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Subject: Lyndon B. Johnson's "Daisy" attack ad
Written By: andersenb11775 on 07/18/14 at 8:37 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_(advertisement)
fifty years old this year.
Have many people here seen it?
what do you think of it?
Subject: Re: Lyndon B. Johnson's "Daisy" attack ad
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/14 at 4:15 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_(advertisement)
fifty years old this year.
Have many people here seen it?
what do you think of it?
Your link does not work properly.
Subject: Re: Lyndon B. Johnson's "Daisy" attack ad
Written By: danootaandme on 07/19/14 at 11:54 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExjDzDsgbww
I have tried to post it without success. Best to youtube Daisy Lyndon Johnson and you can see it. It was a very controversial ad in its day, but addressed his opponents willingness to use "low level" atomic bombs on Viet Nam.
Subject: Re: Lyndon B. Johnson's "Daisy" attack ad
Written By: Foo Bar on 07/20/14 at 12:22 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExjDzDsgbww
I have tried to post it without success. Best to youtube Daisy Lyndon Johnson and you can see it. It was a very controversial ad in its day, but addressed his opponents willingness to use "low level" atomic bombs on Viet Nam.
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For whatever reason, this board doesn't cooperate well with https:// in YouTube links. The only thing that actually matters is the 11-character video identifier after "...?v=". This should work.
It's interesting to see how much has changed and how little has changed in 50 years of political advertising. The message is always to vote for CANDIDATE or THREAT will HURTYOURCHILDREN, but the delivery and targeting of the message to people scared of THREAT to the point that people who aren't scared of THREAT (and THREAT can by anything from Communism to Christianity to Capitalism to Islam to Global Warming to Gay Marriage, but whatever it is, it's something definitely THEOTHERPARTY won't protect YOURCHILDREN from!) rarely see the ad except when THEIROWNPARTY's website calls foul on it. A lot has changed in the sophistication in delivery and targeting, but the message really hasn't, because it worked then, and it still works now. (It doesn't matter that LBJ's policy was probably the better option. During a campaign, the only thing that matters is if the ad helps gets you elected. Policy is irrelevant.)