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After he lost to Governor Pat Brown in 1962, Nixon gave a paranoid, spiteful, self-pitying speech to the press proclaiming they wouldn't have Nixon to "kick around anymore" and he retired from politics. That is, until JFK's assassination got the political wheels turning once again in Nixon's head and he rejoined the fray in the 1966 midterms before winning the Presidency in 1968. But what if Nixon had retired for good in 1962?
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