The Lawmakers April 12, 1984
The Lawmakers April 12, 1984
The Lawmakers - April 12, 1984
The Lawmakers April 12, 1984
Paul Duke introduces segment on feud between Ronald and Tip O Neill. Great interview segment with Tip O'Neill minces no words in talking about Reagan.
The Lawmakers April 12, 1984
Tip O Neill (D - Massachusetts) I think the he (Reagan) thinks that he is in a B-grade movie, fighting the Indians or something. I really get frightened about it. Paul Duke, You ve said some pretty harsh things about Ronald Reagan. Is he that bad a President? Tip O Neill (D - Massachusetts), I don t really want to condemn the President as not being qualified, but I don t believe that he does his homework. I don t believe that he does his study. I don t believe that he puts the time in it. I know his working habits are such that, I don t believe he works over 3 and a half hours a day. He works of 3x5 cards at all times. You take them away from him and he really, he can t discuss the issue that you re talking about.
The Lawmakers April 12, 1984
Paul Duke, Mr. Speaker, the critics might say that a lot of this is politics. You re a left wing Democrat and he s a right wing Republican. What would you say Would your response be to that? Tip O Neill (D - Massachusetts) Well, we re both Americans and we both have a different version of our philosophy. There s no question about that. I don t think that the President of the United States is truly in tune with the average American citizen. He likes to say he wants to go back to the old days, they re no where in the same age vintage. That s a myth talking about the old days, where the bread winner of the family worked 6 days a week and saw the family one day a week. He s forgotten from where he came.
The Lawmakers April 12, 1984
Paul Duke, Are you and the President, as someone said, kindred enemies? Tip O Neill (D - Massachusetts) You know, he s a very friendly man when you get head on head with him, after 6 o clock at night, when we don t discuss politics. He s a good conversationalist. He can tell you stories about Hollywood. He can tell you stories about being with Truman in the early day with Pat O Brien. He can tell you the days when he was a radio announcer. He s very entertaining with a tremendous personality. But he has grown through the years with his ambition to succeed in public life after he had made success, things to me that are really sickening. I repeat certainly that he is cruel. And I ve said it so many times that he has ice water for blood in his veins that comes from his heart. He has no heart. HE has no compassion, no care, no concern.
The Lawmakers April 12, 1984
Paul Duke, Linda Wertheimer, Cokie Roberts in studio discuss Tip O Neill s critics of Ronal Reagan and the sticky nature of foreign policy issues. Democrats want to attack on foreign policy. It could be a problem if Reagan blunders.