William Safire’s Finest Speech
This is the speech Safire drafted for Nixon to read in case the Apollo 11 Astronauts became stranded on the moon! It is a wonderful piece of alternate universe American history, in which President Nixon had to explain to a nation that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were going to die on the moon. (via William Safire’s Finest Speech - William Safire - Gawker)
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