| Speeches of Richard Nixon - Checkers Speech | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 292 |
| Catalog #: | 437367 | |
| Clip Number: | 437367-5 | |
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| Timecode: | 02:09:58 - 02:11:27 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1952 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Campaigns LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA PERSONALITIES: Nixon, Richard M. POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) | |
| Description: | Vice Presidential candidate RICHARD M. NIXON continues the infamous Checkers speech, Sept. 23, 1952: "Well, that's about it. That's what we have and that's what we owe. It isn't very much but Pat and I have the satisfaction that every dime that we've got is honestly ours. I should say this, that Pat doesn't have a mink coat, but she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat. And I always tell her that she'd look good in anything. One other thing I probably should tell you because if we don't they'll probably be saying this about me too, we did get something, a gift after the election. A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters would like to have a dog. And, believe it or not, the day before we left on this campaign trip we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was? It was a little cocker spaniel dog in a crate that he'd sent all the way from Texas. Black & white spotted. Our little girl, Tricia, named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it." | |
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