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Tip Oneills Life

leadersfrom the old school. Tip’s run as Speaker of the House ran from 1977 till 1986 (Clift 1). During the Watergate scandal in 1973 and 1974, Tip O’Neill played an important role instaving off impeachment proceedings while sanguinely calling for the for president Nixon’svoluntary resignation (“O’Neill” 1).When the 1982 recession hit, Tip O’Neill was ready to lead the democratic party. When Reagan stumbled badly on the Social Security Issue, the speaker pounced withawesome ferocity. Reagan had walked into the jaws of the issue as if blindfolded. Greatness comes to those who fulfill their destiny. It was Tip O’Neill’s destiny to deflectthe Reagan onslaught, to serve as the last great defender of old-style democraticliberalism. He took on the role with the courage and stealth of a cornered mountain lion(Merry 1).Tip O’Neill was one of politics greatest contributors. By the time of his 1986retirement, Tip pushed his approval rating up to 68 percent. “I must have done somethingright” said Tip (qtd. in Merry 2). In personality he was a gregariously happy warrior, abig bear of a man who was privately benign and likable even to his political enemies(“O’Neill” 1)....

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