“The bottom line is more tax money is going to be needed. Just how much will be the primary issue on the agenda when Congressional leaders meet with the President later today, Wednesday, May the 9th, 1990. And good morning, welcome to Today. It’s a Wednesday morning, a day when the budget picture, frankly, seems gloomier than ever. It now seems the time has come to pay the fiddler for our costly dance of the Reagan years.” YearsMaySeemsTodayPresidentLinesPayLeaderMorningIssuesNeededTaxesBottomWelcomePrimariesBudgetsAgendasBottom LineWednesdayAssembly LineFiddlersWednesday Morning Author:Bryant Gumbel
“In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care, to fight for gay rights, to support personal freedoms. Couldn’t those be considered doing the right things, evidence of true character?” MenYearsFirstsTwoCharacterCareFightingSupportRightsBalanceGayEvidenceClintonReformHealth CareBudgetsRight ThingTwo YearsDoing The Right ThingGay RightsPersonal FreedomTrue Character Author:Bryant Gumbel
“If I’m a young black man in South Central L.A., where poverty is rampant and unemployment is skyrocketing, I see that Washington’s promises of a year ago have gone unfulfilled, I see that perhaps for a second time, the court’s inability to mete out justice in a blind fashion, why shouldn’t I vent my anger?” IfsMenYearsYoungBlackJusticePovertyGoneFashionPromiseYears AgoBlindCourtSouthUnemploymentInability Author:Bryant Gumbel
