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Herbert Block
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Drew political cartoons for the Post. Some of Herblock's finest cartoons were those attacking Nixon Administration during the Watergate Scandal, winning him his third Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Nixon canceled his subscription to the Post after Herblock drew him crawling out of an open sewer (a motif he had once used for Senator McCarthy). He also ended up on the president's infamous enemies list.
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Strom Thurmond
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US Senator who helped Richard Nixon gain support in South Carolina and in the South in general by exploiting the South's dislike of civil rights and high levels of racism in the region
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Edmund G Brown
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32nd Governor of California and Nixon's opponent during the 1962 California gubernatorial race. he was the incumbent in the race and beat Nixon 52% to 47%, this defeat resulted in Nixon's angry press conference and his leave from politics for a short time.
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The Selling of the President
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book written by Joe McGinniss in 1969. The book describes the marketing of Richard Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign. It has been described as "a classic of political journalism" and a "classic of campaign reporting that first introduced many readers to the stage-managed world of political theater."
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Fifth Avenue Compact
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nominee-to-be Vice President Richard Nixon met to secretly hatch platform strategy with rival New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller in Rockefeller's Fifth Avenue apartment. set off howls of rage from conservatives -- who were at that very moment gathered at the site of the Chicago convention writing what they assumed would be the actual platform. When a Rockefeller press release revealed that Nixon and his liberal rival had other ideas, and that Rockefeller's demands were to be inserted in the already drafted document, the reaction was an instant firestorm. caused uproar at convention and led to conservatives now being very careful and very together about writing their platform
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Nixon's running mate/vice pres. candidate in the 1960 election. Nixon chose Lodge as his running mate in the hope that Lodge's presence on the ticket would force Kennedy to divert time and resources to securing his Massachusetts base, but Kennedy won his home state handily. Nixon also felt that the name Lodge had made for himself in the United Nations as a foreign-policy expert would prove useful against the relatively inexperienced Kennedy. The choice of Lodge proved to be controversial, as some conservative Republicans charged that Lodge had cost the ticket votes, particularly in the South because he promised to give at least one African American a cabinet position
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Howard K Smith
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After the 1962 mid-term elections, Smith presented a documentary entitled, "The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon" as part of his Howard K. Smith: News and Comment (1962–1963) television series. Smith referred to Nixon's "last press conference" after his disastrous losing campaign against Democrat Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr., for governor of California. In that exchange, the former vice president famously told reporters that they would not "have Nixon to kick around any more." Smith included in the broadcast an interview with Nixon's longstanding nemesis Alger Hiss, a convicted Cold War perjurer.
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Time Inc vs Hill
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United States Supreme Court case involving issues of privacy as discussed in balance with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and principles of freedom of speech. Hill family was held hostage and Life magazine published an article saying that a book and movie about their hostage situation was published but the Hill family said the book/movie was inaccurate. Nixon was the lawyer for the Hill family. Time won the case 5-4.
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The Hillsborough Format
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its the press conferences that they did where they didn't let any press in just local voters
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William Gavin
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Nixon speechwriter. wrote letter to Nixon asking him to run for President. wrote part of 1968 acceptance speech where Nixon describes a "child" but it's actually him. Nixon liked his letter so much that he asked him to be on his staff
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Joe McGinniss
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wrote "Selling of the President" about how Richard Nixon's presidential campaign was run by advertising agencies on Madison Avenue.
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Nelson Rockefeller
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liberal who worked with Nixon during "Compact of Fifth Avenue" where he and Nixon decided the Republican platform. Controversial because a liberal was helping write their platform behind everyone's back and away from the Chicago convention where they thought the platform was gonna be written. also ran against Nixon for repub nomination in 1968
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Raymond K Price
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adviser to Nixon during his presidency and during the Watergate scandal. Joined the 1968 campaign very early on. helped Buchanan prepare Nixon's inaugural, state of the union speeches, Vietnam, 1972 election speeches, and many more.
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The Southern Strategy
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In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti-African American racism and fears of lawlessness among Southern white voters and appealing to fears of growing federal power in social and economic matters (generally lumped under the concept of states rights). first used under Nixon in the 1960 campaign and made Kennedy barely win Southern states where he was popular before.
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The Bohemian Grove
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speech given by Nixon to political elites of the Bohemian Club. Nixon gave his "Lakeside Speech" at their annual campout and discussed foreign policy issues. He said Communism is definitely an issue but that overall the trend is that people are going toward capitalism and that Communism can only win over new nations by force and not persuasion. also says the US shouldn't impose representative govt on nations with different systems as long as theirs works for them (monarchies and one party govts, not dictators). argues for peace with Soviet Union but to be watchful still. says to trade more with them, develop more weapons and to speak to Soviet leaders.
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Edmund Muskie
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candidate for Democratic Pres. Nomination in 1972 against Nixon. Watergate revealed that the so-called "Canuck letter", published in the Manchester Union-Leader, was forged by Nixon's campaign committee. One of their "dirty tricks". The letter claimed that Muskie had made disparaging remarks about French-Canadians – a remark likely to injure Muskie's support among the French-American population in northern New England. Subsequently, the paper published an attack on the character of Muskie's wife Jane, reporting that she drank and used off-color language during the campaign.
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Kevin Phillips
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strategist on voting patterns for Richard Nixon's 1968 campaign, which was the basis for a book, The Emerging Republican Majority, which predicted a conservative realignment in national politics, and is widely regarded[citation needed] as one of the most influential recent works in political science. His predictions regarding shifting voting patterns in presidential elections proved accurate, though they did not extend "down ballot" to Congress until the Republican revolution of 1994. Phillips also was partly responsible for the design of the Republican "Southern strategy" of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Newton Minow
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previous FCC Chairman
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Patrick Buchanan
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worked as a White House adviser and speechwriter for Nixon and vice president Spiro Agnew. Buchanan coined the phrase "Silent Majority" and helped shape the strategy that drew millions of Democrats to Nixon. Buchanan remained as a special assistant to Nixon through the final days of the Watergate Scandal. He was not accused of wrongdoing, though some mistakenly suspected him of being Deep Throat.
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Eugene McCarthy
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Democratic US Senator who ran for the Democratic Pres Nomination in 1968. Opposed Nixon's Family Assistance Plan
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1960 Acceptance Speech
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in this speech Nixon focuses on what the Democrats are saying and promising and saying the he plans to do the opposite essentially. while he fights for the same freedoms and improve the lives of Americans, he says he can do it better. talks about how we need to "talk America up" rather than point out how we're behind the Soviet Union in some areas.
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Statement to Joint Session of Congress in 1961
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given after Kennedy was officially announced as the winner of the 1960 election while Nixon was still Vice President and presided over the Senate. He lists his political resume in the middle of the speech. Wishes Kennedy luck and thanks everyone on "both sides of the aisle" seems somewhat self serving but definitely helped him not seem like a sore loser
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TV Address 1966
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Reaction to President Johnson's "personal attack" against Nixon. He says he wants to show that it's important to stand up to any government official, even president and that he's representing the Republican party. Uses this as a reason to attack Johnson. Says he hasn't been able to unite the Democrats under Vietnam and that Vietnam could easily become a long war. appeals to the people by talking about how many soldiers would be sent to Vietnam then says Republicans don't want that but instead they want to use air and sea power. then talks about how Democrats caused the high inflation hurting families.
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Bridges to Human Dignity
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focuses on the race conditions in the US at the time. says the way to fix the economic crisis is to build bridges between those in the ghetto and private enterprise to train people for jobs and reduce unemployment. Wants to help black citizens get rid of "white only" barriers and to give loans to black business owners to start up businesses. talks about staying away from welfare dependency. wants to create National Student Teacher Corps for volunteer teachers to inner city kids. advocates increasing home ownership in ghettos.
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1968 Acceptance Speech
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talks about the "forgotten Americans" that fall between the cracks. talks about Vietnam and how the war needs to end and the American people need new foreign policy to prevent future Vietnams as well. wants to make America an example for the world to follow. brings up bridge of dignity between white and black americans. "we will make history tonight" repetition of "i see a day when" phrase to visualize what it would be like under his presidency. talks about a child who fails and goes on welfare and then talks about a child (himself) who comes from nothing and then becomes President.
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First Inaugural Speech
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"rich in goods, ragged in spirit" opposite of FDR's time period. says that we need to stop shouting and start speaking where both sides' views can be heard and discussion can happen. transfer wealth from destruction of war abroad to building up of economy at home. "American dream doesn't come to those who fall asleep" calls for black and whites to come together and stop separating the nation. "entering an era of negotiation" Main theme is promoting peace both at home and abroad.
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