Clarkson Hamlin Pub

The 1988 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana from August 15 to August 18, 1988. It was the second time that a major party held its conclave in one of the five states known as the Deep South, coming on the heels of the 1988 Democratic National Convention, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia. Much of the impetus for holding the convention in the Superdome came from the Louisiana Republican National Committeewoman Virginia Martinez of New Orleans, who lobbied on behalf of her adopted home city as the convention site as a member of the RNC Executive Committee.

The convention nominated Vice President George H. W. Bush for President, as expected. The second spot on the ticket was not publicly known before the convention; Bush chose James Danforth "Dan" Quayle, U.S. Senator of Indiana, as his vice-presidential running mate. The revelation of Quayle's selection as running mate did not come until the second day of the convention, when NBC News broke the story.

The convention featured speeches by Joe Paterno, Pat Robertson, a keynote address by Thomas Kean, then-governor of New Jersey, and the music of the Jimmy maxwell orchestra.

Speakers

The convention is perhaps best known for Bush's "thousand points of light" speech accepting the nomination. Written by Peggy Noonan, it included the "read my lips: no new taxes" pledge that was the most popular sound bite coming out of the convention. The successful speech gave him a "bounce" that he was able to capitalize on to win the 1988 presidential election.

President Ronald and Nancy Reagan were honored on August 14. Reagan made a major speech on the opening night of the convention, as he would for the last time in 1992.

Platform

The convention adopted a platform for the Republican Party which stated that processes for approving alternatives to animal experimentation in drugs and cosmetics should be made easier.

See also

• 1988 Democratic National Convention

References

1. ^ http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/obits/1/m-07.txt
2. ^ Singer, Peter (2002). Animal Liberation . New York, New York: HarperCollins. p. 94. ISBN 0060011572.  

Clarkson's calendar

Alumni Join Clarkson alumni and their families from Western New ... Hamlin-Powers Seminar Room. For more info visit people ... Link: https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub ...

...

Brockport Restaurants - Rochester | Urbanspoon

Pub Food and Pizza - 36 Erie St., Brockport ... American - 416 Clarkson Hamlin Tl Rd, Hamlin

...

www.trumba.com

Clarkson Jazz Band Rehearsal. Hamlin-Powers Seminar Room. 20091125T190000 Summary ... https://w ww.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CRK/events/event_order.cgi?tmpl ...

...

WCKN Television - Clarkson University - Potsdam, NY

... pub and pizza restaurant located in the basement of Woodstock Lodge. By the fall of 1971, Clarkson gave ICRN-TV a room next to WTSC-FM in the basement of the Hamlin-Powers ...

...

The Genealogy Register: New York Cemetery Records

... Cemetery - Hamlin, NY compiled by Richard T. Halsey August 1989 This cemetery is located on the north side of Hamlin-Clarkson Town Line Road... URL: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub ...

...

Clarkson's calendar

Hamlin-Powers Seminar Room. For more info visit people ... Alumni Join Clarkson alumni at Boston College for Golden ... Link: https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub ...

...

Iowa Old Press

The Clarkson Family. Most interesting early editors were Coker F. Clarkson and his ... Hamlin Garland wrote A Son of the Middle Border, Ellis Parker Butler ...

...

Ancestor Guide: New York Cemetery Records

... Cemetery - Hamlin, NY compiled by Richard T. Halsey August 1989 This cemetery is located on the north side of Hamlin-Clarkson Town Line Road... URL: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub ...

...

Insomnia w/DJ Ed Santiago & Jeff Clarkson - Events - Rochester City ...

Rochester City Newspaper, the award-winning alternative newsweekly, is greater Rochester's source for news and entertainment. The paper publishes every Wednesday and is available ...

...

Kigre, Inc. - Yb:Glass Laser Literature

R. Koch, W. Clarkson, D. Hanna, S. Jiang, M. Myers, D. Rhonehouse, S. Hamlin, U. Griebner, H. Schonnagel, "Efficient Room Temperature CW Yb:Glass Laser Pumped by a 946nm Nd:YAG ...

...