Pat Nixon

I’m one of the lucky ones. At least that’s what mother always used to tell me. I wonder what she would say now. Father had a different view on things. He demanded that I never leave the house and that the world know nothing of my existence. I didn’t sneak out of the house till age 13. Who knew that 3 years later I would be on my own? What about your wonderful loving parents, you ask? They’re gone now. “Executed for crimes against The City”. Drifting in the ashes that surround this hellhole I…

Political cartoons are frequently made by artists to express their frustration with certain issues, politicians, and sometimes even the public as a whole. What initially appears to be a simply humorous cartoon is actually so much more. In these two cartoons, two completely unrelated issues are addressed: the Flint water crisis and global warming. Yet, both topics are discussed by displaying criticism that natural disasters are frequently disregarded until one’s career is at stake and even then,…

highlight in this essay show how coaches have helped to develop character in athletes, how they pushed them to be the best on and off the field of play, and illustrate how they stepped into the lives of athletes and became so much more than just a coach. Pat Summitt is known for her accomplishments in the sport of basketball. Her 8 national titles (more than any other women’s basketball coach in NCAA history) and her 1,071 wins (more than any coach in the sport) all illustrate her greatness…

The Rev. Pat Robertson made a very unfortunate pronouncement about the Haiti tragedy on this last Tuesday night. Here is what I think about: I am thankful God does not:1- Judge us as a human would do.2- Save us as a bulk processing3- Change his love towards us4- Delay His promise Despite what “Times magazine” web page says about his self-promotion on the prediction of events, I would like to say that many people, including himself, forgets about the moment we live in history. The measure of…

Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 to Francis Anthony Nixon and Hannah Milhous Nixon in Yorba Linda, California and at an early age was marked by hardship and difficulties. Nixon was the second of five brothers, Harold, Donald, Arthur and Edward with two of them dying before he was 21. With the failure of the family ranch in 1922, the family moved to Whittier, California, where his father opened a grocery store and the home of his mother’s relatives. In 1925, the fourth son…

public made on September 23, 1952, by Richard Nixon, the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. Nixon had been accused to of using money from a fund established by his campaign funders to reimburse him for his political expenses. It was a half hour speech televised from Los Angeles with the purpose of persuading the public into supporting him, attack his opponents, and to give off the persona that he was an “average joe”. Nixon relies on mainly on ethos to make the…

Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech On September 23, 1952 Richard Nixon, a candidate for vice president, gave his famous “Checkers speech” to persuade the American people and potential voters that he was an innocent family man who would never take bribes. The American populace thought he had received over 18,000 dollars worth of bribes, and for him to save his and Eisenhower’s chances of winning the election he gave a speech with an innocent family man appeal that then shifted to an accusatory…

pbs.org) These words spoken by Richard Nixon on August 8th, 1974 (www.pbs.org), are what many people recall when they think of the 37th President of the United States. Few think of the man dedicated to serving his country, or the man who spent his life as a voice for people who had none. Instead, President Richard Nixon is thought of as a no-good, scandalous politician who resigned the presidency. However, despite his shortcomings, President Richard Nixon was never a quitter, and his life was…

He also mentioned his wife Pat and the difficulties they had to face when they first got married. Nixon appealed to the American people by giving a relatable personal experience. For example, he gave an account of him living in an $80-a-month apartment in Alexandria, Virginia, amongst his other financial expenditures and savings. He mentioned the modest or “respectable Republican coat” his wife had, and tried to continue to sell his “modest-lifestyle” and appeal and relate to the average…

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States of America, he served from January 20,1969 to August 9, 1974 (Funk & Wagnalls). Nixon is widely regarded as one of the most controversial presidents in all of history, he is the only president in history to resign the office of the presidency (Barone). Amid the controversy the Nixon administration is notable for creating change in American political, military, and diplomatic history (Funk & Wagnalls). Nixon is almost universally…