. >> playing cards, garfield tea, laxative and diuretic and fdr had a shot glass, whiskey bottle. zachary taylor. >> reporter: students can come here and learn about what's changed. >> it's not really acceptable to han people out whiskey bottles any -- hand people out whiskey bottles anymore, but that's definitely an interesting way to get votes. >> reporter: but even though candidates used to hand out from yard signs and buttons. >> reporter: -- political campaigning has pretty much remained the same. >> it was the beginning of smear campaigning. >> reporter: so yeah, you're sick of these things, but if it makes you feel better, your great, great, great, great grandmother was probably sick of it, too. anne herbst, 9news. >> i'm for the whiskey bottle thing again. you can see some of these items at the dayton memorial library at regis university. >> that would start a whole new conversa, >> yeah. that probably would get some attention. >> probably would. >> but may, it's been an entapings -- hey, it's been an attention getting kind of year. >>> a comedian from colorado gives peopl