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Oct 8, 2013 · Reagan replied: “Oh no, not after six. The Speaker says we’re all friends after six.”. Matthews goes on to share some other remarkable stories, including an extraordinary description of what happened hours after Reagan was badly shot in March 1981. The President’s then Chief of Staff Jim Baker made certain that Tip O’Neill was the ...
So, we can all drink to this one: To all of us, together, doing what we all know we can do to make this country what it should be, what it can be, what it always has been. Thank you all. Note: The President spoke at 2:15 p.m. in Statuary Hall at the Capitol. Date. 01/20/1981. Toast at the Inaugural Luncheon.
Jan 17, 1994 · O'Neill was talking about a Democratic president; Reagan thought he meant Grover Cleveland Alexander, a legendary turn-of-the-century ballplayer. "Welcome to the big leagues," O'Neill told Reagan ...
Dec 9, 2012 · Tip O’Neill, an icon of Massachusetts politics, would have been 100 Sunday. ... “I’ve known personally every president since Jack Kennedy and I can honestly say that Ronald Reagan was the ...
Nov 20, 2012 · Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill's working relationship was contentious and adversarial. Reagan succeeded in negotiating the Social Security legislation of 1983 only because he agreed to O'Neill's terms, and because Social Security faced an imminent financial crisis.
And, now, as a special treat, I would like to ask two of our leaders from Congress -- first to step forward for a few words, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Tip O'Neill. Speaker O'Neill. Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, my distinguished colleagues in government, this is indeed a happy day.
