Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because of what came after: Johnson and Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate.
The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.
I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier.
While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
When you look at Kennedy and Nixon, TV played a crucial part in Kennedy's popularity. He was incredibly photogenic, while Nixon was this scowling figure. American viewers judged him on his appearance on TV.
Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply being president but maybe becoming one of the truly great presidents of American history.
Nixon probably was a nice guy.
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered.
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.
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