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It's Halloween!

When everything is scary.

Can you name a scary moment in politics?

How about this one:

LITTLE GIRL plucking daisy petals: One, two, three, four, five, seven, six, six, eight, nine

"MISSION CONTROL": Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero

SOUND EFFECTS: Huge atomic bomb blast.

Pretty scary, right?

That was from the 1964 presidential campaign … Lyndon Johnson's "Daisy" ad he used against Barry Goldwater. It showed a little girl plucking a daisy … Then: images of nuclear destruction. ... Then, LBJ says: "We must either love each other. Or we must die."

The ad ran just one time … But that was enough to make it famous … And it was enough to make the list of 11 scary moments in politics… As you'll hear in the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" …Timed for Halloween and with a very special guest: Managing Editor of National Journal Daily - Ledge King.

Which ten other political moments make the scary list?

And what does Ledge King say about each of them?

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