“Our nation’s capital is really getting into the holiday spirit. Yesterday I saw Tip O’Neil with a beard and red suit, shimmying down the Washington Monument.” — Bob Hope
Tip O’Neil, a Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts, was Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987.
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