The Cursed American Presidency

Transition: Brown to Reagan
    • Monday, December 8th, 1980: President Brown hosting President-elect Reagan for transition meeting
    11:00 AM EST
    White House
    Washington, DC
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    President Jerry Brown welcomes President-elect Ronald Reagan to the White House during the transition meeting.

    Monday, December 8th, 1980 was the big day that Ronald Wilson Reagan entered the White House as the President-elect for a formal meeting with President Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr., because it was quite ironic considering the two had done a transition meeting back in Sacramento from 1974 when the younger Brown won the CA Governorship. Both Reagan & Brown had been in contact since the election, as Brown prepared transferring the Presidency to either Reagan or Carter. With the election finally decided on December 1st, Reagan received an invitation to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for the next Monday. He was hosted inside the Oval Office, while Vice President-elect George HW Bush met with outgoing Vice President Jimmy Carter at the Number One Observatory Circle.

    As extensively covered by the press: Linda Ronstadt-Brown hosted Nancy Reagan for a conversation at the East Wing. Outside the White House, about 573 demonstrators assembled to protest Reagan's election & demanded new efforts stopping certification of the IL election results. Some were holding signs "Carter is the REAL President!" or "Reagan is Illegitimate".

    Originally, the meeting was supposed to be scheduled for an HR, but it lasted 95 minutes. Only then reporters of the White House Press Corps were granted access to the Oval Office with Brown & Reagan delivering some remarks & taking some questions.

    President Brown: "Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen and my fellow Americans, today I had the distinct honor of hosting President-elect Reagan to the White House. Today, we had the chance to personally meet face-to-face once again. As many of you know, this isn't the first time there's been a transition from Brown to Reagan then from Reagan to Brown, dating back to the California Governorship in 1967 and 1975 respectively (laughter from those in the press corps). Now going back to the task at hand: we had the chance to discuss a wide range of various issues affecting our nation, the business of government and a host of other issues on the international front. It was a very polite and productive discussion. The President-elect asked me several questions to make sure a smooth transition of power occurs. I have personally pledged my full cooperation after already instructing my team and all federal agencies to reach out to his team. I think after this tumultuous election, it is very vitally important we sit here together and assuring the American people and the world that the transition from one administration to the next one occurs in an organized and professional fashion. Let me again thank you, Mr. President-elect, for your commitment to ensure such a smooth thorough process. Sir, the floor is all yours."

    (President Brown & President-elect Reagan shaking hands)


    President-elect Reagan: "Thank you very much Mr. President. Let me again thank you for your cooperation and commitment to make sure our country is well. I think all Americans can be proud that you, President Brown, guided us through some difficult 4 years, international crises and a contested election with a steady hand. Americans will remember that. Now, as the President said, we talked about several issues affecting our nation that will require prompt actions by the current and incoming administration. I can already tell you that my team will be granted resources of federal agencies to working out an economic emergency program which I will submit to Congress soon after taking office. Our economic situation requires swift action and I'm ready to take whatever steps necessary. Additionally, the President informed me about the ongoing stalemate as a result of Argentina's deadly invasion of Chile. I'm very concerned about these reports and will soon outline my policies to maintain the peace. In the meantime, President Brown and his administration will be in steady contact with me and my top staff. America speaks with one voice here. However, let me add that there's always one president at a time, and therefore, I will not comment on President Brown's decisions while he is the commander-in-chief. Thank you once again, Mr. President, also in the name of Nancy, who is having a meeting with Mrs. Brown and Vice President-elect Bush, meeting with Vice President Carter."

    President Brown: "Thank you very much again. Alright, we have a few minutes of questions. Madam over there. Go ahead."

    Reporter 1: "Mr. President, Republican members of Congress are proposing controversial legislation called Election Integrity and also pushing on introducing a constitutional amendment which would eliminate ballot access methods in all 51 states. What's your opinion on this? And President-elect Reagan, would you be willing to support this?"

    President Brown: "I haven't heard about any legislation regarding the so-called Election Integrity at this moment since we're in the lame duck session. It's an issue that might come up for debate at a later date. Today my focus is on making sure the transition of power occurs without further interruption so that President-elect Reagan and his team are ready on Day One. Because when they are, it's in the best interest of America."

    President-elect Reagan: "I have no comment to add on the subject."

    Reporter 1: "But Mr. President, don't you have an opinion on the controversial legislation and the ramif...."

    President Brown: "I stand by my current position. The presidential election we just had was conducted in accordance with the laws and the constitution. Next question please."

    Reporter 2: "Mr. President-elect. There's speculation about who would you appoint to replace the retiring Supreme Court Associate Pat Brown on the US Supreme Court. Who would you select as his replacement?"

    President-elect Reagan: "Associate Justice Edmund G. Brown, Sr., had recently announced his plans of stepping down from the US Supreme Court after nearly 13 years. I thanked him for his service to our country and I will not reveal any plans on whom I would replace him with at this time. I can assure you and the public that I will appoint a successor in due time, but cannot elaborate any further."

    Reporter 2: "And------if I might----------will you and Mrs. Reagan live in the White House full-time?"

    (Laughter ensues throughout the Oval Office)

    President-elect Reagan : (Laughs) "I can assure you and the public that Nancy and I will be proud to calling the White House our new home. I kind of expected this question at some point. But not already today."

    President Brown: "It's never too early. You'll learn that the hard way pretty soon here."

    President-elect Reagan: "Nancy and I will let you know at some point. Don't worry. I will let you know first."

    Reporter 2: "Alright. I will take you at your word sir."
     
    • Reagan Cabinet Picks
    • Tuesday, December 9th, 1980: Reagan revealing more Cabinet appointments: Goldwater tapped to serve as US Secretary of Defense; Haig to serve as US Secretary of State
    While President-elect Reagan was back in the Golden State putting together his incoming administration, there were more Cabinet appointments named to serve in the incoming Reagan administration. Former Nixon & Ford White House Chief of Staff & former NATO Ambassador US Army General Alexander Haig was announced by President-elect Reagan to serve as US Secretary of State; recently reelected United States Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) was announced to serve as US Secretary of Defense. The news of Goldwater being tapped to leading the Pentagon shocked many on Capitol Hill including Goldwater himself, who narrowly won reelection to a 5th term. With the United States Senate expected to be in GOP control come January 1981, Goldwater is likely to resign his US Senate seat pending Senate confirmation, which will mean AZ Governor Bruce Babbitt (D) will likely appoint a successor to fill the vacancy.

    Wednesday, December 10th, 1980: Ugandan President Milton Obote's Uganda People's Party wins 75 seats & Kidemokrasia had won 50 seats; Obote won a 2nd term as President in the same election, in that whichever party had the majority in Parliament to decide the President.

    Thursday, December 11th, 1980: The Republic of Korea military government of Korean President Chun Doo-hwan released eight political prisoners including dissident Kim Chi-ha, a poet who had been imprisoned for more than six years.

    The US Paperwork Reduction Act is signed into law by outgoing US President Jerry Brown. The law sets a goal of reducing the number of pages of required federal forms by 15% by October 1st, 1982, with the goal of 25% less by October 1st, 1983.

    Tom Selleck's detective TV series 'Magnum PI' filmed on location in Honolulu, HI, made its debut on CBS with a 2-HR pilot, replacing the vacated spot of 'Hawaii Five-0'.

    Friday, December 12th, 1980: Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor teaming up for one of the most popular films of 1980: 'Stir Crazy', which was produced by Sidney Poitier.

    Saturday, December 13th, 1980: Salvadoran Foreign Minister Jose Napoleon Duarte, who was one of the four members of the governing Junta, was announced to serve as the next President of El Salvador after being selected as the chairman of the Junta. Duarte would be sworn into office on December 22nd.
     
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    • Cabinet Appointments announced
    • Monday, December 15th, 1980
    BREAKING: PRESIDENT-ELECT REAGAN ANNOUNCING MORE CABINET APPOINTMENTS

    President-elect Ronald Reagan announced more additional Cabinet appointments for his incoming administration following consultation with senior officials from the Reagan campaign including former officials from the Nixon, Ford & Rockefeller administrations.

    Among those announced to serve in the Reagan administration:
    *Former SC Governor James B. Edwards (R) was tapped to serve as US Secretary of Energy.
    *Donald Regan tapped to serve as US Secretary of the Treasury.
    *US Rep. David Stockman (R-MI) tapped to serve as OMB Director.
    *RNC Chairman Bill Brock was tapped to serve as US Trade Representative.
    *Malcolm Baldridge, Jr., will serve as US Secretary of Commerce.
    *John R. Block will be serving as US Secretary of Agriculture.
    *United States Senator Richard Schweiker (R-PA) will be serving as US Secretary of Health & Human Services.
    *Samuel Pierce will be serving as US Secretary of Housing & Urban Development.
    *Raymond Donovan will be tapped to serve as US Secretary of Labor.
    *Drew Lewis will be tapped to serve as US Secretary of Transportation.
    *James G. Watt is being tapped to serve as US Secretary of the Interior.
    *Terrel Bell will be serving as US Secretary of Education.
    *William French Smith will be serving as US Attorney General.
    *Jeane Kirkpatrick will be serving as US Ambassador to the United Nations.
    *William J. Casey will be serving as CIA Director.
    *FBI Director William H. Webster, who's been in office since 1978 (appointed by President Jerry Brown) will remain in his current position. President-elect Reagan announced that Webster will be staying.

    Wednesday, December 17th, 1980: Robles inaugurated for 3rd term as Mexican President
    Mexican President General Oscar Robles was inaugurated inside the National Palace in Mexico City for a 3rd term in office. His wife, Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi was in attendance; many of those attending the inaugural festivities were shocked by Arizmendi's gaunt appearance because she looked quite thin. Speculation has been swirling around that her health scare from the Summer of 1979 might be more serious than originally thought & the Mexican military government has been aggressively tight-lipped about Arizmendi's health problems.
     
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    • Fallout from the 1980 Presidential election results
    • What's next for Carter & the Dems ?

    From the moment the 1980 Presidential election was called following weeks of legal fights & drama, political journalists, officials on Capitol Hill & around the country discussed the future of the Democratic Party. Vice President Jimmy Carter, was seen by many, as one of the rising stars of the Democratic Party which began with his vault to the GA Governor's Mansion in an era of the New South Governors which included Dale Bumpers (AR), William Waller (MS), Reubin Askew (FL), Edwin Edwards (LA) in the early 1970s.

    With his zero-based budgeting process techniques, Moderate-to-Conservative charisma, evangelical Christian faith, traditional family values & successful governing track record in GA, Carter was mentioned as one of the saviors of the Democratic following the embarrassing humiliating landslide defeat of George McGovern in 1972 by then-President Richard Nixon; Carter was also seen as someone, who would bring an outsider's perspective with fresh set of ideas to the Nation that someday, would have enough of Nixon's racially-charged divisive dog-whistle politics.

    Following the explosive fallout from the Watergate Scandal & Nixon's resignation in August 1974 followed by the controversial pardon of Nixon by President Gerald Ford caused nationwide backlash against the GOP in the 1974 Midterm elections. Carter finished out his term as GA Governor & began campaigning for the 1976 Democratic Party presidential nomination. He was seen as one of the early front-runners for the nomination & some polling had Carter trouncing Ford in a potential head-to-head matchup.

    Then tragedy struck, in September 1975, when Ford was assassinated in Sacramento & Nelson Rockefeller ascended to the Presidency; However, Rockefeller then announced in late October 1975 that he wasn't seeking election to a full 4-year term in 1976.

    Carter continued his campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1976 while the GOP had an ugly bitter primary battle between Vice President Edward Brooke vs former CA Governor Ronald Reagan, which ultimately abruptlt ended when leaked audio recordings doomed Reagan's campaign.

    Little did Carter realize that another outsider was sucking up all of the oxygen: CA Governor Jerry Brown, who continued gaining momentum & support including from former primary rivals.

    The first loss came in the Summer of 1976 when Brown handily defeated Carter for the Democratic Party presidential nomination following months long primary fight. In order to quickly unite the Democratic Party as going by the same page, Brown immediately tapped Carter as VP which he accepted on the spot. The Democrats emerged victorious & won back the Presidency for the first time since 1964 following a full-scale rotation of three consecutive GOP Presidents within eight years: Nixon (1969-74), Ford (1974-75) & Rockefeller (1975-77). Carter was a dedicated, hardworking & loyal VP under President Brown during 4 years which saw domestic & economic challenges including several explosive foreign policy hot-spots such as the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Nicaraguan Revolution, Civil War between Argentina & Chile, Operation Cowboy following the deadly attack on the Panama Canal & the explosive Saudi Revolution among countless other incidents.

    But he never faded into the background, always plotting another campaign for the Presidency presumably in 1984 after many had assumed Brown wouldn't be seeking reelection. Then, in October 1978 Brown dropped a major political bombshell when he announced he wasn't seeking reelection in 1980. Almost immediately, Carter launched his second campaign for the Presidency less than two months later. However, he had to overcome a bitter, nasty & uglier primary fight with former LA Governor Edwin Edwards, who aggressively gave Carter more headaches & problems. Things escalated during the 1980 DNC Convention in San Juan when Carter delegates got into violent physical brawls & fights with EWE supporters on the convention floor all broadcast on live TV before the entire nation including the entire world. It had gotten so ugly, that law enforcement officers from the San Juan Metropolitan Police Department including PR DPS State Troopers had to be deployed in aggressively breaking up the violent protests. Carter ultimately narrowly won the nomination defeating the Silver Fox from Louisiana, but the damage from the primary battle was pretty much done, damaging Carter's prospects in the November general election.

    Despite aggressively closing what was a 17 percentage point deficit against Reagan & turning the general election into an extremely tight one, Carter again fell short. This time, by 719 votes in IL.

    Meanwhile, Vice President Carter hasn't discussed nor addressed his political future. Personal close confidants of him strongly think he will not seek political office again.
     
    • Jockeying for positioning
    • December 18th, 1980
    SPECULATION: FORMER FIRST LADY HAPPY ROCKEFELLER FOR GOVERNOR OF NY ST? POTENTIAL EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE BEING FORMED
    *Sources in Albany indicate NY St Governor Mario Cuomo (D) is fearful of a matchup with popular former US First Lady.
    *Exploration Committee formed weeks following months of reflection.
    *Polling surveys show Cuomo trailing by 20-25 points in head-to-head match-ups with Mrs. Rockefeller.

    According to the Albany Times Union, former US First Lady Happy Rockefeller (R) had quietly formed an exploratory committee on a possible campaign for the Governorship of NY St in 1982 running against incumbent NY St Governor Mario Cuomo (D), who hasn't revealed his plans on seeking 1st full 4-year term.

    Anonymous sources revealed Cuomo & several loyal insiders are very nervous abiuta potential head-to-head matchup with the popular former US First Lady & former NY St First Lady; Polling surveys showed Mrs. Rockefeller leading between 20-25 percentage points.

    One of the insiders in Albany disputed the potential of Mrs. Rockefeller jumping into the gubernatorial election. "There's no way that the former First Lady of the United States would consider running for statewide office in 1982. We don't know what's going to happen two years from now and whomever the Republicans nominate, Governor Cuomo will beat them because he's got the experience of serving in state government: Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor and Governor."
    Cuomo ascended to the Governorship in Summer 1979 upon the resignation of then-Governor Hugh L. Carey (D), who resigned to serve as US Ambassador to Greece.

    NYC Mayor Ed Koch (D) announced he'll be launching a primary challenge against the incumbent Dem Governor in what many fear might be an ugly rehash of the nasty 1977 NYC Mayoral election, where allegations of dirty politics & smear campaigns escalated between the two rivals.

    United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY St) declared he'll be seeking reelection in 1982. He cautioned that Mrs. Rockefeller should be taken seriously as a potential gubernatorial candidate if she pulls the trigger on seeking the Governorship that her late husband, Nelson Rockefeller held for 14 years from 1959 to 1973 before resigning midway into his 4th term; he later served as the 41st Vice President of the United States from December 19th, 1974 to September 5th, 1975 & ascended to the Presidency upon the assassination of President Gerald Ford on September 5th, 1975; the late Rockefeller served as the 39th President of the United States from September 5th, 1975 to January 20th, 1977 when he chose not to seek election to full 4-year term in 1976. He later served as US Ambassador to Spain under President Jerry Brown from 1977 until his sudden death in May 1979.

    Mrs. Rockefeller is currently traveling across the Empire State & visiting all 62 counties for "Listening Tour of New Yorkers". Sources indicating she'll make a decision sometime around Spring or Summer 1981.
     
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    • National & International Segments (Fall 1980 😎)
    • December 19th, 1980: United States Senator L. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) discussed the upcoming 1981 legislative session in Congress; VA statewide politics & the fallout from the 1980 Presidential election on NBC's 'Meet the Press'.

    December 20th, 1980: Temporary ceasefire lobbying efforts by the United Nations General Assembly is unsuccessful despite diplomatic measures in stopping the ongoing deadly onslaught between Argentina & Chile with the Christmas holidays coming up. Chilean President Major General Gerald Enriquez declares that Chile will win the war no matter how long it takes.

    December 21st, 1980: U-haul trucks are seen parking outside of the Number One Observatory Circle in Washington, DC. Outgoing Vice President Jimmy Carter & his family reportedly will be moving out of the VP Residence around January 15th, 1981 & have their personal belongings & effects take via U-haul trucks to Plains, GA.

    December 22nd, 1980: In his final Christmas holiday address to the nation, outgoing President Jerry Brown delivered a special holiday address from the Oval Office at the White House wishing Americans very safe Merry Christmas.

    December 23rd, 1980: French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing coordinating diplomatic efforts in working with foreign counterparts to resolving the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Reports indicate 37 French Embassy employees were secretly rescued by French Army Special Forces in a top secret military operation.

    December 24th, 1980: Saudi Arabian President General Jamal Al-Fayheed orders a nationwide memorandum which bans all references to the members of the Saudi Royal Family; making it illegal to mentioning their names. Al-Fayheed also announced he intends to serve as President-for-Life indefinitely.

    December 25th, 1980: Christmas Day across the world.

    December 26th, 1980: Panamanian President General Omar Torrijos in an exclusive interview with Panama TV 5, announces that he will issue demands for the incoming Reagan administration with regard to the Panama Canal.

    December 27th, 1980: Populist Colombian President Major General Seymour Quintero, who took power in a military coup d'etat in the Summer of 1977, initiates Operation Macho which critics accuse Quintero of ordering the extermination of political opponents.

    December 28th, 1980: United States Senator Gary Hart (D-CO), fresh off of a narrow reelection victory, is being mentioned as a potential contender for the 1984 Democratic Party presidential nomination. Hart, of course, shoots down such talk of any presidential campaign.

    December 29th, 1980: President Jerry Brown is busy working with Vice President Jimmy Carter, US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, US Defense Secretary Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., & countless others in getting the 59 American hostages out of Iran. (Details of how the Brown administration's efforts will be explained later on in another segment).

    December 30th, 1980: President-elect Ronald Reagan according to close confidants, confirmed he plans on reinstating full diplomatic relations with South Africa & plans on dismantling the Brown administration's Human Rights Watch policy upon taking office on January 20th, 1981. It's among the first of many changes that Reagan plans on doing once he's inaugurated as the 41st President.

    December 31st, 1980: 1980 closes out with exciting fireworks across the world.
     
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    • In the meantime in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 (Fall 1980)
    • Segment Disclaimer: The following segment will be NSFW gruesome, grisly & extremely erotic. Viewer discretion is strongly advised!

    The Secret Escapade
    December 24th, 1980
    11:00 PM
    Somewhere in the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Following the implementation of the executive order issued by Saudi Arabian President General Jamal Al-Fayheed, which banned all references of the Saudi Royal Family including making it illegal for Saudis mentioning the Royals' names. Things began to go in full-scale motion.

    From the perspective of one Saudi Army reservist named Ishmail Kamleene, who was tasked with one secret assignment....

    "I was tasked with securing the body of a young female Royal, who had died three years earlier. I asked General Atias on why can't anyone else do the job. General Atias said, "You're the best person for this secret mission and you'll be successful in accomplishing it. Good luck and make sure the special consigent is safely hidden forever." I saluted General Atias after the meeting and left heading through the hallway.

    After I left the special headquarters, I walked to the vehicle, which was very large and tinted windows. It took about three hours to get there and it was located in a heavily secluded area; I had my wife, Leyla with me in the passenger seat, she had bags of chemicals and special concoctions in order to apply on the special consigent.

    The time was 8:00 PM when Leyla and I arrived inside the secret tunnel (which connected all the way to our secret hideout).

    She stayed inside the vehicle some we were inside the secret tunnel. I walked all the way down toward a large double-door area; struggling with picking the locks, I managed to open the doors and was amazed at the glowing bright lights shining my eyes, where I used my sunglasses to block it.

    I walked closer toward the large area as I walked downstairs toward the glowing area and stopped when I noticed the body of the beautiful special consigent inside the glass container. The late Princess Rahnia was laying inside the glass container; I managed to open the glass container and carefully lifted her out of the glass container, laying Rahnia on a large black stretcher.

    Next, I decided to remove all of her clothes from head to toe, revealing her naked and barefoot. "Rahnia is super beautiful and very sexy. She doesn't need any clothing at all and I will take care of her from now on," as I caressed all over her naked body.

    I noticed something was off about Rahnia's hair. It was a wig, which I slowly removed it altogether. Turned out Rahnia had alopecia and her head was shaved altogether, so that her wigs could fit properly and discovered she had been suffering from uterine cancer.

    Lifting Rahnia's naked body all the way inside the tunnel, where Leyla noticed whom I was carrying, she got out of the vehicle and placed a large blanket on the back seat, where we both carefully placed her inside; Leyla stayed in the backseat as we drove out of the secret dungeon area.

    Upon arriving at our secret hideout in a heavily secluded area in the middle of nowhere: I ran to get a black stretcher, where I carefully placed Rahnia's naked body on the stretcher before I covered her with a large white sheet and wheeled her inside. Leyla cleaned up everything inside the vehicle before locking the vehicle and walked inside with the bags of chemicals and concoctions, locking the doors tightly.

    I personally used an incision scapel knife across the middle of Rahnia's back and slowly removed her entire skin from head to toe, revealing her naked and skinless. Then I removed all of the organs from head to toe; once that was done, I placed the organs into clear plastic boxes and used a power-hose to wash the entire naked skinless body of Rahnia.

    Next, I sewed her up carefully and used an injection with a secret concoction in Rahnia's left shoulder. I lifted her up and placed her into an extra large glass container pool before turning off the lights and locked the door behind me. I went to take a shower with Leyla before we went to bed.

    It was during this time that all of the gases aggressively purged out of Rahnia's naked skinless body inside the extra large glass container pool because it was the only lights inside the pool that had lights shining inside the dark underground dungeon. This continued night long and throughout the evening."
     
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    • Yvonne's Secret Life (IV)
    • Segment Disclaimer: The following segment will be NSFW erotic. Viewer discretion is strongly advised!

    December 25th, 1980
    10:00 PM
    Somewhere in Italy

    Chilean First Lady Yvonne Enriquez had just finished addressing the Chilean people on a radio address discussed the accomplishments of her long international goodwill tour, where she also pledged that Chile will ultimately win the deadly Civil War against Argentina & push out the Argentinians one way or another out of Chilean sovereignty.

    Yvonne had just finished attending a long evening function on Christmas Day in Rome, where she met with the Italian Prime Minister & President of Italy during Courtesy Call meetings respectively earlier in the week. She also met with embassy personnel employees of the Chilean Embassy in Rome, where she addressed them personally in special meeting & spoke before a joint session of the Italian Parliament.

    Following a long packed schedule, Yvonne finally got time to relax for the remainder of the month before moving ahead on the next destinations of her long international goodwill tour: Sweden, Finland, Greece, West Germany, France & Portugal.

    Going back to the late evening HRS of December 25th, Yvonne always had a habit of sneaking out of heavy security inside the heavily secured residence in the outskirts of Rome. The time was 10:00 PM when she found a private secret pathway next to her bedroom, where Yvonne closed the trapdoor behind her & walked all the way through the sound-proof underground secret tunnel & walked all the way to the hideout room, knocking the door.

    It was deposed Crown Prince Basaam who answered the door as he & Yvonne aggressively began kissing each other & ripped off each other's clothes. Both were naked & barefoot when they engaged in another passionate steamy sex escapade once again; screaming & moans let out all night long as the secretive lovers continued having passionate sex repeatedly as Basaam's large penis aggressively penetrated Yvonne's vagina (she was lying on her back on the floor).

    The steamy sex escapade continued as Basaam & Yvonne had sex on the bed while she was lying on her back with her legs spread wide open in the air as she continued moaning loudly inside the sound-prood bedroom as a result of Basaam's large penis stretching Yvonne's vagina very wide. Afterwards, Basaam & Yvonne fell asleep in the large bed throughout the entire evening.

    It was 3:00 AM in the morning of December 26th when Yvonne caressed her large stomach (she was pregnant & wearing super tight corsets to covering up her large stomach while attending public functions) & felt satisfied. These secret escapades was bound to cause more pregnancies at some point due to Yvonne's secretive out of control sex addiction because something had to give one way or another & very soon.

    As nightfall ensued on December 29th, Yvonne secretly gave birth to healthy triplet daughters: Bella, Morayna, & Zekvea inside the large bathroom with Basaam's cousin, Maronha midwifing. Yvonne would remain inside outskirts of Rome for several weeks until January 25th to continue the rest of her long international goodwill tour.
     
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    • Over in the Golden State!
    • December 27th, 1980
    6:37 PM PST
    Carmichael, CA

    United States Senator Peter Jefferson Hayward (D-CA) had just finished an easy reelection to his 1st full 6-year term in the United States Senate winning by 19 points with nearly 57% of the statewide vote despite Dems losing control of the United States Senate & the White House.

    Hayward, aged 68, had served in the United States Army during World War II, Korean War & Vietnam War & also in the CA Army National Guard for more than 41 years retiring with the rank of Major General.

    He married Lorraine Wilkerson in 1933 while he was serving in the US Army & during their 26 years together, became the parents of 5 sons & 3 daughters. Following a quiet divorce, Hayward married Perla De Leon in 1961 & would be the parents of 6 daughters.

    All the while, Hayward was intrigued by getting involved in public service by offering himself to the community. In 1946, Hayward was first elected to the CA State Assembly & was reelected in 1948, 1950 & 1952 before winning election to the CA State Senate in 1954 & was reelected in 1958, where he cosponsored over 59,000 pieces of legislation ranging from infrastructure projects, healthcare services, balancing the budgets, pushing Civil Rights legislation, etc., including multiple accomplishments.

    Hayward was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1960 representing CA's 5th Congressional District & was overwhelmingly reelected in 1962, 1964 & again in 1966 before getting elected Mayor of Sacramento in 1968 & won reelection in 1972 & 1976 serving until 1977 when CA Governor Mervyn Dymally (D) appointed him to fill vacancy on the US Senate seat of then-United States Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA), who resigned to serve as US Ambassador to Great Britain under President Jerry Brown.

    In 1978, Hayward easily won the special election with 73% of the statewide vote carrying all 58 counties & was easily reelected in 1980. He was making plans on seeking reelection in 1986.....

    There was also the unusual odd situation about Hayward's all-female staff in his Senate office in DC & Sacramento.
     
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    • Closing out the Brown administration (Part I)
    • December 28th, 1980
    10:00 AM EST
    Camp David
    Catoctin Mountain Park, MD

    In the closing weeks of the Jerry Brown administration, serious negotiations with Algerian diplomats acting as intermediaries, didn't begin until after Vice President Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 Presidential election. In the weeks that followed of negotiations, although President Jerry Brown readily agreed to most of Iran's demands, the Iranians procrastinated over minor points during the negotiations. These delaying tactics persisted nonstop all the way until the end of Brown's administration, so that the hostages were not actually allowed to fly out of Iran to freedom until January 20th, 1981 when President-elect Ronald Reagan will be inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States.

    Of course, Brown remained focused on pursuing diplomatic solutions including negotiations in order to getting the American hostages out of Iran, exhausting all diplomacy efforts. As 1980 was cominh to a close, foreign policy analysts & experts concluded the Iranians procrastinated repeatedly & determined they were running out the clock on the Brown administration.

    The American people delivered their verdict on the Brown administration's foreign policy decision-making including their handling of the Iranian Hostage Crisis: Voting for Reagan & the GOPers, who would have strong different foreign policy priorities.
     
    • Firetrap 2.0 ?
    • December 29th, 1980: Incoming First Lady Nancy Reagan reportedly might NOT reside in the White House following tour of the Executive Mansion

    Anonymous sources strongly indicating that incoming First Lady Nancy Reagan reportedly might not reside in the White House following her tour of the Executive Residence back on December 8th. According to some insiders, Mrs. Reagan called the Executive Residence "another firetrap" & implying that she & her husband, President-elect Ronald Reagan won't live there until major renovations are concluded.

    Critics referred to Mrs. Reagan's harsh critique as another example going back to when the Reagan's refused to live in the CA Governor's Mansion in Sacramento following four months in 1967, preferring to live in a suburban residence in Carmichael.

    Sources reporting that the Reagan's will likely be residing at Camp David while the White is undergoing major renovations; It's unknown how long these renovations will be taking place.

    December 31st, 1980: Gallup Polling Survey
    The final monthly polling survey finds outgoing President Jerry Brown closing out his Presidency with one of the lowest job approval ratings of any President, 19 percent of Americans approving his job performance overall because of the ongoing Iranian Hostage Crisis, the economy still badly struggling & foreign policy blunders during his administration.
    President Jerry Brown Job Approval:
    Approve: 19%
    Disapprove: 73%

    Coming Up on the Cursed American Presidency:
    Upcoming Segments on the Brown administration winding down plus the following:
    *International Segments
    *Ramifications of what a Reagan presidency will look like on foreign affairs
    *Political Ramifications across the United States on Reagan's victory
    *What are the future plans of outgoing President Jerry Brown
    *97th Congress convening with changed political landscape
    *Confirming Reagan's EC victory by Congresa
    *Farewell Address from President Jerry Brown (I'll keep you guessing on where he'll deliver his Farewell Address. Hint: It will NOT be in DC).
     
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    • Foreign Policy Priorities of the incoming Reagan administration & International Outlook
    • Foreign Policy Priorities & the international ramifications of Reagan's election
    From the moment that the 1980 US Presidential election was finally called in favor of former CA Governor Ronald Reagan (R), there was reaction on what a Reagan presidency would be looking like in terms of foreign policy & international affairs. Reaction from Moscow was that of hesitation & nervousness considering that Reagan during the campaign trail, referred to the Soviet Union as the "Evil Empire" & also pledged to combat communist influence across the entire world. When asked about Reagan's election, Argentine President Isabel Peron replied "We'll have to wait and see what Mr. Reagan plans on doing with regard to US-Argentinian relations. Let's hope the ongoing military operation that's currently ongoing doesn't disrupt diplomatic relations between Washington and Buenos Aires." Insiders from the Casa Rosada believe that the incoming Reagan administration plans on pursuing an aggressive hardline approach against Argentina & siding with Chile in the Civil War between Argentina & Chile; Egyptian President Anwar Sadat & Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin both strongly expect President-elect Reagan to continue the Camp David Accords Treaty between Egypt & Israel; British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt & others congratulated President-elect Reagan on his victory & pledged working with the incoming Reagan administration in continuing deepening diplomatic relations with their resepective countries.

    South African State President Marais Viljoen spoke with senior members of the Reagan campaign's foreign policy team & strongly anticipates that diplomatic relations between the US & South Africa will be fully restored. While Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo, Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, Indonesian President Suharto, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew, Singaporean President Benjamin Sheares, Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda, Indian President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, King Birendra of Nepal, Pakistani President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, King Hussein of Jordan, Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvailier, Brazilian President Joao Figueiredo, Chilean President Major General Gerald Enriquez, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Saudi President General Jamal Al-Fayheed & countless others also offered their respective congratulations to the incoming Reagan administration.
     
    • Changed Political Landscape in the US
    • January 3rd, 1981: Convening of the 97th Congress begins
    On January 3rd, 1981, the Congress of the United States changed into a different political landscape. While the Democratic Party kept control of their majority in the US House of Representatives, the Republican Party controlled the United States Senate for the first time since 1953, ending 26 years of Democratic control. This means that the US federal government will have divided government for the first time since the Rockefeller administration.

    Congressional Leadership:
    Senate President: Jimmy Carter (D-GA)     until January 20th; George HW Bush (R-TX) beginning January 20th.
    Senate Majority Leader:     Howard Baker (R-TN)
    Senate Majority Whip: Ted Stevens (R-AK)
    Senate Minority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-WV)
    Senate Minority Whip: Russell B. Long (D-LA)

    Speaker of the House: Tip O'Neill (D-MA)
    House Majority Leader: Jim Wright (D-TX)
    House Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
    House Minority Whip: Trent Lott (R-MS)


    Congressional leadership changed as follows: Russell B. Long (D-LA) replaced Alan Cranston as Majority Whip back in the Summer of 1977 following his confirmation as US Ambassador to Great Britain; Long easily won reelection in 1980. House GOPers elevated Robert Michel (R-IL) as Minority Leader & Trent Lott (R-MS) as Minority Whip.

    January 5th, 1981: President-elect Ronald Reagan meets with Mexican President General Oscar Robles in Ciudad Juarez. This wasn't the first time Reagan & Robles met face-to-face; during Reagan's second term as CA Governor, the two met back in May 1973 during Robles' working visit to the United States in Sacramento.

    January 6th, 1981: Reagan's Electoral College Victory officially confirmed
    Required under the Electoral Count Act, Congress met to counting & certifyng the Electoral College votes. Due to the closeness of the 1980 Presidential election, the event was more in the public spotlight than usual due to some anger from those in Congress, who felt that there was illegal activity happening in several of the swing states. Outgoing Vice President Jimmy Carter presided over the ceremony & announced the results. Reagan won the Electoral College: 291-252.

    January 15th, 1981: President Jerry Brown delivers Farewell Address from Sacramento
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    President Jerry Brown delivering his Farewell Address before Joint Session of the CA State Legislature inside the CA State Assembly Chambers of the CA State Capitol in downtown Sacramento, CA.

    In a not-so surprising twist, outgoing President Jerry Brown delivered his Farewell Address before a friendly crowd: preferably the Joint Session of the CA State Legislature inside the CA State Assembly chambers of the CA State Capitol in Sacramento, CA.

    President Jerry Brown: "Good evening my fellow Americans.

    In just about five days, I will be laying down my official responsibilities as the 40th President of the United States, to take up once again, the only title in our democracy more superior to that of President, the title of citizen.

    Of Vice President Carter, my Cabinet and the hundreds of others who have served with me during these last 4 years, I want to say now publicly what I have said in private: I thank them for the dedication and competence they've brought to the service of our country. But I owe my deepest thanks to you, to the American people, because you gave this extraordinary opportunity to serve.

    We've faced great challenges together, and we know that future problems will also be very difficult. But I'm now more convinced than ever that the United States, better than any other country, can meet successfully whatever the future might bring. These last 4 years have made me more certain than ever of the inner strength of our country, the unchanging value of our principles and ideals, the stability of our political system, the ingenuity and the decency of our people.

    Tonight, I would like first to say a few words about this most special office, the Presidency of the United States. This is at once the most powerful office in the world and among the most severely constrained by law and custom. The President is given a broad responsibility to lead but cannot do so without the support and consent of the people, expressed formally through the Congress and informally in many ways through a whole range of public and private institutions. This is as it should be.

    Within our system of government every American has a right and a duty to help shape the future course of the United States. Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society. Now, as in the past, only the understanding and involvement of the people through full and open debate can help to avoid serious mistakes and assure the continued dignity and safety of the Nation.

    Today we are asking our political system to do things of which the Founding Fathers never dreamed of. The government they designed for a few hundred thousand people now serves a nation of almost 230 million people. Their small coastal republic now spans beyond a continent, and we also now have the responsibility to help lead much of the world through difficult times to a secure and prosperous future.

    Today, as people have become ever more doubtful of the ability of the Government to deal with our problems, we are increasingly drawn to single-issue groups and special interests organizations to ensuring that whatever else happens, our own personal views and our own private interests are protected. This is a disturbing factor in American political life. It tends to distort our purposes, because the national interest is not always the sum of all our single or special interests. We are all Americans together, and we must not forget that the common good is our common interest and our individual responsibility.

    Because of the fragmented pressures of these special interests, it's very important that the office of the President is a strong one and that its constitutional authority be preserved. The President is the only elected official charged with the primary responsibility of representing all the people. In the moments of decision, after the different and conflicting views have all been aired, it's the President who then must speak to the Nation and for the Nation.

    I understand after 4 years in this office, as few others can, how formidable is the task that President-elect Ronald Reagan is about to undertake, and to the very limits of conscience and conviction, I pledge to support him in that task. I wish him success, and Godspeed.

    I know from experience that Presidents have to face major issues that are controversial, broad in scope, and which do not arouse the natural support of a political majority. For a few minutes now, I want to lay aside my role as leader of one nation, and speak to you as a fellow citizen of the world about three specific issues, three tough, difficult issues: the threat of nuclear destruction, our stewardship of the physical resources of our planet, and the preeminence of the basic rights of human beings.

    It has been 35 years since since the first atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, Japan. The great majority of the world's people cannot remember a time when the nuclear shadow didn't hang over the Earth. Our minds have adjusted to it, as after a time our eyes adjust to the dark. Yet the risk of nuclear conflagration hasn't lessened nor been reduced. It hasn't even happened yet, thank God, but that can give us little comfort, for it only has to happen just once.

    Now the danger is becoming much greater and serious. As the arsenals of the superpowers grow in size and sophistication and as other governments, perhaps even in the future dozens of governments, begin to acquiring these weapons, it may only be a matter of time before madness, desperation, greed or miscalculation lets loose this terrible force with deadly ramifications.

    As the result of an all-out potential nuclear war, which will be more destructive and deadlier than World War II, would become unleashed every second during the long afternoon it would take for all of the missiles and bombs to fall. A potential nuclear war would result in more World War II's every minute and every second: which will result in the deaths of more people killed within the first few hours than in all of the previous wars combined. The survivors, if there are any, would be living in despair amid the poisoned ruins of an entire world civilization that had committed suicide.

    National weakness, real or perceived, can tempt aggression and cause war, death and mayhem. This is why the United States can never neglect its military strength. We must and we will remain strong. But with equal determination, the United States and all countries must find ways and to reduce the horrifying danger that is poised by the enormous world stockpiles of nuclear arms.

    This has been a serious concern of every American President since the moment we saw what these weapons could do. Our leaders will require our understanding and our support as they grapple with this difficult but crucial challenge. There is no disagreement on the goals or the basic approach to controlling this enormous destructive force. The answer lies not just in the attitudes or the actions of world leaders but in the concern and the demands of all of us as we continue our struggle to preserving the peace.

    There are real and growing dangers to our simple and our most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us. The rapid depletion of irreplaceable minerals, the erosion of topsoil, the destruction of beauty, the blight of pollution, the demands of increasing billions of people, all of which combining to creating problems which are easy to observing and predicting, but difficult to resolve. If we don't act and take immediate action, the world by the year 2000, will be much less able to sustain life than it is right now.

    However, there's no reason of despair. Because by acknowledging the physical realities of our planet doesn't mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is the first step in dealing with them. We can meet the resource problems of the world: water, food, minerals, farmlands, forests, overpopulation, pollution if we tackle them with courage and the foresight.

    It's equally important that we all remember the beneficial forces that we have evolved over the ages and how to hold fast to them. One of those constructive forces is the enhancement of individual human freedoms through the strengthening of democracy and the fight against deprivation, torture, terrorism, and the persecution of people throughout the world. The struggle for human rights overrides all differences of color or nation or language. Those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity, and who suffer for the sake of justice, they are the patriots of this cause.

    America didn't invent human rights. In a very real sense, it's the other way around. Human rights invented America. Ours was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded explicitly on such an idea. Our social and political progress has been based on one fundamental principle: the value and importance of the individual. The fundamental force that unites us is not kinship or place of origin or religious preference. The love of liberty is the common blood that is flowing through inside our great American veins in all 51 states.

    The battle for human rights, at home and abroad, is far from over. Not by a long shot! We should never be surprised nor discouraged, because the impact of our efforts has had and will always have varied results. Rather, we should take pride that the ideals which birth gave to our Nation still inspire the hopes of oppressed people around the world. We have no cause for self-righteousness or complacency, but we have every reason to preserve, both within our country and beyond our borders.

    If we are to serve as a beacon for human rights, we must continue to perfect here at home the rights and the values which we espouse around the world: a decent education for our children, adequate medical care for all Americans, an end to discrimination against minorities and women, a job for all those able to work, and freedom from injustice and religious intolerance.

    I want everyone watching tonight to remember these words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

    During the next few days, I will be working hard in ensuring and making sure that the transition from myself to President-elect Reagan is a smooth and successful one, that the American people are served well. And I will continue, as I have over the last 14 months , to working hard and to pray for the lives and the well-being of the American hostages held in Iran. I cannot predict yet what will happen, but I hope you will join Linda and I in our constant prayers for their freedom.

    As I return to the great state of California, where I was born and raised, I am looking forward to the opportunity to reflecting and further to asses, I hope with accuracy, the circumstances of our times. I intend to give our new President my support, and I intend to work as a citizen, as I've worked here in this office as President, for the values this Nation was founded to secure.

    Once again, from the bottom of my heart, I want to express to all of you the gratitude I feel. Thank you once again, my fellow Americans and I bid you farewell!"

    President Brown hasn't announced any details on his upcoming retirement plans. He will be heading back to Sacramento, CA, though the Brown's also bought a home outside of Carmichael, CA. Some Brown confidants told the press that he & Linda will be planning on permanently moving to Carmichael later this year. Upon leaving office, Brown will be one of just two living former Presidents following Richard Nixon (1969-1974).

    January 19th, 1981: President Brown approves continuation of economic sanctions against Turkey for the Cyrus Conflict; tightens Iran sanctions & gives green-light to additional diplomacy mediation in resolving Civil War conflict between Argentina & Chile

    24 HRS before the end of his presidency, President Jerry Brown signed final round of presidential memorandums concering American foreign policy. The first & most significant decree was the continuation of economic sanctions against Turkey, who is a NATO allied country. Under the memorandum, several number of Turkish government officials including senior officials of the Turkish Armed Forces, many of whom remain on the blacklist & military & economic aid to Turkey remains frozen. Following the controversial occupation of Northern Cyprus in 1974, US-Turkey relations began to sour quickly following strong protests from the Ford & Rockefeller administrations. It got much worse during the Brown administration's 4 years in office. President Rockefeller sanctioned individuals related to the move & froze certain US military aid. Since then, each 6 months, the decree was renewed. The last renewal as about to expire on January 20th & a final effort by outgoing US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance didn't produce any immediate results. Subsequently, Brown had to decide whether to continue economic sanctions or let them go by the wayside. During the 1980 campaign, both Reagan & Carter proposed new diplomatic efforts, but also pledged to continue sanctioning Turkey if the Turkish continued occupying Northern Cyprus. It's not clear what Reagan would do, but incoming US Secretary of State Alexander Haig has expressed support of Brown's policies regarding Turkey.

    With ongoing tensions with Iran, President Brown expanded sanctions against the Iranian islamist government, putting organizations delivering goods to Iran except for food & medical equipment, The ongoing conflict with Iran & ongoing hostilities between Iran & Iraq is one of the most critical foreign policy issues that President-elect Reagan will inherit on the international state including the uncertainty of the American hostages in Iran.

    Finally, the 40th President approved additional diplomatic measures in attempts of resolving the nearly three-year Civil War conflict between South American neighbors Argentina & Chile which has been ongoing since the Argentinians launched the deadly invasion of Chile on May 16th, 1978. Buenos Aires expressed cautious optimism that diplomacy will end this conflict. But President-elect Reagan has strongly expressed more hesitation with regard to Argentina & has strongly denounced the government of Argentine President Isabel Peron & many foreign policy observers expect among many of the big departures from Brown's foreign policy here.

    On the final day in office, President Brown issued more than 673 pardons to various individuals.


    Washington, DC preparing for Inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 41st President of the United States

    Final preparations were finally finished on January 19th, 1981, for the upcoming inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 41st President of the United States. President-elect Reagan & Vice President-elect Bush attended a traditional church service that day & visited the gravesite of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. Reagan & his wife, Nancy Reagan spent the evening inside the Blair House, where they resided since January 17th. In the meantime, thousands of spectators began to arrive in DC as they prepared to attend the inauguration of America's 41st Chief Executive.
     
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    • Epilogue on Chapter XIII: Reflection of the Jerry Brown Administration (1977-1981)
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    Epilogue on Chapter XIII: Reflecting on the Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr., Administration
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    President Jerry Brown holding press briefing in Sacramento, CA: December 1980.


    1981 finally arrived, signaling the end of the 'Chaotic 4 Years' of the Jerry Brown administration. The Chaotic 4 Years (1977-1981) as many would call it, had damn good reason for referring to the later part of the 70s as what many strongly viewed it: Chaotic.

    Television had some good points too: ABC debuted the American mystery TV series, 'Hart to Hart' starring Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers on August 25th, 1979. Other good breaking shows such as 'All in the Family', 'MASH', 'Saturday Night Live' including 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' & 'Sesame Street' each served as powerful beacons not only for the children but for the adults, who watched 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' & 'Sesame Street'. While American mystery procedural dramas like 'Quincy, M.E.' & 'Magnum P.I.' continued becoming more popular amongst the American people as well as the international front as well.

    On the political front & economic side, the 70s was viewed quite poorly all throughout. Then-President Richard Nixon led them into the decade all right with his foreign policy smooth genius moves such as visiting PRC & the Soviet Union in 1972 which many view as one of the successful foreign policy achievements of his administration & his massive landslide victory over the overrated United States Senator George McGovern (D-SD) seemingly marked the end of progressive dominance over the time. However, Watergate quickly engulfed Nixon's second term & forced his resignation less than two years later on August 9th, 1974. His successor, Gerald Rudolph Ford, whom many felt was the hapless stooge but a nice guy, pardoned Nixon less than a month after ascending to the presidency as America's 38th Chief Executive which caused strong vicious backlash against the GOP in the 1974 Midterms. Suddenly, on September 5th, 1975, tragedy struck when Squeaky Fromme opened fire at President Ford while he was greeting crowd of spectators on the grounds of the CA State Capitol in Sacramento, CA: Ford was assassinated & Nelson Rockefeller ascended to the presidency as America's 39th Chief Executive.

    Rockefeller immediately dismantled all of the Detente Policies of the Nixon & Ford administration & aggressively cleaned house by removing half of the Ford holdovers such as Dick Cheney & Don Rumsfeld for example. He also controversial gave the green-light of supporting a controversial CIA-backed military coup attempt in overthrowing Argentine President Isabel Peron in the botched 1976 military coup attempt which backfired following five months of deadly conflict inside Argentina, which the Peronist government emerged victorious & emboldened by wreaking havoc on those who opposed La Presidente: Videla & Massera were killed; Viola, Galtieri & Bignone were imprisoned. Despite several foreign policy controversies, Rockefeller remained a very popular President leaving office on January 20th, 1977 with a 67 percent approval rating. Rockefeller chose not to seek a first full 4-year term in 1976 due to health reasons. He would go onto serve as US Ambassador to Spain under his successor, President Jerry Brown until his mysterious death in May 1979 for reasons as of today are still unknown.

    Despite not winning the popular vote but winning the electoral college in 1976 defeating Vice President Edward Brooke, then-CA Governor Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr., narrowly won the Presidency despite many Americans being quite suspicious of a 1st-term US State Governor leaving in the middle of their 1st term by becoming President (which annoyed many Californians). Upon his inauguration as the 40th President on January 20th, 1977 & making history as one of the youngest Presidents in American history at the age of 38, Brown was facing high expectations since he was the first Democrat to win the White House since LBJ in 1964.

    It was also during his first year in office, that Brown married his girlfriend, Linda Ronstadt in a special White House ceremony on live television before millions of Americans & across the world, who called it "Wedding of the Year: 1977". Brown also signed the Puerto Rico Statehood Act of 1977 into law & the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was officially admitted to the Union as the 51st state of the United States, one of the most popular hallmarks of the Brown administration.

    It was also when Congress secretly passed legislation called The Federal Government Stability Act of 1977 which eliminated term limits on the Presidency in May 1977, which President Brown quietly signed into law without much fanfare.


    Suddenly, domestic challenges especially the Inflation Crisis, Energy Crisis including several foreign policy disastrous hot-spots such as Panama, Nicaragua, Iran, Colombia & Saudi Arabia shocked the Democrats, causing them to stumble. Their great fall from grace was caused by Brown's political & foreign policy blunders. Jerry Brown was elected in the desperate hope of many to bringing back the Good Ole Days of JFK & LBJ, in other words: Brown was given high expectations of continuing the legacies of Kennedy & Johnson. Yet, that myth "New Spirit of America" would soon & quickly fade under the weight of reality & from his administration's decision-making including aggressive micro-managing which annoyed many in Congress & everyone else across the country. The economic reforms which was called Brownomics, would prove insufficient & disastrous with massive rise of stagflation & seemed to further alienate Middle America, who never liked Brown in the first place. What also didn't help were these haunting words of Brown's inaugural address, which not only loomed over his administration, but the Dems as well:

    "We are in an Era of Limits and we all better get used to it!"

    This sent a loud message to liberals & progressives of his party that there would be no more free handouts or anything in the Era of Limits. It also angered many liberals that none of the major domestic programs would get approved in Congress despite the Democratic Party having supermajorities in both the US House of Representatives & United States Senate during Brown's 4 years in office. What also was an irritant was President Brown signing into law, the Consenting Adults Act of 1977, which banned homosexual & lesbian behavior between adults. He also signed Protect American Family Values Act of 1977, which banned LGBTQ people from receiving civil marriage licenses. These moves angered many in the LGBTQ community & many of whom not only pointed their anger not only at President Brown, but at Vice President Jimmy Carter including several conservative Dems in the United States Senate.

    There was also anger & disappointment from many in the Civil Rights Movement with the Brown administration's reluctance of supporting the creation of a federal holiday honoring the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., due to strong opposition from conservatives in both the US House of Representatives & United States Senate especially the super staunch conservative Southern Democrats. Despite the Dems keeping both the House & Senate in the 1978 Midterms, Brown announced he wasn't going to be seeking reelection as President in 1980 which shocked the nation, but wasn't a surprise considering his approval ratings plunged downward. It opened the door for Vice President Carter to become the Democratic Party nominee for President at last, but not without difficulty & straining problems from the likes of former LA Governor Edwin Edwards (more on him later in the TL).

    Given how many Americans were in tough economic times, which was influenced & worsened by some of his decisions on foreign policy (Iran, Panama, Nicaragua, etc.,), it left a large growing fire of anger, resentment & bitterness at President Brown. Much of the hostility was also coming from the international front: when Brown controversially announced he was supporting Argentina's right of controlling the Falklands, this angered then-British Prime Minister James Callaghan, who on a hot mic during a speech to the House of Commons, called Brown "a fucking dumbass son of a bitch" on live TV. Then-Korean President Park Chung-hee also disparaged Brown too, when he learned of Brown's controversial plan of reducing supporting military nuclear troops out of Korea & other countries. It caused deep hostility between the two Heads of State, leading US Defense Secretary Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., doing political gymnastics in repairing the strained ties between Washington DC & Seoul when he visited Park during face-to-face bilateral meeting in 1977. Eventually, US-ROK relations improved & because of strong conservative pressure from the likes of United States Senators Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), Russell B. Long (D-LA), etc., Brown increased the number of military nuclear troops in Korea to 71,000+; Brown also maintained close diplomatic relations with Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, France; he also carefully repaired strained ties with Thailand due to the backlash over the Ford administration's controversial handling of the Mayaguez Incident of 1975.


    However, Brown still had his defenders & did still have some prominent good bits with him. His controversial but successful Detente Policy by reinstating full diplomatic relations with Cuba including a full red-carpet State Visit with Cuban President Fidel Castro was seen as a foreign policy success, but it angered many in the Cuban American community, who aggressively used their political influence by voting out many of those "Uppity Brown Democrats" in the 1978 Midterms & eventually the 1980 elections. President Brown also hosted both Egyptian President Anwar Sadat & Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David, where they stayed for nearly three weeks before the three leaders arrvied at the White House via Marine One & signed the Camp David Peace Accords, which is one of the most popular & successful foreign policy achievements of the Brown Presidency. He engineered the safe & peaceful rescue of then-Panamanian President William Alvarez & his family out of Panama & negotiated with the Vatican of ensuring the Alvarezes safe passage into Italy. Brown also had close personal friendships with Mexican President General Oscar Robles, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Liberian President William Tolbert, Jr., Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew, King Bhumidol Adulayeh of Thailand, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Taiwanese Presidents Yen Chia-kan & Chiang Ching-kuo, Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley among countless others.

    Despite many of these accomplishments on international affairs & foreign policy, crtics of the Brown administration would rightfully pointed at several key areas for Brown's obvious lack of plans: the Panama Canal Crisis when Torrijos launched a deadly attack on the Canal that briefly resulted in Brown deploying American military troops in securing the Canal (which was rebuilt); then came the Nicaraguan Revolution which ousted the Somoza family after 40+ years in power; Another key foreign policy debacle was the Civil War in South America which Argentina took advantage of the international chaos by launching a sinister deadly invasion of Chile on May 16th, 1978 which resulted in the deaths of over 73,000+ & possibly more Chileans. There was also the controvesy surrounding the shocking assassination of Chilean President Captain General Augusto Pinochet in Summer 1979 which many suspected the Peronist government to have been involved & as of this day, it's unknown who ordered the assassination, but experts strongly believe it's likely that the controversial Jose Lopez Rega & several cohorts of the Secret Task Force including Triple A for being involved in the Pinochet assassination.

    Then came the most significant foreign policy tests: Colombia fell to a populist leftist military coup d'etat in the Summer of 1977 which resulted in Army Major General Seymour Quintero taking over the Presidency & establishing a leftist dictatorship. Quintero's aggressive attacks on the Brown administration's foreign policy would result in future leftist leaders dominating Latin America in the future such as Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Evo Morales of Bolivia, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, & most of all Nestor & Cristina Kirchner of Argentina, all of whom taunted the US on foreign policy in later decades to come as they would became nagging headaches for future US Presidential administrations going forward.

    On January 16th, 1979, the Iranian Revolution exploded which caused the downfall of the Shah & resulted in the Islamists led by Ayatollah Khomeini taking over the Iranian government. The Iranian Hostage Crisis exploded not too long afterwards. As if Iran was giving the Brown administration headaches, then came Saudi Arabia when the Saudi Royal Family was overthrown in a military coup d'etat led by General Jamal Al-Fayheed, who quickly abolished the Royal Family & banned them from ever coming back to the country; plus Al-Fayheed was inaugurated as the Saudi Arabia's first President.

    Beyond the constant & multiple growing foreign policy challenges facing the Brown administration, many people began to wonder if America would've been better off if Ford hadn't been assassinated. Hell, many strongly felt Rockefeller would've prevented majority of this mess if he hadn't abruptly retired. This was not a good look for the Democratic Party as they held the trifecta (White House, US House of Representatives & United States Senate) & that meant lots of heavy scrutiny. When people were asked of their opinions of the Brown administration's policies overall: they painted obvious unpleasant collective viewpoints of what was called "The Chaotic 4 Years": massive economic troubles, aggresive micromanaging, foreign policy blunders & various negative actions such as the Panama Canal Crisis, Civil War between Argentina & Chile, Iranian Revolution & Iranian Hostage Crisis. These crises caused lots of heavy burdens for Vice President Carter to carry going into the 1980 Presidential election & despite delicate balancing attempts to distancing himself from Brown, the GOP wasn't going to let Carter get away with it. They were going to tie everything over the past 4 years around "That Peanut Farmer's Neck".


    Unsurprisingly, this was a huge & massive opportunity for the GOP. Beyond seeing their crippled foe's approval ratings plunging into the teens, the staunch neo-conservatives & evangelical Christians were determined to taking back America by any means necessary in 1980 & leading the GOP into the White House was former CA Governor Ronald Reagan, who narrowly won the White House following a hard-fought election & Reagan's coattails helped the GOP regain control of the United States Senate by flipping 12 US Senate seats in AL, AK, FL, GA, NC, NH, SD, IA, WI, IN, AK, ID, WA St. GOP also flipped three Governorships in ND, MO & WA St on the coattails of Reagan. For many inside the GOP, it was time for payback after 4 years of the chaotic Brown administration & they were determined & hell-bent on reshaping American politics to a more staunchly conservative direction for decades to come.

    Brown was persona non-grata after leaving the White House on January 20th, 1981 with the worst job approval rating of any outgoing US President: 19 percent of Americans approving his job performance. In 1982, Brown attempted a political comeback & got trounced by then-San Diego Mayor (later CA Governor) Pete Wilson in the 1982 CA US Senate election, which all but doomed Brown's political career.

    Sometime around 1984, Jerry & Linda quietly divorced & went their separate ways although both remain closed friends as of this day.

    Afterwards, he was in political exile for several years before being tapped to serve as chairman of the CA Democratic Party from 1989 to 1991 before abruptly resigning when he briefly ran for the United States Senate in 1992 to replace the retiring United States Senator Wilson Riles (D-CA), before abandoning that Senate campaign by making an unsuccessful comeback attempt for the Presidency in 1992: losing to then 6-term AR Governor Bill Clinton for the Democratic Party presidential nomination (which got uglier & nasty between them due to personal attacks) & Brown faded temporarily but not before making one of the miraclous comebacks: winning election as Mayor of Oakland in 1998 & winning reelection in 2002, both in landslide victories; It was during this time, Brown married for the second time, when he married Anne Gust in 2005 during a special ceremony officiated by United States Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Gust-Brown served as First Lady of Oakland from 2005 to 2007 & she would become a key major political partner in shaping Jerry's political comeback in statewide office when he decided to run for CA State Attorney General.

    In 2006, Brown won statewide office again, this time getting easily elected as CA State Attorney General in a resounding landslide victory due to the Blue Wave of 2006 & his popularity as the Golden State's Chief Law Enforcement Officer among Californians greatly improved & then suddenly, explosive scandals engulfed CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's second term in Sacramento once allegations came out of Schwarzenegger's sexual infidelities with one of his housemaids resulted in her getting pregnant & giving birth to a son. The explosive allegations & the usage of campaign funds in keeping the secret families a secret angered many Californians, who signed petitions in forcing a recall election which was ultimately successful in the Fall of 2007: forcing Schwarzenegger out of the Governorship & in return, Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr., completed one of the most miraclous political comebacks of anyone: winning back the Governorship in a recall election with 58%, being inaugurated as the Golden State's 40th Governor on October 15th, 2007 inside the CA State Capitol Building Rotunda in Sacramento. He would go onto to winning reelection in 2010 defeating Meg Whitman (R) by double digits (53% to 40%) overcoming the massive financial advertising of Whitman's mega billions including overcoming the national Tea Party Wave of 2010 & was easily reelected again to a historic 4th term in 2014 defeating Neel Kashari (R) in a landslide victory (59% to 40%), serving a total of 13 years in the CA Governor's Mansion as the longest-serving Governor in CA history leaving office with a resounding 73 percent approval rating when he left office on January 7th, 2019.

    Coming Soon in the Cursed American Presidency: Chapter XIV begins 😎
     
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    • Chapter XIV: Final Moments of the Brown Presidency
    • Chapter XIV: The Final Snub of the Jerry Brown Administration by Iran
    Tuesday, January 20th, 1981
    White House
    Washington, DC
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    President Jerry Brown inside the Oval Office working on getting the American hostages released out of Iran.

    It was Sunday, January 18th, 1981 when President Jerry Brown came back to the White House from "three-day working weekend" at Camp David in Frederick County, MD. Despite taking some breaks, he remained holed up inside the Oval Office until just 17 minutes before the Reagan's arrived to begin the inaugural festivities. This was every single force within the entire federal government remained in Brown's control, who was determined to accomplish this last final diplomatic mission in getting the American hostages out of Iran & there was hope that this diplomatic plan would be successful.

    Brown talked to personnel at the US Military Hospital in Wiesbaden, West Germany, where the hostages would be staying for several days before "re-entering" into the US. The outgoing 40th President of the United States was hoping that he would personally be greeting them before his 4 years in office would end.

    All of sudden, then came a series of nerve-wracking crises which slowed down the process. Lloyd Cutler, one of the White House lawyers, told the President about the delay of transferring of financial assets-the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, didn't have their part of the money (Go figure). Fortunately by any luck, funds had been shifted among the reserve banks & the problem was quickly solved. Another difficultly arose around the time zone differences between Washington, DC & Tehran; As a result of the escalating Iran-Iraq War, there were blackouts of airport lights & it meant once it got dark in Iran (9:30 AM EST Washington DC), even if the deal had been sealed & completed, the Algerian pilots weren't allowed to take off until dawn.

    Joining President Brown in working on getting the American hostages released: Vice President Jimmy Carter, US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, US Defense Secretary Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., White House Chief of Staff Gray Davis including at least three of the White House lawyers & others worked non-stop inside the Oval Office throughout the entire weekend including on Monday.

    President Brown ordered for blankets from the White House steward; he & Cutler each stretched out on a couch to get some sleep while waiting for news from the diplomatic negotiations which had been ongoing non-stop. Word had reached the planes carrying the 59+ American hostages were on the airport runways in Tehran & the hostages were being taken to the vicinity of the Tehran International Airport; the Algerians also agreed to depart after dark if it was necessary. "We've got a deal gentlemen!" President Brown said beaming which resulted in someone bringing out the champagne & popped one of the bottles.......It might've been too much for early celebrations knowing how the Iranian Islamic government was going to use delaying tactics in their way to snubbing the Brown administration once more.

    At 4:44 AM EST, President Brown came before the cameras to announce with the help of the Algerian government, the United States & Iran had reached an agreement. But implementation steps needed to settled inside the agreement first & then the 59+ American hostages would be free.

    Once again, the Iranians used more delaying tactics when the Algerian government notified the Brown White House that Iranian banking officials refused to agree with the accountability terms of the banking agreements: they wouldn't cooperate period. So, the planes had to return to their standby position. HRS continued passing by & there wasn't any additional information if any of the specific problems had been resolved.

    Worried that the negotiation process could disintegrate before the end of his administration, Brown spoke with US Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who was in communication with Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Seddik Benyahia. Brown specifically told Chrisopther that he needed to warn the Algerian government that the Brown presidency would end Tuesday afternoon at 12:00 PM EST, Noon. "After that, neither Christopher nor I could speak for the United States government, and the entire negotiation process might have to happen with the incoming Reagan administration."

    Fast forward to the wee HRS of Tuesday, January 20th, 1981: there was some good news developments: the money processes was almost completed through proper channels; At 6:35 AM, Christopher sent a message "All escrows were signed at 6:18. The Bank of England has certified they're holding $7.97 billion, the corrected amount." Now the Bank of England was to send notification to Algiers by either telegram or telephone, which would also notify the Iranian government. At 7:29 AM, with messages coming in non-stop, outgoing First Lady Linda Ronstadt-Brown brought her husband a razor & told him, "Jerry, you need to shave immediately." The White House barber was with Linda as he gave Jerry a haircut & a clean, thorough shave before the inauguration ceremonies would begin. While Linda was leaving the Oval Office to go back upstairs, Jerry answered one more telephone call & yelled out for everyone inside the Oval Office to hear: "Flight 133 is loaded and ready for take-off!" Once again, there was cheers & hugs.

    Not before more lingering delays.....

    Brown lingered inside the Oval Office. There wasn't any official word that came to confirm if the 59+ American hostages had officially left the ground in Tehran. By 9:45 AM EST, Christopher called one last time & told President Brown "Mr. President, I've gotten word that takeoff will be happening at Noon, but as a security measure, the Iranian government officials didn't want word released until all of the hostages were out of Iranian airspace." "The United States would comply," said President Brown.

    After putting on his morning business suit on inside his private adjacent office, Brown signed several last pardons & commutations. With each signature, he grew more grateful for the American people, who had placed him in this powerful office. He was considered one of the most outspoken, blunt-talking, honest & realistic Presidents in American history. Not bad for Pat Brown's son. Not bad for a boy from the Bay Area.

    Once he told everyone "Thank you all very much for all of your hardworking efforts and special thanks for serving our great Nation for the past 4 years." Brown capped his pen & rose from the Resolute Desk. Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr., looked again inside the Oval Office for the final time, knowing it was time to go.

    As Jerry neared the door which would take him along the walkway, beside the Rose Garden & to the Residence. Upstairs in the private Residence on the 3rd floor, Linda had just got out of the shower in the bathroom naked & barefoot, walking to the closet & picking out one of the attire outfits to get dressed for the Inauguration of Jerry's successor, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the man responsible for defeating his father in 1966 for the California Governor's Mansion in a massive landslide. Jerry & Linda were expected to welcome Ronald & Nancy Reagan in less than an HR.

    So Jerry turned & looked once more at the Oval Office, closing his eyes & breathing in deeply-inhaling 4 years of constant political infighting, budget negotiation battles, bill signings, television addresses, & all of the rest, then slowly exhaling. They weren't his problems anymore. He was about to be a former President & then closed to door right behind him.

    After 4 difficult years, he was leaving with dreadful approval ratings with just 19 percent of Americans approving his job performance because of the administration's handling of the ongoing Iranian Hostage Crisis & other foreign policy blunders.
     
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    • Morning in America: The Inauguration of Ronald Reagan (41st President of the United States)
    • 41.)
    Ronald Wilson Reagan (R-CA)
    January 20th, 1981-December 6th, 1986
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    The 1st Term of Ronald Reagan
    (January 20th, 1981-January 20th, 1985)
    THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR GOES TO DC: Inauguration of Ronald Wilson Reagan as the 41st President
    Tuesday, January 20th, 1981
    US Capitol West Front Grounds
    Washington, DC
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    President Ronald Reagan delivering his inaugural address as the 41st President of the United States on the US Capitol West Front Grounds.


    As the sun rose on Tuesday, January 20th, 1981, a new chapter with huge political ramifications on American history had just begun. In what was widely viewed as one of the surprising closest presidential elections of the Modern Era, the American people elected a 69-year old former CA Governor to serve as the 41st President of the United States to leading the nation into the new decade. At 10:00 AM EST, President Jerry Brown & First Lady Linda Ronstadt-Brown welcomed President-elect Ronald Reagan & his wife, Nancy Reagan to the White House for a traditional cup of coffee. The Brown's & Reagan's exchanged small gifts & retreated to the Residence for about 49 minutes. Shortly before 11:00 AM EST, Brown & Reagan departed in the Presidential limousine, which was followed by the follow-up limousine of Mrs. Brown & Mrs. Reagan.


    It was during the short ride to the US Capitol, when President Brown was holding the large red phone, getting updates & developments regarding the airplane containing the 59+ American hostages which was set for takeoff from Tehran, Iran. 10 minutes later, they arrived at the US Capitol, where an estimated 373,000 attended the inaugural ceremony. Many of them, were being shown in pictures wearing "Reagan-Bush 80" sweaters, witnessing the swearing-in of the oldest elected President. United States Senator Mark Hatfield (R-OR), serving as Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, formally presided over the inauguration ceremony as head of the bipartisan Congressional Inaugural Committee. Other important attendees: Outgoing & incoming administration personnel; outgoing Vice President Jimmy Carter & outgoing US Defense Secretary Benjamin O. Davis, Jr; several US State & Territory Governors such as Peter Tali Coleman (R-American Samoa), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), William P. Clements, Jr., (R-TX), David C. Treen (R-LA), James R. Thompson (R-IL), John Spellman (R-WA St), Bruce Babbitt (D-AZ), Dick Lamm (D-CO), Carlos Romero Barcelo (D/PNP-PR).

    Favored by bright balmy sunshine & balmy temperatures, the inaugural ceremony took place for the first time on the West Front of the Capitol, giving the 41st President a sweeping view of Washington's famous monuments. Reagan & his guests dressed in formal attire, contrasting with the informality emphasized 4 years later in the inauguration of President Brown.

    Following Reagan taking the Oath of Office as the 41st President of the United States, the loud thundering 21 Cannon Salute was being fired by the Presidential Salute Battery Unit. Former President Jerry Brown walked up to the Reagan's to offer his congratulations while former Vice President Jimmy Carter also offered his congratulations. The body language of former First Lady Linda Ronstadt Brown was really thinking she plans on going back to the music industry. Former Second Lady Rosalynn Carter's body language was using a facade of calm, but she was enraged: seeing Ronald Wilson Reagan behind the podium with the Presidential Seal & not her precious Jimmy was infuriating.

    The Cannon Salute was still being fired after the Presidential Anthem 'Hail to the Chief' before United States Senator Mark Hatfield (R-OR) introduced President Reagan.

    At the outset of his inaugural address, Reagan lauded Brown for his cooperation during the transition period since the 1980 Presidential election.

    Then, calling for an "era of national renewal," the new President highlighted the importance of improving the national economy.

    ......"this administration's objective," he said, "will be healthy, vigorous, growing economy that provides equal opportunities for all Americans with no barriers born of bigotry or discrimination.
    "Putting America back to work means putting all Americans back to work. Ending inflation means freeing all Americans from the terror of runaway living costs.
    "It is time to reawaken this industrial giant, to get government back within its means and to lighten our punitive tax burden.
    "And these will be our first priorities and on these principles there will be no compromise."

    Shortly after completing his 20-minute inaugural address, the smiling President Reagan told the millions watching on television the news they had been hoping for------that the 44-day captivity of the 59+ American hostages had ended & they were flying out of Iran to freedom. Soon after, details of the agreement with Iran were made public, consisting largely of procedures for restoring to Iran the approximately $8 billion in Iranian funds that had been frozen in American banks. In a gesture of gratitude to Brown for his role in settling the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Reagan appointed his predecessor as Special Envoy to welcoming the hostages to freedom. So immediately after the inauguration, Brown flew to West Germany, where the hostages were being taken for rest & health examinations.

    Upcoming Segments on the Cursed American Presidency: Reagan administration making aggressive changes.
     
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    • Aftermath of the Reagan Inauguration
    • Tuesday, January 20th, 1981
    Andrews AFB
    Prince Georges County, MD

    The limousine arrived at Andrews AFB & the door opened, when former President Jerry Brown & his wife, former First Lady Linda Ronstadt Brown including former Vice President Jimmy Carter & his wife, former Second Lady Rosalynn Carter got out of the limousine to cheering crowd of supporters, who had been waiting for several HRS at the gates.

    Several former Brown administration officials such as former White House Chief of Staff Gray Davis, former US Defense Secretary Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., former US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, former US Secretary of Health & Human Services Patricia Roberts Harris, former US Attorney General Barbara Jordan, former US Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus & several others were in attendance.

    While the Brown's & Carter's were being escorted to the stage-like platform, Jerry was wondering what the future was looking like. According to anonymous sources, some close confidants of the 40th President of the United States that they were lobbying Jerry to consider running for the United States Senate in 1982 against unpopular incumbent United States Senator Samuel Hayakawa (R-CA), who was being tagged "Sleeping Sam".

    The US Air Force Marching Band performed the national anthem "Star-Spangled Banner" while the loud thundering 21 Cannon Salute was being fired. Cameras showed the Brown's & Carter's placing their hands over their hearts while the national anthem was being played as the Cannon Salute was being fired loudly & methodically.

    During the Departure Honors, the final Honor Guard Inspection took place as former President Brown reviewed the US Armed Forces Honor Guard personnel of troops including saluting them as he walked by the flags.

    Once the Departure Honors Ceremony was over, former President Jerry Brown delivered remarks to the crowd of cheering supporters thanking them for supporting him & Linda including the entire Brown administration over the past 4 years. He also expressed sincere gratitude for the US Armed Forces thanking them for their service.

    Afterwards, it was time for Jerry & Linda to board Special Air Mission 40, which was expected to head back to the Golden State, where a celebration party was expected to take place in Sacramento, CA.

    While Jerry shook Jimmy's hand & expressed sincere gratitude & thanks, Linda & Rosalynn hugged each other. The Brown's then shook hands with several of the former Cabinet Secretaries including former Brown administration officials & signing autographs for kids including taking lots of pictures.

    Jerry & Linda then walked toward the red carpet which led to walking up the steps of Special Air Mission 40. Jerry & Linda turned to wave goodbye at the cheering crowd before getting inside the plane. Joining them on the trip back to the Golden State was former White House Chief of Staff Gray Davis & several Brown campaign confidants from the successful 1976 presidential campaign as they boarded the aircraft for one final trip.

    Special Air Mission 40 took off around 1:27 PM EST & left Andrews AFB for good.

    In the meantime, the Carter's boarded Pecan 43 (nickname for the special airplane of the former Vice President) which took off at 2:00 PM EST for their final trip back to Plains, GA where Carter would deliver remarks to cheering crowd of supporters.
     
    • Taking Charge!
    • Tuesday, January 20th, 1981
    US Capitol
    Washington, DC

    President Ronald Wilson Reagan signed one of many executive orders just HRS after being inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States. Among many of the countless orders, Reagan signed the following:

    *Cabinet Secretary nominations to the United States Senate.
    *Restoration of full diplomatic relations with the apartheid government of South Africa.
    *Termination of the Brown administration's Human Rights Watch Council.
    *Federal hiring freeze in all federal agencies & departments.
    *Full repeal of the Brownomics Economic Development Act.
    *Election Integrity Act of 1981: Conservatives have been aggressively pushing for the controversial legislation which Dems in Congress have warned could have ugly ramifications in the coming decades.

    Coming Up: The Reagan Administration Cabinet
     
    • Reagan Administration Outlook
    • The Ronald Reagan Administration
    January 20th, 1981
    President: Ronald Reagan (R-CA)
    Vice President: George HW Bush (R-TX)
    Secretary of State: Alexander Haig (R-VA)
    Secretary of the Treasury: Donald T. Regan (R-NY St)
    Secretary of Defense: Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)
    Attorney General: William French Smith (R-CA)
    Secretary of the Interior: James G. Watt (R-WY)
    Secretary of Agriculture: John R. Block (R-IL)
    Secretary of Commerce: Malcolm Baldrige (R-CT)
    Secretary of Labor: Raymond J. Donovan (R-NJ)
    Secretary of Health & Human Services: Richard Schweiker (R-PA)
    Secretary of Housing & Urban Development: Samuel Pierce (R-NY St)
    Secretary of Transportation: Andrew L. Lewis, Jr., (R-PA)
    Secretary of Energy: James B. Edwards (R-SC)
    Secretary of Education: Terrel H. Bell (R-UT)
    OMB Director: David Stockman (R-MI)
    US Trade Representative: Bill Brock (R-TN)
    US Ambassador to the United Nations: Jean Kirkpatrick (D-MD)
    White House Chief of Staff: James A. Baker, III (R-TX)
    Counselor to the President: Edwin Meese (R-CA)
     
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