Posted on 11/28/2020 5:05:22 AM PST by Kaslin
I was eleven years old in November 1960 when my father and I watched Richard Nixon concede the presidential election to John F. Kennedy. My father, a former FBI agent, shook his head. “Another victory for Mayor Daley of Chicago,” he said.
“What does that mean?” I asked.
“It means Mayor Daley stole the election,” he answered.
“Then why doesn’t Nixon do something about it?” I asked indignantly.
“Because it would tear the country apart, and no one wants that.”
“Why not?”
“It doesn’t work that way,” he replied. “Nixon is being a gentleman.”
Of course, it wasn’t just my dad who felt that way. I heard his sentiment echoed many times after that election by teachers, news commentators, and my friends’ parents. The election might have been stolen, sure, but these things happen. Move on.
I didn’t agree with that thinking then, and I don’t agree with it now. Is it gentlemanly to allow an election to be hijacked right before your eyes? And what does “tearing the country apart” mean? A civil war? Why? Because someone finally pulls back the curtain on corruption that we’ve lived with for decades?
If the citizens are the body politic of democratic republic, voting is its life’s blood. Voting gives vitality to a free country, expressing the will of the people in a tangible way that, as we are often reminded, has consequences. Steal the vote and you sap America of its energy and purpose. What’s the point of living in a country that is ostensibly self-governed if our votes don’t count?
My own run-in with the vagaries of the voting system came as I prepared to cast my first ballot for president in 1972 in the city of Philadelphia.
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From Lyndon Johnson’s keg of ballots, Kennedy’s steal fraud has ramped up and gotten bolder. As long as they keep getting away with it...
That was an odd time in history. I am under the impression that certain parties did not want Nixon to become president but they also did not want Kennedy to remain president so they eliminated him. A confusing and of course troubling time.
Nixon had a couple factors in play that are not present today. Plus the factor that cheating is the way that government works. Politicians are generally unable to criticize the crooked system that put them into power.
Cold War was on, and there was a sense that the USA should appear organized in the face of that.
Nixon was a politician, a fairly young one at that. Give up POTUS this time around and he’s likely promised to get it the next cheatin’ time around.
Agree Wilhem.
My understanding is that Kennedy got on the bad side of the Deep State when he threatened the Federal Reserve thugs and said he wanted to tear the CIA apart into pieces.

His name was Seth Rich.
His name was John F. Kennedy.
His name was Bobby Kennedy.
His name was Martin Luther King.
His name was Abraham Lincoln.
His name was Jesus Christ.
JFK would be to the right of 99% of the RINOs in the Senate.
The Chicago outfit made sure that JFK won. Then he and RFK turned on them and they got revenge. Yes. The Mob killed JFK.
Now is the time for the people to rise up and refuse to allow fake elections anymore. If the people allow themselves to be disenfranchised now, they will never get another chance. We cannot be silent. We must make our outrage known.
Bttt
His name was Michael Hastings.
HIs name was FReeper Andrew (Breitbart)
https://freerepublic.com/memorial/memorial.htm
Steven K. Bannon’s War Room (I think it’s on today)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3903806/posts
(from old post)
Fortunately, Trump is not a gentleman. :)
Well said.
Except Mayor Daley did not steal the presidency for Kennedy. That canard has been around for far too long. Kennedy would have won without Illinois’ electors.
The fact that Texas was stolen made the difference.
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“If voting mattered, they wouldn’t let us do it”
George Carlin
“Mr. Smith goes to Washington “. On steroids.
Right now, the U.S. is in a very precarious place.
A group is thinking theyâÂÂre going to take over with a bare (and questionable) majority and immediately ram through attacks on freedoms that the rest of the population holds dear.
The other side is convinced that the vote tabulations are so corrupted by fraud and indefensible gaming of the process that any changeover of power would be illegitimate.
Whoever is inaugurated in January will not be accepted by the vast majority of the âÂÂother side of the aisleâÂÂ
The more passions rise and/or freedoms are seen to be threatened, the more likely someone is to lash out before âÂÂitâÂÂs too lateâÂÂ. With tensions running this high, it would only take a small spark to set off the powder keg we find ourselves in (think Archduke Ferdinand).
The only sane course of action would be to pull back and seek reconciliation. Instead, one side is talking about âÂÂre-educationâ and revenge. They donâÂÂt seem to realize that theyâÂÂve weakened all of the norms that they think will protect them, should the other side decide that a peaceful solution, short of total surrender, isnâÂÂt possible.
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