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Senator Joe McCarthy at the height of his brief power, 1954. The most chilling part of this speech comes near the middle, when McCarthy names 20 "communists" and boasts that he cost them their jobs. Also notable for his inspired use of the word "brutalitarian."
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McCarthy takes it upon himself to explain the goals and
purpose of the Republican Party. Party members cheer wildly...
In this part of a speech given in Orlando in 1973, Nixon defends himself from charges relating to Watergate and claims to welcome the scrutiny. He also utters one of his most famous lines.
The
Richard Nixon Audio Archive. -- A collection of Nixon's Greatest
Hits.
Video! -- Chamberlain waving the
"treaty" -- silent .mpg (225K silent .mpg)"...an effete corps of impudent snobs..."
Along with Pat Buchanan, Bill Safire (now of The New York Times)
was a
speechwriter for the Nixon White House, where he was paid taxpayer
dollars to explain the position of
the administration in a way that would "play in Peoria." Here is one of
his finer efforts. The reader is Vice President Agnew.
