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On the recordOctober 31, 1992
Well, I'm told that this is the home town of Quad Graphics. They do a lot of printing. One of the things they help with is Newsweek. Well, maybe you saw last week Newsweek had a cover of my opponent. And the caption said, ``President Clinton?'' with a question mark. Well, we're about to answer that question. Hold the presses for the next cover. Tell all those Washington--those kind of salon leaders, tell those media talking heads we are going to win this election on November 3d. And here is why. Here is why. There is a vast difference between experience, political philosophy, and yes, a vast difference in character, and on all three of those I believe I will win. I think we have it in focus now. After 11 months of Governor Clinton bashing us and our record, telling the Nation that we're in decline, the Arkansas record is finally in perspective. Here's a couple of the characteristics that you might want to guard against. Arkansas is the 50th in the quality of environmental initiatives. Fiftieth--you're going to get worked up when you hear this list--50th in the percentage of adults with a college degree; 50th in per capita spending on criminal justice; moving up now, 49th in per capita spending on police protection; 48th in percentage of adults with a high school diploma; 48th in spending on corrections; 46th on teacher salaries; 45th in the overall well-being of children. And he said in the debate, ``I want to do for the United States what I've done for Arkansas.'' No way! No way! We're going to not let him do that. Audience members. We want Bush! We want Bush! We want Bush!
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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