Here’s the legendary Boston politician Thomas “Tip” O’Neill speaking with Eileen Prose about President Ronald Reagan in 1987.
Tip doesn’t pull any punches as he dresses down the 8 years Reagan spent in the catbird seat of world power. Tip had a 1st hand look at Reagan’s time in office, considering he was US Speaker of the House (1977-87) and had considerable dealings with Reagan.
For more on the combustible relationship between the two men go here:
“... Take the speaker's own autobiography, published in 1987, which had an entire chapter dedicated to Reagan - and nothing about it was positive. He slammed the president and slammed the president's friends and president's supporters, calling them "Reagan Robots." He called Nancy Reagan "The Queen of Beverly Hills." The distaste that the speaker held for anyone with an R behind his name was not subtle, especially Reagan...”
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