The Living Room Candidate – Commercials – 1960 – Mrs. JFK

I’ve sat on my hands trying to resist jumping into the election blog fever but when I came across the website The Living Room Candidate, I had to share this find.

The Living Room Candidate has election video advertising clips dating back to 1952.  They’re so entertaining.  You should check out the one for Ike.  It was hard to decide which one to highlight on this post.  I picked Jackie Kennedy because she looks so sweet speaking in Spanish, appealing to the constituents to vote for her husband. She talks about how he cares about everyone and the White House needs a strong leader during the dangerous times of Communism.  Imagine Kennedy also had to conquer the obstacle of being Catholic.  A Catholic in the White House was trail blazing.

Watching these clips of politicians in years past, and their campaign platform on how they would deal with unpopular wars, fear of nuclear bombs, economy and cost of living worries, education and health issues didn’t discourage me, it actually gave me hope.  We rose to the challenge and thrived in spite of the apprehensive times and we’ll do it again.

Now let’s get this election over with and move on with life.