If I'm guessing correctly, OT is referring to the year the GOP took the House and the Senate.
Wife was covering an event that evening. I remember her coming in and I was glue to the TV. I said "Who the h3!! cares about Ollie (North)? We've won everything else!"
Ah, OK!
I wasn't exactly paying as much attention then.
Hehehe....
I was putting a finish on a bookcase and laughing at Dan Rather's hangdog expression.