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by drewcoo 778 days ago
As I stated above, the Daley machine rigged the 1960 election. 3 people did prison time for it. That absolutely happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_United_States_presidentia...

It doesn't actually matter whether or not election fraud is "an urban legend." Faith in the system has been lost. That was Nixon's fear and the reason he didn't contest the election results.

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Then Nixon destroyed faith in the system and set us down this path. Maybe the treason guy isn't who you should prop up as some vanguard of democracy.
Then Nixon destroyed faith in the system and set us down this path. Maybe the treason guy isn't who you should prop up as some vanguard of democracy.