Television
Oct 01, 2013
MIKE SAYS ABOUT CHRIS MATTHEWS’ NEW BOOK “TIP AND THE GIPPER: WHEN POLITICS WORKED,” WHICH EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, TIP O’NEILL: “THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE BOOK. IT’S TRULY A GREAT BOOK, BECAUSE IT CAPTURES A SPIRIT AND A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN—AS THE SUBTITLE TELLS YOU—POLITICS ACTUALLY WORKED IN THIS COUNTRY. BOTH MEN—I CAN’T SPEAK FOR THE PRESIDENT, I DIDN’T KNOW REAGAN—BUT I KNEW TIP O’NEILL AS CHRIS [MATTHEWS] KNEW TIP O’NEILL. AND THEY WERE BOTH—IT SEEMS TO ME—GIVEN A GIFT. AND THE GIFT WAS [THAT] THEY WERE BOTH BORN WITHOUT A RESENTMENT GENE IN THEM. TIP ACTUALLY LIKED PEOPLE. AND I COULD SEE TIP O’NEILL WITH HIS ARM AROUND U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TOM COLE. I COULD SEE THE TWO OF THEM BECOMING FAST FRIENDS. MEMBERS OF OPPOSITE PARTIES, FAST FRIENDS, WITH ONE OBJECTIVE: MAKE GOVERNMENT WORK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT. AND THAT’S GONE.” ON MORNING JOE ON MSNBC.

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