I have just received the following wire from my generous daddy: "Dear Jack – Don't buy a single vote more than necessary – I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide." (John F. Kennedy)

I have just received the following wire from my generous daddy: "Dear Jack – Don't buy a single vote more than necessary – I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide."

John F. Kennedy

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