{"product_id":"anything-for-a-vote","title":"Anything for a Vote - Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn updated and illustrated compendium of mudslinging, character assassinations, and below-board election strategies from U.S. presidential politics throughout history!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Discover the “dirty tricks of the covert and the sleazy” in this giftable volume for American history buffs (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCovering 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!\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e • \u003cb\u003e1836:\u003c\/b\u003e Congressman Davy Crockett accuses candidate Martin Van Buren of secretly wearing women’s clothing: “He is laced up in corsets!”\u003cbr\u003e • \u003cb\u003e1864:\u003c\/b\u003e Candidate George McClellan describes his opponent, Abraham Lincoln, as “nothing more than a well-meaning baboon!”\u003cbr\u003e • \u003cb\u003e1960:\u003c\/b\u003e Former president Harry Truman advises voters that “if you vote for Richard Nixon, you ought to go to hell!”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Full of sleazy and shameless anecdotes from every presidential election in United States history, \u003ci\u003eAnything for a Vote\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50951403766048,"sku":"9781594748325","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781594748325.jpg?v=1763635377","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/anything-for-a-vote","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}