Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two Centuries of American Politics

by Rosemarie Ostler

Book Overview

Two Centuries of Scandalous Rumors, Over-the-Top Insults, and Low-Down Slurs. We bemoan the loss of civility in public discourse these days, but mudslinging is an American tradition as old as the republic. Not everyone admired the Father of Our Country. President Washington's enemies called him a cheapskate, a hyena, a horse beater, a spoiled child, and a tyrannical monster, among other epithets. "You are utterly incapable to steer the political ship,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399536914
• ISBN13: 9780399536915
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher