Richard Nixon, when he isn’t recording his bizarre rants, can be an expert at completely avoiding the issue. Following the Watergate scandal, the release of his strange personal audio recordings, and a pending impeachment trial, Nixon decided to resign. In his resignation speech, he extensively skirts around the issue and instead focuses more on using fluffy, unity-based language and attempting to make the audience feel bad for him. During the entirety of the speech, Nixon mentioned Watergate by name twice and referenced it as “the event” once. Instead of actually addressing the issue or attempting to clear the air, he keeps his speech easily palatable, making sure to pat himself on the back whenever possible. On page 3 he talks about the Cold War…show more content… When you become famous in any position, it can be hard for an audience to remember that you’re just a regular human. Throughout the speech, Nixon wants you to remember that he is in fact a person and does this by bringing up his family multiple times, his friends, and appealing to the average working America’s go-getter attitude by saying, “I have never been a quitter. To leave office.is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.” (pg.1). The obvious pandering goes further as the speech goes on, mentioning how his position in office is specifically to serve the American people and how he is devoted to America for the rest of his life. 4. The adage of the adage. He even quotes former president Theodore Roosevelt, picking a quote about someone viciously fighting for a worthy cause, and it’s okay if he fails because he fought for something worthy. There are many possible people he could have quoted from, and he chose to quote from a former president who was well-liked and a symbol for the American Spirit, and on top of that it’s a quote about how failure is
