1. Would you Vote for Him Based on the Article Claude Pepper

2. Who was he... Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) Was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly.AmericanDemocratic Partyleft-liberalism He represented Florida in the United States Senate from November 4, 1936, to January 3, 1951, and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1963 until his death on May 30, 1989.FloridaUnited States SenateUnited States House of Representatives In 2000, the United States Postal Service issued a 33¢ Distinguished Americans series postage stamp honoring Pepper.Distinguished Americans series

3. Red Accusations and hoax "Redneck Speech" in 1950 1.Pepper had been part of an unsuccessful 1948 campaign to "dump Truman“ as the Democratic presidential nominee and George Smathershad been his manager and pupil.dump Truman 2.Smathers broke with Pepper and ran against him in the Democratic primary (which at the time in Florida was tantamount to election, the Republican Party still being in infancy there) tantamount to election 3. The contest was extremely heated, and revolved around policy issues, especially charges that Pepper represented the far left and was too supportive of Stalin.

4. How the Speech Came to Be Pepper's opponents circulated widely a 49-page booklet titled The Red Record of Senator Claude Pepper. [8] [8] Part of American political lore is the Smathers "redneck speech," which Smathers reportedly delivered to a poorly educated audience. What you read is the speech. There is a suggestion that the campaign was a myth, but the whole thing followed Smatters until his death

5. The Power of Words in the Minds of the Ignorant Shameless extrovert

6. Outgoing person gregarious

7. Nepotism with his sister-in-law

8. To bestow favors on a relative ie a job

9. thespian

10. actor

11. homosapien

12. Human Being

13. matriculated

14. Enrolled in a college where men and women did the same

15. celibacy

17. Abstain from sex

18. Masticating in public

19. To chew

20. autodidact

21. Self-taught person

22. Smear campaign a plan to discredit a public figure by making false or dubious accusations.

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24. How does this tie into Why English?

25. Now You Try it Create a smear campaign against one of your favorite cafeteria meals. For example....chicken casserole, hot rolls with butter, green beans, etc. (or a meal that is your fav)