16/01/2005

16/01/05 - 18:16

Richard Nixon aussi il était gentil

Et il a bien réussi à être élu président quand même.



Voir cette vidéo de l'émouvant "discours de Checkers" du 23 septembre 1952 dont je reproduis le texte ci-dessous.

That's what we have and that's what we owe. It isn't very much but Pat and I have the satisfaction that every dime that we've got is honestly ours. I should say this—that Pat doesn't have a mink coat. But she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat. And I always tell her that she'd look good in anything.

One other thing I probably should tell you because if we don't they'll probably be saying this about me too, we did get something-a gift-after the election. A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters would like to have a dog. And, believe it or not, the day before we left on this campaign trip we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was.

It was a little cocker spaniel dog in a crate that he'd sent all the way from Texas. Black and white spotted. And our little girl-Tricia, the 6-year old-named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it.


(On trouvera ici le texte complet du discours).

commentaires

16/01/05 - 18:25

Un discours fait à quelle occasion, Anatole ?

16/01/05 - 18:26

Je viens de rajouter un lien vers le texte complet du discours en fin d'article. Richard Nixon, comme plus tard Jean Tibéri, avait été victime de rumeurs malveillantes.

17/01/05 - 12:57

Je croyais que pour la présidence c'était le labrador et non le cocker qui donnait un bonus de 1000 voix dans le jeu des lois...

25/03/05 - 20:54

Checkers, toute une histoire. Larmoyante !

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