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On the recordOctober 29, 1992
We're going to do that. Clean the House! Thirty-eight years, one party. Thirty-eight years they've controlled the House of Representatives. I think it's about time to clean House, I'll tell you. That leadership up there, they can't run a two-bit post office, and they screwed up a little tiny bank. We need to clean House. You remember that Harry Truman--it's not giving `em hell, it's just telling them the truth, and they think it's hell. That's what Truman said, and he's right. Education: We've got the best program to help these kids, America 2000. It's got a lot of great features. It supports the teachers, not that NEA teachers union. Let's help the teachers. Help the teachers. And one thing it says is let's help parents choose the school of their choice, private, public, or religious. It worked for the GI bill after World War II, and it can work to make our public schools better. Let the parents choose. I've got a big difference with Governor Clinton on crime. You see, I think we don't need a lot of liberal judges on the Supreme Court. He has threatened--he has made a terrible threat. He says he wants to put Mario Cuomo---- Audience members. Boo-o-o!
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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