That’s the mantra of the Republicans and their apologists – do whatever it takes to “win”, no matter the deficit of decency required to make things happen. In the most recent case we see the coordinated smear of Iraq vet mother Cindy Sheehan. You see, the mothers of deceased veterans are quite good and useful when they can be used as campaign backdrops by the Dear Leader, but when they speak inconvenient truths, the attack machine must be wheeled into place and pressed into action like it has so many times before. It’s sad, it’s sick, and its the Republican way.
Pointing out inconsistencies is a smear. But, on the other hand, trying to find a way to unseal adoption records of a Supreme Court Justice is legitimate.