"My fellow Americans", this black & white cocker spaniel gave its name to a 1952 speech
[DOC] [TLE] Televised Political Apologies Started with Richard Nixon's Checkers ... [PAR] During the speech, he stated that regardless of what anyone said, he intended to 
keep one gift: a black-and-white dog, named Checkers by the Nixon children, 
giving the address its popular name.