President Bush, candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1992, spoke at a campaign rally sponsored by the Georgia Republican Party. The Georgia state primary was scheduled to take place two days following the event. Rep. Gingrich, House Minority Whip, addressed the audience before the president on the necessity of voting Republican in the 1992 election, particularly in consideration of the “welfare state” the Democrats wish to create. President Bush, speaking before a huge American flag backdrop, urged the Republicans to defeat the liberals in the fall election. He mentioned Southern values, the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, and the Persian Gulf War in his remarks.