Dirty Tactics Quotes



Sinclair was a writer who had written about some of the worst scandals in American politics, leaned toward socialized democracy, and decided to run as a reform candidate in California where he lived. He won the Democratic primary easily even though he had no money, political experience, or backing. He terrified the Republicans who ran one of the dirtiest campaigns in American History (see {619613}) to defeat him spending more money than in any election up to then including the Presidential elections. Sinclair lost, but it was close.