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Thomas P. O'neill

Thomas P. O'Neill


Tip was a man who was not bashful to call himself "a man of the house."
Thomas P. O'Neill was a person whose greatest charm was that he seemed
"completely out-of-date as a politician." (Clift) He was a gruff, drinking,
card playing, backroom kind of guy. He had an image that political candidates
pay consultants to make over. He knew these qualities gave him his power
because they "made him real." (Sennot 17) His gigantic figure and weather
beaten face symbolizes a political force of five decades, from Roosevelt's new
deal to the Reagan retrenchment. He was the last democratic leader of the old
school and "the longest-serving speaker of the house (1977-1986) and easily the
most loved." (Clift)

Thomas P. O'Neill (1912-1994) always knew why he was in Washington, and
what he stood for. He was a native of Boston and always prided himself on his
theory that "all politics is local." (O'Neill 1) Tip was a friend of everyone.
When ordinary people wanted......


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