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| Subject: sident, Nixon expand Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:35 am | |
| s tax returns, the speech became best known for its rhetoric, such as his remark that his wife Pat did not wear mink, but rather "a respectable Republican cloth coat," and that, although he had been given an American Cocker Spaniel named Checkers in addition to his other campaign contributions, he was not going to give the dog back because his daughters loved it.[44] It became known as the "Checkers speech", it resulted in much support from the base of the Republican Party and from the general public,[47] and greatly aided Nixon in remaining on the ticket.[44] In the 1952 presidential elections, Eisenhower and Nixon defeated Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson and Alabama Senator John Sparkman by seven million votes.[44] Nixon assumed the office as the second youngest Vice President in American history.[48] As Vice President, Nixon expand telephone answering serviceCanadian snacks shipped worldwide | |
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