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Clip: Republican Convention Evening Session

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Aug 13, 1996

Clip: Republican Convention Evening Session

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00:00:02 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
00:00:03 AND IT' S A PLAN FOR A YOUNG COUPLE IN PITTSBURGH TRYING TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOME.
00:00:09 FOR THEM, IT WILL MEAN LOWER INTEREST RATES AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS THEY CAN AFFORD.
00:00:13 WE CAN DO BETTER WITH BOB DOLE AND JACK KEMP.
00:00:16 AND THAT' S WHAT THIS CONVENTION AND THIS ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT.
00:00:35 [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
00:00:36 >> DOLE- KEMP! DOLE- KEMP! DOLE- KEMP! DOLE- KEMP! [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
00:00:57 CLEARLY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE SIMPLY CAN' T GO ON LIKE WE HAVE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
00:01:04 SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE OR PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO GIVE UP.
00:01:09 WE SAY " WE CAN CREATE REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE WITH A DREAM.
00:01:14 " WE CAN DO BETTER.
00:01:16 UNDER BILL CLINTON, MEDICARE WILL BE BANKRUPT IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
00:01:20 BUT THIS PRESIDENT WOULD RATHER PLAY POLITICS, THEN MUSTER THE POLITICAL COURAGE TO RESCUE IT.
00:01:26 REPUBLICANS WILL SAVE MEDICARE AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY SO PEOPLE CAN STOP WORRYING ABOUT THEIR PARENTS' AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS' HEALTH AND SECURITY.
00:01:36 WE MUST DO BETTER.
00:01:48 [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
00:01:49 YOU KNOW WE ARE A GENEROUS PEOPLE, WE ARE A GENEROUS PEOPLE BUT WHEN A WELFARE SYSTEM TRAPS MILLIONS OF CHILDREN IN POVERTY AND DEPENDENCY, COMMON SENSE TELLS US THAT WE NEED CHANGE FOR THEIR SAKE.
00:02:04 AND I' M PROUD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF BOB DOLE AND THE COMMON- SENSE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS, WE FINALLY ENDED WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT.
00:02:28 [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
00:02:30 WE' VE GOT TO STOP THE EXPLOSION IN DRUG USE BY -- WE ALL KNOW WE' VE GOT TO STOP THE EXPLOSION IN DRUG USE BY OUR KIDS THAT WE' VE SEEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
00:02:44 WE MUST ELECT A PRESIDENT THIS FALL WITH ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DRUGS IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PLAYGROUNDS, AND IN OUR WORKPLACES.
00:02:53 THIS IS A FIGHT WE CANNOT LOSE.
00:02:56 [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
00:02:59 WE CAN DO BETTER.
00:03:05 WE CAN ELECT BOB DOLE.
00:03:15 [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
00:03:16 NOW I GOT TO KNOW BOB DOLE DURING MY FIRST TERM IN CONGRESS.
00:03:22 HE CONTACTED ME AND HE ASKED ME TO WORK WITH HIM TO STEM THE GROWING TREND OF CRIMES TOWARD WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
00:03:28 WE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER TO PRODUCE LEGLATION THAT GAVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN STRONG NEW PROTECTIONS AGAINST SEXUAL PREDATORS, BY CLOSING LOOPHOLES THAT LET RAPISTS AND CHILD MOLESTERS GO FREE.
00:03:41 IT SEEMS -- VERY IMPORTANT --.
00:03:43 [ APPLAUSE]
00:03:44 IT SEEMS WE HAVE ALWAYS COUNTED ON BOB DOLE TO DO WHAT' S RIGHT FOR ALL AMERICANS, AND HE' S NEVER LET US DOWN.
00:04:00 [ APPLAUSE] [ APPLAUSE]
00:04:01 NOW, THINK ABOUT BILL CLINTON.
00:04:04 HE PROMISES ONE THING AND DOES ANOTHER.
00:04:06 HE HOPES WE WILL FORGET HIS BROKEN PROMISES.
00:04:10 BUT I ASK YOU: HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT BILL CLINTON PROMISED A MIDDLE- CLASS TAX CUT, AND THEN
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