I find it interesting how neither one interrupted the other while they were speaking. Not at all like today's debates.

@raulmacias1311

3 жыл бұрын

George Habib In those wonderful days, men were men! What has sadly happened to this country is the feminization of America! In 1963 there were 20 women in the United States Congress, now there are 147! Many of them are disgusting, disrespectful emotional wrecks like like Speaker Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Ocasio-Cortez etc... Emotional women also have power positions in the media which has trivialized political discussion! Men have been feminized, shouting, hollering and interrupting each other during debates. During these debates, did you notice there wasn't a studio audience? It is so silly and juvenile to have a raucous studio audience applauding and shouting!!! Just look at how disgracefully Attorney General William Barr was treated the other day by the Democrats! Politics is now in the toilet!

@raulmacias1311

3 жыл бұрын

What charisma! Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy looks and sounds better in this debate than in the first debate. What does Dick Nixon mumble at 9:39 on this videotape?

@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan

3 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Austin Nixon was a crook lmao

@sewxge

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@bradenblazewilson

3 жыл бұрын

@@sewxge This aged amazingly

These debates are so much better with out a roaring audience.

@DecayedPony

3 жыл бұрын

@pe nis This comment didn't age well. LOL

@TheCapn23

2 жыл бұрын

YES! The audience wastes so much time with the constant clapping.

@alejandrogutierrez3789

9 ай бұрын

​@@DecayedPonyI understood that reference 😞

It's easy to see why this election was so close. Both these guys were very smart debaters.

@Xpistos510

4 жыл бұрын

True. One of them, however, turned out to be corrupt and abuse his power. "When the president does it, it is not illegal (by definition)."

@JAWZMUZIK1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Xpistos510 Republicans have been odd balls ever since Nixon

@seditiouswalrus

4 жыл бұрын

They shoulda let me have a go, im a masterbater. 😂

@youpretty5343

4 жыл бұрын

@@seditiouswalrus i saw what you did there 😂

@gorgonfeeman5806

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad they both ended up being corrupt crooks

Anyone else coming back to this after seeing the shambolic 2020 debate?

@stsabados8979

3 жыл бұрын

YES!! lol

@dray174

3 жыл бұрын

@Sonaj 6969 too bad you dont

@erickcervera9249

3 жыл бұрын

How did u know

@erickcervera9249

3 жыл бұрын

Ay btw Obama 2012

@eduardoolguin7359

3 жыл бұрын

@Sonaj 6969 you fucken piece of shit dog

Blows me away how well spoken these men are. What happened to our politics?

@roc7880

Жыл бұрын

People now vote based on feelings not reason. What do u expect it will happen in Congres?

@jacobrayhubbard4207

Жыл бұрын

What happened? Everything. China, oil, communism, socialism, chronie capitalism, carbohydrates, the fall of the Iron Curtain, big business, it all happened. Big Pharma, the Industrial Military Complex, Artificial Intelligence, internet. The future happened. 😶‍🌫️

@bowlingstoned2113

11 ай бұрын

Grown men forgot respect, dignity and the art of healthy debate.

@puppergump4117

11 ай бұрын

I think what happened is all of our real problems went away, so you didn't have people on two different sides trying to solve something big. Now we have no direction, aside from keeping China honest and cleaning up messes.

@neko-chan1513

11 ай бұрын

I want elections to be civil again

Nixon definitely wasn’t as slick as Jack Kennedy but he was still an extremely smart and informed dude.

@williamoverly1617

3 жыл бұрын

To his credit, he was civilized and respectful.

@TheStageight

3 жыл бұрын

And a crook

@intelligenthuman3262

3 жыл бұрын

Fucked up the space program

@TheStageight

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a crook, all his life he was a crook

@jasonmorgan8110

2 жыл бұрын

Nixon was way more intelligent and well spoken. Pop culture ruined his reputation but if your eyes are viewing this then you know better

People were so well spoken back in the day (in comparison to the recent debate)

@bradleygilmore5638

7 жыл бұрын

"such a nasty woman"

@ZeusKnocksYouOut

7 жыл бұрын

so true. iv been thinking the same thing for the entire election... i dont know how we have been so dumbed down as i am only 21 and history(sadly) is not taught well in schools these days, but i absolutely love how articulate and intelligent people used to be with their words

@highwalker339

6 жыл бұрын

Also the audience dosn't interrupt and yell every 2 minutes.

@theshrock9237

6 жыл бұрын

Kim Berly " W R O N G"

@misterkid

6 жыл бұрын

ZeusKnocksYouOut The irony in your comment is saddening.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my fondness for Duff beer

@rumble-roses

7 жыл бұрын

The man never drank a duff in his life!

@MrKaplanFilm

7 жыл бұрын

The best comments I have ever read on KZread.

@canbest7668

6 жыл бұрын

Very good!

@neonflashsparkotron5435

6 жыл бұрын

Bryan Tait i hate beer

@neonflashsparkotron5435

6 жыл бұрын

Bryan Tait wine is probably better

Remember when Presidential debates were more than just incoherent yelling? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

@dray174

3 жыл бұрын

Remember when it wasnt a scam? Pepperidge farm doesnt remember

Meanwhile 60 years later: *”did you just use the word sMaRt?!”* *”will you sHuT uP mAn?!”*

@kyleperlman

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that you used that line for Biden and couldn’t find anything worse shows that the problem was Trump, not the current President.

@_c3a3m_88

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyleperlman Biden was the better candidate, but that’s a separate discussion, and is not the point

@DrJones20

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyleperlman Biden is still trash. GTFO

@stgeorge5862

2 жыл бұрын

Trump is a babbling reality show star although an honorable and economically savvy one. Biden is just a geriatric disgrace. He's so incompetent he can barely speak let alone lead. Trump wasn't perfect. But he is a militarian genius, and a great president with economy. Sadly decorum wasn't his strong suit or he'd have been revered.

Its weird to see dead people being alive here

@yevgeniyzharinov7473

5 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@carolynking1625

5 жыл бұрын

I want to go back when they were alive and so was Camelot soon to come!

@Apaleutos24

5 жыл бұрын

Well Dina...John in particular never dies! He may have physically been away since November 22, 1963 but he is more alive and a headline for the past 55 years and counting...you know why? Because he wasn't just another US President but because he's an example of what a US President should be like. Since the 242 years of the existence of the United States of America which presidents are most vividly comes to your mind as an example? Three into my mind: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and John Fidgerald Kennedy. All the rest came as a consequence...

@TechnoDelight

5 жыл бұрын

Technolgie

@nollyfkennedy

4 жыл бұрын

@@Apaleutos24 Amen

Jack was a born public speaker.

@garyhutton2654

5 жыл бұрын

All Irish are

@johnwinthrop2702

3 жыл бұрын

He wasn't actually but he learned quickly.

Coming after the Biden-trump debate and I’ve got to admit that Nixon may not be from my party but he is really really respectable and admirable he is polite to Jfk and Jfk is polite to him they present concrete ideas and policies, what do they do now ? They argue about their personalities ?? Why ?

@robreke

3 жыл бұрын

By today's standards, JFK would be considered a right wing Republican conservative. Extreme leftism has taken over the Dem party. that wasn't the case here, in 1960

@ryanjansen8605

3 жыл бұрын

Kennedy would be a conservative today.

@sw4gonometry65

3 жыл бұрын

ryan jansen No he would not, I’ve listened to all of his conferences and speeches let me tell you that even in this world he would be a Democrat, maybe not an extreme left wing but never a conservative

@birdflox1337

3 жыл бұрын

@@robreke no it has not. there is no party for extreme leftism. Obama did drone strikes and Biden can't even agree with affordable healthcare, both democrats and republicans are right-wing, democrats just slightly less so.

@williamoverly1617

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed about the debates, regardless of party.

I was very fond of both men. I watched the debate as a 3 year old in my Grandfathers lap. They acted professionally and did not interrupt each other.

@wadesaleeby2172

4 жыл бұрын

3, right....what about getting burped during the heated exchange? Do you recall that?

@ezazfr

2 жыл бұрын

@@wadesaleeby2172 ayo chill

@ezazfr

2 жыл бұрын

hey thats me

1960 was the last year when both major political party presidential candidates were outstanding.

@matheus1234416

8 жыл бұрын

1960 was the only presidential debate with a good president and the first broad casted one

@TayDays1128

6 жыл бұрын

It was also the first year that election fraud elected a president.

@tomgibson6801

5 жыл бұрын

1976 was

@jameswall3909

5 жыл бұрын

Mat Rosa nixon didn't have a broad chest

@niccolorichter1488

3 жыл бұрын

1968

Yes, JFK was brilliant. He could read 1200 words a minute. He could read 5 newspapers in an hour and a book in a couple of hours. For those who think he couldn't write, he wrote almost in their entirety, the Berlin Wall Speech and the Civil Rights Speech in June of 1963. He threw out Sorenson's text becuase he didn't like it. The most well written, rhythmically flowing, easily readable portions of Profiles in Courage are the intro & the conclusion which he wrote.

@SnakesGaming2016

2 жыл бұрын

are you saying he didnt write the rest of the book?

@DannyBoy777777

2 жыл бұрын

@Virginia Calvano Couldn't dodge that fusillade though could he.

@michaelterrell5061

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention “Why England Slept” which earned him a Pulitzer Prize.

@jb-vb8un

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelterrell5061 Near the end of his life, JFK speechwriter Ted Sorensen revealed the truth, Profiles In Courage was not the sole work of one man, and very least JFK. Sorensen refused to take the credit he deserved for years, though he performed all the heavy lifting, content with a brief shoutout as Kennedy's "research assistant." But make no mistake who drafted and birthed this book into existence. Which makes the dedication to another man's wife all the more surreal. Perhaps Ted was trying to send his boss a subtle message about keeping his nose in his books and his ass out of possible scandals before he ran into the clichéd career-destroying affair. - - Kennedy’s public perception was bolstered by the immediate damage control and legal efforts undertaken by a group of Kennedy confidantes and advisers, including ex-defense secretary Robert McNamara and JFK speechwriter Ted Sorensen.

@michaelterrell5061

Жыл бұрын

@@jb-vb8un Perhaps. But that does not have very much to do with my original comment. Though I do thank you for giving me insight into the great mind of Presidential Advisor and Lawyer Ted Sorensen.

Imagine what America would of been like if John F Kennedy would of finished his two-terms.

@JK20239

5 жыл бұрын

Vietnam war wouldnt have lasted or been a drawn out conflict

@fredcollins8919

4 жыл бұрын

Truly THE best society on Earth

@stevehays6403

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Mcdaniel a better country. He wasnt a good husband but inspired millions that went out into the world and tried to help make it better. and started the peace corps, formed pushed the Generals what is known as Special Forces Green Beretas, and Pretty much Jsoc ,staved off nuclear war, started the war on poverty with Bobby. Helped put a man on the moon, That’s in two years. Call him a womanizer as want. Can still be what he and his brother were. Great men. 10 presidents ago. How the world changed in what people think makes a president.

@curranfrank2854

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevehays6403 He won the election due to mob interference. He cheated on his wife constantly. He solved a nuclear crisis that he started in the first place. NASA put a man on the moon, Kennedy doesn't deserve credit for that. Lyndon B. Johnson started the War on Poverty, not Kennedy. Johnson got the civil rights act passed, while Kennedy procrastinated on civil rights and his brother worked with the FBI to investigate MLK. Kennedy wasn't skilled at getting legislation through congress. Overrated man, only remembered fondly because he was shot.

@KeithAGass

3 жыл бұрын

@@curranfrank2854 He was also a massive Methamphetamine addict, he was on it here actually. He had a doctor who regularly injected a concoction of meth and goats blood into his throat.

The moment Kennedy says "that's not the position you took however..." Focus on Nixon's face 9:17 And then, you got to love the smirk Kennedy gives at the end of the video.

@MCO18

8 жыл бұрын

And they say that Democrats can't be tough.

@domenicocusumano

8 жыл бұрын

+Max Power This democrat no longer exists

@bradjustin2573

7 жыл бұрын

seems like a rivalry but JFK and Nixon were good friends always in the same circles in the late 40s early 50s JFK smirks looks away from Nixon with Nixon standing and thinking about something

@roseandstem8054

7 жыл бұрын

I'll pass. Thanks.

@wilc816

7 жыл бұрын

Roseand Stem savage

from 9:14-9:23, Nixon blinks his eyes 20 times. Just a fun fact.

@Hwd371

4 ай бұрын

The important things 🤙

I really like the way they speak. I watch Kenndey's speeches to improve my own.

@kamstewart7755

5 жыл бұрын

@Peter Pan He was catholic, but alright then.

@kamstewart7755

5 жыл бұрын

Me too dude

@anthonynegron788

4 жыл бұрын

@Jakob Geißler u mean fake jews, the real jews of the bible are the so called blacks of the western hermisphere.

@asgerhashim3913

3 жыл бұрын

oh michael jackson

That JFK was a he'll of a man, I wish he was alive today, a great great man.

Its fascinating to see two gentlemen debate in the 1960s. It shows very clearly how much manners, education and the way of properly discuss things (even if both sides heavily disagree) have broken down and lost.

The day when no candidate interrupt his opponent like a 13 yr old, this debate is beautiful

Smartest man to ever set in the White House.J.F.K.

@fernyhj8278

3 жыл бұрын

Fun quote, jfk said at a Nobel prize gathering at the Whitehouse, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

No wonder the election was so close, both men were very intelligent and knew what they were talking about.

I strongly agree. JFK and Nixon were so well informed on both domestic and foreign affairs (no pun intended in Mr. Kennedy's case!). The expectations were much higher in their era. A present day politician, accustomed to sound bites and limited exposure and lack of sponteneity wouldn't last more than a few weeks in the intelectual atmosphere that pervaded politics.

Who else is here to wash their brain?

I have studied Jack for years he will always win....

Just look at the way that JFK deflects Nixon's misquotations. He rolls with the punches (showing just a hint of restrained anger) and follows through with a haymaker. He was a master at thinking on his feet; pulling more quotable lines off the top of his head than a entire team of speechwriters could have come up with.

Kennedy fucking laughing at Nixon at 6:35 is fucking hilarious

Man hearing JFK's voice and debate is so satisfying

I'm liking Nixon in these. And JFK. These are hugely informative.

@strangerui4009

4 жыл бұрын

Nixon would have won. He looked physically weak

@thedemocraticchristian2348

3 жыл бұрын

@@strangerui4009 That was really just the first debate, and unfortunately he *was* physically weak at that time. Just recovering from a flu which left him pale and sweaty, hobbling around because of a banged knee, and a pale suit to go up against a pale background.

@ezazfr

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedemocraticchristian2348 not a good day fr

Let 's debate like that again. Tough, but always respectful, based on facts and focused on the issue at hand.

The man never drank a Duff in his life!

@abigailtheweirdo1107

5 жыл бұрын

eoinfl yeah...

@ilovetotour

4 жыл бұрын

Who?

@punchline43

3 жыл бұрын

I guess it helps to read that in Homer's voice LOL.

@niccolorichter1488

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilovetotour Nixon

Sad to see what America has come to

@favelweston1946

3 жыл бұрын

Ik wtf happened

@armorpro573

2 жыл бұрын

@@favelweston1946 It was due to corruption in the government and division between our citizsns

Different visions, pure class, no stupidity or name calling. Those were the days.

You gotta love kennedy

@marklo6283

8 жыл бұрын

I love him

@krazyspartanodst

8 жыл бұрын

i love you

@yifanwang7136

7 жыл бұрын

NO

@fellowdude7295

7 жыл бұрын

Nixon is the best bitch

@neonflashsparkotron5435

6 жыл бұрын

Yifan Wang weep

At the end JFK's like "Hell yeah."

When politicians debated on PREMISES, and refuted one another point by point - not on personal attack. Also, not yelling over one another. The age of reason is dead.

Thanks for posting this, very interesting.

Compare this to the Vice Presidential debate of 2012 where Joe Biden laughs and rolls his eyes the entire time.

@tomgibson6801

5 жыл бұрын

well ryan was being a pathetic douche tbf

its like watching 10 rounds between two heavy weights. its a beautiful illustration of social engagement and the use of language and debate

It looks like the candidates were given more time to answer the questions so their answers were more in depth and not just sound bites like the answers in today’s debates.

thx for posting

President Kennedy was an awesome debater. It sucks that some nut killed him. It's not fair that a great man like JFK had his life cut short. I'm for Caroline Kennedy for Senator!

this is how debates should go. no old and out of touch people yelling at each other about why people shouldn't vote for the other guy, but politicians who know what they're talking about and are able to politely discuss how certain issues should be solved.

these debates are amazing

Nixon should have looked over and told Jack Kennedy he was no Jack Kennedy.

@xxxfirehuunterxxx

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

Two fantastic candidates

They are so beautiful

Kennedy burned Nixon in the first half of that clip. Nixon gave such good points and JFK ripped them all to shreds.

Nixon is like the guy who swings too much in a fight...Kennedy is much more technical.

Love the Kennedy smile at 0:40!!

Wow…two mature adults running for the presidency having a calm rational debate and discussion ..not interrupting each other or shouting…God I miss those days

They say that these debates are the legendary! The first real televison debate. and no other debate since has been as good ever!

From today's perspective, in my opinion, that was a really thought-provoking presidential debate!! If it were possible, I really wish that Senator Kennedy would have chosen Hubert Humphrey as his running mate in 1960. Those were two of the best postwar leaders America ever had! LBJ was really no one's cup of tea.

@DrSPF23

2 жыл бұрын

I mean lots of black Americans love him for the civil rights act. Johnson did alot of good and alot of evil, very complicated.

@gaelanwhite8842

Жыл бұрын

@@DrSPF23 It is hard not to commend Johnson for just how much he was able to accomplish so much in his tenure. While he did make a lot of terrible decisions through his administration, along with his own narcissistic tendencies, he was one of the most proactive presidents we had seen.

@bigpapi6688

11 ай бұрын

LBJ was not likable and his Vietnam policy was obviously terrible in hindsight, but he did manage to get a lot through. He was good at getting things passed through congress

@TheBINIBALL

10 ай бұрын

LBJ was from Texas. Triple H was from Minnesota. The Dems had to get those crucial southern votes

Wow they were so well spoken

He obstructed peace talks in Vietnam for political reasons, he over through the democratically elected government of Chile, and replaced it with a military dictatorship, and lets not forget Watergate.

@sithersproductions

4 ай бұрын

I mean the Chilean military did that. Sure it was supported by the US, the US not backing certain figures has led to calamitous results, Iran for instance would not have fallen to revolutionary terror under the Shah.

They both make so much since!

Exactly! Anyone who disagrees with me; please read the book about CIA by Tim Weiner. It was due to the incompetence of CIA and not directly Kennedy's fault, what happened on the Bay of Pigs.

Nixon was a very patriotic President, he was right about a lot things.

@jonchaney

5 жыл бұрын

Let me make this perfectly clear, I agree. This is an impartial ghostly dick commenting, I am not in Cambodia, don’t listen to what I do watch what I say!

It's amazing how awful debates are today compared to back then. I'm a Dem, but both of these candidates are a pleasure to listen to compared to the drivel we are presented today.

@inbredtrumptard6915

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you didn't watch the 2016 debates...

No interrupting, no childishness, this is how a debate should go. Throw down your goals and say while you will be better....

They were both patriots and fantastic presidents.

@joshuawillis602

5 жыл бұрын

SN2903 Kennedy was a patriot but Nixon was a crook who made a few good decisions

I would like to express my fondest for this particular debate.

Kennedy wipes the floor here, his knowledge (he was a prolific reader) and his delivery are unbeatable. Kennedy knew that knowledge is power and whoever has the knowledge wins the debate. Tho quizical looks he gives nixon are classic, hes thinking what? He was dead right that America needed to surge forward and start getting ahead after all they were known for their great mass production What makes him so appealing is his strength of chraracter and determination.

@SR-zc6lk

Жыл бұрын

Wrong. Nixon won the debates on radio, but lost on television for superficial reasons.

Kennedy is a bad ass. Damn.

I want to see more of this.

JFK mopped the floor with Nixon...JFK kicked ass here !

@SR-zc6lk

Жыл бұрын

Not really.

@BillyBob-ec5ox

Жыл бұрын

He did fine, but it wasn’t an ass kicking by any means. Nixon was actually seen as the winner over radio

6:05 That face when you try to explain your math F to your mom.

@ilovetotour

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

When did they do the diff beer commercial? Lol . I have been told if you watch the debate Kennedy wins and if you heard it on the radio Nixon won. I don't come away with that as I have just listened and Kennedy was clearly sharper of mind and assertive.

why can’t we have them

@shreib0410

3 жыл бұрын

Guyzrz 123 lmao such a shame

@laurainthecavewithdiamond3285

3 жыл бұрын

The question should be: how come we don’t have ppl LIKE them

Look at the civility of this debate between the candidates and that they back up their answers with facts and data, not insulting the other person. Sad times we are in.

Translation Nixon: Kennedy wants to tell us that our country is falling behind, However I surely believe that doesn't boost Moral, But who is he to judge us? Kennedy: Whos saids I shouldn't have a right to speak my mind? I have been a Law Maker and defended this Nation during WW2. My Point is, We can't live in a Fantasy World, We are far behind the Soviet Union in many ways, Mainly Scientific. While also having a Poor Lower Class. *Next Question* Nixon: Kennedy want's to hand over the Islands to the Communist, Thus would likely be a message to the Soviet Union on encouraging them to get away with more things. Kennedy: I never said that, I said we should hold all right to defend the islands like I agree with the President on, However I am also saying a Diplomatic Solution would be needed.

This is kind of wierd but I wonder if anyone knows of a vid that shows the debaters arriving at the 1960 debates?I;m interested in seeing the vehicles they showed up in.

Great come back from JFK... Nixon had him in a corner and he reversed the position and put Nixon in the corner. Excellent...

what is the origin purpose value limitation of this debate?

How far the decorum has fallen in sixty years

Notice how smart this debate sounds. Today, we are debating about transgenders and women in combat rather than the economy and industry and jobs.

@joshuawillis602

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Hagstrom we’re still debating about those

@lordjim24

6 жыл бұрын

But they do not take center stage anymore.

Where did this take place? (stage, auditorium?)

@MCO18

8 жыл бұрын

October 21, 1960, ABC Studios, New York City

Max Power, do you have all of the the Oct.21, 1960 debate you can upload?

@MCO18

10 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the very late reply, but I believe I have two other clips from this debate, which has the candidates' closing statements. You can find them in my Kennedy-Nixon debates playlist. However, I don't have footage of any of the debates in their entirety.

Is it just me or did Nixon predict that the outcome of "drawing a line" at 7:01 feel like I've heard that somewhere before...

@Willredd94 He stopped a nuclear outbreak, He sought to contain communism in Latin America by establishing the Alliance for Progress, which sent aid to troubled countries and sought greater human rights standards in the region. He started the peace corps helping many under-developed countries, He was one of the founders of the Nuclear test ban treaty. His domestic policy allowed the aid for the eldery such as medical care, Helped fight racism. Be conntinued.

An online tutorial of how to go about a presidential debate. Affirmative not arrogant. No interruptions! Love it! Gentlemen.. Take a bow!

I don’t understand Nixon’s argument regarding prestige. His entire argument is laced with ethnocentrism. He’s using the standards of the Soviet Union to compare to the standards of America. Why can’t he understand that the standards of one culture should not dictate the standards of another. American prestige should be matured through Kennedys proposals. You better a country; you better the prestige and more importantly the people’s motivation to contribute to this prestige. Absolutely love Kennedy x

@jamiengo2343

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose the competition between the US and USSR was of paramount importance, both in the world and at home. Remember, the question was about the decline of US prestige overseas. Great power competition means that the decline of one is almost certainly caused by the rise of another. Therefore the comparison with the USSR.

I have another video of the candidates giving their closing statements at this last debate, which picks up where this video ends. See the Video Responses section.

As much flaws as these guys had, they both loved their country. The JFK Nixon race was one of the closest in american history. He beat him by about 100 thousand votes. Close calls defined his life, he defeated Henry Cabin Lodge (Nixons running mate ironically) by about the same margin. But as they say in politics, a win is a win. IT was a well deserved win. These days, its all about choosing the lessor evil, or the least stupidest.

The Chinese argument was really interesting. Back then we only recognized Tawain and were prepared to defend just like S. Korea. Nixon then came along and normalized relations because he saw China as the enemy of an enemy. If only we decided to keep the door closed on China, communism wouldve fell their too and Tawain wouldve been reunited with the mainland.

Debates back then were more mature than the ones now

Two great men I wish I was alive in this era

RIP JFK

He really wanted people to go on the moon.... even if it was in there to see it he saw it from heaven he is very happy we love Mr. Kennedy May your soul Rest In Peace

My understanding is that he wrote the intro & the conclusion & did some of the research & drafted the first notes on the John Quincy Adams chapter. In addition, he read a lot of the biographies himself & he made numerous dictation tapes directing Sorenson on what he wanted done. It is not uncommon for members of Congress to author books in that fashion and have a staff member do a lot of the writing. I am sure he edited the full text as he edited all the speeches Sorenson ever wrote for him.

Richard Nixon may have sucked at being a president, but at least he was pretty damn good at debating.

Does anyone know about debates that went on during the Race to Sapce ABOUT the space race? It would help A LOT! THANKS! Please as soon as possible, before Friday would be best.

@avis_06

Жыл бұрын

Twelve years... did u ever end up finding what u needed lol

@1TopGunPaintballer They discuss the space race at some extent in this video with Nixon saying that the US had made more sucessful shots into space than the Soviets. Kennedy follows by mentioning "the size of our rocket thrust". More like phallic imagery, if you ask me. lol

If only there could be someone like JFK again…

@claytonsmith195

10 ай бұрын

we have rfk jr now :) vote for him

I’m waiting for a intermission so I can grab a duff beer.

Both candidates were well above the low standard of today. They are both intelligent, well spoken, and dignified.

For as intelligent and tenacious as Nixon was, Kennedy just handled him. Brilliantly. “I really don’t need Mr. Nixon to tell me what my responsibilities are as a citizen.” That’s what you call a right cross right to the chin.