AMH 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Barry Goldwater, Lyndon B. Johnson, General Electric Theater
1 Mar 2020
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The 1980 election - ronald reagan was elected. Got a job as a sportscaster, creative. Ge bought a lot of tv time, an hour every sunday night for ge theater. They wanted continuity, wanted a general electric guy. Started out as democrat, later became full-on republican. 1964 - barry goldwater vs lyndon b johnson, blowout to johnson. Ronald reagan hired to promote goldwater on tv. American people say they"d vote for reagan :d. Gets wheels turning in reagan"s brain, runs for governor of cali x 2. Wants to run in 1976, but gerry ford is already a republican. Got real close, but ford got nomination. Asks the people about u. s. problems, just a guy talkin" abt politics. If yes, vote for carter, if not, vote for me. Change in attitude, we are americans, lets go. Biggest problem - the government, fewer regulations on businesses, less rules. Mcdonald"s - people feared that the ussr was gonna nuke the u. s.
