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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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Title Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
Author Joseph Cummins
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 303
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Quirk Books, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date September 6, 2007
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781594741562 / 1594741565
Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5.32 x 0.96 in (20.32 x 13.51 x 2.44 cm)
Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government, Presidents - United States - Election -
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007925761
Dewey Decimal Code 324.973

Media reviews

“Dirty tricks of the covert and the sleazy.”—New York Times Magazine

“a compendium of ‘dirty tricks, cheap shots and October surprises.’”—Playboy

“Anything For a Vote will strike a chord.”—McClatchy-Tribune News Service

“hoot to read.”—The Oregonian

About the author

Joseph Cummins is the author of several nonfiction books and one novel. He lives in New Jersey.

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