Nixon And Kennedy Clash in TV Debate on Spending, Farms and Social Issues
On Sept. 26, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in Chicago as Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off.
Vice President Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy argued genteelly tonight in history's first nationally televised debate between Presidential candidates.
The two men, confronting each other in a Chicago television studio, centered their argument on which candidate and which party offered the nation the best means for spurring United States growth in an era of international peril.
The two men, confronting each other in a Chicago television studio, centered their argument on which candidate and which party offered the nation the best means for spurring United States growth in an era of international peril.
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Mr. Kennedy answered Mr. Nixon's frequently repeated campaign assertion that he was too immature for the Presidency by asserting that Abraham Lincoln had come out of obscurity, as an inexperienced Congressman, to the White House. He and Mr. Nixon had "both come to Congress together" in the same year--1946, Mr. Kennedy noted.
"Our experience in government is comparable." And, he contended, "there is no certain road to the Presidency. There is no guarantee that if you take one road or the other you will be a successful President."
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"Our experience in government is comparable." And, he contended, "there is no certain road to the Presidency. There is no guarantee that if you take one road or the other you will be a successful President."
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