"Not Nice": Geraldine Ferraro Speaks About Her 1984 VP Debate Against George H.W. Bush

Geraldine Ferraro passed away on Saturday March 26th, 2011. She was the first woman ever on a major party ticket and was known for speaking her mind and being unapologetic. While her selection was expected to breath new life into Walter Mondale's 1984 Presidential campaign, Mondale & Ferraro lost 49 states to incumbent Ronald Reagan. 

One of her most famous moments of the '84 campaign was her October 11th debate against then-VP George Herbert Walker Bush. When Bush appeared to be lecturing her on foreign policy, she called him out for speaking down to her, accusing him of having a patronizing attitude. I had the pleasure of sitting down with her in the spring of 2007, and she spoke about what happened -- she also points out that Bush even bragged about "kicking ass" after the debate, take a look below:

Nixon's Checkers Speech

On this day in 1952, Vice Presidential candidate Richard Nixon went on national TV to, financially speaking, bare it all... With allegations of unethical behavior mounting over a campaign fund he had used for political expenses, Nixon took it upon himself to personally disclose all the details of his family accounting, including the gift for which the speech would be named: Checkers, a cocker-spaniel from Texas. And you know what? We're going to keep it.