Sense Sonnet - Tickler

Nixonoptics

Richard Nixon was seen and heard.
With JFK he did debate.
He might have won if just his word
Was how he did communicate.
But T.V. showed his puffy face
Against the handsome JFK.
In history - Nixon a case
Of how not to be on display.
At last as Prez, Nixon did choose
Few pictures, but tapes did abound.
And by that choice, Nixon did lose.
Should have been pictures, but not sound.

Truth of seen and heard be tricky.
Nixon should have been more picky.