“A Hideous Hermaphroditical Character; Son of a Half-Breed Indian Squaw; a Libertine and a Coward . . .”
July 1, 2017
These are a few of the names Thomas Jefferson and John Adams called each other during the presidential election campaign of 1800. Compared to this, Trump’s “Crazy Joe” tweet seems very tame. I for one would like to see more of this. It provides the public with a much more realistic picture of politics.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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