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 President Harry Truman (left, seated) meets with Gov. Adlai Stevenson (right, seated) and Sen. John Sparkman |
The Checkers speech or Fund speech was an address made on September 23, 1952 by the Republican vice presidential candidate, California Senator Richard Nixon. Senator Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses. With his place on the Republican ticket in doubt, he flew to Los Angeles and delivered a half-hour television address in which he defended himself, attacked his opponents, and urged the audience to contact the Republican National Committee (RNC) to tell it whether he should remain on the ticket. During the speech, he stated that regardless of what anyone said, he intended to keep one gift: a black-and-white dog who had been named Checkers by the Nixon children, thus giving the address its popular name.
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| Text and audio mp3 of the speech Text and audio mp3 of the speech www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/richardnixoncheckers.html - Web |
| Video and entire transcript Video and entire transcript www.watergate.info/nixon/checkers-speech.shtml - Web |
| "Checkers Speech" Part 1 "Checkers Speech" Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4UEv_jjPL0 - Web |
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| "Checkers Speech" Part 2 "Checkers Speech" Part 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhQD2UFCIbY - Web |
