Nixon lost against JFK in 1960. It was a nail-biter of an election, just like Bush-Kerry.
The only difference was that Joseph Kennedy had bought the Chicago vote.
Okay, my bad. Makes sense.
“The only difference was that Joseph Kennedy had bought the Chicago vote.”
Well if you believe the “controversial” Kennedy mini-series running on Reelz channel, Joe Kennedy was innocent of this charge. It allegedly was Frank Sinatra who made this promise on behalf of the Kennedys “deliver the vote and Kennedys will lay off you guys.” When Bobby Kennedy went after the mob, Sam Giancana was STEAMED and called Sinatra onto the carpet. Sinatra allegedly pleaded with Joe Kennedy to convince Bobby to just go after the “little fish” instead of Mafia kingpins like Giancana, Marcello, Trafficante, Rosselli etc. Joe allegedly exploded in anger and told Sinatra he was on his own.
I don’t for a second believe this version of events, but I’m just telling you the party line from a documentary that the Kennedy family/libs screamed was totally biased against the beloved Kennedys etc.
FWIW, I was shocked that in the entire series, there might have been 1 mention of Ted Kennedy. Nothing about his winning a Senate seat or Chappaquiddick or anything. An ignorant viewer might be forgiven for thinking that “the Kennedys” only included Joe, Rose, Joe Jr., John & Jackie and Bobby & Ethel.