Yes, this was straight out of the playbook of vicious scumbags like Carville and Begala. In fact, it imitated Carville's own scandalous performance when John O'Neill was on 'Crossfire' some weeks back. The 'Rats all got the same memo (probably written by Carville) telling them to smear O'Neill and the Swiftees at every opportunity. Keep them off the air if you can, refer to them as 'discredited' when you must speak of them, and smear them loudly and often if you cannot avoid giving them a little air time. People like Carville and O'Donnell are not worth one of John O'Neill's toenail clippings.