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- 0102 - You Have To Win First
The Kennedys have a plan, but you have to win first.
They will run in the primaries, thought to be a death trap for serious candidates who normally wait for the convention. They face Hubert Humphrey a progressive slatwart and known quantity in the first contest: Wisconsin.
What’s more? There is a member of Democratic Party royalty who distrusts the family and would love nothing more than to crush the dreams of JFK. Her name is Eleanor Roosevelt and she uses her position to do just that.
Bare knuckle politics, corrupt local machines, mob ties and the birth of the modern primary tradition on this episode of Raise The Dead!
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53 min - 0101 - Unlike Any Other
Who did Donald Trump model his 2016 campaign after? Richard Nixon or John F. Kennedy?
As we tell the story of the 1960 election, the answer might surprise you.
The story starts a plan. Old Joe Kennedy’s plan.
His son, the future first Irish Catholic president, is in an airplane about to strike a decisive blow against Hitler in 1944.
His son, the future first Irish Catholic president, is giving a career-defining speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1956.
The journey between these moments sets into motion a conflict only resolved with the 1960 election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The process invents templates and sets precedents Barack Obama and Donald Trump use successfully decades later.
So who did Donald Trump model his 2016 campaign after? Well John F. Kennedy only won one campaign for the White House and his slogan was “Get America Moving Again.”
If 1960 is so important, why don’t you know more about it?
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43 min - Nixon vs. Kennedy Trailer
Who reminds you of Donald Trump more? John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon?
Keep that thought to yourself for a second as I remind you that JFK and Nixon ran against each other in 1960. A member of a popular two-term administration ran against a phenom running without permission. The race saw a revolutionary use of new media. The side that lost tells anyone who will listen that nefarious outside help tipped the election.
This is the story of 1960 and if we'd known more about it we'd have been less surprised when the events replayed themselves in 2016.
John F. Kennedy only won one race for the White House and his slogan for that race was "Get American Moving Again"
News dies and becomes history, but tonight? We Raise the Dead.
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Who reminds you of Donald Trump more? John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon? Keep that thought to yourself for a second as I remind you that JFK and Nixon ran against each other in 1960. A member of a…
popular two-term administration ran against a phenom running without permission. The race saw a revolutionary use of new media. The side that lost tells anyone who will listen that nefarious outside help tipped the election. This is the story of 1960 and if we'd known more about it we'd have been less surprised when the events replayed themselves in 2016. John F. Kennedy only won one race for the White House and his slogan for that race was "Get American Moving Again" News dies and becomes history, but tonight? We Raise the Dead.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.