Smear Tactics A Brief History of Liberal Bad Faith and Dirty Tricks

American politics has never been a sport for gentlemenbut recent campaigns have proven dirtier than ever, full of negative ads, rumormongering, 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 Federalera PR hit man to smear his rival John Adams The American communist partywho, 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 antifaithful: The left's campaign against Christians in American life Rathergate: CBS's hapless 11thhour 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 stillmassive conservative movement is loaded for bear. With 2008 right around the corner, Smear Tactics finds them ready to return fire . . . with a vengeance.Miner, Brad is the author of 'Smear Tactics A Brief History of Liberal Bad Faith and Dirty Tricks', published 2007 under ISBN 9780061140143 and ISBN 0061140147.