Political Commercials Back to 1952

[JPhillips]

This is a great collection of political ads.

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/

[molson]

Cool stuff.

I'll dig around there a little more after work, but I remember (not first-hand, from school), of a 1952 ad that made Eisenhower look like...well, Sarah Palin. But a lot worse.

[AlexB]

Don't change horses midstream.

[Tigercat]

Wow, Goldwater was scary.

[Young Drachma]

Neat site.

[path12]

I remember this from 2004. Agreed, great site.

[ISiddiqui]

This is funny and kinda fits into today's campaign:

The Living Room Candidate - Commercials - 1956 - Nervous about Nixon (http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1956/nervous-about-nixon)

[ISiddiqui]

HOLY CRAP!

The Living Room Candidate - Commercials - 1964 - KKK (http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1964/kkk)

:eek:

This is, literally, the lowest commercial I've ever seen!

[molson]

I think Bush in '88 had the most effective ad campaign ever. The campaign came up with a couple of ideas and images that just really clicked with people, particularly these, which I still remember all these years later.

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[JPhillips]

Until recently I thought McCain's ads were very good. I loved how they used the same visuals and type for all their anti-Obama ads.