Very admirable for your hard work and recollections.
In 1968 Nixon refused to release Lake County until Daley reported the entirety of Cook County - wasn’t going to get burned twice.
Understandably in 1968 in the midst of a see-saw election night Pat Nixon refused to believe that her husband carried Illinois. It was only when she was completely assured that the Daley machine could not and would not overtake the GOP votes in Lake County did she cry with relief and happiness.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower has written a magnificient book about her mother.
Thanks, m. That sure was a different America, and a different time than the fascist hell we’ve been through. Even if R&R win, it’s going to take a long time and a lot of hard work to get America back to a functioning, first-world country again. The commies—>dems—>enviros have infiltrated so deeply and done so much damage, that I can’t even see a light at the end of the tunnel anymore. Never thought I’d ever say that...
Very interesting.
Unfortunately Lake County ain’t what she used to be. Even more troubling is suburban Cook. In 2006 Tony Perica the GOP candidate for County Board President got 31% in the city, which was enough to win, but failed to well enough in the suburbs, and the 2010 results were curious.