Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked (54 page)

Greeley, Horace,
77

Greenspan, Alan,
167
,
245
–47,
250

Greenspan Commission,
see
National Commission on Social Security Reform

Gregg, Judd,
250

Greider, William,
174
,
175

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

skepticism about,
276
–78

Griffin, Bob,
347

Gromyko, Andrei,
316

Guatemala,
262

Guerra, Gabriel,
342

Gumbel, Bryant,
291

“gunboat diplomacy,”
262
,
277
,
346

“Gym Caucus,”
157
–58

Gym Dinner,
158
–59

Hall, Tony,
126

Hal Roach Studios,
83

Hamilton, Lee,
283

Hampton, Lionel,
226

Hardball
(Matthews),
186
,
369

Harris, Lou,
10

Hart, Gary,
290
,
292

Hart, Peter,
187
,
222

Hartman, Arthur,
315

Hartpence, Gary,
see
Hart, Gary

Harvard University,
97
–98,
104
,
109

Hatfield, Mark,
38

Hermannsson, Steingrímur,
327

Hertel, Dennis,
191

Hertzberg, Hendrik “Rick,”
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–12,
13
–14,
24

Hezbollah,
357
–58

Hickam Air Force Base,
120

Hinckley, John,
66
,
68
–70,
115

Hiroshima bombing,
313

Hispanics,
344

Hitler, Adolf,
259

Hoffman, Nicholas von,
204

Holden, William,
86

Hollywood:

and communism,
87
–89

Reagan’s career in,
xvi
,
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3
,
4
–5,
8
,
31
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33
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38
,
68
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77
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–90,
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260
,
330

in war effort,
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–83

Holy Cross,
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21
,
57
,
99
,
108

homeless, advocacy for,
203
–5,
212

Honduras,
262
,
263
,
354
–55

Hoover, Herbert,
99

Hope, Bob,
340

“Horatio Alger Award,”
95

House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC),
87

House Foreign Affairs Committee,
20

House Intelligence Committee,
263

House of Representatives, U.S.,
xvi
,
14
,
28
,
94

on Contra aid,
354
–55,
360

Democratic cliques in,
155
–58

“the floor” of,
154
–58

gym of,
157
–59

in midterm election,
224
,
227

MX missile vote in,
317
–20

Republican gains in,
28
,
63

Republican losses in,
304

Rules Committee of,
108

Hume, John,
331
,
334
–35

Humphrey, Hubert,
57
,
288

hunger strike,
204
,
212

Hunt, Albert,
239
–40

Hymel, Gary,
50
,
59
,
111
,
116
,
131
,
150

immigration,
4
–5,
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–7,
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,
344
–45

Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986),
345

inflation,
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,
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,
201

Iowa,
79

Iran, in Contras conspiracy,
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–61

Iran-Contra scandal,
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,
349
–61,
363

Iranian hostage crisis,
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,
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–13,
38
–39,
135
,
238
,
270
,
357
–58,
359

Iranian Revolutionary Guard,
359

Iraq-Iran war,
209

Irish-Catholics,
20
,
21

“Irish curse,”
78

“Irish mafia,”
80
–81

Irish Republican Army (IRA),
330
,
333
,
334

Israel,
288

Jewish immigration to,
314

and Lebanon,
208
,
263
,
265
,
271
,
282

Israeli war (1973),
170

Issues and Answers
(TV show),
136

Jacobs, Andrew,
126

Japan, auto market dominance by,
9

“jobs” bill,
230
–31,
255
–57

Johnny Belinda
(film),
83
–84

Johnson, Lyndon,
107
,
108
–10,
247
,
261

Johnson, Mike,
231

Jones, Jim,
193

Jordan, Hamilton,
13
,
31
,
36

“Junior Secret Service Club,”
68

junkets:

bipartisan,
343

controversial Australian,
118
–21,
342

South American,
341
–42

Kampelman, Max,
317
–20

Karloff, Boris,
86

Kelley, Eleanor,
139
,
158

Kelly, Eddie,
262

Kemp, Jack,
195
,
218

Kennedy, Edward M.,
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–9,
21
,
47
,
331
,
340

Kennedy, John F.,
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,
19
–20,
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–6,
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Kennedy, Joseph,
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–4

Kennedy, Robert F.,
21
,
105

Kennedy
(Sorensen),
19

Khomeini, Ayatollah,
9
,
358

“Khomeiniville,”
265

Khrushchev, Nikita,
314

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
348

Kings Row
(film),
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–82,
85

Knute Rockne-All American
(film),
4
,
37
,
80
–81,
135

Kohl, Helmut,
316

Korean War,
288

Kovack, Kenny,
214

Last Hurrah, The
(film),
45

Las Vegas, Nev.,
89

Lebanon,
263
–68,
270
–83,
358
,
359

Grenada as diversion from,
279

Israeli attack on,
208
,
263

U.S. marines in,
258
,
263
–68,
270
–73,
277
,
279
–83,
293

legislative assistants,
19
–20

LeHand, Margaret “Missy,”
100
–101

L’Enfant, Pierre,
xiii
,
371

Lew, Jack,
247
,
284

Limbaugh, Rush,
186

Lincoln, Abraham,
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–75,
91

local politics,
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,
95
,
99
–102,
108

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.,
105

Long, Russell,
343
–44

Lott, Trent,
295

Louis, Joe,
103

Love Is on the Air
(film),
80

loyalty oath,
102
,
109

M,
297

McAuliffe, Christa,
335
–36

McCarthy, Eugene,
19
,
57
,
222

McCarthy, Mary,
115

McCarthy, Timothy,
70

McCormack, John,
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–6,
285

McDade, Joe,
119

McFarlane, Robert,
270
–71,
358
,
360

McGovern, George,
290

McGrory, Mary,
204
,
222
–23

McHugh, Drake (character),
81
–82

Magee, John Gillespie, Jr.,
336

“magic asterisk,”
175

“malaise speech,”
7
,
47

Man of the House
(O’Neill),
36
–37,
365

Marine One,
1
,
67

marines, U.S.:

in Lebanon,
258
,
262
–68,
270
–73,
277
,
279
–83,
293

in Nicaragua,
262
,
277
,
354

Markey, Edward,
252
,
326

Marvin, Lee,
89

Maryknoll Sisters,
355
–56

Massachusetts,
29

O’Neill’s political career in,
99
–105

O’Neill’s support of projects for,
108
–9

Master of Phones,
155

Mathis, Johnny,
205

Matthews, Chris,
50
,
180

assigned to O’Neill’s team,
58
–63,
116
–17

at funeral of Sobhuza,
225
–27

as Capitol policeman,
21
–22,
61
,
150
,
152

as Carter speechwriter,
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15
,
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–25,
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,
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150
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,
170
,
201

election defeat of,
23
–24

first meeting between O’Neill and,
60
–61

grandmother of,
21
–22,
368

idealism of,
18
,
23

Irish heritage of,
21
–22

journalism career of,
364

as O’Neill’s administrative assistant,
18
,
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,
140
–41,
147
,
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,
149
–63,
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–86,
194
–201,
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,
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–15,
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–20,
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,
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–34,
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–38,
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,
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,
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–52,
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–78,
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,
296
–99,
303
,
342
,
368
–69

O’Neill’s anger at,
209
–10,
296
–99

O’Neill’s regard for,
184

parents of,
130
–31

path to politics of,
17
–25

in Peace Corps,
16
,
18
–20,
57
,
368

in revamping of O’Neill’s image,
56
–59,
61
,
140
–41

on winter break trip to Africa,
246
,
251

Matthews, Kathleen,
6
,
15
,
246
,
299

Matthews, Michael,
246

Mbabama, Mr.,
226

Medicaid,
189

Medicare,
4
,
8
,
244

Meese, Edwin,
33
,
127
,
180
,
360
–61

Meet the Press
(TV show),
153

Michel, Robert,
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–31,
120
,
220
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230
–31,
242
,
293
,
319
,
320
,
342

military and defense spending, Reagan plan for,
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–28,
33
,
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,
48
,
63
,
64
,
69
,
156
,
183
,
216

Milius, Peter,
234

Miller, Mildred Ann,
see
O’Neill, Mildred Ann Miller

“mission creep,”
271

Mitterrand, François,
316

Moffett, Toby,
197

Mondale, Walter,
288
–92,
299
–304

Mondale “victory” party,
291

Moscow, bipartisan delegation to,
320
–22

Moss, Frank,
21
–22,
24
,
61
,
150

Moyers, Bill,
196

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick,
65
,
67
,
247
,
331

Mrazek, Bob,
239

Mrs. Miniver
(film),
82

Munich Conference,
260

Murtha, Jack,
156
,
214
,
215

Muskie, Edmund,
24
,
57
,
65

Muslims, in Lebanon,
264
,
265