Speech Q's

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1. Who is speaking? - Former President Richard Milhous "Tricky Dick" Nixon

2. Why was the speech important? - This is Nixon's "not a crook speech" regarding his involvement in the Watergate scandal.

3. Why do you (I) find it interesting? - I was coming up with lots of visual ideas while listening to it, so you could say it struck me in that way.

4. What is the emotion, tone, feeling and personality of the speech? - Nixon is defending himself and his actions in a time in which things were starting to unravel for him. The following year, he would face trials for his impeachment that would ultimately succeed. Nevertheless, Nixon delivers the speech levelly and with some flair. It was a skill he had displayed on numerous occasions—whether or not he was being genuine—and it was a major factor in his election.

5. What is loud, soft, emphasized, etc.? - The speech is very level and calm, with some sections of subtle emphasis—"I am not a crook."

6. How does it make you/the audience feel? - There is—in light of the results of his trial and certain things it revealed about Nixon—irony in his words that kind of turns the speech on its head.

7. Short bio of speaker - "Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974) and the only president to resign the office. Nixon was elected to the presidency in 1968.

"The most immediate task facing President Nixon was the Vietnam War. He initially escalated the conflict, overseeing secret bombing campaigns, but soon withdrew American troops and successfully negotiated a ceasefire with North Vietnam, effectively ending American involvement in the war. His foreign policy was largely successful; he opened relations with the People's Republic of China and initiated détente with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he implemented new economic policies which called for wage and price control and the abolition of the gold standard. He was reelected by a landslide in 1972. In his second term, the nation was afflicted with economic difficulties. In the face of likely impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal,[1] Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974."
-Quoted from Wikipedia