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Anything for a Vote

Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns

Joseph Cummins

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Quirk Books
15 November 2015
A Quirk backlist favorite -- with a fresh new design, ALL new caricatures of the candidates, and a gifty hardcover format and price point. Just in time for the 2016 election!

An updated and illustrated compendium of mudslinging, character assassinations, and below-board election strategies from U.S. presidential politics throughout history!

Discover the ""dirty tricks of the covert and the sleazy"" in this giftable volume for American history buffs (New York Times Magazine).

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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Imprint:   Quirk Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 29mm
Weight:   544g
ISBN:   9781594748325
ISBN 10:   1594748322
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Joseph Cummins is the author of several nonfiction books and a novel. He lives with his family in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Reviews for Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns

-Dirty tricks of the covert and the sleazy.---New York Times Magazine-While this grimy lens can be a hilarious way to look at the history of presidential politics, it's often a sobering one as well--colored by policies of discrimination and assaults on voting rights that are still relevant today.---Mother Jones -a compendium of 'dirty tricks, cheap shots and October surprises.'---Playboy -Anything For a Vote will strike a chord.---McClatchy-Tribune News Service -a hoot to read.---The Oregonian Dirty tricks of the covert and the sleazy. --New York Times Magazine While this grimy lens can be a hilarious way to look at the history of presidential politics, it's often a sobering one as well--colored by policies of discrimination and assaults on voting rights that are still relevant today. --Mother Jones a compendium of 'dirty tricks, cheap shots and October surprises.' --Playboy Anything For a Vote will strike a chord. --McClatchy-Tribune News Service a hoot to read. --The Oregonian While this grimy lens can be a hilarious way to look at the history of presidential politics, it's often a sobering one as well--colored by policies of discrimination and assaults on voting rights that are still relevant today. --Mother Jones 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 While this grimy lens can be a hilarious way to look at the history of presidential politics, it's often a sobering one as well colored by policies of discrimination and assaults on voting rights that are still relevant today. Mother Jones 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 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 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


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