6/30/2023 0 Comments Maisy head daisy![]() And finally, by the time the ad ran, Goldwater’s chances against LBJ were slim, even though the ad is often falsely credited with assuring the win. Secondly, it didn’t even mention Goldwater’s name. ![]() First, though it is a famous ad, Daisy Girl, as the ad is known, only ran once. Half a century later, we live in the world of negative political advertising that Daisy Girl pioneered, but there are some curious aspects to the story. Two months later, President Lyndon Johnson won easily, and the emotional political attack ad-visceral, terrifying, and risky-was made. The message was clear if only implicit: Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater was a genocidal maniac who threatened the world’s future. ![]() ![]() Her words were supplanted by a mission-control countdown followed by a massive nuclear blast in a classic mushroom shape. A 3-year-old girl in a simple dress counted as she plucked daisy petals in a sun-dappled field. On September 7, 1964, a 60-second TV ad changed American politics forever. ![]()
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