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Watch “I Like Ike” the animated 1952 U.S. presidential election campaign commercial for Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower

Watch “I Like Ike” the animated 1952 U.S. presidential election campaign commercial for Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower

"I Like Ike" animated television commercial for Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower, produced by Roy Disney and Citizens for Eisenhower during the 1952 U.S. presidential campaign.
Archival footage supplied by the Internet Moving Images Archive (at archive.org) in association with Prelinger Archives
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Transcript

[Music]
Ike for president,
Ike for president,
Ike for president,
Ike for president.
You like Ike,
I like Ike,
Everybody likes Ike for president.
Hang out the banner,
Beat the drum,
We'll take Ike to Washington.

We don't want John
Or Dean,
Or Harry.
Let's do the big job right.
Let's get in step with the guy that's hep,
Get in step with Ike.

You like Ike,
I like Ike,
Everybody likes Ike for president.
Hang out the banner,
Beat the drum,
We'll take Ike to Washington.

We've got to get where we are going,
Travel day and night for president.
Let Adlai go the other way;
We all go with Ike for president.

You like Ike,
I like Ike,
Everybody likes Ike for president.
Hang out the banner,
Beat the drum,
We'll take Ike to Washington.

We'll take Ike to Washington.

Ike for president.

ANNOUNCER: Now is the time for all good Americans to come to the aid of their country.
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