The issue is: The Heritage of Weakness: WWI . WWII . Korea . Laos . Vietnam . Cuba / The Debate That Never Was
date: label: Associated Date
content: 1964
name: label: associated; depicted
content: Goldwater, Barry
label: associated; depicted
content: Johnson, Lyndon B.
notes: label: Description
content: In 1964, Republican challenger Barry Goldwater repeatedly demanded the opportunity to debate his opponent, President Lyndon Johnson, who (also 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 like these 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
place: label: referenced
content: Korea
label: referenced
content: Laos
label: referenced
content: Viet Nam
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content: Cuba: Cuba
topic: label: general subject association
content: Presidential Candidates
label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1964
label: related event
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
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.U05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: leaflet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: folded: 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm