‘A pack of sore losers’
Nixon was gracious in defeat when compared to Hillary and her supporters
By David Keene - The Washington Times - Monday, November 28, 2016
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
It was election night 1960 and as the votes trickled in, those surrounding Vice President Richard Nixon were convinced Democratic vote fraud in Illinois and Texas were about to cost their man the White House in the closest presidential election since 1840. It would all turn, in the end, on Illinois. The Republican-leaning counties had already reported in while Chicago Mayor Richard Daley was holding back the Cook County vote, knowing exactly how many votes he would need to report to give the state to Democrat John F. Kennedy.
Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, a Kennedy intimate, reported years later that a worried Kennedy called Mayor Daley that night for assurances that all would be well. Mr. Daley didn’t hesitate, assuring his candidate that “with a little bit of luck and the help of a few close friends, you’re going to carry Illinois.” Daley was right, of course, and by morning he and a few of his close friends delivered the White House to Mr. Kennedy.
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