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""Let me in, Let me in, little pig or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"

Big Bad Wolf, timeline unknown

Richard Nixon wanted General Eisenhower to keep him as the Republican vice-presidential candidate. Nixon was accused of having a slush fund, but an independent audit showed no malfeasance. He did confess to accepting a little cocker spaniel from a Texas salesman. That dog was named Checkers, Nixon remained on the 1952 ticket, and got past this incident by the hair of his chinny chin chin.

Richard M. Nixon
Checkers Speech
September 23, 1952


Checkers
The Silent Majority Speech