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Reagan for President - "Margin of Safety" (Political Ad, 1980)

Views: 932

Here's a political ad from GOP Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, which ran four days before the election. Here he speaks about the need to maintain a "margin of safety" to preserve the peace in the world through more than one means - economic, through alliances among other nations, and militarily.

Ending voiceover by Robert Stack (yes, folks, the Robert Stack of The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries and "Airplane!" fame).

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Trix Cereal - "Vote For Me!" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 3203

Here's a cute commercial for Trix Cereal with a political theme - the Trix Rabbit wants kids to vote for him to be able to eat the cereal. What do you think's gonna happen?

"Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!"

This aired on local Chicago TV sometime around May of 1980.

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Northwest Federal Savings - "Bandwagon Of Gifts" (Commercial, 1976)

Views: 863

Here's a commercial for North West Federal Savings with a political theme.

Featuring Chicago actor and David Mamet favorite, Mike Nussbaum.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 9th 1976 during the 8am to 9am timeframe.

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Alan Dixon - Democrat For Senate (Political Ad, 1980)

Views: 473

Here's a political ad for Alan J. Dixon - Democratic candidate for Senator of the State of Illinois.

From Wikipedia:

In the fall of 1970, Karl Rove, a future White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the George W. Bush Administration, used a false identity to enter the campaign office of Alan J. Dixon, who was running for Illinois State Treasurer, and stole 1000 sheets of paper with campaign letterhead. Rove then printed fake campaign rally fliers promising "free ...

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WFLD Metromedia 32 - Election Night Specials - "The Honeymooners" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 2010

Here's a promo for part of WFLD Metromedia 32's Election Night Specials - with a politically themed episode of The Honeymooners.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV in the last week of October 1984.

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Jim Edgar - Secretary of State (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1351

Here is a commercial - not a campaign ad mind you, but just a commercial telling you how great a job Jim Edgar was doing as Secretary of State. He already won the election, so why was this necessary?

Paid for by Citizens for Jim Edgar. Endorsed by Independent Voters of Illinois.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV between 7 and 10pm, on Sunday October 17th, 1982.

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WFLD Metromedia 32 - Election Night Specials - "The Best Of Saturday Night" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 1875

Here's another promo for part of WFLD Metromedia 32's Election Night Specials - this one for The Best of Saturday Night.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV in the last week of October 1984.

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WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Political Patronage Decision" (1979)

Views: 730

Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, standing outside the Kluczynski Federal Building.

In this editorial, he gives his opinion and analysis on a recent court decision by Federal Judge Nicholas J. Bua that ruled that Chicago's and Cook County's political patronage system - where government jobs were given to Democrats who pledged their allegiance to political precinct bosses over equally qualified Republicans whose allegiance was to the pe...

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WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Cubs Baseball - "Mayor Jane Byrne Throws Out The First Pitch" (1981)

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Here's a clip featuring Mayor Jane Byrne throwing out the first pitch at a Cubs game, followed by the singing of the National Anthem (mostly complete) by Jimmy Damon (the inspiration for Bill Murray's lounge singer character on Saturday Night Live), then the starting lineups and opening moments of the game.

Cardinal Cody can be seen sitting next to Mayor Byrne. He would pass away less than a year later on April 25th 1982. On the Mayor's left is her husband, Jay McMulle...