Thomas P. O'Neill         Tip was a man who was not bashful to call himself 'a man of the house.' Thomas P. O'Neill was a person whose greatest charm was that he seemed 'completely out-of-date as a politician.' (Clift) He was a gruff, drinking, card playing, backroom kind of guy. He had an image that political candidates pay consultants to make over. He knew these qualities gave him his power because they 'made him …showed first 75 words of 1798 total…

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