I’m SURE Nixon would have said something similar back in 1960, but debates involve more than just words alone. Those debates predate me by 15 years, so I can’t pretend to know exactly what happened.
0bama with his universe sized ego has a slight problem admitting defeat or rejection. I would just love to see him lose for that reason alone, if nothing else!
I dont think that is what happened in 1960. In 1960 about half the public listened to the debate on the radio and the other half watched in on T.V. The half who watched it on T.V. said J.F.K. won. Nixon was riddled with the Flu, looked unshaven, and rumors have it that RFK made sure he was directly under lights to make him look unflattering. However, on the radio people said Nixon won. I am not sure if Nixon went around and continue to believe he won the debate or not. It was basically how you received the debate.
This isnt the case here, if we listened to the debate between Romney and obama on the radio, obama still would be the clear loser. Hands down.