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Fordham Law SchoolFLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and HistorySpeeches 1984 Vice-Presidential Campaign8-16-1984Seattle Rally SpeechGeraldine FerraroFollow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984Part of the Law CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1984 Vice-Presidential Campaign at FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship andHistory. It has been accepted for inclusion in Speeches by an authorized administrator of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship andHistory. For more information, please contact tmelnick@law.fordham.edu.Recommended CitationFerraro, Geraldine, "Seattle Rally Speech" (1984). Speeches. 7.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984/7SEATTLE RALLY SPEECH AUGUST 16, 1984 HORACE GREELEY WAS RIGHT WHEN HE WROTE THOSE FAMOUS WORDS: "GO WEST, YOUNG WOMAN, GO WEST." WELL MAYBE THOSE WEREN'T HIS EXACT WORDS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU li/E! SOMETHING. WE'VE COME WEST EARLY ... WE'RE COMING HERE OFTEN ... AND WE'RE COMING HERE TO WIN. ,. I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION: CAN MONDALE AND FERRARO CARRY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON? YOU BET WE CAN. CAN WE BEAT RONALD REAGAN? YOU BET WE CAN. CAN WE GIVE AMERICA THE LEADERSHIP THIS l:X/'£Cfi' i! COUNTRY DESERVES AND THE WORLD :Dl 5 ??1f~ YOU BET WE CAN. * * * I'VE LOVED THIS TRIP THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND OREGON AND NOW THIS TREMENDOUS WELCOME IN SEATTLE. EVERYWHERE I'VE GONE THIS WEEK I FEEL AN EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR. I . 2 THERE IS AN ENTHUSIASM, AN ENERGY, A SENSE OF HOPE THAT OLD BARRIERS ARE COMING DOWN AND NEW DOORS ARE OPENING UP. AND THIS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S ABOUT THE SENIOR CITIZENS I MET WITH IN SACRAMENT~HO ARE AFRAID OF A SICKNESS THEY CAN'T AFFORD ... A MEDICAL BILL THEY CANNOT PAY. ~ IT'S ABOUT THE CRIME VICTIMS I MET WITH IN LOS ANGELES WHO ASK ONLY, THAT HAVING BEEN VICTIMS ONCEJ~ THEY NOT BE VICTIMS AGAIN OF AN UNCARING SYSTEM. IT'S ABOUT WORKING PEOPLE I MET WITH --- FROM THE SILICON VALLEY IN CALIFORNr./,·o THE SHEET METAL WORKERS HERE IN SEATTLE ,~-- WHO SEE DEFICITS PUSHING UP INTEREST RATES AND THR:~TENING THEIR JOBS.;f AND THE MESSAGE I HEAR FROM A.,1.~ THESE AMERICANS/ _.,.,, IS THAT IT'S ~E TO C~E AMERICA'S ~IRECTION)- ~ ~ B~~G FROM OUR FUTURE AND SJf>T BU~ OUR FUTURE ... TO STOP LOOKING BACK AND START LOOKING AHEAD. 3 THE MES~~GE I HEA~S THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT NEW LEADERSHIP -~ THE LEADERSHIP OF FRITZ MONDALE AS PRESIDENT AND ::.i:.RY FERRA~O :: ~P~SIDEN.";~ * * * THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH --THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUT OF STEP WITH THE AMERICAN ..- - -z::::-TRADITION. EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT HAS t BELIEVED ~ i::.s HEART IN soc_I_A_L_SECURIT1 B~ ~ RONALD REAGAN. f EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE TEDDY ROOSEVELT HAS PROTECTED AMERICA'S ENVIRONMENT FOR TOMORROW INSTEAD OF EXPLOITING IT FOR TODAY~BUT NOT RONALD ~EAGAN. EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE JOHN KENNEDY AND LYNDON JOHNSON HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT AN INVESTMENT IN lr/ S EDUCATION "~N INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE. BUT NOT RONALD REAGAN. EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE WOODROW WILSON WHO ADVANCED THE IDEA OF FARM PARITY -- HAS KNOWN THAT OUR NATION CAN'T PROSPER IF FARMERS DON'T PROSPER. BUT NOT RONALD REAGAN. £1/EJ<.Y PRES:.i.l:>ENT WHO WAS IN ToUC:.H vJt TH ntt: Atv>ER.iciv.J PeoPl-E HllS CAA.ED ,+Bour JH<= A11~11c;.e-FAtt11LiES oF mis c~'-1 ·- L1tr€ Trlt i-0&-G~s .+tJD Rf"H€1/ffAK AAJI> MAcHIN/S(.S; op W/t<.;H 1 fl&T.:::-N - - Bt.JT Nol /?oN/ILD R~ l.:fiN. AND NO PRESIDENT/SINCE THE DAWN OF THE NUCLEAR I ~ AGE/HAS HAD A CAVALIER ATTITUDE ABOUT NUCLEAR WAR ---~L RONALD REAGAN.~ _,-:;:: /flAY. THEY ~ JOKE ABOUT NUCLEAR WAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE, ~UT OUR ALLIES~ EUROPE, . ,;UR ADVERSARIES IN THE '/ £ / ' -::::-- ( SOVIEt UNION / AND OUR PEOPLE HERE AT HOME ARE~ ND I / ___, ----LAUGH ING. L /t hi €Rt LA tJ'° THE AiiISAN PEOPLE ABOUT WAi//THEY WANT SERIOUS f- -DON'T WANT BAD JOKES P~_S TOI/ARD P~ THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT A NEW ARMS RACE IN SPACE. THEY WANT TO END THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE HERE ON EARTH. AND IF THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN'T STOP EXCHANGING INSULTS~ND START PROPOSALS;HEN IT'S ~ FOR ONE THAT WILL. * * EXCHANGING NEGOTIATING EXCHANGE THIS ADMINISTRATION -;;;::::::::=:= ____,,. 2=-* s THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TROUBLED BY SOMETHING ELSE IN 1984. THEY'RE TROUBLED BECAUSE WE' RE cf/EATING ON _-_ANOTHER PART OF AMERICA'S LEGACY. THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS. WHEN AN ECONOMIC PROGRA~ IS BUILT ON THROWING PEOPLE OUT OF WORK F~ND THEN FINANCING . A RECOVERY WITH HUGE DEFICIT;;-~ T~T PLAYING ~ WHEN SIX ~ILLION MORE PEOPLE SLIDE INTO POVERTY SINCE THIS ADMINISTRATION TOOK OFFICE~UT THEY CALL THE RECOVERY A SUCCES~S THAT PLAYING FAIR? UJ1~EK AOUR GOVERNMENT TRIES TO SUPPORT SEGREGATED SCHOOLS WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS, BUT CUTS LOANS TO SEND OUR CHILDREN TO COLLEGf/ IS THAT PLAYING FAIR? WHEN SOCIAL SECURITY FOR OUR OLDER AMERICANS IS SEEN AS RIPE FOR PICKINGAUT NINETY SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR AIR FORCE WRENCHES COME AS A BIG SURPRISE, IS THAT FAIR? WELL, I DON'T THINK SO EITHER. 6 I BELIEVE AMERICANS WANT THEIR GOVERNMENT TO PLAY BY ONE SET OF RULES FOR EVERYBODY. AMERICANS WANT PROSPEKITY, BUT NOT JUST FOR SOME. THEY WANT A PROSPEKITY THAT IS SHARED BY ALL. ---AMERICANS WANT THE STRONGEST DEFENSE IN THE WORLD, BUT THEY ALSO KNOW THAT IT MUST BE BUILT ON THE ~OST COMPETITIVE ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. AN.ft AMERICANS WANT THEIR LEADERS TO STOP TALKING GIBBERISH AND START TALKING SENS~BOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BRING THESE RUNAWAY DEFICITS UNDER CONTROL.; WE'VE HAD EVERYTHING BUT STRAIGHT TALK FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION~ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BRING )>o /,..L-,int..___ THESE f200 BILLION DEFICITS UNDER CONTROL. INSTEA/wHAT WE'VE HAD/~s I DEBATES OF THE 1984 CAMPAIGN. THE FIRST TWO FIRST, MR. REAGAN DEBATED MR. BUSH. MR. REAGAN SAID THEY WOULDN'T RAISE TAXES. MR. BUSH SAID THEY MAY. 7 NOW IN THAT DEBATE, I BELIEVE MR. BUSH. THEN MR. REAGAN DEBATED MR. REAGAN. HE SAID THAT WHILE HE HAS NO PLANS TO RAISE TAXES, HE MIGHT ANYWAY. NOW IN THAT DEBATE, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE. WHY ALL THE DANCING AROUND? AMERICANS ' KNOW HOW TO ADD AND SUBTRACT. IF DEFICITS ARE BAD FOR INTEREST RATES AND TRADE, THEN LET'S REDUCE /AKCS THEM. IF REDUCING DEFICITS r==-=8 MORE TAXES, THEN LET'S RAISE THEM. AND IF OUR LEADERS WON'T LEVEL WITH US, THEN LET'S REPLACE THEM. AND BY THE WAY, WHEN THE REPUBLICANS GET DONE DEBATING THEMSELVES, I WANT THEM TO DEBATE US -- MONDALE AGAINST REAGAN AND FERRARO AGAINST c:::: = z;;::::;: BUSH. LET'S DEBATE AMERICA'S FUTURE. AND I BELIEVE WASHINGTONIANS WANT THAT DEBATE TO BEGIN. fOR IF THERE IS A STATE IN THE UNION THAT LOOKS TO THE FUTURE, IT IS THIS STATE. ' I 8 BECAUSE ~ASHINGTONIANS UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THIS ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T: IT'S NOT RIGHT TO BETRAY THE LEGACY OF OUR PARE NTS BY BREAKING THE PROMISE TO OUR CHILDREN. IT'S NOT RIGHT.~ THE AMERICAN P~E-~ -- ~·· r· IT'S NOT RIGHTzl AND THAT'S WHY ON NOVEMBER 6TH THEY ~I L REJECT THE POLICIES OF BUY NOW AND PAY --- I ~ ,LATER elf A~ N~ AND ~TE ~'(' OF RHETORIC fOR SCHOOLS NOW AND EXCELLENCE F~ SCJ!.Q_OLS L~R, ( off BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENTS ~ND BALANCE~ BUDGETS LATER. I --- ·-:::.-:.:..:~ ; ' ( THE TIME TO BUILD IS NOT LATER. IT IS NOW. ~ --- · THE TIME TO PUT ALL AMERICANS BACK TO WORK IS NOT LATER, IT IS NOW. THE TIME FOR PAY EQUITY FOR WOMEN IS NOT ~TER, ------:::--IT IS NOW. ___,, ,,.... AND THE TIME TO STOP THE ARMS RACE IS NOT LATE;;IT IS Now/ Z:::::::-- - -- ---.. _.,...,,,, <:.----··- - --·-------·- -·· ·~---·- -· -- 9 -WILL YOU HELP US? WILL YOU WORK HARD BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION DAY? * * * * * * I k,.Jc1.i..: Ye 1 ..1 .:.....; ''-L . I LOVE YOU FOR COMING. I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM. NOW LET'S GO ON TO WIN ON NOVEMBER 6TH. 

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