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David Obey: “Millie and Tip O'Neill were members of the Studs Terkel generation. They were Democrats because they saw the Democratic…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2003
Millie and Tip O'Neill were members of the Studs Terkel generation. They were Democrats because they saw the Democratic Party as a vehicle to help the common people of this country. They were Democrats who accepted human nature. They did not try to change people. They simply tried to appeal to their better natures. They just did not appeal to their common sense. They appealed to their sense of common justice. Millie loved her man. She knew her man. She knew he was a strong man, but she also knew that he could be even stronger buttressed by love, and she gave of it fully. Millie would make every congressional spouse feel like she or he were welcome as family. They were two strong and good people who made their community and their country better for everybody.
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David Obey
Wisconsin
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Remembering Millie and Tip O'Neill's contributions to the Democratic Party and their impact on community.

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