I am really enjoying the counterexamples. Have I mentioned I enjoy History a lot? Thanks for the vid. Question, though, admitting that ad hominem attacks have probably existed since the first election we ever held (for Chief Hunter of the tribe, perhaps?), were they the norm back in Jefferson's time? Or were the real issues discussed properly? Bear in mind that not everyone had the vote back then, so you really didn't need to worry about entertaining the masses with a really good and funny cut at an opponent. You had to worry more about convincing the real voters. Or am I romanticizing our past?