[G Larry]

>to lie about someone’s character just to win an election<

Yes, John. And in your case we’ve determined who was doing the lying.

[weegee]

“an ugly verb meaning to lie about someone’s character just to win an election.”

So does this mean that Dan Rather “Swiftboated” President Bush with some forged National Guard memos?

Or was that a case of “fake but accurate”?

I loathe Stalinist socialists.