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VIDEO: 60 years of US presidential campaign ads

From Eisenhower to Obama versus Romney, this video shows how campaign videos have changed (and how a lot has remained the same…)

04/11/12 4,309 Views 5 Comments

IRELAND DOESN’T EXACTLY have a tradition of political ads in the same way that the US does.

Since the 1950s US presidential candidates have taken part in one of the most important – but also one of the most underhand – parts of campaigning, with videos aimed at instilling fear, hope and distrust among voters.

This supercut video puts together clips of campaign ads from Eisenhower in 1952 all the way up toe the current campaign and shows how videos have changed over the past 60 years – and how a lot has remained the same:



(Video: Hugh Atkin/YouTube)

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  • jumpthecat 04/11/12 #

    It’s so boring. The irony is that Obama campaigned solely on ‘change’ then did absolutely nothing different. It really doesn’t really matter who wins.

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    • dublinlad72 04/11/12 #

      Nothing at all, really?

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    • jumpthecat 04/11/12 #

      You start listing the changes he made that would have matched the huge PR shitefest he orchestrated on being elected.

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    • Xadovan 04/11/12 #

      The way the system is set up in the US it does not allow for rapid changes to happen. There is elections every two years, a powerful Senate, two dominate parties that are not completely unified (moderate Republican/conservative Republican/liberal Democrat/conservative Democrat,etc), etc.

      Only a person who does not understand how slow the political system works in the US would not appreciate the changes Obama has introduced.

      -health care reform
      -passed stimulus saving 3.7m jobs
      -Wall Street reform including the creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency
      -saved General Motors and Chrysler
      -withdrawal of US forces from Iraq
      -set an end date to combat mission in Afghanistan
      -cut defense spending by $450 billion over next 10 years
      -sanctions instead of military action with Iran
      -nuclear treaty with Russia
      -doubled funding for college Pell Grants
      -end of “don’t ask, don’t tell”
      -addition of sexual orientation to federal hate crime laws
      -ordering federal government to stop defending “Defense of Marriage Act”
      -ending the prohibition against federal funding for stem cell research
      - gender pay equality protection
      -Reengaged and settled long term disputes with Native American tribes

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  • padraig 05/11/12 #

    It is remarkable how similar the rhetoric is in those IQ sapping bits of puffery.

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