Professional Clip 15: Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech

One other thing I probably should tell you—because if I 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 the 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 Trisha, the six–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.