Thursday, November 26, 2009

Presidential Campaigns

I thought it was amazing how the Presidential Campaigns grew in the past decade. The first Presidential Campaign was in 1952 Eisenhower v. Stevenson. Ike's commerical had cartoons and it was a song. It was upbeat and friendly. The song was fun. In 1956, the commericals were about Change and how the economy was low, which reminded me of this recent Presidential election. In 1960, Kennedy v. Nixon, Kennedy had a song and it was fun. Nixon's commerical was boring and he just talked the whole time. Throughout the 70s, the commericals became more serious and the candidates talked more. Today's commericals are more different! Candidates are bashing candidates. They are not talking about what they stand for. The old commericals were fun and had a song. I enjoyed watching the old commericals. It is ridiculous how candidates attract to the audience today. Obama was on a Xbox game!

1 comment:

  1. Maybe the commercials have changed over time because the times and people have changed over time as well. In the 1950's people didn't have the types of entertainment we do now. Many people then actually looked for government and politics for "entertainment". We have so many types of entertainment available today that politics would be the last place we would turn for entertainment. Instead if we want entertainment from the news we just turn on entertainment tonight or tmz. Just think of political ads being your grandpartent's tmz.

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