Democrat Daisy TV ad for 1964 Presidential Campaign

The infamous "Daisy" TV ad that Johnson ran against Goldwater in the 1964 US presidential campaign. It was shown only once, but that was enough to inflict significant damage on Goldwater.

I'd say this was an enormous piece of irony, because it's intent was to portray Goldwater as this unbalanced lunatic intent on dragging the US into war. In reality, LBJ was one of the most unbalanced and mentality skewed presidents we've ever had, and his lying about the Gulf of Tonkin DID drag us into the war. Along with McNamara, he continued to lie about the war, including fighting in Cambodia, US war causalties and our general progress.

History has shown that the man with true principles and ethics was Goldwater, not LBJ.

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[perdondaris]

AuH20 would have started nuclear armageddon for his "values". LBJ created Medicare and signed the Civil Rights Act. Affirmative Action did not enslave any African-Americans but prevent a race war. Get your head out of your libertarian ass.

[RGiacobbe]

@perdondaris The so-called Great Society and war on poverty has created a permanent underclass of blacks in this country, making them permanently dependent on the gubmint. Go do the research and visit any inner city. Affirmative action is un-Constitutional, now being tossed out in case after case. And go fucking read 'Means of Ascent' by Robert Caro before you post another word. LBJ was a vain, insecure, arrogant man - and get your head out of your idiotic, uneducated left-wing ass.

[perdondaris]

The context of this commercial was Goldwater's statement that he would use nukes in Vietnam. That would have led to World War III. Goldwater was a lot of things: a libertarian, an ideologue and a principled man. What he wasn't was a responsible statesman and his principles were wrong--just as wrong for America in 1964 as they are wrong for America today.

[RGiacobbe]

@perdondaris Not a responsible statesman? Compared to who, LBJ? The man who lied repeatedly to his country, escalated a war that killed 60K US soldiers and 2M Vietnamese, a man who created such civil strife in his country that race riots broke out, a man who implemented policies that have enslaved black americans in a permanent poverty class. Right... Goldwater wasn't responsible but lying, amoral, vain, incompetent LBJ was. 2+2 doesnt = 4 in your universe I guess.

[88darthmaul]

pfhh... LBJ is a saint... and Goldwater is greedy..... We were in Vietname HELPING (key word) the south vietnamiese.

[RGiacobbe]

@88darthmaul You are clueless. Probably also massively ignorant.

[TaimaDjinn]

Yeah, they just don't make campaign ads like they used to.

[unclefestus]

They should do attack ads like this again. "Vote for Obama, or else..." *nuclear bomb explodes* Not this weak "This candidate said blah blah blah."

[mattVISTAsounds]

@RGiacobbe lmfao did you just say "gubmint"? I'm done

[GermanShepard96]

>mfw all these liberals

I'll see you when the system collapses, kids.

[Lib361]

President Ron Paul? Lol, there are many misguided statements on this post. We need to look no farther than pre-progressive era America to see where you folks want to take us. Collective ownership and regulations aren't the same thing at all. I wouldn't expect simpletons to understand that concept.

[supermariofj]

@steveomac385 socialists and corporatists are just as bad. I prefer freedom from the state AND the elite. but yeah, Ron Paul 2012!

[steveomac385]

@supermariofj If only the dems were socialist. It wouldn't be as bad. Instead they are warmongering corporatist, just like the repubs.

Ron Paul 2012

[TheFoxyJade]

She missed seven.



[sergeantsoap101mw2]

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