IP 611 Sample Proposal General Topic: Richard Nixon’s “Checkers” Speech (1952) Why: It is the first great demonstration in America of the use and power of television to shape politics. As with Nixon himself‚ the speech was brilliant‚ bare knuckles and mawkish‚ all at once. By going over the heads of the press in directly appealling to the American people‚ this speech saved Nixon’s political career‚ delivered a hard (and some would say low) blow back on his political opponents (especially
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The purpose of Richard Nixon’s famous “Checkers” Speech is to inform Americans as to why he used $18‚000 from a group of his supporters and to persuade them of the truth. He also aims to reveal the flaws in the standing government. The audience of the speech is American citizens who were of voting age at the time and who owned a television. or radio with which to watch or listen to the public address. The genre is a political speech. Richard Nixon’s stance is expressing his story and his reasoning
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Period 6 December 2015 “Checkers”: Annotative Bibliography In the 1950’s‚ people were heavily persuaded by people in the same social class because they could effortlessly relate to each other’s financial well being‚ thus bringing them together as a unit. In his speech “Checkers”‚ Richard Nixon wields an honest and confident tone that portrays him as a middle class man in order to allow his audience to connect with him‚ thus saving his presidential campaign. The way that Nixon related and persuaded
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Huhuhiho Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9‚ 1913 – April 22‚ 1994) was the 37th President of the United States‚ serving from 1969 to 1974‚ when he became the only president to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Nixon was born in Yorba Linda‚ California. He graduated from Whittier College in 1934 and Duke University School of Law in 1937‚ returning to
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LARSEN//PD7 RICHARD NIXON 11/26 Richard Nixon; the name alone brings to mind terrible words along the lines of scandal and failure. Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He was also the first and last president to resign from office. However‚ the scandals leading to Nixon’s resignation definitely overshadowed his humble beginnings and the accomplishments he made as president during the notorious decades of the Cold War. Richard Milhous Nixon was born to Francis and Hannah Nixon on January
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Richard Nixon is Good Richard Nixon is considered to be one of the worst presidents of our time and for very good reasons. He lied under oath about knowledge of the Watergate scandal‚ he illegally invaded Cambodia and violated international law‚ and he installed wiretaps. All these actions caused him to resign from the Presidential office. What we don’t think about‚ is all the good he did. Nixon did a lot for our country. From foreign affairs to the environment‚ he accomplished much during his
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RICHARD M. NIXON Throughout the course of history in the United States there have been controversial individuals. These people bring attention to themselves through good deeds or misdeeds. This is the case for the 37th president of the United States. His name was Richard Milhouse Nixon. His rise to power and fall from grace will forever be a topic of debate and discussion. Nixon was born on january 9‚ 1913 in Yorba Linda‚ California. He was the second of five children born to Frank Nixon and
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I strongly believe that Nixon’s speech should be included in the argument chapter of the next edition of 40 model essay. President Richard Nixon presented a televisual report towards the nation about a policy called “Vietnamization”. This speech was specified in response to disapproval against the Vietnam War in cities across the country. Throughout his prosperous election for the presidency‚ Richard Nixon assured that he had a secret strategy to end the war in Vietnam‚ but when he gained control
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“The Checkers Speech” It was the midst of the 1952 presidential campaign when the New York Post’s newspaper story came out accusing Senator Richard Nixon of having a secret political fund. This accusation caused Nixon to face the reality of virtually being dropped as the presidential candidate of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s running mate. On September 23‚ 1952‚ Nixon sat down to address one of the largest television audiences in political history until Nixon’s 1960 debate with John F. Kennedy. While millions
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Nixon: His Cover-up Who would have knew a U.S. President would have done a crime? Unless it was a good reason that is. This incident is called the Watergate scandal. At the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. was where this all started. This led to even more complications. In this paper I hope to prove that even though Nixon had a cover-up plan it failed to succeed. In order to accomplish this several questions come to mind: Was Nixon trying to hide anything? Where there any evidence that Nixon had
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