"My daughter loves the dog and we're keeping it."

>>17801193 (OP)
>I accepted thousands in illegal campaign donations but something cute puppy so it's ok to break the law.

>The Baltimore Sun noted that Nixon "did not deal in any way with the underlying question of propriety," while the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the address "a carefully contrived soap opera". Columnist Walter Lippmann called the wave of support for Nixon "disturbing ... with all the magnification of modern electronics, simply mob law;" discussing the speech with a dinner guest, he said, "That must be the most demeaning experience my country has ever had to bear." Columnist Thomas Stokes criticized Eisenhower for equivocating on the question of his running mate until "the young man himself—the accused—had to step in and take over. And how he took over!" Through his presidency, Eisenhower would continue to be accused of being indecisive.

>According to Nixon biographer Conrad Black, the speech earned Nixon supporters throughout Middle America which he would keep through the rest of his life, and who would continue to defend him after his death. Critics, however, would later see the address as the "ultimate expression" of the controversial politician's "phoniness". Nixon biographer Stephen Ambrose stated that part of the audience considered the address "one of the most sickening, disgusting, maudlin performances ever experienced". In their analysis of the speech published just before Nixon's election as president in 1968, Robert S. Cathcart and Edward A. Schwarz suggested that while Nixon "met the accusation head-on and accomplished his immediate goals successfully, he ultimately created an image which led to a decline in his political career."

>As time passed, the Checkers speech became denigrated, and Nixon biographer Earl Mazo suggested that much of the attitude of "I don't like Nixon, but I don't know why," which contributed to the failure of his 1960 presidential run, can be traced to the Checkers speech.

>>17801202
t. LBJfag

>>17801193 (OP)
That's the kind of humor that gets people like Obama and Trump elected - its a line that either of them, or Clinton (male), or FDR could have delivered convincingly. It's also why its so hard for women other than rarities like Maggie T to do the same.

You may not like it, but it's a little thing that is one of the most important factors in whether or not you'll be able to be elected president or PM. Voters love that sort of thing like nothing else.

>>17801548
You know, I have said that I will not make age an issue in this campaign, in particular not my opponent's youthfulness and inexperience.

>>17801548
women are not generally especially funny

>>17801548
>That's the kind of humor that gets people like Obama and Trump elected. You may not like it, but it's a little thing that is one of the most important factors in whether or not you'll be able to be elected president. Voters love that sort of thing like nothing else.
I love that you posted this right after a greentext stating that Nixon lost the 1960 Election in part due to that speech

>>17802564
it was from 1952

>>17802576
>As time passed, the Checkers speech became denigrated, and Nixon biographer Earl Mazo suggested that much of the attitude of "I don't like Nixon, but I don't know why," which contributed to the failure of his 1960 presidential run, can be traced to the Checkers speech. In their analysis of the speech published just before Nixon's election as president in 1968, Robert S. Cathcart and Edward A. Schwarz suggested that while Nixon "met the accusation head-on and accomplished his immediate goals successfully, he ultimately created an image which led to a decline in his political career."

>>17801458
>nnnooooooo taking massive campaign bribes and being a blatantly corrupt sob is... le good!!!!
People like you are why this country is in the shitter

>>17803224
But enough about Democrats

>17803230
0/10

>>17801426
>Noooo! The reactionaries are voting for a centrist reeeeeeeeee! It's the end of the world!
Burn leftists

>>17803336
>Nixon
>a centrist
Congrats on outing yourself as a complete retard. No wonder you're screeching about """leftists""" kek

>>17803343
Nixon was 200% a centrist you leaky ass homosexual.

>>17803348
Define "centrist", anon.

>>17803356
He wasn't a conservative. He was considered one of the weakest Republicans in the party for his willingness to deal with democlaps. Reminder he and Eisenhower were the mamby pamby politicians elected after that forgettable Democrat after fdr.

>>17803369
>he wasn't a conservative
>democlaps
>Harry was "forgettable"
Even if this was bait it would still be unbelievably retarded

>>17803384
Says the 80 IQ worm brain homosexual that can only post reaction images and respond with sarcasm that actually has no clue what he's talking about.

>>17803390
>the zoomer closeted faggot who can't go one post without talking about butt sex and thinks Nixon was a centrist is telling me I don't have a clue
Nixon was more vehemently anti-commie than Eisenhower you mouthbreather

>>17803410
>Aids riddled faggot blatantly ignoring history
Just slit your own wrists you worthless faggot

>>17803418
Did daddy not take your coming out of the closet too well, champ? Is that why you're so angry? Or is it because you see yourself in Nixon as an equally repressed faggot?