r he had to do to win the election. At one point he accused Voorhis of being a communist. Nixon didn't care, he quoted "Of course I knew Voorhis was not a communist, but I had to win. That's the thing you don't understand. The important thing is to win" (Lindop, 14). These kind of tactics that Nixon used set the tone for his career to come. He had many weapons that he used in his campaigning such as being tactically efficient, using offensive maneuvers, much political propaganda, and precise timing (Ro!
             binson, 2000). During his time before he entered his run for presidency, he ran and won many elections. He served many different positions, which were all stepping stones for him to one day become president. In 1947 he served in Congress as a member of the Senate in which he defeated Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, who was a Democrat (Robinson, 2000). In this election he used the communism bid again, accusing it towards Douglas. He won this election in 1950 easily despite that fact that many people did not approve of the way that Nixon campaigned (Robinson, 2000).
             At age thirty-seven, Nixon became the youngest member of the Senate. After about two years, he was selected to run for the vice presidency position by General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Lindop, 16). The road to vice presidency would not be an easy one. Shortly after his nomination, Nixon recieved allegations that he was receiving from outside political friends and supporters (Lindop, 16). Newspapers headlined this story, almost ruining Nixon's political career almost before it started. These funds that he was receiving at the time were called the "Nixon Funds" which were said to have been used for personal expenses. After much talk and many problems that Nixon had to deal with, he finally secured a spot on primetime television to state his case. This speech that Nixon gave was later known a
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