Reagan Remembered: A Democrat at Ronald Reagan's Inaugural
Ronald Reagan's first inauguration as president in 1981 had Californians in a tizzy, especially Republicans. But Democrats, too, as I can attest.
As a Californian, I hotfooted it over to my only well-connected Republican friend and begged for tickets to the Kennedy Center California Ball and the candlelight dinner. I got the tickets, but I was warned that there wasn't a chance in hell of getting a glimpse of the man of the hour.
"Pat, you have to be a big-money Republican to get near either Ronald or Nancy at this event. A Democrat like you doesn't stand a chance."
"Let's make a bet," I said.
"I'll bet you as much as you say, Pat."
"How about a dollar?" I said, losing faith in myself.
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Pat Montandon was born in Texas and lived in Oklahoma as the daughter of a two ministers. At eighteen she became the tenth person in the world to undergo successful (blind surgery as it was then called) heart surgery. In her twenties Pat wrote and produced...
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