Richard Nixon The 1960 debate was the first televised presidential ... had recently been sick and also refused to wear makeup. As a result, Kennedy "looked and sounded good on television, while ...

His makeup ran under the hot studio lights ... Television viewers, however, overwhelmingly agreed that Kennedy had won. By their next debate, Nixon had solved his appearance problems, but the ...

Polite and apolitical (yet mildly for Kennedy), a Briggs Hall ... During the debate, there was controlled laughter, most of it at Nixon's expense. "I know Mr. Khrushchev" drew ripples, but the ...

Kennedy. That hurt Nixon’s image enough to cost him the election. I wonder if the June 27 debate will also be remembered in a similar vein. All too predictably, the Republican candidate Donald ...