The Debate That Never Was
date: label: Associated Date
content: 1964
name: label: associated person
content: Goldwater, Barry
label: associated person
content: Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)
label: associated instiuttion
content: Republican Party
notes: label: Description
content: In 1964, Republican challenger Barry Goldwater repeatedly demanded the opportunity to debate his opponent, President Lyndon Johnson, who repeatedly declined. Frustrated by the inability to schedule candidates in a joint appearance, the Republican National Committee produced cardboard displays promoting instead “The Debate That Never Was.” The displays offered brochures with “answers” to issues that might have come up if Goldwater had been given the chance to debate the president. The brochures "debated” topics which played to Goldwater’s preferred campaign themes such as the economy, civil rights, foreign policy, and fighting communism. Short quotes pulled from President Johnson’s public statements were followed by longer answers from Goldwater, who explained he wanted to give voters “a real choice, a clear choice.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Promotional Item
label: classified
content: Political Campaigns
label: referenced
content: Debate
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1964
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1964.U03
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1964.U03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Advertisement Display
label: Object Name
content: advertisement display