Comments on: How To Lose An Election http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/05/04/how-to-lose-an-election/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: ofuok http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/05/04/how-to-lose-an-election/comment-page-1/#comment-10246 ofuok Sat, 06 May 2006 13:29:54 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2375#comment-10246 You've probably already done plenty of looking around at campaign ads and stuff here http://www.easehistory.org/index2.html but if not, there it is, somewhat searchable. The one with Goldwater doing a commercial speaking in Spanish cracked me up...he was pretty bad at it. You’ve probably already done plenty of looking around at campaign ads and stuff here

http://www.easehistory.org/index2.html

but if not, there it is, somewhat searchable. The one with Goldwater doing a commercial speaking in Spanish cracked me up…he was pretty bad at it.

]]> By: Night Owl http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/05/04/how-to-lose-an-election/comment-page-1/#comment-10245 Night Owl Fri, 05 May 2006 16:41:43 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2375#comment-10245 I believe Bob is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taft" rel="nofollow"> this guy</a>. Robert A. Taft: Ultra conservative from Ohio who ran against Ike in the primary and who Ike made concessions to to help nail down his right wing during the general. The ad attempts to paint Ike as a tool of the rabid right. I believe Bob is this guy.

Robert A. Taft: Ultra conservative from Ohio who ran against Ike in the primary and who Ike made concessions to to help nail down his right wing during the general.

The ad attempts to paint Ike as a tool of the rabid right.

]]> By: Misplaced Patriot http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/05/04/how-to-lose-an-election/comment-page-1/#comment-10244 Misplaced Patriot Fri, 05 May 2006 13:23:49 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2375#comment-10244 The "Bob and Ike" stuff is a homage to Stan Freberg's "John and Marsha" recording, which told the story of an entire relationship with a man just saying her name, "Marsha," and the woman just saying his name, "John." It hit #21 on the charts in 1951. But who was "Bob?" The “Bob and Ike” stuff is a homage to Stan Freberg’s “John and Marsha” recording, which told the story of an entire relationship with a man just saying her name, “Marsha,” and the woman just saying his name, “John.” It hit #21 on the charts in 1951.

But who was “Bob?”

]]> By: Charles Brubaker http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/05/04/how-to-lose-an-election/comment-page-1/#comment-10243 Charles Brubaker Fri, 05 May 2006 13:04:50 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2375#comment-10243 Damn...whoever made that latter one must've been high. Gutsy, though, as any hint of homosexuality was considered a "taboo" back in the 1950s. Speaking of Ike, there was a campaign ad that I think Disney Studios made where the animated Uncle Sam led a parade for supporting Eisenhower. The song was "Ike for president Ike for president..." Do you have that one? Damn…whoever made that latter one must’ve been high. Gutsy, though, as any hint of homosexuality was considered a “taboo” back in the 1950s.

Speaking of Ike, there was a campaign ad that I think Disney Studios made where the animated Uncle Sam led a parade for supporting Eisenhower. The song was “Ike for president Ike for president…” Do you have that one?

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