Showing posts with label President Kennedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President Kennedy. Show all posts
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Walter Cronkite (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–1981). During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Cronkite reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War; the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran Hostage Crisis; and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr., and Beatles musician John Lennon. He was also known for his extensive coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of an Ambassador of Exploration award. Cronkite is known for his departing catchphrase, "And that's the way it is", followed by the date of the broadcast.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in 1960
Vice President Nixon shakes hands with President-elect John F. Kennedy in Key Biscayne, Fla.
OPINION
COMMENTARY
Nixon’s Noble Pass on a 1960 Recount
There was real evidence of fraud, but the country couldn’t afford a crisis.
By Irwin Gellman
January 5, 2021
Vice President Richard Nixon was preparing to leave office in January 1961, but he still had several constitutional duties to carry out. On Tuesday, Jan. 3, as president of the Senate, he had the task of convening that body for the meeting of the 87th Congress. Later that week, as spelled out in the 12th Amendment, he presided over a joint session of Congress to “open all the Certificates” and count the Electoral College votes that would declare his rival—Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy—the winner of the 1960 presidential election.
The pageantry for the joint session began when two tellers carried the electors’ ballots into the House chamber. Nixon, walking alone wearing a dark suit and a forced smile, followed them to the rostrum where the session was gaveled to order at 12:55 p.m. Nixon began the vote count, which would last for more than an hour. When the tally was complete, Kennedy had received 303 electoral votes, Nixon 219 and Sen. Harry Byrd 15.
Before adjourning the joint session, Nixon asked the speaker for “permission” to make a brief statement. He declared that his defeat and his opponent’s victory were an “eloquent example of the stability of our constitutional system and of the proud tradition of the American people of developing, respecting and honoring institutions of self-government.” He congratulated his opponents and declared Kennedy the new president and Lyndon Johnson the new vice president.
After the long and tedious count, the chamber erupted with a prolonged ovation. Montana Democratic Sen. Mike Mansfield commented: “What a way to go . . . with dignity and with head held high.” Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey said that the vice president’s remarks would “go down as one of the truly historic messages. It was one filled with humility. It was a gracious and a very thoughtful pronouncement.”
It had been one of the closest elections in American history—marked, as we know now, by substantial electoral fraud—but Nixon did not challenge the result. On the contrary, he directed two of his chief aides, campaign manager Robert Finch and campaign press secretary Herbert Klein, to tamp down calls for a recount. He asked the New York Herald Tribune reporter Earl Mazo to stop writing articles on allegations of fraud in Illinois and Texas. He told Attorney General William Rogers not to investigate voting irregularities and telephoned Illinois Gov. William Stratton, a fellow Republican, urging him to certify Kennedy’s triumph in his state.
Nixon, even with the allegations of widespread corruption that had occurred in Texas and Illinois, believed that a recount could trigger a constitutional crisis that would damage the country. The American political system had to stand as the beacon of democracy in the world.
Mr. Gellman is author of “Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon and the Presidential Election of 1960,” forthcoming this fall.
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Appeared in the January 6, 2021, print edition as 'Nixon’s Noble Pass on a 1960 Recount.'
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
"White House pushes Senate GOP to include $600 stimulus payment in relief package."
The Washington Post
Inclusion of these checks could grow the size of the bipartisan $900 billion package unless other elements are removed
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For some reason this reminded me about what Kennedy said on January 20, 1961.
“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
-- John F. Kennedy
I would still like to have a free $600 I don't need but $1,200 would be better.
Inclusion of these checks could grow the size of the bipartisan $900 billion package unless other elements are removed
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For some reason this reminded me about what Kennedy said on January 20, 1961.
“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
-- John F. Kennedy
I would still like to have a free $600 I don't need but $1,200 would be better.
Friday, July 3, 2020
Friday, June 19, 2020
Saturday, June 13, 2020
Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul - November 22, 1963 - We lost President Kennedy. It was a terrible thing. I was in high school. A teacher could not stop crying.
Twas a dark day in Dallas, November '63
A day that will live on in infamy
President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
"Of course we do, we know who you are"
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
You gotta pay debts, we've come to collect
We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
We've already got someone here to take your place
President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
"Of course we do, we know who you are"
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
You gotta pay debts, we've come to collect
We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
We've already got someone here to take your place
The day they blew out the brains of the king
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
President Kennedy's speech about landing on the moon.
WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apollo, project conducted by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the 1960s and ’70s that landed the first humans on the Moon. In May 1961 Pres. John F. Kennedy committed America to landing astronauts on the Moon by 1970. The choice among competing techniques for achieving a Moon landing and return was not resolved until considerable further study. Three methods were considered. In direct ascent, one vehicle would lift off from Earth, land on the Moon, and return. However, the proposed Nova rocket would not be ready by 1970. In Earth orbit rendezvous, a spacecraft carrying the crew would dock in Earth orbit with the propulsion unit that would carry enough fuel to go to the Moon. However, this method required two separate launches.
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