"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
A New Jacksonian Era?
Submitted by felix.ireton on Tue, 2017-02-14 01:00
Jim Quinn gives us an interesting history of Andrew Jackson's fight against the political and media establishments of his day. It would appear that fake news media and vitriolic political campaigns, personally attacking the families of candidates are no modern day phenomenon.
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