SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11 -- Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, invoking the name of former President Ronald Reagan and enunciating the themes that will become a rallying cry during his campaign to wrest the White House from President Clinton, Sunday told cheering supporters it is time to 'win the Reagan revolution once and for all.' Former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp, the former professional football star tapped by Dole to be his running mate, attempted to put to rest concerns expressed by many wgether he will be able to play second string to Dole, telling the partisan crowd, 'Bob, you're the quarterback and I'm your blocker and we're going all the way.' Standing outside in bright sunshine, Dole sounded his themes for the campaign: ending high government spending, balancng the budget and cutting taxes. 'No doubt about it, one man, Ronald Reagan, really did start it all, and we're thinking of him today and God bless Ronald Reagan today,' Dole said. 'It's up to us to finish the job and win the Reagan revolution once and for all,' Dole said, adding: 'All we have to do is elect a Republican Congress and a Republican president and we'll end the gridlock of the big spenders. Their days will be over in Washington, D. C.' Dole repeated his vow to cut taxes across the board. In a slap at Ross Perot's reform Party, which started selecting their presidential nominee Sunday in Long Beach, Calif., Dole said: 'We are the reform party, Mr. Perot and all the others looking for a reform party, we are the reform party.
The Republican Party is the reform party.' Dole said a Dole administration will 'create more jobs by cutting the taxes on capital gains in half, creating jobs and opportunities all across America.' He repeated his vow to 'end the (Internal Revenue Service) as we know it.' Starting next January, Dole said, 'we will fight the war against drugs and get back to winning it for a change.' And, he said, a Dole administration will appojknt judges and prosecutors 'who care more about the rights of voctims than of the rights of criminals.' Kemp told the crowd, 'It really feels great to win a silver medal in politics.' He added, 'With Bob Dole, America can win the gold.' Dole and Kemp arrived at San Diego's Embarcadero Park located near the convention site where the Republican Party Monday begins its official task of nominating them as the party's sytandard bearers. Dole and his wife Elizabeth Hanford Dole and their daughter Robin Dole, and Kemp and his wife Joanne took a short cruise aboard the ferry Silvergate across San Diego Bay from the North Island Naval Air Station on Coronado to San Diego harbor. Standing in the bow of the Silvergate, the quintet waved to cheering people packed on a flotilla of four ferry boats and scores of other water craft from motor boats to sailboats and one three masted tall ship with deck mates standing on the masts. Supporters could be heard chanting: 'We love Bob,' 'We love Jack,' 'Dole '96.' Once the Silvergate arrived at San Diego, other boats were spotted in the bay bearing signs of opposition reading, 'Take abortion out of politics' and 'yank the plank,' references to the GOP platform worked out in advance of the convention. Aboard the Silvergate with Dole and Kemp was a delegation of supporters from Kansas, including Gov. Bill Graves, Lieutenant Gov. Gary Sherer and campaign operatives Scott Reed, Charley Black and Nelson Warfield. Skydivers, trailing smoke, and at least one carrying an American flag, soared across the blue sky as the ships headed to the harbor. On hand to greet Dole and Kemp were San Diego Mayor Susan Golding and California Gov. Pete Wilson, who was mayor of San Diego for 11 years before winning election to Congress. Also on hand was Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour.
GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole, invoking the name of former President Ronald Reagan and enunciating the themes of his campaign to wrest the White House from President Clinton, Sunday told cheering supporters it is time to 'win the Reagan revolution once and for all.' Dole told the crowd of banner-waving supporters that what they've seen so far of his campaign 'has been just a warm-up lap, a trial heat. It is here in San Diego where the real race begins.' Former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp, the former professional football quarterback tapped by Dole to be his running mate, attempted to put to rest concerns expressed by many that he can play second string to Dole, telling the partisan crowd, 'Bob, you're the quarterback and I'm your blocker and we're going all the way.' Kemp, who has disagreed with Dole in the past on issues such as taxes and immigration, said, 'When Bob asked me to be on his ticket I said yes faster than the Democrats can raise taxes.' Kemp also took a few shots at Clinton. 'We've heard some kibitzing from the left, some rather choice words from the Clinton White House about our plans to both balance the budget and give long overdue tax relief to the families and workers of America. The president has said he's unalterably opposed, it can't be done. 'But they don't know Bob Dole, and they don't know Jack Kemp either, ' Kemp told the cheering crowd. '(With) a Republican Congress, balancing the budget is a matter of presidential will. If you have it you can do it. Bob Dole has the will, Bob Dole will do it.' Standing outside in bright sunshine, Dole sounded his themes for the campaign: ending high government spending, balancing the budget and cutting taxes. 'No doubt about it, one man, Ronald Reagan, really did start it all, and we're thinking of him today and God bless Ronald Reagan today,' Dole said. 'It's up to us to finish the job and win the Reagan revolution once and for all,' Dole said, adding: 'All we have to do is elect a Republican Congress and a Republican president and we'll end the gridlock of the big spenders. Their days will be over in Washington, D. C.' Dole repeated his vow to cut taxes across the board. In a slap at Ross Perot's reform Party, which started selecting their presidential nominee Sunday in Long Beach, Calif., Dole said: 'We are the reform party. Mr. Perot and all the others looking for a reform party, we are the reform party. The Republican Party is the reform party.' Dole said a Dole administration will 'create more jobs by cutting the taxes on capital gains in half, creating jobs and opportunities all across America.' He repeated his vow to 'end the (Internal Revenue Service) as we know it.' Starting next January, Dole said, 'we will fight the war against drugs and get back to winning it for a change.' And, he said, a Dole administration will appoint judges and prosecutors 'who care more about the rights of victims than of the rights of criminals.' Kemp told the crowd, 'It really feels great to win a silver medal in politics.' He added, 'With Bob Dole, America can win the gold.' Dole and Kemp arrived at San Diego's Embarcadero Park located near the convention site where the Republican Party Monday begins its official task of nominating them as the party's standard bearers. Dole and his wife, Elizabeth, and their daughter, Robin Dole, and Kemp and his wife, Joanne, took a short cruise aboard the ferry Silvergate across San Diego Bay from the North Island Naval Air Station on Coronado Island to San Diego harbor. Standing at the bow of the Silvergate, the quintet waved to cheering people packed on a flotilla of four ferry boats and scores of other water craft from motor boats to sailboats and one three masted tall-ship with deck mates standing on the masts. Supporters could be heard chanting: 'We love Bob,' 'We love Jack,' and 'Dole '96.' Once the Silvergate arrived at San Diego, other boats were spotted in the bay bearing signs of opposition reading, 'Take abortion out of politics' and 'yank the plank,' references to the GOP platform worked out in advance of the convention that retains strict language calling for a constitutional ban on abortion. As Dole's ferry docked at San Diego, at least 200 protesters, mostly advocates for the poor, marched toward Embarcadero Park, the area where the Republican hopefuls' supporters had gathered to greet their candidates. Many shouted anti-Republican slogans but mostly they were there to show their support for welfare programs that they said are still very much needed by America's poor. They carried signs and were mostly women. Aboard the Silvergate with Dole and Kemp was a delegation of supporters from Kansas, including Gov. Bill Graves, Lieutenant Gov. Gary Sherer and campaign operatives Scott Reed, Charley Black and Nelson Warfield. Skydivers, trailing smoke, and at least one carrying an American flag, soared across the blue sky as the ships headed to the harbor. On hand to greet Dole and Kemp were San Diego Mayor Susan Golding and California Gov. Pete Wilson, who was mayor of San Diego for 11 years before winning election to Congress. Also on hand was Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour. Wilson was one of three GOP governors, including William Weld of Massachusetts and George Pataki of New York, who were either removed from the convention speaking schedule or declined to address the delegates. Also coinciding with Dole's arrival was an interview in The San Diego Union-Tribune with Clinton in which the president was said to have indicated privately to aides that he was surprised by Dole's pick for vice president.
Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, enunciating the themes of his campaign to wrest the White House from President Bill Clinton, told cheering supporters on Sunday it is time to 'win the Reagan revolution once and for all.' Dole told the crowd of banner-waving supporters that what they've seen so far of his campaign 'has been just a warm-up lap, a trial heat. It is hear in San Diego where the real race begins.' Former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp, the former professional football quarterback tapped by Dole to be his running mate, attempted to put to rest concerns expressed by many whether he could play second string to Dole, telling the partisan crowd, 'Bob, you're the quarterback and I'm your blocker and we're going all the way.' Kemp, who has disagreed with Dole in the past on issues such as taxes and immigration, said, 'When Bob asked me to be on his ticket I said yes faster than the Democrats can raise taxes.' Kemp also took a few shots at Clinton. 'We've heard some kibitzing from the left, some rather choice words from the Clinton White House about our plans to both balance the budget and give long overdue tax relief to the families and workers of America. The president has said he's unalterably opposed, it can't be done. 'But they don't know Bob Dole, and they don't know Jack Kemp either, ' Kemp told the cheering crowd. '(With) a Republican Congress balancing the budget is a matter of presidential will. If you have it you can do it. Bob Dole has the will, Bob Dole will do it.' Standing outside in bright sunshine, Dole sounded his themes for the campaign: ending high government spending, balancing the budget and cutting taxes. 'No doubt about it, one man, Ronald Reagan, really did start it all, and we're thinking of him today and God bless Ronald Reagan today,' Dole said, invoking the name of the ever-popular former president. 'It's up to us to finish the job and win the Reagan revolution once and for all,' Dole said, adding: 'All we have to do is elect a Republican Congress and a Republican president and we'll end the gridlock of the big spenders. Their days will be over in Washington, D. C.' Dole repeated his vow to cut taxes across the board. In a slap at Ross Perot's reform Party, which started selecting their presidential nominee Sunday in Long Beach, Calif., Dole said: 'We are the reform party, Mr. Perot and all the others looking for a reform party, we are the reform party. The Republican Party is the reform party.' Dole said a Dole administration will 'create more jobs by cutting the taxes on capital gains in half, creating jobs and opportunities all across America.' He repeated his vow to 'end the (Internal Revenue Service) as we know it.' Starting next January, Dole said, 'we will fight the war against drugs and get back to winning it for a change.' And, he said, a Dole administration will appoint judges and prosecutors 'who care more about the rights of victims than of the rights of criminals.' Kemp told the crowd, 'It really feels great to win a silver medal in politics.' He added, 'With Bob Dole, America can win the gold.'
