Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

The thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969–1974) and the only American president to resign from that office.
 
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Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 2 Comments: 0 John Fugelsang: The Subtle Differences between Barack Obama and Richard Nixon John Fugelsang: The Subtle Differences between Barack Obama and Richard Nixon In the waning wake of Benghazi-gate, the GOP wants us to be inflamed over IRS-gate. And it's become pretty clear the only real legislative scandal is the scandalous need for legislators to invent scandals so they don't have to legislate, which I'm calling Gate-gate. May 21, 2013 7:05 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 8 Comments: 0 Today in History for April 22ND Today in History for April 22ND On this day in history: Richard Nixon dies, Elian Gonzalez seized by federal agents, Oklahoma land rush begins. (April 22) Apr 21, 2013 10:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 38 Comments: 0 Today in History for February 21St Today in History for February 21St Highlights of this day in history: Malcolm X assassinated; President Richard Nixon visits China; Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart makes a tearful confession; Steve Fossett is the first to fly across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. (Feb. 21) Feb 22, 2013 1:00 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 91 Comments: 0 Today in History for November 17Th Today in History for November 17Th Highlights of this day in history: President Richard Nixon says 'I am not a crook'; Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England; Suez Canal opens; Congress holds first DC session; Sculptor Auguste Rodin dies; Film director Martin Scorsese born. (Nov. 17) Nov 17, 2012 7:01 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 829 Comments: 1 Ike to Obama: 60 Years of Campaign Ads Ike to Obama: 60 Years of Campaign Ads A supercut of US Presidential election ads from the 1952 Eisenhower campaign to the 2012 Obama campaign. Find out what's changed and what's remained the same over the past 60 years. By Hugh Atkin. User: lyzard Nov 6, 2012 10:21 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 62 Comments: 0 Today in History for November 5Th Today in History for November 5Th Highlights of this day in history: FDR wins unprecedented third term in the White House; Richard Nixon elected President; Former President Reagan says he has Alzheimer's; George Foreman sets boxing record; Pianist Vladimir Horowitz dies. (Nov. 5) Nov 4, 2012 10:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 168 Comments: 0 Richard Nixon Campaign Song 1972; Nixon Now Richard Nixon Campaign Song 1972; Nixon Now Campaign song about Richard Nixon during the election in 1972. Oct 24, 2012 6:10 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: No Votes Hits: 151 Comments: 0 Today in History for October 23Rd Today in History for October 23Rd Highlights of this day in history: Suicide blast kills U.S. Marines and sailors in Lebanon; Students in Hungary spark Cold War revolt; President Richard Nixon agrees to turn over White House tapes; 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson born. (Oct. 23) Oct 22, 2012 10:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 116 Comments: 0 Former Senator George McGovern Has Died Former Senator George McGovern Has Died The one-time presidential nominee and a former senator George McGovern has died. The 90-year-old was surrounded by his family in a hospice in South Dakota. The liberal democrat lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide. (Oct. 21) Oct 21, 2012 7:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 265 Comments: 0 1960 Presidential Debate: Nixon vs Kennedy 1960 Presidential Debate: Nixon vs Kennedy On 26 September 1960, 70 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon in the first-ever televised presidential debate. It was the first of four televised "Great Debates" between Kennedy and Nixon. The first debate centered on domestic issues. The high point of the second debate, on 7 October, was disagreement over U.S. involvement in two small islands off the coast of China, and on 13 October, Nixon and Kennedy continued this dispute. On 21 October, the final debate, the candidates focused on American relations with Cuba. The Great Debates marked television's grand entrance into presidential politics. They afforded the first real opportunity for voters to see their candidates in competition, and the visual contrast was dramatic. In August, Nixon had seriously injured his knee and spent two weeks in the hospital. By the time of the first debate he was still twenty pounds underweight, his pallor still poor. He arrived at the debate in an ill-fitting shirt, and refused make-up to improve his color and lighten his perpetual "5:00 o'clock shadow." Kennedy, by contrast, had spent early September campaigning in California. He was tan and confident and well-rested. "I had never seen him looking so fit," Nixon later wrote. In substance, the candidates were much more evenly matched. Indeed, those who heard the first debate on the radio pronounced Nixon the winner. But the 70 million who watched television saw a candidate still sickly and obviously discomforted by Kennedy's smooth delivery and charisma. Those television viewers focused on what they saw, not what they heard. Studies of the audience indicated that, among television viewers, Kennedy was perceived the winner of the first debate by a very large margin. The televised Great Debates had a significant impact on voters in 1960, on national elections since, and, indeed, on our concerns for democracy itself. The impact on the election of 1960 was significant, albeit subtle. Commentators broadly agree that the first debate accelerated Democratic support for Kennedy. In hindsight, however, it seems the debates were not, as once thought, the turning-point in the election. Rather than encouraging viewers to change their vote, the debates appear to have simply solidified prior allegiances. In short, many would argue that Kennedy would have won the election with or without the Great Debates. Yet voters in 1960 did vote with the Great Debates in mind. At election time, more than half of all voters reported that the Great Debates had influenced their opinion; 6% reported that their vote was the result of the debates alone. Thus, regardless of whether the debates changed the election result, voters pointed to the debates as a significant reason for electing Kennedy. The Great Debates had a significant impact beyond the election of 1960, as well. They served as precedent around the world: Soon after the debates, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Italy, and Japan established debates between contenders to national office. Moreover, the Great Debates created a precedent in American presidential politics. Federal laws requiring that all candidates receive equal air-time stymied debates for the next three elections, as did Nixon's refusal to debate in 1968 and 1972. Yet by 1976, the law and the candidates had both changed, and ever since, presidential debates, in one form or another, have been a fixture of U.S. presidential politics. Oct 4, 2012 11:53 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: No Votes Hits: 141 Comments: 0 Today in History for September 23Rd Today in History for September 23Rd Highlights of this day in history: Richard Nixon gives his 'Checkers' speech; Rome's Augustus Caesar born; Lewis and Clark finish trek to America's West; Psychologist Sigmund Freud dies; Musicians Ray Charles and Bruce Springsteen born. (Sept. 23) Sep 23, 2012 7:00 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: No Votes Hits: 229 Comments: 0 Today in History for August 9Th Today in History for August 9Th Highlights of this day in history: The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan; President Richard Nixon resigns; Charles Manson cult murders actress Sharon Tate and four others; Singer Whitney Houston born; Musician Jerry Garcia dies. (Aug. 9) Aug 8, 2012 10:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 149 Comments: 0 Today in History for August 8Th Today in History for August 8Th Highlights of this day in history: President Richard Nixon says he'll resign; Thieves stage Britain's 'Great Train Robbery'; Nazi saboteurs in the U.S. executed during World War II; Mexico's Emiliano Zapata and actor Dustin Hoffman born. (Aug. 8) Aug 7, 2012 10:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 216 Comments: 0 Today in History for July 27Th Today in History for July 27Th Highlights of this day in history: An armistice ends the Korean War; A House panel votes to impeach President Richard Nixon; A pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics; The deposed Shah of Iran and comedian Bob Hope die. (July 27) Jul 27, 2012 2:00 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 171 Comments: 0 Today in History for July 15Th Today in History for July 15Th President Richard Nixon announces his breakthrough trip to China; Fashion designer Gianni Versace slain; Aerospace giant Boeing founded; Dutch painter Rembrandt born. (July 15) Jul 15, 2012 8:03 AM
 
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