Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked (56 page)

polls, in 1980 election,
6
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10
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13

Powell, Jody,
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11
–12,
13
–14

President’s Reorganization Project,
24

press:

function of,
186
–87

investigative,
119
–20

O’Neill’s regular appearances before,
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,
62
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117
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122
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174
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271
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,
352
,
356

opposition to Reagan in,
281

power of,
134

Reagan’s honeymoon with,
54

see also specific outlets

Pretty Poison
(film),
51

Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike,
165
–67,
170
,
320

public opinion:

in favor of Reagan,
46
–47,
65

on Iran,
359

on O’Neill,
161
–62

on Reagan,
196
,
208

in shift to Democrats,
191

public works:

bill,
253

projects,
230
–31

Quayle, Dan,
369

radio:

Reagan’s career in,
79

Reagan’s use of,
196
,
234

Rafshoon, Gerald “Jerry,”
2
,
13
,
38

Rangel, Charlie,
304

Rather, Dan,
301

Raum, Tom,
236

Rayburn, Sam,
36
,
105
,
261
,
285

Raymond (food vendor),
154
–55

Reagan, Jack,
78

Reagan, Maureen,
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Reagan, Nancy,
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45
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68
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72
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85
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269
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370

Reagan, Neil,
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Reagan, Nelle,
78

Reagan, Ron,
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127
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179
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221
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310

Reagan, Ronald,
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114
,
180
,
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224
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,
362

as affable,
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80
,
89
,
159
,
178

age issue of,
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–2,
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,
367
–68

in Air Traffic Controllers strike,
165
–67

Alzheimer’s disease suffered by,
370

arrival in Washington of,
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28

as SAG president,
86

assassination attempt on,
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,
67
–74,
114
,,
115
–18,
121
,
122
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140
,
161
,
314
,
340

at Gym Dinner,
159

birth and childhood of,
78
–79

on
Challenger
explosion,
335
–37

children of,
83
,
85

on communism in Hollywood,
87
–89

in cooperation with O’Neill,
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39
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53
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–4,
217
–23,
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–57,
365
–70

critics’ views of,
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218
–19

death of,
369

diary entries of,
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145
–46,
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–81,
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–16,
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–20,
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–60

“Dutch” nickname of,
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80
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early obstacles of,
77
–79

economic strategy of,
see
economy, Reagan’s plan for

elite image of,
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–38,
160
,
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–90,
254

first election of,
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,
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,
357

first inauguration of,
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38
–39,
44
,
51
,
67
,
151

first meeting between O’Neill and,
36
–38

“Gipper” nickname of,
4
,
135
–36

Gorbachev’s summit meetings with,
317
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323
–27,
363
–64

on government,
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39
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69
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90
,
156
,
253

as governor of California,
2
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8
,
33
,
37
,
77
,
91
,
188

in Grenada invasion,
258
,
268
–70,
274
–79,
342
,
349

hard line style of,
165
–67

heroic image of,
115
–31,
135
–36,
257

Hollywood career of,
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–90,
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on ideal of democracy,
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integrity of,
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Irish heritage of,
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–32,
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legacy of,
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–70

media savvy of,
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,
184
,
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253
,
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midterm election strategy of,
228
–41

military service of,
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–83

national visibilty of,
90

1980 presidential victory of,
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–12

in 1984 election,
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–88,
291
–94,
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,
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–99,
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–2,
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and Northern Ireland,
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,
329
–35

on nuclear weapons,
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309
–10

O’Neill compared to,
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181
,
185
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–88,
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–30

on O’Neill’s career,
340
–41

O’Neill’s envy of,
77
,
86

O’Neill’s regard for,
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personal civility toward O’Neill by,
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–38,
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–46,
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–4,
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–34,
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,
340
–41,
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,
365
–66

political path of,
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–39,
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–93,
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–35,
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political philosophy of,
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–49,
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political rivalry between O’Neill and,
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–47,
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–55,
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–83,
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–58,
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–66

political style of,
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145
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–19,
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–88,
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presidency assumed by,
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–39,
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“public” vs. “private,”
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–86

quips of,
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–4,
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–34,
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religious background of,
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role-playing of,
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–34,
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Saturday radio addresses of,
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–97

second inauguration of,
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self-awareness of,
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–32

self-invention of,
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–5,
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,
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seventieth birthday of,
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seventy-second birthday of,
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sociability of,
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34
,
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and Soviet Union,
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,
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–27

star power of,
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,
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State of the Union addresses of,
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–89,
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–54,
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,
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,
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,
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Stockman’s betrayal of,
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–77

troubling signs for,
168
–79

underestimation of,
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–4,
41
,
91

worldview of,
259
–60

Reagan administration, team of aides in,
30
–33,
58

Reagan Democrats,
4
–6

Reaganomics,
see
economy, Reagan’s plan for

“Reagan’s Faithful Allies” (Dole),
247

recession,
172
–73,
183
,
196
,
227
,
240

“Redneck Row,”
124
,
155
–56

Regan, Donald,
172
,
344
,
356
,
361

Regula, Ralph,
119

Reid, Harry,
22

“Repeal O’Neill” button,
239

Republican National Committee,
213

Republican National Convention, of 1980,
5

Republicans, Republican Party

O’Neill lampooned in TV ad of,
31
,
120
,
143
,
181

partisan propaganda against,
62
–63

Reagan’s transition to,
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–91

Senate control by,
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,
30
,
55
,
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Reston, James,
240
–41,
279
–80

Reykjavik, Iceland, Reagan-Gorbachev summit in,
326
–27,
363

Rhodesian Railways,
19

Rich, Spencer,
237

Roberts, Steven V.,
137
–38,
216

Robinson, Betty,
214

Rockne, Knute,
4
,
37
,
80
–81

Rogers, David,
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,
280
,
350

Rogers, Roy,
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Roosevelt, Franklin,
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–101,
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Rostenkowski, Dan “Rosty,”
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–10,
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,
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,
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–46,
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,
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,
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–7,
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–43

Roth, William,
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,
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Rubenstein, David,
12

Sadat, Anwar, assassination of,
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–71

St. George, Grenada,
277
–78

St. George’s University School of Medicine,
268
–70,
274
–79

St. Louis Browns,
96

St. Patrick’s Day luncheons,
331
–32

Saltonstall, Leverett,
108

Sandinistas,
263
,
349

Sandino, Augusto César,
262
–63

San Francisco, Calif., Democratic convention in,
299
–301

San Francisco Examiner,
364

Santa Fe Trail
(film),
82

Saudi Arabia,
350

Schmidt, Helmut,
314

Schweiker, Richard,
130

Scorsese, Martin,
69

Screen Actors Guild (SAG),
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,
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–87,
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Seattle, Wash.,
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Secret Service,
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,
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,
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–68,
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,
80
,
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,
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