Oh boo hoo, we’re all so bad. This is the worst ever...yada, yada, yada. Has anyone read history? We do our forefather’s proud. We are their children and this is the way politics has always been conducted in the shinning city on the hill.
Yeah, it’s irritating that there are people that seem to believe in the “good ‘ol days” political races were substantive, and kind.
Accusing your opponent of having illigitimate children was a routine aspect of 19th Century presidential campaigns, for example.
The nastiest election campaign, ever:
....or so they keep telling us.