The Speech
It was the campaign speech that transformed a Hollywood actor into a national political figure. On october 27, 1964 Ronald Reagan delivered "The Speech."
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The Speech
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It was the campaign speech that transformed a Hollywood actor into a national political figure. On october 27, 1964 Ronald Reagan delivered "The Speech."
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Facing a country sharply divided over the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson announces in a national television and radio broadcast on March 31, 1968, that he will not seek reelection to the presidency.
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Nixon Declines Candidacy in 1964
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On July 13, 1964, the Republican Party convened at the National Convention in San Francisco to nominate their candidates for the presidency and vice presidency. Though he had flirted with the idea of running for president during the pre-primary period, Richard Nixon makes it clear in his speech that he has decided not to seek a nomination.
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Reagan Endorses Barry Goldwater
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When Ronald Reagan, as spokesperson for General Electric, gives his “Time for Choosing” speech in support of Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential run, he establishes himself as an important player in the Republican Party and jumpstarts his political career.
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The Daisy Ad
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The Daisy Ad, run for the first and last time on September 7th, 1964, but its impact was immeasurable. Political advertising was never the same.
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For his second run for the presidency, Nixon hired filmmaker Eugene Jones to produce ads that captured the turbulence and unrest in the nation at the time. Convention was one in a series -- mimicking the uneasy mood and tension in the US, suggesting that Nixon was the only man to bring the country together again.
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