Houston. We Have A Problem….

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Not to worry.  Those are just the extra Chicago ballots from Kennedy v. Nixon in 1960.

The drama behind President Kennedy’s 1960 election win

Constitution Daily–The race between Kennedy and Nixon had been close all fall. The candidates were tied in a late August Gallup poll, and Kennedy took a three-point lead after his historic TV debate performances. But Nixon gained momentum heading into Election Day, and he cut Kennedy’s lead to one percentage point in a poll taken four days before the election.

Kennedy defeated Nixon when votes were finally counted in the Electoral College, by a margin of 303 to 219. But in the popular vote, Kennedy won by just 112,000 votes out of 68 million cast, or a margin on 0.2 percent.

So arguments persist to this day about vote-counting in two states, specifically Illinois (where Kennedy won by 9,000 votes) and Texas (where Kennedy won by 46,000 votes). If Nixon had won those two states, he would have defeated Kennedy by two votes in the Electoral College.

Party Like It’s 1999

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Say 2 Thousand Twenty Twenty – Party Over. It’s Out Of Time

I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray
When I woke up this morning, got up this morning was judgement day
Sky was all purple there was people running everywhere
Try to run from my destruction, you know I didn’t even care
Say, say 2 thousand twenty twenty party over it’s out of time
So tonight I’m gonna party like its 1999

I was dreaming when I wrote this, so sue me if I go too fast
Well life is just a party and partys aren’t meant to last
Worries all around us, my mind says prepare to bite
So if I’m gonna die gonna listen to my body tonight
Yeah
They say 2 thousand twenty twenty party over it’s out of time
So tonight I’m gonna party like its 1999

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