Reply #42: Daley stole the 1960 election for Kennedy in Cook County.

[yellowcanine]

First of all, Kennedy would have still won without Illinois. Some Republicans of course allege that the Johnson machine also stole Texas for Kennedy with just as much evidence as the theft of Illinois in Cook County - that is, precious little. No investigations at the time or scholarly studies since have turned up any credible evidence of the theft of either Texas or Illinois, let alone both. The other part of this political myth is that Nixon decided not to pursue the fraud issue for the good of the country. This is hogwash also. Anyone who has studied Nixon at all knows that he was for what was good for Nixon first. If he had any credible evidence of fraud, he would have pursued it. And the truth is that while Nixon did concede the day after the election, the GOP actually did challenge the results in not just Texas and Illinois, but also in nine other states. Nothing came of any of the challenges.