Disclosure one: I looked into volunteering with Off the Bus and declined to do so. Disclosure two: I no longer have a horse in this race. That said, the headline is pure red-baiting, what I'd expect (and can find) on the most extreme of the opposing party's websites and even on some who self describe themselves as "sociasl moderates" See: http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/hillary-clinton-is-a-communist/. But the problem is deeper. The article starts off setting the record straight on Obama if we can trust the writer. I haven't looked into his track record. Then it goes on to talk about Clinton's ties to the left and to call she and ABC comentator names. Fabrice, I'm not sure about your facts on Clinton. Maybe you could fill us in. And I'm not sure about the smear being merely alleged, unless you are using that term in a court of law where a libel or slander case has yet to be tried. In an ideal world someone's connections on the left could be a demonstration of idealism and generosity, just as someone's on the right could be a sign of traditionalism and probity, but alas politics is not an ideal world. The definition of a smear is an attempt to harm an individual or group's reputation by conflation with a stigmatized group, the McCarthy era blacklists being the most prominent example that I can think of in this country's history. The parallel on the left is calling a political enemy a fascists or a Hitler. Even if there is a grain of truth, the language remains problematic. Senator Clinton did work at a law firm with communist partners which the right-leaning New York Sun spent many column inches exploring before burying interviewees commenting about few internships being available for women at the time and about Clinton being a "grind" at Yale who was anything but a left-wing groupie. That same article speculated about Clinton working on a Panther case and then further down buried a demonstration that the time frame is wrong, yet brought it up in such a way as to first imply that she did work on the case. http://www.newstrust.net/webx?14@@.f684328 As coverage descends into every lower circles of Hades, no wonder if some voters are tiring.