barthel: Here is a poster from the election of 1848 depicting Whig candidate Zachary Taylor sitting on a pile of human skulls. Is This the Nastiest Election Ever? - NYT [spoiler alert: no.] From the article: Jackson supporters charged that Old Hickory’s rival for the White House, the incumbent John Quincy Adams, was an actual pimp. John Pimp-cy Adams definitely needs to be a thing, you guys.

barthel:

Here is a poster from the election of 1848 depicting Whig candidate Zachary Taylor sitting on a pile of human skulls.

Is This the Nastiest Election Ever? - NYT [spoiler alert: no.]

From the article:

Jackson supporters charged that Old Hickory’s rival for the White House, the incumbent John Quincy Adams, was an actual pimp.

John Pimp-cy Adams definitely needs to be a thing, you guys.