![]() ![]() Vice President, how do you answer the charge that you have more executive experience than your opponent, when in his news conference on August 24 th, President Eisenhower was asked to give one example of a major idea of yours that he adopted, and he replied, ‘If you give me a week, I might think of one. TOM PUTNAM: Now I did not have a hand in developing our exhibit chronicling the Kennedy-Nixon debates, but, to be honest, I wince a bit each time when I see that we choose to include an unflattering camera angle of Richard Nixon, or that of the hundreds of questions within those debates asked, we chose the one from Sander Vanocur. Walk through our museum, and it is this face and this voice that you will hear appealing to the American public for their vote. This forum, I promise, will focus on his presidency, but in this building, Richard Nixon is forever frozen in time as the 1960 Republican nominee. ![]() ![]() This evening, we’ll examine the life and legacy of our nation’s 37 th President, Richard M. Tonight’s forum is part of the Library’s sequential series chronicling the presidencies of the 20 th century, beginning with Calvin Coolidge. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and on behalf of John Shattuck, CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all of my Library colleagues, I thank you for coming and acknowledge the sponsors of the Kennedy Library Forums, including lead sponsor Bank of America, Boston Capital, the Lowell Institute, the Corcoran Jennison Companies, and our media sponsors, The Boston Globe, WBUR, and NECN. ![]()
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