The public is sceptical about this claim, given the various allegations that tainted him and his family during the unedifying campaign, not to mention those flung at his opponent.

对这一说法持怀疑态度，因为在这场不光彩的竞选活动中，他和他的家人受到各种各样的指控，更不用说那些针对他的对手的指控。

The shrieking that you could hear was very unedifying, I think.

我认为那尖叫声听起不雅。

It was all pretty unedifying, I thought, at the time, albeit, I suspect, behind the scenes, a lot of that stuff goes on.

当时我觉得这一切都相当不光彩，尽管我怀疑幕后可能发生很多类似的事情。