e ed kalina's not very satisfactory voting in that election really needs to be supplemented. in addition, we know that in texas that the democratic officials controlled everything all the way through the entire political system. there wasn't a single elected republican state or county official anywhere in the state of texas. and the way some of the vote counts were done in texas is truly bizarre and spectacular is the only way to describe it. without going into the details. i would suggest that probably more votes were stolen in texas than in illinois in reality. well, in 1968, richard nixon copied kennedy's 1960 formula to run in the primaries, to show popularity by winning primaries to build party organizations, by winning in primaries and to use television advertising in order to massage the electorate and win the election. the bigger budget and the bigger staff really mattered. the -- yeah -- well, that's good because i'm at the end. as nixon hinted in a letter just before -- well, anyway, so the 1960 election was a big disappointment, of course, to nixon. and indeed, rep