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George H.W. Bush: Thank you very much. What a great rally. Thank you very much, Governor. Thank you, thank you very, very much. May I say…

On the recordOctober 31, 1992
Thank you very much. What a great rally. Thank you very much, Governor. Thank you, thank you very, very much. May I say at the beginning of these brief remarks that I am very, very grateful to your Governor, to my friend Tommy Thompson. You couldn't have a better guy helping you win this State. I want to salute--you know, everywhere we go we see ``Clean House!'' What we need to do is have more Congressmen like Steve Gunderson there to get the job done. I support him. And then Wisconsin has a major national objective this year, and that is to reelect your great Senator Bob Kasten for another 6 years, 6 more. I want to thank all of those who made this spectacular rally at the end of a long day in this State of Wisconsin such a tremendous success. It is great for the morale. It convinces me we'll win Wisconsin. It convinces me we will win the election. I'll tell you something. I've got a little less voice but a lot more heart after this crowd, I'll tell you. Here's what it boils down to between Governor Clinton and me: the vast difference in experience, a vast difference in philosophy, a vast difference in character. And in all three of those, I ask for your vote. You know, for years, for years, I mean, make this months-- [laughter]--Governor Clinton has been going around the country knocking us and saying everything bad not only about me, but he says that we are a nation somewhere less than Germany and a little bit more than Sri Lanka. He ought to open his eyes. We are the greatest, best nation on the face of the Earth. But while he's knocking our record, I think it's only appropriate to take a quick look at his. Here it is for Arkansas: 50th--I think of Wisconsin as an environmental State--Arkansas, 50th in environmental initiatives; 50th in the percentage of adults with a college degree; and you go on and on and on. Unfortunately, the people of Arkansas deserve better. But here's the problem. Governor Clinton said, ``I want to do for the United States what I've done for Arkansas.'' No way! No way! Happy Halloween. We don't need that for the United States of America. By the way, if a couple of yuppies dressed as moderates come to your door, bags in hand, give them some candy, but watch your wallet. They're coming after you, Governor Taxes and the Ozone Man. Don't let them in. It's a trick, not a treat. No, Governor Clinton goes all around the country talking about change. He says he is the candidate of change. That's outrageous. I'll tell you the kind of change we'd get if we'd elected him: the same as we got when we had a Democrat in the White House and the liberal Democrats controlling Congress. We would have inflation--remember how it was in 1980--inflation at 15, interest rates at 21, the ``misery index'' at 20. And change is all you'd have left in your pocket. We cannot go back. And we're not going to. Audience members. Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
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George H.W. Bush
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