Okay, it?s nasty out there. And it?ll only get nastier as we head toward next year?s elections. But, really, is American political mudslinging any worse now than it has ever been?
To consider the question, I dipped into Rosemarie Ostler?s new book, ?Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two Centuries of American Politics,? out next month from Perigee (paper, $13.95).
The book isn?t just a compendium of vile barbs but rather a history of unattractive political discourse. Ostler gives us the good lines but also puts them in historical context and digs out fascinating bits about their origins.
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