Smear Tactics: The Liberal Campaign to Defame America

American politics has never been a sport for gentlemen—but recent campaigns have proven dirtier than ever, full of negative ads, rumor-mongering, and worse. Now, one of America’s leading conservative writers offers a look at the American liberal tradition of slander, insult, and character assassination throughout history, from the early days of our nation right through the 2006 midterm elections. Among his targets: • Thomas Jefferson, who hired a Federal-era PR hit man to smear his rival John Adams • The American communist party—who, as confirmed in newly opened US and Russian intelligence archives, were as eager to destroy US anticommunists as they were to infiltrate the government • Smearing in wartime: The MSM’s attacks on our troops, from Vietnam through Guantanamo • The anti-faithful: The left’s campaign against Christians in American life • Rathergate: CBS’s hapless 11th-hour attempt to slander George W. Bush on the eve of reelection • Katrinagate: The liberal line on the storm? “It was Bush’s fault.” In the bloody wake of the 2006 midterm elections, America’s still-massive conservative movement is loaded for bear. With 2008 right around the corner, Smear Tactics finds them ready to return fire . . . with a vengeance.