When Richard Nixon made his first appearance on Meet the Press on September 14, 1952, he was a 39-year old first-term Senator, and Dwight D. Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate. Two months later they would win the election, but not before Nixon was almost dropped from the ticket in the wake of controversy over a campaign slush fund. The story broke just after this broadcast. Nixon saved his political future with his famous televised Checkers speech, given just nine days after this appearance on Meet the Press.
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Length: 24:00 Posted: 10/4/2008
