Prepared by
the Office of the Vice President
and faxed to
the MN E-Democracy Project
Are you ready to fight?
Are you ready to win?
Are you ready to send Ann Wynia to the U.S. Senate?
It's great to be back in Minnesota. I appreciate your warm applause -- and
all that sympathy about my basketball injury.
But this is a place that cares about basketball. You fought to keep the
Timberwolves -- isn't it great that they're staying here?
Incidentally, did you know how I got hurt?
It was during All-Star week, at the slam-dunk contest.
Anyway, I went up for the difficult helicopter dunk ... caught my elbow on
the rim ... you know how it is.
Seriously, I'm here because we have one week left.
Seven days until one of the most important elections of our time.
There's only one question in this election.
Do we want to move forward ... or move back?
Which side are you on? Forward ... or back?
Forward for jobs ... growth ... working families? Or back to obstructionism
... trickle-down economics ... and gridlock?
I predict that on November 8 the voters of Minnesota will say yes to moving
forward! No to obstructionists!
Because we remember the old days. We remember what Republicans did.
They exploded the deficit.
Quadrupled the national debt.
Offered us an America of tax cuts for the wealthy and pink slips for the
middle class.
Buried America in a triple-dip recession.
Americans wanted to right crime. Republicans did nothing!
Americans wanted to clean our air and water and get rid of toxic waste dumps.
Republicans did nothing!
Americans wanted legislation like Family and Medical Leave -- and college
loan reform. Republicans did nothing!
They promised us all the roads would run downhill -- they gave us the road
to disaster.
Americans had enough. They said, "We want change." And they elected Bill
Clinton -- with a 25 point margin in Ramsey County!
Thank you!
Over the last 21 months we've made a great start in moving this
country forward.
Why'd this happen?
Just look at our record.
Deficits?
We cut spending $255 billion -- $700 billion less debt over five years.
4.6 million new jobs -- 88,100 for Minnesota.
Consumer confidence is up -- 66% in Minnesota. Home sales are up.
Taxes?
Let's get the record straight.
The wealthiest 1.2 percent -- the ones who got all the tax breaks during
the Reagan-
Bush years -- were asked to pay a little more of their fair share.
98.8% of Americans had no tax increase.
For every one who did in Minnesota, seven got a tax cut! That's over
155,000 families in Minnesota!
And those families didn't just get a tax cut.
Look at Family and Medical Leave. That's one that means a lot to me
because Tipper and I had a child injured in a car accident. I could take
time off from my job. But during the weeks in the hospital, we met
families who couldn't.
Republicans vetoed that bill. Bill Clinton signed it. Now 845,000 workers
in Minnesota are protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Look at student loans.
Anybody here worried about sending their children to college?
We reformed student loans. Now, about 419,000 students and former students
in Minnesota will be able to benefit.
Look at crime.
When we tried to fight crime the Republicans voted no!
But we bent them back. Now we have the toughest, smartest anti-crime bill
in history.
For Minnesota, that means $165 million over the next 6 years for cops. Up
to 1800 new police officers. $24 million for training and equipment. More
for prisons. Boot camps. More drug control programs and youth development
centers. It's a comprehensive approach. Police. Punishment. Prevention.
That's how we fight back- That's how we get things done.
And there's another way. Elect Ann Wynia.
She gets things done.
Minnesota wanted health care coverage for children. Who got it done?
Ann Wynia.
Minnesota wanted welfare reform- Who got it done?
Ann Wynia.
Minnesota wanted a program that can help senior citizens stay in
their homes. Who developed the block nurse program? Who got it
done?
Ann Wynia.
Minnesota wanted to enlarge the Head Start program. Who got it done?
Ann Wynia.
And what about Ann's opponent?
When we had a crime bill, Ann's opponent voted no -- he voted against cops
for Anoka, in his own district!
Breast- cancer research? He voted no!
Education Act? Goals 2000? He voted no.
What's he think of federal school lunches -- and even immunization?
You guessed it. No!
He's so far to the right he makes Jesse Helms look like ... Paul Wellstone.
The only thing Rod Grams is for is the Contract for America.
Pathetic.
The idea of this group posing as fiscal disciplinarians -- the same group
who sat around and watched our national debt quadruple ... the same group
who watched this country lose 10,000 jobs a week ... the same group who
gave us the worst growth rate since World War II.
The other day Newt Gingrich tried to sound confident. He said the
Republicans were preparing for the transition.
This isn't transition. It's retreat!
Now ... there's something people have been saying about Ann Wynia that
caught my eye. They've called her "boring."
I have some sympathy for that.
I've heard all the jokes.
"Al Gore is so boring his Secret Service Code name is ... Al Gore."
"Al Gore is so stiff racks buy their suits off him."
Speaking of stiff -- I know Charlton Heston was here, and said, "It's time
to go back to the dead old white guys who started all this."
He's trying to elect Ann Wynia's opponent.
Let me tell you -- Charlton Heston's been acting so long he thinks he
really can make miracles.
Do we want a far-right extremist who wants to go back? Or Ann Wynia, a
candidate from the mainstream who wants to move the country forward?
It's time to fight hack.
Fight back by saying no to gridlock -- and yes to Ann Wynia.
Fight back by saying no to trickle-down economics -- and yes to Ann Wynia.
Fghting back by saying no to crime and drugs in our schools -- and
saying yes to Ann Wynia.
Fight back by saying no to Congressman No -- and yes to Ann Wynia.
We have one week left.
The stakes are high ... our opponents are tough ... hut the choice is clear.
The wind is at our back.
Let's win a victory for Democrats...
... for families...
... for children.
Elect John Marty!
Elect Bill Luther!
Elect Ann Wynia!
That's good for Minnesota!
That's good for America!
Message-Id: <199411022045.OAA16599@quality.ais.umn.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 15:43:27 -0600 To: mn-politics@MR.Net From: aikens@freenet.msp.mn.us (G Scott Aikens) Subject: Vice President Gore Endorses Wynia Prepared by the Office of the Vice President and faxed to the MN E-Democracy Project
Due to error-prone nature of OCR (optical character recognition), there may be typographical errors in the text above which may not appear in Mr. Gore's original document. Until we have a printed copy of the endorsement and have corrected the errors by hand, may the reader beware.