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- The ugliest presidential race of all time was probably Hayes vs. Tlden in 1876, which saw accusations of patronizing prostitutes leveled against Tilden, had Hayes accused of shooting his own mother in a fit of drunken rage, the instigation of race riots, and the systematic shooting of African-Americans who attempted to vote. But there have been many others worse than the one going on now.
http://mattweeks.hubpages.com/hub/The-Dirtiest-Presidential-Campaigns-in-the-History-of-United-States-Politics - Reply to this comment
- One of the few coincidences about the two presidents is that they both vowed to outlive each other. Both died on the same day- the Fourth of July, 1826. Adams died in Quincy, Massachusetts and Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Virginia, respectively.
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- One of the few coincidences about the two presidents is that they both vowed to outlive each other. B died on the same day- the Fourth of July, 1826. Adams died in Quincy, Massachusetts and Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Virginia, respectively.
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- Adams and Jefferson reconciled after they had left public office, to the point where, in one letter, Jefferson writes to Adams: "... I love you with all my heart, and pray for the continuance of your life until you should be tired of it yourself." (15 August 1820). http://pavellas.com/2010/02/03/john-adams-thomas-jefferson-from-friendship-to-antagonism-to-reconciliation/
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- So today, we have a sitting president calling for his supporters to vote for "revenge". Revenge? Revenge for what?
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- So today, we have a sitting president calling for his supporters to vote for "revenge". Revenge? Revenge for what?
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- Political speech and text is a bit more dangerous now, because anyone has the access to publishing, worse, it can be "written" in a few minutes, uploaded to YouTube and suddenly - it's enough to start riots resulting in the death of our Ambassadors in foreign countries. (Sorry, I couldn't resist).
My point is that with the arrival of electronic media, comparisons to culture and printed media of many years ago may not be valid, though the stories can be entertaining. If nothing else, the need to condense political argument into 30 or 60 second commercials has radically changed the depth of any discourse. - Reply to this comment
- The issue is not who said the nastiest things. I have no doubt that Roman Senators were probably the worst of the lot. The issue is that we are now treated to this drivel 24/7 on countless broadcast stations, in hard copy and at tens of thousands of internet sites. Add to that yard signs, billboards, buttons, dog blakets, pins, obscene tee-shirts and bumperstickers and you have numbers that neither Jefferson, Adams, Jackson or even Reagan could possibnly imagine. I've desperately tried to delete those broadcast and cable tv channels who've had back-to-back political ads and political "commentary." But there are still just so many movies one can watch.
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- A and J "never got along, apparently"?? I assume the anonymous author of this article is misunderstanding what McCullough was saying. Though the horrific election of 1800 drove them apart and they did not speak for years, the two had been good friends and would be so again (though it was partly because J avoided discussing their political differences with A).
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- Compared to what is in the White House now, John Adams is a saint!
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