I talked to a History Teacher today...

Seana told me that Presidential Elections in America are rife with nastiness.

Thomas Jefferson & John Adams were BFF

and then came an Election...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/22/mf.campaign.slurs.slogans/

By the way, my Historian source tells me...

They both died on the same day, The 4th of July...