John F. Kennedy Elected, 1960-11-10

Video Title :	John F. Kennedy Elected, 1960-11-10
Description :	The United States presidential election of 1960 marked the end of Dwight D. Eisenhower's two terms as President. Eisenhower's Vice-President, Richard M. Nixon, who had transformed his office into a national political base, was the Republican (GOP) candidate. The Democrats nominated Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy (JFK). He was only the second Roman Catholic to become a major-party presidential candidate (the other was Democrat Al Smith in 1928). During the campaign, Kennedy charged that under Eisenhower and the Republicans America was falling behind the Soviet Union in the Cold War, both militarily and economically, and that as President he would "get America moving again". Nixon responded that, if elected, he would continue the "peace and prosperity" Eisenhower had brought the nation, and that with the nation engaged in the Cold War, Kennedy was too young and inexperienced to be trusted with the Presidency. The vote was the closest in any presidential election dating to 1916, and Kennedy's margin of victory in the popular vote is among the closest ever in American history. The 1960 election also remains a source of debate among some historians as to whether vote theft in selected states aided Kennedy's victory.
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Comments :

how much America has grown up? Apparently, you hold yourself out as an Esoteric of "Exceptional Intelligence-"Must be a Lawyer, of course. America was dignified and quite mature in 1960. We have since degenerated, and the "Lawyers" have a dictatorial strangle-hold on this entire nation, from Image-Making, to the Supreme Court bypassing the Legislature, and making all sorts of "Moral and Laws" for "our own good" of course, because we are just too stupid to decide our own lives; aren't we?

Where the hell did that come from?

I was commenting on MYRIADTV's comment that the World is Waiting to see how much America has "Grown Up-" I thought that was a typically arrogant comment to characterize how much America has had to "grow-up" meaning, if we elect a woman or a black man-- His comment is stupid. "THAT" is "where the hell that came from" MTF 10- Au Revoir-

"...as the attention of the entire globe focuses on the contest for the leadership of the most powerful nation of the free world..." It sounds like the elections of today. The entire world is waiting to see how much America has grown up! Thanks for sharing! :-}