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Do you have a source for that?

xefer 15y ago
I first heard it from Hunter S. Thompson in "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72", so I would take it with a grain of salt... (and it was a pig not a donkey.)
xefer 15y ago
From "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72", p. 247: The race was close and Johnson was getting worried. Finally he told his campaign manager to start a massive rumor campaign about his opponent's life-long habit of enjoying carnal knowledge of his own barnyard sows. “Christ, we can't get away with calling him a pig-fucker,” the campaign manager protested. “Nobody's going to believe a thing like that.” “I know,” Johnson replied. “But let's make the sonofabitch deny it.”
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago
  It's often said that politicians have "no morals" but this - ig verified - really demonstrates a complete lack of decency that is quite galling to me. Subverting democracy with smutty name-calling, seriously; and these are supposed leaders of the people. Such a small thing would so sully the office of the POTUS so as to genuinely discredit the USA for me. What's worse is I fear that such a fiend would have no shame for doing something like this. If I were supreme ruler of Earth politicians doing such things would be censured and forced to clean Mumbai sewers for the rest of their days.
  - GigabyteCoin 15y ago
    Fully agreed. As a Canadian, I was disgraced by the attack ads put forth by our two most recent contending parties that I did not vote. How can I vote for either of them, when they are both miscreants?
    - throwaway64 15y ago
      that's the exact intention of attack ads, they disenfranchise voters, and this is usually very good for incumbents.
    - the_unknown 15y ago
      Luckily there are more than just 2 parties to vote for... true, the PC and Liberals were the top dogs but the oft-overlooked NDP certainly bumped things up last time and the Green - well, they were given a seat off in the backwaters of BC... oh, and a few other regional/sort-of-national parties as well - there are alternatives if you're willing to test them out.
      - GigabyteCoin 15y ago
        Well yes and no. Imho, a vote for anything other than the two who can actually win is as good as no vote at all. Sometimes I think they are put there by the main parties to steal votes from their opposition on issues they cannot possibly accommodate.

xefer 15y ago

I first heard it from Hunter S. Thompson in "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72", so I would take it with a grain of salt... (and it was a pig not a donkey.)

xefer 15y ago

From "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72", p. 247: The race was close and Johnson was getting worried. Finally he told his campaign manager to start a massive rumor campaign about his opponent's life-long habit of enjoying carnal knowledge of his own barnyard sows. “Christ, we can't get away with calling him a pig-fucker,” the campaign manager protested. “Nobody's going to believe a thing like that.” “I know,” Johnson replied. “But let's make the sonofabitch deny it.”

pbhjpbhj 15y ago
It's often said that politicians have "no morals" but this - ig verified - really demonstrates a complete lack of decency that is quite galling to me. Subverting democracy with smutty name-calling, seriously; and these are supposed leaders of the people. Such a small thing would so sully the office of the POTUS so as to genuinely discredit the USA for me. What's worse is I fear that such a fiend would have no shame for doing something like this. If I were supreme ruler of Earth politicians doing such things would be censured and forced to clean Mumbai sewers for the rest of their days.
- GigabyteCoin 15y ago
  Fully agreed. As a Canadian, I was disgraced by the attack ads put forth by our two most recent contending parties that I did not vote. How can I vote for either of them, when they are both miscreants?
  - throwaway64 15y ago
    that's the exact intention of attack ads, they disenfranchise voters, and this is usually very good for incumbents.
  - the_unknown 15y ago
    Luckily there are more than just 2 parties to vote for... true, the PC and Liberals were the top dogs but the oft-overlooked NDP certainly bumped things up last time and the Green - well, they were given a seat off in the backwaters of BC... oh, and a few other regional/sort-of-national parties as well - there are alternatives if you're willing to test them out.
    - GigabyteCoin 15y ago
      Well yes and no. Imho, a vote for anything other than the two who can actually win is as good as no vote at all. Sometimes I think they are put there by the main parties to steal votes from their opposition on issues they cannot possibly accommodate.