American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon

Have you ever heard a speech made by someone considered a thief? ;Did you think that it would be a Vice Presidential candidate who wrote it? Richard Nixon had created a speech, in which, he put several personal facts about his life, the allegations that were put against him, and how he was inspired to make the speech; This speech had awed all the people who tuned into watch it and helped clear his name entirely. Nixon had begun the speech with the phrase of “My fellow Americans” (“American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon”), and this phrase had lived on after the speech to be used by the next presidents of the United States in their speeches. Though Nixon had made the speech with the primary goal of winning the presidential election under the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, he had “turned the speech back on his political enemies” (“Biography: …show more content…
Nixon had wished to initially clear his name to the American people, but not only did he do that, he had gained their support entirely as he presented himself as an “Honest Man” (“Biography: Richard Nixon”), and gave several details of what not only happened with the money, but also his personal life. The speech was initially called the “Fund Speech” but later it would become known as the “Checkers Speech” (“Biography: Richard Nixon”). This speech would not have been brought along if it wasn’t for Checkers and he was “the key inspiration for Nixon” (“Biography: Richard Nixon”). Nixon’s “Checkers” was the key speech that had led him to defeat his political opponents in the campaign as it gained him the support of a majority of the American people, and the hearts of those who were awed on how the speech had came to in the end of his broadcasted