Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked (49 page)

spoke out forcefully for workplace
:
https://www.osha.gov/oas/trianglefactoryfireaccount.html
.

Unlike his brother William
: Farrell, p. 35

While he was still a senior
: Ibid., p. 64.

Two maxims he heard
: Ibid., p. 65.

According to Thomas Sr.
: Ibid.

what Tip should have done
: Ibid.

The second lesson
:
MOH,
p. 26.

“Tom, let me tell you something”
: Ibid.

In 1934 Tip was given
:
MOH,
p. 3.

A year after she’d gone to work
: Jean Edward Smith,
FDR
(New York: Random House, 2007), p. xv.

Now, Tip, thanks to
:
MOH,
p. 3.

Tip felt honor-bound
: Farrell, p. 80.

“Tom was never much of a”
:
People,
August 18, 1980.

In 1941, Tip married
: Farrell, p. 83.

He’d timed the wedding to occur
: Farrell, p. 84.

Resuming their honeymoon
: Ibid.

“Through the chairs”
: Hedrick Smith interview with Tip O’Neill.

“worked your way up through the vineyards”
:
MOH,
p. 73.

A wild card suddenly appeared
: Ibid.

“I had never lived very much”
: Miller Center, Presidential Recordings Program, JFK, dictabelt 39.

He, like Tip, was
:
MOH,
p. 73.

“By the time I met Jack Kennedy”
: Ibid.

“dirtiest campaign you ever saw”
:
MOH,
p. 84.

Tip soon became
: Farrell, p. 144.

To make up for his regular
: Farrell, p. 146.

rooming with another freshman
: Farrell, p. 140.

“Incidentally, I’m absolutely convinced”
:
MOH,
p. 147.

“I never want to see”
: Jimmy Breslin,
How The Good Guys Finally Won
(New York: The Viking Press, 1975), p. 68.

“Some fellas like women”
: Farrell, p. 496.

The only problem with him
:
MOH,
p. 157.

One week he passed on word
: Ibid., p. 158.

O’Neill, agreeing that this was fair
: Ibid.

However, with his stance
:
MOH,
pp. 189–206, Farrell, pp. 217–26.

“Take the gavel”
: New York Times, February 6, 2000.

Grabbing the microphone
: Farrell, p. 287.

Putting down the future
: Ibid., p. 290.

“You haven’t got an enemy”
: Ibid., p. 322.

It had all begun
: Ibid., pp. 346–47.

On August 8, 1974
: Ibid., p. 380.

“Jerry, isn’t this”
:
MOH,
pp. 266–67.

“Although I thought the pardon”
:
MOH,
p. 268.

Two years later
: Farrell, p. 408.

I was in the room
: Author interview with Tom Foley.

CHAPTER NINE
: HERO

“The happy ending is our national belief”
: Mary McCarthy.

“Well I expect that smiling”
: TPO, April 7, 1981.

“Tip was in Pago Pago”
: Farrell,
Tip O’Neill,
p. 555.

“I’m having more luck”
: RR, April 22, 1981.

“Because of the attempted”
: TPO, April 28, 1981.

“The warmth of your words”
: Reagan speech to joint session of Congress, April 28, 1981.

“This is only the first skirmish”
: TPO, May 1, 1981.

“I was overjoyed to see”
: TPO, Remarks on the President’s Speech, April 28, 1981.

“It is unfortunate in the”
: Ibid.

“I have been saying all”
: TPO, April 29, 1981.

“We stroked and we stroked”
: Farrell,
Tip O’Neill,
p. 551.

recalls getting an urgent
: Author conversation with Hedrick Smith.

“Tenderhearted and sentimental”
: Reagan,
My Father at 100,
p. 9.

“More meetings with”
: RR, May 6, 1981.

“to have someone explain”
: TPO, May 1, 1981.

“This was the big day”
: RR, May 7, 1981.

“I’m getting the shit”
: Farrell,
Tip O’Neill,
p. 558.

“I’m not talking”
: TPO, May 13, 1981.

CHAPTER TEN
: FIGHTING SEASON

“Courage for some sudden act”
: Anthony Eden on Winston Churchill.

“At that moment”
:
Time,
May 18, 1981.

“I’ve always suspected”
: Reagan speech at Notre Dame, May 17, 1981.

“Now, today I hear”
: Ibid.

“For too long government”
: Ibid.

“I’m opposed to the”
: ABC,
Issues and Answers,
June 7, 1981.

“his lifestyle”
: Ibid.

“Consequently, he doesn’t”
: Ibid.

Steven V. Roberts
:
New York Times,
June 9, 1981.

“Tip O’Neill says you don’t”
: Presidential press conference, June 16, 1981.

“Tip O’Neill has said”
: Ibid.

“And I know very much”
: Ibid.

“Let it go, Tom”
: This was his longtime friend and senior aide, Leo Diehl.

He’d had his political heroes
: Farrell, p. 80.

“I would never accuse a president”
: Ibid., p. 574.

“Well, I’d have to say”
:
Washington Post,
June 17, 1981.

Reagan phoned the Speaker
: Farrell, p. 574.

“Old buddy,” the Speaker replied
: Ibid.

“Politiburo of the Welfare State”
: HS,
Power Game,
p. 522.

“Hogarthian embodiment of the superstate”
: David Stockman,
The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed
(New York: Public Affairs, 2013), p. 129.

The president, out of patience
: Farrell, p. 559.

“Did you ever hear of the separation of powers?”
: Ibid.

“I was a Democrat myself”
: HS,
Power Game,
p. 515.

That night, in his diary
: RR, June 18, 1981.

“Tip O’Neill is getting rough”
: RR, June 23, 1981.

In an extraordinary step
: Farrell, p. 560; Associated Press, June 26, 1981.

But Reagan’s big victory
: Farrell, pp. 559–60.

It meant that three million seniors
: United Press International, June 25, 1981.

On July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan
: RR, July 7, 1981.

“the best thing he’d done since he was inaugurated”
: TPO, July 8, 1981.

CHAPTER ELEVEN
: BATTLEFIELD PROMOTION

“I still believe that”
: Ted Sorensen,
Counselor
(New York: HarperCollins, 2008), p. 531.

“House Speaker Thomas”
:
Washington Post,
July 9, 1981.

here’s how Tip
: HS interview with O’Neill, Library of Congress, pp. 69–70.

“The interesting factor”
: HS interview with O’Neill, Library of Congress, p. 15.

“Six-thirty a”
: RR, July 22, 1981.

“This on top of the budget”
: Ibid., July 29, 1981.

“Is Tip O’Neill ready”
:
New York Times Magazine,
August 16, 1981.

“What I had to get used”
:
MOH,
p. 351.

David Rogers, an astute
:
Boston Globe,
July 31, 1981.

“I sure as hell hope”
: Farrell,
Tip O’Neill,
p. 561.

CHAPTER TWELVE
: TURNING

“Learned the Air Controllers”
: RR, August 2, 1981.

“The strike was called”
: Ibid., August 3, 1981.

Future Federal Reserve
: The Reagan Legacy, Remarks of Alan Greenspan, Ronald Reagan Library, April 9, 2003.

“If these numbers were out”
: Richard Darman,
Who’s in Control? Polar Politics and the Sensible Center
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), p. 94.

“I’m withdrawing Soc. Security”
: RR, September 23, 1981.

“I’m encouraged that between us”
: Ibid., August 5, 1981.

“It’s hard to describe”
: Ibid., October 6, 1981.

“We haven’t obstructed”
: TPO, August 4, 1981.

“They got their cuts”
: Ibid., September 9, 1981.

Look what they get for it
: Ibid., October 1, 1981.

Jakie Bloom was
:
MOH,
p. 312.

“The Education of”
:
Atlantic,
December 1, 1981.

“If true”
: RR, November 11, 1981.

“Dave, in his heart”
: TPO, November 12, 1981.

“I think he’s going to remain”
:
Washington Post,
November 8, 1981.

“Tip, if I had a”
: Farrell,
Tip O’Neill,
p. 621.

“Reagan,” Deaver said
: Ibid.

“Tip was an old-fashioned pol”
: Reagan,
An American Life,
p. 250.

His son Ron believed
: Author conversation with Ron Reagan.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
: SUMMIT

“Welcome, Mr. President”
: Chris Matthews,
Hardball: How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game
(New York: Summit Books, 1988), p. 37.

“I wonder if I’ll ever get”
: RR, January 26, 1982.

“I’ve made a mil. speeches”
: Ibid.

“There has been some talk”
: TPO, January 28, 1982.

“Met with bi-partisan”
: RR, February 8, 1982.

“There is unrest among”
: Ibid., February 11, 1982.

“Tomorrow we begin”
: CJM.

“President hit hard”
: Ibid.

“I was the lone voice”
: TPO, January 25, 1982.

“
He thought that Baker was”
: Author conversation with Rosemary O’Neill.

“I think we should not”
: CJM.

“I called Tip O’Neill”
: RR, April 20, 1982.

“I’m slipping badly”
: Ibid., April 2, 1982.

Reagan began making
: Ibid., April 3, 1982.

“Toby Moffett”
: CJM.

“After 45 years in”
:
Washington Post,
April 22, 1982.

“The D’s are playing games”
: RR, April 26, 1982.

“I’ve read that crap”
: Reeves,
President Reagan,
p. 121.

“You can get me to”
: Farrell,
Tip O’Neill,
p. 588.

“I wasn’t any more”
: TPO, April 29, 1982.

Within days after our
:
New York Times,
April 29, 1982.

For Mike Deaver
: Author conversation with Carolyn Deaver.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
: PARTNERS

“The future of this economy is now in the hands of Tip O’Neill”
: Reeves,
President Reagan,
p. 122.

“I don’t think he”
: TPO, May 25, 1982.

“We would go in and want”
: Author interview with Max Friedersdorf.

“It may be easier”
:
United Press International,
May 4, 1982.

“an aging prizefighter”
:
Wall Street Journal,
June 18, 1982.

“When I see him”
:
United Press International,
June 27, 1982.

“World’s Record Apple Pie”
:
New York Times,
July 2, 1982.

“It’s time for the doubters to eat humble pie”
: Ibid.

“As the Senator spoke”
: Ibid.

“people’s crusade”
:
Washington Post,
July 20, 1982.

“It’s like the saloon keeper”
: Associated Press, July 20, 1982.

“sneak attack”
:
New York Times,
July 20, 1982.