DOLE KEMP

OCTOBER 16, 1996

FAST FACTS

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"The President's spokesman, though, did not dispute any of the incidents laid out in Mr. Dole's speech and declined an offer to review the list assembled by Mr. Dole's campaign. 'I don't take any of this seriously,' Mr. Lockhart said."

-- New York Times, October 16, 1996

HERE ARE THE INCIDENTS THEY DON'T "DISPUTE"
Bob Dole Believes Questionable Ethics Are Worth Taking Seriously

More than 30 Clinton administration officials have been investigated, fired, or forced to resign due to ethical improprieties.

A partial list includes: Roger Altman, Henry Cisneros, Joycelyn Elders, Mike Espy, Jean Hanson, Webster Hubbell, William Kennedy, Bruce Lindsey, Craig Livingstone, Dick Morris, Bernard Nussbaum, Hazel O'Leary, Federico Pena, Joshua Steiner, and David Watkins.

Four independent counsels have been appointed -- three investigating members of Clinton's Cabinet and one looking at Clinton himself.

In addition to Kenneth Starr's investigation of President Clinton, the other three independent counsels have been Donald Smaltz (investigating former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy), David Barrett (investigating Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros), and Daniel Pearson (investigating the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown.)

The FBI was tricked into handing over more than 900 confidential, personal files to the White House to a former bar bouncer who had worked on the Clinton campaign.

"Mr. Livingstone has also testified that the FBI files were obtained through an innocent 'bureaucratic snafu' because his investigator, Anthony Marceca, did not realize the list was outdated and included more than 900 staffers from the Reagan and Bush administrations." Wall Street Journal, 10/4/96

A six-month gap was discovered in the White House log used to control access to FBI files.

Question: "Well, it appears, at least from the copy of the log that we have, there is a 6-month gap, roughly, between March 29, 1994 and September 21, 1994. Do you recall during that period whether any files would have been checked out?"

Answer: "I recall that background investigations were checked out and that we did log them."

Question: "Do you have any idea why there are no entries on this copy of the log that we have for the period between March 29, 1994 and September 21, 1994?"

Answer: "I have no idea." Deposition of Mari Anderson, former assistant in the White House Security Office, 10/4/96

The Justice Department was abused to investigate innocent workers at the White House travel office as a cover for putting political friends in charge of it.

"In May 1993, the White House fired the Travel Office staff, alleging financial mismanagement and gave the business to an associate of Clinton crony Harry Thomason. ... This led to a Justice prosecution of Travel Office head Billy Dale, whom a jury acquitted within hours." editorial, Wall Street Journal, 9/16/96

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Subpoenaed travel office records were hidden from congressional committees.

"Resisting the subpoenas with legally preposterous claims of executive privilege, the White House turned over two sets of documents under pressure of House contempt threats. What then emerged from the collapse of this stonewall was Filegate -- the abuse of some 900 confidential FBI files, including many on Bush administration officials." editorial, *Wall Street Journal*, 9/16/96

A Clinton Cabinet member was forced to resign for taking illegal gifts.

"Through grand jury testimony, prosecutors recently have uncovered more instances of possible illegal gratuities that Douglas gave Espy while he was Agriculture Secretary, those close to the inquiry said. The gifts included tickets to the U.S. Open tennis matches and a number of professional basketball games, as well as new luggage and restaurant meals, the sources say. Espy resigned under pressure last year."

*Washington Post*, 10/30/95

Presidential Marine helicopters were used for a staff golf outing.

"Mr. Watkins, who resigned from the administration in May 1994 after he used a presidential helicopter on a golf trip to Maryland, told the House committee his memo was accurate ..." *Washington Times*, 9/6/96

Executive privilege was abused to suppress an FBI report critical of Clinton's drug policies.

"The White House today claimed executive privilege to withhold from a House panel a memorandum to President Clinton from the FBI Director that Newsweek magazine had reported was critical of Federal drug policy." *New York Times*, 10/2/96

Similar stonewalling was used to hide details on the health care task force and billing records.

"In 1993, a physicians' group sued to make public the members of Mrs. Clinton's health-care task force, which was designing her health-system overhaul. The White House refused. ... This January, White House aide Carolyn Huber announced that the billing records had materialized on a table in the 'book room' next to Mrs. Clinton's study." editorial, *Wall Street Journal*, 9/16/96

Pardons have been dangled in front of convicted felons who might implicate the President.

Lehrer: "If you're reelected, would you consider pardoning the McDougals and Jim Guy Tucker for a second term?"

Clinton: "I've given no consideration to that. And you know, their cases are still on appeal. And I would -- my position would be that their cases should be handled like others, they should go through -- there's a regular process for that, and I have regular meetings on that, and I review those cases as they come up after there's an evaluation done by the Justice Department. And that's how I think it should be handled."

Interview with Bill Clinton, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, 9/23/96

A wealthy Indonesian family was allowed to buy access and play a role in foreign policy in exchange for contributions to the DNC.

"With Mr. Clinton's election to the Presidency in 1992, the [Indonesian billionaire] Riadys and their business associates have become more politically active, from soliciting campaign contributions to influencing trade policy and conducting quiet diplomacy. ... Last month, in response to questions from the *Los Angeles Times*, the Democratic Party returned an unlawful $250,000 contribution that had been solicited from a South Korean company by the former American head of the Riady's business operations, John Huang." *New York Times*, 10/10/96

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DOLE KEMP

October 10, 1996

MEMORANDUM TO DOLE/KEMP '96 LEADERSHIP

From: Scott Reed
Campaign Manager

Subject: Debate Momentum/Electoral Math

OCT 11 1996

Another debate, another big victory. **Jack Kemp made woodchips out of our tree-stiff vice president last night** with a performance of typical energy, optimism, and enthusiasm. Kemp did exactly what was needed. He offered a clear and persuasive argument for the Dole-Kemp economic plan and showed tens of millions of Americans what the Dole-Kemp tax cuts would mean to them.

Following the debate, **Dole and Kemp appeared today at a massive and boisterous rally in Cincinnati, Ohio with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell.** At the rally, Powell praised Dole as a "straightforward man with a straightforward vision for America."

According to the today's issue of the daily political briefing *Hotline*, **Bob Dole now leads Bill Clinton in 15 states with 123 electoral votes, and we are statistically-tied with Clinton -- within the polls' margins of error -- in 11 more traditionally-Republican states with 108 electoral votes.**

In other words, as it stands today, **we are statistically tied or ahead in roughly 26 states with a combined 231 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the Presidency.**

Assuming our momentum continues to build as it has over the past two weeks, **the vast majority -- if not all -- of these states should swing into the Dole/Kemp column in the last weeks of the campaign.** Our mission, therefore, is to find the 39 electoral votes needed to put us over the top.

Current polls show 12 additional states in which **Clinton currently leads that we expect to be competitive**. Most of these states have been trending Republican and have a consistent record of eventually voting for the Republican ticket. They include California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Almost any four or five of those twelve battleground states would be enough to give us the White House. The support of any three of the five largest of those states -- California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania -- would alone be enough for a November victory.

**The White House is desperately attempting to convince the press and the public that this election is already over.** They're trying as hard as possible to sit on the ball and run out the clock -- hoping the American people won't take a close look at both candidates before making their decision.

They're wrong. **Poll after poll has shown that most Americans don't sit to decide their presidential choice until the closing days of a campaign.** With our clear and popular message of tax cuts and personal freedom, we will bring those critical late-deciders into the Dole column.

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DOLE KEMP

OCTOBER 9, 1996

HOT POINTS

Talking Points for Dole/Kemp Leadership and Supporters

Post-Veep Debate Talking Points

* This was the difference between humanity and robotics. Al Gore was relentlessly negative and did neither himself nor his running mate much good because of how harsh and cold he was.

* Jack Kemp, on the other hand, showed why he is the Republican Party's most convincing voice of optimism, inclusion, and opportunity. Kemp spoke to every American -- not just the liberal Democrats who love government answers to all questions. Gore tonight revealed that he and Clinton are dedicated opponents of tax relief for all Americans and support tax relief only for a favored few.

* Kemp sold Bob Dole's tax plan and paved the way for a dramatic expansion of the economy with a new tax code. With his typical charisma and energy, he showed why Bob Dole picked Kemp to help him lead America into an better future. Gore, on the other hand, was relentlessly smug and negative.

* Kemp appealed to every overtaxed American family having trouble making ends meet. Gore was the scrooge who thinks the government should tell you how to eat your mashed potatoes and how much you're allowed to eat. Gore defended the tax code, big government, and bureaucrats telling you what to do. Kemp defended the dream of opportunity for all Americans.

* Kemp reassured Americans on Medicare and Social Security, while hitting Gore for the distortions and dishonesty of the Clinton negative campaign on this issue. Gore was the apostle of fear.

* Kemp bested Gore on taxes and inner-city growth and nailed him on the tragedy of partial-birth abortions. On a substantive level, Kemp revealed Gore to be a dour politicians with no vision, only attacks and robotic briefing points.

* We come out of here with momentum, with Kemp as the most likable politician in America. With Kemp and Dole and Colin Powell going out to Cincinnati and Gore/Clinton having to protect Gore's base in Tennessee, we're on a roll. But if you had Gore's negative, unlikeable performance, you'd want to go home too.

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DOLE KEMP

October 8, 1996

OCT 8 1996

Subject: Rolling through New Jersey

Following his tremendous showing in Sunday's debate, Bob Dole took to the road yesterday in a bus trip across New Jersey with Governor Whitman. According to USA Today, the reaction from New Jersey voters has been overwhelming. Crowds along the trip have been "larger and more enthusiastic than they have been in weeks," and Dole himself was riding a wave of "energy and optimism."

The choice of New Jersey for our post-debate campaign swing is no accident. Just five weeks before the 1993 election, now-Governor Christie Todd Whitman trailed her opponent, incumbent Governor Jim Florio, by a whopping 21 points. Most pundits had already written off the election -- confident the incumbent would coast to reelection.

Whitman had based her campaign on a sweeping, across-the-board tax cut plan, a plan that had been savaged in the press as fiscally-irresponsible and impossible to implement. But Whitman kept her campaign focus on the plan -- reminding voters day after day that Florio had passed the largest tax increase in New Jersey history and telling them that she wanted to give them their money back.

The final pre-election poll still showed Whitman trailing Florio by a wide margin. But the polls lied. Whitman upset Florio, won the election, and promptly implemented her tax cut plan -- completing it ahead of schedule. The results have been dramatic and conclusive: Since the plan was passed, New Jersey's growth has outpaced that of all the major neighboring states.

This November, the pundits and prognosticators will learn that Bob Dole's message of lower taxes, higher wages, a balanced budget, and smaller government resonates far outside New Jersey as well. And Bill Clinton will join Jim Florio in settling down to retirement in the home for old-style tax raisers.

Yesterday we launched another ad reminding voters how Clinton broke his 1992 promise to "not raise taxes on the middle class." Using footage of Clinton's own promise, the ad runs through the highlights of Clinton's record-breaking $265 billion tax increase: higher taxes on salaries, on gasoline, on Social Security benefits. As the tag line in the ad says, Clinton's 255 proposed tax and fee increases prove that the real Bill Clinton is "a real spend and tax liberal."

Today, Elizabeth Dole took the Dole-Kemp message onto NBC's Today show and "Regis and Kathy Lee." Mrs. Dole will continue to campaign today in Michigan. Bob Dole will wrap up the second day of his New Jersey bus tour while Jack Kemp prepares for tomorrow's vice-presidential debate in Florida against Al Gore. Following the vice-presidential debate tomorrow, Dole and Kemp will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio for an event with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell.

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10/08/96 12:07:13

Dole's showing
in debate inspires
hope for victory

By Ralph Z. Hallow
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Bob Dole's performance in Sunday night's debate has Republicans across the country sounding more upbeat than they've been all year.

What's more, a new Reuters poll shows President Clinton's lead over his GOP challenger shrinking to 9.3 percentage points.

"It's obvious Dole energized the hell out of a lot of people with that debate," said John Herrington, the California GOP chairman. "The phone lines at party headquarters in Los Angeles were so jammed today that we had to put on two extra receptionists. The same is true for Dole headquarters in Sacramento, which is also the state GOP headquarters."

Democrats were hardly dispirited after watching Mr. Clinton's performance. At least one state party chairman said Mr. Dole's tough talk about labor unions energized Democrats to vote for Mr. Clinton.

"I was watching the debate with a group of Michigan State students and volunteers, and the president motivated them, and Bob Dole motivated them by attacking teachers and union workers," said Mark Brewer, the Michigan Democratic Party chairman.

But Republicans, eager for good news, were more elated.

"Our internal poll has Clinton at 46 percent, Dole at 39, Perot at 4, and 11 percent undecided," Ohio GOP Chairman Robert Bennett said. "And I don't think any of those undecided are going to go for Clinton."

"Senator Dole did a great job, and no doubt the grass roots in this state were energized for him," said Betsy DeVos, the Michigan GOP chairman, who spent yesterday getting feedback from local party officials and workers.

"Dole energized and solidified our Republican base by showing a human, warm and witty side," said Pennsylvania GOP Chairman Alan Novak, who spent yesterday visiting two counties to get debate reaction from volunteers and local party officials.

Heightening Republican optimism was a Reuters tracking poll that showed the race tightening to an 18-point gap Friday and a 6-percentage-point spread Saturday and Sunday, for a three-day rolling average of 9.3 percent.

The telephone survey, conducted by John Zogby, a Democrat, put Mr. Clinton at 44.4 percent. Mr. Dole at 35.1 percent and Ross Perot at 5.8 percent. It has a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.

"That's higher than Dole has been," Mr. Zogby said. "He's been as low as 29 percent and typically at around 31 to 33 percent."

Mr. Zogby said his polling, which is normally conducted until midnight, was suspended at 9 p.m. Sunday, the starting time of the debate. He said he expected yesterday's polling, reflecting post-debate attitudes, to continue the tightening trend.

"What we are seeing is not only a tightening, but Clinton is down and Dole is up," Mr. Zogby said. "Among Democrats, Clinton leads 78-6, but among Republicans, Dole leads 74-14."

The survey is showing a "general correction," he said. "All age groups are tightening; so are religious groups." Of those who think the country is on the wrong track, a growing majority support Mr. Dole.

"Where does it go from here? I don't know," Mr. Zogby said. "If we get another day of 6 points, that has a momentum all to itself that starts sending out not only signals, but rockets proclaiming: 'Here's a race.'"

Wisconsin GOP Chairman David Opitz said Mr. Dole pumped up that state's precinct workers enough for him to urge the Dole campaign to put some ad money into Wisconsin.

"It wouldn't take a lot of advertising dollars to turn this state around," he said. "Our polling shows Dole only 7 points behind, with 38 percent undecided.

"I've never seen it before, where our grass roots have maintained their motivation and interest as long as they have without any significant advertising."

In California, a must-win state for Mr. Clinton, Mr. Herrington said, "Until the debate, I assumed a lot of apathy or discouragement existed out there among Republicans" because of "daily bombardment by the San Francisco and Los Angeles papers and the New York Times."

Mr. Zogby attributed Mr. Dole's rising numbers to Republicans "coming home." In Florida, where a recent Orlando Sentinel poll had Mr. Clinton with a 5-point edge over Mr. Dole, state GOP Chairman Mike State anticipates more Republicans returning to the fold as a result of Sunday's debate.

"Dole did better than I thought he would," Mr. Slade said. "He gave a hint of what he was capable of showing if he kind of let himself go a little bit. I had been concerned that his handlers had wrapped him a little too tightly. If they would let Bob Dole be Bob Dole, he is capable of being very good."

While some Democrats privately expressed mild disappointment with Mr. Clinton's performance, Sue Wrenn, the Virginia Democratic chairman, said she heard none of that at the Northern Virginia coordinated campaign headquarters, where she watched the debate with party officials and about 50 volunteers.

"We were very pleased — everyone was — especially with what he had to say about education, targeting tax help for people whose kids are going to four-year colleges and junior colleges, and keeping Head Start intact," Mrs. Wrenn said.

"Nobody who I was watching the debate with last night or talked with today said they were disappointed with the president's performance," said Vera P Hall, a former Maryland Democratic chairman.

Mr. Novak, the Pennsylvania GOP chairman, dismissed complaints by Republicans inside the Beltway that Mr. Dole missed two opportunities to attack Mr. Clinton's character during the debate.

"Republicans I talked with said he helped himself by taking the high ground by making the debate very much issues-specific and displaying integrity," Mr. Novak said.

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

OCTOBER 8, 1996

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OCTOBER 7, 1996

FAST FACTS

The Reviews Are In:
DOLE DOMINATES DEBATE

Fred Barnes, CBS This Morning

“There is one thing new in the presidential campaign this morning, and that's Bob Dole raised his campaign to a new level. I've seen him speak many, many times. I've seen him debate. This is the best he has ever been.”

Bill Schneider, CNN

"What people saw was, <u>Bob Dole was every bit the match for the president.</u>"

John Donvan, ABC

"The campaign discovered their best secret weapon turns out to be <u>Bob Dole</u> himself ... He was able to get across last night, which he hasn't before, he is far more a human being, far funnier, wittier, softer than his public image by and large."

Jonathan Alter, Newsweek correspondent, NBC

"Bob Dole did a good job. <u>He was fiesty; he was funny.</u>"

Judy Woodruff, CNN

"I think you have to say that <u>Bob Dole came across as tougher</u> in this debate. . . . You could almost see the president not wanting to let that happen. He seemed visibly to restrain himself at times, even when Bob Dole compared the president to his brother, Kenny, who he said was a great exaggerator -- we divided everything he said by six."

Dan Rather, CBS

"My shot-from-horseback judgement is that <u>Dole wins in the sense that he's introduced to so many more people than he ever was before.</u> ... He made a very strong close."

Ken Bode, NBC

"Three-quarters of the people who watched the debate thought better of <u>Bob Dole</u> at the end of the debate. I think that is very important for Bob Dole."

Tim Russert, NBC

"Many believe that Senator Dole very much emerged as a credible candidate. . . . I think the press corps and the American public will give <u>Bob Dole</u> a new look and a new listen, and you can't ask for much more coming out of the debate."

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NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OCTOBER 7, 1996

CONTACT: NELSON WARFIELD

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DEBATE MENTION OF WEB SITE CAUSES FLOOD OF VISITORS
Site Receives More Than 762,000 Hits in Single Four-Hour Period Today

Following Bob Dole's mention of his campaign Web site address in his closing remarks last night in Hartford, the site has been deluged by a flood of first-time visitors. In a single four-hour period today, the Dole-Kemp '96 Web site received more than 762,000 "hits" -- the Web standard for measuring traffic on a site. The total hits on the site for today alone is expected to pass the 2 million mark.

The Dole-Kemp '96 Web site is the first political Web site to individually-customize itself for each user's interests, home state, and last visit.

When users first visit the site, they are given the option of setting up a custom Dole Web page. Each custom page contains a personal tool bar that welcomes the user by name, alerts them to an electronic "In Box" containing any new press releases or other campaign materials posted since their last visit, directs them to briefing papers on issues in which they expressed interest, and offers a home-state icon for local information about the Clinton record and the Dole agenda in that state.

Unlike other political Web sites, the Dole campaign also offers users a mechanism to give feedback to the campaign on policy positions. Each briefing paper is an interactive document that lets users tell the campaign what priority they think a Dole administration should give the initiative.

An Interactive section on the site includes options for users to:

* Create custom Dole campaign buttons.

* Download official Dole for President computer "wallpaper."

* Design and mail their own e-mail postcards to friends.

* Make a personalized Dole for President campaign poster.

* Test their knowledge with Dole trivia questions and crossword puzzles.

* Review state issues and where Dole has visited through interactive maps.

CHECK IT OUT:

http://www.dole96.com or http://www.dolekemp96.org

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DOLE KEMP

OCTOBER 6, 1996

HOT POINTS

Post-Debate Talking Points

OCT - 7 1996

* This is fundamentally a new race. Dole's finest hour. Clinton's Maalox moment.

* Dole was in command. He was funny, and he was on offense. He exposed the President as just another politician. Dole connected with the American people by being conversant with every fact and issue, by being funny, and by exposing what the American people believe: Bill Clinton is a phony who will say anything in an election year.

* Clinton did not have his bearings. He was uptight, and he had no humor. He lost his sunniness and his sense of optimism. He was surly and revealed himself to be the bare-knuckled pol he is. He totally strained credulity on health care, by pretending he hadn't tried to nationalize it and was caught in a number of other exaggerations and evasions.

* Dole answered any questions that had been raised about him. He was focused on the future, in-command, engaged, on offense, but with real solutions. Dole bested Clinton on tax cuts, health care, Iraq, and a dozen other issues.

* Make no mistake about it. This is a new race. Let the real campaign begin.

DOLE KEMP

October 4, 1996

OCT - 7 1996

Subject: Post-Debate Conference Call

As I mentioned in my memo earlier today, Haley Barbour and I will co-host a national
conference call for prominent Republican leaders immediately following the conclusion
of this Sunday's presidential debate. On the call, we will offer a quick overview of the
debate and give you guidance in how you can most effectively describe the results to the
press, surrogates, and supporters.

The call will last roughly five minutes. Due to time and technical limitations, only Haley
and I will be able to speak on the call.

To participate in the call, please call:

1-800-283-1485

PLEASE CALL NO LATER THAN 10:12 PM EDT as it will take up to three minutes to patch you into the system, and the conference call will begin promptly at 10:15 p.m. EDT.

If you miss the live call, you may hear a recorded replay of the call by calling 1-800-839-9562 until 11:15 EDT. Replays will begin every five minutes.

The impact of the debate will depend in great deal on how effectively we convey our
message on Sunday night and Monday. We urge you to participate in this important call
to help get out Bob Dole's message.

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DOLE KEMP

October 4, 1996

OCT - 4 1996

Subject: The First Presidential Debate

There are two numbers to keep in mind when you talk about this Sunday's debate: 40% and 70%.

According to three surveys taken within the last week, 35-40% of voters have not yet decided which presidential candidate they will support. These undecided and "soft" supporters are just beginning to follow the campaign, and most will make their decisions over the final few weeks of the campaign.

The presidential debate on Sunday will be an important opportunity for us to begin to define the choice for these undecided voters.

The second number -- 70% -- is the percent of respondents in a Pew survey released today who think Bill Clinton will win the debate this weekend (vs. just 20% for Bob Dole.) The expectations for Bill Clinton couldn't be any higher. The pundits, the press, and the public have raised the expectations bar into the stratosphere -- so high that it will be just about impossible for anyone to meet them.

Clinton has nothing to gain from this debate and everything to lose. He is the incumbent, he is leading in the polls, and he has a well-deserved reputation as a slick debater.

Bob Dole is a plain-spoken, honest man with a simple, yet compelling, vision for a better America. Dole goes in to the debate this weekend relaxed, focused, and ready to tell the American people who he is and where he wants to lead them.

Dole/Kemp supporters will watch the debates at more than 140 public viewing events around the country. At every event, and in thousands of other households across the country, Americans will be keeping score. To help you do so, attached is a copy of a Liberal Scorecard to match Bill Clinton's record against his promises. We think this scorecard will help put the debate in perspective.

Following the debate, Haley Barbour and I will lead a national conference call to analyze and discuss the results of the debate. We would like to invite you to participate in that call. More information on the call will follow later today.

We will also launch a powerful new ad on Monday in which Elizabeth Dole speaks directly to the viewer about her husband. As Elizabeth says in the ad: "Bob gets it done, not for the credit, but because it's right. And when Bob says he'll cut taxes fifteen percent for families, you can count on it, because it's right for America. And Bob Dole doesn't make promises he can't keep."

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The Liberal Scorecard

Keeping track of Bill Clinton's Debate Performance

Bob Dole's and the GOP Congress' ideas taken credit for: Number:

Denials that he is a liberal:

Denials that he proposed the largest tax increase in history:

Denials that he attempted a government take-over of health care:

Falsehoods and half truths used to describe...

Medicare:

Education:

Crime/100K Cops:

Dole's record:

Other:

Total:

Unsolicited mentions of welfare reform:

Unsolicited mentions of his two vetoes of welfare reform:

Concerns about how the Washington bureaucracy will pay for tax cuts:

Concerns about how middle-class families paid for his tax increases:

Denials of his support for big government:

New big government programs he proposes/defends:

Promises of tax cuts in second term:

Number of middle-class families who received his '92 promised tax cut:

New promises made:

Old promises broken:

Bonus scores:

Pardons promised:

Pardons considered:

Pardons not ruled out:

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OCTOBER 4, 1996

HOT POINTS

OCT - 4 1996

Pre-Debate Talking Points

* Going into the debate on Sunday, the pressure is entirely on Clinton. An incumbent with a lead has everything to lose. The challenger has nothing to lose. Bob Dole is going into the debate relaxed and confident.

* This will be the largest audience that Dole will have been before during the entire campaign. Because of this, it's every bit as important that he give people a sense of who he is and what he stands for as it is that viewers draw a direct comparison between Dole and Clinton.

* One thing we know about the race thus far is that on two occasions, the polls have collapsed for Clinton. In June, Clinton's lead dropped from 20 points to 6 in the blink of an eye, and in August his lead went from 20 points to 3 points. What did these two occasions have in common? The American people got a better sense of Bob Dole, first when he resigned from the Senate (June 11), and next when he released his economic plan, chose Jack Kemp as his running mate, and had a successful Convention. Key to our success on Sunday, literally, is Dole merely showing up. After all, the audience is expected to be in the range of 90 million people.

* Dole is a plain-spoken, sincere man who means what he says. Clinton is certainly a glib performer, but the contrast between the two men is comprised of Dole's honesty and integrity and Clinton's comparative lack thereof. The American people won't miss that contrast.

* The race begins Sunday night when the American people get a sense of Bob Dole, just a man -- but an honest conservative with integrity. They're going to see him in contrast to the slick and liberal Bill Clinton. We look forward to the comparison.

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DOLE KEMP

October 3, 1996

OCT - 3 1996

Subject: How to Speak Liberal

When Bill Clinton talks, it's tough to figure out what he really means. To the normal ear, he sounds like he's talking about promises and making commitments, but he never seems to actually keep any of them. That's because Clinton has mastered a language that is rapidly disappearing in modern America -- a old language called Liberal.

In preparation for Sunday's debate, Bob Dole will travel to Atlanta, Georgia today to give the American people a crash course in how to understand the Liberal language. Here are a few examples.

In the last campaign, Bill Clinton said emphatically "I will not raise taxes on the middle class to pay for those programs." The Liberal-speak translation to that definitive-sounding promise? "I will not tell you I'm going to raise taxes until after I get elected."

Soon after he took office, Clinton said: "To middle class Americans ... from whom I am going to ask a contribution tonight ..." In Liberal-speak, what he was really saying was: "Now that I'm elected, and there isn't a campaign for another four years, I'm going to raise taxes on your salary, and I'm going to raise your Social Security tax and the gas tax, too."

As a candidate, Bill Clinton vowed that if elected: "I would present a five year plan to balance the budget. In Liberal-speak, that meant: "I will propose the biggest pork-barrel spending boondoggle in history, veto two balanced budgets, and twist arms all over Washington to defeat the balanced budget amendment."

Try this old favorite: "The era of big government is over." Liberal-speak translation: "If you elect me again, the era of enormous government is just beginning."

We will launch a new television ad today using Bill Clinton's own words to further explain Liberal-speak to the American people. The ad offers a translation for some of Clinton's more famous Liberal lines, including: "[There are] people in this room still mad at me because you think I raised your taxes too much. ... It might surprise you to know I think I raised them too much too."

Liberal-speak translation: "I raised your taxes and got caught."

With your help, the American people are beginning to appreciate just how liberal Bill Clinton is. According to recent surveys, 44% of likely voters now describe Bill Clinton as a liberal -- up from just 36% describing him that way in August. From now until November, it's vital we keep the spotlight focused on Bill Clinton's liberal ways.

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NEW DOLE/KEMP AD ON CLINTON'S LIBERAL TALK

The Dole/Kemp '96 campaign today released "How to Speak Liberal." The text of the ad
follows:

"How to Speak Liberal"

:30 Seconds

Producer: Alex Castellanos

<table><thead><tr><th>VIDEO</th><th>AUDIO</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Graphics: How to Speak Liberal</td><td>Announcer: How to speak liberal.</td></tr><tr><td>Bill Clinton</td><td>Clinton: I will tell you this. I will not raise taxes on the middle class to pay for these programs.<br>10/19/92</td></tr><tr><td>Bill Clinton with headline at bottom</td><td>Announcer: That's liberal for I raised taxes right on the middle class.</td></tr><tr><td>Graphic: How to Speak More Liberal</td><td>Announcer: How to speak more liberal.</td></tr><tr><td>Bill Clinton</td><td>Clinton: People in this room still mad at me at that budget because you think I raised your taxes too much.<br>10/18/95</td></tr><tr><td>Graphic: That's Liberal for I Raised Taxes on Social Security</td><td>Announcer: That's liberal for I raised taxes even on Social Security.</td></tr><tr><td>Bill Clinton</td><td>Clinton: Well, it might surprise you to know I think I raised them too much too.<br>10/18/95</td></tr><tr><td>Graphic: That's Liberal for I Raised Taxes and Got Caught</td><td>Announcer: That's liberal for I raised your taxes and got caught.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Underlying data in new polls
indicate shifts toward Dole

Bob Dole has reason for hope.

Although polls still show Pres-
ident Clinton with a comfortable
lead overall, underlying survey re-
sults reveal important develop-
ments that favor the Republican
presidential nominee.

For example:

* A large bloc of voters remains undecided.

* The gender gap is narrowing among likely white female voters.

* Mr. Dole enjoys a big lead among the significant bloc of voters who say the nation is on the "wrong track."

Perhaps most important for Mr.
Dole, 35 percent of voters either
are undecided or say they could
change their minds between now
and Nov. 5, according to polling by
Celinda Lake, a Democrat, and Ed
Goeas, a Republican.

Typically, two-thirds of the
undecided vote goes to the chal-
lenger in presidential elections.

Nearly as important for Mr.
Dole, only 34 percent of voters say
they will definitely vote for Mr.
Clinton, 28 percent say Mr. Dole is
their definite choice, and 4 per-
cent firmly opt for Ross Perot.

"This shows it is a much closer race," Mr. Goeas says.

Mr. Dole's recently adopted tactics may be having some impact. Internal polls by his campaign suggest his attack on Mr. Clinton as a liberal is being felt — 44 percent of likely voters now view the president as liberal, compared with 36 percent in August.

Today, the Dole campaign plans
to expand its attack strategy with
a new TV ad using Mr. Clinton's
own video footage to tag him as a
liberal. Mr. Dole plans to reinforce
that message with a major address
in Atlanta this afternoon, cam-
paign aides said.

Other indications that the race
is tightening include:

* Mr. Dole now leads Mr. Clinton among white men by a 43-41 percent margin in the Goeas-Lake polling.

35 percent haven't
made firm choice

* In the latest Keystone Poll of Pennsylvania voters, veterans favor the Kansan 42-41 percent and gun owners are going for Mr. Dole by a 43-37 percent margin.

Even though Mr. Dole trails by
double-digit margins in most key
states and nationally, his advisers
hope the long-awaited Dole-
Republican National Committee
TV advertising blitz will turn un-
decided and soft Clinton support-
ers Mr. Dole's way.

The wrong-direction finding in
a new poll by John Zogby, a Demo-
crat, is potentially important be-
cause half of all likely voters now
say the country is headed in the
wrong direction.

"In our poll, the number of peo-
ple who say the country is on the
right track is about the same as
those who say it is going in the
wrong direction," Mr. Zogby said.

"But for the first time we see
Dole getting a majority of wrong-
direction voters — 54-23 percent.
By comparison, Clinton is getting
the right-direction folks by a 68-16
margin," Mr. Zogby said.

Among white, non-Hispanic
women, the poll shows a 42-36
Clinton-Dole split.

"Dole's standing with white women voters is statistically within the margin of error, and he has an opportunity, gender gap notwithstanding, to make inroads among white women, especially those not working outside, the home," Mr. Zogby said.

Such women make up half the
total female voters and one-fourth
of total likely voters.

Among all women working out-
side the home, Mr. Clinton leads
51-33 percent, but among women
not working outside the home he
leads 42-31.

Tom Slade, the Florida GOP
chairman, agrees the GOP has an
opportunity to reverse the gender
gap. GOP polling in Florida shows
Mr. Clinton 20 to 25 points ahead
among women but Mr. Dole at
about 15 points ahead among
white men.

He says one way to bridge the
gap — some call it a chasm — is to
stress support for education.

The Zogby poll asks respon-
dents if they live in a household
where someone has lost a job in
the past year, is afraid of losing a
job in the next year or is working
at a job that pays less than the pre-
vious job.

For the first time, Mr. Dole is
leading among those respondents
who said yes.

"It's been uncanny," Mr. Zogby
said. "Clinton had been leading
among the economic losers and
winners alike.

"This could mean that, as the
major alternative candidate, Dole
may be establishing a beachhead
among those who have been vic-
tims of the economy in the last
couple of years or so," he added.

"The race has tightened a little
and his calling Clinton a tax-and-
spend liberal has scored some
points," said Mr. Zogby, who began
a daily tracking poll for Reuters
over the weekend.

The overall survey has a margin
of error of plus or minus 3.3 per-
centage points.

"In our polling, Clinton's 15-percentage-point lead in early September has now dropped to 10.6 percentage points," he said.

At first glance, his findings ap-
pear to differ with those of Mr.
Goeas, the Republican pollster,
who finds the Clinton lead at 14
percentage points. But Mr. Goeas
samples registered voters. Mr.
Zogby samples "likely" voters who
say they are "certain" to vote on
Nov. 5.

"Our polling model would drop that to about 11 percent for likely voters," Mr. Goeas says, adding that Mr. Zogby's findings are probably on target.

The Clinton campaign agrees.
"Zogby is within the margin of er-
ror of our own polling," says Joe
Lockhart, Clinton campaign
spokesman. "We said from the be-
ginning this race is in the mid-
teens, and it hasn't moved since."

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OCTOBER 3, 1996

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October 2, 1996

Subject: Leak, Scandal, Cover-up

Once again, the Clinton administration has shown itself to be pathologically incapable of total disclosure.

For weeks now, the White House has claimed that Bill Clinton bears no real responsibility for the massive increase in teen drug use under his watch. Now a memo from Clinton's top generals in the war on drugs shows that the Commander-in-Chief may have fled the field of battle.

Yesterday, Bill Clinton defied a congressional subpoena and blocked the release of a memo from his own FBI and DEA Directors that documents Clinton's failure to lead an effective war on drugs. Hiding behind the shield of "executive privilege," Clinton prevented the American people from seeing what his own appointees think about his weak leadership and flawed liberal policies.

According to excerpts obtained by Newsweek, Clinton may have had good reason to hide his actions. The memo supposedly offers a scathing indictment of Clinton's liberal drug policies.

In the memo, Clinton's FBI and DEA chiefs reportedly blast him for the lack of "any true leadership" in stemming the influx of heroin and cocaine, which they compared to an "all-conquering army." To underscore its importance, FBI Director Louis Freeh actually hand-delivered the memo to Clinton in what Newsweek called "a bold move."

As House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Chairman William Clinger said yesterday: "President Clinton is using executive privilege to bury politically-damaging information. Just as in the Travel Office and Haiti matters ... Clinton is again using executive privilege to prevent the public from knowing that the top FBI and DEA officials were seriously concerned about the President's lack of leadership and conduct of the war on drugs."

In Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania today, Dole also called on Clinton to end the stonewalling. "The White House is evoking executive privilege to keep that memo from seeing the light of day," said Dole. "Mr. President, it's time to release this memo so that the American people can see how bad your drug policy has been over the past 44 months. We're going to demand its release."

We need your help to draw attention to this egregious breach of the public trust. Call your local talk radio shows and urge them to draw attention to this issue. Every concerned parent should call the White House, call their members of Congress, and call their local newspaper to demand that Clinton release this important memo. Clinton's failure to deal with teen drug use is just too important to sweep under the rug.

DOLE KEMP

October 1, 1996

OCT - 1 1996

Subject: A Consumers' Guide to the Presidential Debates

After four years of road-testing, the results are in on Bill Clinton. Using Clinton's 1992 promises as a benchmark, Bob Dole will give the American people a "Consumers' Guide" to this year's presidential debates during a speech in Cleveland, Ohio today.

First, Dole will take his listeners down memory lane to the New Hampshire primary debate in 1992 when candidate Clinton called a middle-class tax cut "central" to his economic plan. In a presidential debate later that year, Clinton promised four different times: "I won't raise taxes on the middle class to pay for my programs."

As Dole will remind his listeners: "You know how the story goes from there. He gave us a tax hike instead -- the biggest tax hike in the history of the world, a tax hike that socked it to the middle class."

The last time Clinton ran for office, he said he opposed a federal gas tax increase. But, Dole will note, "once in office, he made a cornerstone of his massive tax increase a $32 billion hike in gasoline taxes." In 1992, candidate Clinton said "we're not going to fool with Social Security." That promise vanished in a liberal tax hike frenzy that hit seniors making as little as $34,000 a year.

Clinton's promised $800-per-child tax credit? He vetoed the one that was sent to him. His vow to "encourage small business people and entrepreneurs?" Crushed under his $265 billion tax hike. His pledge about "cutting out wasteful government spending?" Lost in the dozens of pork-barrel projects that made up his $16 billion "stimulus" package. His commitment to "present a five-year plan to balance the budget?" Delayed, obstructed, blocked, and vetoed -- twice.

As Dole will ask his listeners today, "Would you buy a used election promise from this man? Because this string of broken promises is more than just an embarrassment. Each breach of faith carries with it a real cost to every American family." That's why on November 5th, "the American people are going to demand a factory recall of Bill Clinton and his liberal policies."

A Consumer Report on Bill Clinton

— Please Note the Following Warnings —

1. Buyer beware, what you see is not what you get.

2. Real cost is way over list price.

3. High maintenance costs will shoot up unexpectedly.

4. This politician veers uncontrollably to the left, except in the face of oncoming elections, when he rolls to the right.

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September 30, 1996

Subject: Clinton Attacks the Mirror

SEP 30 1996

Angered by his own reflection, Bill Clinton continues to attack the mirror showing his true liberal colors.

At event after event, Clinton has lashed out against his own liberal record. In defending his record-breaking tax hike, his pork-filled "crime" bill, and his oxymoronic paid volunteer program, a visibly-irked Clinton told Jim Lehrer last Monday: "I do not believe these are wildly liberal measures."

Then Clinton claimed at a White House press briefing last week that his record as President proves he isn't a "closet liberal." And in a late-week interview with two Texas newspapers, Clinton's asserted that "the liberal issue I just think, you know, it falls of its own weight." Clearly angered by the truth, Clinton added: "It's pretty hard to make that dog hunt, I mean that liberal charge."

You may not want to hear about it, Mr. Clinton, but we plan to keep telling the American people about your liberal record from now until election day. We will tell them about your liberal drug-legalizing Surgeon General, your liberal plan to allow gays in the military, your liberal attempt to nationalize our health care system, your liberal pork-barrel "stimulus" package, and -- most of all -- your record-breaking liberal $265 billion tax increase.

Clinton told Jim Lehrer that: "I know it's convenient for the Republicans to raise the flag of, oh, these people will be so liberal if you let them in, Clinton will be liberal in his second term. The problem with that argument is it doesn't fit with what I've done as President, doesn't fit with what I did as governor, and doesn't fit with what I'm committing to doing in my second term. It just doesn't fit."

Our efforts to show Clinton's real liberal record are working. The charge has stuck and Clinton is obviously stung by it. As we lead up to the first debate, we need to keep the spotlight on Clinton's liberalism. Call your local talk shows to discuss it. Bring it up in any discussions you have with reporters. And keep pointing out how Clinton is running like a scalded cat from his own record.

Today, the Dole/Kemp ticket will receive the endorsement of 226 high-tech CEOs and executives from Silicon Valley, California -- many of whom supported the Clinton/Gore ticket in 1992.

Note: Tonight, Elizabeth Dole will appear on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and ABC's Nightline will feature an behind-the-scenes look at Jack Kemp.

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FAST FACTS

Info from the Dole/Kemp Press Office -- 202/414-6444

GOING ON THE DEFENSIVE
An Angry Clinton Runs Away from his Own Liberal Record

REMEMBER THE $16 BILLION "STIMULUS" PACKAGE?

"It is true that he and I had differences over the budget last year, and we will again in this campaign. And we have different tax cut plans. But I don't think that qualifies me as a closet liberal."

-- Bill Clinton, White House Briefing, 9/23/96

REMEMBER HEALTH CARE REFORM?

"In '93 and '94, that Congress, that Democratic Congress passed the largest deficit reduction package in history, gave us the only four years where the deficit went down in all four years since the 1840s, reduced the size of government by 250,000, passed the toughest crime bill in history, and passed things like the family leave law, the national service law and a lot of education reforms. I do not believe these are wildly liberal measures." -- Bill Clinton, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, 9/23/96

REMEMBER GAYS IN THE MILITARY?

REMEMBER THE $265 BILLION TAX INCREASE?

"The liberal issue I just think, you know, it falls of its own weight ... It's pretty hard to make that dog hunt, I mean that liberal charge." -- Bill Clinton, Washington Times, 9/29/96

LIBERAL = PROGRESSIVE, PROGRESSIVE = LIBERAL

"Because 'liberal' has become almost a political insult, those who adhere to its faith long ago took to calling themselves 'progressives.'"

-- Chicago Tribune, 8/28/96

HIS CLOSEST ADVISORS ADMIT CLINTON IS A "PROGRESSIVE"

"He's [Clinton's] neither liberal or conservative -- he is a progressive."

-- Harold Ickes, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, New York Times, 9/30/96

BY PRAGMATIC, YOU MEAN "POLL-DRIVEN?"

"It's in the eye of the beholder, but I think he's [Clinton's] a pragmatic progressive."

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September 25, 1996

Subject: More Bad News from the Drug Front

A national survey released today offers the most powerful indictment to date of Bill Clinton's failure to wage an effective campaign against teen drug use.

This afternoon, the National Parents' Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE) released its annual survey of junior high school and high school students, the largest survey of its kind with nearly 130,000 respondents nationwide.

The PRIDE survey showed that teen drug use has hit the highest levels in the survey's nine-year history. More than 40% of high school seniors in the 1995-1996 school year say they used drugs before they graduated. According to the survey, an appalling one in five high school seniors now uses illegal drugs on a weekly basis, and almost one in ten seniors say they use illegal drugs every single day.

In other words, while Bill Clinton gutted the Drug Czar's office, cut interdiction funds, and took no action, one in ten older students in America became a habitual, daily drug user.

Following Clinton's "Just Say Sure" approach to illegal drugs, marijuana use among junior high school students has nearly tripled -- from 4.8% to 13.6% -- since he was elected. Among high school students, many of whom no doubt saw Clinton laughing about his own drug experimentation on MTV, marijuana use has more than doubled since the 1991-92 school year.

Across the board, use of every illegal drug is up at every grade level. From inhalants to downers, from hallucinogens to cocaine, our kids are using harder drugs and stronger drugs and more drugs than before Bill Clinton was elected.

The only way to end this fatal spiral of drug abuse is to end the moral ambivalence of Bill Clinton's White House. As parents and adults, we must continue to say: Our children deserve better.

Bob Dole will continue to highlight Bill Clinton's liberal economic and social policies at events in St. Louis, Missouri and Amana, Iowa today. In St. Louis, the site of what would have been the first presidential debate this evening, Dole told the crowd that he "can't wait" until he goes one-on-one with Bill Clinton a week from Sunday. In Iowa, Dole will discuss the impact that Clinton's massive tax increase and weak agriculture policies have had on America's farmers.

Jack Kemp will be in New York this morning for a meeting with Cardinal John O'Connor on the Senate's attempt today to override Clinton's indefensible partial birth abortion veto. Following his meeting with the Cardinal, Kemp will travel to Pueblo, Colorado and Billings, Montana.

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September 26, 1996

Subject: The Gap Quickly Closes

Since the convention, Bob Dole and Jack Kemp have maintained a laser tight focus on just three themes: Bill Clinton's liberal record, Clinton's undeniable failure to fight skyrocketing teen drug use, and the tangible benefits of the Dole-Kemp economic plan.

Through our narrow focus on those three themes, the campaign is gaining traction.

A new CNN/USA Today tracking poll scheduled for release this afternoon will show the race has closed to 10 points -- 49% to 39%. Just a week ago, the gap in the same poll stood at 21 points. In less than a week, we have more than halved Clinton's margin, and we continue to pick up momentum.

CNN/USA Today tracking poll
9/17-19
 Clinton 55% 49% Clinton down 6 points
Dole 34% 39% Dole up 5 points

To continue to hammer at those three themes, we will launch a new television ad today that tears apart Bill Clinton's paper-thin claim that he's not a liberal.

The ad, called "Truth on Spending," uses footage of Clinton telling reporters earlier this week that his record proves he's not a "closet liberal." Going program by program, it reminds voters why Bill Clinton is running so hard from his record.

484 new spending initiatives in just four years. $432 billion in proposed new spending. A $1.6 trillion attempt to nationalize the U.S. healthcare system. $16 billion in pork-barrel "stimulus" projects. $76 million for "midnight basketball" programs. A $265 billion tax increase -- the largest in history.

Despite Clinton's protests, these are not the actions of a conservative. These are the clear actions of a proud, unrepentant, dyed-in-the-wool, big-government liberal. Bill Clinton may not like to hear that word. But we're going to repeat it over and over again until the message gets through. No amount of conservative rhetoric can hide a record as liberal as Bill Clinton's.

All too often, the truth seems to be a foreign language for Bill Clinton. This new ad gives him -- and the American public -- an easy translation of the Clinton record into plain English.

Bob Dole will be campaigning in Miami and West Palm Beach, Florida today where he will remind Florida's senior citizens of the severe impact on retirees of the Clinton tax increase. Kemp is in Missoula and Billing, Montana today and will travel to California this evening. Elizabeth Dole is in Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina.

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NEW DOLE/KEMP AD TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT
CLINTON'S LIBERAL RECORD

The Dole/Kemp '96 campaign today released "Truth on Spending." The text of the ad follows:

"Truth on Spending"

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Producer: Greg Stevens

| VIDEO | AUDIO |
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|  |  |
| Source: President's Budget Submission<br>FY 93-96 | Announcer: The Truth<br>484 new spending proposals |
| Source: Congressional Budget Office | Costing us 432 billion in bigger government |
| Source: President's Healthcare Proposal<br>9/22/93 | A massive healthcare bureaucracy |
| Source: Wall Street Journal, 4/5/93 | Thousands of wasteful projects like $2.5<br>million for alpine slides in Puerto Rico |
| Source: HR3355 | $76 million for programs like midnight basketball |
| Source: CNN Moneyweek, 8/7/93 | The largest tax increase in history<br>Yet Clinton says ... |
| September 23, 1996 | Clinton: "But I don't think that qualifies me as a<br>closet liberal." |
|  | Announcer: That's not what the facts say, Mr. Clinton. |
|  | The real Bill Clinton? |
|  | A real spend-and-tax liberal. |

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September 24, 1996

Subject: If the Liberal Label Fits ...

SEP 24 1996

The truth hurts. Yesterday Bob Dole reminded the American people who the real Bill Clinton is: the record tax-increasing, deficit-expanding, bureaucracy-building, health care-nationalizing, pork barrel-spending, gays in the military-promoting liberal activist.

Standing next to a ten-foot tall diagram outlining the 50 new bureaucracies proposed in the Clinton health care plan, Dole showed the American people that the king has no conservative clothes. Clinton seems to think if he brags about his conservative credentials enough, no one will question them. But in reality, Clinton's naked liberalism knows no bounds.

Revealed by Dole at last as the traditional liberal he is, Clinton lashed back. At a White House event yesterday, Clinton claimed "there's a real problem" with Dole's charge, namely his record. "My record as governor, my record as President," said Clinton, prove he is no liberal.

Setting aside the sheer audacity of that statement, we would like to take the President up on his offer of an objective evaluation of his record. Let's look at the three defining initiatives of Clinton's first two years: his stimulus package, his budget plan, and his health care proposal.

The stimulus package was $16 billion in traditional liberal pork-barrel spending including such "national priorities" as an alpine slide in Puerto Rico and carouse renovations in Rhode Island. Clinton's 1993 budget was a textbook tax-and-spend package most notable for its liberal social projects and its $265 billion tax increase. And the Clinton health care plan involved the largest government intrusion in the lives of Americans ever proposed -- 17 new taxes, 50 new bureaucracies, and $1.5 trillion in new taxes.

Only Bill Clinton could call that a conservative record. But this truth-twisting President went one step further, asking voters to look forward as well as back. "If you look at what I'm advocating for the next four years, it doesn't support the charge," said Clinton.

Once again, Mr. President, we accept your offer. Last time Bill Clinton ran, we didn't know for sure that he was going to raise taxes until he was already in office. This time we do. The bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation has calculated that all of Clinton's new tax proposals -- including his "targeted" tax cuts -- add up to a net $64 billion tax increase in a second Clinton term. And Clinton's new program-a-day approach to campaigning must warm the hearts of every ACLU member from coast to coast.

Yesterday, Clinton claimed that his record and agenda prove he isn't "a closet liberal." In a speech today to the Detroit Economic Club, Bob Dole is going to kick open the door to Clinton's closet and show the American people the liberal legacy that's been hidden inside.

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Betting on Dole

Many of those polled won't vote,
and some who do will change their minds.

If Bob Dole were a stock, I would be buying the hell out of it. One big reason is that the experts have come to the unanimous conclusion that he can't win.

In the stock market, and the political market, the experts are wrong with uncanny consistency—wrong more than the laws of chance would seem to allow. Right now, ignoring the secular (or long-term) trend that has been running in favor of conservatives since 1978, the pundits believe Dole is going to get clobbered. Just look at the polls!

Yes, just look. Polls a month and a half before an election are as useful in divining the future, as the entrails of frogs. The latest example of deep polling failure came Saturday in Louisiana, when a hard-core Republican state legislator named Woody Jenkins shocked the analysts by winning the first round of the race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Bennett Johnston.

Polls shortly before the vote showed Jenkins a poor fourth in a large field, with Mary Landrieu, the Democratic state treasurer, far ahead and another Democrat second.

A survey on Sept. 2 had Landrieu, an attractive candidate, with 33 percent of the vote. Jenkins, an in-your-face conservative whose platform includes abolishing the IRS, had just 10 percent. But on Saturday, when the actual election occurred, Jenkins received 26 percent of the vote, Landrieu 21 percent.

The Jenkins case is no fluke. At a recent gathering of a dozen tax-cutting Republican governors at the Cato Institute, John Engler of Michigan recalled that two days before his successful 1990 election, polls showed him 14 points behind Democrat Jim Blanchard. In late September, he trailed 56 percent to 30 percent—worse than Dole's deficit today.

Of course, polls aren't wrong all the time (and I'd certainly expect decent odds for my enthusiastic bet on Dole). But if you're trying to predict the outcome of an election, polls are only one factor—and not a particularly accurate one. Another factor may be the results of real-life voting (for example, in Louisiana).

The basic problem with polls is that they

ask potential voters what they'll do at a point in the future. But many of these people won't even vote, and some of those who do change their minds.

It doesn't take

much mind-changing, either. A poll that shows Dole 15 points behind means that, if just eight points' worth of Clinton voters switch, Dole can win.

The power of polls comes from the feedback loops they produce. Pundits take their cues from surveys, so, when they see Dole trailing by 18 points, they believe it's their duty to, work backward from this "fact" and give us the reasons—for example, that Dole's economic plan isn't playing well with soccer moms. Politicians often heed the views of these experts and change their strategies. Thus, polls, so inaccurate to begin with, become self-fulfilling prophecies.

Successful candidates, by contrast, steer a course and stick to it—despite storms, despite the advice of kibitzers to tack left or right.

Consistency is essential when a candidate is pushing a tax cut. That stands to reason because, while voters want tax cuts (believing they can spend and invest their own money better than the government can), they don't believe that politicians will really deliver. Lately, they've seen George Bush renege on "read my lips" and Clinton on his middle-class cut.

In order to convince voters, candidates have to repeat their tax promises over and over—and sound like they mean it. The payoff often comes at the finish line. Witness Engler. Witness Christine Todd Whitman in New Jersey, who—in 1993, pledged to reduce taxes by 30 percent—was far back in the polls but won in a rush.

The other lesson of these races is that Dole faces certain defeat if he abandons the central message of his campaign—cutting taxes

and reducing the size and intrusiveness of government. For many of us, the past few weeks, when Dole has gotten on a "cultural" kick, have been agonizing.

Yes, issues like crime, abortion, drugs are important, but they won't win this election—mainly because Americans, appropriately, doubt that the federal government can do much about them.

There are hopeful signs, however, that Dole will get back to the economy and stay there. He's giving a big speech today at the Detroit Economic Club, and he and Jack Kemp (who personifies tax-cutting) have just published their campaign book; "Trusting the People," which concentrates almost entirely on economic issues.

The appeal of the book—and of Dole's acceptance speech last month in San Diego—is that it links a policy of tax cuts and spending restraint to broader themes like freedom and responsibility. Dole is saying that he has faith in the ability of individuals and businesses to make their own good choices, rather than having them imposed by Washington—and that those choices will boost the economy.

This is a powerful message. Set against it, Clinton has mincing status-quo policies that have produced the most anemic recovery in modern history. Since the recession ended in 1991, the economy has grown less than 14 percent. At the same point in the three other recoveries since 1961, the economy had grown a minimum of 23 percent.

The polls may say Clinton, but logic and history still say Dole. As the opponents of Jenkins, Engler and Whitman learned to their chagrin, when it comes to elections, six weeks can be a long, long time.

BY RANDY MACK BISHOP

THE WASHINGTON POST/ SEPTEMBER 24, 1996

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September 23, 1996

Subject: Bill Clinton's Liberal Legacy

To truly appreciate how liberal Bill Clinton has been, take a step back from his current Republican-lite rhetoric and look at what historians will remember as the defining initiative of Clinton's first term: the Clinton health care "initiative."

Three years ago this week, Bill Clinton proposed the largest expansion of government taxes, regulation, and bureaucracy since the New Deal. The Clinton health care initiative would have involved more than $1.5 trillion in new spending, 17 new taxes, 50 new government bureaucracies, and a government takeover of 1/7th of the U.S. economy.

Luckily, ClintonCare was defeated. The American people picked the marketplace over another bureaucracy, choice over mandates, and personal freedom over big government.

But like a monster from a bad horror-movie, ClintonCare is back.

Ira Magaziner, the architect of Clinton's first attempt to takeover the health care system, said this summer: "Certainly his views haven't changed. ... President Clinton remains committed to the idea. Indeed, the President will try again if a more receptive Congress is elected." (Providence Journal, 5/7/96)

And Hillary Rodham Clinton, the head of the health care task force, said in July that she still believes there is a need for more "sensible government regulation" of the health care system. Referring to Clinton's first attempt at nationalizing the system, Hillary Clinton said: "I think that basic model is still the right model." (White House Bulletin, 7/9/96)

A leopard can't change its spots, and a liberal can't change his ideology. Bill Clinton is a liberal, has always been a liberal, and will always be a liberal.

At every campaign stop this year, Clinton has used the words of Republicans to claim that the era of big government is over. Then, without missing a beat, he usually unveils another government program, another tax, another mandate. But the truth is in the fine print. According to the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, another Clinton term would mean a net $64 billion tax increase.

Starting today, we go into a full-court press to expose and highlight Bill Clinton's liberal record. Today's editions of USA Today are carrying a full-page ad co-signed by 100 leading economists -- including 4 Nobel laureates -- endorsing the Dole-Kemp plan and verifying that it will balance the budget and cut taxes. Tomorrow, Dole will deliver a major policy address to the Detroit Economic Club. And Wednesday, Bob Dole and Jack Kemp's new book, Trusting the People, arrives in bookstores nationwide.

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FAST FACTS

SEP 23 1996

BILL CLINTON'S LIBERAL LEGACY

CLINTONCARE -- Take 50 New Bureaucracies and Call Me in the Morning
Bill Clinton's attempt to nationalize the U.S. health care system -- 1/7th of the U.S. economy -- would have imposed 17 new taxes, created 50 new government bureaucracies, and added more than $1.5 trillion in federal spending. By its second year, the Clinton's socialized medicine scheme would have been larger than any other government program except Social Security and Medicare. (Senate Republican Policy Committee, 8/15/94)

THE CLINTON TAX INCREASE -- Clinton Leaves His Mark on History
The first major economic legislation Clinton proposed and signed into law was the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 -- the largest tax increase in history. The $265 billion Clinton tax hike raised income taxes, gas taxes, taxes on Social Security benefits, and expanded the Medicare payroll tax base. Clinton pushed this massive tax package through Congress without a single Republican vote. (Joint Economic Committee)

GAYS IN THE MILITARY -- Marching our Armed Forces to the Left
In one of his first acts as Commander-in-Chief, Clinton directed the Secretary of Defense to draft a plan allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military. Clinton's liberal initiative caused a massive backlash of military and public opposition. Even Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Colin Powell said: "Open homosexuality would have a very negative effect on military moral and discipline." (Washington Times, 7/23/95)

THE CLINTON STIMULUS PACKAGE -- Enough Pork to Give You Trichinosis
Immediately after taking office, Clinton proposed a $19.4 billion spending package to "stimulate" the economy. Among the pork-barrel projects in the Clinton plan were: $2.5 million to build an alpine slide in Puerto Rico, $1 million for a baseball field in Alabama, $3.5 million to renovate a theater in Arizona, and $30,000 to build an ice-skating warming hut in Connecticut. (Wall Street Journal, 4/5/93)

THE NEXT CLINTON TAX INCREASE -- More, Bigger, Broader, Higher Taxes
Despite his promises of "targeted" tax cuts, the Clinton plan for a second term includes yet another massive tax increase. The bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation projects that Bill Clinton's tax and spending proposals for a second term work out to a net new tax increase of $64 billion. The bulk of the new tax hike comes because most of Clinton's tax cuts are temporary, but his tax increases are all permanent. (Joint Committee on Taxation)

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Subject: Renewed Leadership in the War Against Drugs

SEP 20 1996

Bob Dole's unveiling of "Just Don't Do It" in California yesterday was a huge success. The crowd of students at the Los Angeles high school chanted along with Dole as he led them in the new anti-drug message of a Dole-Kemp administration.

In a speech to the Associated Press Managing Editors Convention today in Denver, Colorado, Dole will continue to address Bill Clinton's failure to lead the fight against illegal drugs. Dole will ask the nation's newspaper editors to join him in a new anti-drug campaign and to take a more active role in using their publications to highlight the dangers of illegal drugs.

Dole will also read from a letter Nancy Reagan sent him yesterday praising the new slogan and expressed her shock over the massive increase in teen drug use under Bill Clinton. In her letter, Reagan said: "The startling rise in drug use among teenagers has been of tremendous concern to me. It sometimes seems like all the progress we made in the 1980s in reducing teen drug use has been put at risk, along with an entire generation of young Americans."

"That's why I am so glad you unveiled a new and powerful message in the tradition of 'Just Say No' to reach a new generation of young people -- 'Just Don't Do It,'" she continued. "It will be a tremendous rallying cry for millions of parents, teachers, and young people as they try to stem this rising tide of drug abuse."

The concern about Clinton's failure to wage a real war on drugs reaches across political parties and into the highest levels of his own administration.

According to *Newsweek* magazine, Clinton's own FBI Director, Louis Freeh, wrote a "scathing memo" to Clinton to complain about the lack of "any true leadership" in fighting the massive amounts of heroin and cocaine coming into the U.S. In what *Newsweek* called "a bold move," Freeh hand-delivered the memo to Clinton to underscore its importance. The article went on to say that "it is simply beyond argument that Bill Clinton has failed to use the powers of his office to lead the war on drugs."

Clinton's Drug Czar, former four-star General Barry McCaffrey, also expressed his concern about the lack of focus on an anti-drug message. In a recent interview with the *Boston Globe*, McCaffrey admitted "we took our eyes off the ball. We stopped talking about it. Our kids went back to using drugs."

When the price of failure is so great, America can't afford a President whose own top advisors admit he lacks any "true leadership" in fighting drugs. America deserves better. Take a few minutes this week to call a local radio talk show or a friend in the media to highlight Bill Clinton's failure to protect our children from drugs.

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September 20, 1996

Subject: The Drug Issue Reaches Critical Mass

Four years ago, Bill Clinton laughed out loud when a young person asked him -- in front of a nationwide audience of teenagers watching MTV -- whether he'd use drugs again. He didn't say it was a mistake. He didn't say he regretted it. He didn't say it was wrong, or foolish, or dangerous, or stupid. When asked if he would try to inhale again, if he had the chance to do it over, Clinton replied with a grin: "Sure, if I could. I tried before."

The crowd of young people laughed appreciatively. And millions more at home laughed along. In that moment, Clinton told our nation's children that it's OK to use drugs. It's funny. Everybody does it. Hey, I'd even try it again, so why shouldn't you?

Now the impact of Clinton's moral vacuum can be clearly seen. A 105% jump in teen drug use since Clinton was elected. More than a million new teen users of illegal drugs. The fastest three-year increase in teen drug use in history.

Tonight, 46 days before the election, Bill Clinton will tell Barbara Walters on ABC that's he changed his mind. Now he thinks he made a mistake when he used marijuana in college. After four years of wink-and-nod attitude about drugs -- and a million new teenage users -- Bill Clinton wants us to believe he's learned his lesson.

America's children deserve better. They deserve a President who will lead by example, who will use the power of the Presidency to send a powerful message to our young people, telling them time and again: "Just Don't Do It."

Today the Dole campaign will launch its most powerful drug ad to date. This ad cuts to the heart of the matter: our kids are using drugs because Bill Clinton never told them that drug use is wrong. Drugs are flooding our borders because Clinton gutted America's drug interdiction and enforcement programs. And the only message from the Clinton White House has been lax, liberal, and lenient.

The drug issue is reaching critical mass. The American people are finally realizing the tragic consequences of Bill Clinton's abdication of leadership.

But we need your help to drive this message home. We need you to call your local radio talk shows and express your outrage over Clinton's indefensible actions. We need you to reach out to your contacts in the media and call on them to focus on the issue. And most importantly, we need you to tell your friends and family, your neighbors and co-workers, that America's children can't afford four more years of Bill Clinton's silence on drugs. America's children deserve better.

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Fl to kids in hallway, school...

Graphic: Clinton cut office of National Drug Control Policy 83%.

Drugs & Kids in schoolyard...

Graphic: In front of our children...

Young man asking question...

Clinton...

Freeze on Clinton...

Graphic: Clinton's liberal drug policy has failed.

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Anncr: We send them off to school..

And we worry.

Teenage drug use has doubled since 1992.

And Bill Clinton?

He cut the White House Drug Office 83%.

His own surgeon general even considered legalizing drugs.

And in front of our children.. on MTV.. the President himself...

MTV: "If you had it to do over again.. would you inhale?"

CLINTON: "Sure, if I could.. I tried before"

Anncr (VO): Bill Clinton doesn't get it.

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FAST FACTS

A CLEAR RECORD OF FAILURE
Clinton's Liberal Drug Policies Leave Children at Risk

Fastest Three-Year Increase in Teen Drug Use in History

According to a report released by Bill Clinton's Department of Health and Human Services, since 1992:

* Overall use of all drugs among 12- to 17-year-olds has skyrocketed 105%.

* Marijuana use among young people has more than doubled --an increase of 141%.

* Monthly use of cocaine, the scourge of the 1980s, is up an appalling 166% from 1994 to 1995.

-- National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, U.S. Dept. of HHS, 8/20/96

The Clinton Strategy for a "Real War" on Drugs

"On matters of pure policy, among Bill Clinton's first acts was to cut spending on the war. The staff of the Office of National Drug Control Policy was cut to 25 from 146 [an 83% cut.] Drug interdiction funds were cut."" (Wall Street Journal, editorial page, 5/2/96)

But the Drug War Is Still a Top Priority, Right?

"The White House National Security Council has dropped the drug war from one of three top priorities to No. 29 on a list of 29, according to several sources." (Minneapolis Star Tribune, 2/14/93)

Clinton Stands "Foursquare" Behind Drug-Legalizing Surgeon General

"President Clinton declared he was 'foursquare' behind Joycelyn Elders despite their disagreement over legalizing drugs. The surgeon general said Wednesday she had 'no second thoughts' about her controversial remarks." (Atlanta Journal/Constitution, 12/9/93)

Even His Own FBI Chief Notes Clinton's Lack of Leadership

"Still, Clinton's record on the drug problem is very soft. Newsweek has learned that FBI Director Louis Freeh wrote a scathing memo 18 months ago to complain about the lack of 'any true leadership' in stemming the influx of heroin and cocaine, which Freeh compared to an 'all-conquering army.' Freeh then hand-delivered the memo to Clinton himself -- a bold move." (Newsweek, 8/26/96)

And His Four Star Drug Czar Admits They Dropped the Ball

"Clinton's drug-control policy director, retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, told the Globe recently that 'we took our eyes off the ball. We stopped talking about it. Our kids went back to using drugs.'" (Boston Globe, 9/18/96)

But What Do You Expect from a President Whose Anti-Drug Motto is "Just Say Sure"?

"Question: If you had it to do over again, would you inhale? (Laughter, applause)

Clinton: Sure, if I could. I tried before." (Laughter) (MTV's "Choose or Lose Special," 6/16/92)

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Subject: The Dole Message on Illegal Drugs: "Just Don't Do It"

When Nancy Reagan introduced her "Just Say No" slogan in the early 1980s, it was widely ridiculed by liberals and the media. They called it simplistic. They said it was too negative. They said that kids were too savvy to listen. They said it would never work. They were wrong.

With strong moral leadership from the White House, teen drug use dropped throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s. But since Bill Clinton and his message of moral laxity arrived in Washington, teen drug use has doubled. There are a million more teenage drug users today than the day Bill Clinton was elected.

That's why Bob Dole will go to Hollywood to unveil a new message today -- a message for the next century -- that once again tells our young people in no uncertain terms that drug use is dangerous, drugs are illegal, and drugs are wrong.

As Dole will say in his speech today: "So often our children are encouraged to 'Just Do It.' That's good advice on the basketball court or the football field. But when it comes to advice about drug use, the Dole Administration will set a very different, but simple, standard: 'Just Don't Do It.'"

"We will repeat this message as often as it takes," Dole will continue. "'Just Don't Do It.' When we are accused of being simplistic and repetitive, we will repeat it again, 'Just Don't Do It.'" And we will honor and reinforce those words with actions."

The choice of Hollywood for this important message was not coincidental. In his speech, Dole will deliver a powerful rebuke to the entertainment industry executives who have used their influence to glamorize illegal drug use. He will point to two recent movies, "Trainspotting" and "Pulp Fiction," as grim examples of the "romance of heroin" taking place in the entertainment industry.

"I have a message to the fashion, music, and film industries: Take your influence seriously," Dole will say. "Respect your talent and power. Stop the commercialization of drug abuse. Stop the glorification of slow suicide. Not because you are frightened of public outrage, but because you are responsible adults, with duties and standards."

It's time to end Bill Clinton's weak leadership on illegal drug use. We must send our young people the clear and unmistakable message that drugs destroy. If we don't and current trends continue, four more years of Bill Clinton will mean two million more teens using illegal drugs every month. That's a risk we just can't afford.

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FAST FACTS

JUST DON'T DO IT

Bill Clinton's Absence of Leadership on Teen Drug Use

The Fastest Three-Year Increase in Teen Drug Use in History

* Marijuana use among young people has more than doubled -- an increase of 141%.

* Use of LSD and other hallucinogens has nearly tripled -- an increase of 183%.

What Changed from the Reagan/Bush Era? The President.

* In the 1,742 presidential statements, addresses, and interviews delivered by Bill Clinton in 1994, he mentioned illegal drugs just 11 times.

* In formal addresses to the nation in 1993 and 1994, Bill Clinton did not mention the drug problem at all -- not once.

-- House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, 3/19/96

Drugs Just Not a Priority for Clinton

"The White House National Security Council has dropped the drug war from one of three top priorities to No. 29 on a list of 29, according to several sources." (Minneapolis, MN) *Star Tribune*, 2/14/93

The Only Message from the Clinton Administration -- Legalize Them

The only Clinton administration official to speak out on the drug issue was Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who suggested the possibility of legalization.

A Total Lack of Presidential Leadership

"New York Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel announced: 'I really never thought I'd miss Nancy Reagan, but I do.'" (Wall Street Journal, editorial page, 5/2/96)

Even His Own FBI Chief Complains About the Leadership Void

"Still, Clinton's record on the drug problem is very soft. *Newsweek* has learned that FBI Director Louis Freeh wrote a scathing memo 18 months ago to complain about the lack of 'any true leadership' in stemming the influx of heroin and cocaine." (*Newsweek*, 8/26/96)

* "Question: If you had it to do over again, would you inhale? (Laughter, applause)

* Clinton: Sure, if I could. I tried before." (Laughter)

-- Bill Clinton, MTV's "Choose or Lose Special," 6/16/92