Bush Surrogate Response Pack Position Briefs, Press Releases, and Press Questions DNC Research July 28, 1992Table of Contents Introduction Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander Secretary of State James Baker Charles Black Republican National Committee Chairman Rich Bond Governor Carroll Campbell Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney Senator John Danforth Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole Former Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole Reverand Jerry Falwell Representative Newt Gingrich Senator Phil Gramm Senator Nancy Kassebaum Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan Secretary of Labor Lynn. Martin Representative Susan Molinari Vice President Dan Quayle Amold Schwarzenegger Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis Sullivan Governor William Weld 12 20 25 29 33 37 42 46 50 55 60 64 63 73 77 82 86 89 94INTRODUCTION With the campaign now in full swing, Republican attack surrogates are busy fanning ‘out across the country. Their mission is clear: (1) to distort Bill Clinton’s record and (2) divert attention away from Bush’s failed Presidency. The attached materials are designed to help Democrats respond aggressively to this. challenge - to keep Republican surrogates off-balance, off-message and on the defensive. Surrogates should be forced to answer questions about what Bush and the Republicans Have done to ruin this economy and made to defend thi performance. Cabinet officials, in particular, should be asked why they have the time to campaign -- when they have so much unfinished business in Washington. In short, Bush surrogates should not get a free ride. ° To help get it done, we have included short position briefs, sample press releases and suggested press questions for about 20 key Republican surrogates. Information on additional Republican surrogates is also available; contact DNC Research. Democratic National Committse, Research DivisionSECRETARY OF EDUCATION LAMAR ALEXANDER In 1980, President Bush named Lamar Alexander, a former two-term governor of Tennessee, as Secretary of Education. Alexander replaced Reagan appointee Lauro Cavazos, whose tenure was marked by incompetence and inaction. Initially hailed as a superb choice by education experts, Alexander has emerged as simply a skilled apologist for Bush cuts in key education programs (including funds for student loans and programs for compensatory math and reading programs) and plans to transfer $500 million in funding from public to private schools. It should not come as such a surprise: Alexander's record as governor of Tennessee, even on education, was mediocre at best. Education. Alexander's record on education -- the centerpiece of his administration - - is mixed. As Governor he actually cut total education funding levels. ™ In 1984, during Alexander's fifth year, Tennessee ranked 47th in spending per pupil (Washington Monthly, 6/84). = A year earlier, average teacher salaries were estimated at $18,230 per year, thus ranking the state 43rd in this category (Washington Monthly, 6/84). Budget ™ As governor, Alexander proposed and implemented tax increased that doubled the state’s sales and gas taxes (WP, 9/22/85; U.S. News & World Report, 5/23/83). ™ In response to @ question about Tennessee’s $95 million shortfall, Alexander explained, “Quite simply, the economy was worse than we anticipated." (U.S. News & World Report, 5/23/83). ‘Support for Private School Choice = Alexander is a leading advocate of the Bush Administration’s private-school choice policy, because he believes that restricting the choice program to public schools “would be like giving bonuses to Russian car manufacturers and saying, ‘work a little harder’ or asking the Pony Express to run faster” (Hotline, 6/29/92). = Alexander’s two youngest children are in private schools (Hotline, 5/5/92). ITY OF ARKANSAS L FAYETTEVILLE, A AR 72701- 201 Democratic National Committee, Research DivisionIn 1982, Tennessee’s entire prison system was declared “unconstitutional” by U.S. Judge L. Clure Morton, because of severe overcrowding and poor recreational and health facilities (Time, 12/16/85). = Alexander’s proposed solution to the problem was to lease the entire prison system to a private company, Corrections Corporation of America, which would receive the state’s prison budget to run its operations. The plan was never adopted (Newsweek, 11/11/85). = Alexander made $140,000 from an investment with a private firm which builds prison facilities -- an investment perhaps related to his official involvement with Corrections Corporation of America (Boston Globe, 3/14/91). ‘The Candid Alexander ™ Upon being told by then vice-president Bush that he wanted to be the “education president,” Alexander explained, "/ told him he looked like he didn’t quite know what he meant by that but that he really wanted to do it (emphasis added)" (Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/8/88). Environment = Alexander claims strong environmental credentials now, and touts his love of nature and his role as chairman of the President’s Commission on American Outdoors. But as governor, he was a strong advocate of nuclear power, refused to support a ban on billboards, and failed to effectively enforce laws that bar strip mining in his state, despite strong objections from environmentalists (Tennessean, 3/31/84). Democratic National Committee, RSample Press Release Democratic State Chairperson , commenting on the campaign visit of Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander, criticized the Bush administration’s record on education s a do-nothing agenda designed to undermine our public schools. “Lamar Alexander has a poorly-deserved reputation as a governor dedicated to educational improvement and reform. As Governor, Alexander failed to turn rhetoric into results. As Education Secretary, Alexander has presided over cuts in federal education programs, and failed to aggressively enforce laws prohibiting discrimination in federally-funded education programs, a major task of the Department.” "George Bush once promised to be the Education President, but our schools are worse because, under the Bush administration, the federal government has continued to abandon public schools. Secretary Alexander will likely try during his visit to to argue that progress has been made, and that the Republicans deserve four more years of his education policies. Not only does the president not deserve four more years, the nation’s children cannot afford it." “When he is here today, citizens of __- __ should ask Mr. Alexander why he supported cuts in college aid to families who make between $10,000 and 40,000 per year and why he supports taxpayer funding of private schools." Democratic National Committee, Resserch Division0 2) 3) 4) 5) Sample Questions for Press As governor, you advocated more federal funding for education programs such as Head Start, but as Secretary of Education, you have presided over reduction in services to public school programs, particularly those that help poor children. How do you reconcile your views as governor with your record in the Bush administration? Why do you favor tax credits for families whose children attend private schools? According to the Carnegie Foundation, the quality of public education has declined steadily in the last decade, making our students less competitive and less capable of finding jobs. To what extent, in your view, is the Reagan-Bush government responsibie for this trend? You have in the past praised Governor Clinton for his leadership on educational reform. Would you concede that the governor has outstanding credentials in ‘the area and that he would bring much needed reform and fresh ideas to education if he were elected? As governor, you were a model of Republican moderation much in line with the policies of your political mentor Howard Baker. Does it trouble you that your party and its platform reflect the views of stalwart Conservatives on such issues as abortion? AL COLLECTIONS DIVISION SPECI NS DN UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRA FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 Democratic National Committee, Research DivisionJames Baker has, through a now-legendary touch with the media, gained a reputation as a multi-talented political wizard: first as campaign genius, and now as a foreign policy expert. In fact, Jim Baker has directly presided over a series of monumental policy failures, including the Third World debt and S&L debacles (as Treasury Secretary) and the doubling of the national debt (as Reagan's Chief of Staff]. Baker's foreign policy credentials are equally suspect. Bush and Baker's single greatest triumph -- defeating Iraq -- should never have happened: the war should never have been fought. Only a well-documented and growing list of blunders -- including direct actions by Baker to pressure the Department of Agriculture to extend credits; and ignoring ‘satellite evidence of 2 massive Iraqi military build-up -- lured Saddam across the Kuwaiti border. The fall of the Soviet Union has been marked by missed opportunity. As European governments rushed in to support Democratic reforms with needed economic aid -- and opened a line of attack for their domestic industries -- Bush and Baker stood silent. Only a public rebuke by Richard Nixon brought about a significant American commitment to the emerging democracies in Eastern Europe. In short, James Baker has accumulated at best a mixed record in his decade of government service: Ethics. Aside from chairing the 1988 Bush campaign -- one constructed almost entirely on slanders [the Pledge of Allegiance and ACLU attacks], distortions [Dukakis’ defense record, Willie Horton and the furlough ads], and outright lies ["read my lips...", family leave] ~ Baker has a lengthy history of dubious ethical behavior. ™ He studied and passed along a briefing book stolen from the Carter campaign. [Casey, Joseph Persico; Penguin 1990; pp 325-27] = He recused himself from efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions, claiming a potential conflict of interest due to his extensive oil and gas holdings. Efforts as Secretary of State to slow global warming would almost certainly hurt his portfolio. [WP, 11/9/90] = Baker's ethical instincts did not, however, prevent him from acting in his capacity as Treasury Secretary to resolve third world debt crises in a way which directly benefitted bank stocks he held. [WP, 2/15/89] Democratic National Committee, Research Division7 Since becoming Secretary of State, Baker has taken 11 personal trips on military aircraft, at a cost to taxpayers of $371,599. Once the figure was disclosed, Baker said he was "shocked" at the expense. He reimbursed the Treasury $17,159. (WP, 4/4/92] Top State Department and Baker right-hand-man Larry Eagleburger has a few conflicts of his own. As an official of Kissinger Associates, Eagleburger listed both the American distributor of the Yugo automobile and the Banco Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) as clients. As deputy Secretary of State he then fought for BNL-administered Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation loans to Iraq -- some of which were diverted to illegal arms purchases. [WP 3/29/92) . Additionally, as the Serb-dominated Yugoslav Army pillaged Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina; Eagleburger has urged a U.S. policy of non- involvement and helped delay U.S. recognition of Croatia. Yugos are manufactured in Serbia. [7WR 2/24/92) In 1981, then-Vice President George Bush's Task Force on Regulatory Relief targeted a regulation that would ban single-hull oil tankers for review. It just so happened that the regulation -- which was prompted by environmental concerns -- would have adversely affected Hollywood Marine Inc. of Houston - - a company in which Bush, Baker, and Robert Mosbacher were partners. (WSJ, 7/20/92) rete As Treasury Secretary, James Baker claimed much credit for engineering the “86 tax reform bill. Unfortunately, he completely missed the $500 billion and still growing S&L crisis and ignored warnings in 1985 that the S&Ls were out of control: In early 1985, William Isaac, who was then the chairman of the FDIC implored Baker to give top priority to solving the S&L crisis. On June 5, 1985, Isaac sent a letter stamped HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL to Baker. From the letter: “When we got together a few months ago in your office, | told you that one of my principle concerns about the financial system was the condition of the thrift industry and the ability of the [depositor insurance fund] to cope with the problems,” Isaac wrote. "About that time | requested our staff to prepare an analysis of the thrift industry... the study concludes that the problems of the thrift industry are of such proportions that they will soon overwhelm the ability of the FSLIC to deal with them unless something major is done to shore up the FSLIC." Democratic National Committee, Research DivisionIn 1987, Congress passed @ $10.8 billion bailout for FSLIC, the fund that insures S&L deposits. Was it enough? Ask Jim Baker: “The FHLLB believes that the $10 billion of additional capital authorized by the Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987, plus its premium income, cash and receivership assets, will provide FSLIC with enough resources to handle the problems of the industry over the next three years.” (Testimony of Treasury Secretary James Baker before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 4/19/88) According to the Washington Post, Treasury Officials knew that the problem was closer to $60 billion but didn’t say so. (WP, 6/24/90) In 1986, Baker engineered Congressional approval of a Mexican bailout that included large taxpayer-financed loans to Mexico from the IMF and World Bank. At that time he had a substantial interest (more than $3.5 million by some estimates) in Texas Commerce Bank, 27% of whose equity was in Mexican loans. In 1987 and 1988, after ChemBank -- 146% of whose shareholder equity was tied up in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela -- acquired TBC, Treasury Secretary Baker crushed a Brazilian debt revolt, resulting in a 39% rise in the Chembank stock he now held. [WP 3/23/89, TR 3/6/89] Foreign Policy. The Bush/Baker foreign policy has relentlessly promoted stability at the expense of Democratic values. China. Despite the crushing of Beijing’s Democracy movement, despite a $10.4 billion trade surplus resulting from slave labor and a protected market, Bush and Baker have pursued a policy of "business as usual." Promises made in the wake of the Tiananmen Massacre were broken. (DIC, "Some Facts on China,” 5/23/91] Kurds. \n the wake of the Persian Gulf war, Bush and Baker abandoned the Kurdish and Shiite secessionist movements to defeat and brutal reprisals by Saddam Hussein. Why? They preferred a brutal but stable dictatorship to potentially uncontrollable independence movements. Yugoslavia. The Baker State Department has been a non-player in Yugoslavia. Even as the casualties mounted and Germany led 39 other countries in recognizing Croatia and Slovenia, the U.S. hesitated. Kuwait. Democratic Elections have not been held in Kuwait. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 Democratic National Committee, Research DivisionNew World Disorder. In order to line up Syria's Hafez Assad’s support for Desert Storm, Baker has ignored the transformation of the Bekaa Valley into the world’s largest source of opium. Lebanon is now the largest single source of American heroin. [7VR 2/3/92] Baker has also failed to encourage Andean nations to tackle the drug cartels. Despite evidence that China continues to sell arms and military technology around the world -- specifically, missile components technology and possibly nuclear technology to Iran -- in violation of a pledge to the Bush Administration, the Bush/Baker regime lifted sanctions that prevented and allow satellite technology and high speed computers from being sold to China. [WP 4/10/92] The Panamanian embargo and invasion have destroyed that nation’s economy and destabilized its Democracy. Drug smuggling continues at the same, pre- invasion pace. [CSM 1/24/92; Minneapolis Star-Tribune 2/23/92] While decrying Human rights abuses in Nicaragua, Baker fought Congressional efforts to cut aid to E! Salvador in response to the assassination of six priests by government troops; and 35,000 victims of government sponsored death squads, [WYT 10/20/90} “Fuck ‘em. They [Jews] didn’t vote for us." -- quoted by Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. "To bring it down to the level of the average American citizen, let me say that it means jobs. If you want to sum it up in one word, it’s jobs." -- Baker, explaining the reasoning behind the Persian Gulf War. [WP, 11/14/90] Democratic National Committee, Research Division10 ‘Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chair [name] marked the arrival of Secretary of State James A. Baker Ill to campaign for President George Bush with the following statement. “James Baker symbolizes the failure of the Reagan-Bush years. As Treasury Secretary, James Baker watched the $500 billion S&L mess develop under his nose. As Secretary of State, Baker set the tone for an Administration more concerned with economic concerns overseas than the needs of families here in [state]. “Despite his popularity inside the Beltway, here in [state] James Baker is just another _ Washington insider, flying free on government planes on eleven personal trips at a taxpayer expense of nearly $400,000. "Like the rest of [state] | wonder which James Baker has arrived: the one who embraced Saddam Hussein or the one who made war against him; the James Baker who calls for self-determination on the West Bank but argued against it in Croatia and the former Soviet Union; the Secretary of State who talks about human rights on the tiny island of Cuba, or the one who ignores the repression of 1.2 billion people in China. "As campaign manager for the 1988 Bush/Quayle campaign, James Baker bears significant blame for the racial tensions that recently exploded in Los Angeles. His embrace of Willie Horton tactics in 1988 set the tone for an Administration dedicated with the politics of division; and obsessed with overseas concerns while ignoring the wounds they created here at home. I hope he can run a clean 1992 campaign.” fecal COLLECTIONS NIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARI FAYETTEVILLE, AR Taman Democratic National Committee, Research Division1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 1 Sample Questions for Press Could the Persian Gulf War have been avoided if you hadn’t directly intervened to ensure loans to Saddam Hussein? Why do you ignore Syria’s herion cultivation in the Bekaa Valley; Palestinian terrorism; and Arab human rights abuses to pressure Israel? Are you an anti-semite? How do you respond to charges that China continues to both sell arms abroad and persecute democratic activists at home, despite Bush Administration concessions? Does China deserve most favored nation status? Has the Bush obsession with foreign policy cost America jobs? Why didn’t you accompany the President to Japan? What are our foreign policy priorities? As Bush’s de facto campaign manager, will you run a positive campaign this year or will you use Willie Horton tactics as you did in 1988? Democratic Nationsl Committee, Research Divisiona2 CHARLES BLACK, JR. Charles Black, a frequent spokesman for the Bush campaign, epitomizes the influence- peddling and corruption of the Reagan-Bush years. Black’s firm was a leading player in the HUD scandal, and currently advises the Bush campaign even as his firm lobbies for and advises foreign governments. Black is a self-professed insider. As a partner in the Washington public relations firm Black, Manafort, Stone, Black is allowed considerable access to federal officials. According to Black, "I think I’ve got -- if you want to call it access -- | guess I’ve got “access to just about anybody in the government...[and in the cabinet] | think | know most of them through the experience of campaigns and around town. | guess | know most of the people in sensitive positions in the administration.” (WP, 8/12/1989) Black’s lobbying firm, Stone, Black and Manafort was founded in the early 1980s as a consulting firm which also does lobbying work. Black, Manafort was acquired by the Manhattan PR firm Burson-Marstellar in 1991. (Common Cause, 4/92) HUD Lobbying Scandal Black's firm was investigated in 1989 by a House subcommittee for selling access to HUD to housing developers. In his testimony to the Congressional panel, Black Manafort partner Paul Manafort failed to mention a number of HUD related clients the firm represented. (MYT, 7/13/89) Manatort also testified to the subcommittee that he collected a $326,000 consulting fee for getting HUD to go ahead with a New Jersey housing project which was considered a waste of taxpayer money by some officials. Manafort admitted to the panel that he had engaged in “influence peddling" (WSJ, 8/4/89) Nevertheless, the firm was slow to recount all dealings with HUD. The firm admitted to four additional HUD-related clients only after they were linked to the firm in newspaper stories. Finally, Charles Black was forced to step in to defend the firm himself. When questioned directly on the project, Black admitted that the developers were in fact clients. (MYT, 7/13/89) As far as his ethical qualms with selling influence, Black claims, "th say about us is that it’s a bad system and that we participated in it. worst you can (WSJ, 8/4/89) CiAL COLL ates ee HDe. 5AS LIBRARI FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701 i201 Domocratio National Committee, Research Division spConflicts of Interests 94 a3 Showing no concern over conflicting interest that might arise from working for the Republican party while lobbying the Republican administration, Black has frequently split his time between his firm, the Republican National Committee (1980) and Bush-Quayle (1992). While acting as spokesperson of the RNC, Black stated, "| spend about half my time at the firm and half at the RNC." (LAT, 10/7/90) Bush campaign counsel Bobby Burchfield says that Black, as a lobbyist who serves on the campaign, is still able to use his influence within the federal government on behalf of clients of the firm, as long as they are not his own personal clients. Says Burchfield, "Charlie wouldn't have to recuse himself on issues affecting all of Black Manafort's clients, only his own." In other words, even though Black is working directly for President Bush, he can still use his influence within the administration for the benefit of his firm, and therefore for himself. (Common Cause, 4/92) Black's firm represented Prime Minister Lynden Pindling of the Bahamas during 1985 and 1986 and contacted the office of the Vice President 18 times on behalf of this client. (Time, 9/19/88) Black contacted federal officials as a lobbyist for Bethlehem Steel in 1989. When asked whom it was that he called, Black said, "I’d rather not get into that." He said it was not President Bush, but when asked if it was then-Chief of Staff John Sununu, Black hedged, "I'd rather not get into it... | will say this, that if you look over the list of decision makers in the administration on that issue, I’ve probably talked to just about all of them." (WP, 8/12/89) Black has at least one conflict between his Republican connections and lobbying clients. Black was a force in shaping the right-wing Christians into a Republican stronghold for Reagan. Yet Black lobbies for gambling interest groups such as GTECH and the New Jersey Casino Association. (WP, 8/12/89) Lobbving for Japan Recently, as Bush was in Japan blasting the Japanese for unfair trade practices, Charles Black was in Washington lobbying for Pacific Seafood Processors Association, an organization whose members include many Japanese-owned fish processing companies. Black was trying to get a June harvest allocation recommendation by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council passed by the Secretary of Commerce. This lan would ensure the group of onshore processors control of 45% of the nearly 3 billion pound Alaskan pollock catch, thereby reducing the 80% share now held by competitors of Black’s client. If this regulation was passed, the Pacific Seafood Democratic National Commit search Division14 Processors Association would stand to make hundreds of millions of dollars. (WP, 1/9/92) Personal Information Charles Black, Jr. was born on October 11, 1947 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He received his B.A. from the University of Florida, then completed law school at the Washington College of Law at American University. (YT, 7/31/90) His political history includes involvement in the following organizations: Jesse Helms _ Senate Campaign 1972 (Political Director); Citizens for Reagan 1975-76 (Regional Director); Republican National Committee 1977-78 (Political Director); Reagan for President Committee 1979-80 (National Political Director), Campaign Consultants Inc., founded in 1980 (Founder); Black, Manafort & Stone 1981-present (Partner); Reagan Bush campaign 1984 (Senior Political Consultant); Kemp for President 1987-88 (Campaign Manager). (WY7, 7/31/90) UNIVERSITY OF ARKA FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701- 0" Democratic National Committee, Research Division1s Past and Current Clients of Charles Black Foreign The Bahamas Dominican Republic Nigeria Peru U.N.LT.A. St. Lucia _Barbados Kenya The News Corp., LTD. Zaire Bermuda ADCOM Group (group controlled by shareholders who are citizens of Lebanon) Eitaro ltoyama (Member of the Japanese Diet) Aston Martin Lagonda, LTD. Lobbying Clients 78 Clients, of whom 30 are active and 48 are inactive ‘Types of issues concerned: Taxes, 13 clients - 6 active Health, 8 clients - 3 active Energy/Environment, 10 clients - 2 active Defense, 8 clients - 5 active Foreign Affairs/Trade, 16 clients - 6 active Banking/Finance, 5 clients - 0 active unknown, 3 clients - 1 active Clients: Aetna Life & Casualty ABC Home Health Services Allentown Cement Co., Inc. American Federation of Home Health Agencies, Inc. American Health Care Association American Mobile Satellite Corporation American Newspaper Publishers Association American Petrofina, inc, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Bethlehem Steel 3 Committss, Research Division16 Cambridge Information Group Carolina Power & Light Casino Association of New Jersey Centerior Energy Chicago RTA Chrysler Corporation Chrysler - Mitsubishi Joint Venture Circle K Corporation Clark Construction Group Commonwealth Edison Company Cooper's Ferry Development Association, Inc. _Derektor Shipyards D. George Harris and Associates Dominican Republic Don Sheldon and Company Edison Electric Institute Fina Oil & Chemical Co. Financial Security Assurance First Defence, inc. First National Bank of Chicago Footwear Industries of America Gas Safety Action Council Government of the Bahamas Government of Barbados Government of St. Lucia Government of Nigeria Gtech Corporation Home Intensive Care Houston Lighting & Power Co. International Medical Centers Jefferies and Companies, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Kaman Aerospace Kashmiri American Foundation Katun Corporation Large Public Power Council League of Leaders for Philippine Development Massa Products Corporation Military Audits of Market Information, Inc. Mortgage Insurance Companies of America Mosbacher Production Company National Securities Clearing Corporation Natural Gas Supply Assoc. Northwest Indiana Forum NOVA University Democratic National Commitee, Research DivisionOCG Technology Partnership for Improved Air Travel, The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Purolater Courier Republic of Kenya Revlon Group Salomon Brothers, Inc. Signal Companies, The Software Productivity Consortium, The Solar Energy Industry Association Somali Democratic Republic . South Carolina Economic Development Board Squibb Corporation Suburban Propane Gas Corp. Textron Tobacco Institute Trans World Airlines Trump Association, The Union for National Action ULN.LT.A. United Way of America U.S. Lines U.S. Sprint Union Pacific Corp. 17 (oe L COLLECTIONS Div SION RSITY OF ARKANSAS LIB FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701- 4201 tic National Committee, Research Division18 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chairperson made the following statement today on the arrival of Charles Black, a Washington lawyer and lobbyist and Bush re-election campaign advisor. “Charles Black uses his political influence to reap benefits for his personal business clients. Black has, in fact, no problem using his influence to help both foreign and domestic special interests, even if it is at a cost to taxpayers. “Black comes here as a speaker for George Bush; but had this been 1988, he would have been here speaking just as vigorously against Bush and in support of Jack Kemp. Charles Black is willing to support any candidate or official as long as they can supply him with his valued insider influence. “As a testament to his distance from Bush and his putting of his own self-interests above all else, Black is willing to lobby for beneficial trade regulations for Japanese interests while Bush rants about unfair Japanese trade practices. “This man is a perfect speaker for an administration that is based on appeasing big business and special interests over the common citizen. Charles Black values his own advancement and his status as insider more than he values real leadership for this country, and so he is here to campaign for George Bush.” Democratic National Committe, Reseerch Division1) 2) 3) 4) 5) a9 Sample Questions for Press You were Jack Kemp’s campaign manager after your stint as an important player in the Reagan Bush administration. What about George Bush made you believe that he was not the best Republican for the job of President? Even while George Bush was in Japan complaining about unfair Japanese trade practices, you were in Washington lobbying for Pacific Seafood Processors Association, a group whose members include mostly Japanese-owned companies. How do you reconcile your lobbying activities with Bush’s political posturing? i How can you believe that it is ethical for an active inside Washington Jobbyist to become involved so closely in the re-election campaign of the President? After your firm’s 1989 HUD scandal, do you expect us to believe that you are not again ‘selling influence’ to your foreign and domestic clients? Eighteen calls to the office of the Vice President on behalf of a foreign client seems excessive for someone who is not selling his influence to clients. You called the office of the Vice President 18 times for Prime Minister Lynden Pindling of the Bahamas. What did you ask for? AYETTEVILLE, AR 72 ie Democratic National Committse, Research Division20 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RICHARD BOND Since he took over as RNC chairman, Rich Bond has been on the attack. Starting with assaults on Pat Buchanan last spring, he has moved on to Ross Perot and most recently, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Says Bond, “If | get the message tomorrow from George Bush that he wants me to hammer someone, they will be hammered.” (WP, _ 3/12/92). The New King of Negative Campaigning. As chief of the Republican attack machine, Rich Bond will do and say anything about anyone to advance Republican interests. - Some examples: - = The effectiveness of the aggressive Republican smear campaign has been made possible by a state of the art opposition research staff and investigators with access to unique sources: the federal government itself. There is some evidence to support Perot’s charges of “dirty tricks". After Perot criticized Bush's policies during the prelude to the Gulf War, the IRS sent an agent to take up residence in Perot’s business office. The Resolution Trust Corporation recently asked its Texas office to turn over any information on Perot business dealings (Newsweek, 7/6/92). The RNC established its $1 million opposition research unit in 1989 and now houses 40 researchers and investigators in a secure room, an operation far more elaborate than Bond’s assessment of "a dozen cash-starved interns clipping newspapers” (LAT 6/3/89, CNN transcripts 6/24/92). ™ Senior Clinton aide Betsey Wright, after hiring the investigative firm of Palladino-Sutherland, has said that the investigations have produced "an affadavit or two" that link the Gennifer Flowers revelation to Republican Party operatives, She further believes that the party is "stoking the fires" which have been fueling the tabloids (WP, 7/26/92). "The Republican attack machine has now begun to target Clinton and Gore because of Perot’s withdrawal from the race. Bond led the effort by denouncing Clinton as "the failed governor of a small state" and calling Gore “an environmental elitist" (LAT 7/13/92, NYT 7/11/92). In response, Bond should be labeled for just what he is -- the leading practitioner of negative assault politics for the President who has nothing else to say. Bond's Blame Game Strateqy. Republican election strategy has focused on blaming congressional Democrats for the political gridlock and even for Bush’s renege on his “No new taxes” pledge. Democratic National Committee, Research Divisiona IAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION FAYETTEVILLE, ‘AR 72701-1201 = Bond on the tax pledg hey [Bush and Republicans] tried to put some level of discipline in congressional spending--that was not the mistake. The mistake was in trusting the Democrats in Congress to adhere to that discipline. The President, in an act of political courage, walked the gangplank on taxes and it cost him terribly politically... because the Democrats wouldn’t cooperate” (ABC News This Week, 3/8/92). 21 ™ Despite Bond’s statement of House check-bouncing as "Sadly, a bi-partisan affair", Republicans have been using the incident as an indictment of Congressional Democratic leadership. ‘Quayle called it "an arrogance of power" developed during nearly 40 years of control and dismissed Democrats as “out of touch with reality" (Hotline 3/13/92, LAT 3/18/92) Bonds omits to mention that Bush Cabinet members like Dick Cheney also bounced checks. Lobbying and Consulting. Like nearly every other Republican official, Bond has translated his Bush connections into big money. (AP, 1/26/89). Bond lobbied his friends in the Bush administration until 1992 when he became RNC chair and had to recuse himself from client contact (American Lawyer, 6/92). However, Bond is still a registered foreign agent and a name partner of his firm from which he receives the benefits of its investments (WP, 3/12/92). His partner Frank Donatelli, a former White House political director, is also well-connected to GOP circles. Among Bond’s ethically questionable activities: = Bond took on the New York-based Grumman Corporation as a client In 1989, the defense contractor wanted to launch an aggressive media and lobbying campaign to save the Navy F-14 Tomcat Fighter and hired Bond-Donatelli. (Legal Times, 7/16/89). = In 1980, Bond filed to lobby for the Mass Mutual Insurance Company on insurance and pension fund issues and for the National Association of Broadcasters on telecommunications issues (Legal Times, 9/10/90). = ~The Bush campaign acknowledges that the information in a Buchanan ad is accurate. The ad charged that Rich Bond was paid .$10,000%a month as a lobbyist for the Panamanian government of Eric Arturo Delvalle from 1985 to 1988 (NYT, 3/14/92). While working on Republican mayoral candidate Rudolph Giuliani's campaign in New York City, Bond also found time to continue his lucrative lobbying/consulting work for his Panamanian client. (Newsday, 5/22/89). . During part of that period of time, Bond was also on the payroll of the RNC as an outside consultant. From about 1985 to 1987, he received $3000 a month from the National Republican Senatorial Committee and $5000 a month from the RNC, totalling $167,000 from Republican Committees (WP, 1/13/87). In Democratic National Committee, Research Division22 1987, he also joined the Bush presidential campaign as deputy campaign manger and national political director (RNC biography). . The American Newspaper Publishers Association union has retained the Bond- Donatelli firm in the publisher’s long-running wer against seven regional Bell operating companies. Susan Buch of Bond’s firm has picked up the slack in this case, since Bond left for the RNC (National Journal 6/6/92, American Lawyer 6/92). Personal Information 1981-82 Deputy Chief of Staff to Vice President Bush 1982-83 RNC Deputy chairman, director of political operations 1983-89 President, Bond and Company Inc. 1987-88 Deputy campaign manager and national political director of Bush campaign 1989-present_ _ Partner, Bond-Donatelli Inc. 1992-present RNC Chairman Sources: RNC biography, Washington Times 1/31/92, Washington Post 3/12/92 Democratic National Committee, Rasearch Division23 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chair [name] marked the arrival of Republican National Committee Chair Richard Bond with the following statement: "While the citizens of are looking for our political leaders to provide Positive solutions to our problems, RNC Chair Rich Bond is here today to do his only. trick -- falsely attacking Bill Clinton to divert attention from George Bush’s failed presidency. . "Mr. Bond epitomizes the Republican ethics of the last 12 years. He has been in and out of Republican circles, government service, and private sector lobbying so often that it’s hard to tell what interests he represents now or will represent later.’ "Rich Bond’s attack politics have no place in this campaign. While we need economic answers, Bond and the Republicans simply want more of the same, failed supply-side policies. It’s time for a change.” Democratie National Committee, Research Division24 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Sample Questions for Press Dan Quayle, George Bush and many other Republicans have been using the check-bouncing scandal as evidence of a corrupt Democratic Congress. Yet, you have stated that it was a bipartisan affair which involves even Defense Secretary Cheney. Do you still stand by your statement and if so, will you do anything to stop the spread of their blatant lies? : You have called the Republican Party "a party of diversity and openness" (BG 5/27/92). How do you account for the platform’s strict language against abortion when many Republicans are pro-choice? How about the fact that gay conservative Republican Marvin Liebman and other representatives of the gay and lesbian community were not allowed to testify on the issue of “health, education, family and crime" before the platform committee in Salt Lake City when these topics are particularly relevant to gays and lesbians? You blamed George Bush’s reneging on the taxes pledge on congressional spending and the supposed lack of discipline in Congress. What do you think of the $8.2 billion of wasteful executive branch spending, on research like a studies of mating behavior in swordfish, 20th century holism in psychobiology, and sexual mimicry in swallowtail butterflies which Congress had to cut out of the budget (WP 5/22/92)? In a Washington Post article, you said, "You can experience the joy of a hit, but sometimes the hit isn’t the truth" (3/12/92). Which hits in this campaign haven’t been the truth? When you accused Buchanan of race-baiting, you claimed Republicans just weren’t comfortable with that. How do you explain Willie Horton? Democratic National Committe, Research Division25 GOVERNOR CARROLL CAMPBELL (R-SC) A conservative governor and Atwater-ally, Carroll Campbell has run interference for George Bush before: in 1988, he spearheaded Bush's campaign in South Carolina on Super Tuesday. Campbell should be expected to be a strong advocate for George Bush’s conservative/family values message. Campbell is also a strong supporter of the President's school choice proposal, which includes giving federal funds to private schools. He can be expected to hit Clinton on this issue. Suggested response areas include: ™ Education. On reforming education, Carroll Campbell has talked a good game, but delivered little. In the 1990 legislative session, rather than fight for the high education funding he said he supported, Campbell supported a last minute 3% across-the-board state agency spending cut, followed by another 3% cut less than two months later. Campbell’s unwillingness to fight for education in ‘a poor state undermines his credibility on this issue. While Bill Clinton has fought again and again to make sure that Arkansas improves its public schools and makes education a priority, Carroll Campbell has decided that public education is not worth standing up for. (Greenville News) At times, Campbell has also tried to claim credit for school reforms initiated by former Democratic Governor Dick Riley. (Greenville News, 9/28/86) = Divisive Politics. Carroll Campbell practices the kind of "wedge"/sleaze politics that divide our country and make us all weaker. Campbell won a House seat in 1978 after defeating two opponents, including Mayor Max Heller, a Jew. Campbell hired a New York pollster whose work revealed that Heller could not in the district if voters were aware that he was “a foreign-born Jew who did not believe that Jesus Christ was the savior." (The Baron Report, 3/28/83) The poll questions themselves became the issue: "Which phrases best describe Max Heller and which best describe Carroll Campbell? a. honest b. a christian man c. concern for the people d. a hard workers e. experienced in government f. Jewish" and "What personal qualities would make you more for less] likely to vote for a candidate?... m. a Jewish immigrant n. a native South Carolinian." {verbatim from the 1978 poll] South Carolina Religious leaders of all faiths deemed Campbell's use of religion as a divisive political issue "shocking." (Columbia Record, 10/3/86) Yet as late as 1986 Campbell said the survey was “legitimate demographic” polling. (Columbia Record, 9/31/86) = Divisive Politics #2. In 1979 Campbell spoke before the anti-semitic Liberty Lobby, @ group that has suggested that the Holocaust was @ hoax and that Democratic National Committae, Research Division26 IAL COLLECTIONS DIVISIO AVSAS LIBRAR , AR 72701-1201 l rT FAYETTEVILLE Anne Frank’s diary was a fake. Campbell later apologized for accepting their vitation... in 1986 when the issue threatened his political future. Campbell claimed that he had no idea that the group was anti-semitic. (St. Petersburg Times, 9/16/88) Governor Campbell received a $500 honorarium for his speech. (MYT, 9/24/86) Supply-side Budget. In 1982, Carroll Campbell made Common Cause’s notorious “Honor Roll of Balanced Budget Amendment Phonies.” The list included 11 senators and 78 representatives who supported a balanced budget amendment, along with the 1981 tax cuts, the 1983 unbalanced budget, while voting against a successful, Reagan-backed bill that increased revenues and cut spending. (US News, 10/11/82) e Conflicts of Interest. As a Congressman, Campbell personally lobbied for a federal contract for the Macalloy company, a firm that proceeded to repeatedly break state environmental standards. Macalloy gave $15,000 to Campbell in 1989 for the governor's political campaign, and Campbell accepted another $60,000 for his 1990 reelection bid after Macalloy had been notified by the state’s environmental enforcement agency that the corporation was being shut down. Serious questions have been raised as to why fines had been delayed for two years, and why Governor Campbell gave the Macalloy Corporation a clean bill of health” in a public interview in November of 1989, just one month before the company was once again cited for serious environmental violations. (Charleston Evening Post (letter), 9/14/91) Ethics. Campbell graduated from an elite, out-of-state prep school (the McCallie school in TN), but ran political advertising in 1986 that implied he received a diploma from Greenville High School. (Greenville News, 9/28/86) Ethics #2. Just this year Governor Campbell was forced to initiate a criminal investigation of his own Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (ABC) concerning conflict of interest and other ethics charges. Alleged behavior by Campbell appointees have ranged from allowing applicants for licenses to wine and dine them, excursions to topless bars, warning family members when ABC raids are to occur, and ironically enough, driving while under the influence of alcohol. (The State, 6/11/92; Greenville News, 6/10/92, 6/4/92) At an average salary of $63,000 ABC's thee-day-per-week commissioners are paid far more than the Arkansas Governor. And ABC’s cushy-commissioners are all former Campbell political allies: one organized campaign events, another gave $4,500 to Campbell's 1986 campaign, and another member was a 15-year Republican state representative. A grand jury is investigating. (The State, 7/8/92) mpbell on Clintoh. “He is novone of those liberals. He’s not a radical--We'll have io problem working together.". (The State, 8/1/89) Democratic National Committee, Research Division27 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chairperson [Name] marked the arrival of Governor Carroll Campbell, to campaign for President Bush with the following statement: "As South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell has come to [state] to campaign for President Bush, it is clear why these two Republican politicians get along so well: They are both knowledgeable in the politics of divisiveness, ineffective government, and corrupt administrations.” “While Governor Clinton has been effective in fighting for education funding in Arkansas, Governor Campbell has been long on promises, but short on action. Although he claims to be a supporter of education funding, he has supported budget cuts for education in South Carolina. Sounds like he’s taking his lead ftom the “Education President’. “One of the most conservative Governors in all of America, South Carolina's governor Carroll Campbell has been an ‘A’ student in the Bush school of divisive politics. Along with the Vice-President, Campbell has defended the racist campaign of David Duke, claiming "I don’t think the problem is with the message... He’s talking about specific issues that touch people in their pocketbooks.” “The ethics violations in the Campbell administration mirror the worst of American society today: overpaid government bureaucrats, corrupt government agencies that undermine their own enforcement efforts through bribery and inside information, and conflict of interest violations. Highlights include warning family members before Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission raids and state commissioners who work three day a week jobs for $63,000 a year.” “Governor Campbell's visit on behalf of the president reminds us that President Bush's ties to the right wing Conservative movement are as strong as ever and that the President ignores the ethical values that he campaigns on when it comes to fellow GOP politicians." Democratic National Committae, Research Division28 1) 2) 3) Sample Questions for Press In the past, you have publicly defended David Duke and spoken before the Liberty Lobby, a group that calls the Holocaust a hoax. Would you call yourself an anti-semite? Can you elaborate on the criminal investigations currently going on in your administration regarding the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission? President Bush has denounced David Duke’s gubernatorial campaign in Louisiana; however, you have been favorable towards his message. Do you feel that the President should be more supportive of David Duke’s message? FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72101- 1261 Democratic National Committee, Research DiEVTEVILLe 29 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RICHARD CHENEY Dick Cheney is a survivor in the Republican Party -- a Nixon loyalist who parlayed his experience in the Watergate White House into a job as chief of staff for President Gerald Ford, and then a congressional seat from Wyoming. In 1989, although he had no experience in military affairs, he was appointed Secretary of Defense after George Bush failed to convince Congress to approve John Tower for the job. As Secretary, he has presided over and defended a bloated Defense Department budget in spite of sweeping changes in the U.S. defense posture. In'1990, Cheney submitted a budget to Congress that would have increased defense outlays over the next five years. Cheney’s proposal drew criticism from even those in his own party. lowa Senator Charles Grassley called it the "Business-as-usual” budget -- 4 budget that failed to reflect the post Cold War realities of the past few years. (Business Week, May 7, 1990) Business As Usual Under Cheney. = This year, Cheney has asked for $280.9 billion in defense authorization for FY1993, a mere three percent reduction over last year’s request. This comes at a time when leading defense experts say that the United States could cut drastically the Pentagon budget -- as much as 50 percent -- over the next decade and still maintain a strong defense. Moreover, Cheney has failed to plan for the necessary conversion from a military to a peacetime economy. He has barely acknowledged the need, let alone proposed any programs to accomplish conversion. = Despite a huge military budget, Cheney and the Bush Defense Department have failed to adequately anticipate the costs of conversion for as many as 2 million jobs that will be lost under defense cutbacks. Bush's plan calls for a $1.1 billion, five-year program to help federal workers, military personnel and defense workers who are likely to lose their jobs, In contrast, Democratic programs call for spending $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion each year, largely to help retrain an estimated 1.3 million defense workers who face unemployment. (WP, 5/29/92) . Meanwhile, the waste continues. The DOD routinely stocks its inventories at 10 percent over requirements -- meaning $2-4 bi imprudent purchases each year. For example, DOD has 1.2 million bottle of nasal spray and stockpiles of aspirin dating back to 1945. (House Democratic Caucus, 6/92) Conaressional Record, Cheney was elected to the U.S. House in 1981 where he established himself as a proponent of Reaganomics and one of the most conservative Democratic National Commit 5. Research Division30 members of the Congress. He consistently voted against progressive legislation and often served as a spokesman for Reagan Administration initiatives. Among his votes: ™ He was a staunch supporter of the Strategic Defense Initiative, better known as Star Wars, the Reagan administration’s $24- billion-dollar boondoggle designed to deploy missiles in space. (CR# 176, June 20, 1985; CR# 328 8/12/86.) = Cheney voted consistently against legislation that would protect the environment -- and in favor of the coal industry and other corporate interests. He was one of only @ handful of representatives to vote against reauthorization of the Superfund toxic waste cleanup program in 1985. (CR# 443, October 8, 1985) “= He opposed federal support for the prevention of family violence. ters 18, 2/2/86) = He voted against relief for victims of the African famine in 1985. (CR# 14, February 26, 1985) = He voted against federal programs designed to provide education and job opportunities for Vietnam veterans. (CA#58, June 2, 1981) = He opposed legislation that placed sanctions on South Africa. (CR# 288, 8/1/85) = Cheney voted consistently to limit social security benefits when he was in the House. (CR# 789, July 31, 1981; CR#376, December 3, 1983) Personal Profile Dick Cheney, 51, was born in Nebraska and raised in Wyoming. At a time when other young men of his generation were facing the draft, Cheney avoided Vietnam with five educational deferments. (WP, 4/3/91, 7/22/92; McNeil Lehrer, 2/13/92) He moved to Washington in 1968 to work for Rep. William Steiger, a conservative Republican, and moved from there to the Office of Economic Opportunity. There, he met Donald Rumsfeld, who in 1970 became White House Counsel to Richard Nixon. Cheney followed as Rumsfeld’s deputy. He left the White House in 1973 to join a private investment firm, then returned as President Ford’s chief of staff in 1975. In 1978, having returned to Wyoming, he ran for Congress and won. He was reelected five times. In the House, he earned a 90 percent rating from the American Conservative Union and a four percent rating from Americans for Democratic Action ~ making his one of the most consistently conservative members of the House. SPECIAL COLLECTIC UNIVERSITY OF ARKAN , FAYETTEVILLE, AR 7 Democratic National Committee, Resaerch Division31 Sample Press Release (State) Democratic Party Chairperson issued the following statement regarding Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney’s planned visit to (City) to campaign for President Bush’s reelection. "We should not forget that Mr. Cheney has long championed Reaganomics and other failed policies of the past three Republican administrations. Now, he is here to ask voters in this state to give President Bush another chance to continue down that disastrous path. _ "Dick Cheney epitomizes just how out of touch the Bush Administration is with the needs of the American people and the changing realities on the post Cold War era. While defense experts have called for major reductions in military spending Cheney has continued to advocate spending billions on outdated and unnecessary weapons systems. And he’s done nothing to prepare America for the necessary conversion from the Cold Wer to a peacetime economy. Instead, Cheney and Bush insist on stymieing Democratic efforts to cushion the blow of military downsizing for the hardworking Americans who have worked for our defense.” cANEL EY FAYE! Domecratie Nationel Committee, Research Division32 1) 2) 3) 4) Sample Questions for Press Several defense experts, including former defense secretaries, have argued that, the new realities of the post Cold War make it imperative to cut the defense budget dramatically. Yet you in your last budget only supported a 3 percent cut. What is the rationale, given the changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, of continuing to deploy military forces and build unnecessary weapons systems when they are no longer needed? ‘When you were in the House of Representatives, you voted against sanctions on South Africa. In view of the tragic history of violence and racism there, have you changed your view on the sanctions question? You recently admitted that when you were in Congress you bounced several checks at the House Bank, as did several other members of the Cabinet. In view of that scandal, do you think it’s appropriate for members of the Administration to posture on this issue? How do you account for your lack of attention and planning for the conversion of the defense industry and other military support programs to peacetime use now that the Cold Wer has ended? SF CCIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 Democrat National Committe, Research Division33 SENATOR JOHN C. DANFORTH Republican Senator John C. Danforth of Missouri, an ordained minister, is one of the most respected members of the U.S. Senate. Danforth should be pressed on two fronts: = Danforth, of course, was the chief supporter of Clarence Thomas and a harsh critic of Anita Hill. Danforth went so far as to say that Hill "...was playing politics." (Arizona Republic, 10/10/91) Asked if he had any regrets over the way Hill was treated, Danforth said, "Absolutely none. | think that the whole thing was an outrage. | think that her story does not ring true.” He added that the airing of the allegations against Thomas was "the greatest outrage" he had seen in fifteen years in the Senate. (Associated Press, 10/28/91) = Danforth continues to support President Bush despite their serious differences on such issues as consumer protection, civil rights, and the use of negative campaign tactics. (Danforth is staunchly opposed to negative ads.) Clarence Thomas. Senator Danforth once employed President Bush’s Supreme Court appointee, Clarence Thomas, and thus acted as guide for him through the ‘Senate Confirmation hearings. His role became doubly important through the indicting testimony of Thomas’ former employee, Anita Hill. Her accusations of sexual harassment during their tenure together at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission very nearly prevented Thomas’ confirmation. It appears that the Danforth-Thomas relationship ran even deeper. As an Appeals Court Judge, Thomas voted to reduce the fines against the Ralston Purina Co., the St.Louis-based firm in which his chief patron, Senator John C. Danforth, was a large stockholder and Ralston fortune heir. (WP, 10/12/91) Civil Rights Bill. For two years, President Bush fought against Jack Danforth’s rights bill, calling it a quota bill. = Danforth described the dispute between himself and the administration as "a fundamental disagreement... on a basic issue of civil rights policy. The difference is very narrow but it is very deep."(WP, 8/2/91) "The most important thing a president can do is try to keep the country glued together...," (NYT, 8/2/91) said Danforth criticizing Bush for failing to obtain a satisfactory settlement within the GOP. Democratic National Committee, Research Division34 He added that the breakdown was a “serious mistake for the President, for his Administration and for the Republican Party to try to turn the clock back ‘on civil rights... They’re turning the clock back 25 years on civil rights."(WYT, 8/2/91) = After the public outery against Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas, however, Bush reversed his opposition and signed Senator Danforth’s compromise bill, repaying Danforth for guiding Thomas through the confirmation process. Danforth would never admit the exchange of favors: "Oh, oh no. (Laughter) You don’t think I'd admit that, do you?” (Federal News Service, 10/25/91) = "I think clearly the issue of sexual harassment has been elevated as a result of the Thomas hearings, and this bill for the first time provides the possibility of money damages for women who have been harassed on the job.” said Danforth leading sponsor of the civil rights bill and chief supporter of Thomas. (Reuters, 10/26/91) Danforth fails to mention, however, that the bill places caps on the total damages women can obtain in the courts. = Danforth pays his women employees far less than he pays men. From The Washington Times: “Counting only staffers who worked the entire six-month period of Oct.1, 1980, to March 31, 1991, women on Mr.Danforth’s staff made an average of only $26,434 per year, whilemen made $44,146."(WT7, 11/12/90) Controlling Cable TV Costs. As ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee and leader in the drive to re-regulate cable T.V., Danforth’s views are in sharp disagreement with President Bush's pro-cable industry stance. "Cable wanted anti-trust exemptions unavailable to anyone else," said Danforth. "We could not go along with it." (Variety, 6/13/90) Bush’s opposition to Danforth’s cable bill is, in theory, based on "the consistent position of the administration that competition, rather than regulation, creates both the most substantial benefits for consumers and the greatest opportunities for American industry." (Variety, 6/13/90) Bush’s opposition may also be based on other factor. The March-April, 1992 issue of Mother Jones reports that cable magnate and $100,000 GOP donor Bill Daniels wrote President Bush to urge opposition to the Danforth bill. Daniels backed up his request with 2 $60,000 job for Neil Bush a few months later. Democratis National Committee, Research Division35 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chair [name] marked the arrival of Senator John C. Danforth to campaign for President George Bush with the following statement. “Senator Danforth is here today to champion President Bush's bid for reelection. Yet it is hard to understand why; George Bush has fought tooth-and-nail against Senator Danforth’s own efforts to pass progressive bills on civil rights, cable cost controls and a ban on negative campaigning. “This is not the first time Senator Danforth has shown such inconsistency. In his own state, Chrysler dealers have been forced to lay-off workers as the Senator continues to proudly sport his foreign-made car. Similarly, Danforth’s defense of Clarence Thomas against charges of sexual harassment was followed by his. sponsorship of a civil rights bill to protect against such harassment. It’s hard to know which Jack Danforth is here today -- the Jack Danforth who supports civil rights or the Jack Danforth who attacked Anita Hill's credibility.” UNIVERSITY OF ARKAM c§ FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-120136 a) 2) 3) 4) Sample Questions for Press Considering your leadership in passing a cable cost control bill, how can you reconcile yourself to stand-in and campaign for a president who would veto this measure? Last fall, you said Anita Hill’s testimony was politically motivated. Do you regret these attacks on Anita Hill’s character? How do you explain President Bush’s lack of support for your civil rights bill until after the Clarence Thomas firestorm? How can you support Bush after all the ideological disagreements you've had with him in the past few years? Why did you refuse to list the gender and race of your employees forthe press to determine your complicity with the 1971 Griggs vs. Duke ruling (where the percentage of minorities in your work place should match the number in your qualified regional population)? Do you feel it is right for the Civil Rights bill to place a cap on damages that women can obtain for discrimination? FAYETTEVILLE, AR Democratic National Committee, Research Divisioni 37 SENATE MINORITY LEADER ROBERT DOLE Bob Dole’s presence on the campaign trail as a surrogate for George Bush is ironic. Just four years ago, he was Bush's toughest critic, a persistent and forceful primary opponent. Their battle was bitter and highly personal. Since Bush's election, however, Dole has sung a different tune. Reprising a role he has played many times in the past {most notably during the Nixon years), Dole has played the loyal soldier, marching in lock-step with a Republican President. Responses to Dole should therefore focus on two areas: (1) stressing old Dole-Bush differences and (2) highlighting Dole’s complicity in the Republican assault on the American Dream, Dole vs. Bush . ‘The animosity between Bob Dole and George Bush goes back at least as far as 1973, when Bush replaced Dole as Chairman of the Republican National Committee. They remained rivals throughout the 1970’s and were opponents for the Republican Presidential nomination in both 1980 and 1988. Lip Service on Taxes. After Dole defeated Bush in the lowa Caucuses, Bush launched a barrage of negative advertising during the weeks leading up to the New Hampshire Primary. The theme of the ads: "Bob Dole won‘t pledge not to raise taxes. George Bush will, just read his lips.” We all know the rest of that, story. (Washington Post, 2/14/88) Elizabeth Dole: Campaign Taraet or Trusted Advisor? A Bush campaign memo contained allegations of corruption against Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Transportation and Bob Dole’s wife. The charge regarded a possible mishandling of Elizabeth Dole’s blind trust. The Doles, who had no role in managing the trust, were incensed by the accusations. Bush would Neither confirm nor deny authorizing the memo: "Maybe | did, and maybe | didn’t." (WY Times, 2/5/88) Less than a year later, Bush introduced Elizabeth Dole as his Secretary of Labor. Just one more Bush flip-flop. “Record, not 2 resume", During the campaign, Dole said that Bush has a Tesume, which consisted mostly of presidential appointments, not a record, which Dole felt he had established in the Senate. Now, Bush is on the verge of establishing many records: worst record for overall economic growth during @ four year term, highest average annual budget deficit, lowest job growth, largest increase in public debt, and lowest growth in personal income, to name a few. (DSG Special Report, April 21, 1991)= UNIVERSITY OF ARKA FAYETTEVILLE, AR 720- 120 38 Dole and Bush, Part ll: Partners in Crime Since Bush’s inauguration, Senator Dole has been one of the President's strongest allies on Capitol Hill. He has led the fight for Bush’s most controversial appointees and has twisted arms to sustain the President's most unpopular vetoes. When asked about his disagreements with Bush, Dole thought for a moment and commented, "I don’t have any." (Federal News Service, 6/20/92) Among the things they agree on: = The minimum wage should not be raised. Dole voted against HR 12, an April 1989 proposal to raise the minimum wage for the first time since 1981 and worked to insure that the President's veto of the bill was not over-ridden. (Almanac of American Politics, 1992) is ™ Clarence Thomas belongs on the Supreme Court. Dole supported Thomas’s nomination on the grounds that "Clarence Thomas is believable. Anita Hill may be believable, and that’s a doubt." Of course if Dole had his way, Hill’s charges would never have been investigated. As Minority Leader, he was one of the first Senator’s to have access to the FBI report containing Hill’s charges, yet he ignored the accusation, opposed further investigation, and continued to push for rapid confirmation. (Washington Post, 10/20/91) . It is time to roll back Civil Rights. At one point in his career, Dole was one of the leading Republican proponents of civil rights legislation. (Leaders in Profile: The US Senate, 1975) Yet, in his rush to ingratiate himself with the Bush administration, Dole voted against and led the effort to sustain Bush's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1990. (Almanac of American Politics, 1992) = The government ought to meddle with @ woman's right to choose. In the aftermath of Roe vs. Wade, Dole supported a variety of constitutional amendments designed to gut the decision and to allow the states to prohibit abortion. (Facts On File, 1975) To this day, he remains firmly anti-choice. . hina, ves "Most Favored Nation” status. Dole opposed an effort to make trade concessions to China contingent upon progress on human rights. The scenario was familiar: Dole votes no, bill passes anyway, Bush vetoes, Dole twists arms, veto sustained. In Bush’s and Dole’s strange world, their actions “kept the heat on China." Those who supported the bill were portrayed as “firing off moral Scuds." (Washington Post, 5/19/92) . Reforms to further democratize our electoral system are unnecessary. Dole joined President Bush in opposing both the "Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1992" and the "National Motor Voter Registration Act.” The combined effects of the two bills would have been to enfranchise millions of Americans, close loopholes through which special interests buy access to Congress with large campaign contributions, and limit PAC contributions. Dole Democratic National Commitse, Reeaarch Division39 called the campaign reform legislation “a terrible bill." (Washington Post, 5/1/92) He must have meant that it was a terrible bill for the large tobacco companies and corporate PAC’s which have filled his treasury and made Senator Dole "the king of honoraria.” (Wichita Eagle-Beacon, 10/25/87; Meet the Press, 1/8/88) Playing Politics Bob Dole has shown an astounding willingness to twist any issue or situation into partisan political fodder. “m "Democrat Wars". During his 1976 Vice-Presidential debate between Dole and Walter Mondale, Dole blamed the Democratic Party for American deaths in World War |, World War Il, Korea, and Vietnam. (UPI, 10/23/76) = Gulf War. Dole sought to make a major campaign issue out of the Senate vote to authorize the use of force in the Persian Gulf. Under the headline, "No Amnesty for Senate Democrats," he wrote smugly "Never before have so many been wrong about so much." (WSJ, 3/13/91) At least Dole has mellowed a bit since the last war. During Vietnam, he accused Senator Edward Kennedy and other anti-war Democrats of "lending moral support to the enemy.” (“Citizens Look at Congress,” 1972) = The Flag. After the Bush administration effort to tamper with the first amendment by passing a Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning failed, Dole vowed to use the flag-amendment vote against Democrats in "a 30- second commercial." (WSJ, 6/15/90) Personal Profile Robert Dole has represented Kansas in the Senate since 1968, winning 70% of the vote in his last re-election in 1986. He was elected Republican Leader in the Senate in 1984, and currently serves on the following committees: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Finance; Joint Committee on Taxation; and Rules and Administration. Dole held a seat in the House from 1960 until 1968. After he returned from World War II, Dole entered Washburn University Law School (LL.B., 1952) and was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1951, before completing his degree. He served as Russell County prosecutor for eight years before coming to Washington in 1961. Dole has been chairman of the RNC (1971- 73}, Gerald Ford’s running mate (1976), and a presidential candidate (1980, 1988). Democratic National Committe, Research Division,40 Sample Press Release: [State] Democratic Party Chairperson [Name] marked the arrival of Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kansas) to campaign for President Bush with the following statement: “Bob Dole’s presence in [state] as a representative of George Bush is highly ironic. Four years ago, Bob Dole was George Bush’s toughest critic. He wes convinced that George Bush was unfit for the Presidency, a man with a padded "resume" and no “record” of achievement. Dole’s honest appraisal of his opponent made him the first victim of the Bush team’s misleading and inflammatory attacks -- and the first victim of George Bush’s phony ’no new tax’ pledge.” . “Since President Bush’s inauguration, Senator Dole has sung a different tune. Dole has been a loyal soldier, marching in lock-step with Bush. They have joined forces to roll back civil rights, to curtail women’s right to choose, and to block the establishment of a livable minimum wage. Without Dole’s efforts in the Senate, George Bush's relentless veto pen would have been far less effective.” “Twelve years of Republican neglect, corruption, and divisiveness have taken their toll on the people of [state]. They are tired of the Republican status quo. Bob Dole had it right the first time: George Bush cannot handle the job. | am confident that the voters of [state] will send the appropriate message come election day.” Democratic National Committse, Research Division1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 41 Sample Questions for Press In 1988, you were one of George Bush’s strongest critics. You accused him of being a candidate who had a "resume," but no "record." Now George Bush has established a record one of low growth, high unemployment, and record budget deficits. How does this record justify a second term? You were the first victim of George Bush’s misleading and devisive attack commercials. You barked at him to "stop lying about [your] record.” Why is it alright for George Bush to lie about Bill Clinton’s record, but not about Bob Dole’s? 2 Until 1990, you voted for every major civil rights initiative proposed during your long tenure in Congress, yet you opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1990. How did George Bush convince you to sacrifice racial and sexual justice for partisan purposes? President Bush constantly blames Congress for our domestic woes. You've been a member of Congress for 32 years, including several years as majority leader of the Senate. Aren’t you part of the problem? As Senate Minority leader, you were aware of Anita Hill's allegations, yet you still tried to ram through Clarence Thomas's nomination without even a hearing on her charges. How do you justify your lack of concern for the victims of sexual harassment to your female constituents? President Bush supports term limits and yet you led the charge to convince your Senate colleague Nancy Kassebaum to go back on her two-term pledge and run again based on her service and experience. How do these two views square? -CIAL COLLECTIONS pat UNIVER LIBR FAYET Democratic National Committae, Research Division42 FORMER SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AND LABOR ELIZABETH DOLE From her new post as President of the American Red Cross, Elizabeth Dole will be a useful surrogate for Bush -- a private citizen seemingly above the political fray. Nothing could be further from the truth. In her twenty-three years in government, Dole has been the consummate Washington insider. Dole’s rapid rise is due as much to her ability to change positions and even political parties in order to please superiors as it is to her actual performance. Dole’s metamorphosis. In her days on President Johnson’s Committee for Consumer Interests, Elizabeth Hanford was an activist, pro-consumer Democrat. As Reagan’s Secretary of Transportation, however, Dole fought for industry. Dole’s DOT opposed the release of data on car and bumper performance in crashes (Washington Monthly, 9/87) and opposed requiring airbags and automatic seat belts, even though DOT’s own research said between 6,000 and 9,000 lives could be saved each year by such devices. Dole’s delays succeeded in causing the loss up to 40,000 American lives. ("Risking America’s Health and Safety,” Public Citizen Report) Hoping to prove that her political metamorphosis was complete, Dole also dropped her support of the ERA during her Reagan stint, explaining it away by saying "he’s not going to change on that." (WYT, 12/7/80) In 1989 Dole became George Bush's Secretary of Labor. She was a chief advocate of Bush’s antagonistic labor policy until she left the post in November 1990. Her resignation surprised many in Washington as it came just before the 1990 elections and just after she launched two projects she had professed to be very important to her: the Glass Ceiling Initiative to help female and minority workers break into the top levels of corporate management, and an exploration of ways to better prepare American youth for entering the workplace. Bush and Dole: Weak on Labor. When he swore Dole in as Labor Secretary, Bush said that the department had to look out for the working people of America. Claimed Bus! "| want this administration to be about working people.” (Chicago Tribune, 1/31/89) The record he has established since, with Dole’s support and assistance, has proven just the opposite. = Minimum Wage Veto. In June, 1989 Dole supported Bush’s veto of a bill that would have provided the first minimum wage increase since before Reagan. (AP, 5/12/89) Democratis National Committee, Research Division43 il Veto. In 1988, Bush promised that he would "...assure that women don’t have to worry about getting their jobs back after having a child or caring for a child during serious illness." (Time, 9/26/88) Apparently, Dole felt the same way when she claimed that "employers...cannot afford to ignore workers’ obligations to families.” (Chicago Tribune, 1/31/89) Nevertheless, the next year, she tried to convince House Republicans to join her and stand by the President in opposition to the Family and Medical Leave Act, a bill that would have provided workers up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for the birth of a child or- to care for ill family members. (CRS Brief) When its passage appeared inevitable, Dole said she'd recommend a veto. (USA Today, 5/9/90) Civil Rights Act Veto. Dole supported the President's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1990, which was intended to restore protection against job discrimination. (WP, 10/23/90; WT, 10/25/90) - nion-Busting/Management Supporting. Serving as the supposed voice of workers in the cabinet, she resisted labor's appeals to intervene in two of the bitterest strikes of her tenure, at Greyhound and Eastern Airlines. Dole defended Bush’s veto of legislation to create a panel to help resolve the Eastern dispute, simply telling labor leaders "we have to agree to disagree.” (LAT, 2/20/90) She also ignored labor appeals against the use of permanent replacements for strikers. Mismanaged Pensions. Bush and Dole have allowed corporate raiding and mismanagement of workers’ pensions, a major scandal attributable to Reagan- Bush deregulation which may require a taxpayer bailout of $40 billion or more. Little Action on Job Retraining. Despite the pressing need for job retraining programs, Dole merely studied the problem for two years. Since Dole left, Bush has finally presented a program, but the plan is financed by taking money away from existing job training, vocational-education and other programs in the Labor Department. (WSJ, 1/17/92) Bush and Jobs: 30 in 100, During the 1988 campaign, Bush promised to create 30 million new jobs in eight years. Yet during Bush's first three and a half years, a mere 841,000 non-agricultural payroll jobs have been created. (BLS, January 1989 and June 1992 data) At this pace it will take Bush over 100 years to live up to his pledge. Democratic National Committee, Research Division44 Sample Press Release (State) Democratic Party Chairperson issued the following statement regarding former Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole’s planned visit to (city) to campaign for President Bush's re-election. “Elizabeth Dole is an appropriate representative of George Bush on the campaign trail. Like Bush, Dole’s impressive political resume is long on appointments and short on results.” “The Labor Department under Elizabeth Dole supported each of George Bush’s four vetoes against the interests of the working people of America. Dole supported Bush’s veto of the minimum wage bill of 1989, forcing the workers of America to accept a lower compromise. She opposed the Family and Medical Leave Act, despite Bush's 1988 campaign promise to support family leave. Together, the President and the Secretary turned a deaf ear on unions in the Greyhound and Eastern Airlines strikes and did nothing to help striking workers fight against permanent replacement practices. Finally, on her way out of office, Dole supported the veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1990 which would have restored the power of women and minorities to fight job discrimination.” “While she was his Secretary of Labor, Elizabeth Dole helped George Bush break the promises he made to us in his last campaign. She comes to (state) to try to convince Us to give him the chance to do the same again. | am confident the voters will see that George Bush does not deserve that chance, and will send the appropriate message in November.” AYETTEVILLE, Democratic National Committe, Resaarch Division1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 45 Sample Questions for Press President Bush is stressing family values. Isn't his veto of the Family Leave Act in 1990, a veto which you supported, indicative of the fact his record proves otherwise? As you were leaving the Department of Labor, you launched the Glass Ceiling Initiative in an attempt to further the advance of women and minorities in into ‘the upper levels of businesses. How do you square this position with your support of the veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1990, which would have returned ‘the power of women and minorities to effectively fight job discrimination? ‘You launched the Glass Ceiling Initiative before leaving the Department of Labor in an attempt help women and minorities break through into the upper levels of corporate management. How do you feel about the fact that it has not gone very far since your departure? During the 1988 campaign, President Bush promised to create 30 million jobs in eight years. But at the rate he’s produced them so far, it will take 100 years to reach that number. In fact, he’s set a post-war record for the lowest job growth during a four year term. How does the President plan to change his job creation policies for that they work? Why should we believe his promises this time around. When he swore you in as Labor Secretary, George Bush said, "| want this administration to be about working people.” Does his reference to a unemployment extension bill as a "bunch of garbage” (Washington Post, 9/26/91) and his refusal to sign such a bill until it became politically impossible for him not to mean that he does not care about those people when they become unemployed? The need for job retraining as we move further into the ‘Information Age’ and as the defense industry scales down is obvious. Why were you unable to offer any retraining initiatives while you headed the labor department, and how can the President defend the fact that the plan he finally proposed, the Job Training 2000 initiative, simply takes money away from other Labor Department job training and vocational-education programs? L COLLEC CTIONS DIVISION TY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 Democratic National Committee, Research Division46 REVEREND JERRY FALWELL The Reverend Jerry Falwell remains a force in conservative politics and has pledged to actively support George Bush in 1992. Falwell presents himself as the true voice of ethics in America and campaigns vehemently against pornography, homosexuality and abortion. = Relationship with President Bush. Falwell once referred to the Reagan-Bush team as "God’s instruments for rebuilding America" (AP, 9/6/84). In fact, heeding the advice of Falwell, drafters of the-1984 Republican platform Committed the party to appoint only those judges and Supreme Court justices who opposed abortion (AP, 8/14/84). In 1986, in his bid for the Presidency, Bush said that he welcomed the support of Falwell and his supporters and viewed the surge of fundamentalists into politics as "a great revival of an old American tradition" (AP, 1/24/86). In an appearance before a Falwell group, Bush joked in public to Falwell: "After the speech, there’s some Supreme Court appointments that I'd like to talk to you about" (DNC Video Archive). In more recent politics, however, Bush has distanced himself from Falwell, perhaps because Falwell’s ability to deliver votes has decreased and his popularity has plummeted. For example, Falwell said that in 1988, Bush’s advisors were pressing him to refrain from mentioning controversial issues including reproductive rights and homosexuality (AP, 6/29/88). = Ealwell on pornography. Falwell views pornography as a deliberate war against family and traditional values and “threatens the very continued existence of a society based on the Judeo-Christian perspective of man" (Time,9/2/85). He leads campaigns of censorship to have adult magazines removed from the shelves of stores and to have adult channels banned from cable stations. = Ealwell on homosexuality. Falwell’s view on homosexuality constitutes perhaps his most controversial stand. Whereas he used to preach that homosexuals would spend eternity in hell, he has since modified his position to one that condemns homosexuality but expresses sympathy for homosexuals. At one time, Falwell and his followers demanded that a federal task force consider quarantine or imprisonment of homosexuals who continue sexual activity after they are diagnosed as having AIDS (Time, 9/2/85). Democratic National Committee, Resoarch Divisiona7 On a recent episode of Larry King Live, Falwell said "As a Christian, | believe that homosexuality is wrong" and continued to say, on the topic of homosexuals in politics, that "when a person is promiscuous-and | think that's what homosexual activity is: ...1 think all that disqualifies a person for leadership” (Larry King Live, 7/23/92). Falwell on foreign policy. In 1985, Reverend Falwell met with then President of South Africa President P.W. Botha. After this meeting, Falwell came out in support of the all-white government in power. He offered words of moral assurance regarding Botha’s government and launched a lobbying effort to block proposed sanctions against the government of South Africa. Even more controversial was his criticism of Nobel Peace Laureate. Bishop Desmond Tutu as a “phony” for claiming to speak for non-whites in South Africa, “I think he’s a phony, period, as far as representing the black people of South Africa" (Richmond Times Dispatch, 9/18/85). Falwell criticized former President Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy successes, including Sait ll and the Panama Canal Treaty, saying that he questioned if a true Christian could be responsible for such actions. When questioned, Falwell claimed to not remember making such a statement. Ealwell on women, Falwell adheres to statements like one made by St. Paul that “the husband is the head of the wife” (Ephesians 5:23) and believes that @ woman’s central task is child-rearing (Time, 9/2/85). Falwell_on public education. Falwell conducts campaigns against public education due to his belief that it fosters non-religious viewpoints. Falwell advocates school prayer and the censorship of school libraries and textbooks (Time, 9/2/88). ‘Questionable ethical behavior. The Reverend who claims to embody the purest morality has not been without personal misguidance. In the 1970’s when Falwell’s success was beginning to grow, there were investigations into the church funds at the Thomas Road Church. The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Falwell of “illegally selling unsecured church bonds out of state" (Time, 9/2/85). These charges were later dropped after the Reverend’s oath to not sell more bonds. Democratic Nationsl Committe, Ressarch Division48 Sample Press Release (State) Democratic Party Chairperson issued the following statement regarding the Reverend Jerry Falwell’s planned visit to (city) to campaign for President Bush’s re-election. “Jerry Falwell is an appropriate representative of the ultra-conservative views of a Bush Administration that seeks to bring government into the private lives and bedrooms of America.” _"Jerry Falwell supports such out-of-the-mainstream_ positions as persecuting homosexuals, recognizing an all-white South African government, and restricting women’s right to choose.” a “Rather than allow Jerry Falwell to campaign on his behalf, George Bush should renounce his intolerant views.” “Although President Bush claims to be a champion of family values, his union with Reverend Falwell seems to affirm Faiwell’s beliefs that women have an inferior place in family life and no place in public life.” UNIVERSITY OF ARKAA FAYETTEVILLE, Democratis National Committe, Research Division1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 49 Sample Questions for Press How can you explain your relationship with President Bush, in that you seem to no longer enjoy the same benefits or attention that you did at the time of his bid for the presidency in 1988? You recently admitted on Larry King Live that you feel that homosexuals are not qualified for any leadership position due only to their sexual orientation. Do you advocate any other forms of discrimination? As an advocate of the word for word interpretation of the Bible, do you advocate that government, including foreign policy and fiscal policy, be dictated by the actual words of the Bible? : After the 1988 Presidential Race, you said that you would no longer be directly involved in politics because it was isolating your congregation but now you are once again actively involved directly in national politics. Is your congregation once again not a priority or do you not view this action as contradicting your previous position? In an appearance before your organization in the 1988 campaign, George Bush said in public to you that "there’s some Supreme Court appointments that I'd like to talk to you about.” Did he? Democratic National Committe, Research DivisionSPECIAL COLLECT! UNIVERSITY OF ARKA\ x i FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 CONGRESSMAN NEWT GINGRICH Newt Gingrich is the living embodiment of Republican attack politics -- he never lets facts get in the way of a good sound bite. He also never lets his job in Congress get in the way of his higher political ambitions. In fourteen years in Congress, Gingrich has sponsored only 26 bills, two of which passed (commemoration of the Grenada invasion and celebration of the House bicentennial). No wonder Newt is facing another close race this fall -- he’s the best argument for term limits the Republicans have. Do As Newt Says, Not As He Does = Reagan- What Newt Said: "[Reaganomics] is a failure.” (Clayton City Sun, 1/83) What Newt Did: Supported ten more years worth of failed supply-side policies. What Newt Said: “It [Bush’s budget] will kill jobs, weaken growth.” (NYT, 10/2/90) What Newt Did: Voted for the bill and watched as his predictions came true. . Social Security What Newt Said: "| will fight any thoughtless reform which might expose Social Security recipients to disaster.” (West Georgian, 3/22/76) What Newt Did: Proposed the privitization of the social security system. Gingrich’s disingenuous plan promised higher taxes and lower benefits, particularly for current workers who, in the words of one economi would be forced to “pay double.” (Business Atlanta, 8/87) = Dirty Politics What Newt Said: "| personally do not intend to stay in politics dominated by smearing and mudslinging.” (Congressional Record, 10/3/83) What Newt Did: Allowed one of his closest aides to disseminate false information accusing House Speaker Tom Foley of being a homosexual; refused to discipline this aide. (WP, 6/12/89) 7 Vietnam What Newt Sai 2/11/85) What Newt Did: Avoided military service through a series of education and family deferments. (Ibid) ‘Vietnam was the right battlefield at the right time." (WSJ, Democratic National Committee, Research Division* Newt's Extremist Record 51 Family Values What Newt Said: "Let Our Family Represent Your Family in Washington" (1978 campaign slogan; Atlanta Journal, 2/7/85) What Newt Did: Promptly divorced his wife. (Ibid) What Newt Said: "[!] support efforts to implement enforecement against father who don’t pay their child support on time and in full." (Gingrich Newsletter, Summer 1984) What Newt Did: Offered such meager financial assistance to his ex-wife that a local church was forced to take up a collection for her. (Av, 2/7/85) Choice. Gingrich is an anti-choice extremist. He has voted: To prohibit the use of federal funds to finance abortions for victims of rape and incest. (HR 2990, 10/11/89) To prevent the performance of abortions on military bases overseas. (HR 2100, 5/22/91) To uphold the gag rule, which prevents doctors from even discussing abortion with their patients. (HR 2707, 11/26/91) To block vital research into Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and diabetes because fetal tissue from voluntary abortions were to be used in the experiments. (HR 2507, 7/25/91) Civil Rights. Gingrich has shown an extreme callousness towards those who are still struggling for full civil rights. He opposed the Civil Rights Acts of 1990 and 1991, which were designed to make it easier for victims of discrimination and harassment to seek remedy. He supported the final version of the bill only after Bush had gutted the bill's most far-reaching provisions. (HR 4000, 8/3/90; HR 1; 6/5/91) An Ethical Double Standard. Though he likes to rail against Democratic ethics, Gingrich does not practice what he has preached. His record is full of ethical lapses: -ampaign Slush Fund. In the months leading up to Gingrich’s 1978 House bid, he received $13,000 from Nomohan Ltd. The partners in Nomohan are all major donors to Gingrich's campaigns, The money supposedly went to defray fesearch costs for a novel which Gingrich was writing. We’re still waiting for the book. (Douglass County Sentinel, 5/31/88) Democratic National Committas, Research Division52 SPECIAL COLLECTIO UNIVERSITY OF ARKAI S FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 PAC Scam. Gingrich chaired Conservatives for Hope and Opportunity, a PAC dedicated to the election of conservative Congressional candidates. The group raised over $217,000 through direct mail solicitation. Only $900 was ever donated to Congressional campaigns. After these facts were brought tot h e attention of the FEC and the Federal Attorney’s office, the PAC declared itself defunct rather than face possible mail fraud charges. (AC, 1/31/88) At the Taxpaver's Expense, Part |. While persecuting Jim Wright for a similar offense, Gingrich used staff members on the public payroll to research, edit, and critique his book, Window of Opportunity. (Mew York Times, 6/8/88) Atthe Taxpaver’s Expense, Part II. Gingrich circumvented laws which prohibit staff members from engaging in campaign work while on the federal payroll. Several top Gingrich staffers took leaves of absence from his office to "volunteer" for his re-election campaign. Immediately before taking their leave and immediately upon returning, these employees received bonus checks and temporary higher salaries which, strangely enough, added up to the salary they missed while on the campaign trail. (Washington Post, 8/11/89) ‘The King of Perks. While leading the charge against the myriad of special privileges which Congressmen enjoy, Gingrich has also lead the charge to take advantage of these privileges. He sends out twice as much franked mail as any other member of the Georgia delegation (WYT, 4/18/92), has the second largest office budget in the entire House (WP, 6/12/89), and has enjoyed a car and driver as Minority Whip (Almanac of American Politics, 1992) and bounced thirty checks at the House bank (WP, 4/15/92). Gingrich has increased the Minority Whip’s budget by 57% over the last three years (Congressional Budgets 1988, 1992). He once called a bill to ban honoraria “nuts.” (Atlanta Constitution, 4/28/89) Personal Profile Newt Gingrich, 49, has represented suburban Atlanta in the House of Representatives since 1978. In 1989, he defeated Edward Madigan 87-85 to capture the post of Minority Whip. He continues to serve in that capacity. He is currently a member of the Committee on House Administration and the Joint Committee on Printing. Prior to his selection as Minority Whip, he also served on the Public Works and Transportation Committee and as ranking member on the Joint Committee on the Library. Gingrich survived extraordinarily close elections in the 1990 general election and 1992 primary. Democratic Nationsl Committee, Research Division53 Sample Press Release (State) Democratic Party Chair (Name) today issued the following statement to mark the visit of House Minority Leader Newt Gingrich to (state) to campaign for the re- election of President Bush: "Newt Gingrich is a fitting representative for George Bush on the campaign trail. Like President Bush, Gingrich is willing “to do anything" to win a partisan victory. He ridicules and defames his opponents, callously misrepresents facts, and plays the Politics of division like @ maestro. Like President Bush, Gingrich complains loudly about perks while taking full advantage of them. He is the kind of politician who has given Politics a bad name -- he is unprincipled, mean-spirited, and hypocritical.” “President Bush and Representative Gingrich prefer playing politics to the hard job of governing. In his 14 years in the House, Gingrich has introduced less than 30 pieces of legislation. No major legislation bears his name. Newt Gingrich’s career is the best argument for term limits that Republicans have available. “While millions of Americans are unemployed and the economy continues to decay, Newt Gingrich comes to (state) to tell you to give President Bush and his Republican colleagues another chance. The people of (state) have had enough of Republican neglect. | am confident that they will send the appropriate message in November.” ETTEVILLE, AR FAYE Democratic National Committae, Ressarch Division54 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Sample Questions for Press You were a high profile critic of Jim Wright’s use of staff members to help him write a book, yet you yourself were guilty of such a practice. Why the ethical double standard? You headed @ PAC which solicited over $200,000 in campaign contributions and donated only $900 to candidates. Where did the rest of the money go? You are a leading opponent of Congressional perks, yet you take full advantage of these perks (double the normal amount of franking, 30 bounced checks). Isn’t your behavior hypocritical? You called the Vietnam War “the right battlefield at the right time," yet you used a series of deferments to avoid service. How can you justify these positions? In the wake of the LA riots, you expressed opposition to plans to invest in our cities because "there is no political base" for such a proposal. Aren’t some things too important to play politics with? You have proposed abolishing social security and setting up a private system which one critic suggested would “cost us more and give us less" ? Are you opposed to the social security system? eng, SPECIAL COLLECT UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1204 a COLT E: Democratic National Committee, Research Division[ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANC FAYETTEVILLE, AR 7270 SENATOR PHIL GRAMM 55 Phil Gramm will likely lead the charge against Bill Clinton’s economic plan and be a key defender of Reagan-Bush economic policies. After a decade of trickle down, few others would have the chutzpah to continue to stand by the Reagan-Bush failures... but not Phil Gram Creating jobs. "I want to induce my friends to invest in jobs; all of them are rich." {explaining his opposition to the middle class tax cut, WP, 2/3/92). Does Phil Gramm really believe that more giveaways to the wealthy are the answer? - Balancing the budaet. Senator Gramm, who sided with the President when it came to raising taxes on working Americans in the budget deal, has long been associated with various gimmicks to balance the budget. All of them have been unsuccessful. Never once did Senator Gramm -- or the White House he now defends -- submit a proposal showing how to balance the budget. Investing in Education. Phil Gramm doesn’t just oppose Bill Clinton’s education plan -- he opposes the President's. On February 7, 1990 Gramm joined only seven other Senators in voting against President Bush’s modest "Excellence in Education Act." (WP, 2/8/90) Helping working people. Opposing extending unemployment benefits to help workers hurt by the Bush recession, Phil Gramm referred to unemployed people as "leeches" while arguing the Bush Administration case for putting people last. (AP, 9/24/91) Rebuilding our communities. Gramm is currently leading the battle to block minimal federal support for the “Rebuild LA Campaign.” (WT, 6/11/92) Defending our nation. Gramm is strong on rhetoric, but weak on action when it comes to defense. Like George Bush, he tried to weaken sanctions and build up Saddam Hussein before the war -- and then tried to sanctimoniously posture and divide once the fighting was over, accusing Democrats of being “appeasement before country liberals." (Congressional Record, 7/27/91; Meet the Press, 3/10/91) Gramm: Putting People Last Gramm has spent his career fighting every major program designed to aid the elderly, the sick, and the poor. While in the House, he authored and co-sponsored the massive 1981 Reagan budget cuts (officially known as Gramm-Latta | and Gramm-Latta I) Democratic National Commit arch Division56 LLECTIONS DIVISION TY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 which signaled the abandonment of the old and the young, the poor and the sick. In the Senate, he has continued to ignore the cries of the disadvantaged. A short list of his most ignominious actions: On January 29, 1987 Gramm was one of five Senators to vote against an emergency transfer of $50 million of FEMA funds to provide food and shelter for the homeless. (HJR 102) Said Gramm at the time: “I urge my colleagues to resist this siren song... Compassion is what | do with my money. It is not what | do with the taxpayer's money.” (Spoken during the debate over an emergency appropriation for the homeless which was opposed by only five Senators, 1/29/87). On May 29, 1987 he was one of five Senators to oppose a program transferring $1.4 million in unused funds to the Meals on Wheels nutrition program for elderly shut-ins. (Melcher Amend. to HR 7827) On July 26, 1988 he was one of seven Senators to oppose a program which reauthorized emergency food assistance programs for the needy, including school breakfast programs, soup kitchens, and food banks. (S.2560) Additional Information: Gramm is one of the Senate’s most ardent foes of abortion and the co-sponsor of five proposed Constitutional amendments to ban abortion. These amendments deny even the victims of rape and incest the right to choose. (Dallas Morning News, 10/24/89) Gramm, like Dan Quayle and many other prominent Republicans, is a notorious “chicken hawk." Despite his willingness to send American youths into combat and his repeated use of "Patriotism" as a political weapon, Gramm missed his chance to serve his country in Vietnam. He avoided service through the use of student and teacher deferments. (Boston Globe, 2/24/92) Gramm seriously abused publicly-funded trips back to Texas, making the tax-payers foot the bill for campaign trips. In 1989, he spent $122,093 of public funds to make over 400 trips to at least 170 Texas towns, more than six times as much as his Senate colleague Lloyd Bentsen (Austin American ‘Statesman, 6/17/90) Sen. Gramm is the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee’s ies subcommittee, which oversees the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. His wife Wendy just happens to chair the CFTC. Phil not only refuses to recuse himself from dealings with the CFTC, but also supports it in jurisdictional battles with other federal agencies. (Rol Call, 4/22/91, 5/20/91). Democratic National Committee, Research Division57 = Gramm ranks among the Senate's leading fundraisers for one reason: he has no qualms about accepting money from any source. His re-election committee Friends of Phil Gramm was funded pally by the very banks and S&L’s which Senator Gramm jis responsible for regulating. Other unseemly contributors include several corporations with business before his wife's agency, as well as the Coalition for Peace and Security, an organization with ties to ex-Nazis. (FEC records, Roll Call, 4/22/91) Personal Profile . Phil Gramm was elected to the United States Senate in 1984 and re-elected six years later. In 1990, his colleagues chose him to head the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He currently serves on the Appropriations, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Budget committees (Budget since 1990). Prior to 1990, he was a member of the Armed Services Committee. Gramm’s career in politics began in 1976 when he unsuccessfully challenged Lloyd Bentsen for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. In 1978, he was elected to Congress as a Democrat from Texas’s 6th District. He twice won re-election as a Democrat. In 1983, the Democratic leadership stripped Gramm of his seat on the House Budget Committee for his role in the passage of Ronald Reagan’s economic program. In response, he resigned from the House and promptly won re-election as @ Republican. The Republicans returned him to the Budget Committee. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION UNIVERSITY OF AR AS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 Democratic National Committee, Research Diviion58 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chairperson [Name] marked the arrival of Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas), Chairman of the Republican Senatorial Committee, to campaign for President Bush with the following statement: "Senator Phil Gramm and George Bush are leading representatives of the failed economic philosophy which destroyed our cities, starved our people, and caused mammoth budget deficits over the last twelve years. Social justice and fiscal sanity have been the twin targets of Gramm and Bush.” "Senator Gramm co-authored and co-sponsored the 1981 Reagan budget, which eliminated or drastically slashed the programs which long protected the disadvantaged and the working people of [state]. Meanwhile, he helped push through tax cuts which favored the richest one percent of Americans. During the Bush administration, Senator Gramm has continued to advocate welfare for the rich and abandonment for the rest of us. He has cynically invoked "fiscal sanity” to explain his opposition to emergency aid bills for the homeless, the hungry, the elderly, and our schools while leading the fight for unnecessary defense expenditures and for further tax breaks for the wealthy. George Bush’s Republican Party has rewarded him with a leadership position.” "At a time when the citizens of [state] are struggling to deal with the devastating legacy of Bush-Reagan economic policy, Phil Gramm has come to [state] to tellus that the answer to our problems is more of the same. He has told us to that George Bush is a “skillful and visionary leader.” The people of (state] know better. | am confident that they will get their message across to George Bush and Phil Gramm come election day.” S DIVISION FAYETTEVILLE ap’ ss es Democratic National Committee, Research Division1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 59 Sample Questions for Press In the last five years, you have been on the losing side of numerous lopsided Senate votes, often on issues such as funding programs for the homeless, the hungry, or the elderly. How do you reconcile your radical right-wing voting record with your oft-articulated claim to be in the mainstream? You claim to be an advocate of balancing the federal budget, yet you played a leading role in the passage of the Reagan administration budgets which got us into this mess in the first place. Aren’t you just playing politics on the deficit issue? You have been quick to advocate sending American troops into combat, yet when your own opportunity came to serve your country during the Vietnam War, you failed to heed the call. Are you a hawk or a chicken? During the Gulf War, you accused the Democrats of being “appeasement-before-country liberals." Six months earlier, you introduced an amendment on the Senate floor to weaken sanctions against Iraq. Your Republican colleague William Cohen dubbed your amendment “appeasement.” Are you an “appeasement-before-country conservative?” In December 1989, you held a fundraiser at which President Bush lauded you as a co-author and co-sponsor of the "Education Excellence Act.” Four months later you voted against your own bill. Given your track record, why should we believe anything you say today? Your wife chairs the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. You are the ranking Republican on the Senate sub-committee that oversees her performance. In addition, you accept campaign contributions from companies with business pending before your wife’s regulatory agency. Aren’t these conflicts of interest? You have referred to the unemployed as "leeches" upon the federal treasury, yet, in 1989, you spent over $120,000 of the taxpayers’ money to make campaign-related trips to Texas. Who's the real "leech?" SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 Democratic National Committee, Research DivisionECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION NIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRA IES of FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 SENATOR NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM The daughter of a Kansas governor and 1936 presidential nominee, Nancy Landon Kassebaum is the only Republican woman senator. A moderate, she frequently goes her own way on important social issues -- a fact that should be pointed out when she campaigns for President Bush. Kassebaum -- Against Bush Abortion and Operation Rescue. Although she sides with the President most of the time, Kassebaum disagrees with Bush on the abortion issue. Unlike Bush, ~ Kassebaum is pro-choice. She has joined the WISH list, a group that works to put pro-choice Republican women in the House and Senate. When Operation Rescue descended on Wichita, Kansas, Kassebaum called the confrontational tactics “simply inexcusable." (Abortion Report, 8/23/91). She also voted to overturn the Gag Rule, which would have prohibited giving advice and information about abortion. Bush vetoed the legislation. Medicare and Health Plans. Kassebaum opposed $5.5 billion in medicare cuts proposed by Bush in his 1991 budget. Said Kassebaum: “Cuts in the Medicare program of the magnitude that the president is proposing can only make the situation worse and will pose a real threat to health care for the elderly and disabled.” To voice her opposition, Kassebaum joined with Democrats to propose ¢ bi-partisan bill of her own. (CQ Almanac 1990) John Tower. Kassebaum was the only Republican to vote against confirming Jo Towers as Secretary of Defense. Explaining her defection, Kassebaum maintain “He’s not qualified for the job and | won’t vote for him unless my vote counts.’ (1989 Congressional Quarterly Almanac) ‘The Persian Gulf/Iraagate. Senator Kassebaum recognized the emerging Irar scandal early and opposed the Administration's policy of appeasing Saddam Hussein. In June of 1990, Senator Kassebaum came forward to urge the U off $700 million in USDA credit guarantees for Iraq food purchases. The F Administration -- though aware that it was financing Iraq's military, not fe people -- opposed ending the loan guarantee program. (The Almanac of: Politics, 1992) Gun Control. Kassebaum was one of 8 Republicans who joined Democrats in opposing the Stevens amendment, which proposed the waiting period for a gun to be replaced by an instantaneous check. She claimed she was “sympathetic to the claim that an instantaneous check would be better. But about the Brady Bill - | Democratie National Committee, Research Division61 don’t understand why until an instant check is feasible we aren't willing to give it a try." Bush opposed the Brady Bill. (CQ Almanac, 6/29/91) She has also played a key role in fighting for a ban on semi-automatic assault weapons. Kassebaum -- With Bush Family Medical Leave Act. Kassebaum, a mother of four, voted against the Family and Medical Leave Act, which would have required employers to provide unpaid leave for workers caring for new children or'sick family members. In defense of her anti-family, anti-worker vote, Kassebaum claimed she did not want to impose additional burdens on business. (7992 Almanac of American Politics) ‘erm Limitation. Senator Kassebaum strongly supports term limitations -- in word, if not in action. In 1978, she promised to run for no more than two terms. Instead, she sought and won a third term in 1990. Why the flip-flop? Kassebaum claims that it would hurt everyone if she were to limit herself alone to two terms as long as any other member of Congress can run for more. (7992 Almanac of American Politics) Clarence Thomas. Even after Anita Hill alleged that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her, Kassebaum, the Senate’s only female Republican member, voted to confirm Thomas to the Court. Kassebaum said that Hill’s evidence against Thomas was not compelling enough to convince her without a doubt that Thomas was guilty. (Vewsday City Edition, May 27, 1992) KEY CONGRESSIONAL VOTES = Voted against a minimum wage increase to $4.55 an hour with a two mr training wage. (1992 Almanac of American Politics) = Voted against a measure to strike language prohibiting the manufactur’ sale, or possession of certain semi-automatic weapons. (7992 Almane American Politics) ™ Voted against canceling the procurement of two B-2 Stealth bombe Almanac of American Politics) Democratic National Committee, Research Division62 ‘Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chairperson made the following statement today on the arrival of the Republican Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum from Kansas who has come to campaign for President Bush’s 1992 re-election. "Senator Kassebaum must find it difficult to campai frequently opposes. In for a President she so "She disagreed with the Bush Administration when it would not cut loans for Iraqi food purchases - loans that went directly to Saddam’s military. "She also opposes the President on the issue of a woman’s right to choose when to have a child. In her own home state of Kansas, Operation Rescue tried to block access to abortion clinics. When President Bush's Justice Department stepped in on the side of Operation Rescue. Kassebaum called the group tactics “simply inexcusable." “At a time when America needs leadership, Senator Kassebaum comes to [state] to campaign for a man with whom she does not agree. If Mr. Bush really cares about improving the lot of the American people, it is ironic that he must lean on Senator Kassebaum to prove it.” JNIVERSITY OF ARKAN FAYETTEVILLE, AR wai 4204 Democratic National Committse, Research Division41) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 63 Sample Questions for Press In your home state of Kansas, the Bush Justice Department supported the confrontational tactics of Operation Rescue, overruling a federal judge. You have said you are opposed to these tactics. How can you support an Administration that condones the activities of Operation Rescue? You voted to confirm Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. What kind of message do you think the Thomas confirmation sent to other working women who have been harassed and might come forward to confront their harassers? You have said you would not run for a third term, but you did. What do you iy be ut toemolionits? As a mother of four, you must understand the difficulties of balancing family and career. In today’s world, where most families require two incomes and women face the loss of their jobs if they take time out to have a child, how-do you reconcile your vote against the Family and Medical Leave Act with your support for families and working women? In 1990, you proposed cutting USDA food credits to Iraq - credits we now know were being funnelled straight into Saddam's military machine. The Administration opposed yeu. Given what is emerging about the Bush A-=inistration’s involvement in the Iraqgate scandals, can you comment on Bush’s appeasement of Saddam before the war? You are a pro-choice Republican and an active member of WISH, Women In House and Senate, a group which promotes republican women to run on a pro- choice platform. How can you campaign for George Bush who is running on an anti-choice platform? Do you support changing the anti-choice plank in the Republican platform? Me TIONS DIVISION ITY OF ARKAI IBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, aR R Tat 701-1201 Democratic National Committee, Research Divisionec SPECIAL COLLE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIE FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT JACK KEMP 64 Jack Kemp often gets a free ride in the press as the "new ideas" man for the Republicans. He shouldn’t. Like Phil Gramm, Jack Kemp has been an ardent supporter of the failed, supply-side economic policies that have put our country $4 trillion in debt. In 2 1986 Policy Review Article, Kemp asserted, "Thanks to the economic climate we've helped put in place, we now see an end to government deficit spending...as a way of life for Washington." (WSJ, 5/15/86) Yet, even today, with our record budget deficits, Kemp continues to believe that trickle-down economics and-additional tax cuts for the wealthy -- proven failures -- are the best answer for America. Kemp’s performance as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is also overrated ~- largely because Kemp is compared to his predecessor Sam Pierce, the man behind the $4 billion HUD scandal of the 1980s. The HUD scandal of the 1990s is less dramatic: Kemp's agency just doesn’t do anything with its $25 billion budget. Noted the National Journal: "Kemp is provoking complaints that he has paralyzed his scandal-damaged agency to avoid new embarrassments.” (Mational Journal, 7/14/90) HUD Record: Rhetoric Not Results = Abandoning the Middle Class: While Jack Kemp states that, "I don’t think HUE should be in the middle class housing business" (WP, 7/6/90], Arthur Anderse & Co. reported that more middle income people own homes in Australia ar Italy than in the United States, as a percentage of the population. Furthermo homes are cheaper for middle income people in Turkey, the Netherlands ‘Sweden than in the U.S. when home prices and average salaries are compe (We, 2/23/91] =~ HOPE and HOME too expensive: The cornerstone of Kemp's "new ideas" HOPE program -- home ownership for people everywhere -- which ¢ convert public housing into private housing owned by tenants. Yet tr of converting public housing to private ownership are astronomical. T! for the HOPE program is the Kenilworth Parkside project in Washing which cost $74,000 per unit -- enought to fly tenants to Denver and a house with a pool. (WSJ, 1/30/91] Moreover, the program woul the 1.2 million public housing residents -- leaving 32.4 million in., Americans out in the cold. (WP, 3/6/91] = Enterprise Zones don’t work: While Kemp claims that enterprise zones have saved or created 180,000 jobs and spurred $9 billion in private investment, the General Accounting Office reports that job gains "could not be attributed to the Democratic National Commitse, Res DivisionSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 SAL COLL t U 65 enterprise-zone program". In a survey of 350 zones in 17 states, findings show that only 215 jobs were created each year, on average, per zone -- just 10% above the job growth rate in comparable areas outside zones. [WYT, 5/25/92] Kemp's PR budaet: As a former NFL football player, Kemp has never been one to shy away from publicity and his H.U.D. budgets have shown Kemp’s affinity for the spotlight. In 1990, Kemp’s 27 person Office of Public Relations was targeted for elimination by the Senate as unnecessary for an agency whose priority should be housing policy. After a public battle with Senator Mikulski, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations committee, a compromise was reached which reduced, but did not completely eliminate, Kemp's Public Relations department. [WYT, 10/5/90] Key Differences With Bush Kemp, along with a group of congressional supporters, recently proposed an economic plan that emphasizes "economic growth" through tax cuts at the expense of deficit reduction. Kemp’s proposal, which he hopes to offer at the Republican convention, is at odds with the economic plans of Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and Budget Director Richard Darman. (WP, 7/24/92) Kemp recently complained about his alienation from the Bush White House: “Everything | say goes down a black hole.” (Newsweek, 6/8/92] In 1990, Kemp criticized the Bush Administration's Urban Policy (or lack thereof), claiming that the White House was “studying the problem to death and throwing up its hands." Showing some insight into the plight of urban areas, Kemp then claimed that urban problems had reached " a moment of itical mass” and that it was "past time for the Administration to aggressively highlight a new comprehensive anti-poverty agenda.” (WYT, 5/7/92] Kemp - Out of the Mainstream ‘Supports Pro-Life Amendment: Kemp supports a constitutional amendment to prohibit abortions. He has refrained from stating whether he would extend the ban to cases of rape or incest. (LAT, 12/27/87] Opposes Gay Teachers: As a presidential candidate, Kemp argued that school boards should be allowed to prevent gay people from teaching. [LAT, 12/20/87] Democratic National Committee, Research Division66 Chooses Private Over Public Education: Kemp supports tuition tax credits for parents of children in private schools. (NYT, 1/3/88] hredders: Kemp has said that he would pardon Oliver North and John Poindexter of he were president. {AP, 12/2/87] Opposes Gun Control: Kemp defined gun control to a 1988 National Rifle Association convention as steady aim. [C7, 12/1/91] In 1986, Kemp voted against the existing restrictions on interstate gun sales and transportation. [WP, 4/17/86) Fights Public Safety Legislation: While in the House of Representatives, Kemp voted against requiring polluters to disclose whet hazardous chemicals they were dumping into the environment. ‘i Democratic National Committae, Research Division67 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chairperson [Name] marked the arrival of HUD Secretary Jack Kemp, to campaign for President Bush with the following statement: “Although Jack Kemp portrays himself as a progressive politician with new ideas and Programs to empower the poor, in reality he remains a staunch supporter of supply side economic policies that translate to tax cuts for the wealthy and have brought about our current economic crisis.” “Formerly a Congressman who opposed funding for Head Start, college financial aid _ Programs, and school lunch programs, Kemp was named Secretary to the Department of Housing and Urban Developmentin 1989 following the scandal-ridden management of Sam Pierce. Although he currently spends his time administering and creating new housing programs, Kemp has previously voted to slash programs for low-income housing and a program to help moderate-income families buy homes." [DSG Vote, No. 169, 6/10/87] "Kemp's current programis a cost-ineffective plan to convert public housing to private ownership. Jack Kemp's own advisors have stated that for what the program's model project is costing, "we could fly anyone there to Denver and buy them a house with a pool.” “Although Jack Kemp comes to [state] to stump for President Bush, the President and the HUD Secretary have not always seen eye to eye, especially when it comes tc inaction by the Bush Administration on urban policies. Frustrated by th Administration's footdragging on proposing anti-poverty measures, Kemp accused t! White House of ‘studying the problem to death and throwing up its hands.” Wr Bush‘s own Cabinet members are accusing him of inaction, [state] residents rez that it is time to put someone in the White House who wants to get things done is willing to be the leader of his cabinet, rather than the barrier to its progress. SPECIAL COLLECT ' UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIBRARIES FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1204 Democratic National Committee, Research Division68 1? 2) 3) 4 5) 6) Sample Questions for Press Can you explain to us why’ we need to return to the gold standard? Have you spoken to President Bush about it? In the past, you have supported eliminating some Social Security benefits. Do you support privatizing social security? In 1988, when George Bush ran on’the platform of "No New Taxes" you claimed that a tax increase was necessary. Would you say that "No New Taxes" was simply an empty campaign promise by the President? William Apgar, a researcher at Harvard University, has called the HOPE program, "a modest, gimmicky set of proposals that doesn’t have the scope to address the problem” of housing in this country. How do you defend the HOPE program in light of the fact that there are only 1.2 million units of public housing eligible for conversion to private ownership while there are 33.6 million people living below the poverty line in this country? Recently, Vice President Quayle said that if his daughter became pregnant, he would support any decision she made regarding having an abortion. Of course, this goes against the anti-choice Republican platform. If your daughter became pregnant, would you support her right to choose abortion if that is what she wanted? Ina 1988 Republican debate, you said George Bush was part of the Republic Party’s “old guard". What do you think of him today? FAYETTEVILLE, Democrat National Committee, Research Division69 In 1989, Manuel Lujan, Jr. was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior, entrusted to preserve and to protect the natural parks and resources of the United States. Though George Bush promised to become the “Environmental President", the Lujan appointment signaled that Bush merely intended to continue Reagan's pro- development policies, with the same staffers at the helm.(WP 5/15/89) Offshore Oil Drilling, Lujan angered both Republican and Democratic leaders in California when he declared that a ban on offshore drilling off America’s coast is “based in an unfounded belief that our (the Interior's) program presents unacceptable environmental risks." At the time, Lujan was chairing a study group which had not yet completed recommendations for President Bush on whether leasing should be permitted to go forward off Southern and Northern California and Southwest Florida (LAT 7/22/89). In response to the controversy, California’s two senators and 17 representatives demanded that Lujan resign as chairman of a white House task force studying the issue. Noted Republican Rep. Ron Packard said (R-CA) : "I find it especially galling to learn that the Secretary of the Interior has stated publicly that he believes the answer to our current energy crisis lies just several miles off our shores. (It) sounds to me like the Administration has made up its own mind before it even completes its own study sounds like a foregone conclusion."(WP, 7/22/88) Jobs v. Environment. Manuel Lujan has been Bush’s point man in promoting divisive resource policies designed to call a false choice between jobs and the environment. In May 1992, for example, Lujan announced his intention to exempt from the Endangered Species Act timber sales on various federal lands in Oregon; this despite warnings from biologists that the sales posed a threat to the northern spotted owl. It is only the second time in the act’s 19 year history that an exemption has been granted. Lujan did nothing to stop the export of raw logs to Japan--the real cause of job loss in the Northwest. Ethics. Lujan billed the government $26 a day for lunches at his home in Albuquerque, N.M. from 1989-1991. Lujan ceased the practice following press inquiries in June. His remorse, however, did not run deep. Though he requested that his staff stop billing per diem expenses for him during his stays at home, Lujan did not fee! compelled to return the approximately $500 he received in lunch expenses for an elective three-week trip to New Mexico last August during which he worked out of local Interior Department offices. Lujan’s reasoning is simple: "Nobody's requested that | return it, and | don’t think it’s that big a deal.” (WP 7/8/91). Democratic National Committee, Research Division70 Lujan also did not think “it was a big deal” to fly seven aides to a Grand Canyon resort to conduct Interior Department business. The trip, which will cost taxpayers roughly $4,000, ironically was described as a budget-cutting meeting. (WP 8/19/91). Destruction of Yellowstone. Lujan has stated that the new developments by Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT) do not pose a threat to Yellowstone National Park. However, park officials of Yellowstone believe that "the church’s developments threaten migration patterns for elk, bighorn sheep, antelope and grizzly bears...and 2 well drilled by the church to tap into geothermal aquifers could threaten park geysers"-- including Old Faithful. (WP 8/24/90) Corporate Welfare on Public Grounds. While denying help to rural areas, the Bush Administration has offered reduced grazing fees to Fortune 500 companies such as Union Oil, Texaco and Getty Oil. These companies have benefitted by cut-rate, grazing fees, resulting in a loss to the taxpayers of over $300 million during the past three years. (Washington Times 7/2/91) Lujan also favors grazing rights on traditional preserved park service'land. "He referred to the Bureau of Land Management's millions of acres as ‘a place with a lot of grass for cows”.(WP 5/15/89) Conaressional Record. Lujan’s twenty years as a Congressman from New Mexico were at best undistinguished. He enjoyed the pleasures of the office, yet never convened a hearing, nor managed a floor bill. His environmental voting record is also neglible, as he voted with conservationists only 13% 0 the time. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, however, did give him an 80° pro-business rating.(Washington Post 5/15/89). Environmental Ignorance "I believe that man is at the top of the pecking order... Maybe that’s bec: chicken doesn’t talk." (Time 5/25/92) “All species adjust to change, | can’t give you any specific examples, but I'm: biologists could give you examples of fish that all of a sudden here comes intrusion and slowly they adapt to a saltwater environment." (Time 5/25/* “I take the position that there are certain kinds of vegetation that are wetlands -- you know, what do you call them? ‘Pussy willows, or whatey is... [He probably means cattails.] That’s one way you can tell, and then, it n . (Time 5/25/92) Democratic National Committee, Research Division2 Sample Press Release (State) Democratic Party Chairperson issues the following statement regarding Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan’s planned visit to (city) to campaign for President Bush’s re-election. “Manuel Lujan is living proof of George Bush's failure to live up to his environmental promises. Lujan has neglected natural resources in favor of political constituents, endangered species in favor of grazing pastures, and our unique heritage to the highest bidder. Their policies ignore the impact of destroying the environment for immediate gains. President Bush and Secretary Lujan_ advocate drilling in wildlife Tefuges for oil and stripping forest lands to provide the Japanese with lumber. “Under Secretary Lujan such national treasures as the Grand Canyon vistas, and the geysers of Yellowstone have been endangered. These traditionally protected natural treasures are now pawns in the Bush administration. By trespassing the Endangered Species Act, Lujan and Bush condemned the northern spotted owl to extinction. Secretary Lujan’s policies under President Bush have not aided, but failed the environment. "Manuel Lujan comes here to [state] speaking on behalf of the quote “Environment President". Yet their policies in the Department of the Interior have concentrated on weakening the laws protecting the environment and squandered our nationa treasures.” SPECIAL COLE UNIVERSITY OF ARKA HS FAYETTEVILLE. AR 2704-12 Research Division Ne naneina, Democratic National Commit72 y 2) 3) 4) 5) Sample Questions for Press George Bush’s "redefinition" of the wetlands is a bald violation of his "no net loss" pledge --placing some 30 million acres of our protected wetlands in jeopardy. The "redefinition" marks the largest weakening of an environmental regulation in U.S. History. (NYT 8/10-16/91). Could you explain why the “Environmental President” is abandoning his pledge? Mr. Secretary, you mentioned once that we should not be held accountable as caretakers for every “subspecies.” Could you please recount for us today which endangered species you had in mind as expendable? Mr. Secretary, could you please tell us about your plan to mitigate the conflicts between the spotted owl and the timber industry? Have you considered steps to stop our massive exports of raw logs to the Japanese? In May of 1992, Department of the Interior appointees Cy Jamison and T.S. Ary made a campaign trip to Idaho on your behalf. There they attended several GOP fundraisers and made strongly partisan remarks in the Coeur D’ Arlene Press. Yet, the trip was classified as official business and therefore funded by the American taxpayers. Having campaign trips paid for with official business funds violates U.S. Code 1301. Did your staffpersons act under your direction in violation of this code? Mr. Secretary, you have made it quite public that you support offshore + drilling. Likewise, President Bush approves of drilling in the Arctic Natior Wildlife Refuge, although increasing automobile fuel economy by just two m per gallon would be more efficient. Do you still regard that drilling in ANW the best way to address our country’s fuel problems? Democrat National Commitee, Rest- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANS FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72704-1201 SECRETARY OF LABOR LYNN MARTIN 73 Lynn Martin is a dedicated Republican and has often served as an articulate spokesperson for George Bush. She needs to be. In the area of labor and employment, the Martin-Bush record is particularly weak. Jobs. As a nominee for Secretary, Martin promised to "make sure the 1990s © are a time to be remembered as a pinnacle for chance and opportunity" for U.S. workers (USA Today, 12/18/90) -- echoing Bush’s campaign promise to create 30 million new jobs in eight years. Yet during Bush’s first three and a half years, a mere 841,000 non-agricultural payroll jobs have been created. (BLS, January 1989 and June 1992 data) At this pace it will take Bush over 100 years to live up to his pledge. Retraining. On the top of Bush’s labor/employment agenda is his much touted Job Training 2000 initiative managed by the Secretary. While promoting an agenda of reform, the initiative plans to review and consolidate Federal job training programs. However, the new plan will be financed simply by redirecting funding previously allocated to other job-training, vocational- education and other programs in the Labor Department. (WSJ, 1/17/92) Bush has publicly introduced the Act twice but has yet to present it to Congress. Conversion. Despite the fact that former defense secretaries and planners agree the U.S. could cut the defense budget in half and still maintain the strongest military in the world, Bush's federal budget calls for $280.9 billion in defense authorization for FY93, a mere 3% reduction from the FY92 authorization. The president’s 5-year plan would make a cumulative cut of only $50 billion. Moreover, Bush’s proposal supports a freeze on domestic spending that prevents savings from defense cuts from being transferred to domestic Programs -- offering no new ideas or resources for unemployed, under- employed and discouraged workers. Bush-opposes-Democratic-conversion plans that’seek'$1.2-$1.4 billion to assist displaced workers. (WP, 5/29/92) Pensions. Martin’s Labor Department has badly mismanaged worker's pension plans resulting in one of the major scandals attributed to Reagan-Bush voodoo economics. Reagan-Bush deregulation and mismanagement efforts may lead to a potential taxpayer bailout of $40 billion or more -- with many American retirees permanently losing their pensions. (See attached Wall Street Journal article) Worker Safety. Martin has stood by as the Quayle Council on Competitiveness has attacked the Occupational Health and Safety Administration's policies on worker protection. In April, 1991, Martin announced that nearly half of the nation’s mines had been found tampering with the equipment used to protect Democratic National Committee, Research Division14 FAYETTEVILLE, & miners from inhaling dangerous levels of coal dust. Lynn immediately established a task force to look into a problem that OSHA had been aware of for years. Already between 1980 and 1989, 949 miners were killed on the job and hundreds of thousands more contracted black lung disease, an incurable and painful illness. (WP, 4/18/91) Health Care. Martin has played a strong role in Bush's efforts to squash a national health care system. Recently she, along with HHS Secretary Louis. Sullivan, announced the results of a study on the Democratic "play or pay" plan claiming: "Pay or play is misnamed. It is really pay and pay and pay and pay, by the middle class.” The author of the study accused Martin and Sullivan of misrepresenting the results of her research. (WYT, 1/10/92) Misuse Of Office. The 1992 political season began with a bang as U.S. tex dollars were used to rally Americans around the President’s budget plan. On the day of the President's State of the Union Address, Labor Secretary Lynn Martin instructed top political officials in regional offices to line up radio interviews to tout Bush’s program. An excerpt from Martin’s memo to the appointees: "The Secretary has decreed that all Assistant Secretaries are to be on radio talk shows in small media markets throughout the United States. Yesterday we were all called together and given our marching orders." (WP, 2/13/92) Congressional Record Voted against a 60 day notification for workers before their plant is clos’ (House Roll, 7/13/88, no. 229) Voted against the Conservation Corps in 1989. (Almanac of American Po 1989) Voted against Job Training Funds. (HR 3913 vote, 1983) Voted consistently against federal funding for drugs, education a programs. (1984 roll 272, 274, 324; 1985 roll 338; 1986 roll 272 Martin was a whole-hearted supporter of the Reagan/Bush tax br’ wealthy and corporations, advocating taxing middle and low-incom for defense spending. (1981 roll, 177) Because of her position on the Budget Committee, Martin can be tied to botn the skewed Reagan/Bush spending priorities and the huge deficits we now face. Democratic National Committee, Research Division75 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chairperson made the following statement today on the arrival of Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin to campaign for President Bush's 1992 re-election. “Lynn Martin and George Bush have an abysmal record on unemployment and other issues important to American workers. While surviving record high unemployment. rates, the citizens of [state] have received little or nothing from Washington to get through these tough times.” “Lynn Martin oversees a Labor Department that has allowed the Quayle Council on Competitiveness to gut regulations designed to protect workers’ health and safety. She has offered few answers to the pension mess that may result in a $40 billion ‘taxpayer bailout and leave many American retirees without their hard-earned pensions. How is this neglect justified? The citizens of [state] deserve real answers.” “At a time when we are struggling to meet mortgage payments and put food on the table, Secretary Martin comes to [state] to rally support for George Bush. | admire her courage. But what I'd prefer she do is go back to Washington and ask George Bush when he is going to deliver the 30 million jobs he promised us four years ago." TY OF FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72 Democratic National Committse, Research Division76 yy 2) 3) 4) 5) Sample Questions for Press As a nominee for Labor Secretary, you pledged to "make sure the 1990s are a time to be remembered for chance and opportunity." (USA Today, 12/18/90) So far, the 1990s have been a time of uncertainty and stagnation. Do you feel Americans have been well-served by yourself and President Bush? George Bush FY 1992 budget proposed that Trade Adjustment Assistance for. workers be eliminated in the face of free trade agreement with Mexico? How should American workers feel about his lack of compassion for displaced workers? How does it feel to be pro-choice yet a strong advocate for the Republican Party that wants to abolish reproductive freedom? < Last March, you instructed all assistant secretaries to spend time utilizing the media markets to tout the budget proposals of George Bush -- time paid for and lost by taxpayers. Are taxpayers paying for your visit today? President Bush, while requesting only a 3% reduction in defense spending in FY 93, supports a freeze on domestic spending that prevents the defense cuts rom being used for domestic programs. In light of these savings, why have neither you nor President Bush recommended any policies for the future of American workers? Democratic National Committe, Research Divisioneons ec aT eat ui atopy Oe See ber, aon a tor tt era se enero, he me SE ere get down to cases: This newspaper as feborted shat Chrysler's pension plan Funderfunded 10 the tune of $4.4 billion. ‘ettjehem set's plan comes up $1.3 bil (ongtort and several years after Navistar "merged from bankruptcy that company's ension se lies $500 milion under water. ‘These secretly insolvent companies re- smble the secrelly insolvent S&L's of the any loins. AS a result, taxpayers once ain could be taken to the cleaners be- {use private pensions are “protected” by government program modeled on ~ 2125S what federal deposit insurance. ‘The Employee Retirement Income Se- rity Acto! 1874, known as ERISA, estab- hhed a program to make sure that others received promised pension bene When employers had to close their ors. Unfortunately, sound funding prin- oles were virtually ignored in the law's ‘imum funding rules. Like deposit in- rane, this back-up guarantee invited se, Not surprisingly, many companies sTefore neglect their pension pians. The ‘ultingshotfalis could fore @ lounder- {government agency, the Pension Bene- {Guaranty Corporation, to make good 00 ne very expensive retirement. prom s. ‘ding the Bag 1s already happening. Recently, the GCwas left holding the bag for atleast 2bilion when bankruptcy permanently vunded Pan Am and Eastern lines, other, almost 1,700 plans have been eb over by the agency. obligating it to ‘a5 much as $2,352 each month 19 (00 retirees. ach year, the PBGC publishes a ‘e's gallery of the country's $0 most vrly funded pension plans. The agency Sus that just hal the companies in tas itheon of disasters yer-orcome repre: 1 $11.2 bilon in “probable or reason possible" losses to the program. alto- ner the so-called “top tity” (bottoms "now account for unfunded fabiives 215 bilon, compared toa $14.2 billion ‘all ony last year. America's traumatic and eostlyexperi- with deposit insurance foreshadows 2rging problems in the private pension tem, For years, thrift regulators Kept ‘selves in the dark vy encouraging tious counting practices. ASa result, as mueh oolate when they finaly eon: fed that the deposit insurance” fund The Coming - FAY! AA similar scenario is unfolding in the pension field. Companies greatly” under- state the ultimate cost of many private ‘pensions and even the limited information Tequired by the PEGC becomes available only after substantial delay. ‘Any delay can be made to work for a ‘sponsor intent on underfunding a plan, and ‘sometimes Congress lends a helping hand. For example, Chrysler received $1.2 billion in government loan guarantees to stave off ‘bankruptcy during the early 1980s. In part, the bailout was ‘justified as a way 1 prevent the PBGC from being handed a $1 billion unfunded pension liability. Today. however. the PBGC estimates ‘that the Same unfunded liability would Insolvent companies to- day resemble the insolvent S&L’s of the early 1980s, Private pensions are “pro- tected” by a government program modeled on — guess what — federal de- posit insurance, approach $7.7 billion if Chrysler actually went bankrupt and terminated the plan. If ‘his comes to pass. taxpayers will have contributed an additional $6.7 billion plus interest. So, why do some people like tosay that the government made money on the Chrysler bailout? PRGC officials believe tat the agency {insures approximately 85,000 plans cover- ‘ng 32 million American workers and re- tirees. Thelr huneh is that roughly one ‘quarter of these plans are underfunded to {he tune of $40 bilion. Unfortunately. that ‘number seems bound to grow. And it will Tow without warning. With fewer than 600, ‘People, the agency simply lacks the ability to monitor the system. ‘Another lesson we should have learned from the S&L debacle is that insurance ‘premiums must bear @ reasonably close Telationship to risk. In 1988, Congress ap- proved a “risk related” annual premium for the agency which now ranges {rom S19, toS72per participant. But even these levies amount to only a tiny fraction of the Price that would reflect the actual risks, BY my calculations, PRGC insurance is really ‘worth more than $1,00) 2 worker each year at a healthy company and five times that much at a financially troubled firm. ‘The PBGC isa political creation with an agenda that goes far beyond providing reasonable insurance levels. Bailing out EVILLE, AR ension Bailout purpose, but lately the airlines and other groups have been jumping on the band- Wagon, Accounting for all of this in the federal budget has been nothing If not deceptive. The bill for tis veiled industrial Policy has not even been paid with the rubber cheeks of federal debt. This year. the Bush Administration took an unprecedented step toward better reporting ~ but not better funding ~ by a- tempting to estimate the value of this guarantee. The effort unvetied S30-60 bil- fion worth of insurance which previously had escaped budget scrutiny. But these hhumbers could be much larger in the future. Radical Surgery Needed Sadly, the administration proposes eal with the problem by tinkering wit some minor technicalities, several invo ing the way that te PEGC is treated un the Bankruptcy Code, Another roun’ incremental change will not spare payers from a financial debacle Pension system. Much more radier ery is needed. But this 1s hardly in the e anything, the administration's will only'be watered down by t ruptey reform bill now awaitir action. At best, the agency will to the shaky position it occupir federal bankruptcy court rv Many of its claims last year moth LTV case, Politically Important gr posed to even the milder Dankruptey bar; lenders + ‘questionable loans: and may be headed for bank companies say that tor quirements would drair ‘ore urgent needs. Fo ‘doesn’t want to offene ests. To avoid a catast ‘must stop fiddling at of discouraging p following ‘sankrus ease the PBGC'sb also encourage * unfunded abi of terminated, ate new unfune later could be ment. ‘These poin. the ultimate goat 1. pension insurance fund on a ». ial base so that it ean be sold'to a... Insurance company. Failing that, the pri- vvale pension system itseli will need a ‘massive bailout f we are to avoid reneging wholesale on solemn retirement prom ies. ‘Mr, Smathout consults on pension issuesCIAL COLLECTIONS D - _UNVERSITY OF A FAYETTEVILLE, AR 7270 7 CONGRESSWOMAN SUSAN MOLINARI ‘Susan Molinari is a rising young star in the GOP and will likely be out on the campaign trail this fall. Responses to Molinari should stress her fundamental differences with Bush and Quayle on abortion and other social issues. Molinari recognizes these differences. Discussing the Presidential race on Crier & Company, Molinari expressed disappointment with Bush’s ultra-conservative stance, saying, "Well, it certainly troubles me to see this movement on the part of the President... | ‘can’t really understand why there was- why the campaign felt it necessary to shift so dramatically to the right." (Crier & Company transcript, 3/20/1992) Abortion Rights = Although a Roman Catholic and a Republican, Congresswoman Molinari is pro- choice and is a member of Republicans for Choice, a national organization of Republican state and local officials. Rep. Molinari is an Executive Committee Member of the Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues and concentrates on issues of child abuse. Her record shows her to be a consistent backer of women’s rights. = Molinari has made abortion rights an important theme of her Congressior career. On April 5, 1991 she attended the pro-choice March for Women’s Liv in Washington, where she was quoted by ABC News as saying, "I’m here tell you we're going to change the platform at the (GOP) convention. contrast, President Bush called in his support to the January, 1992 pro-life in Washington, D.C. = Representative Molinari helped circulate a letter among GOP House m requesting that the President sign into law appropriations legislation (H’ that would overturn the “gag rule” on abortion counseling. (C.S. 7/24/1991). In fact, Bush vetoed the FY 1992 Labor-Health an Services-Education Appropriations bill (HR 2707) specifically t contained provisions which would have overturned the “gag r President’s veto message said, "! will sign a bill that does not inclu’ that prohibits implementation of the abortion counseling and rv Bush eventually signed the bill on November 26, 1991, when it Was to him without reference to overturning the "gag rule". (Update on Women arm. Family Issues in Congress, 11/27/1992). In the April 30, 1992 edition of the Update on Women and Family Issues in Congress published by the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, the Democratic National Committee, Research Division78 undeterred Molinari advocated overturning the “gag rule" through passage of HR 3090, the Title X Reauthorization Act, which would require family planners to inform pregnant women of all of their legal options, including abortion. Molinari spoke of a clinic in her district that "decided it would rather close its doors than comply with federal regulations... It made that decision because... they feel compelled to inform women of their legitimate legal rights.” ™ Although Molinari disagrees with the President on several of the issues for which she argues most stridently, she remains a Republican and is fighting from within to change the party's face. While keynoting a May 2, 1992 banquet of the Florida Republican Federation of Women (RFW), Molinari said, "! will be speaking on behalf of the President. The fact is that women are not leaving the Republican Party. They are staying to fight..." (Abortion Report, 5/6/1992) mily Issui ™ Molinari was a co-sponsor along with Representatives Lowey, Goodling, and Ford of the Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1991. The legislation contains incentive grants to private businesses to provide child care. This program was agreed to by the House-Senate Child Care Conference in 1980 and was contained in earlier child care legislation but was dropped before final passage at the insistence of the White House. (Congressional Record 11/25/91) = On Face the Nation on May 24, 1992, Molinari tried her best to defend th Administration’ lack of family-aiding legislation, but her efforts were thir veiled. Molinari first suggested that in targeting Murphy Brown, Qua “missed the point". She then stated, "if we take this example now and ur to say we are going to cut down on lack of child support, we're going to r sure government gets behind you, if we use it in creating family-fri legislation, | think that'll go a long way.” ™ In an ironic statement made at the end of the program, Molinari see admit that the Republican Party is limited in what it will do for the stating, "defending the Reagan-Bush administration relative to fe President Bush still stands for cutting taxes, and when you cut tay probably the best family-friendly legislation that the Republican provide for our nation." ™ In 1990, Bush signed HR 4785, a bill that allotted emergency funds to cities with high numbers of AIDS cases. The Administration had formerly been opposed to the legislation, and Bush had in fact promised to veto the bill on the Democratic National Committee, Research Division79 grounds that it was disease-specific legislation. When Bush promised to veto, Molinari spoke out, saying, "We responded as a nation... to the polio epidemic, and we contribute on an annual basis to research and preventive measures for cancer. We can no longer ignore this national tragedy." (Congressional Quarterly Almanac 1990, vol. XLVI) Congr: cord = ~—_HR3. Child Care: Voted for passage of child care legislation against the wishes of the Administration and the votes of the majority of Republicans. The legislation sought to increase federal aid for child care and to raise the earned income tax credit for poor working families with children. = HR 770. Family and Medical Leave Act: Voted against the President and the majority of House Republicans for passage of legislation that would have required employers to provide unpaid leave for seriously ill workers and workers caring for new children or sick family members. = HR 770. Family and Medical Leave Act/Veto Override Attempt: Voted to override Bush’s veto. = HR 4739. Fiscal 1991 Defense Authorization/Abortion Services: Voted agains’ the President and House Republicans to fund reproductive health services ¢ military hospitals for servicepeople and their dependents stationed oversee The services provided under the legislation included privately paid abortion FAYETTEVILLE, AR80 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic Party Chairperson made the following statement on the arrival on New York Congresswoman Susan Molinari to campaign for the re- election of President Bush. “Susan Molinari is a rising star in Washington who has made only one mistake -- she’s in the wrong party. A pro-woman and pro-family Republican, Molinari fought to increase child care and pass the Family and Medical Leave Act, only to run into a roadblock named George Bush. “Susan Molinari is also pro-choice while George Bush is vehemently anti-choice, While Representative Molinari worked to remove the Bush-backed “gag rule" which Prevents women from receiving all the relevant information regarding their Pregnancies, President Bush was busy trying to silence the nation’s doctors. “The question remains, why is Representative Molinari campaigning on behalf of George Bush, @ President whose record on issues like child care and family leave is abysmal? Representative Molinari’s record in and of itself shows her to be a champion of the women’s movement. Her continued support of George Bush is baffling.” Ot1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 81 Sample Question for Press You are an ardent defender of a woman’s right to choose. You pledged at the April 1992 Washington, D.C. Pro-Choice rally that you would change the Republican platform, ostensibly to remove the pro-life language which it contains. How then do you justify your endorsement of George Bush when you were not successful in changing the President's viewpoint and his actively anti- choice policy? Your consistent advocacy of "family-friendly" legislation shows that you are serious in your beliets about these issues, yet you endorse the President who has vetoed or positioned himself against as many of these measures as you have supported. Isn’t your appearance here today an act of hypocrisy? The “gag rule" is a serious obstacle to women’s freedom of choice in this country, most seriously threatening those women who cannot afford private care. You acknowledged that the "gag rule" is unconstitutional. Ina statement about a family planning clinic in your district you noted that it “would rather close its doors than comply with federal regulations...because...they feel compelled to inform women of their legitimate legal rights." No one person can be held more directly responsible for the continuing existence of the "gag rule” than the man you are here to endorse. As this is such an important issue for women, how can you still endorse Bush? You stated on the Crier & Company show on Merch 20 that the ultr conservative stance of the Bush campaign troubles you, and that you do understand its dramatic shitt to the right. It is impossible to deny that the B candidacy is an especially conservative one. If Bush’s campaign is troublir you, why are you speaking on his behalf? It would seem that your idea of what is good for families and what your! the Republican Party will provide for families differ substantially. If, stated on May 24 on Face the Nation, the most "family-friendly" legisla’ the Bush administration and the Republican Party can provide is cutt’ for families, then why do you support President Bush -- a man who 1 his January pledge for middle class tax relief. FAYETTEVILLE, Democratic National Committee, Research Divicion82 ccs DAN QUAYLE: ISSUES BRIEF In the wake of his recent potato and abortion gaffes, Dan Quayle can be expected to. ‘once again campaign in small town America -- keeping the same low-profile he did in 1988. Quayle’s basic message will likely be anti-Washington and pro-family, emphasizing Bush’s key themes of reform (educational choice, health care, Congress/term limits), and seeking to paint George Bush as the candidate of trust and experience. Responses to Quayle should portray Quayle for what he is: a servant of the Republican special interests and big campaign contributors. Quayle’s work as chair of the Competitiveness Council is particularly fruitful -- the Council essentially acts as. a closed door “court of last resort" for big businesses to change regulations and laws that they don’t like. Quayle admits that he has traveled around the country and met with businesses who want such relief. And Quayle’s own family has benefitted from @ controversial recycling decision that helped the family newspaper business. The message is simple. Democrats put people first. Dan Quayle puts Ais people first. Quayle on the Soviet Union. In 1989, Quayle assessed the prospect for changes ir the Soviet Bloc under Mikhail Gorbachev: “It’s still an iron curtain” over there, note Dan, who worries that perestroika is “just a public relations extravaganza." (US Today, 01/31/1989) Patriot Flip-Flop. As a Senator, Dan Quayle voted in 1983 to cut spending for Patriot missile. Yet since the Persian Gulf War, he has done nothing but prais Patriot missile. Ina speech at the Kennedy Space Center, Quayle declared, "To of you who say it won't work, that you can’t hit a bullet with a bullet, | say Saddam Hussein that question because Saddam has seen many of his Scud ’ blown out of the air by an American weapon system known as a Patrio Francisco Examiner, 03/13/1991) Hostile to the Environment. Following the Quayle Council's "redefinition" of four government agencies released a report stating that half of the nv million acres of wetlands would be in jeopardy under Dan Quayle’s ne’ ‘Quayle says otherwise: "The president's criterion is this that there will F of wetlands," Quayle said. "He said that in 1988, | will make sure the. . kept.” (Hotline, 11/25/1991) Dan Quayle, acting as Chairman of the Council on Competitiveness, demanded more than 100 changes to Clean Air Act regulations. These changes were nothing more than an effort to sabotage the bill's effectivenes. The most controversial proposal Democratic National Commitee, Ret sn Division: AL COLLECTIONS Nne RSITY OF Ani i FAYETTEVILLE, AR 7 would allow companies to increase pollution to ANY amount beyond that allowed in their permit simply by informing its state regulator. The increase would be approved, according to the Council proposal, unless a state objected within seven days. (Boston Globe, 05/02/1991) 701-1201 83 in ations. Bush-Quayle’s 90-day freeze on new regulations has threatened the public by gutting or delaying safety rules in 50 different areas. Among the scrapped or delayed proposals that have placed Americans at risk: * A proposed Consumer Safety Product Commission rule that would have required warning labels on small toys that could choke small children. The long-stu proposal was killed. * A delay in the increase of deposit insurance premiums until 1993,.forcing taxpayers to insure the banks. (WP, 04/28/92) Conflicts of Interest. Quayle’s family appears to have directly benefitted from Quayle’s regulatory decisions. The Quayle Council stepped in to defeat an EPA recycling requirement which would directly affect the Quayle family’s personal newspaper chain. In December 1991 testimony before the House Subcommittee on Health ‘and the Environment, ethics expert Monroe Freedman called this "the most common alley cat version of conflict of interest. You don’t need to be an expert to recognize it.” (Congress Watch, 03/01/1992) No Reproductive Choice. At an annual meeting of the National Right to Li Committee, Quayle pledged that the Bush Administration would fight to end le abortion during a second term. “Our opponents treat God’s greatest gift new I as an inconvenience to be discarded. They believe in the right to dispose of life. believe in the right to life." (Los Angeles Times, 06/12/1992) In response to a student’s question as to whether he would want his wife, to have an abortion had she been raped, Dan Quayle replied: "If that s happened, which would be tragic and it would be tough, not only on Mar tough on me, tough on our children -- but if that happened, | would think would, and | would hope that she would have, as tough as it may be, haw rather than the abortion.” (UP/, 8/08/1988) Quayle also told a 12-year-old girl, interviewing him for a children’s pror a hypothetical situation in which she was raped and impregnated by he she should have the baby. (AP, 11/2/88) Right-Wing Courts. Vice President Quayle met with anti-choice leaders including Jerry Falwell, Robert Bork, and Pat Robertson in June of 1980 to plan a strategy for making abortion illegal in the 1990s. (Gannet, 6/28/20) Democratic National Committee, Research DivisionVLLE NIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LIER. e FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72704. 1201 Quayle has consistently supported federal judicial nominees who opposed U.S. Constitutional protections for a woman's right to choose. He championed Daniel Manion’s nomination to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, voted in favor of William Rehnquist's confirmation to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and was one of the first Senate Republicans to announce his support of Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court. (WARAL, 8/16/88) Plant Closing Notification. In the summer of ’88 Quayle was a leader in the effort to defeat a bill to require employers to give sixty days notice of a plant closing. According to Quayle, the measure would "stifle the economic growth of our dynamic free-enterprise economy." (MYT, 08/29/1988) Anti-Veteran Votes. Given Quayle’s often hawkish stances, his string of anti-veteran votes is surprising. While in Congress, Quayle opposed $20 million appropriation for veterans’ job training, opposed maintaining disability payments to veterans in the face of Gramm-Rudman budget cuts, and opposed compensating Vietnam vets for treating cancers caused by Agent Orange. Aariculture. In an attempt to associate himself with the economic plight afflicting U.S. farmers, Quayle alluded during the 1988 Presidential campaign that he understood farmers and their problems by boasting that "he came from a farming town" in Indiana. Quayle claimed that the Bush-Quayle administration would help American farmers by pushing for more farm exports, more rural development, and ar economic summit on agriculture. (WYT, 9/4/88) Quayle, however, was unable to give an example of a single crop or product country he was referring to after being asked three times to do so at a ne conference. (WYT, 9/4/88) When asked by one farmer about his position + referendum on pork, Quayle dodged the question by stating: "We're careful to d that issue... Whatever you guys want, I'm for." (MYT, 8/26/88) Wasteful Spending. Quayle tries to portray himself as a reformer, but a examination of the record supports just the opposite conclusion. In 1 instance, when stories hit the news about the military purchasing $600 to and $6,000 coffee makers, Quayle, who chaired the Senate Armed Subcommittee on Acquisitions Policy, rejected legislation that would have requirements for competitive bidding on Pentagon contracts and prohibi procurement specialists from taking employment with defense contrac’ years after leaving the Pentagon. (U.S. News and World Report, 09/12 Golf too takes priority over cutting waste. On one weekend golfing jaunt uy at Augusta, Georgia, taxpayers paid $27,000 -- $12,000 for flying time, $10,000 tus Secret Service and military travel expenses and $5,000 for meals and lodging for a five member Air Force crew. (WP, 5/2/91) Democratic National Committae, Research Division85 Broken Promises: Education and Jobs. While campaigning in 1988, Senator Dan Quayle made two promises he has not come close to keeping as Vice President of the Bush Administration: (1) "We're going to make sure that a student who wants to go on to a higher education has that opportunity.” (2) Quayle also promised “a job for every American who wants a job by the mid-1990s."(Los Angeles Times, 10/28/1988) Qut of Touch. Stopping his limousine motorcade outside of a Burger King when he saw a "Help -Wanted” sign, Vice-President Quayle said this was a sign that the economy was improving. The job paid $4.25 an hour. After telling the nation’s unemployed "Don’t give up hope," Quayle motored to Palm Springs to play golf with Bob Hope. (WP, 01/20/1992) Republican compassion. When Dan Quayle was asked whether the middle class has suffered the most under Republican rule in Washington and are now worse off then they were four years ago, he replied, "I hope not.” (WP, 10/09/91) Perks. Quayle frequently criticizes the size of congressional staff. He said in @Speech to the Federalist Society, for example, that “reducing congressional staff is about as likely as my taking a guest spot on ‘Murphy Brown.’" (WP, 06/17/1992) Yet Quayle seems to apply @ double standard -- Rol! Cail reports that Quayle’s tv sons earned a total of $4,842 for tough-to-find summer jobs with the U.S. Sena (WP, 06/17/1992) Murphy Brown, Dan Quayle on CBS's "Murphy Brown:" "It doesn’t help matters Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent high professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alor calling it just another lifestyle choice."(WP, 08/21/92) Diane English, "Murphy Brown" creator and producer, on Quayle’s comment Vice President thinks it’s disgraceful for an unmarried women to bear a ct he believes that a woman cannot adequately raise a child without a father better make sure abortion remains safe and legal." (YT, 06/21/92) Democratic National Committee, Research Division‘ ‘ ss hy 2 ILLE, AR 72704-1204 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER 86 This fall, while George Bush and Dan Quayle travel around deriding Murphy Brown and the cultural elite, they may often be joined by their friend Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is indeed ironic. Rather than family values, Schwarzenegger's movies embrace sex and violence; rather than encouraging physical fitness among America’s children, the head of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness seems at least partially responsible for the dangerous steroid craze sweeping America’s high school gyms. Steroid Use. The son of a local police officer born in Thal, Austria, Schwarzenegger established a reputation as a leading body builder in Europe before emigrating to the U.S. in 1968 [he became a U.S. citizen in 1983]. = His rise to body building prominence was fueled by a fanatical dedication - pumping iron for hours in an unheated gym, before walking the four miles home -- and frequent consumption of steroids. The future head of the President's Council on Physical Fitness “took steroids in doses that terrifies the other bodybuilders. | saw him swallow eight or nine Dianabols at a time." [Arnold An Unauthorized Biography, Wendy Leigh, 1990, Congdon & Weed] = “I take steroids because they help me an extra 5%" [1974 Barbara Walt interview] Arold has become a role model for our nation’s youth, though not in a positive * = 1 million Americans, half of them adolescents, use black-market st "Countless others" choose from more than 100 other substances, le illegal, to boost performance. [U.S. News 6/1/92] = “It’s counterproductive to think that a 16-year-old kid will not us because he reads that Ben Johnson has taken them....So many kids the paper; all they read are the headlines and they say, ‘Well may try that, too. It may be dangerous, but let me give it a shot.” (U Violence. Schwarzenegger's charisma, coupled with the extreme viv. movies has proved an irresistible box office combination. = He was named by the National Coalition on Television Violence as the most violent actor of the year for Running Man‘s 146 Atrocities an hour. Jemocratic Natlonal Committee, Research DivisionUNIVERSITY OF ARKAN: 5 FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-1201 ia Authoritarian Streak. The dedication demonstrated in filming and promoting his movies has revealed another, less well known side of Arnold -- the authoritarian streak that partially explains his attachment to the Republican Party. = "I was always dreaming about very powerful people, dictators and things like that..." (Arnold: A Portrait, quoted in LA Times, 8/4/91] = A businessman and “longtime friend" of Schwarzenegger confirmed to Sov magazine that in the 1970s, Schwarzenegger enjoyed playing and giving away records of Hitler's speeches. (Spy, March 1992) .™ Schwarzenegger used to argue that if blacks were in charge of South Africa, they'd run it down the tubes. [LAT, 8/4/91] = "My friends don’t want me to mention Kurt's [Waldheim] name because of all the recent Nazi stuff and the U.N. controversy, but | love him and Maria does too, so thank you Kurt.” [Andy Warhol's diary, quoted in Arnold] Repressing Criticism. Schwarzenegger has a need to completely control the press, and stifle "undesirable" opinion. = The author of an unflattering book about Schwarzenegger -- Wendy Leigh - was sued and harassed by a Schwarzenegger-orchestrated campaign whic pressured both Good Morning America and AM Los Angeles to cancel F appearances. = "Bruce Lynn, a publicist who handled Leigh's book in America Schwarzenegger and Parker [Charlotte, his publicist] ‘did everything in power to make [Leigh’s] life miserable in promoting the book. She didr on certain shows that Arnold had power on.” (Spy Magazine, March, Personal Profile Feature Films include: Hercules Goes to New York; Stay Hungry (1976), Pu (1977), The Villain (1978), The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980), Conan, Tr (1982), Conan, The Destroyer 1983, The Terminator (1984), Commando Deal (1986), Predator (1987), Running Man (1987), Red Heat (1988), T Total Recall (1990), Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Terminator 2 (1991 Possibly the most successful bodybuilder in history, titles include Mr. Europe; Mr. Universe (twice); an unprecedented 7 Mr. Olympia titles. Democratic National Committee, Research Division88 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Sample Questions for Press Do you think street gang members spend more time watching Murphy Brown, or Terminator? If you had never taken steroids, would you be rich today? Do you think voting Republican is a side effect of steroid abuse? Do you think what the press can say or write about an individual should be limited, even if it’s true? Are you going to run for office? Is your lifestyle -- including two "live-in" relationships before marriage kind of lifestyle Dan Quayle would approve of? Are you part of the Hollywood media elite which the Administr: characterizes as “out of touch” with American values; or do you opposr Research DivisionAYETTEVILLE, AR EA 89 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES LOUIS SULLIVAN As HHS Secretary, Louis Sullivan must be made to answer directly for his failure to deliver effective health care reform and control rising health care costs. The United States spends more on health care than any other nation in the world, yet we pay more and get less. Health care expenditures account for 12% of the GNP, approximately $2500 per person (USA Today, 6/24/91). Thirty-seven million people have no health insurance at all and another 60 million are underinsured (Senate Democratic Policy Committee, 10/29/91). The Bush-Sullivan record on health carr reform consists of broken promises and little action. ~~ =. Ina 1988 campaign position paper, Bush made a commitment to creating effective health care system and continuing the role of the federal governr in providing care to the needy. ™ Sworn in as Secretary in March 1989, Dr. Sullivan began no new ini until a year later when the President, in his 1990 State of the Union / officially charged him with responsibility for studying and coming \ plan. Five months later, Sullivan summed up his findings by de “those who call for a radical revamping of our health care system" that American families with soaring health care bills would just hav on private insurance to save them (YT, 7/24/90). = Sullivan has ignored the devastating effects of soaring health ca middle class, saying that they do not need help with their he: (We, 2/20/91). Sullivan claims that "All Americans must quality health care, but it cannot be done simply by the fe writing a check... There are 7 million uninsured with ann’ $36,000 for a family of four. These are not persons wh should be provided federally financed insurance." (WP overlooks the fact that families have been paying higher the last decade. According to the Senate Committee Resources, family out of pocket spending from 1980- $63 Billion to $162 Billion or 157%. = Later that year, the administration failed to come ur was "overwhelmed with the complexity of the task" “three task forces to complete work on the issue betor. Despite the urgency of the health care crisis, Dr. Sus. congressional panel "the Administration will not be rushed" (Ws, = Finally, another five months later, Sullivan stated that the Bush administration has no plans to address the health care crisis. He only acknowledged a strong Democratic National Committee, Research DivisionAne NIVISION SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DI! UNWERSITY OF ARI SA . FAYETTEVILLE, AR dislike for proposals by congressional leaders and health care groups. He said states should solve their own problems. "I will not propose a grand, sweeping speculative scheme" (USA Today, 9/24/91). = Sullivan and the Bush administration then began developing plans to limit states’ ability to raise funds for its Medicaid costs so that it could reduce the amount of money the federal government has to match, instead of attackinr the root of the cost control problem. (WP,7/11/91). = Not surprisingly, the President’s 1992 “band-aid plan for health care refr included only moderate changes. Among its main supporters were corpr lobbies like the Health Care Equity Action League (WP, 2/7/92). This i surprising because of the administration’ s strong link to corporate interes example, Deborah Steelman, Bush’s senior adviser on health car “ Washington lawyer whose clients include insurers and pharmaceutical i 7 (Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/28/92). th Smoking and the Tobacco Industry = Dr, Sullivan’s position against smoking is well-known and is outspoken on the issue, but has quieted down because administration's support of American tobacco companies efforts market share overseas. = _Unconcerned with the health effects of smoking on the countries, Sullivan sounds more like a clone of George Bu' of health. On Meet the Press, he answered a question abc should be exporting disease by saying "As far as tobac’ understand it, is one of equity and access to markets. ... in those countries, we should have access". Convincin continued to frame the issue as a one of trade and as our fair share of the market (NBC News, 5/20/1990) Children and Poverty. Sounding more like a Democrat, children is simply good health policy” (White House Bulle followed through on his intentions. The Administrati problem of children living in poverty. =~ Between 1970 and 1990, Aid to Families with Dey Stamps fell nearly 25% in real terms, leaving it below ui. 3/27/91). ™ In 1990, after months of consideration, the administration declined to propose Democratic National Committse, Research Division1) 2) 3) 93 Sample Questions for Press Early in his political career, your boss, George Bush, called Medicare socialized medicine. You seem to take the same attitude toward assistance for the 37 million Americans, who currently lack health insurance. At a time when the U.S. spends more than any other country on health care and costs are rising every day, why do you and the Bush Administration refuse to confront the health care crisis? You claim that we need to encourage responsible behavior to stem the spread of AIDS. Yet you intervened to halt a survey on teenage sexual behavior after right-wing groups voiced our opposition. Do you think it is just to play politics with children’s lives? iy Although you voiced your support for reproductive choice prior to your confirmation, you enforce the Bush Administration litmus test for appointments. How do you reconcile your personal beliefs with your daily employment practices? Does it disturb you that top-quality health care professionals are being kept out of government posts for politicized reasons? Democratic National Commitee, Research Division94 TEN ET TEVILL E, AR 72701- GOVERNOR WILLIAM F. WELD Governor William Weld, a Massachusetts moderate who is pro-choice, is expected to campaign heavily for the Bush ticket. Weld will attempt to portray Clinton as another “tax and spend, Dukakis" Democrat; our response should focus on Weld’s adherence to failed supply-side economic pol st_Another Country Clubber. A Yankee Republican and trust fund millionaire,(WP, 02/12/92) Bill Weld was born into privilege, evidenced by his elite education at prep schools, Harvard and Oxford Universities, and Harvard Law School. No Economic Answers. Under Weld’s leadership, the Massachusetts economy has gone through the steepest downturn since the Great Depression. Since Weld took office, Massachusetts unemployment has surged to 8.8 %. For Afro-Americans the statistics are even bleaker with a soaring 40% increase in Joblessness, as unemployment nears the Great Depression rate at 23%,(BH, 07/04/1992) which is 8% higher than the national average for blacks. ‘Skewed Budaet Priorities. Although Weld managed to balance his first budget, it was not without sacrificing education and social aid, while generously doling out big pay raises to his cabinet members. His repeated cuts in social programs hurt those most severely affected by the failing Massachusetts economy. When. zed for his lack of compassion after the release of his budget and asked, "Governor, could you live on $289 a month?" Weld uncomfortably cornered, responded, "I would have difficulty with that." (WP, 02/12/1992) Anti-Women. Weld’s $2.6 billion fiscal recovery plan included proposals considered so “shortsighted and counterproductive," that an impromptu coalition of 35 women’s groups testified against it at legislative committee hearings in February. (BG, 02/10/91) His pian called for prohibiting pregnant women from receiving welfare benefits during the first two trimesters of Pregnancy, the elimination of general relief benefits to high school students who have left home, forcing welfare mothers to work to receive their benefit checks, and a reduction by two-thirds in the emergency assistance grants to tenants facing imminent eviction. (BG, 02/10/91) This budget would cut 10,000 additional people from the welfare plan and slash benefits by 10%. (WP, 02/12/92) Medicaid Cuts. The Weld administration advocated a ban on Medicaid payments to nursing homes for those patients who are temporarily hospitalized, thereby evicting 2,500 elderly and poor people from nursing homes. (BH, 05/12/92) Democratic National Committe, Research Division95 Education Cuts. Privately educated at the most elite of institutions, Weld has a hard time understanding the struggle of many middle class and poor Americans to receive a decent education: ° Massachusetts ranks 47th in state expenditures on higher education, (BH, 06/07/92) since Weld cut $100 million from the budget. The destructive effect of these cuts will be exacerbated by the anticipated increase in students desiring educations at state institutions in the 1990’s.(BG, 06/07/92) ° Weld has cut an additional $400 million from public elementary and secondary education. (BH, 06/07/92) No Taxes For Bill Weld. In 1990, Weld called Steve Pierce a "lawbreaker" for failing to file tax returns for five years, (BG, 04/23/92) yet last year, Governor Weld, who earned $166,277 in income paid no federal taxes because of $77,000 in deductions for the second mortgage of his home. Taxpayers essentially ended up paying for Weld’s political aspirations because Weld used the second mortgage to finance his campaign. (Boston Globe) Ethics Problems. Weld’s administration has been found guilty of selling influence to the highest bidders. The Commonwealth Business Council raised money for the state Republican party by proffering access to officials in the governor’s administration for contributions of $1000. Weld put a halt to the practice, only after $300,000 had been raised by the scheme.(BG, 07/01/92) Soft On Crime. Although Weld pledged to be “hell on crime" during the Fall primaries of 1990, the Weld administration has been criticized for ignoring warnings about the high rate of release of sex offenders from the Treatment Center for the Sexually Dangerous at Bridgewater. At least two of the released offenders have been implicated in other crimes: Michael Kelley for the murder of two women and Ralph Houghton for the rape of another. (BG, 06/20/92) Democratic Nations! Commit96 Sample Press Release [State] Democratic party Chair [name] marked the arrival of Massachusetts Governor William Weld to campaign for President George Bush with the following statement. Governor William Weld has come to speak motivated by his own political aspirations for higher office. In exchange for the possibility of a future spot on the 1996 Republican ticket, Governor Weld is speaking on behalf of a President who he has sharply differed with over the fundamental ideological issue of abortion, and against a Governor, Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who he once praised for his leadership. "Governor Weld's record in Massachusetts has revealed a man without an understanding of the needs of most Americans. He has balanced the budget of Massachusetts at the expense of the poor and middle class-- those with the.least to fall back on. By cutting funding for the sick and elderly, by denying welfare to pregnant women who desperately need a second chance for both themselves and their children, and by throwing away the public educational system with reductions which have made Massachusetts 47th in state spending for young minds, Weld has revealed that his priorities do not lie with the people. "Weld--like Bush--just doesn’t get it. Instead, in a time when unemployment has soared to 8.8%, Weld has inflated the salaries of his cabinet while he himself paid no federal taxes in 1991. “In Weld’s administration only the voices of the wealthy can be heard, as influence in the government has been traded for campaign contributions, and the calls for at least a fair chance by the rest are muted. He and Bush come from the same mold; neither can be leaders of change for the many, when they are concerned only for the welfare of the privileged few." Democratic National Committes,1) 2) 3) 4) 97 Sample Questions for Press In the light of your drastic reduction of spending on social programs in the name of fiscal restraint, how do you explain the sizable pay raises bestowed on your cabinet members during a time of recession? Reportedly you have earned almost $300,000 dollars in the Past two years in capital gains. Why do you advocate capital gains tax cuts, which are more likely to reward those who speculate successfully on Wall Street than those who choose to invest in companies within your state? Although the Massachusetts economy has suffered its worst setback since the Great Depression, you have twice opposed the extension of ‘federal unemployment benefits. With no signs of economic improvement, what relief can you give to those suffering in the recession? When the Massachusetts economy is in deep recession, and your administration is still reeling from the scandal of trading influence for campaign contributions through the Commonwealth Business Council, how can you divert your focus away from the grave problems of your state to campaign for George Bush? Democratic National Committae, Resaarch Division