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MADem

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12. I know we think campaigns are clunky, scripted and stupid now...but they were just as bad back in

Reply to caraher (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 12:11 AM

Apr 2014

the day.

The "stump speech"--repeated over and over again--lives on, but it has a much shorter shelf life today because it gets covered on national television if it is any good. Then it has to be revised and renewed.

There's more security to get into an event these days, but it's really "same thing only different."

The ads are more sophisticated, but the basic message (I am great, it's the OTHER one that sucks/will kill us all/will eat your babies) has not changed. Remember that stupid Reagan one "There's a bear in the woods?" (Always made me think "Do bears shit in the woods?" That was just a modern 'scare' ad...not unlike the one time Daisy ad by LBJ (he only needed to show that thing once! That made a stir!)...

Same shit (Be Very Afraid and the Other Guy Sucks)....different eras:

That guy has chronicled some interesting stuff at his website--very "Middle America" it is!

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Mad Men 1964 (The Phun Of Being A Goldwater Girl)... And No, Hillary Is Not In This Picture... [View all] WillyT Apr 2014 OP

There are some very unhappy expressions in that group of girls. oh my. 2banon Apr 2014 #1

Maybe They Were Just Worried About The Guy With The Phone... WillyT Apr 2014 #3

Wouldn't you be unhappy if you had to wear that hat? BainsBane Apr 2014 #24

They don't look happy - could be the hats and outfit they had to wear. yellowcanine Apr 2014 #25

It seems like all Republican chicks had the same hairdo back then. mackerel Apr 2014 #2

This is Mad Men 1964 frazzled Apr 2014 #4

I remember that era, and that's a stylized version of it. MADem Apr 2014 #8

Helmet hair... Javaman Apr 2014 #13

Well, they had to do something with it...all that teasing and lacquer destroyed it. MADem Apr 2014 #22

The clothes from Mad Men are real vintage,as are all of the sufrommich Apr 2014 #18

Not quite--I think some are designed "BASED ON" vintage clothing--they aren't all "actual" vintage. MADem Apr 2014 #21

I thought AuH20 was pretty phunny at the time Fumesucker Apr 2014 #5

I didn't know about those girls. But.. ananda Apr 2014 #10

Barry Goldwater Campaigns in Cairo (the source of the photograph) MADem Apr 2014 #6

Egypt ??? - That Would Be Remarkable News !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #7

Quote from the photographer caraher Apr 2014 #9

I know we think campaigns are clunky, scripted and stupid now...but they were just as bad back in MADem Apr 2014 #12

Bury Goldwater NBachers Apr 2014 #11

What I remember best about the Goldwater campaign MineralMan Apr 2014 #14

So...what is it, pee? Arkana Apr 2014 #16

It tasted like Squirt. MineralMan Apr 2014 #17

Those girls look rather unhappy. Arkana Apr 2014 #15

the outfits, oy! KittyWampus Apr 2014 #19

Aside from the fact that you don't have to be some kind of fashion expert to figure out MADem Apr 2014 #23

the icing on that cake are the gloves she's wearing. They almost look like gold lame KittyWampus Apr 2014 #28

You're probably right on the money--the theme is "Gold" water, after all... MADem Apr 2014 #29

Why so serious? JaneyVee Apr 2014 #20

One of them might have been Stephanie Miller. thucythucy Apr 2014 #26

"Whoa...how did that guy get a phone clear out here?" Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #27