The 1960 Race

[Gustaf]

President Kennedy did the best job in office and as we know Nixon didnt because he resigned.

Not until his 2nd term mind you.

They didnt find out untill his second term but his VP before Pres. Ford had resigned well before Nixon resigned.

Yes, but that had nothing to do with Watergate, Spiro Agnew retired b/c of a sex scandal or something like that (I don't remember exactly).

[Gustaf]

Agnew's problems stemmed from when he was in Maryland politics, not sex.

Ok, then I got it mixed up with someone else. I only read about it once. Still, there was no connection with Watergate.

[Gustaf]

An interesting question is what would have happened if Nixon rather than Kennedy had won the 1960 election.

There were such tumultuous issues that came to the surface in the 1960s, and it's interesting to imagine how they would have been handled by a Republican rather than a Democratic administration.

Civil rights is one major issue.  Nixon was in favor of civil rights advances in 1960, and the Republicans didn't have the burden of needing white southern votes, something that initially made Kennedy hesitant to push too hard on civil rights.  It's interesting to think how the political alignment might be different today if it had fallen to a Republican president to deal with the civil rights situation in the 1960s.

The other big issue is Vietnam.  Nixon probably would have been far more reluctant than the Democrats to intervene in Vietnam in the first place, and if he did, might have used our power more effectively.

This was such a pivotal election at such a tumultuous time, when even slightly different leadership might have produced some very different results.

The civil rights thing is very interesting. Maybe the soild south would have remained in place and the black voters would have been overwhelmingly Republican.

[Gustaf]

zork--As you know I'm a serious poster and I have not been watching these atlas elections much, but now I said I'd help thema nd out recruiting members to come and vote when necessary.  Check it out and support Supersoulty if you would,  Thanks.

Littering the threads, JR, littering the threads....

[Gustaf]

just passing out flyers  Better than the democrats of 1960 if we would like a thread related comparison, in stuffing th edballot boxes in MO, IL and TX!

May I remind you that YOUR primary was the one plagued by accusations of voter fraud!