Posted on 05/20/2024 9:57:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
May 16 (Reuters) - Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump plan to face off in a presidential debate on June 27 and another Sept. 10 ahead of a Nov. 5 election, part of a tradition marked by some of the most memorable moments of modern U.S. political history: - 1960: The first televised debate pitted Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy against Republican Vice President Richard Nixon, who was recovering from a hospital visit and had a 5 o'clock shadow, having refused makeup. The 70 million viewers focused on what they saw, not what they heard. Kennedy won the election.
- 1976: In the first TV debate in 16 years, Democrat Jimmy Carter faced unelected incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford. In remarks seen as a major blunder, Ford said: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford administration." Carter won the election.
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I have a love/hate relationship with presidential debates. I love to hate the organizers and moderators.
The voters keep telling the organizers that they want fair and honest debates. The organizers keep ignoring the voters. The moderators are always left-wing activists. Republican candidates continue to disenfranchise their voting base by agreeing to the left’s terms.
The debates are a perfect example of the stupid party versus the evil party.
“The first televised debate pitted Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy against Republican Vice President Richard Nixon, who was recovering from a hospital visit and had a 5 o’clock shadow, having refused makeup. The 70 million viewers focused on what they saw, not what they heard. Kennedy won the election.”
I never bought this explanation of how Nixon lost the election. First of all there was still a huge gap in party registration in favor of the Democrats
Vs the Republicans. Secondly Nixon was a pinata for the press even back then so JFK was always going to be their golden boy. Third of course was the obvious fraud going on in Illinois,Hawaii,Texas and Missouri(maybe even New Jersey) at the time.
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