On Tuesday 18 March 2008 17:10:26 Kendall D. Corbett wrote:
> In political campaigns, anything that can be used to question a candidates
> fitness for the job, or electability will be brought up. In Florida
> in 1950 a candidate (Smathers) campaigned against his opponent (Claude
> Pepper) by saying his sister was a known thespian, and saying Pepper was a
> septaugenarian (although Pepper was only 50). We all know thespians are
> actors and septaugenarians are in their 70's, but the tone Smathers used
> was so nasty some people accepted the terms and thought the worst. Pepper
> lost to Smathers in the 1950 election.
>
Well it was Florida you know. (Hi Beth!!)
Cheers
Deri
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