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LBJ’s 1964 attack ad ‘Daisy’ leaves a legacy for modern campaigns
Washington Post ^
| September 5
| Drew Babb
Posted on 09/07/2014 5:48:00 PM PDT by TBP
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 7, 1964, a political ad called Daisy aired on behalf of President Lyndon Johnson. The commercial opened with a little girl in a meadow, then a horrific nuclear blast filled the screen. Weve been feeling the fallout ever since.
It was only a minute long. The paid ad ran on national television only once, and only on one network, NBC. But thats all it took.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: atomicbombs; auh2o; billmoyers; democratscandals; drewbabb; enemedia; goebbelswouldbeproud; goldwater; goldwater1964; jackvalenti; lbj; lie; lyingliars; mediabias; mythmaking; nukes; revisionisthistory; smear; stalinisttactics; thebiglie; thebutton
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most shameful episodes in American political history. This was likely the worst smear and lie ever told about a candidate. And they all knew it, too.
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posted on
09/07/2014 5:48:00 PM PDT
by
TBP
To: TBP
Bill Moyers’ moment of glory.
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posted on
09/07/2014 5:50:10 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Thank you for self-censoring.)
To: TBP
I was reading about this recently and didn’t realize it was shown only once
The negative repercussions of this “ad” will be felt forever
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posted on
09/07/2014 5:52:03 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Michael Brown was the attacker . . . just like Thugvon. Second verse, same as the first)
To: TBP
LBJ is perhaps the most universally hated President of recent history.Marxists hate him because of Vietnam (too ruthless) and respectable people hate him for welfare,Vietnam (not ruthless enough) and many other things.
Landslide Lyndon,indeed!
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posted on
09/07/2014 5:53:10 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
To: TBP
Remember it well - I was a kid and it scared the sh*t out of me.
To: TBP
That add ran a number of times. I was there I saw it multiple times. The Washington Post is a scumbag lying organization. But I repeat myself
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posted on
09/07/2014 5:55:47 PM PDT
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: Gay State Conservative
I hate him because I'm from Texas.
/johnny
To: A_Former_Democrat
once or one day, cause i actually remember seeing it
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posted on
09/07/2014 5:56:34 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: TBP
“This was likely the worst smear and lie ever told about a candidate.”
No, LBJ was a master of the hate filled falsehood. Study his life and times if you want to understand the depth of nasty. Ditto FDR.
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posted on
09/07/2014 5:59:56 PM PDT
by
narses
( For the Son of man shall come ... and then will he render to every man according to his works.)
To: TBP
LBJ...who said he would never send American boys to fight a war in Vietnam.
To: Chode
Both this article and the one I read both mentioned it: once only, and only on NBC
I don’t recall seeing the ad, but have been aware forever of it and its supposed effect.
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posted on
09/07/2014 6:05:03 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Michael Brown was the attacker . . . just like Thugvon. Second verse, same as the first)
To: Steely Tom
Bill Moyers moment of glory.
Moyers will always be lower than scum.
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posted on
09/07/2014 6:06:11 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: TBP
I don’t know if the political campaign only ran it once but it aired many times on news shows and I remember it well.
LBJ was a corrupt and ruthless Rat, Goldwater was the first presidential candidate I voted for.
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posted on
09/07/2014 6:06:54 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: F15Eagle
The Bomb We Have All Been Waiting For.
Barack Hussein O’Bomber!
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posted on
09/07/2014 6:12:53 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: narses
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posted on
09/07/2014 6:15:39 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do)
To: A_Former_Democrat
this must have been where i saw it cause i remember my Dad getting REAL pizzed off...
The ad was immediately pulled, but the point was made, appearing on the nightly news and on conversation programs in its entirety.
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posted on
09/07/2014 6:20:44 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: TBP
Maybe the president should see it, along with some people on this site - it might help them understand that getting into a war with Russia over Ukraine could have an unfortunate ending.
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posted on
09/07/2014 6:23:25 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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