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The weekend of March 19ā20, 1983: Ron came down for a talk at the W.H. Same old problemāhis itchiness at having S.S. protection. I wish heād be more thoughtful of what it means to me to have him do that.
April 7, 1983: This evening Ron called all exercised because S.S. agents had gone into their apartment while they were in Calif. to fix an alarm on one of the windows. I tried to reason with him that this was a perfectly O.K. thing for them to do.ā¦ I told him quite firmly not to talk to me that way & he hung up on me. End of a not perfect day.
May 1, 1983: Nancy phonedāvery upset. Ron casually told the S.S. he was going to Paris in a few days. I donāt know what it is with him. He refuses to cooperate with them.ā¦ Iām not talking to him until he apologizes for hanging up on me.
May 19, 1983: Meets with Regan, who as Treasury secretary is in charge of the Secret Service, about āRon & his paranoia about S.S. protection. I think heās being ridiculous & dān unfair to the guys who are trying to protect his hide. This is settledāwe let him sign off permanentlyāno protection.ā
āHe worked hard at a small spaceā¦ never used his status to his advantageā: Weinberg, Movie Nights with the Reagans, 137.
a 1986 ad for American Expressā¦ continue the conversation in privacy: āAmerican Express Card with Ron Reagan Jr. Classic TV Commercial 1986,ā YouTube, 0:55, Front Seat Media, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va2Mhd5VWaE.
āThese are issues of unique concern to womenā¦ also family concerns and community concernsā: Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, 296ā97.
āWell, Maureen was a little worked upā¦ I shouldnāt have said, tooā: Ed Rollins with Tom DeFrank, Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms: My Life in American Politics (New York: Broadway Books, 1996), 101ā2.
āchatting like schoolgirlsā: Speakes with Pack, Speaking Out, 98.
āMichael Reagan always had schemes for making moneyā¦ āWell, Sonny Boyās at it again.āāā: ibid., 99.
āHe was a wheeler-dealer.ā¦ you just had to know thatā: Kuhn, author interview, October 7, 2018.
It got even dicierā¦ They suggested he get psychiatric help: Michael Reagan with Hyams, Outside Looking In, 219ā40.
āI felt attackedā¦ his Achillesā heel: Nancyā: ibid., 228.
āWeāve tried to keep a little fuss privateā¦ as all families do from time to timeā: Reagan Presidential Library, Subject Files, WHORM, PP 0005-01 095999, 247108 5300 4620 PP00J.
āThe wounds are healedāā¦ āMichael, I love youā: ibid., 243ā45.
āThey frolickedā¦ worth the price?ā: ibid., 250.
āI love youā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 134
āIt was the first timeā¦ I was elatedā: Michael Reagan with Hyams, Outside Looking In, 263ā68.
āIronically, this bookā¦ a better relationshipā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 134.
āa literary stripteaseā¦ a First Family parlor gameā: Scot Haler, āThe Problem of Being Patti,ā People online, February 24, 1986, https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-problem-of-being-patti-vol-25-no-8.
āone of the most painful and disappointing aspects of my lifeā¦ we seem to square offā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 136.
āTell you whatā¦ happen in my lifeā: Patti Davis, The Way I See It, 264ā66.
ābeing usedā: ibid., 267ā68.
Caldicottās later accountā¦ Readerās Digest: Ronnie Dugger, āThe President and the Peace Activist,ā St. Petersburg (FL) Times, September 30, 1984, 4D.
āI had hoped that Pattiās weddingā¦ people would understandā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 140ā41.
āRonās reaction hurt me more than anyone elseāsā¦ motivation in itā: Patti Davis, The Way I See It, 311.
āPatti was excited that night about her bookā¦ such a thingā: Ron Reagan to author, email, August 20, 2019.
āI think sometimesā¦ only silence and distanceā: Patti Davis, Long Goodbye, 80ā81.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
āa steady drumbeatā: āPresident Reaganās and Nancy Reaganās Interview with Chris Wallace for Upcoming NBC Special, Camp David, Maryland,ā May 18, 1985, YouTube, 36:23, Reagan Presidential Library, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhIeW-fbYiM.
if Ronnieās name were not at the top of the ticket: Rollins, author interview, January 26, 2018.
āFor a while, we talked about it every nightā¦ āIām not crazy about it, but okayāāā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 224.
internal numbers: Cannon, President Reagan, 197.
āI think itās going to be a tough, personal, close campaignā¦ glad when the next nine months are overā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 225.
$21 million budget for the 1984 primary season: Rollins with DeFrank, Bare Knuckles, 125.
She started to worry moreā¦ Hart, the insurgent in the race: Stuart Spencer, quoted in Wallace, First Lady, 116ā17.
āShe could smell fear all over you, Rollins. Youāre doomedā: Rollins with DeFrank, Bare Knuckles, 137.
āDonāt forget who your clients are.ā¦ Their friends are going to see the commercialsā: Rollins, author interview, January 26, 2018.
āThese daysā¦ more relaxed speakerā: Maureen Dowd, āA More Relaxed Nancy Reagan Tours the South,ā New York Times, October 14, 1984, 28.
hefty 55-percent-to-37-percent leadā¦ 8 percent of voters undecided: Cannon, President Reagan, 475.
āIām against debatesā¦ defend his own recordā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 225.
āthe worst night of Ronnieās political careerā¦ that debate was a nightmareā: ibid., 226.
cold as ice: ibid., 226ā27.
āa Reagan without confidence would not be Reaganā¦ must interpret all tales of Nancy Reaganās āruthlessnessāāā: Garry Wills, Reaganās America: Innocents at Home (New York: Open Road Integrated Media, 2017), loc. 4781 of 13714, Kindle.
āIn recognizing the actorās truthā¦ may have been to Baker and Darmanā: Cannon, President Reagan, 484.
āWell, you better be rightā¦ better be rightā: Rollins with DeFrank, Bare Knuckles, 149ā50.
āAlthough Nancy Reagan did not realize itā¦ no longer Morning Again in Americaā: Cannon, President Reagan, 487.
āIf, by some miracle, I could take back one decisionā¦ this new arrangement would lead to a political disasterā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 267.
āa bad omenā: ibid., 230.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
āIt also made me squirmā¦ weakened both the Justice Department and the presidencyā: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 203.
ālistened to our wordsā¦ did not occur to meā: Regan, For the Record, 251.
āHe seemed to
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