Tip O'Neill/ One of the Greatest of our time!

Описание: 1987 Tip O’Neill interview with a very pregnant, Eileen Prose.

He called himself a “street corner Pol”. Born in Cambridge, MA, his mother died before his first birthday and he was largely raised by a housekeeper until his father remarried when he was eight. He began as a bricklayer but quickly found his political calling.
O'Neill was elected to the congressional seat vacated by Senator-elect John F. Kennedy in 1952. He would be reelected 16 more times, never facing serious opposition.O'Neill was elected Speaker in 1977, the same year Jimmy Carter became President.
In 1967 O'Neill broke with President Lyndon B. Johnson and came out in opposition to America's involvement in Vietnam. O'Neill picked up the trust and support of younger House members who shared his antiwar views, and they became important friends who contributed to O'Neill's rise through the ranks in the House. In 1971, O'Neill was appointed Majority Whip in the House. Two years later, in 1973, he was elected House Majority Leader. O'Neill was the most prominent Democrat in the House to call for the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon in light of the Watergate scandal.
O'Neill was elected Speaker in 1977, the same year Jimmy Carter became President.
Tip O'Neill died of cardiac arrest on January 5, 1994, survived by his beloved wife, Millie, and their children.