NBC News - Democratic Convention - 1992-07-13

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[0:06] Regularly scheduled programming will not

[0:08] be seen so that we may bring you live

[0:10] coverage of the Democratic National

[0:12] Convention.

[0:17] New York's Empire State Building crowned

[0:19] in red, white, and blue. A few blocks

[0:21] away, Madison Square Garden, the center

[0:24] of American politics tonight as the

[0:27] Democrats begin their national

[0:29] convention.

[0:59] NBC News Decision 92, the Democratic

[1:02] National Convention. Here is Tom Bro.

[1:09] Good evening from Madison Square Garden

[1:11] where two twin sons of the South who in

[1:13] the course of their political career

[1:15] have been roughed up in New York City

[1:17] return tonight in triumph. Arkansas

[1:20] Governor Bill Clinton, the head of the

[1:21] ticket, who successfully ran what can

[1:23] only be described as a gauntlet on the

[1:26] character issue during the New York

[1:27] primary earlier this year, and his

[1:29] running mate, Senator Al Gore of

[1:31] Tennessee, who four years ago came to

[1:33] New York City as a presidential

[1:35] candidate and had the political

[1:36] equivalent of a mugging and then was run

[1:38] out of town. But tonight, they come back

[1:41] as the best unified ticket in some time

[1:43] for the Democrats. And they're backed up

[1:45] by some 5,000 delegates altogether who

[1:48] in their hearts know that they are still

[1:50] liberals, but in their heads know that

[1:52] they must present a more moderate,

[1:54] indeed conservative image this time if

[1:57] they expect to break their long losing

[1:58] streak. And as a result, they have left

[2:01] behind in their closets their sandals,

[2:03] their feuds, their union buttons, and

[2:06] their militancy. Because this time for

[2:08] the Democrats, November will count.

[2:12] They're going to set aside principle and

[2:13] hope that they can be practical for a

[2:15] change. You're looking at the floor of

[2:17] Madison Square Garden now where Ron

[2:19] Brown is presiding. And before too long,

[2:20] we'll be hearing from three keynote

[2:22] speakers,

[2:23] Bill Bradley of New Jersey, Governor Zel

[2:26] Miller of Georgia, and Barbara Jordan,

[2:29] the former congresswoman from Texas.

[2:32] NBC's John Chancellor is here with me as

[2:34] well. John, so far there's been some

[2:36] huffing and puffing on the part of Jesse

[2:38] Jackson and Jerry Brown, but this party

[2:40] still belongs to Bill Clinton.

[2:41] >> There are Democrats. I mean, we're

[2:43] having a remarkably small amount of of

[2:45] of yapping and and complaining here in

[2:48] this hall tonight. It is for a

[2:50] Democratic convention so far. Serene,

[2:53] but it's only the first night.

[2:54] >> All right. The woman who is presiding at

[2:56] this national convention is the governor

[2:58] of the state of Texas and Richards. And

[3:00] a short while ago, she made her remarks

[3:02] to this convention hall. Here is some of

[3:04] what she had to say at that time.

[3:09] >> Now, you might remember

[3:12] >> my nearly perfect granddaughter, Lily.

[3:18] Now, Lily is at the stage where she's

[3:21] getting excited about school. I bet you

[3:24] can remember anticipating that first day

[3:27] of school.

[3:29] You remember you were sort of eager and

[3:31] you were sort of scared all at the same

[3:33] time because it was all new. No one had

[3:37] made an A or an F. No one had been

[3:39] chosen first or last for basketball. It

[3:43] didn't matter if you were rich or poor.

[3:45] You could be a fireman or you could be a

[3:48] movie star or you could be an astronaut.

[3:51] Everything was out there just waiting to

[3:55] happen. You remember that feeling?

[3:58] Well, that's the feeling that we need

[4:00] all over this country in the first grade

[4:03] CLASSROOMS AND ON THE SHOP FLOOR AND IN

[4:06] THE BOARDROOMS OF THE BUSINESSES of

[4:09] America is that eagerness, THAT

[4:11] excitement that we can do it in this

[4:14] nation.

[4:23] And there's granny right now. Huh?

[4:26] >> Do you think that you've got a future

[4:28] governor of the state of Texas down

[4:29] there in that grand?

[4:30] >> Well, maybe a president. She's a smart

[4:32] little girl and I love her very much.

[4:34] >> Tell me about the state of Texas. Ross

[4:35] Perau is a folk hero of some proportions

[4:37] in your state. Isn't he going to give

[4:39] this ticket of yours some trouble come

[4:40] the fall?

[4:41] >> Truth is, I think we're things are much

[4:43] better off with Perau in it. Uh, I think

[4:46] Bill Clinton's got a real shot in a

[4:48] threeperson race. We have run our

[4:51] numbers. I don't even have to cook them.

[4:53] Uh, I can tell you with uh some

[4:56] sincerity that Clinton's got a real shot

[4:58] at it in Texas. And part of it has to do

[5:00] with turnout. Part of it has to do with

[5:03] the people that are on the local ticket.

[5:05] >> Can Bill Clinton come to Texas and say,

[5:07] "Listen, we've got to do something about

[5:08] the deficit and balancing the budget in

[5:10] America. That probably means we're going

[5:11] to have to cut the super collider.

[5:13] >> There's going to be no space station and

[5:15] we may have to charge an extra 5 cents a

[5:16] gallon for gasoline."

[5:17] >> He ain't going to say that. I've already

[5:19] asked him

[5:20] >> on all three points. on all three

[5:23] points.

[5:23] >> But how do you get to a balanced budget

[5:25] and how do you say to America, we are

[5:27] going to do something different? For

[5:28] example,

[5:28] >> well, I think he really is going to

[5:30] raise the taxes on the top 2% of the

[5:32] country. I think and I hope very much

[5:35] that he is going to offer some tax

[5:38] credits for those people who have money

[5:40] to invest cuz I think for a long time

[5:43] we've been very foolish in that tax

[5:44] policy. We need to build business in

[5:47] this country or we're not going to have

[5:48] any jobs. And that's going to appeal to

[5:50] Texans just like it appeals to everybody

[5:52] else in the country.

[5:53] >> What worries you most about George Bush

[5:55] running for reelection come the fall?

[5:57] >> Not a whole lot. I think that the fight

[5:59] is going to be between Bush and Perau.

[6:02] It has to be. We know from the numbers

[6:04] that Perau takes from Bush more than

[6:07] anywhere else. Over 60% in Texas are

[6:10] former Bush voters. And I think that the

[6:13] race is going to be between Ross Perau

[6:16] and this is as of today uh between Ross

[6:19] Perau and Bill Clinton. I think I I

[6:22] really think it's uh almost impossible

[6:24] for Bush to get back in it.

[6:26] >> As part of that calculation, do the poor

[6:28] in America and especially those in the

[6:30] inner city just get left out this time?

[6:32] >> I think the poor in America are only

[6:35] going to improve if the middle class in

[6:37] America improves. We're all in it

[6:39] together. You can't separate us anymore.

[6:42] The only ones in America who are better

[6:44] off are the top 2%. And we have to

[6:46] recognize that. And the ones I know say,

[6:48] "For God's sake, tax me and get this

[6:51] country back on the road."

[6:53] >> They honestly say that to the governor.

[6:54] >> They honestly do.

[6:56] >> Well, Bill Clinton will have a chance to

[6:57] provide them with a promise that they

[6:59] >> Well, Al Gore is going to help us. You

[7:00] remember Al Gore's support for the

[7:02] presidential election came a lot from

[7:04] the business community and he's going to

[7:07] tap that support in Texas.

[7:08] >> Governor Anne Richards, it's always a

[7:10] pleasure to see you. this and come back

[7:11] to see us.

[7:12] >> I will. I enjoy that a lot. We'll see a

[7:14] lot more in the of course this

[7:14] convention week.

[7:15] >> You bet.

[7:16] >> Okay, we'll be back with more right

[7:17] after this.

[7:19] >> Decision 92, the Democratic National

[7:22] Convention is being sponsored in part by

[7:24] Ford and your Ford dealer. Have you

[7:26] driven a Ford lately? It's more than a

[7:28] question. It's an answer. What's most

[7:31] important to you?

[7:32] >> My wife. We've been married for 31

[7:35] years.

[7:36] >> 32?

[7:38] >> Definitely these guys.

[7:42] What's most important, Jack? Of course.

[7:46] >> My granddaughter Susan.

[7:48] >> The new Ford Crown Victoria now offers

[7:50] anti-lock brakes with traction assist

[7:52] and dual airbags. Because shouldn't your

[7:54] car know what's important to you?

[7:57] >> Have you driven a Ford lately?

[8:01] >> Delicious. I'm surprised.

[8:03] >> I love this cereal. These people are

[8:05] eating a high fiber cereal and they love

[8:07] the taste. Surprised? I'm not because

[8:10] they're eating fruit and fiber. And as a

[8:13] nutritionist, I know fruit and fiber has

[8:15] high fiber brand flakes, and it's the

[8:18] only one with plump raisins, chewy

[8:20] dates, walnuts, and crunchy oat clusters

[8:22] for a delicious taste.

[8:24] >> Surprisingly delicious.

[8:25] >> Post fruit and fiber cereal. Try it for

[8:28] the fiber. Love it for the taste. Dear

[8:31] Thompson,

[8:31] >> honey, I ran out of

[8:32] >> Midway through waterproofing our new

[8:34] deck, I ran out of Thompson's water seal

[8:36] and finished with another brand. Two

[8:38] days later, it rained. It was amazing.

[8:41] You could actually see the Thompson side

[8:43] working. The other side looked like I

[8:44] hadn't used a thing. Terrible.

[8:46] >> Thompson's Water Seal has 50% more

[8:49] active ingredients than most brands for

[8:51] more waterproofing power.

[8:53] >> You can see the difference. For my

[8:55] money, nothing tops Thompson's. And I

[8:57] proved it. Sincerely, Marcia Jackalone.

[8:59] Basset, Wisconsin.

[9:09] We're back in Madison Square Garden

[9:10] where we're about to begin the keynote

[9:11] speeches. But Maria Shrivever standing

[9:13] by now with Jerry Brown. There's some

[9:15] question about whether he'll address

[9:16] this convention. Maria,

[9:17] >> that is a big question, Tom. We are here

[9:18] with Jerry Brown, as you said, off the

[9:20] convention floor. And the big question

[9:21] tonight, Governor Brown, is are you

[9:23] going to address this convention? Have

[9:24] you been invited?

[9:25] >> Well, I presume so. 4 million people

[9:27] voted to send me here with a message of

[9:30] political reform to fight the corruption

[9:32] the politics as usual and I think it's

[9:34] appropriate and as you can see a lot of

[9:35] these delegates they came a long way

[9:37] they're not very wealthy people and they

[9:39] came here to vote on something and to

[9:41] have a real participation

[9:42] >> Ron Brown the DNC said you can address

[9:44] this convention all you have to do is

[9:45] endorse the ticket just like everybody

[9:47] else

[9:47] >> well I don't see uh speech uh or

[9:51] democracy conditioned on in some kind of

[9:54] deal here this is the right of a

[9:57] candidate to address the convention, to

[9:59] address the people that sent him here,

[10:00] >> regardless whether you endorse or not.

[10:02] >> Of course. I mean, isn't this a party of

[10:04] of uh many voices and many visions what

[10:06] they're I think they've mistaken uh

[10:09] uniformity for unity. We want unity, but

[10:12] we don't want enforced uniformity

[10:14] whereby like robots, we're all supposed

[10:15] to say the same script. that has no

[10:18] credibility among the people listening

[10:20] and an honest, robust debate,

[10:22] particularly when it involves critical

[10:24] issues like rolling back the

[10:26] presidential congressional pay raise, uh

[10:28] limiting the amount of time people can

[10:30] spend in Washington, uh limiting

[10:32] contributions to $100, fighting the

[10:34] trade treaty with Mexico. These are

[10:36] basic gut issues that probably 60% of

[10:39] the American people, maybe more, already

[10:41] support.

[10:42] >> How many of those do they have to adopt

[10:43] for you to get up and endorse this

[10:44] ticket?

[10:46] Well, uh, I came here, uh, to see, uh,

[10:50] party reform and integrity, uh, take

[10:53] over from the entrenched interests. And

[10:55] we have to make some solid progress in

[10:57] that direction. We have something we

[10:59] call a humility agenda. And what we're

[11:01] finding now is they'd rather have

[11:02] humiliation than humility. And I'm

[11:04] beginning to think that's exactly what

[11:06] we need around here. Don't ask people to

[11:08] uh make some deal, but let's have the

[11:10] full flower of honest democratic debate.

[11:13] And out of that, you'll have a unity

[11:15] that is powerful and persuasive.

[11:16] >> Finally, are you going to vote for this

[11:17] ticket come November 3rd?

[11:19] >> Well, you know, some people say you're

[11:20] going to vote for it or you're not going

[11:21] to vote for it. There's a third way.

[11:22] Make the ticket better. Raise this party

[11:25] platform and raise the spirit of the

[11:26] party to a higher level. That's what I

[11:28] want.

[11:28] >> Okay, Jerry Brown, you heard him here.

[11:30] He is off the convention floor. Back to

[11:32] you, Tom.

[11:32] >> Thank you, Maria. And the people who are

[11:34] talking to Tim Russard on behalf of the

[11:35] Clinton campaign say they'll probably

[11:37] work it out. He'll get his chance to say

[11:38] what he wants to before the end of the

[11:40] convention. But this week still belongs

[11:42] to Bill Clinton and to Al Gore and to

[11:45] one of the brightest stars in the party

[11:46] who is the leadoff keynote speaker at

[11:48] the podium right now. A man who appeared

[11:50] here as number 24 for the New York

[11:51] Knicks. Bill Bradley, Senator from New

[11:55] Jersey.

[11:57] This spring, the city of Los Angeles

[12:00] burned.

[12:02] And when it came time to confront the

[12:04] desperation and anger that boiled over

[12:06] into sickening violence, time to provide

[12:09] help for the people of our cities. What

[12:12] did you do, George Bush? You waffle and

[12:16] wiggle and waver.

[12:20] When we look back at the last 12 years,

[12:25] one pattern becomes very clear. The

[12:29] collapse of standards.

[12:32] Another bank that fails. Another deficit

[12:35] ignored. Another high school graduate

[12:38] who can't read. Another executive who

[12:41] bails out of a failing company with a

[12:43] golden parachute.

[12:45] Another politician who lies. Another

[12:49] politician who lies a little better.

[12:53] another Supreme Court justice who's not

[12:56] the best we could have.

[13:03] Another

[13:05] male office holder who just doesn't get

[13:11] it.

[13:14] The evidence of this administration's

[13:17] willingness to inflame the wounds that

[13:19] it should heal is everywhere. And the

[13:22] spectacle of social crisis that can be

[13:25] seen right through the windows of the

[13:27] White House does not seem to trouble our

[13:29] leaders sleep.

[13:31] They lead the most idealistic nation in

[13:34] history, but they are themselves without

[13:38] idealism.

[13:40] Fear,

[13:42] division, and the death of hope. These

[13:45] are the fruits of Republican rule.

[13:48] And so I say to our president,

[13:53] this election year,

[13:55] your slogans that camouflage callousness

[13:59] and glamorize greed will profit you

[14:03] nothing. The party is over. People are

[14:07] tired of paying for the mistakes and

[14:09] scandals of government. There's work to

[14:12] do. People want the truth.

[14:21] But to be absolutely truthful,

[14:25] we Democrats must also look into our own

[14:28] hearts and admit that we too have some

[14:31] responsibility for our predicament. We

[14:34] too have often preferred the short term

[14:37] to the long-term, our own kind to

[14:40] others, individual thrills to collective

[14:44] responsibilities.

[14:46] So we meet here tonight at a moment of

[14:49] reckoning, not just for the Republican

[14:52] or Democratic parties, but for America.

[14:56] Of course, this is a partisan gathering,

[14:59] but the road we must travel now is

[15:01] difficult, and the job ahead requires

[15:04] that we reach beyond partisanship.

[15:09] Yes,

[15:11] our Democratic Party comes to New York

[15:14] with a purpose, but it's not just to

[15:18] win. It's to win for a reason.

[15:23] We come to New York to give American men

[15:26] and women control over their lives

[15:29] again.

[15:31] We come to New York, in the words of the

[15:35] great poet Langston Hughes, to let

[15:37] America be America again. Let it be the

[15:42] dream it used to be.

[15:47] There have always been two Americas.

[15:51] the flawed one we live in day by day and

[15:55] the better one we dream of when our

[15:57] spirits soar. For the slave who was

[16:01] someone out there's great great

[16:03] grandparent.

[16:05] The dream was the promise of freedom of

[16:07] the North Stars beacon for the computer

[16:11] operator in Trenton, New Jersey, or the

[16:14] meat packer in Omaha and Nebraska

[16:17] listening right now wearily to what we

[16:22] Democrats are saying this evening. The

[16:26] dream is his vote.

[16:28] The faith her vote counts.

[16:32] the hope her vote well cast will help

[16:36] make a better America.

[16:44] For 10 years,

[16:47] I played basketball for the New York

[16:50] Knicks in this building.

[16:55] The guys on my T, the guys on my team

[16:58] came from a variety of places, a variety

[17:02] of backgrounds.

[17:04] We respected each other and we were

[17:06] winners.

[17:08] We gave up our own personal agendas so

[17:12] the team could succeed and win.

[17:16] The idea of giving up something small

[17:19] for yourself

[17:21] to gain something big for all of us is

[17:24] not new. But putting that ancient idea

[17:28] into practice is the central necessity

[17:30] of our new age. Giving up the desire for

[17:34] more of everything now is the key to

[17:38] having more of something better in our

[17:41] future.

[17:43] We will consume away our planet if we

[17:48] can't find the discipline to say enough.

[17:53] The race for more more comes from the

[17:57] fear that we live in a world where

[18:00] nothing lasts and nothing endures. Not

[18:03] products, homes, jobs, or family bonds.

[18:08] What's life worth if we don't strive to

[18:12] build something that's larger than we

[18:14] are and lasts longer than we do? For too

[18:17] long, we've not worried about future

[18:19] generations or met our obligations to

[18:22] each other. Instead, we've lived for

[18:25] ourselves and for today. Such a world is

[18:30] simply not sustainable.

[18:35] What we really face

[18:37] is a crisis of meaning.

[18:40] Without meaning, there can be no hope.

[18:43] Without hope, there can be no struggle.

[18:45] Without struggle, there can be no

[18:47] betterment.

[18:49] What do we want our children to have? an

[18:52] understanding of what it means to be

[18:54] human and how to care for others or an

[18:58] understanding of what it takes to step

[19:00] on someone else for success and how to

[19:03] tell more effective lies. Individualism

[19:07] degenerates into greed without agreement

[19:09] on its limits. The microchip may be

[19:12] faster than the human brain, but it

[19:14] doesn't have a heart. A new drug might

[19:17] defeat a disease, but it won't eradicate

[19:19] hatred. Technology can't tell us what's

[19:22] right and wrong. Achieving personal

[19:26] excellence and extending a helping hand

[19:30] are the indispensable elements of an

[19:32] American future that works. And both are

[19:36] part of something larger.

[19:39] Assuming responsibility for ourselves

[19:43] and our country. Let America be America

[19:47] again. Let it be the dream it used to

[19:50] be.

[20:02] I can't stand on this podium tonight

[20:06] without talking about race in America

[20:10] because the quest for racial justice is

[20:13] one of the reasons why I'm in politics

[20:17] and why I'm proud to be a Democrat.

[20:21] Just as slavery was our original sin, so

[20:25] race remains our unresolved dilemma.

[20:29] But it's no longer a matter of white

[20:32] Americans allowing

[20:35] nonwhite Americans entrance into their

[20:38] society by desegregating restaurants and

[20:41] schools.

[20:43] The reality is that African, Asian,

[20:47] Latino, and Native Americans are at the

[20:50] heart of what America has been and is.

[20:55] And all of us can determine what America

[21:00] will become.

[21:02] Diversity

[21:04] is our strength, not our weakness. It

[21:07] offers opportunity for world leadership

[21:10] that is deeper than the swagger of

[21:12] military might or the pride of material

[21:15] wealth. It implies something unique and

[21:18] untapped.

[21:20] If a new woman or a new man can be

[21:24] formed out of the ashes of the 20th

[21:26] century with all its wars and hatreds,

[21:29] it will be done here in America.

[21:37] At another time in our history,

[21:41] Martin Luther King Jr. wrote from his

[21:43] jail cell in Birmingham.

[21:47] We will have to repent in this

[21:49] generation,

[21:51] not merely for the vitriolic words and

[21:54] actions of bad people, but for the

[21:58] silence of good people.

[22:03] The silence

[22:05] of good people.

[22:10] Isn't that our challenge as a party and

[22:13] a nation to reach out to our fellow

[22:17] Americans and mobilize the good people

[22:20] of all races for action? Action that

[22:25] will stop the random violence in our

[22:27] cities. Rebuild economic opportunity and

[22:30] jobs for all and provide moral

[22:32] leadership worthy of our ideals.

[22:36] Let America be America again. Let it be

[22:39] the dream it used to be.

[22:48] It's sometimes said that Americans lack

[22:51] a tragic sense of life.

[22:54] It would be more correct to say that

[22:56] Americans are not content to let tragedy

[23:00] have the last word.

[23:02] The United States is history's greatest

[23:05] experiment in the elimination of

[23:08] despair.

[23:10] It was built on a belief that though

[23:12] there are many men, women, and children

[23:14] among us who've been the victims of

[23:16] injustice, we are not a nation of

[23:20] victims.

[23:21] Built on the belief that we are free men

[23:24] and women who cannot be reduced to our

[23:27] social or economic circumstances but can

[23:30] act to alter those circumstances.

[23:34] Built on the belief that scars do heal,

[23:38] that the change is possible and that the

[23:41] present can free itself from the grip of

[23:44] the past. Built on the belief that

[23:48] adversity is not fate but a dare, a

[23:52] challenge, an opportunity to show that

[23:55] all of us, all races, genders,

[23:58] ethnicities, and religions can strive

[24:00] together, can work together, prosper

[24:03] together, achieve a better America,

[24:06] achieve a better world. Let America be

[24:10] America again. Let it be the dream it

[24:13] used to be. Let it be the dream it can

[24:16] be.

[24:24] Bill Bradley, Olympic gold medalist,

[24:26] road scholar, Princeton graduate, member

[24:28] of the New York Knicks, three-term

[24:29] senator from New Jersey,

[24:32] a man who worked as hard at his oratory

[24:35] skills as he did at his jump shot. And I

[24:38] think in fairness, you have to say that

[24:39] he succeeded with his jump shot, but

[24:41] that his orary skills were still a work

[24:43] in progress. He said after he was almost

[24:45] defeated in New Jersey last time around

[24:47] that he's going to start talking about

[24:49] what he feels, not just what he knows.

[24:51] And he has made some of the most

[24:52] eloquent speeches on race relations in

[24:55] America. But when it comes to a big

[24:56] hall, that's Fred Holman, by the way,

[24:58] he's former coach of the mix. When it

[24:59] comes to a big hall, Bill Bradley still

[25:02] comes up a little bit short. John

[25:03] Chentley. Nevertheless, I thought that

[25:05] speech was in the older mode of the

[25:07] Democratic party, talking about race,

[25:10] talking about the aims and directions of

[25:13] the party that I think Jimmy Carter

[25:15] might have understood, Hubert Humphrey

[25:17] might have understood more than Bill

[25:19] Clinton and and the new technocrats of

[25:22] the Democratic party. Uh it it was a

[25:25] very interesting speech in that it was

[25:28] something the Democrats don't like, a

[25:30] bit old-fashioned.

[25:32] Well, on the business of race, uh, Bill

[25:34] Clinton, who Bill Bradley, who learned

[25:37] so much about race as a member of the

[25:38] New York Knicks, has talked quite

[25:40] eloquently this year. Somebody who's

[25:41] talked a lot about the economy, is Paul

[25:43] Sonis, of course, who gave Bill Clinton

[25:46] more than a run for his money in the

[25:47] early going in this campaign, especially

[25:49] in New Hampshire. He's on the floor of

[25:50] this convention right now with NBC's

[25:52] Lisa Myers. Lisa,

[25:54] >> hi Tom. With me, as you know, is Senator

[25:56] uh former Senator Paul Sonis, a

[25:58] candidate who became known for his

[25:59] political courage. Uh not only because

[26:01] he was willing to take unpopular

[26:03] positions, but also because of that

[26:04] speedo bathing suit. Senator, you said

[26:07] yesterday you weren't sure this ticket

[26:09] has what it takes to win in November.

[26:11] Why?

[26:12] >> Well, I think that took some of it out

[26:14] of context. What I said was on social

[26:16] issues, this is the right party. On

[26:18] women's issues, gay rights, civil

[26:20] rights, the environment, we're fine. The

[26:23] issue is, are we going to have an

[26:24] economic program that's going to

[26:26] resonate with the American people? And

[26:28] so far, if you look at the editorials,

[26:29] no one is proclaiming that. So, my job,

[26:32] we're going to have our planks voted

[26:33] upon tomorrow will be defeated, but

[26:35] hopefully begin to prod the party into a

[26:38] different and more aggressive economic

[26:40] package.

[26:40] >> Do you think Governor Clinton's economic

[26:42] program is credible at this point that

[26:44] it goes far enough in trying to deal

[26:46] with the deficit and in putting this

[26:48] economy back on track?

[26:50] Well, everything is relative. Compared

[26:52] to any other democratic program, it's

[26:54] pretty good. At times they really begin

[26:56] to overtake us compared to what we have

[26:58] to do. I think it has to go further. And

[27:01] that's what our plan our plans tomorrow

[27:03] are mild compared to what this country

[27:06] is going to have to deal with if it

[27:07] waits 3 or 4 years. So where in essence

[27:10] saying to the Clinton people, look, good

[27:12] policy is good politics. Adopt these

[27:15] planks and don't worry about Ros Perau.

[27:17] If you don't adopt it, have a program

[27:21] that really does grab people. Roths

[27:22] Perau may come along and grab it away

[27:24] from you.

[27:25] >> How actively will you campaign for the

[27:27] Clint ticket in the fall?

[27:29] >> I will campaign for but I've made it

[27:30] clear that as you know, Senator Rodman

[27:32] and I are going to set up this

[27:34] foundation, try to carry these issues on

[27:36] a bipartisan basis and I'm going to

[27:38] split my time between the two

[27:40] obligations.

[27:41] >> Thank you, Senator. And now back to Tom

[27:43] Broke on the booth.

[27:44] >> Thank you, Lis Myers with Paul Song. A

[27:46] lot of talk about taxes, of course, but

[27:48] then Bill Clinton remembers what

[27:49] happened to Walder Manddale when he said

[27:50] before this convention in San Francisco.

[27:53] Ronald Reagan will have to raise your

[27:55] taxes and so will I. He won't tell you

[27:57] that and I just did and then Montdale

[27:59] went on to lose that election by almost

[28:01] historic proportions. To John Cochran on

[28:03] the floor now, John.

[28:04] >> Tom, I'm here with Congressman John

[28:05] Dingle from Michigan who's been a little

[28:07] concerned about a lack of Midwestern

[28:09] strategy by the Clinton Gore ticket.

[28:11] What would a Midwestern strategy entail,

[28:14] Congressman? Well, as John Kennedy

[28:16] observed, a rising tide raises all

[28:18] boats. We want to see the Midwest rise

[28:21] right along with everybody else. And we

[28:23] think that getting the economy going and

[28:25] getting the auto industry going are two

[28:26] very important things that Mr. Okay.

[28:28] >> that Mr. Clinton can do.

[28:29] >> You've got a lot of Reagan Democrats in

[28:32] Michigan. They voted for George Bush the

[28:33] last time. How does Bill Clinton get

[28:35] them?

[28:36] >> Uh, coming forward with a good economic

[28:38] program. Coming forward with a good

[28:40] trade program. coming forward with a

[28:42] good program on education, coming

[28:44] forward with a good program of

[28:47] infrastructure rebuilding, coming

[28:49] forward with a tax fairness program, all

[28:51] of which, by the way, he's come forward

[28:52] with.

[28:53] >> Well, having having done so, why he's so

[28:55] concerned about a Midwestern strategy?

[28:56] He seem to feel that the Midwest has

[28:58] been left out. He has come forward with

[28:59] specific proposals for all of these

[29:01] areas. What's he doing wrong?

[29:03] >> John, we haven't said that he doesn't

[29:05] have a Midwestern strategy. We expect to

[29:08] help him develop one and we know that he

[29:10] is going to look to us to assist him in

[29:13] that undertaking.

[29:14] >> You want a little time with the senator,

[29:16] Governor Clinton?

[29:17] >> You want a little time with Governor

[29:18] Clinton?

[29:19] >> Well, we want a little time with him and

[29:20] we know he wants to hear what we have to

[29:23] say because we know he wants to carry

[29:24] the Midwest. Okay. All right. Thank you,

[29:26] Congressman. Now to Andrew Mitchell.

[29:28] >> Thank you, John. I'm here with Senator

[29:30] George Mitchell, no relation, the

[29:32] majority leader obviously of the United

[29:34] States Senate. Uh, Senator Mitchell,

[29:36] you're sitting here with the main

[29:38] delegation. Jerry Brown won the main

[29:40] caucus. Why not give Jerry Brown time to

[29:42] speak? Why destroy the possible unity of

[29:46] this convention by not letting him have

[29:49] some some time to explain his positions?

[29:51] >> I hope that he will be able to speak to

[29:53] address the convention. Uh, and I hope

[29:56] that we'll go out of here on Friday as a

[29:58] unified party looking toward a victory

[29:59] in November.

[30:00] >> But must he endorse the ticket first

[30:02] before he speaks? Well, as you know,

[30:04] that's now the subject of discussion

[30:05] between representatives of Governor

[30:08] Brown and the Clinton campaign, and I'm

[30:10] sure they're going to be

[30:10] >> as a party leader. Do you think that's

[30:12] that's the right position for Clinton to

[30:13] take? Is he playing hard ball here or is

[30:15] it the right thing to do?

[30:16] >> Well, uh I think they're going to work

[30:18] it out and uh I hope they will because I

[30:21] think it's important that we come out of

[30:23] this convention unified. What about the

[30:25] direction of the party, Senator Bill

[30:26] Clinton, Al Gore, trying to move the

[30:28] party with their Democratic leadership

[30:30] council toward the center away from some

[30:32] of the liberal principles that you have

[30:34] held dear? Is that the right thing to

[30:36] do? Is that the winning combination this

[30:37] year? Are you compromising principle to

[30:39] win?

[30:40] >> No, I think their message is the one

[30:42] that I've consistently stated over the

[30:44] years and that what this country needs

[30:46] is economic growth and job creation. It

[30:49] is as true today as it was when Franklin

[30:51] and Roosevelt said it at a convention 60

[30:53] years ago that the best social program

[30:56] is a good job. They're stressing

[30:58] economic growth. I think that's what

[31:00] Democrats should be stressing. I think

[31:01] we've done well when we stress that.

[31:04] >> Thank you very much, Senator George

[31:05] Mitchell of Maine. Back to Tom in the

[31:07] booth.

[31:08] >> Thank you very much. Andre Mitchell and

[31:09] Senator Mitchell. Jerry Brown wherever

[31:11] he goes is kind of the gadfly, the

[31:13] quirky member of the party. Even within

[31:15] his own family, at two reunions, two

[31:17] years running, he was voted most

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[33:05] Hard to believe we're almost a tenth of

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[34:10] We're back at the Democratic National

[34:12] Convention in Madison Square Garden and

[34:13] the second of the three keynoters is

[34:15] speaking right now. He is the governor

[34:17] of Georgia, Zel Miller, who is very

[34:20] important to Bill Clinton after he won

[34:21] New Hampshire, a Marine Corps veteran

[34:23] and a southern white male conservative.

[34:25] AMERICANS HAVE SEEN PLANTS CLOSED DOWN,

[34:28] JOBS SHIPPED OVERSEAS, AND OUR HOPES

[34:31] FADE AWAY AS our economic position

[34:34] collapses right before our very eyes.

[34:37] And George Bush does not get it.

[34:47] Four years ago,

[34:49] Mr. Bush told us he was a quiet man who

[34:53] hears the voices of quiet people.

[34:57] Today, we know the truth. George Bush is

[35:01] a timid man who hears only the voices of

[35:05] caution and the status quo.

[35:09] Let's face facts.

[35:11] George Bush just doesn't get it. HE

[35:15] DOESN'T SEE IT. HE DOESN'T feel it. And

[35:17] he's done nothing about it.

[35:20] That's why we cannot afford four more

[35:22] years.

[35:24] If the education president gets another

[35:27] term, even our kids won't even be able

[35:30] to spell potato.

[35:35] If

[35:43] if the law and order president gets

[35:47] another term, the criminals will run

[35:50] wild because our commanderin-chief

[35:53] talks like dirty hairy but acts like

[35:56] Barney F.

[36:13] If the environmental president gets

[36:17] another term, the fish he catches off

[36:20] Kenna Bunkport will have three eyes.

[36:25] And folks, after January, George Bush is

[36:28] going to have plenty of time to go

[36:30] fishing.

[36:41] So much for the millionaire.

[36:44] But we've still got ourselves a

[36:47] billionaire. A billionaire.

[36:52] He says he says he's an outsider who

[36:56] will shake up the system in Washington.

[36:59] But as far back as 1974,

[37:02] he was lobbying Congress for tax breaks.

[37:06] He tried to turn $55,000

[37:09] in contributions into a special $15

[37:13] million tax loophole that was ta tailor

[37:16] made for him.

[37:20] Sounds to me like

[37:23] instead of shaking the system up, Mr.

[37:27] Perau's been shaking it down.

[38:01] Ross.

[38:03] Ross says HE'LL CLEAN OUT THE BARN, but

[38:08] he's been kneede in it for years.

[38:19] If Ross Perau is an outsider,

[38:23] if he's an outsider, folks, I'm from

[38:26] Brooklyn.

[38:38] Mr. Perose giving us salesmanship,

[38:43] not leadership. And we're not buying it.

[38:49] And so the choice in this election is

[38:52] clear. We've got us a race between an

[38:56] aristocrat,

[38:58] an autocrat, and a Democrat.

[39:17] I know who I'm for.

[39:22] I'm for Bill Clinton because he is a

[39:25] Democrat who does not have to read a

[39:27] book or be briefed about the struggles

[39:30] of single parent families or what it

[39:33] means to work hard for everything he's

[39:35] ever received in life.

[39:38] There was no silver spoon in sight when

[39:41] he was born 3 months after his father

[39:44] died. No one ever gave Bill Clinton a

[39:47] free ride as he worked his way through

[39:49] college and law school. And the people

[39:52] at Yale couldn't believe it when he

[39:54] turned down a good job in Washington to

[39:57] go back home to Arkansas and teach.

[40:01] Bill Clinton.

[40:04] Bill Clinton is a Democrat who has the

[40:07] courage to tell some of those liberals

[40:09] who think welfare should continue

[40:11] forever and some of those conservatives

[40:14] who think there should be no welfare at

[40:16] all that they are both wrong.

[40:19] He's a Democrat who will move people off

[40:22] the welfare roles and on to the job

[40:25] roles.

[40:30] Bill Clinton is a Democrat who has the

[40:32] courage to lead a real war on crime here

[40:36] at home

[40:38] and around the world. He will be the

[40:40] kind of commander and chief this old

[40:43] Marine sergeant would be proud to

[40:46] follow.

[40:55] that either one of us was able to,

[41:00] one growing up in an Appalachin Valley

[41:04] and the other in rural Arkansas

[41:07] to eventually become governors of our

[41:09] states is a tribute to the American

[41:12] dream and yes, the Democratic Party that

[41:15] makes it a reality.

[41:20] When I was growing up

[41:23] back in the mountains,

[41:26] whenever I felt like one of life's

[41:29] losers,

[41:31] my mother

[41:33] used to point to the one and only paved

[41:37] road

[41:39] in our little valley.

[41:42] A narrow little strip that

[41:45] disappeared, winding its way through a

[41:47] distant gap.

[41:50] and she'd say to me,

[41:53] "You know what's so great about this

[41:55] place?

[41:57] You can get anywhere in the world from

[42:00] right here."

[42:02] Thanks to her and to God, the United

[42:04] States Marine Corps, and the Democratic

[42:06] Party, I did go somewhere,

[42:10] but I've never really left that mountain

[42:12] valley.

[42:14] Shirley and I, our children and their

[42:17] children, still live in the little

[42:19] Appalachin town of Young Harris.

[42:22] And tonight, one of my sons is sitting

[42:25] in front of a television in the living

[42:28] room of that same rock house my mother

[42:32] and her neighbors built so many years

[42:35] ago.

[42:37] Tonight, let our message be heard in

[42:39] every living room, in every home in

[42:42] America. Wherever families and friends

[42:45] are gathered, let them know this. We

[42:48] have a leader and a party and a platform

[42:52] that says to the everyday working people

[42:54] of this country, we will fight your

[42:57] fight. We will carry your cause. We will

[43:00] ease your burden.

[43:02] We will hear all the voices of America.

[43:05] From the silky harmonies of the gospel

[43:07] choirs to the roughed edge rhythms of a

[43:09] hot country band.

[43:12] From the razor's edge rap of the inner

[43:14] city to the soaring beauty of the finest

[43:16] soprano. We hear your voice, America. We

[43:19] hear your voice. We will answer your

[43:21] call. We will keep the faith. And we

[43:24] will restore your hope. Thank you.

[43:30] God bless you. God bless America.

[43:37] >> 60-year-old Zel Miller from the hills of

[43:39] Appalachia, governor of the state of

[43:41] Georgia, friend of Bill Clinton's,

[43:43] former assistant Sylvester Maddox. That

[43:46] tells you how much southern politics has

[43:47] changed and that he can come before this

[43:49] Democratic National Convention and be

[43:51] one of three keynote speakers here

[43:53] tonight to be followed by Barbara

[43:54] Jordan,

[43:56] black congresswoman from Texas.

[43:59] We'll be back right after this.

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[46:58] NBC News, Decision 92, the Democratic

[47:01] National Convention. Once again, Tom

[47:04] Bro.

[47:07] >> We're back in Madison Square Garden.

[47:08] You're hearing a a very warm round of

[47:11] applause for Barbara Jordan, who has

[47:13] done this before. She's been a keener at

[47:15] this very hall. She is confined to a

[47:18] wheelchair these days. You may remember

[47:19] her from the House Judiciary Committee

[47:21] during the impeachment proceedings

[47:23] against Richard Mixon. She is now a

[47:24] professor at the University of Texas.

[47:26] And as her friend Molly Ivan says, if

[47:28] they cast the voice of God, it is

[47:30] Barbara Jordan's voice they will use.

[47:32] NBC's Tim Russard has learned that what

[47:34] they hope to achieve with these three

[47:35] convention keers tonight. Bill Bradley

[47:38] who will appeal to the head, Zel Miller

[47:40] to the heart, and Barbara Jordan to the

[47:42] soul of the Democratic party who has

[47:44] been talking with the folks who have

[47:46] arranged this lineup. We will now hear

[47:48] from former Congresswoman Barbara

[47:50] Jordan.

[47:55] It was at this time, it was at this

[47:57] place, it was at this event.

[48:00] 16 years ago,

[48:04] I presented a keynote address to the

[48:07] Democratic National Convention.

[48:12] I remind you

[48:15] with modesty.

[48:17] I remind you that that year 1976

[48:23] we won the presidency.

[48:32] Why not?

[48:35] Why not repeat that performance

[48:39] in 1992?

[48:41] We can do it.

[48:43] We can do it. We can do it.

[48:48] What we need to do, Democrats,

[48:51] is believe that it is possible to win.

[48:55] It is possible.

[48:58] We can do it.

[49:02] Now

[49:03] you have heard a lot about change

[49:05] tonight.

[49:07] Every speaker here has said something

[49:11] about change.

[49:13] And I want you to talk with me for a few

[49:18] minutes about change.

[49:21] But I want you to listen to the way I

[49:24] have entitled my remarks.

[49:27] Change

[49:29] from what

[49:31] to what?

[49:34] From what

[49:36] to what?

[49:39] This change

[49:41] which is very rhetoric oriented,

[49:44] rhetorically oriented. This change

[49:47] acquires substance

[49:50] when each of us contemplates the public

[49:54] mind. What about the public mind?

[49:58] There appears to be

[50:00] a general apprehension in the country

[50:03] about the future.

[50:06] That apprehension

[50:09] undermines our faith in each other

[50:13] and our faith in ourselves.

[50:17] Undermines that confidence.

[50:21] The idea

[50:23] that America today will be better

[50:27] tomorrow has become destabilized.

[50:30] It has become destabilized because of

[50:35] the recession and the sluggishness of

[50:38] the economy.

[50:41] Jobs lost

[50:43] have become permanent unemployment

[50:45] rather than cyclical unemployment.

[50:50] The public mind,

[50:53] public policymakers are held in low

[50:55] regard.

[50:57] Mistrust abounds.

[51:00] In this kind of environment,

[51:04] it is understandable

[51:06] that change would become the watchword

[51:09] of this time.

[51:12] What is the catalyst

[51:16] which will bring about the change we are

[51:19] all talking about?

[51:21] I say that catalyst is the Democratic

[51:24] party and our nominee for president.

[51:33] We

[51:35] we we are not strangers to change.

[51:39] 20 years ago, we changed the whole tone

[51:43] of the nation after Watergate abuses.

[51:47] We did that 20 years ago. We know how to

[51:50] change.

[51:53] We have been the instrument of change in

[51:56] the past. We know what needs to be done.

[51:59] We know how to do it.

[52:01] We know that we can impact policies

[52:04] which affect education, human rights,

[52:08] civil rights, economic and social

[52:11] opportunity

[52:12] and the environment.

[52:15] These are policies

[52:18] these are policies which are embedded in

[52:21] the soul of the Democratic party

[52:24] and embedded in our soul. They will not

[52:27] disappear easily.

[52:30] We as a party will do nothing to erode

[52:36] our essence.

[52:38] We will not.

[52:41] But there are some things which ought to

[52:44] change.

[52:46] We need to change them.

[52:49] But the fact that we are going to change

[52:52] things

[52:53] should not cause any apprehension in our

[52:55] minds because the Democratic Party is

[52:58] alive and well. It is alive and well.

[53:06] We will change

[53:09] in order to satisfy the present,

[53:13] in order to satisfy the future, but we

[53:17] will not die.

[53:21] We will change,

[53:23] but we will not die.

[53:27] From what? To what?

[53:31] Why not change from a party with a

[53:35] reputation of tax and spend

[53:38] to one with a reputation of investment

[53:41] and growth

[53:44] change

[53:49] a growth

[53:51] a growth economy is a must.

[53:55] We can grow the economy

[53:58] and sustain an improved environment at

[54:02] the same time.

[54:10] When the economy is growing

[54:14] and we are taking care of our air and

[54:18] soil and water,

[54:21] we all prosper.

[54:25] And we can do all of that.

[54:31] When I say something like that, I

[54:34] certainly do not mean the thinly

[54:36] disguised

[54:37] racism

[54:39] and elitism

[54:41] which is some kind of trickle down

[54:43] economics.

[54:48] I'll tell you I will tell you the kind

[54:51] of economy I'm talking about.

[54:54] I'm talking about an economy where a

[54:57] young black woman or a young black man

[55:02] born in the fifth ward of Houston, my

[55:05] town or South Central Los Angeles

[55:09] or a young person in the colonials of

[55:12] the lower Rio Grand Valley. I'm talking

[55:15] about an economy where those persons can

[55:18] go to a public school,

[55:21] learn the skills that would enable her

[55:24] or him to prosper.

[55:26] We must have an economy

[55:30] does not that does not force that

[55:33] migrant worker's child to miss school

[55:36] for a full day so that she can work

[55:40] so that she can work at less at less

[55:45] than the minimum wage. And doing that

[55:48] the family can still only afford one

[55:52] meal a day.

[55:55] That

[55:57] that is the moral bankruptcy of trickle

[56:01] down economics.

[56:07] Change

[56:12] change.

[56:16] We can change the direction.

[56:20] We can change the direction of America's

[56:24] economic engine and become competitive

[56:28] again. We can make that change and

[56:32] become proud of the country that we are.

[56:38] Friends in the Democratic Party, the

[56:40] American dream is not dead.

[56:43] >> It is not dead.

[56:47] It is gasping for breath, but it is not

[56:52] dead.

[57:01] We can applaud that statement

[57:04] and know that there is no time to waste

[57:06] because the American dream is slipping

[57:08] away from too many people.

[57:12] It is slipping away from too many black

[57:15] and brown mothers and their children.

[57:18] The American dream is slipping away from

[57:20] the homeless of every color, of every

[57:23] sex. It's slipping away from those

[57:26] immigrants living in communities without

[57:29] water and sewage systems. The American

[57:32] dream is slipping away from those

[57:34] persons who have jobs.

[57:37] jobs which no longer will pay the

[57:40] benefits which will enable them to live

[57:43] and thrive because America seems to be

[57:46] better at building war equipment to sit

[57:49] in warehouses and rot than in building

[57:52] decent housing. It's slipping away. It's

[57:55] slipping away.

[57:59] The American dream.

[58:03] The American dream. The American dream

[58:06] is slipping away from those workers who

[58:09] are on indefinite layoffs while their

[58:12] chief executive officers are taking home

[58:16] bonuses which equal more than the worker

[58:19] will ever make in 10, 20, or 30 years.

[58:24] We

[58:26] we we

[58:30] need we need to change the decaying

[58:34] inner cities

[58:36] from decay to places where hope lives.

[58:45] As we undergo that change,

[58:49] we must be prepared to answer Rodney

[58:51] King's haunting question.

[58:54] Can we all get along?

[58:58] Can we all get along?

[59:02] I say

[59:04] I say we answer that question with a

[59:07] resounding yes. Yes. Yes.

[59:18] We must

[59:21] we must

[59:23] we must change

[59:26] we must change that delletterious

[59:28] environment of the 80s. That environment

[59:32] which was characterized by greed and

[59:35] hatred and selfishness and mega mergers

[59:38] and debt overhang.

[59:40] Change it to what?

[59:42] Change that environment of the 80s to an

[59:46] environment

[59:48] which is characterized by a devotion to

[59:52] the public interest,

[59:54] public service,

[59:56] tolerance

[59:58] and

[60:00] love.

[60:02] Love.

[60:05] Love.

[60:11] love.

[60:13] We are one. We Americans.

[60:16] We're one.

[60:18] And we reject any intruder who seeks to

[60:22] divide us on the basis of race and

[60:26] color.

[60:28] We honor

[60:30] We honor cultural identity.

[60:35] We always have. We always will. But but

[60:42] separatism is not allowed.