PHOENIX — Fifty years on, the most famous, or notorious, political attack ad in U.S. history hasn't lost its explosive punch. For nearly 30 seconds, a freckled, brown-eyed girl — unmistakably a ...
The screen is black and white. A little girl, no taller than the weeds that surround her, stands in a field and picks petals from a delicate daisy. She quietly counts each one. Suddenly an ominous ...
It was a one-minute spot that aired just one time, but with an ominous countdown and a mushroom cloud, Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Daisy” ad marked a new era in American politics. Considered the first attack ...
Oh, no he didn’t! Michael “there’s a logic to it” Steele has come out with fists flying. This time, the brutha with the mad flava is flossin’ with a remixed Daisy ad. Holy shizz! That’s right, an ad ...
The television commercial that changed American politics ran just once — but once was enough. It was 1964 and Lyndon B. Johnson, who had become president only because John F. Kennedy was assassinated, ...