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Paper Abstract: Compares two speeches of the former Presidents. Subject matter of both speech the inappropriate activities, lying, and cover-up of their actions. President Richard M. Nixon's 1974 resignation speech over Watergate disclosures. President William J. Clinton's speech of August 1998 in which he talked about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Both speeches acknowledging the basic facts, but minimizing the issues. Paper Introduction: Nixon and Clinton Introduction Although President William J. Clinton did not have to resign from office following his impeachment hearings, the situation that Clinton was in was very similar to that of Nixon before his resignation (Rivers, 1998). Both engaged in inappropriate activities and then compounded the problem by lying about the situation and attempting to cover up their actions. The intent in this essay is to compare Clinton's speech to the nation on August 17th to President Richard M. Nixon's resignation speech of August 9, 1974. Acknowledgment of Facts Both men acknowledged the basic facts of the situation and their involvement in inappropriate activities. Both also, Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. The two Mr. Clintons. The waythe statement is phrased, the injuries seem to have just happened.However, President Clinton acknowledged that he was the source of somedistress to his family and the country because of his behavior.Attack President Clinton's speech included an attack against Ken Starr and,indirectly, against those who were enemies of his administration.President Nixon did not do this in his speech. President Nixon, again, was brief in his apologies. President Clinton's apologies were to the American people for thedeception and to his family. This use of the word "if" seemed toindicate that not all of them were.Apologies Again, both men included some references that were apologetic in tone,but were not sufficiently forthright in their apologies for manycommentators. Allegations against Clinton a littletoo personal. (1998, September 15). Discussion of Richard Nixon's resignationspeech. He limited his acknowledgment to stating that some of hisjudgments were wrong, but that they were made in what he believed to be thebest interest of the nation (Price, 1994). President Nixon was even more minimizing in his mention of Watergateissues, however. Theintent in this essay is to compare Clinton's speech to the nation on August17th to President Richard M. (1998, August 24). He also attempted to establish that this was part of hisprivate life and the investigation was part of a vendetta by Ken Starr(Alter, 1998). Both also, however, seemed tominimize things, attempting to make their violations more minor. This is fairlyindirect, since there is no reference to Watergate itself, to his actions,or even acceptance of responsibility for the injuries themselves. Newsweek, 2 -24. Since his was not a resignation, however, it did notinclude the kind of summation that President Nixon's speech did. Rocky Mountain News. Forexample, President Clinton talked about his inappropriate relationship withMonica Lewinsky, rather than clearly stating that it was a sexualrelationship. One interesting omission was of an apology toMonica Lewinsky. Instead,it might have been more akin to President Nixon's "Checkers" speech intrying to divert attention from his wrongdoing and restore hisadministration to respectability. It seemed, again, that they both had some feeling that toomuch fuss was being made about the situation and, although they regrettedthe inconvenience, they did not see that they had any major apologies tomake. Morning Edition, National Public Radio. Although he alluded to hislack of political support, he did not blame the Democrats or any oneindividual. Nixon's resignation speech of August 9, 1974.Acknowledgment of Facts Both men acknowledged the basic facts of the situation and theirinvolvement in inappropriate activities. Nixon and ClintonIntroduction Although President William J. Clinton did not have to resign fromoffice following his impeachment hearings, the situation that Clinton wasin was very similar to that of Nixon before his resignation (Rivers, 1998). This was limitedto a statement that he regretted deeply any injuries that may have occurredduring the course of events leading to his decision. President Clinton's speech also included some allusions to otherimportant issues in the world, as though brushing aside the minor matter ofMonica Lewinsky. He also summed up his career, noting that he always triedto act in the best interest of the country, and was continuing to do so byresigning (Price, 1994). Rivers, R. His focus was on the erosion of his overall political base ofsupport.Statesmanlike Elements Much of President Nixon's speech was devoted to statesmanlikestatements, including efforts to support President Ford and discussion offoreign policy. He also interjected an "if"into the discussion, by stating, for example, that "if" some of hisjudgments were wrong, then, etc. References Alter, J. Both engaged in inappropriate activities and then compounded the problemby lying about the situation and attempting to cover up their actions. Price, R. (1994, August 4). If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.