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Adlai Stevenson 1952 campaign ad (Original Post)
iandhr
Jul 2014
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elleng
(131,176 posts)1. I don't recall the ad,
not sure that we had tv at that point, but I do recall my family was not happy about Adlai's loss to Ike, my first political memory!
enough
(13,263 posts)3. Me too, elleng. We didn't have TV at that time, but I do remember my parents actually crying
(and drinking) the night Adlai Stevenson lost that election.
elleng
(131,176 posts)4. Just checked. We had TV and I watched some of the Army/McCarthy hearings,
that was '54. so no-go with TV for '52 election.
alsame
(7,784 posts)2. My father worked on
his campaign as a volunteer, he was a college student at the time.