Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (158 page)

Fitzgerald, Jennifer,
258

Fitzsimmons, Frank “Frankie,”
495

Florida: 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
200
; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
201
; 1980 presidential election and,
458
,
499
,
555
,
574
,
575
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
85
,
100
,
118
,
121
,
160
,
176
–
77
,
186
–
87
,
194
–
95
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200

Flynn, Gerald,
426

Ford, Betty,
203
,
247
,
255
,
353
,
556

Ford, Gerald,
34
,
56
,
60
,
97
; 1976 presidential election and,
15
–
16
,
17
,
18
,
86
; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
12
–
13
,
52
; 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
190
–
91
; 1980 presidential election and,
391
,
483
,
528
,
556
–
57
,
563
; 1980 Republican convention and,
343
–
44
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
49
,
56
,
71
,
75
,
128
,
173
,
194
–
97
,
201
–
3
; Baker and,
71
; Bush and,
71
; Carter, attacks on of,
202
; Eckerd College speech of,
194
–
95
; Election Day 1980 and,
578
; Iranian hostage crisis and,
528
; New Hampshire and,
52
; New Right and,
24
; Panama Canal treaties and,
27
; Reagan, Nancy, and,
13
; Reagan and,
16
–
17
,
605
; Reagan running mate selection and,
3
,
6
–
7
,
7
,
291
,
301
,
321
,
335
,
348
,
349
–
63
; Republican Party and,
18
; Rose Garden strategy of,
17
; Simon and,
251
; Solzhenitsyn and,
585

foreign policy: 1980 presidential election and,
310
,
312
–
13
; Bush and,
128
,
331
,
448
; Carter and,
25
,
34
–
35
,
46
,
115
,
190
,
215
,
310
,
481
,
527
; containment,
122
,
590
; détente,
2
,
25
,
117
,
122
,
196
; Reagan and,
114
,
117
,
119
,
122
,
215
,
273
,
310
,
312
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13
,
381
–
82
; Republican Party and,
2
,
328

Founding Fathers,
320
,
321
,
380
,
543
,
596

Frank, Barney,
24

freedom,
2
,
35
,
73
,
107
,
304
,
541
,
586
,
597

Friedman, Milton,
31

Fund, John,
386

Fund for a Conservative Majority (FCM),
107
,
191
,
308
,
603
,
612
–
13

fundraising.
See
campaign finance

Gaddafi, Muammar al-,
525

“gaffe issue,”
253

Gailey, Phil,
439

Galliano, Ralph,
107
,
612

Gallup polls,
76

Gambling with History
(Barrett),
438

Gann, Paul,
31

Garrick, Robert,
521

Garth, David,
214
,
453

gas prices,
4
,
94
,
103

gay rights.
See
homosexuality

GE.
See
General Electric

General Electric (GE),
10
,
120

General Motors,
253

Georgia: 1980 Democratic presidential nomination and,
201
; 1980 presidential election and,
564
,
574
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
160
; Bush and,
160

Gergen, David,
258
,
420
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438
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440
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447
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516
,
529

Germond, Jack,
37
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61
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80
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88
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122
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146
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236
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339
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346
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368
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372
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446
,
451
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453
,
477
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481
,
511
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546
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600

GI Bill,
252
,
446

Gillespie, Ed,
597
–
98

Gingrich, Newt,
292
,
473
,
586
,
587
,
589
–
90

Gizzi, John,
107
,
612

Gleason, Thomas,
467

Glenn, John,
510

Gold, Vic,
8
,
38
,
39
,
56
,
258
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59
,
260
–
61
,
358

Goldman, Peter,
587

gold prices,
103

Goldwater, Barry,
8
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18
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24
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36
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39
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73
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173
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179
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191
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194
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202
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211
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258
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305
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333
,
337

Goodman, Bobby,
139
,
189
,
226

Good Morning America,
158
,
258
,
530

GOP.
See
Republican Party

Gorbachev, Mikhail,
586
,
602

Gore, Al,
434
,
596

Gosden, Linda,
112
,
169

government: abuses of power of,
6
; business and,
25
; Carter and,
20
; corruption in,
567
; dependence on,
15
; Reagan and,
73
,
185
–
86
,
238
–
39
,
395
–
96
; regulation and,
21
; shrinking,
2
,
20
,
395
–
96
; spending and,
32
,
238
–
39

Graham, Billy,
276

Gray, Bob,
457
,
610

Gray, Ed,
306

“Great American Team,”
391

Great Depression,
4
,
7
–
8
,
11
,
79
,
232
,
235
,
452
,
588

Great Society,
58

Grebe, Mike,
235

Greenfield, Jeff,
213
,
573

Greenfield, Meg,
244
,
387

Greenspan, Alan,
203
,
352
,
353
,
357
,
397
,
452
,
467

Greenstein, Fred,
211
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238
,
323

Gregg, Hugh,
52
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93
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108
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122
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141
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142
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149
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155
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156
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157
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158

Griffin, Robert,
361

Gulag Archipelago, The
(Solzhenitsyn),
44
,
584
,
613

Gulick, Robert and Sally,
560

gun control,
135
,
144
–
45
,
177
–
78
,
192

Haig, Alexander,
56
,
69
,
557

Halper, Stefan,
129
,
141
,
259
,
357
,
360
,
438
,
610

Hanley, Jim,
224

Hanna, Mark,
584

Hannaford, Peter,
384
; 1976 presidential election and,
16
; 1976 Republican presidential nomination and,
14
,
15
; 1980 presidential election and,
28
,
512
,
567
–
68
,
592
,
601
; 1980 Republican presidential nomination and,
13
,
23
,
30
,
40
,
67
,
83
,
84
,
127
,
222
,
313
,
332
,
333
; CFTR and,
19
; China and,
448
; New Hampshire and,
151
; Reagan running mate selection and,
354
,
357
; Sears and,
66
,
123
,
136
–
37
,
166
–
69

Harlow, Bryce,
290
–
91
,
352

Harmon, Herb,
173
,
177

Harriman, Averell,
321
,
580

Harriman, Pamela,
580

Harris, Lou,
217
,
392
,
577

Harris, Patricia,
457
,
473
,
476

Harris survey,
30
,
35
,
76
,
121
,
201

Hart, Peter,
505

Harvard Crimson,
519

Hatch, Orrin,
132
,
165
,
183

Hatfield, Mark, Jr.,
172

Hawaii,
31
,
490
; 1980 presidential election and,
444
; Carter and,
444

Hayward, Barbara,
352

health care,
60
–
61
,
556

Heath, Edward,
593

Heckman, Bob,
107
,
612

Heffernan, Bart,
177

Heitman, Betty,
328

Helms, Jesse,
212
–
13
,
257
,
308
,
323
,
328
,
329
,
346
,
347
,
350
,
371
,
373
,
585

Herring, Joanne,
271
,
273

Hertzberg, Hendrik “Rick,”
415
,
454

Hilliard, William,
533
,
536

Hillman, Elsie,
249

Hillyer, Quin,
371

Hispanics,
388
,
537
,
569

Hitler, Adolf,
154
,
233
,
240

Hodsoll, Francis,
438

Hoffa, Jimmy,
452
,
495

Hoitsma, Gary,
556

Hollings, Fritz,
539

Hollywood,
10
,
118
,
390
,
401
; Briggs Amendment (Proposition 6) and,
35
; campaigning of celebrities and,
131
–
32
; Communism in,
595
; Reagan and,
10
,
118
,
120
,
450

homosexuality,
35
,
43
,
129
,
179
,
306
,
346
–
47
,
450
,
491
,
595

Hooker, John Jay,
430

Hooks, Benjamin,
348

Hooley, Jim,
72
,
124

Hoover, Herbert,
2
,
232
,
380
,
408
,
580

Hoover, J. Edgar,
423
,
430
–
31

House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC),
328
,
422
,
430
–
31
,
435
–
36
,
595