“We have [an opinion poll] in North Carolina that we feel is quite reliable. We tabulate automobile bumper stickers to determine the trend of support for presidential candidates. “Our latest tabulation indicates that Nixon is in first place, Linville Caverns is in second, and Kennedy is tied for third with Tweetsie Railroad.” — Letter from […]
Posts Tagged ‘1960 presidential campaign’
Also receiving votes: Ruby Falls
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged 1960 presidential campaign, linville caverns, opinion polls, tweetsie railroad on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Newspapers wrestled with Catholicism issue
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged 1960 presidential campaign, anticatholicism, charlotte observer, greensboro news, jfk, jonathan daniels, raleigh news and observer on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“The more violent forms of hate-peddling [during the 1960 presidential campaign] have come in for attack by major Southern papers [such as] the Greensboro, N.C. News: ‘Organized efforts on the part of respectable Protestant churches to inject venomous, and in many cases false, prejudice into the presidential campaign are in themselves violative of the American […]
Billy Graham on JFK: Religion is relevant issue
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged 1960 presidential campaign, al smith, billy graham, catholicism, john f. kennedy on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Pausing in Geneva while preparing for his two-month crusade in Switzerland and West Germany, Evangelist Billy Graham plunged into U.S. politics by announcing that religion — meaning John F. Kennedy’s Roman Catholicism — was a legitimate issue in the campaign and would be decisive in the outcome. ‘A man’s religion cannot be separated from his […]
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