Hoping to capture ads for both sides in this thread. [video=youtube;PKqC-06o6JU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKqC-06o6JU&feature=player_embedded[/video]
The first video is funny. The second one was about nuclear war, which seemed a certainty in 1964 (and still is, in the long run). Goldwater couched his intent in a soft wording when he said repeatedly that he would strongly consider the use of atomic weapons in Vietnam. He fully intended to do so. Sane voters knew that would lead to a Soviet strike on the U.S. Old Barry lost in a landslide.
I was thinking about starting a Political Meme thread, too, although I don't think you far leftists know the difference between a paid ad and an internet meme.