atly influenced his eventual election in 1960. The other side of that argument would also be that Vice President Nixon was not as charismatic and favorable on the television.
             A quote from Rose Kennedy after the first debate was "I felt so sorry for Nixon's mother tonight." (Sallinger, 47) this line was in reference to the way Nixon came across unfavorably in front of the camera. Kennedy on the other hand gained great favor from the televised debates. The reasons Kennedy rose to the occasion in the debates. In a book later written by Richard Nixon entitled Six Crises He stated that "Looking at it from a purely political standpoint, Kennedy had much more to gain from a joint appearanc
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