Today is the 50th anniversary of the pioneering debates between Democratic Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon. Here’s the 58 minute debate that aired:
Here was Kennedy’s TV jingle:
Supporter Frank Sinatra also recorded a special campaign song for JFK of his own:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.