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The New York Times bestselling memoir of Ronald Reagan by his longtime aide and friendThese are memories of a friend and they span over the 35 years that I have known and loved Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Primarily anecdotal, there will be no footnotes, simply my best efforts to reconstruct these years and what they have meant to me.--Michael DeaverRONALD REAGAN AND ME will be comprised of six parts:The Early Years: Deaver and his first meeting with Reagan during his campaign for governor of California in 1966. His first impressions of Reagans his management style, media savvy and incredible ability to communicate.Reagan: The Man: A look at the traits that make the man: perfectionist, competitor, unwavering discipline, and a deep sense of purpose and destiny.Sincerely, Ronald Reagan: Never-before-published excerpts from letters Reagan wrote to people of various backgrounds.The Campaigner: On the stump during the presidential campaigns.Mr. President: Reagan in action in the Oval Office. How he changed after he was shot, and his battles with Congress and Communism.The Long Goodbye: With Nancys cooperation, a look at the Reagans struggle with Alzheimers and the impact it has had on their marriage and the family.
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A D IFFERENT D RUMMER
My Thirty Years with
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
M ICHAEL K. D EAVER
with a Foreword by
N ANCY R EAGAN
N ANCY R EAGAN
To Carolyn, for her counsel, love, and the best of my days.
Contents
BY N ANCY R EAGAN
U nless you follow politics closely, you probably dont know too much about Michael Deaver or how important he was to Ronnie as governor of California, president of the United States, and as a friend. I think every president can point to one particular aide who knows him so well that he becomes indispensable. Mike was that man for Ronald Reagan, and there are few people better suited to write about him.
Since Ronnie left elective office, there have been many books, both pro and con, about his public life. Some have delved with limited success into a discussion of Reagan the individual. Ive always said that, with Ronnie, what you see is what you get. He is not a complicated man, and those who know him well wont disagree. Most tend either to overcomplicate him, or they err on the other side, wrongly labeling him as aloof, indifferent, or disengaged. Of course, none of these characterizations rings true.
Much of what has been written was written out of frustration brought about by the wrtiters inability to get at the man behind the politics, the presidency, and the public persona. They know the public Ronald Reagan; they do not know the private man. This is not surprising, because when you come right down to it, there are only a handful of people who could write about the private Ronald Reagan.
Without demeaning the other close relationships Ronnie has had over the years, undoubtedly one of the most qualified people to write about him in this regard is our friend Mike Deaver. Mike has been part of our lives since 1967 when he joined the governors staff in Sacramento. He always occupied a unique role in Ronnies life. He was never an official policy adviser and didnt serve as chief of staff, either in Washington or Sacramento. But he is the only one who was there from 1967 to 1987 with only the briefest of breaks, at Ronnies side for all the good times, and of course, many of the tough times, too.
Mike and I have always shared a common interest. Our goal was simple: to help Ronnie be the best possible governor and president. What I came to love about Mike was that he was never the type to go on television and talk about his accomplishments. Never prone to self-promotion, he did his best work behind the scenes.
For more than twenty years, Mike spent more time with Ronnie than anybody outside his family. Often it was only Mike at Ronnies side in the Oval Office, on the campaign planes, and in motorcades. It is many of these memories that he shares in A Different Drummer.
A t a time when much of the United States was in doubt and confusion, Ronald Reagan made his grand entrance onto the national stage with remarkable confidence, not so much in himself as in America. His unwavering optimism changed the way we thought about ourselves and the way the world looked at us. As I write these pages, America embarks on a new war, a war not unlike the battle Reagan led against the Soviet Union. We again face a committed enemy, one that may take decades to vanquish. Like Reagan, George W. Bush has made the conflict the focus of his presidency, and I am confident that future historians will make many comparisons between the two leaders abilities in mobilizing the American people for a long, protracted struggle against a gray, shadowy adversary. As Bush begins his calling, historians are now chronicling the end of the Cold War so that future generations will understand Reagans role in the demise of communism. I have my prejudices on the matter, but what I do know is that it is sad beyond expression that he cant acknowledge the many glorious achievements of his public life. Reagan lives today in a state of confusion, victimized by an illness that robs him of any coherent memory.
Perhaps because of this great, tragic irony, I felt a need to remember him, maybe even a duty. After all, I was lucky enough to have a front-row seat to this critical turning point in our country. I offer this book, then, as an attempt to place on the record my recollections of a remarkable man whom I had the pleasure of working alongside for more than twenty years.
A second deciding factor in writing A Different Drummer was Edmund Morriss much anticipated biography of Reagan, Dutch . Long before Morris had finished the book, it had become clear that he had struggled, and in his own mind failed, to truly understand Reagan. Lou Cannon, an esteemed journalist who has known Reagan far longer than Morris and has written extensively about him, once concluded it was impossible to figure him out entirely. The truth is that most people are more simple or complicated than can be fully explained by anyone, and Reagan is no exception. Still, I hope that I can make a small contribution to understanding Reagan by passing on these accounts of our time together. People can draw whatever conclusions they want from these anecdotes. I would never pretend to have solved the riddle of Reagan, and this book will hardly satisfy those who want a penetrating insight into the mystery of the man. Maybe, though, readers will find it entertaining and even enlightening at times.
I should pause here to tell you what this book is not. This is not a biography in the sense of a work based on vast research and long months spent combing through personal archives. I have never kept a diary, nor do I have the inclination to pore over memoranda and public documents that summarize activities of that time. There will be no footnotes or excerpts from lengthy interviews. This is a book of memories inspired by a need to share whatever insights I can into a very public yet thoroughly private man who has confounded everyone who has tried to sum up his life.
The title of the book comes from my belief that Reagan was, in part, so difficult to understand because he was guided by a source of inspiration that only he understood. I have never known a person to be so sure of what he thought he knew or so accepting of things he could never understand. He was not a Hamlet, not a man of angst. Reagan had a profound spiritual faith that grounded him and left him with a nearly perpetual peace of mind. This is not to say he didnt have his moments of doubt and anger, but those times were rare. He didnt have trouble conveying confidence because he was sure of what he thought. He didnt have to fake it, his acting ability aside. His steady sense of purpose grew from his complete acquiescence to a drummer only he could hear.
As for his well-documented remoteness, the part of his personality that drives his biographers crazy, a lot of theories get bandied about as to what shaped Reagans personality. He couldnt see very well as a child until his nearsightedness finally and belatedly led to him getting glasses. Is that why he was so disconnected from people? His fathers drunkenness is often cited as having had a profound impact on his behavior. Perhaps this is the reason he learned to keep his distance from people, or why he invented a world of make-believe where America was always a beacon of hope on a shining hill. Far be it from me to analyze him. After all our years together, I could never completely understand what made him tick. I did, however, observe the traits that made him so successful as a leader and so peculiarand wonderfulas a person.
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