ANALYSIS: Talking Points - 10/5/92 For People for a Change: Clinton-Gore '92 National Talking Points Monday, October 5 MESSAGE: From free trade to welfare reform, Clinton is a different kind of Democrat who's going to do things differently from Bush. NAFTA. Clinton announced yesterday that he is for the free trade agreement. But unlike Bush, he has a free trade strategy that includes our workers and our environment. Jobs. Bush uses our tax dollars to send our jobs to Central America. Clinton will invest that money in our jobs here at home. Health care. Bipartisan Panel on Presidential Candidates' Health Plans prefers Clinton's plan. The panel of 3 Republicans and two Democrats found Clinton's plan saves the U.S. $750 billion by year 2000. Bush's plan saves only $150 billion. Clinton's plan controls costs. Bush's doesn't. Clinton's plan covers everybody. Bush's doesn't. Taxes. Bush raised taxes on the middle class to pay for tax giveaways to millionaires and companies who move our jobs overseas. Clinton has kept taxes low in Arkansas. He'll give the middle class a break. Debates. Bush is good at delivering one line put downs made for the media. Clinton wants the debates to be about America's concerns. Attacks. Bush has nothing positive to say. Dirt is all he's got because his campaign is already three feet deep in a six foot grave. Gender gap. From family leave he opposed, to gag rule he proposed, to crime bill he opposed, to Clarence Thomas he nominated, to disease research he opposed, Bush has alienated women. World view. Clinton was shaped by a humble childhood that drives him to put people first. Bush enjoyed an elite lifestyle and remains out of touch with ordinary Americans. Endorsements. Clinton "will give the country a better balance of belief, leadership and ability to communicate... [he] represents a common-sense alternative to the drift of the Bush years and the trickle-down philosophy." -- Detroit Free Press (10/4/92). Clinton, "by addressing anxieties about jobs, unemployment, health care and education, has connected better with the hopes and frustrations of the ordinary citizen in the last few months than Bush has in the last four years." -- Seattle Times (10/4/92) Schedule. The sixth bus trip goes through Florida today. Bush could lose the state he won in '88 with 61% of vote. The bus trips have reinvented presidential campaigns. The C/G team has travelled together a total of 21 days since the convention, Bush and Quayle only once. Authorized by Clinton/Gore '92 Committee Box 615, Little Rock, AR 72203.