This political ad from LBJ in 1964 is oddly relevant.

[japple]

In case you haven't seen it before:

[Emile]

1. +1

[malaise]

2. Brilliant

Rec

[cloudbase]

3. Prescient, to be sure.

Good find.

[dslyahoo]

4. Play it for real. Now.

Remind those that may have been around then what was at stake then and at stake now.

[jaxexpat]

5. I seem to remember that info-mercial. There was some controversy. It's length and its cost were items in the news.

There were several controversial ads from Johnson's Democratic party. One-offs, in many cases, which preyed on the memory of the listener.

[Hekate]

23. Another was the Daisy Ad -- kaboom. It's gotten replayed a lot over the years. I didn't remember the one in the OP.

[jaxexpat]

25. It was obscure, even then. Those were the days of Jack Parr and Steve Allen, chatting from a chair was common fare.

[Trueblue Texan]

6. As though there are any self-avowed Republicans these days who are this thoughtful. nt

[cachukis]

7. Thanks.

[quaint]

8. We should take care remembering Goldwater supporters.

[mgardener]

9. Here is something from Barry Goldwater in the 80's

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”
― Barry Goldwater

[ms liberty]

10. And this is why I just rec'd the post above yours.

[SomedayKindaLove]

13. Goldwater was the only R I could stand in the 80s

Spoke a lot of truths.

[geardaddy]

20. Didn't he also say something about allowing LGBT people in the military

along the lines of "I don't care if they aren't straight, just as long as they can shoot straight?"

[niyad]

11. KNR

[Smackdown2019]

12. Goes to show

Goes to show our Democracy has always been fragile and our ancestors choose the right choice EXCEPT we as a Nation didnt 2016. Let not let do another repeat!

[Tansy_Gold]

14. We as a nation

Chose HRC in 2016.

The slavery-protecting Electoral College nullified that vote.

[Bumbles]

15. Brilliantly on point.

Sadly, the MAGA crowd won't be able to absorb it.

[markodochartaigh]

16. MAGA

In your guts, you know they're nuts.

[TNNurse]

17. OK, I am old enough to think this speaker looks familiar,

but also old enough to not be able to say his name. Can someone help me???
I would like to share it with some folks.

[steelyboo]

18. I had the same feeling, and am pretty good at remembering faces

He is William Bogert. From IMDB, he looks to be a long-time character actor.

If you have seen the Chappelle Show, he is the reporter in that first show skit about Clayton Bigsby, the blind black KKK member. I found him by looking up that skit.

Crazy how I can spot crap like that, but can't remember where I sat my glasses down

[TNNurse]

21. Thank you.

I looked at his credits on IMDB, of course he looks familiar.
He did a great job on this.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. You have an emotional connection along with the memory. Emotions help cement long term memory

Plus you probably refreshed those memories multiple times in younger days.

[TNNurse]

30. I am also obsessed with identifying actors

in movies and TV shows.

[progressoid]

28. I remember him from "Clayton Bigsby, the World's Only Black White Supremacist" - Chappelle's Show

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[relayerbob]

19. Excellent and relevant

[czarjak]

24. Racism /Republicanism

The Civil Rights Act sealed it.

[Ocelot II]

26. I don't remember that particular ad - I was just a teenager with a short attention span -

though I do remember the Daisy ad. But it certainly reverberates now, and Goldwater wasn't even half as crazy and extreme as Trump and his goons.

[Martin68]

27. A brilliant political ad. And an uncanny resemblance to our current situation. Change a few names and slightly change

there actual issues at stake and it fits perfectly into the present moment. So 1950s and 60s to pull out a cigarette to heighten the sense of anxiety and serious reflection. Brilliant propaganda. I remember that election (I was 11 years old), and my parents were worried that Goldwater might be serious about launching a nuclear war. They later became rabid conservatives thanks to their anxiety about 60s race riots and assassinations, and then Fox News totally brainwashed them.

[LeftInTX]

29. The ad was circulated by Hillary at the 2016 convention

Last edited Wed Jul 24, 2024, 03:09 PM - Edit history (1)

In 1964, Bogert starred in the "Confessions of a Republican" ad for Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 U.S. presidential election. Bogert was a lifelong Republican, which was a requirement for the casting.[2][3] He appeared on Don Lemon's CNN news show on March 17, 2016, and also on Rachel Maddow Show on May 2, 2016, to comment on the relevance of the ad to the 2016 election.[4][5]

In July 2016, during the convention that nominated Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate, Bogert appeared in a reprise of the ad. "He scares me," Bogert said in the ad, echoing his comments about Goldwater 52 years before.[6]

He appeared in a remake of the advertisement produced by the Hillary Clinton campaign in July 2016 with alterations based on Trump's public statements on nuclear warfare.[8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_a_Republican

[John Farmer]

31. Thanks, I'd never seen that one.

Very relevant today!

[Cirsium]

32. I remember that

I saw that when it aired.