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Get quick for the mud - slinging : the 2016 presidential hopefuls have taken out their hyperbolise shabu and tweezer , front for any chance to clean away at their opposite ’ insurance policy mistakes and , arguably more important , fictitious character . There ’s a euphemism for it:“opposition research ” .
Ted Cruz has already travel in on theattackagainst Secretary Clinton , starting a hashtag trend on Twitter called#StopHillary .
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It ’s still early on in the race , and we can be certain that Ms. Clinton has some tricks up her sleeve as well . One other matter we can be sure of is that this finicky stigma of American political campaign tactics ( namely , being on the offence ) has existed since the nation ’s inception . Here are a few of the good ( and most brutal ) examples …
The Early Days Of Smear Tactics: Jefferson vs. Adams
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In the presidential election of 1800 , both candidates went directly for the jugular vein , attacking not only their opponent ’ character but also their upbringing and what dangles ( or does n’t dangle ) between their legs . Today , we ’re a bit more polite with our rhetoric ( but perhaps a lot more insidious ) .
Jefferson on Adams : “ A blind , denuded , crippled , toothless man who is a hideous hermaphrodite eccentric with neither the force and fitness of a human being , nor the gentleness and sensitivity of a charwoman . ”
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Mount Adams on Jefferson:“a average - mettlesome , low - last dude , the son of a half - breed Indian squaw , sired by a Virginia mulatto father . ”
Jefferson emerge victorious ( with a footling packaging from Alexander Hamilton ) , having won 9 out of the 16 subsist state at the time .
