Well at least someone is learning that in politics, not much is new except the voters!
I love history so I have studied a lot of it, and yea, I know that mudslinging is no worse than it use to be. WHat is worse is the press! First acting like it is, and then doing it with the feigned innocence of "whome"? 
When it comes to dirt and politics, the only really difference is the speed in which people learn about it. Remember that the next time some talking clown is pontificating on a campaign going negative.