Presidential Campaign Election Commercials (1960)

★★★★★ · Sad ending for a man · jpatrickbad · 2019-11-18

I'm an Irishman (and American Indian) with auburn hair exactly like JFK, and he was a fair president. He did some decent things but he DID steal the election, he DID steal it from Nixon. he DID cheat on his wife, he DID use daddy's money to get what he wanted, he DID use his looks to get attention. he DID abandon Cuba, he DID almost cause WW3, he DID start Vietnam, he DID cheat in the WH, he DID many more vile things but he didn't deserve the bullet to his throat or head. And to all you JFK assassination buffs it was Ruby, Oswald AND JD Tippitt all 3. they were all there and they all did it.…

★★★★ · Fascinating glimpses into US presidential election history · Robert B. Livingston · 2014-08-18

Compared to presidential election ads today, these television commercials sometimes seem almost juvenile and amateurish-- when they do not look so eerily similar. Promises of equality and concern for average Americans (from both sides) are balanced by pledges to never be weak, and by a consensus that Americans had much to fear from "communism." All the commercials are fascinating from many points of view. I found the one of Jacqueline Kennedy speaking in Spanish extraordinarily unforgettable. One sees her big smile of relief after successfully accomplishing what she had been directed to do.…

★★★★ · Regina Phalange · Regina Phalange · 2014-08-20

this commercial is such a classic!