Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential CampaignsQuirk Books, 2007 - 303 頁 A history of mudslinging, character assassination, and other election strategies from U.S. presidential politics of the past. Covering 225-plus years of smear campaigns, slanderous candidates, and bad behavior in American elections, this comprehensive history is the authoritative tour of political shade-throwing from George Washington to Barack Obama. You might think today's politicians play rough--but history reveals that dirty tricks are as American as apple pie. Let the name-calling begin! 1836: Congressman Davy Crockett accuses candidate Martin Van Buren of secretly wearing women's clothing: "He is laced up in corsets!" 1864: Candidate George McClellan describes his opponent, Abraham Lincoln, as "nothing more than a well-meaning baboon!" 1960: Former president Harry Truman advises voters that "if you vote for Richard Nixon, you ought to go to hell!" Full of sleazy and shameless anecdotes from every presidential election in United States history, Anything for a Vote is a valuable reminder that history does repeat itself, lessons can be learned from the past (but usually aren't), and our most famous presidents are not above reproach when it comes to the dirtiest game of all--political campaigning. |
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INTRODUCTION | 7 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON VS HIMSELF | 10 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON VS HIMSELF AGAIN | 14 |
JOHN ADAMS VS THOMAS Jefferson | 18 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON vs JOHN ADAMS | 24 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON VS CHARLES PINCKNEY | 33 |
JAMES MADISON VS CHARLES PINCKNEY | 34 |
JAMES MADISON VS DEWITT CLINTON | 36 |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT vs ALTON PARKER | 148 |
WILLIAM TAFT vs WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN | 150 |
WOODROW WILSON VS THEODORE ROOSEVELT vs WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT | 156 |
WOODROW WILSON VS CHARLES HUGHES | 165 |
WARREN G HARDING VS JAMES COX | 167 |
CALVIN COOLIDGE VS JOHN DAVIS | 173 |
HERBERT HOOVER VS AL SMITH | 175 |
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT vs HERBERT HOOVER | 182 |
JAMES MONROE vs Rufus KING | 38 |
JAMES MONROE VS HIMSELF | 39 |
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS VS ANDREW JACKSON | 40 |
ANDREW JACKSON VS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 47 |
ANDREW JACKSON vs Henry CLAY | 55 |
MARTIN VAN BUREN VS WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON | 61 |
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON vs Martin VAN BUREN | 67 |
JAMES POLK VS HENRY CLAY | 73 |
ZACHARY TAYLOR VS LEWIS CASS | 79 |
FRANKLIN PIERCE VS WINFIELD SCOTT | 81 |
JAMES BUCHANAN VS JOHN FRÉMONT | 87 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN VS STEPHEN DOUGLAS | 92 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN VS GEORGE MCCLELLAN | 99 |
ULYSSES S GRANT VS HORATIO SEYMOUR | 106 |
ULYSSES S GRANT VS HORACE GREELEY | 112 |
RUTHERFORD HAYES VS SAMUEL TILDEN | 114 |
JAMES GARFIELD vs WINFIELD HANCOCK | 121 |
GROVER CLEVELAND vs JAMES G BLAINE | 128 |
BENJAMIN HARRISON VS GROVER CLEVELAND | 135 |
GROVER CLEVELAND VS BENJAMIN HARRISON | 137 |
WILLIAM MCKINLEY VS WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN | 139 |
WILLIAM MCKINLEY VS WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN | 146 |
FRANKLIN D Roosevelt vs ALFRED ALF LANDON | 184 |
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT VS WENDELL WILLKIE | 186 |
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT VS THOMAS DEWEY | 194 |
HARRY TRUMAN VS THOMAS DEWEY | 196 |
DWIGHT EISENHOWER VS ADLAI STEVENSON | 204 |
JOHN F KENNEDY VS RICHARD NIXON | 213 |
LYNDON JOHNSON VS BARRY GOLDWATER | 221 |
RICHARD NIXON VS HUBERT HUMPHREY | 230 |
RICHARD NIXON VS GEORGE MCGOVERN | 237 |
JIMMY CARTER VS GERALD FORD | 245 |
RONALD REAGAN VS JIMMY CARTER | 248 |
RONALD REAGAN VS WALTER MONDALE | 256 |
GEORGE H W BUSH VS MICHAEL DUKAKIS | 258 |
WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON VS GEORGE H W BUSH | 264 |
WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON VS BOB DOLE | 272 |
GEORGE W BUSH VS AL GORE | 274 |
GEORGE W BUSH VS JOHN KERRY | 284 |
APPENDIX | 292 |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 304 | |
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