User talk:2600:1700:7890:5A40:E4A9:C378:3A41:B20

Falsehood in Summary
The summary includes the exact line "The "Daisy" advertisement was designed to broadcast Johnson's anti-war and anti-nuclear positions.", which is an un-referenced false hood, without any credible reference. The advertisement, made by the Johnson campaign, was not made specifically against Goldwater's nuclear stance or Johnson's nuclear stance. The ad was a scare tactic aimed at Goldwater's statement that the US Should bomb Hanoi, which the Johnson team amplified into a potential nuclear showdown, though with whom was never mentioned. The fact that Goldwater had (only) asserted the conventional bombing of Hanoi as a way to bring North Vietnam to peace talks was never mentioned. The irony, later cited by critics, was that within a year of the election and the ad, the Johnson administration itself was actively bombing Hanoi, as well as greater North Vietnam. And a common "joke" of the day, retold by comedians at the time, was "Its a good thing we voted for Johnston or we'ld be bombing Hanoi today" and various words to that effect. To claim that somehow the ad reflected Goldwater's stance on nuclear war is just a blatant falsehood and does not belong in a supposedly neutral political article. 2600:1700:7890:5A40:E4A9:C378:3A41:B20 (talk) 21:30, 7 September 2022 (UTC)