Talk:Checkers (disambiguation)
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Checkers was the name of a cocker spaniel that saved Richard Nixon's political career in 1952. Nixon, then a Vice President candidate for Eisenhower, was accused of setting up a secret slush fund. Nixon appeared on television, tearfully saying that he only gift he'd received as a politician was Checkers, that his children loved the dog, and that he and he wasn't going to give it back -- even if it was a crime. The audience loved it, and Nixon became VP and later President.
"Checkers" is the name of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom's secondary country residence.
That one's 'Chequers'.
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Could someone explain why the disambiguation page is at Checkers (disambiguation), rather than here at Checkers? It makes the whole notion of a disambiguation page rather pointless if no-one can find it. -- Visviva 08:52, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
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