Speech for campaign rally at West Frankfort, IL, October 30, 1984.  Includes handwritten notes and diacritic marks.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984/1079/thumbnail.jp

Ferraro, Geraldine

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Fordham Law SchoolFLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and HistorySpeeches 1984 Vice-Presidential Campaign10-30-1984West Frankfort 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, "West Frankfort Rally Speech" (1984). Speeches. 80.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984/80' . \ WEST FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1984 THAm( YOU, PAUL, FOf\' THAT VERY ~< I~1 JNTRODUCT ION ~~ v~s.~ DELIGHTED TO BE HERE WITH-A ~AN WHO IS NOT ONLY A LINCOLN SCHOL AF<.' A·~lF<.'EAT FF<.' !END OF EDUCATION /A F IGl-ITEF<.' FOF<.' !·lOF<.'~( ING AND \.!OMEN E:UT ALSO THE NEXT S~NA:!].F FROM ILL IND IS. ;? -=----_,, ---- -===-- -MEN WHEN YOU ELECT PAUL) !MON TO THE SENATE IT !·!ILL MEAN A ~T TO EVERYONE IN 1LLINOI1' WHEN YOU CHOOSE A SENATOR, YOU ARE CHOOSING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OUR GOVERNMENT. 'JO-nt Otl I St: NAT 0 Rs T "'EA T IE s c 0 NF IF<.' M p RE s IDEN T I AL R /, t.i /_ A~ V • c,..4 • ,. ~u.t.L: , A PP 0 I N TM ENT S AN D APP F<.' 0 VE 5 UP REM E C 0 U F<.' T N 0 M IN EE S • L,. ~Pl 1!1 !.l 111!'.14 l a.,..,.A I'- ·,,,J..,vJ. ~ a._,._.. ~~ ~.-u)..~, THHll' OF Pliili!B81f:Otl:: Ffi'linHHL :'Hl1!1 ll8tH!ll 1 B DIIK•IIti l 1 D RATHEi'.' HAVE PAUL SIMON AND JIM HUNT MAKING THOSE DECISIONS THAN CHARLES PERCY AND JESSE HELMS. Now, I THINK YOU 1 RE GOING TO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE •. ~UST TO CHEC~<, l !·!ANT TO TM<E o\o.>~ MY Olo!N Ri@GQtl ~L, SC !ENT IF ICA_ SURVEY RIGHT HERE: Is PAUL SIMON GOING TO WIN IN NOVEMBER? ARE WE GOING TO SEND WALTER MONDALE TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND RONALD REAGAN BACK TO THE RANCH? J W. i l\'AN~\t- UI\' I ' !LL F.~.~.G.E .... 2 You BET WE ARE. I CAN'T STUMP THIS CROWD. FOi\' THREE MONTHS NOi~, iuR PARTY HAS BEEN ON A JOUl\'NEY M ITHOUT PRECEDENT, FOi\' A CAUSE AS OLD AS OUR COUNTRY) THE , PROMISE OF EQUALITY 1Ms NEVER sa° N;;;, NOR o rscR IM INAT ION so FA!\',/ AS l•lHEN FRITZ MONDALE AS~{ED ME T-0 BE HIS RUNNING MATE./ HE DID MORE FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN A BINGLE OAY THAN RONALD REAGAN HAS DONE IN FOUR LONG YEARS. L H{E THIS ELECTION IS NOT A RONALD REAGAiBU-;--:;;U OUEL BETMEEN PERSONALITIES. You - -DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR HIM., ABOVE ALL, THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT DEFENDING FOUR GREAT ,AMERICAN PRINCIPLES. ;'( .. > CAN FIRST, EOUCATION./AMERICANS HAVE AU!AYS KNOl•lN THAT EDU CAT ION UNLOC~{S THE DOORS TO OPPORTUNITY. ;CE ~(MOM THAT AHEAD", YOU HAVE TO GET AN EDUCATION. I TO GET Bur WHERE WE SEE A NEED TO INVEST IN THE PROMISE OF OUR YOUTH/RONALD ~AN HAS DRAMAT !CALLY CUT SCHOOL A ![I ANO SLASHED PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING. RONALD REAGAN WANTS TO SEND A TEACHER INTO SPACE, BUT l SAY ME HAVE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS ANO TEACHERS HERE ON EARTH. SECOND, AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT PERSONAL FREEDOM , ' W. FRAN~ffO"'T, ILL F.~.A.£1£ .. __ 3-IS ESSENTIAL. Bur THE EXTREMISTS WHO CONTROL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD IMPOSE A RELIGIOUS TEST ON FEDERAL JUDGES, ANci PUT THE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR - -WALTER MONDALE AND l WILL KEEP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OUT OF OUR HOMES, OUR CHURCHES AND OUR SYNAGOGUES. I WANT THE SUPREME COURT CHOSEN BY WALTER MONDALE, NOT JERRY FAU!ELL. THIRD, WE WON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF FUTURE WITHOUT THIS PLANET. . :::::-- . WE . MUST ~<EEP oui;.· LANo,/ouR CHIL[lf;.'EN,/AND OU!t.LIVES Fl'.'EE FROM . ' TOXIC \·IASTES. ) Too MANY AMER !CANS AL"'EADY~ST-;,;::".;-:;OUT~E AIR THEY BREATHE, THE WATER THEY DRINK, AND THE LANO THEY OWN. THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS TURNED ITS BACK ON THEM. THEY LEFT TOXIC WASTE DUMPS UNCLEANED, AND FAILED TO HELP LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS REMOVE ASBESTOS FROM SOME 33,000 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. REMEMBER, THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION THAT GAVE US JAMES WATT ONCE ANO ANNE BURFORD TWICE. THINGS ~l ILL BE DIFFERENT UNDER PRES IDE NT MONDALE. imkt 11 llE" ;J1• iii! E[ ?!IP St!!' Vi eu11r:1get?d A)iS. HE !-! ILL REBUILD THE EPA. HE WILL USE A REAUTHORIZED AND EXPANDED SUPERFUND TO CLEAN UP THE MOST DANGEROUS TOXIC DUMPS. AND HE'LL MAKE THE POLLUTERS PAY FOR , . w. F"'AN~ffORT, ILL F.~.A.GE ..... Y. THE CLEAN UP. I SAY COURTr AND AND FOURTH, THERE'S NO GREATER AMERICAN PRINCIPLE THAN PEACE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, AND THAT RE~UIRES ENDING THE ARMS RACE. PRESIDENT REAGAN IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE HOOVER NOT TO "'~ f.OOf(i"2tA&-r. MEET WITH ~SOVIET [ t HE IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE THE DAWN OF THE NUCLEAR AGE NOT TO SIGN AN ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT. c...lt. Cl'.- iL. I SAY l~E NEED A F'"'ES IDENT WHO I~ ILL T~tMs II ITll HIE Sou IE""[S' 't't> ~::E~ft ON HIS F: IRST DAY IN OFF ICE, NOT ON THE F I"'ST DAY OF HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. AND WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL STOP THE ARMS RACE BEFORE IT SPINS INTO SPACE. Ir's TIME TO SAY, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. RATHER THAN EXTENDING THE ARMS RACE INTO SPACE, LET'S STOP IT HERE ON EA"'TH. CONTROLLING NUCLEAR 'IEAPONS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT/. BUT NOT I ... . THE ONLY -- KEY TO A SAFER WORLD. OUR SECURITY ALSO CALLS FOR SUPPORT ING HUMAN RIGHTS. ( Bur THIS ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT BASIC CONNECTION. IN HIS LAST DEBATE, RONALD REAGAN SAID THE ONLY W. I- RANKFORT, lLL F.I I:"  .A.G.£ .... ..J. OPPOSITION TO MARCOS IN THE PHILIPPINES WAS COMMUNISM. THAT'S NOT ONLY WRONG, IT WAS A 8LOW TO DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN THAT T"'OUE:LED COUNTRY./ I ~I ISH HE UNDE"'STOOD THAT LONG AFTER MAr;.·cos IS PEOPLE l.f ILL ST ILL E:E THE"'E /w:_, NEED THE IR GONE, THE PHILIPPINE FRIENDSHIP/ I WANT A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN WE PRESS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WE STRENGTHEN OUR OWN COUNTRY. I WANT AN ADMINISTRATION WHICH STOPS TOASTING DICTATORS ANO STARTS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCf;,'ACY • .,,- -THOSE ARE THE FOUR BASIC PRINCIPtES. Bur TO BUILD THE FUTURE, WE MUST DO IT TOGETHER. DIVIDING US INTO HAVES ANO ~AVE-NOTS WON'T STRENGTHEN THIS COUNTRY. ANO DIVIDING THE REGIONS INTO FROSTBELT AND SUNBELT WEAKENS AMERICA. I WAS IN SILICON VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA LAST WEEK, SPEAKING TO THE EMPLOYEES OF A COMPUTER COMPANY. AND I TOLD THEM WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO You: WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING A MORE COMPETITIVE ECONOMY, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AS THE COALMINERS OF ILLINOIS UNDERSTAND, WHEN ONE IS l -N TROUBLE, ALL INDUSTR !ES ARE THREATENED /ouR OWN SELF- INTEREST TELLS US THAT THE SUJ!::.:;} CANNOT FORSJ~<E FROSTBELT, AND HIGH TECH CANNOT FORGET SMOKESTACK.~ INDUSTRY THE SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BLAME OUR WORKERS FOR THE PROBLEMS OF °I. f\\..$ 0 ti&ANT A PRES I DENT COMM lTT'ED TO END I NG HUNGER . AND PREVENTING STARVATION/ RIGHT NOW, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE DYING EACH DAV IN ETHIOPA BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE TRAGIC PICTURES./ MEANWHILE, WORLD CEEs.eL PRODUCTION IS U~ND OUR STOREHOUSES AR-;-;ACKED .;;;.H GRAINyiTHAT SHOCKING CONTRAST IS INDECENT./ -THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF. BUT THEY CUT BACK ON FOOD FOR PEACE"'V NEARLY - - -700 MILLION DOLLARS.;?THEV DID NOT ACT WHEN EVERYONE SAW THE PROBLEM~ND NOW THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME ~ TRAGEDV.J -I WANT AN ADMINISTRATION THAT SENDS OVERSEA TOOLS FOR .· _,' WAR~ND MORE FOOD FOR PEACE.// ~ -/ - - - ~I - -W. FRAmffOl\'T, ILL F.'.AGE .... .6. OUR BASIC INDUSTRIES. IN ILLINOIS WANT JOBS IN THIS STATE'S COAL SAUDI ARABIA.// Bur THE FACT rs/rHOUSANOS OF COAL MINERS AND CAN'T FIND THEM.) YET THE ENERGY STO"'ED RESOURCES IS GREATER THAN ALL THE OIL IN To PUT OUR PEOPLE TO HORK •}IE NEED TO PUT THOSE RESOURCES TO l·WRH. A SAY IF ME JUST INVEST IN EDUCATION AND NE!~ EQUIPMENT, -A:;;- G !vE PEOPLE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO 00 THE JOB /AMER !CAN WORKERS CAN OUTPRODUCE, OUTCOMPETE, AND OUTSELL ANY OTHER WORKER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. r '" -LET OTHERS SAY THAT PEOPLE AREN'T LOOKING HARD ENOUGH FOR WORK. IN THE HEIGHT OF THE RECESSION, THIS PRESIDENT TOLD THE .~NEMPLOYED TO READ THE WANT ADS. THE PROBLEM WAS, THE UNEMPLOYED DON'T GET ALL THOSE FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS WHERE THEIR JOBS ARE NOW BEING ADVERTISED. LET OTHERS TRY TO DIVIDE AMERICA REGION AGAINST REGION. IN MY BOOK, IT'S NOT A COMPLETE RECOVERY UNTIL WORKERS HAVE RECOVERED THEIR JOBS. AMERICA IS NOT BACK AND STANDING TALL UNTIL THE AUTOWORKERS OF MICHIGAN, THE STEELWORKERS OF \l,MMO\.S PENNSYLVANIA ANO OHIO, AND THE FARMERS OF ~ ARE ALSO STANDING TALL • . WE CANNOT LEAVE ANY INDUSTRY OR REGION BEHIND, ANO WE MUST NOT PREVENT ANY PERSON FROM SUCCEEDING. EVERY TIME WE LOWER A BARRIER, OUR NATION IS STRONGER. EVERY TIME WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF W. FRANKFORT, ILL F.~A.GE ... .2. TALENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED, OUR NATION IS RICHER. WALTER MONDALE ANO I ARE COMMITTED TO AN AMERICA WHICH JUDGES PEOPLE NOT BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. WE WANT AN ADMINISTRATION THAT SUPPORTS CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, NOT SEGREGATED ACADEMIES. ANO, FINALLY, WE WANT A COUNTRY THAT KEEPS FAITH WITH WOMEN. WHEN I TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR MY SECOND TERM AS VICE PRESIDENT, I WANT TO SWEAR TO UPHOLD A CONSTITUTION THAT INCLUDES THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THESE PRINCIPLES. Bur RECENTLY IT SEEMS LIKE WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER NEW CONVERT. RONALD REAGAN HAS BEEN RIDING HARRY TRUMAN/S TRAIN. Two WEEKS AGO, HE TOOK HARRY TRUMAN ' S PULLMAN CAR OUT OF A MUSEUM TO TRY TO RECREATE TRUMAN'S FAMOUS WHISTLE-STOP TOUR OF 1948. WHAT YOU DIDN'T HEAR FROM REAGAN IS WHAT HARRY TRUMAN HAD TO SAY -~ ANO I QUOTE, 'ANY FARMER WHO VOTES REPUBLICAN SHOULD HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED." ANO I AGREE. THAT TRAIN STUNT DIDN'T FOOL ANYONE. Bur THINK ABOUT IT. WHAT BETTER SYMBOL COULD RONALD REAGAN GIVE US OF HIS ADMINISTRATION: THERE HE WAS, FACING BACKWARDS, WITHOUT CLUE w. F"'Al'H(FO"'T, ILL P.a.GE .... B. ABOUT WHO WAS AT THE CONTROLS, OR IN WHAT DIRECTION HE WAS GOING. THE_ FACT rs, RONALD REAGAN HAS GIVEN FARMERS THE WORST FOUR YEARS SINCE THE DEPRESSION. NET FARM INCOME HAS DROPPED BY HALF. FARM EXPORTS HAVE COLLAPSED. FORECLOSURES HAVE TRIPLED, ANO 300,000 FARM-RELATED JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST. IN RESPONSE TO THAT SUFFERING, RONA~D REAGAN SAYS, LET P"'OSPER !TY 1 TR IC~(LE OO~lN •. WEL'(EVEN SOMEONE FROM QUEENS ~(NOWS THAT CROPS GROl4 FROM THE G"'OUNO UP. ~ ~ 4(_ "'<IV\, CA. ll ~ tJ;J J WALTER MONDALE HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF FARMERS AS LONG AS REAGAN HAS OPPOSED THEM ./MM(E- NO M ISTM(E ABOUT IT: /wAL TER \&.&.19'1 •IS /MONDALE ~I ILL BE THE BEST PRES !DENT 0 • FA"'MEl':S EVER HAO. i1M(E NO MISTM(E ABOUT IT./ WE/RE IN A FIGHT FO"' THE HEART --AND SOUL OF THIS COUNTRY. MAKE NO MISTAKE: AS DEMOCRATS, WE'RE GOING TO WIN THAT FIGHT. l CAN READ THE POLLS.)NO !'VE HEARD WHAT THE REPORTERS ARE SAYINt. THEY TELL ME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR MR. REAGAN, EVEN THOUGH THEY OPPOSE HIS POLICIES, BECAUSE THEY LIKE HIM. WELL, LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO ANY OF YOU MHO FEEL THAT MA/ Mf\·. REAGAN MAY BE CHA"'M ING, F~Y AND PLEASANT. E:uT THE"'E; s - ---- ' ____.., NOTHING CHARMING ABOUT THE COVERT MAR IN NICARAGUA./ THERE'S ---NOTH ING FUNNY ABOUT TOXIC ~!ASTE THAT CAUSE? CANCER.; AND THERE / S L I HAVEN•T JUST BEGUN TO THINK ABOUT THE FARM PROBLEM. AS ~ CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM COMMITTEE, I CAME TO SPRINGFIELD AND LISTENED TO -FARMERS TALK ABOUT"'\HE NEEDS OF AGRICULTURE AND THE PROBLEMS FACING F~LV FARMERS. WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT WE HAVE A FARM CRISIS IN TH~~V~ 1J ~ ~ .y' ... IJ •~ I HAVE DONE MV BEST .JO HELP SOLVE IT. r;N 1982 I RECEIVED A If · . '\ 1'fF'3 if, lf,Y L rn "--100 PERCENT VOTING RATING FROM .THE FARMER•s UNION/ AND THAT AIN•T BAD FOR A CITY KID. • W. I- ri.'AN~<FORT, !LL f.~A.G.E ..... 9. NOTHING PLEASANT ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ANO M INOI'' IT IES. THINK ABOUT IT. IF PEOPLE VOTE FOR RONALD REAGAN THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY'RE VOTING TO EXTEND THE ARMS RACE INTO SPACE AND THEY'RE VOTING TO RETREAT FROM HUMAN RIGHTs/BuT THEY SHOULD ALSO ~<NOl4 THAT IF THEY VOTE FOR WALTER MONDAL~ THEY 1 RE VDT ING TO STOP THE ARMS RACE )RESERVE THE ENV Il'.'0NMEN0ROTECT SOCIAL 5ECURITY~EDUCE THESE OEFICITS~O PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS~ T 11 II 116 t' E 8 " F Iii ; A I I e "' l!r 8 8 ) I Eii Is i i T IO IQ !It';';' I I I () I !!I !I 1111 ;'; T I I ' ... '!t C HI lit a 1 / ti ';' !H I Vil I eJ\ I 6 6 P r 6 R l i \' 011 I I P P rt I U I F F 3 0 ~ U I I L ~ill.I! IQ ' !9 C ii I t b R I! I I • -Tiii! I SA I I A IS !LiG 1 TOPI Gaw or Di lliiill I 5@" IT GM! r: 0 5 IT ~6._, I bE J AhE HI 111 I 8~R lll!Lf ry fl -r1 : ps 4 T.littttL.!1!:8tL-t'.fliU/..1L M:Wil:I: s El :o 

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