Political Campaign Dirty Tricks
Mar 30, 2017 15:15:08 #
Modern day politicians are base amateurs when it comes to casting shade at the opposition. According to http://mentalfloss.com, witness the e******n of 1800:
Jefferson's camp accused President Adams of having a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman." In return, Adams' men called Vice President Jefferson "a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father." Ouch. And that was just the opening salvo!
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12487/adams-vs-jefferson-birth-negative-campaigning-us
"Jefferson hired a hatchet man named James Callendar to do his smearing for him." Callendar was later imprisoned for slander. No kidding!
Jefferson's camp accused President Adams of having a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman." In return, Adams' men called Vice President Jefferson "a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father." Ouch. And that was just the opening salvo!
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12487/adams-vs-jefferson-birth-negative-campaigning-us
"Jefferson hired a hatchet man named James Callendar to do his smearing for him." Callendar was later imprisoned for slander. No kidding!
Mar 30, 2017 16:43:18 #
The historical smear campaigns you mentioned, would pale in comparison to the t***h about Clinton and Obama!
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