Photo Op with the Dog: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Screen_shot_2011-09-22_at_1_46_26_AM_1603.png|link=Lex Luthor|~~right~~|It apparently doesn't matter whether the dog's happy about it or not...]]

[[File:Screen_shot_2011-09-22_at_1_46_26_AM_1603.png|link=Lex Luthor|frame|It apparently doesn't matter whether the dog's happy about it or not...]]

{{quote|''"And our little girl Tricia, the 6-year-old named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it."''|'''[[Richard Nixon]]'''}}

A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Pet the Dog]]. This is when a character makes a huge show of the petting act, in order to help the character's image. The act can sometimes be faked, but usually it's genuine, even if it's a meager act.

A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Pet the Dog]]. This is when a character makes a huge show of the petting act, in order to help the character's image. The act can sometimes be faked, but usually it's genuine, even if it's a meager act.

Can involve a literal photo op, but not always. The point is trying to make the character look good.

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== [[Real Life]] ==

* The page quote comes from Richard Nixon's famous "[~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Checkers_speech~~ Checkers speech]". In 1952, Nixon was the Junior Senator from California, and was being accused of impropriety regarding funding and political gifts. In the nationally-televised speech, Nixon denied having accepted anything (except of course the dog Checkers) and laid out the details of his family's finances. The speech led to an outpouring of public sympathy and support, and spared Nixon from being dropped as [[Dwight D Eisenhower]]'s running mate in that year's Presidential election.

* The page quote comes from Richard Nixon's famous "[[wikipedia:Checkers speech|Checkers speech]]". In 1952, Nixon was the Junior Senator from California, and was being accused of impropriety regarding funding and political gifts. In the nationally-televised speech, Nixon denied having accepted anything (except of course the dog Checkers) and laid out the details of his family's finances. The speech led to an outpouring of public sympathy and support, and spared Nixon from being dropped as [[Dwight D Eisenhower]]'s running mate in that year's Presidential election.

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