Allegations of Mitt Romney's dog abuse are adding an unexpected and bizarre character issue to the Republican primary. To survive as a candidate, will he need to deliver a post-modern 'Checkers' speech as per Nixon, more than a half-century after the original? Checkers, you may recall, was the pet the Nixon family received as a gift.
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You knuckle head lefties at Newsday will stoop as low as possible to take shots at Nixon. It is quite a stretch to compare the Checkers "scandal" to animal abuse. Get over it already
Joe Mondello must be a leftie. He called Spitzer's shots at Bruno "Nixonesque abuse of power." Why would he say such a thing about a Republican? Next he'll be saying that Reagan gave the illegals amnesty....