- the future. So today's state of California
one
is tomorrow's state of the union. 11 And there's non better
candidate to lead California, thán Pete Wilson.
It was once said: "If you would test a man, first give him
power." For twenty-three years, a Californian named Pete Wilson
has been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but
guat
to make a better life for millions. Pete Wilson, today a Senator
-- a sterling example of California's passion for excellence.
Tomorrow, the Golden State will be proud to call you Governor.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
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DATE: 2/23/90
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James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1990 FEB 23 FM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
( (Time) ) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
((Acknowledgements to come.) )
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
the Bay Area
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
tonight. A champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. A champion for the environment. A champion for
California. The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way.
But California is prized for more than the size of its or)
its political important
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
the land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found the future. So the state of California today is the state
of the union tomorrow.
And when a state has the impact that a California does --
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grown larger.
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if dealing drugs is
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder.
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
( (Clean Air paragraph to come)
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmejian.
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable. And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start.
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
Right now, Pete Wilson is one of the leaders in the D.S. Senate curp working to
Grady x48440
enact Clean Air Bill. One that will at back on air toxics, ours and rain,
and clean a up the smog that plagues California's air. Cleaner cars. cleaner fuels.
cleaner factories. That's what we're work for. And with Dete Wilson at the
helm- you'll Wine a governor who's for a Cleaner california.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
((It has been said that for the Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine.\ They get the gold. We get the
shaft. )
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a fair shake after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
Congressmen will represent your state.
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process of
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson.
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
first give him power." For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Document No. 116757 SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 2/23/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
2/26/90 2:00 PM
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PETE WILSON FUNDRAISER
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES N/C
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON N/C
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY N/C
BENNETT
HAGIN
DELAND
Anduson N/C
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, February 26, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
(Grand Ballroom @ St.Francis)
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
1990 FEB 23 PM 1: 36
Davis/Martin
Title: Wilson
Date: Feb. 22, 1990
Title: Wilson
1/23 12:00 noon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PETE WILSON, SAN FRANCISCO
((Time)) Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1990
7:00pm
Senator Witson, Representactive campbell
"check!
( (Acknowledgements to come.) )
As you may know, I was just in San Francisco three weeks
ago. But, as Kipling said, San Francisco, like all of
California, has one drawback -- it's hard to leave.
For me, California has been hard to leave even when I'm back
at the White House. You see, it was just yesterday that for the
second time in my Presidency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl -- and once again, our
guests were the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
And just a few months earlier, Barbara and I hosted the
Oakland A's - after their great World Series victory. When it
northern
comes to champions, I'm beginning to think California has
cornered the market.
\(th Bay Avea)
Thoose CHECK
most
Yet it is on behalf of another champion that I am here
phrase
tonight. A champion for the victims of crime and drug-related
violence. A champion for the environment. A champion for
California. The next governor of your state -- Pete Wilson.
Achampion for a Sound and growing economy/
2
And with Pete at the top of the ticket, come November, the
biggest state in the Lower 48 will go Republican in a big way. \\\
But California is prized for more than the size of its
its political importance or
electoral votes or its Congressional delegation. We must win
this state, because California represents the future.
Youknow, in the early days of our great nation
After all, some Americans stayed in the cities of the East,
and built great industries\ -- and they have every right to be
proud. And some Americans came halfway across the continent, and
farmed our rich and fortile
stopped in the plains to farm\ -- and they, too, have every right
pressed ever forward
to be proud. But then there were those who refused to stop until
move to move to
reached The sea. - gumption
the they land stopped, whose quest for gold and glory took them all
Pager.
the way to the shore of the shining Pacific. We call these
people, Californians.
Some found their gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
found a the future. So the state of California today is tomorrows the state
Somethingprecious - - today's
of the union tomorrow.
is at the Forefront,
And when a state has the impact that a a. California does
not just regionally and nationally but internationally, it and needs
a special kind of leadership - Pete Wilson's kind of leadership.
Pete's twenty-three year career in public life began in
alaumaka still,
Sacramento. Today, he is again a leader in legislation, this
time in Washington. But it was as Mayor of San Diego that Pete
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive leadership. His
was a magnificent accomplishment, for Pete led a city that has
become better as it has grew grown larger.
a
3
After all, it took Mayor Wilson to bring light-rail mass
transit to San Diego, on time, under budget and without federal
funds. It is exactly this kind of executive leadership that the
whole state of California needs to take it to the threshold of a
new millennium.
And, sadly, California needs something else. Despite the
strong leadership of a great governor, perhaps the most pro-law
enforcement governor in California history, the war against
violent crime has yet to be won. California streets are still
dangerous. The wheels of California justice still turn unevenly.
So California needs to continue a crime-fighting tradition, a
Republican tradition. California needs another governor who
shares our philosophy about crime. And our philosophy is simple:
Prison sentences should be at least as tough as the criminals we
convict.
At the federal level, I relied on Pete's help to pass part
of my anti-crime package. More money has been provided for
prison space and more federal law enforcement officers. But
Congress has left too much work undone.
We need action on the rest of our my proposals to fight violent
crime -- by toughening federal sentences for those who use a
firearm in the commission of a felony. And if ^ dealing drugs is are
the King pins who
them
dealing death, then let's judge it for what it is -- murder ers
Pete Wilson agrees. And he also agrees that whether the
they are
laws are written in Sacramento or Washington, the spirit of
4
justice must be upheld. We believe it's high time to take the
shackles off the cops, the courts and the law.\\\
Look at the record. Pete Wilson has already helped pass the
death penalty for drug kingpins who kill, or pay to kill, law-
enforcement officers.
Pete Wilson has already led the fight to presave protect the
practice of using confiscated assets of drug dealers to pay for
their own arrests.
Pete Wilson has already written and passed legislation to
support the military's offshore interdiction of drugs.
To put it simply, as governor, Pete Wilson will pass the
tough laws, appoint the tough judges and build the necessary
prisons to put away violent criminals. For good.
A governor today must be as tough as the times. But the
challenges of the future will also require vision and compassion,
from the protection of a fragile seashore Coastal ecology to the
education of yet another generation of California children.
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles to the Yosemite
beloved by Ansel Adams, Californians were among the first to
stand up for the environment. And Pete Wilson was among the
first environmentalists to hold office. As you know, I just
heightened the federal commitment to a cleaner America by
proposing the creation of a new Department of the Environment.
As governor, Pete Wilson will create an Environmental Protection
Agency for California.
5
But this is just another chapter in a long career of
environmental protection. Pete has added thousands of acres to
the California wilderness system, saved canyons and protected
urban recreation sites. And he's helping to reduce air pollution
by vehicle emissions. In fact, we are even now working together
to encourage the development of cleaner, alternative fuels.
Add
((Clean Air paragraph to come))
Grady Insut attached
Education is also critical to the future -- and a critical
responsibility of every governor. And so I am delighted to tell
you that no governor was more outspoken or helpful at the
Charlottesville Education Summit than George Deukmej ian.
across the country
All the governors are disturbed that there are still many
American children -- often in the inner-city, often immigrants --
who are denied the American dream because of a lack of literacy
and job skills. This is unfair, unjust and unacceptable.
And
that's why Pete Wilson backs my proposal for a half-billion
dollar increase for Head Start to give These children a a hopefulstart
Pete has also been a leader in educational reform. Almost a
year has passed since I sent the "Education Excellence Act" to
Congress. It is based on a few basic concepts: To make our
schools work, we must give parents, teachers and children the
power to choose. To make our system work -- states, schools and
individuals will need greater flexibility in the way in which
they can pursue their goals. And then we must all must be
accountable for the results.
6
Thanks to Pete's help, education reform has already passed
the Senate. Now it's time for the House to finish its homework
and pass our education reform -- now.
The political future of California and all of America rests
on yet another issue -- an issue that affects the voting rights
of every Republican, Independent and Democratic voter -- an issue
of fundamental fairness -- reapportionment.
( (It has been said that for the Somesay Democrats, reapportionment
has been a political goldmine n the They Democrats get the gold. The voters We get the
for both parties.
shaft. \\))
Isuppose theyre right. steet.
I need a Congress that will work with me to continue
economic growth, that will support America's role in this
changing Remember, world. of course, California Republicans must first get
a
fair shake 1 after the 1990 Census, when almost one out of eight
members of the U.S.
Congressmen will represent the your state of California
But this is bigger than party politics. Gerrymandering
violates the spirit of one-man, one-vote. Imagine that on on a
summer night in 1981, a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and paper and redesigned
your political future.
Lines were drawn -- crazy, twisted lines -- that cut across
communities, towns and even streets -- without the slightest
regard for the will of the people. Since those district lines
went into effect, there have been 135 general elections for
California's congressional seats, and only once has a seat
changed party control. And remember, this same process brand of
manipulation
7
political dilution that hurts Republicans, also hurts every
minority voter in California.
So isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the very decade
democracy dawned around the world, a small group, who called
themselves Democrats, sat around a table in a restaurant to
infringe on voting rights in America?\\\
Still, Republicans do not seek revenge, a gerrymander of our
own. No. With a fair lines, we can win on the issues. And we
can also win on the strength of our candidates. And there's no
better candidate out there than Pete Wilson. Insect from Page 2.
As some say
I believe it was Lincoln who said: "If you would test a man,
acalifornian named
first give him power. For twenty-three years, Pete Wilson has
been tested. He has used power not to glorify one man, but to
make a better life for millions. And with your support, Pete
Wilson will lead California and the Republican Party to greatness
in the 1990s.
Econtinue in this tradition and
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Pete Wilson, today a Senator - a sterling example
of California's passionfor exellence. Tomorrow, the golden
bear state will be proud to call you Governor.
Administration of George Bush, 1990 / Feb. 28
Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for
about through the advent of a new tyrant
Gubernatorial Candidate Pete Wilson
or the outbreak of a bloody global war, or
in San Francisco, California
its end. Now the world has undergone an-
February 28, 1990
other upheaval, but this time, there's no
war. We've seen a bold Soviet leader initi-
Thank you so much for that welcome.
ate daring reforms. We've seen a play-
And, Pete, oh, how strongly I feel about this
wright-humble man that I received in the
gubernatorial race. And I came out here to
White House the other day-Vaclav Havel,
wish you the very best and to state with
move from prison to the Presidential palace
confidence, especially after talking to some
in Czechoslovakia. We've seen both the
of your most enthusiastic supporters before
Berlin Wall and the Romanian dictatorship
dinner, that you will indeed be the next
tumble into ruins. And I think it's fair to say
Governor of the State of California. And I
that the day of the dictator is over.
am delighted to predict that right here. Just
Victor Hugo said that no army can match
don't use the same pollster Ortega [Presi-
the might of an idea whose time has come.
dent of Nicaragua] did. [Laughter]
In the Revolution of '89, an idea overcame
To you and Gayle, Barbara and I send our
armies and tanks, and that idea is democra-
very best. The Wilsons were just upstairs
cy. This has been true in the East. Now it is
and talked to Barbara at home. And sorry
becoming true throughout the Western
she is not here tonight. She is going to meet
Hemisphere-first, in Panama after Oper-
me in a day or so as we receive the Prime
ation Just Cause, and now, at long last, for
Minister of Japan in California.
the brave people of Nicaragua. And how
I want to salute Lee Atwater, who is
could we ask for more?
doing an outstanding job as the chairman of
the Republican National Committee. And,
Another symbol of change: This morning
Frank, I'm not upstaging you, but I'm
I called President Gorbachev, and we had a
saying nice things about you it seems just
long talk on matters affecting Nicaragua
yesterday and the day before. But I'm glad
and Eastern Europe. And after the call and
you're here, sir, and I appreciate the work
this highly rational and, I would say, cordial
you're doing for the party. I'm delighted to
discussion with this dynamic new Soviet
once again be with Bill Walsh, who's been
leader, my mind went back to those days
such an example not just in the field of
not so many years ago when a talk of this
athletics but in his commitment to helping
nature would not have been possible. The
others. And I also think we would be remiss
mood of the day back then: confrontation,
if we didn't thank the Lowell High School
rhetorical overkill, tension bordering on
Band for their participation here tonight.
hostility.
And as some of you know, I was just in
Yes, we've got some problems with the
San Francisco 3 weeks ago. But as Kipling
Soviet Union. But today's talk was so differ-
said, San Francisco, like all of California, has
ent-no polemics. Where we differed, we
one drawback: it's hard to leave.
vowed to discuss the differences further.
So much has happened, even since my
And the point is: Reason and calmness have
last trip right here to San Francisco. And
replaced rhetoric. And as your President, I
Bishop Swing, my old, dear friend, our
am determined to consult often with Presi-
pastor, now a Bishop out here-it's not that
dent Gorbachev to keep open the door to
we find that hard to believe, sir, but I'm so
negotiation and peace. These indeed are ex-
glad to see you again. But he was our pastor
citing times, and I'm proud to be your
in Washington. Would it seem presumptu-
President in these times of change.
ous of me to say that many of our prayers
But we're gathered here tonight to cele-
seem to be answered? From Moscow to Ma-
brate events closer to home. As I said, Cali-
nagua, change is in the air. And the Revolu-
fornia is hard to leave, and for me, it's been
tion of '89 has continued into a new decade,
hard to leave even when I'm back at the
a decade of democracy.
White House. You see, it was just yesterday,
Time and again in this century, the politi-
Bill, that for the second time in my Presi-
cal map of the world was transformed. And
dency, Barbara and I had the pleasure of
in each instance, a new world order came
entertaining the winners of the Super Bowl;
329
Feb. 28 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
and once again, our guests were the San
forcement officers. But Congress has left
Francisco 49ers. And just a few months ear-
too much work undone. We need action on
lier, Barbara and I hosted the Oakland A's
the rest of our proposals to fight violent
after their great World Series victory.
crime-by toughening Federal sentences
Something about monopoly-there's some-
for those who use a firearm in the commis-
thing in the books about cornering the
sion of a felony. And if the kingpins who
market here-a little antitrust action.
deal drugs are dealing death, then let's
[Laughter] But when it comes to champi-
judge them for what they are-murderers.
ons, I'm beginning to think you have cor-
It's time we took the shackles off the police-
nered the market.
men, the courts, and the law. I am con-
Yet I'm here on behalf of another cham-
vinced we must be tougher on these drug
pion, a champion for the victims of crime
criminals.
and drug-related violence, a champion for
And a Governor has to be as tough as the
the environment, a champion for California,
times. But the challenges of the future will
a champion for a sound and growing econo-
also require vision and compassion if we're
my. And I'm talking about the next Gover-
to protect a fragile coastal ecology or edu-
nor of your state: Pete Wilson. And in this
cate a new generation of children.
critical-critical for the Nation-election,
with Pete at the top of the ticket, come
From the urban canyons of Los Angeles
November, California will go Republican in
to the Yosemite beloved by Ansel Adams,
a big way.
Californians were among the first to stand
California is prized for more than its po-
up for the environment, and Pete Wilson
litical importance or the size of its GNP
was among the first environmentalists to
that Pete in a slightly braggart fashion there
hold office. He's added thousands of acres
was talking about. We must win the State
to the California wilderness system, saved
because California really does represent the
canyons, protected urban recreation sites.
future. California is at the forefront not just
And he supports our "America the Beauti-
regionally and nationally but, as he rightful-
ful" initiative to plant a billion trees, to
ly pointed out, internationally and needs a
expand our national parks and wildlife pre-
special kind of leadership, and Pete Wilson's
serves, and to make this more like the un-
kind of leadership it is. Twenty-three-year
spoiled green continent our forebears knew.
career in public life-it began under the
Right now Pete is working with me on
Dome in Sacramento, and today he is a law-
our administration's proposal to enact our
maker still, this time in Washington, DC.
clean air bill, the first significant change
But it was as mayor of San Diego that Pete
since 1977, one that will clean up the smog
first showed a flair, a talent, for executive
and curb acid rain and cut back on the air
leadership. And it is exactly this kind of
toxics that plague California's air. Cleaner
executive leadership that the whole State of
cars, cleaner fuels, cleaner factories-that's
California needs to take it to the threshold
what we're striving for. And with Pete
of a new millennium. You've got a good
Wilson at the helm, you'll have a Governor
Governor. In my view, we have a great
who works for a cleaner California, just as
Governor, and I want to see that tradition
he has in the United States Senate.
continue with Pete Wilson.
Education is also critical to the future,
And sadly, California needs something
and it's a critical responsibility, I'd say, an
else. It needs to continue a crime-fighting
increasingly critical responsibility of every
tradition. It needs a Governor who will con-
Governor. Governors across the country are
tinue the war against violent crime. Califor-
disturbed that there are still many Ameri-
nia needs a Governor who shares our phi-
can children-often in the inner city, often
losophy about crime. And our philosophy,
immigrants-who are denied the American
relatively simple: Prison sentences should
dream because of a lack of literacy, a lack of
be at least as tough as the criminals we
job skills. This is unfair, this is unjust, and
convict.
this is unacceptable. And that's why Pete
At the Federal level, I relied on Pete's
Wilson backs our proposal for a half-billion-
help to pass a major part of our anticrime
dollar increase for Head Start to give these
package. More money has been provided
children a hopeful start in life. I need that
for prison space and more Federal law en-
through the United States Congress.
330
Administration of George Bush, 1990 / Mar. 1
Almost a year has passed since I sent the
issues, and we can also win on the strength
Educational Excellence Act to Congress. It's
of our candidates.
based on a few basic concepts: To make our
You know, in the early days of our great
schools work, we must give parents, teach-
nation, some Americans stayed in the cities
ers, and children the power to choose. To
of the East and built great industries; and
make our system work, States, schools, and
they have every right to be proud. And
individuals will need greater flexibility in
some Americans came halfway across the
the way in which they can pursue these
continent and farmed our rich and fertile
goals. And then we must all be accountable
plains; and they, too, have every right to be
for the results.
proud. But then there were those who
Last April I asked Congress to pass these
pressed ever forward until they reached the
measures to reform our educational system.
sea. Gumption, gold, and glory took them
And look, thanks to Pete's help, and that of
all the way to the shore of the shining Pacif-
others, education reform has already passed
ic. We call these people Californians. Some
the United States Senate. Now it's time for
found gold. Most didn't. But all Californians
the House to finish its homework and pass
found something precious: the future. So,
our education reform now.
today's State of California is tomorrow's
The political future of California and all
state of the Union. And there's no one
of America rests on yet another issue-an
better to lead California into that exciting
issue that affects the voting rights of every
future than Pete Wilson.
Republican, every Independent, every
It's been said that "if you would test a
Democratic voter-an issue of fundamental
man, first give him power." For 23 years,
fairness, and I am talking about reappor-
Pete Wilson has been tested. He's used
tionment. Some say reapportionment has
power not to glorify self, to glorify one
been a political gold mine for both parties.
man, but to make a better life for millions.
They may be right. The Democrats get the
He's a great Senator today, a sterling exam-
gold and we get the shaft. [Laughter]
ple of California's passion for excellence.
Remember, after the 1990 census, almost
Tomorrow, the Golden State will be proud
one out of eight Members of Congress will
to call him Governor.
represent the State of California. Remem-
Thank you, and God bless you all. Thank
ber that. This is bigger than party politics.
you for having me here once again. Thank
Gerrymandering violates the spirit of one
you very much.
man, one vote. On a summer night in 1981,
a group of California Democrats sat in a
Note: The President spoke at 7:48 p.m. in
r
restaurant in Sacramento with pencil and
the Grand Ballroom at the St. Francis
paper and redesigned your political future.
Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to Gayle
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Lines were drawn-crazy, twisted lines—
A. Wilson, the wife of Senator Pete Wilson;
e
that cut across communities, towns, and
Frank Fisco, California Republican Party
even streets without the slightest regard for
chairman; and William Walsh, former
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the will of the people. Since those district
coach of the San Francisco 49ers football
lines went into effect, there have been 135
team. A tape was not available for verifica-
general elections for California's congres-
tion of the content of these remarks.
sional seats, and only once has a seat
n
changed party control. And remember, this
y
same brand of political manipulation that
hurts Republicans also hurts every minority
voter in the State of California.
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So, isn't it ironic, if a little sad, that in the
Certification
of
very decade democracy dawned around the
February 28, 1990
id
world a small group sitting around a table
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in a restaurant who called themselves
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Democrats infringed on voting rights in
America? Still, Republicans do not seek re-
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se
at
venge, don't seek a gerrymander of our
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own. No, with fair lines, we can win on the
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