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101 Presidential Insults

April 25, 2019 at 11:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Coming soon: 101 Presidential Insults: What They Really Thought About Each Other – and What It Means to Us by Mike Purdy.

“From the founding fathers to the age of Trump, our presidents have dished out pointed and acerbic insults about other presidents.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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