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<v Speaker 1>Toxi. This is the seventy seven w ABC Mini Cast.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, I like to promote authors, historical authors

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<v Speaker 1>on this program, and one of my favorites for many

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<v Speaker 1>years has been Steven Ambrose. And Steven Ambrose is very

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<v Speaker 1>famous for his his biographies of President Eisenhower, his incredible

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<v Speaker 1>depiction of D Day and the incredible stories of World

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<v Speaker 1>War Two, and his book D Day is highly, highly recommended.

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<v Speaker 1>But he also wrote three books about Richard Nixon. Why

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<v Speaker 1>did you write three books about Richard Nixon? Because in

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<v Speaker 1>his very extensive work on the Eisenhower presidency, he just

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<v Speaker 1>ended up having a lot of material on Nixon too.

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<v Speaker 1>He was his vice president for the full eight years

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<v Speaker 1>of his term. So it only makes sense, and so

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<v Speaker 1>I would again recommend a book. The second book in

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<v Speaker 1>the three books he wrote about Richard Nixon talks about

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<v Speaker 1>the Checkers speech, talks about eisenhow response to it, and

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<v Speaker 1>Steve from Beverly Hills is exactly right. It saved him

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<v Speaker 1>as the nominee as his as a running mate. Eisenhower

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<v Speaker 1>was very much prepared to dump Richard Nixon as his

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<v Speaker 1>vice president. This was fifty two. By the way, that

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<v Speaker 1>this happened. So he was not elected president yet, and

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<v Speaker 1>he was very ready to get rid of Richard Nixon

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<v Speaker 1>and wash his hands of him. He had already seen

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<v Speaker 1>some good advanced polling that showed that I know, he

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<v Speaker 1>was pretty company. He was going to win either way.

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<v Speaker 1>So he knew that whatever hit he would take in

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<v Speaker 1>the polls for dumping Nixon and appearing to be a

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<v Speaker 1>little disloyal to him would not last. But he was

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<v Speaker 1>so won over, like so much of the country was

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<v Speaker 1>now to give a few more details about Steve's story,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think I'll make this one of the decisions

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<v Speaker 1>for Freedom to fifty in a future show. The fact

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<v Speaker 1>is that Nixon was being accused of taking cash payments,

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<v Speaker 1>illegal cash payments from people and that were supporting his

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<v Speaker 1>campaign in the past and in the president at that time,

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<v Speaker 1>and so he decided to not only deny it, but

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<v Speaker 1>say like, well, there may be one thing that we

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<v Speaker 1>took that we shouldn't have taken it. So the nation

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<v Speaker 1>is on the edge of our seats. He's on live

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<v Speaker 1>television and it sounds like he's going to admit, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>did he take a couple hundred bucks, did he take

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<v Speaker 1>a fur coat for his wife, what did he do?

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<v Speaker 1>And he says, well, we got a box that had

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<v Speaker 1>no markings on it and we opened it and this

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<v Speaker 1>cute little dog came out checkers. And if we have

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<v Speaker 1>to give back checkers, then I don't think I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just an incredible I mean, the guy should have

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<v Speaker 1>been he was a senator from California at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>He should have been a screenwriter in Beverly Hills, because

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<v Speaker 1>that was a great moment in campaign manipulation, public speaking manipulation. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't ever remember anyone ever saying that tears came

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<v Speaker 1>to his eyes, but he definitely got choked up. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be I'm gonna do the little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a weasely thing here and say that again, I

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<v Speaker 1>did say tears and crying. Had there been tear into

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<v Speaker 1>tears in his eyes, maybe things that would have gone

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit different. But that's that's possible.