[cuban leaf]

What was so funny about the ad is that it was designed to scare the public into believing that if we elected Goldwater, we’d certainly be at war. So LBJ wins and dramatically ramps up the most infamous war in US history.

[dfwgator]

What was so funny about the ad is that it was designed to scare the public into believing that if we elected Goldwater, we’d certainly be at war. So LBJ wins and dramatically ramps up the most infamous war in US history.

As "funny" as Wilson running with the slogan, "He Kept Us Out of War."

[oh8eleven]

to scare the public into believing that if we elected Goldwater, we’d certainly be at war
Not just war - atomic war.
The 60s were the height of the Cold War and everyone was already scared to death of "the bomb."
Ironically, LBJ gets elected and sends millions of American boys to war in VN, with almost 60,000 coming home in body bags.