Episode 52 RICHARD NIXON : The Remarkable Run ( Part 2)
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History
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This episode starts as Richard Nixon, at age 39, is taking the oath of the Vice President of the United States.
On this episode we take you through his remarkable Vice Presidency, where he has to step in through two major illnesses of the President, a heart attack and then stroke. Then he is attacked by a violent, rock throwing mob as he travels by motorcade through the streets of Caracas , Venezuela, then has to hold his own at a trade show in Moscow when he is cornered for an impromptu debate with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Then we move into the most examined Presidential campaign in history as Vice President Richard Nixon faces off against an old friend from Congress, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. It would be one of the closest races in history and Nixon would lose. Then to get back in the political hunt Richard Nixon goes home to California and attempts to run for Governor in 1962, only to lose a second time. It looked like his career had flamed out as meteorically as it had taken off to start with.
Then a series of events would open more and more doors for a return to the national stage and a run for President in 1968.
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