Was This the Most Effective Political Ad EVER? - Thom Hartmann

[Rhiannon12866]

This political ad only aired once but its effects are being felt over 50 years later. Thom Hartmann and a caller discuss the infamous 'Daisy' Ad that launched Lyndon B. Johnson' into a landslide victory against Republican Barry Goldwater. - Aired on 08/13/2024.

[murielm99]

1. I saw it.

I was in high school. It scared the crap out of me.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I wonder if my Polish grandmother saw it, I know that she voted for LBJ in her first election after becoming a citizen

[rampartd]

3. the caller did a great description of the ad, which i saw at age, 14?, and remember vividly

we need to celebrate this anniversary by playing it on a loop.

talked to the girl from my state rep's office yesterday about the new state constitution yesterday.

she is as horrified as we are, but as the repubs are supermajority. only we voters can stop them.

november is gonna be weird.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. i don't know if I saw it as a kid, but have seen it numerous times since.

And you're completely right, it's as relevant as ever today - as long as TFG remains on the ballot - again.

[rampartd]

6. even if not

the next few years will be tricky enough without these maga idiots cheering for the wrong side.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Exactly! When did they grow up?!

If they're Republicans, don't they remember Ronald Reagan's tough stance towards Gorbachev and Russia (then the USSR)??


President Ronald Reagan Clip: "Tear Down This Wall" - June 12, 1987 - C-SPAN

[rampartd]

9. tim miller calls those the "red dawn" repubs

unfortunately that reagan era propaganda film has been so twisted by the magas that they think we are the commies! and trum p iss some kind of pstrick swazdee shouting "wolverines!"

[speak easy]

4. It also changed politics forever,

making fear the go to for attack ads.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. I can remember when I was in kindergarten, hiding in the basement of the school, practicing for the Russian attack

And when I was a kid playing outdoors, if I heard a plane buzzing loudly overhead, I immediately ran in the house, sure that it was the Russian attack that we'd prepared for.