Anything for a Vote by Joseph Cummins

Anything for a Vote by Joseph Cummins

A rejacketed edition of one of our fun political backlist titles, complete with a reinvigorated interior, just in time for the 2016 election. The 2016 presidential election is looming on the horizon, and you know the campaigns are going to play rough--because dirty tricks and negative campaigning are as American as apple pie. Anything for a Vote chronicles more than 200 years of cheap shots and bad behaviour in presidential elections--from the 1796 contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to the 2012 campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Along the way, we'll stop in: 1836 - Congressman Davy Crockett accuses candidate Martin Van Buren of secretly wearing women's clothing: He is laced up in corsets! 1864 - A Democratic newspaper alleges that Abraham Lincoln only changed his socks every 10 days. 1912 - Theodore Roosevelt is shot in the chest while preparing to give a campaign speech, then proceeds to deliver it anyway: I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a bull moose! 1928 - Republicans warned that Roman Catholic candidate Al Smith was secretly plotting with the Pope -- and that the Holland Tunnel had a secret passageway leading directly to the Vatican! 1960 - Former president Harry Truman told voters that if you vote for Richard Nixon, you ought to go to hell! Rejacketed, redesigned, and expanded, this new edition of Anything for a Vote is still a valuable reminder that history does repeat itself, that lessons can be learned from the past (though they usually aren't), and that our most famous presidents are not above reproach when it comes to the dirtiest game of all-political campaigning.

“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

Joseph Cummins is the author of several nonfiction books, including Ten Tea Parties (Quirk 2012), and one novel. Cummins has appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe and NPR's Wait, WaitDon't Tell Me!

SKU	GOR009749236
ISBN 13	9781594748325
ISBN 10	1594748322
Title	Anything for a Vote
Author	Joseph Cummins
Condition	Very Good
Publisher	Quirk Books
Year published	2015-10-27
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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