5168. Mudslingers The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time, by Kerwin Swint (read 28 May 2014) This is an interesting book to read but is kind of superficial. It ranks the 25 dirtiest campaigns but the criteria for the ranking is hard to determine. Six of the 25 campaigns selected are from the 19th century: the presidential elections of 1800, 1828, 1864, 1872, 1876, and 1884. One is from this century: the 2004 presidential election, where Kerry's time in Vietnam was assailed on behalf of Bush's non-existent Vietnam service. The other 18 campaigns are 20th century campaigns, ranging from the 1934 California gubernatorial campaign to the 1998 Senatorial campaign in New York. Each campaign gets about six pages I would be glad to read a whole book on some of the campaigns mentioned and that's why this book only whetted my appetite for political history. ( )