Brenna Williams, “2016 Election: The Nine Circles of Campaign Hell” (2016)
“You aren’t imagining things — this campaign season has been hell on earth.
“During the State Dinner the White House hosted for the Italian prime minister Tuesday, President Barack Obama compared presidential campaigns to Dante’s Inferno.
“If choosing the punishment for this circle of political hell were up for a vote, having to sit in the front row of a never ending presidential debate seems like a pretty strong contender.” [. . .] —Brenna Williams, CNN, (October 19th, 2016)
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Sighting Citation:
“Brenna Williams, “2016 Election: The Nine Circles of Campaign Hell” (2016).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. October 25, 2016. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/brenna-williams-2016-election-the-nine-circles-of-campaign-hell-2016/.
Posted October 25, 2016