Daisy Ad (LBJ 1964 Presidential campaign commercial)

1964 Presidential Campaign Television Spot "Peace, Little Girl", aka the "Daisy Spot"
Date: 1964
Event: 1964 Presidential Campaign Television Spot
Location: Unknown
Credit: Democratic National Committee
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[@somerandomasshole4561]

"Political candidates used to be civil and respect each other."

[@bullshitisreal9572]

never, they used to have gun duels.

[@GoblinFromOblivion]

My head randomly: Remember that time Lyndon Johnson basically said "vote for me, or you will die"?

[@MCO18]

“THESE ARE THE STEAKS” I’ll have mine medium rare, Mr. President

[@nathanminor6383]

I’ll have mine extra Bland

[@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926]

after the election: IT'S FOOKIN RAAAAAWWWWW

[@JesseTheMindless]

LBJ was going to serve steaks at his ranch on 11/22/63

[@someasiandude4797]

I want uranium cooked steak

[@stickman1742]

This child clearly was not taught how to duck and cover.

[@mduke2k]

That have me a chuckle!

[@sovietblobfish2330]

dbert the turtle?

[@ThatOneGuy0006]

Not gonna lie, that's metal af.

[@Lima_Golf_Bravo]

I can hear “Symphony of Destruction” queuing up.

[@akhilsubbarao377]

Im surprised no 90s heavy metal bands starting a music video with this ad

[@motherhors7036]

Trump: "We do a little trolling." LBJ: Nuclear holocaust, or vote for me.

[@ethantreece460]

Definitely saved her math teacher some troubles

[@wesleywalker1594]

I was only eight years old when I saw this ad. Saw it when it was originally aired in September 64. It sure made an impression on me.

[@PadAmbstar]

Have any ads since been as memorable?

[@rivaldinasution292]

Best campaign ad ever, even thousand years later, they cant defeat this one.

[@cozmo_Comet]

i like how this girl was just counting wrong and then innitiated a nuclear bomb LMFAOGHSGH

[@alexonian2940]

She said the launch code

[@ManPursueExcellence]

This commercial is pretty raw

[@WilliamStoneContentZone]

It was only aired once

[@VandelayIndustries61]

@@WilliamStoneContentZone Technically true, it was only aired as a paid ad once, on the "NBC Monday Night Movie" TV program. But that one airing created such a stir that being pulled after the one showing created a sort of a "Banned in Boston" effect, with people who'd missed the original airing wanting to see it, and the network news shows obliged, showing it during newscasts as part of coverage on the controversy. So a lot more people ended up seeing it than the initial audience on the "Monday Night Movie."

[@Anything2bCool]

I know she was armed with pollen, but nuking her seemed a bit excessive.

[@theherrdark4834]

That commercial(became known as the Daisy, Daisy Girl or Peace, Little Girl ad) was shown once and there was so much of a controversy, that it was pulled from broadcast circulation, but different media, like the nightly news, talk shows, and news broadcasting agencies, kept it in the public eye by so-called discussing and analyzing it, a loophole on keeping this commercial in the public eye.

[@steevrawjers]

we must either love each other or we must die classic lyndon johsnon

[@daviddufresne343]

This commercial got my Grandfather, a lifelong Republican, to vote Democrat for one time in over 60 years of voting. If a fear is big enough, and a gaffe is bad enough, you can get some stalwarts to cross over.

[@abrahamicreligionsbowbefor3585]

good old anti war dems

[@jonathanmcclendon1873]

It was coercion a year after the Kennedy assassination for the same hive mind to maintain full control over bureaucratic entities, not that Goldwater was genuine opposition to establishment insiders.

[@cruzloera4931]

And then that ass hat got 10’s of thousands killed in vietnam

[@steevrawjers]

this is one of the best campaign ads ever classic lyndon johnson

[@trashpanda5225]

Dang it, if only that girl could actually count, then maybe the world wouldn't have blown up

[@lukefitch4888]

I can understand why this was considered controversial back then.

[@LElayneSousaFHorn]

That commercial is eerie.

[@thebestcommenter22]

i started laughing out loud

[@astroballzz]

@@thebestcommenter22 haha so quirky

[@The_Sofa_King]

My dream is to someday top this ad.

[@badwolf9956]

LBJ sure did know how to campaign

[@aminimoose3971]

The 60's had no chill

[@thomaswolf723]

I have heard that this political ad was only shown once, and never shown again during the campaign.

[@josephconder9074]

I believe that is correct.

[@bubbiesdad]

Sounds like LBJ doing the countdown.

[@mlo1601]

bubbiesdad it is

[@wolfstar675]

The greatest AD in history!

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

These are the stakes in 1964 & 2020.

[@DanikaOliver]

I wonder if the band Interpol is referencing this ad in their ' rest my chemistry' song.

[@allenthemadman]

If this ad don’t scare you, then nothing else will.

[@ricardocerrillo1897]

I'm searching for that one 60's anti war commercial that showed two suited politicians facing off on an open field to do battle as proxies to real armies fighting one another. Anybody remember this commercial?

[@frenchhousewolf]

so did nixon

[@ilovethe1950s]

This reminds me of the 1984 Apple ad, except more close to home.

[@aidanokeeffe7928]

They don't make them like they used to

[@grimmkronos4642]

How's everyone's day going..?

[@slidnut4525]

This is the funniest commercial I’ve ever seen

[@SaudiaTate]

learning about this in my philosophy class/book (an informal fallacy of relevance = the appeal to fear of the people)

[@SaudiaTate]

"Goldwater’s possible use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam if he were to become president. What if Goldwater were elected? Could this lead to an all-out nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union? No one could be sure of the answer." like there is no true evidence or logical argument made here... and yet

[@thebestcommenter22]

im learning about some other stuff and I started laughing out loud when I saw this

[@dlboss77]

@Adam Brady It's a meme that philosophy majors are perennially broke and unnecessary, but philosophy is genuinely an essential study in politics, ethics, psychology, and more too long to name. It should be a mandatory, core part of high-school education. So many, Americans are bereft of critical-thinking skills and compassion.

[@1995yuda]

@Thomas Hancock This is true to a point that you wish it wasn't.

[@belluh-1huey56]

welp, so they didn't want their children reduced to thermonuclear ashes... strange

[@warrenjohnson5971]

Jesus that's grim!

[@quasicroissant]

THESE ARE THE STEAKS

[@biancawray2991]

That's it you're grounded grounded for 8-year go to your room now or I'm calling the police

[@lightingbolt8148]

Well that’s some add and a little dark lol

[@FreddyScart]

It be like that

[@waffleboi99]

it really do sometimes

[@wavealip8059]

The ad works because there were some truths in it that were rightfully harbored fears about Goldwater.

[@everettduncan7543]

Biden needs to run an ad like this later in the year

[@flagmichael]

@Trey Atkins It plays on irrational fears, and that only assures votes for somebody who can't win on his merits. Johnson was far worse than Goldwater as a warmongerer; Johnson actually used (now documented) lies to bring us into Vietnam. Is that the type of result you are hoping for? I was prime fodder for the cannons of Vietnam, and in the lottery my birthdate came up #1 in the first year. It was the next day I found out the following year applied to me; I was actually #225. If you are willing to put people in positions like that because you are easily misled by your irrational fears, please do not vote. You are unfit for the challenge.

[@travelparable9319]

If you reach here while reading '21 lessons for 21st century' 👍👍

[@EmperorDrawkill_731]

We watched this today in civics

[@anitaharrell3716]

wow I remember this commercial

[@cliftonthomas2609]

Wow!!!! Scary ad.

[@toadthemushroom8134]

I started laughing like an idiot when the bomb dropped

[@thelad10]

Same here brother

[@Thatdepressionlife730]

R/madlads

[@crappyaccount]

I smiled

[@crappyaccount]

@Hoo With god forbid someone have a different sense of humor than you

[@Stretchdiazz]

Look up "Inspired by true events".

[@egb50000]

Anyone here after watching the film, All the Way?

[@CLu-uw7uv]

I am. Another interesting LBJ film is "The path to war."

[@Snow-hb4cr]

21 lessons for 21 century

[@Nathan-ls4xt]

Anyone here reading "21 Lessons for the 21st Century"?

[@rahulgoswami3691]

Yaa 😀😀

[@mikedawolf95]

No bob that would be taking the easy way out.

[@l.salisbury1253]

Remember this was parodied on the Simpsons (with Maggie)...

[@squeaky2384]

Anybody here from the ap gov textbook

[@edwardshiblee]

Who came here reading 21 lessons for the 21st century by Yuval Noah Harari?

[@amannamedbrandon3991]

LBJ had no chill

[@marining]

Why is this scary ;-;

[@dawatsering1608]

Who else came here after reading 21 lesson for 21st century

[@dougayers5441]

who can really understand! a men.

[@republicofsandles]

Goddamn! They were really worried about Barry Goldwater. We've been so lucky that nuclear weapons haven't been used on civilians since the mid-40's. Of all the misfortune 2020 has brought, at least this isn't part of it.

[@crappyaccount]

This could be a meme

[@JesseTheMindless]

The steaks are too hot to eat right away.

[@nathanminor6383]

Why Barry bomb Monique Luiz She didn’t do anything to you… well except for killing flowers

[@sven3035]

Who came here from 21 lessons for 21st century

[@myagarcia3989]

WHAT OMG LMAOAOAOOA

[@benschlechter]

Sam Waterston, the actor on Law and Order, was a democrat until this ad aired. He left, but would later rejoin the modern democrat party.

[@blakespower]

Its very Vague like an Obama Advert. I guess that is the key to political adverts? make them as vague as possible?

[@wolfstar675]

This is not vague at all. It's basically "Vote for me if you want to live, the other guy will get us into nuclear war."

[@ThatOneGuy0006]

There's nothing vague about this ad, It's bluntness is the entire reason it was effective.

[@savebylundqvist3530]

Democrats need to dust this add off again and use it agains Goldwater Jr Trump

[@johnnypastrana6727]

LBJ turned out to be the warmonger knucklehead. Don't take any colon cleanse on election night, you won't need it...Trumpslide 2020...

[@flagmichael]

Johnny Pastrana is right - Johnson was the warmonger, probably the worst in the US since Teddy Roosevelt. On August 2, 1964, while Johnson was finishing out his temporary presidency as JFK's VP, he inflated the Maddox incident into the Gulf of Tonkin Incident as casus belli, bringing us full force into a Vietnam war. The Pentagon Papers and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's testimony in 2003 confirmed Johnson wanted a war and was determined to go to any length to get it. Beware the lies you accept; they may come with an exceptionally high price. If you don't know both sides lie, we are wasting our breath on you.

[@MrHowzaa]

@@flagmichael what promises has trump not kept? what wars did trump get us into?

[@Adam-ws7jo]

Lmao lbj is a hypocrite he did that to Vietnamese kids

[@RafaelGonzalez-fu8hj]

Like if you came here because of 21 lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval.

[@comichound]

What a terrible person. This had is reprehensible.

[@flagmichael]

Johnson was much, much worse than Goldwater, sending millions to Vietnam in a war which it is now documented he started by lies to Congress. I remember this ad - I had just turned 12 - and still remembered the daily air raid drills of the Cuban Missile Crisis two years earlier.

[@Briguy75]

@Paul Kryder lol what did it have ?

[@patrickc3419]

The irony is that Johnson ended up being an awful President.

[@ZX-zq5qz]

That's democrats for ya

[@stevesilva2780]

Brilliant propaganda.

[@bkearnaghan]

The commercial was a bit early. It might actually happen if Joe Biden is elected in 2020

[@Briguy75]

@Paul Kryder lol good stuff

[@burningphoenix6679]

No. It won’t. It’s less likely to happen under Biden than Trump