From: jlohrmann@igc.apc.org
Subject: Endorsements of Clinton
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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 21:16:40 GMT

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                ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE CLINTON-GORE TICKET


                     *Business and Labor*

Roger Johnson, Chairman of Western Digital, member of The Orange County Eight
and one of thirty presidents or CEOs of some of the nation's leading high-tech
companies endorsing Clinton:
    "As a Republican who has voted for every GOP presidential candidate since
     Eisenhower in 1952, it has been an eye-opening experience to find that a
     Democratic governor from Arkansas has a far better understanding of what
     America needs than does an incumbent Republican Administration."

Kathryn Thompson, real estate developer and member of The Orange County Eight:
    "Bill Clinton can see past the moment and is therefore the most qualified
     in shaping history in America's best interest."

John P. White, former Issues Director and major economic advisor of the Perot
Petition Committee:
    "Today, I am announcing my support for Governor Bill Clinton for President
     of the United States.  Over the past few months, I have been deeply
     involved in the Presidential campaign.  As a result, I have had a special
     opportunity to observe the candidates in the context of personal
     capabilities, positions on issues, and leadership characteristics.  I
     believe that a Clinton presidency will achieve for the country the
     essential combination of economic growth, good jobs, and long-term fiscal
     strength.  I believe Clinton has an excellent economic plan and will
     provide the long-term deficit reduction that will be necessary to return
     America to a sound footing."  (October 5, 1992)

A group of more than 400 CEOs meeting in Chicago endorsed the Clinton-Gore
ticket, & supported Clinton's People First economic plan. (September 21, 1992)

Business And Professional Women PAC, by unanimous vote.  The 7000 participants
at the B&PW convention in Minneapolis made the first presidential endorsement
in B&PW's 75-year history.  Said Chairwoman Mariwyn Heath,
    "This political action committee looked at the voting records of the
     candidates, their vetos and the power that they use for and against
     women, and took this bold step to endorse the presidential ticket of
     Bill Clinton and Al Gore." (July 28, 1992)

AFL-CIO General Board (representing all 88 unions); President Lane Kirkland:
    "Working people want a government that fights to rebuild the country's
     economic strength, provides fair opportunities and seeks--in the words of
     the Pledge of Allegiance--'liberty and justice for ALL'"

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees; International
President Gerald W. McEntee and International Secretary-Treasurer William
Lucy wrote:
    "[Bill Clinton] puts a priority on building the nation's infrastructure,
     on creating jobs, on universal access to decent health care, on improving
     public education, on tax fairness, on family and parental leave, on civil
     rights and women's rights and workers' rights....Election '92 is more
     than a political campaign.  It is more than a struggle to save public
     services.  It is a crusade to return America to prosperity and fairness.
                                      (_The Public Employee_, October, 1992)

On October 8, 1992, a group of 556 economists nationwide, including nine
Nobel Prize winners, endorsed the Clinton-Gore National Economic Strategy.

Nobel Laureates previously endorsing Clinton's economic plan:
     Paul Samuelson, MIT, 1970 Nobel Prize in Economics
     Kenneth Arrow, Stanford, 1972 Nobel Prize in Economics
     Lawrence Klein, Penn, 1980 Nobel Prize in Economics
     James Tobin, Yale, 1981 Nobel Prize in Economics
     Franco Modigliani, MIT, 1985 Nobel Prize in Economics
     Robert Solow, MIT, 1987 Nobel Prize in Economics


                       *Public Service*

Admiral William Crowe, Ronald Reagan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
reappointed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by George Bush:
    "...America needs new leadership....Governor Clinton offers America the
     best choice for the future, and I strongly endorse him for President of
     the United States."  (September 19, 1992)

Sierra Club; National Club President Anthony Ruckel, in rejecting Bush-Quayle:
    "We cannot trust George Bush.  He has broken every promise." (Sept. 4, 1992)


                         *Education*

National Education Association (_MEA Voice_, June 20, 1992)

American Federation of Teachers; President Albert Shanker:
    "No matter how you look at it, Clinton's candidacy represents the most
     thoughtful option out there to help change this country.  He not only
     understands the improtance of education to the nation's future, but also
     the teamwork, strategy, and resources it will take for us to get there."
                (United University Professions' _The Voice_, October, 1992)

New York State United Teachers; NYSUT President Thomas Hobart, Jr.:
    "Electing Bill Clinton is, without doubt, the most important thing we can
     do for public education and health care in this country...."

Board of Education of the State of Alabama (October 8, 1992)


                         *Health Care*

NEWSDAY report:  "A panel of five Republican and Democratic health officials
     from previous administrations found, after studying the Bush and Clinton
     health plans, that while Bush's plan would save $31 billion from expected
     spending by the year 2,000, Clinton's plan would save $211 billion.  By
     2005, Bush's plan would save $46 billion while Clintion would save $481
     billion, the group said.
         "The analysis, conducted by Lewin-ICS, a bipartisan health-economics
     firn used by both political parties, also found that Clinton's plan
     would virtually eliminate the uninsured by the late 1990's, while Bush's
     approach would leave 27 million Americans priced out of the health
     inssurance market."  (_Newsday_, October 2, 1992)

Families USA (Washington DC, October 2, 1992)

Earvin "Magic" Johnson, HIV-positive basketball star, resigned the seat Bush
had awarded him on the National Commission on AIDS because the Administration
ignored the Commission's recommendations.  In endorsing the Clinton-Gore
ticket on NBC's "Sunday Today," he said:
    "We have to make sure that we understand that we can't take four more
     years of the Bush Administration."

American Nurses Association; the released statement reads, in part:
    "ANA's endorsement of Governor Bill Clinton will open doors to enhanced
     dialogue.  Governor Bill Clinton believes that affordable, quality
     health care is a right, not a privilege....In comparison with President
     Bush's health proposal, Governor Clinton's health plan most closely
     reflectsANA's 30 key points for evaluating health policy.


                            *Media*

Rolling Stone Magazine (September 17, 1992); Editor Jann S. Wenner summarized:
    "Bill Clinton and Al Gore are of this generation.  They stand for what's
     been the best of it.  And as candidates, they are as good as it gets...."

Moment Magazine (October, 1992);

Weekly Forward (September 11, 1992); "...Forward's endorsement is arrived at
     with real regard for the achievement the candidates have already made in
     moving the Democratic Party back onto its historic course....In bringing
     the Democratic party back to these values in a long and bruising primary
     campaign, Mr. Clinton is rekindling the right vision for our country at a
     time when our biggest challenges are at home."

St Louis Post-Dispatch (September 20, 1992)

Detroit Free Press (October 4, 1992); "We believe that George Bush is poorly
     equipped to meet that challenge [of overcoming our weaknesses and building
     on our strengths at home], or even to understand it.  Gov. Bill Clinton is
     admirably equipped to do so."

Seattle Times (October 4, 1992); "State governments have been the cauldron of
     innovation in the last decade and Clinton has been out in front testing
     new ideas.  His record as governor, his leadership within the National
     Governors Conference and the Democratic Party, his comprehensive plans
     for the future, and his remarkably steady campaign performance make him
     the clear choice to be elected president in 1992....Clinton and Gore
     think about tomorrow.  Clinton is focused on this nation's possibilities
     for the 21st century.  Our endorsement of the Clinton-Gore ticket is an
     investment in the future."

San Jose Mercury News (October 4, 1992); "Clinton's strengths would make him
     credible candidate in any matchup for the presidency.  Measured against
     Bush's weaknesses, they seal the case.  In the last three presidential
     elections, this newspaper has not found a Democratic or Republican
     candidate we could endorse for president.  This year, we strongly
     recommend Bill Clinton."

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