by Curt Smith
Oklahoma City bombing, 261
Olympians at the White House, 212–13
O’Neill, Tip, 98, 284
Operation Desert Shield, 154–57, 158
Operation Desert Storm. See Gulf War
Operation Just Cause, 146
Organization of American States, 235
Overbey, John, 9
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 253
Palin, Sarah, 272–73
Panama, 51, 146, 258
parachute jumps, fig. 29, 4–5, 262–63
pardons, presidential, 42, 51, 237
Parker, David, 66, 121
Parkinsonitis, 276
Parks, Bert, 53
Parks to People program, 38, 291
Patrick’s Pals Motorcycle Benefit Run, 275
Payne, Claude, 161
peace accord between Israel and the PLO, 253
Pearl Harbor, anniversary of attack on, fig. 25, 188–90, 286, 301–5
Pearl Harbor, USS, 233
Pennsylvania Gazette, 74
People, 53
People’s Republic of China, 32, 47–48, 153
Perez, Anna, 181
Perfectly Clear, 268
Perot, H. Ross, 202
1992 election results and, 226–28, 230
presidential candidacy of, 129, 169, 202–3, 206, 211, 213, 218–19, 220, 224
presidential debates and, fig. 27, 221–22
Pershing, John “Black Jack,” 256
Petty, Richard, 233
Pew Research Forum polls, 109, 185
Phillips Academy, fig. 1, 2–4
Picosa Ranch, 59–60
Pierce, Barbara. See Bush, Barbara Pierce
Pierce, Marvin, 6
Pierce, Pauline, 6
Pierce, Samuel, 97, 117
Pinkerton, Jim, 121, 142, 206
Plato, 284
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization), 253
poetry and presidential speechwriting, 279, 281, 282–84, 287
Poindexter, John, 102, 103
Points of Light, 241–42, 275
Poland, 142, 162
political correctness, 171
polls: accuracy of, 21; approval ratings of G. H. W. Bush, 148, 163, 180, 188, 192, 197, 199, 215–16, 243, 264
on Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16
1980 election, 66, 72, 76
1984 election, 88
1988 election, 109–10, 112, 117, 124, 125, 128
1992 election, 180, 201–2, 213, 219, 220, 224, 227
on First Ladies, 36, 37
on presidential debate winners, 90, 220, 221, 222
on Ronald Reagan, 182, 184
on social issues, 185
Port, J. D., 274–75
postpresidential models, 252
Poultry Act of 1992, 223
Powell, Colin, 161, 232, 233, 243, 252–53, 258, 262–63
Powers, David, 21
presidential election of 1960, 19–20, 21, 27
presidential election of 1980, 48, 51, 55–61, 65–68, 70–73, 75–80
presidential election of 1984, 87, 88–92
presidential election of 1988: conventions of, 103, 117–21
debates of, 122–25
general campaign of, 115–17, 126–29
primary campaign of, 103–14
presidential election of 1992: candidate positions and campaigns of, 179–80, 191–93, 202–8, 210–13, 215–18, 222–26
conventions of, 195–96, 211, 212, 213–15
debates of, 219–22
postanalysis and regret of, 229–32, 246–47
results of, 226–28
presidential election of 2000, 266–69
presidential election of 2004, 271
Presidential Power (Neustadt), 129
President Kennedy (Reeves), 83, 135
President’s Award, 177–78
The Presidents Club (Gibbs and Duffy), 43
Price, Raymond, 29, 30, 56–57, 64, 65–66, 134, 282
Profile in Courage Award, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s, 275
Provost, Steve, 210, 211, 218, 230
Quayle, Dan, 10, 118, 123–25, 229, 252
and Murphy Brown speech at Commonwealth Club, 205, 206
Quayle, Marilyn, 214
The Quest for the Presidency, xii, 105, 106, 110, 115
Question Time farewell of Margaret Thatcher, 166
racial relations, 204
radio, 280–81
Rather, Dan, 105–8
Reader’s Digest, 246
Reagan, 66, 99, 100
Reagan, Nancy, 76, 81, 103, 116, 262, 273, 306
Reagan, Ronald, fig. 8
assassination attempt on, 82–83, 85, 98
Chicago Cubs broadcasting of, 283
eightieth birthday of, 161–62
eulogy of, xiv, 182–84, 249, 305–7
G. H. W. Bush and, 127, 182, 199, 240–41, 264, 290
GOP conventions and, 214–15
Margaret Thatcher and, 242, 300
Medal of Freedom and, 240
official portrait of, 147
as president, 76, 83–88, 97–103, 113, 133, 183–84, 279
1980 presidential candidacy of, 48, 51, 55, 57, 65–68, 71–72, 76–80
1984 presidential candidacy of, 87, 89, 90–92
quotes of, 12, 186, 259, 280
Richard Nixon and, 34, 152
speechwriting for, 283
Reagan Doctrine, 84
recessions, 78, 87, 151, 164, 197, 223
Red Cross, 149
Reeves, Richard, 83, 135
Reilly, Ed, 121
Reston, James, 61
Reykjavik summit, 101
Rice, Condoleezza, 273
Rice University, 50, 234
Richards, Ann, 103, 120, 260–61
Right to Read program, 38, 291
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (Nixon), 56
Roarke, Mike, 246
Robertson, Pat, 60, 108–9, 112, 113, 203
Robinson, Peter, 98
Robinson, Rick, 110, 111
Rockefeller, Nelson, 10, 47, 48, 50
Rockwell, Norman, 74–75
Rollins, Ed, 87, 89, 92, 193
Romney, Mitt, 10, 51, 115, 185, 192, 264
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, 273
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 51, 113, 182, 277
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 22, 72, 95, 158, 168– 69, 278, 280–81, 305
Roosevelt, Theodore, 2, 16, 57, 172–73, 230, 289
Roosevelt Room, 16
Rosenblatt, Roger, 51
Rosenthal, Abe, 163
Rosenthal, Andrew, 201
Ross, Donald, 233, 301, 303
Ross, USS, 233
Rove, Karl, 170, 267
Rudman, Warren, 172
Rumsfeld, Donald, 47, 270
Russia, 237. See also Soviet Union
Ruth, Babe, fig. 3, 7
Sacred Heart University, 273
Safire, William, 62, 154, 280, 282
Salvation Army, 234
Sandinistas, 148
San Jacinto, USS, 4, 5, 274
Saturday Evening Post, 52, 73–75
Saudi Arabia, fig. 18, 154–55, 156
Scalia, Antonin, 118, 123, 172
Schlesinger, Robert, 134, 141, 144, 146, 189, 197, 206, 282
Schroeder, Pat, 89
Schultz, George, 103
Schulz, Bill, 246, 247
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 224
Schwarzkopf, Norman, 156, 233, 253
Schweiker, Richard, 97, 116–17
Scott, Robert, 302
Scowcroft, Brent, 189, 252, 263, 271
Scowcroft Award, 274
Scully, Vin, 238
Second Amendment, 126
September 11 attacks, 270
SerVaas, Beurt, 75
700 Club, 108
Shapiro, Walter, 128–29
Shaw, Bernard, 124–25
Shaw, George Bernard, 258
Sherwood, Robert, 281
Sidey, Hugh, 1, 5, 6, 11, 107, 174, 195, 231–32, 277
Silent Majority, 13, 43, 60, 134, 158, 292
Simon, Robert, 186–87
Simpson, Alan, 118, 151
Simpson, Carole, 221
60 Minutes, 37, 202
Skinner, Samuel, 197, 198, 210, 211
slogans, campaign, 54, 192
Smith, Curt, fig. 12, fig. 14–16, fig. 26, 28
George McGovern and, 42–43
G. H. W. Bush and, 43, 134
John Connally and, 56–57, 59–60
as a journalist, 44–46
leaving the White House, 245–46
notes on G. H. W. Bush reelection of, 200
post–G. H. W. Bush presidency career and, 246–47, 249
Smith, Red, 138
Smith, Walter Bedell, 17
Snow, Tony, 170–71, 189, 198–99, 204, 211, 213, 246
Somalia, 232–33, 256
Sorensen, Theodore, 282
Souter, David, 172
Soviet Union, 84, 90, 98, 100–101, 102–3, 142, 192. See also Russia
speaking skills, 187
speeches of George H. W. Bush: acceptance, 118–20, 121, 215, 241
at American Society of Association Executives, 163
in Budapest, fig. 10, 142–43
on budget of 1990, 150–52
at Catholic University of America, fig. 14, 146–47
Fourth of July, 1991, 172–73
for G. H. W. Bush presidential library, 252
on Gulf War, 154–55, 156–57, 159–61, 162, 163, 187, 294–98
honoring Queen Elizabeth II, 167–69
inaugural address, 136, 143
just war, 159–61, 187, 294–98
Korean War Memorial, 118–20, 121
Los Angeles riots, 204
at Malta summit, 144–45
Margaret Thatcher Medal of Freedom, 165–66, 298–301
at Notre Dame, 205
on political correctness and free speech, 171
Richard Nixon library dedication, 152–54, 289–94
on Ronald Reagan, xiv, 161–62, 184, 249, 305–7
on tolerance, 217–18
University of Toronto honorary degree, 258–60
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, 188–90, 301–5
at West Point, 239–40
speech writing, presidential, fig. 21, fig. 24, 279–84, 287
G. H. W. Bush and, 134–39, 140–42, 170, 184–87, 197–98, 206–7
Spencer, Stuart, 78
Sports Illustrated, 176
START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), 162, 241
START II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), 237, 241
State of the Union Addresses, 85, 137, 197, 198–99
The State, 67
Statue of Liberty, 99
Steelman, Trent, 238–39
Steeper, Fred, 219
Steinem, Gloria, 37
Stern, Isaac, 233
Stevenson, Adlai, 12, 17, 55
Stimson, Henry, 3–4, 144, 239–40, 303
Stockdale, James, 219
The Storytellers (Smith), 246
Strategic Defense Initiative, 101, 183, 270
Straub, Bruno, 143
Sullivan, Louis, 181
Sununu, John, 170
as chief of staff, 141, 142, 149–50, 163–64, 170, 172
on G. H. W. Bush, 85, 112
resignation of, 191–92
Richard Nixon presidential library dedication and, 152–53, 154
Ted Williams and, 175–77
Supreme Court nominees, 38, 118, 172, 195
Sylvanus Thayer Award, 257
Taiwan, 33, 47
Tanglewood property, 250–52
Tax Reform Acts, 87, 261
Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero (Montville), 176
Teeter, Bob: as campaign chairman, 105, 197, 206–7, 211, 216; as a pollster, 104, 114, 115–16, 150, 164
terrorism, 99–100, 270
Texas A&M University, 9, 234, 247
Thatcher, Margaret, 14, 45, 96, 164
Curt Smith and, fig. 17, 165–67
G. H. W. Bush and, 131, 154, 162, 257–58
Medal of Freedom and, fig. 16, 165, 298–301
on Mikhail Gorbachev, 100
Ronald Reagan and, 165, 183–84, 242
Thomas, Clarence, 172, 195
Thomas, Helen, 38, 236
Thompson, Tommy, 212
Thornburgh, Dick, 118, 180
Time: Billy Graham and, 52
on Dorothy Bush, 1
G. H. W. Bush and, 68, 86, 128, 195, 203, 231–32, 277
on Jimmy Carter, 51
on John Connally, 60
John Sununu and, 170
1988 election issue of, 203
poll of, 125
on Richard Nixon, 107
Ronald Reagan and, 88, 97, 99
Topps Baseball Card Company, 179, 235
Toronto Blue Jays, 235
Tower, John, 20, 102, 147
Tower Commission, 102
town hall debate of 1992 election, 220–21
Trewhitt, Hank, 91
Trout, Dizzy, 175
Truman, Harry, 129, 188, 273, 278, 281
tsunami, Indian Ocean, 273
Tugwell, Rexford, 281
Turner, Stansfield, 50
Tutwiler, Margaret, 218
Ueberroth, Peter, 122–23
Ukraine, 286
United Nations, 271, 296
University of Rochester, xv, 249
Updike, John, 111, 176
USA Today, 44, 148, 163, 216, 220, 221, 222, 227
Utah, USS, 301
Utica NY, 45–46
Van Buren, Martin, 93
Vandenberg, Arthur, 256
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), 154–55
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 230–31
Vietnam War, 23–25, 28–30, 38, 42, 143–44, 231, 293
Vincent, Fay, 176
vision thing, xii, xiii, 153, 196
vision with a task, 258
Viva Zapata!, 9
Voice of Hope, 297
Voices of The Game (Smith), 249
Wałęsa, Lech, 162
Walker, George Herbert, 2, 173, 187
Walker, George Herbert, Jr., 9
Walker, Louis, 187
Walker Cup, 187–88
Walker’s Point, 2, 72–73, 248, 250
Wallace, George, 24
Wallace, Mike, 37
Wall Street Journal, 108, 136, 148, 264, 271
Wall Street wing of GOP, 134–35
Walsh, Lawrence, 224–25, 237
Warren, Earl, 172
Washington, George, 172–73, 279
Washington Post: on Barbara Bush, 181
Bill Clinton and, 216
G. H. W. Bush and, 131–32, 148, 197, 211, 212, 259
on John Connally, 57
on Richard Nixon, 64
on Somalia, 256
on Watergate, 34
Watergate, 33–36, 38–39, 41, 46–47, 152–53
The Way We Were, 3
WBAL Radio, 246
Weinberger, Caspar, 88, 103, 137, 224, 237
Wellesley College, 181
Welliver, Judson, 280
West Point, 18, 238, 239–40, 257. See also Army-Navy football games
WHAM Radio, 107
What I Saw at the Revolution (Noonan), 136
Whicher, Al, 261
White, Theodore H., 12, 16, 23, 32, 45, 137, 292
White House Endowment Trust, 181
White House Ghosts (Schlesinger), 134, 144, 146, 156, 189, 206, 282
White House Historical Association, 181
White House Preservation Fund, 181
WHO Radio, 283
Why Not the Best? (Carter), 50
Wicker, Tom, 26
Wiesel, Elie, 233
Will, George, 57, 86
Williams, Theodore Samuel, 4, 110–12, 141, 176–78
, 179
Willis, Bruce, 224
Willkie, Wendell, 10
Wills, Garry, 203
Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson), 97
Winston, Chriss, 2–4, 137–38, 147, 170
Winston Churchill Award, 168
Wirthlin, Richard, 76–77, 79, 109–10, 114
With Nixon (Price), 56
Wofford, Harris, 179–80
Woodward, Bob, 271
World Golf Hall of Fame, 188
World Series, 48, 81, 90, 130, 140, 177, 178–79, 235
A World Transformed (Bush and Scow-croft), 263
World War I, 256
World War II, 50, 96, 130, 141, 188, 239, 256, 301–3
G. H. W. Bush and, 3–5, 6–7
Wright, Jim, 127, 136
Write It When I’m Gone (DeFrank), 41
Wyler, William, 195
Yale University, 7, 41, 116, 126–27
Yarborough, Ralph, 22, 31
Yawkey, Tom, 111, 176
Yeltsin, Boris, 237, 241
Yugoslavia, 232, 236
Zaccaro, John, 88
Zapata Petroleum, 9–10, 22
Zhivkov, Todor, 279
Zhou Enlai, 30, 293
Zoellick, Robert, 218
Zogby, John, xiii–xiv, 273, 276–77
Zogby poll, 180
Zorin, Valerian, 55
Other works by Curt Smith
Mercy! (Potomac Books, 2012)
A Talk in the Park (Potomac Books, 2011)
Pull Up a Chair (Potomac Books, 2009)
The Voice (Lyons Press, 2007)
Voices of Summer (Carroll & Graf, 2005)
What Baseball Means to Me (Warner Books, 2002)
Storied Stadiums (Carroll & Graf, 2001)
Our House (Contemporary Books, 1999)
Of Mikes and Men (Diamond Communications, 1998)
Windows on the White House (Diamond Communications, 1998)
The Storytellers (Macmillan Company, 1995)
A Fine Sense of the Ridiculous (Diamond Communications, 1994)
Voices of The Game (Simon & Schuster, 1992)
Long Time Gone (Icarus Press, 1982)
America’s Dizzy Dean (Bethany Press, 1978)