Joseph Cummins — American Author

Joseph Cummins is an American author. He is the author of numerous books including; Anything for a vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Elections; Castaway: Lost and found in history; Turn around and run like hell, unconventional military strategies that worked; A novel called The Snow Train and A Bloody History of the World which won the 2010 Our History Project Gold Medal Award. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey... (wikipedia)

Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history.
I think that people have short memories, and I think that they believe that our forbearers in the past were these Founding Fathers who were ideal and who were - would never have stooped to dirty tricks.
In 1928, radio networks like the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) extended nationwide - any major political address could expect to reach forty million listeners.