i vaguely remember johnson's ad...but i do remember it was pretty effective portraying goldwater as a war monger...
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
Sen. Hillary Clinton?s campaign has launched one of the most provocative television ads this presidential election campaign, and already it is drawing comparisons to President Lyndon Johnson?s controversial ?Daisy? ad in the 1964 campaign that suggested his opponent, Barry Goldwater, would lead the U.S. into nuclear war.
Senior Clinton aides disputed such suggestions today, with senior strategist Mark Penn saying the two ads are ?not at all? alike. Communications director Howard Wolfson said the Daisy ad was apocalyptic and that Clinton is rather asking about national security credentials, which a campaign would be ?derelict? not to do.
Clinton?s national security ad, ?Children,? is running in Texas, and asks voters who they would rather have in the White House when crisis strikes.
?It?s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep but there?s a phone in the White House and it?s ringing,? the announcer says as images of sleeping children are shown. ?Something?s happening in the world. Your vote will decide who answers that call. Whether it?s someone who already knows the world?s leaders, knows the military ? someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world. It?s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?? The ad then cuts to a picture of Clinton working at night.
While the ad makes no mention of rival Sen. Barack Obama, it is meant to underscore Clinton?s case that she is more experienced than the Illinois senator.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe panned the ad in a conference call with reporters this morning. ?She had her red-phone moment in 2002,? he said, referencing Clinton?s initial support of the invasion of Iraq. ?And she and George Bush and John McCain made the wrong decision.?
The red-phone reference regards a 1984 ad run by Walter Mondale?s campaign against Democratic opponent Gary Hart.
Plouffe countered that if the ad forces voters to question which candidate has better judgment, it will help Obama. ?We think this ad will not be successful at all,? he said.
The Obama campaign is relaunching their own national security ad, ?Gulf,? that features retired Gen. Merrill A. ?Tony? McPeak touting Obama?s judgment. The Clinton campaign was quick to note that the general had to apologize earlier this month for suggesting Clinton is prone to ?crying fits.? The campaign disassociated themselves from the remarks.
?The question is not ?Can you wake up and answer the phone?? because that?s pretty easy, the question is ?What do you do after you wake up??? McPeak told reporters today.
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
Sen. Hillary Clinton?s campaign has launched one of the most provocative television ads this presidential election campaign, and already it is drawing comparisons to President Lyndon Johnson?s controversial ?Daisy? ad in the 1964 campaign that suggested his opponent, Barry Goldwater, would lead the U.S. into nuclear war.
Senior Clinton aides disputed such suggestions today, with senior strategist Mark Penn saying the two ads are ?not at all? alike. Communications director Howard Wolfson said the Daisy ad was apocalyptic and that Clinton is rather asking about national security credentials, which a campaign would be ?derelict? not to do.
Clinton?s national security ad, ?Children,? is running in Texas, and asks voters who they would rather have in the White House when crisis strikes.
?It?s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep but there?s a phone in the White House and it?s ringing,? the announcer says as images of sleeping children are shown. ?Something?s happening in the world. Your vote will decide who answers that call. Whether it?s someone who already knows the world?s leaders, knows the military ? someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world. It?s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?? The ad then cuts to a picture of Clinton working at night.
While the ad makes no mention of rival Sen. Barack Obama, it is meant to underscore Clinton?s case that she is more experienced than the Illinois senator.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe panned the ad in a conference call with reporters this morning. ?She had her red-phone moment in 2002,? he said, referencing Clinton?s initial support of the invasion of Iraq. ?And she and George Bush and John McCain made the wrong decision.?
The red-phone reference regards a 1984 ad run by Walter Mondale?s campaign against Democratic opponent Gary Hart.
Plouffe countered that if the ad forces voters to question which candidate has better judgment, it will help Obama. ?We think this ad will not be successful at all,? he said.
The Obama campaign is relaunching their own national security ad, ?Gulf,? that features retired Gen. Merrill A. ?Tony? McPeak touting Obama?s judgment. The Clinton campaign was quick to note that the general had to apologize earlier this month for suggesting Clinton is prone to ?crying fits.? The campaign disassociated themselves from the remarks.
?The question is not ?Can you wake up and answer the phone?? because that?s pretty easy, the question is ?What do you do after you wake up??? McPeak told reporters today.
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