His rival had spent the day sunning, napping, and listening to Peggy Lee records. When Kennedy sauntered into the studio, tan, crisp, and fashionably late, he ignored his opponent. Nixon couldn’t take his eyes off Kennedy. A producer asked Kennedy if he wanted makeup. “No,” said Kennedy, offhand and cool. Did Nixon want makeup? Nixon declined, too. He told his press secretary, Herb Klein, that he didn’t want to look like a “sissy.”
