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A colleague based in Washington, D.C. recalled that moment in the 1960 presidential campaign when Kennedy's campaign staff knew that John F. Kennedy would defeat Richard Nixon. It occurred that fall, just before their first televised debate -- the first presidential debate ever broadcast on television. The then Sen. Kennedy, a Democrat, was fresh from a vacation at the Kennedy Compound at Hyannis on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He was bronzed from days spent sailing in the sun, and he was well rested. He looked like a Greek sculpture.
Conversely, the then Vice President Nixon, a Republican, looked ashen, tomb-stone white, with deep-set eyes from weeks of campaigning.
And as is the norm before a show, the TV producer asked Kennedy if he wanted some make-up.
"Nah, I don't want any make-up," Kennedy said, and motioned off the make-up man with his hand.
Nixon, perhaps trying to match Kennedy, and despite his sweaty face, refused make-up, as well.
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