From: barrett@cc.gatech.edu (James Barrett)
Subject: CLINTON/GORE: Interview on ABC transcript
Reply-To: barrett@cc.gatech.edu
Organization: Georgia Tech College of Computing
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:07:53 GMT

            The Clintons and Gores' TV Appearance 

    Text of appearance on ABC's Good Morning America by
 Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton, his wife
 Hillary Clinton, vice presidential nominee Al Gore and his
 wife Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore:
 
    NANCY SNYDERMAN: Good Morning America has hit the road
 before on various bus trips through the South, through--
    HILLARY CLINTON: They're fun, aren't they?
    Q: They're exhausting. You guys look pretty good.
    HILLARY CLINTON: You know, but Nancy, that's because 
 we've had so many terrific people, all along the way, ever
 since we got onto the bus in midtown Manhattan until now,
 just leaving Pittsburgh, people have been coming up to us.
 They are enthusiastic. They are filled with energy. We get a
 lot of energy back. I mean, people have driven 500 miles to
 hear Bill and Al speak.
    SENATOR AL GORE: Last night, when we got to McKeesport,
 people had been waiting there for 5, 6 hours, through 2
 hours worth of rain. And we met this one person who said, I
 can't get close enough to get a good look; what is your 
 schedule tomorrow? And we told him where we were going to be
 in West Virginia and he said, Well, I'm going to drive
 there. I said, Well, that's a pretty long way to drive, and
 he said, Well, I drove from Michigan to come here.
    So the excitement and the momentum, this is not some
 put-up deal. The advance people told us when we drove into
 York night before last, there will be 10 people there to
 greet you. There were 3000 people there. And there had been
 no flyers or effort to promote it in any way. We thought we
 were just going to go up and hop in bed, get a nice rest. 
 Instead there were 3000 people, so Bill and I cranked up and
 made them a couple of speeches. We did our best.
    They are so fired up. And these handmade signs that they
 have are just incredible.
    GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON: I think what have to do is to keep
 reaching out to people where they live. You know, we've got
 to say politics is not nearly as important as people. We've
 got to keep reaching to communicate directly with people,
 and really hammer on the issues and play to people's hopes.
    We know it's going to be a tough campaign. We've seen the 
 last couple of days that the other side's going to attack us
 in pretty personal terms. And we believe we've got good
 records. We believe we've got a good plan for America. We
 believe we can turn this country around. And I think the
 important thing is that we keep finding ways to touch people
 where they live and to let people know that we're real, we
 care, and we're committed to making a difference, and if we
 can just sustain that energy level for 4 months, I think
 we'll prevail in November.
    Q: Mrs Clinton, it's very interesting that you've taken 
 a real bashing, and some people think that you have been
 somewhat Machiavellian in your drive to want to be First
 Lady. Is it true or does the American public really not know
 who you are?
    HILLARY CLINTON: Oh, Nancy, I don't know. I mean, the
 kind of issues that are raised about the spouse of a public
 official today are raised because of who we are and what we
 do, the fact that there are no stereotypes anymore that make
 sense at the gubernatorial or congressional level. You know,
 friends of mine who are married to governors or senators or 
 congresspeople, you know, they're in business, they're in
 academia, they're full-time homemakers, they combine
 part-time work with homemaking--they do everything. That is
 just not even talked about any more.
    TIPPER GORE: I think Hillary represents mainstream
 American women, exactly what's going on with people. You
 know, they're mothers, they're working and they're trying to
 balance it and juggle it and it's not easy. And the Clintons
 understand that and they've been talking about it. You know,
 most parents today are working parents or they're single 
 working parents. The Clintons understand what that's like.
    And so I'm just happy to be talking about these issues
 that really affect people in their daily lives, and I think
 they understand them.
    Q: The rumors this morning being tossed around on the
 networks are that James Baker's going to, in fact, change
 his job title and head up President Bush's re-election
 campaign. Does that change things for you guys?
    GOVERNOR CLINTON: No.
    HILLARY CLINTON: No. 
    Q: Is it frightening?
    GOVERNOR CLINTON: I think it shows you that, you know,
 they're desperate if that happens. They have to give up the
 guy who's their secretary of state, running their foreign
 policy.
    SENATOR GORE: I'd like to say a word about him. I think
 he is the very best that they have. He's a personal friend.
 I think he's a class act. I like him a lot. I think that the
 country would be better served if he was secretary of state
 instead of getting all back into politics, because what 
 they're going to try to do is very clear. When the new
 unemployment statistics came out and the signal went off
 from the economists, this is bad news, a triple dip
 recession, did you see what their top strategists said? What
 does this mean? They said it means we're going to have to
 run an even meaner campaign.
    Q: Is your skin thick enough? I mean, if it gets tough--
    GOVERNOR CLINTON: I know mine is. You know, people ask me
 all the time how you can take all this stuff, and the answer
 is, number one, you have no business in public life if you 
 define yourself by what other people say about you. If you
 don't define yourself from the inside out, if you don't know
 who you are and what you believe in and what kind of person
 you are, that's almost a spiritual issue with me. It's not a
 political issue.
    Q: You're both remarkably young to take on the White
 House, and that's been one thing people say--it's
 unbelievable, the only role in life where they'd still be
 considered young. So that's an added attraction.
    GOVERNOR CLINTON: We're too old to do everything. 

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