Who was the U.S. politician who used truthful and positive big words to attack his opponent, and voters assumed all those fancy words that they didn't understand must mean bad things?

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We learned this story in high school (the 80s) and I would like read the details again.

Crabrubber

It's not true, but the myth is that George Smathers accused Claude Peppers of being celibate and having a sister who was a thespian in New York, etc.