Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State

Dimmick: So I went in before the
committee and I answered the
things they asked. I brought my
husband and my daughter. We went
to Georgetown, and fooled around
the town. Then I went to the Senate
and looked at everything. We came
back home to wait and then I got a
call from the president. “The White
House is calling,” the operator says
when they get you on the phone.
I’m on a binge of knitting sweaters.
I have no job. I have no job. The
president said, “Judge Dimmick?”
And I said, “Yes, Mr. President. How’s the weather in D.C.?”
And he said, “Oh, I’m in California.” So then he just said, “I’ve done something
today I hope you will be happy with. I forwarded your name to the Senate for
confirmation.”
And I said, “Well, that’s very nice of you, thank you. I don’t think you’ll be
disappointed.”
And he said, “I know I won’t because we’ve read all your opinions.”
When he said “we” he meant his staff.
Hughes: That’s pretty impressive.
Dimmick: Yes, that was.
Hughes: Did he sound wonderfully, warmly Reagan-ly?
Dimmick: Oh wonderful, just wonderful, “Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.”
Hughes: Did you get a chance to meet him or Nancy over the years?
Dimmick: Never did.
Hughes: Looking back, is President Reagan one of your political heroes?
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