Creator Of Infamous "Daisy Ad" Is Pushing Up Daisies

Tony Schwartz died at age 84. He helped create the infamous LBJ spot from 1964 featuring a little girl and an atom bomb explosion. This was perhaps the most disgusting political tv spot from a candidate in our nation's history. The ad implied that because Barry Goldwater believed in decisive victory in Vietnam and because he believed the Soviet Union was evil, he was an extremist that would lead the nation into a nuclear holocaust. In fact, my grandfather is a life-long Democrat and voted for Barry Goldwater after because he was disgusted with LBJ's dirty campaign exemplified by the ad. You can watch the ad here:



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