I have no idea how one fights this kind of thing.The only people who know the truth are the people being smeared and the rumor monger who began the smear.
One doesn't know where it started so the "smeared" are left with only their credibility to fight it.I can't believe it was mentioned at that dem meeting.
I don't agree. I think we cede too much ground when we say "the only people who know the truth are...". That gives too much credence to the smearers, making what they say as plausible as the denials.
The standard we need to fight for is to tell them to put up or shut up. If a Democrat tries to pass off the story, challenge them to prove it, and if they can't then repudiate them immediately.
If ignoring it worked, then they wouldn't keep doing it, and Perry never would have ended up having to reply like this. When the Democrats start playing these games, we must make a stink about it immediately and loudly.