Comments on: Election Night, 1960

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:46:57 +0000

I was only three years old, but I remember his brother Bobby very well. Thanks for this…

By: Think Jacob

Think Jacob — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:23:36 +0000

I don’t think this will be anywhere near as close, although just as important…

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:07:11 +0000

Loved watching this–also watched Kennedy’s awkward but endearing acceptance speech the following morning. Let’s hope President Obama will be a worthy successor to that mantle. I believe he will be!

By: Ellen Bloom

Ellen Bloom — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:01:08 +0000

I was a teensy, tiny girl during the election, but I definitely remember it! I haven’t seen such fervor during an election since 1960. It only took 48 years to excite this country again!

By: AnnieH(the other Annie)

AnnieH(the other Annie) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:22:51 +0000

Oh, Neilochka, thank you for this. It’s like watching old home videos with all the Uncles and Older Brothers. Heartbreaking to see Lyndon Johnson smiling and to remember his face after grief had etched its path by 1968.

By: Morris

Morris — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:40:27 +0000

Did you see the first season of “Mad Men”? There’s a wonderful episode constructed around this election.

By: Fancy

Fancy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:06:56 +0000

I’ll have to check it when I get home, tonight. Can’t wait!

By: SciFi Dad

SciFi Dad — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:36:11 +0000

A very interesting trip down memory lane, that’s for sure. Thanks for sharing it Neil.

By: teahouseblossom

teahouseblossom — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:06:02 +0000

Really interesting. I love how they went all night – they talked about how it was sunrise on the East Coast already. I think recently we’ve gotten spoiled with the early calls, and we’ve forgotten that many of the old elections went all night while the votes were being counted!

And is that David Brinkley? How young he was!

By: kenju

kenju — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:34:31 +0000

I remember it well. I was 20 years old.