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Presidential Ad Flashbacks (1956 Adlai-Ike Rematch Edition)
Among the greatest headscratchers in American history (How did George Custer think he was gonna win the Battle of Little Bighorn? . . . Why did Grady Little leave Pedro Martinez in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS? . . … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956 presidential ads, 2003 ALCS, Adlai Stevenson, Adlai-Ike Rematch, Chris Matthews, Dustup 2016, Dustup 2016 NostADgia desk, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower Answers America, Estes Kefauver, George Custer, Grady Little, Harry Truman, History Today, hole in his shoe, How's That Again General?, John F. Kennedy, Little Big Horn, Living Room Candidate, Pedro Martinez, The American Presidency Project, The Living Room Candidate, The Man from Abilene, The Man from Libertyville
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Presidential Ad Flashback (1952 Campaign Song Edition)
First in a series from our Dustup 2016 NostADgia® desk The first presidential campaign television commercials ran in 1952 (the Eisenhower/Stevenson I bakeoff.) At the time, apparently, the inaugural political admakers thought that borrowing from the entertainment world might be … Continue reading
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Tagged 1952 Presidential Campaign, Adlai Stevenson, Dustup 2016, Dustup 2016 NostADgia desk, Dwight Eisenhower, hole in his shoe, I Like Ike, I Love the Gov, Irving Berlin, th man who saved the world from Hitler, University of Wisconsin Advertising Project, Walt Disney Studios
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