Bob Bennett: “I congratulate President Clinton on his rhetorical gifts. I cannot resist commenting or repeating the comment made to me…”

“I congratulate President Clinton on his rhetorical gifts. I cannot resist commenting or repeating the comment made to me by a number of people, which is that he has begun to reach out for the techniques of Ronald Reagan, known as the Great Communicator. One of the President's strengths is his ability to pick up the techniques that President Reagan demonstrated so well over the period of time he was here. But I must, in an attempt to set the record straight, make two comments. The description of the President's accomplishments in his first year are quite different from my memory of what happened in the first year. And that which I found the most outrageous was his congratulatory reference to 9 out of 10 small businesses getting significant tax cuts as a result of his domestic program. I have not found a single small business in my State that has congratulated me on the tax cuts that came as a result of that program. Indeed, I have had a number of letters about people protesting significant tax increases that are hitting small businesses.”