In All Politics is Local, he offers such rules as "To be a successful public speaker, memorize poetry," and "Never get introduced to the crowd at a sporting event, only boos will ensue."  
In All Politics is Local, he offers such rules as "To be a successful public speaker, memorize poetry," and "Never get introduced to the crowd at a sporting event, only boos will ensue."  He sponsored the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to restrict unrecorded voting by House members, 18 years after his election to the House seat vacated by John F. Kennedy.  A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, FTP, who was this 17-term Congressman and Democratic Speaker of the House from 1977-86 whose actual first name was Thomas?
In All Politics is Local, he offers such rules as "To be a successful public speaker, memorize poetry," and "Never get introduced to the crowd at a sporting event, only boos will ensue."  
Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill