A political ad that appeared in the Pine Grove Press Herald, October 26, 1972, with the caption, “If you work for a living, how in hell can you vote for Nixon?”
The ad featured a non-descript white man in a short sleeve shirt (no tie) giving four reasons why you shouldn’t vote for Richard Nixon who was the Republican candidate in the presidential election of 1972.
- Unfair Taxes Under Nixon
- Soaring Prices Under Nixon
- More Unemployment Under Nixon
- Wages Frozen Under Nixon
The ad then gave six ways that George McGovern, the Democratic candidate, “will help the worker.”
- McGovern has one of the best pro-labor voting records in Congress
- McGovern is a leader in tax reform – a bologna sandwich should be just as deductible as a martini
- McGovern has a positive economic policy of full employment of providing meaningful and useful jobs for every person who needs to work
- McGovern will work to stop runaway food prices by putting a lid on exorbitant profits and breaking up monopolies that put the squeeze on consumers
- McGovern will enforce tough safety standards to protect the health and safety of American workers
- McGovern is a leading advocate for improved health care for all Americans and is a leading advocate of the National Health Insurance Act
The ad was sponsored by the Labor Committee for the Election of McGovern-Shriver, consisting of the 34 labor or labor-related organizations that were named at the bottom of the ad.
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Ad from Newspapers.com.
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