[Wuli]

“Fraud denial.”

Smears do not an argument make.

“Independents do not swing left unilaterally anyhow.”

True. But how they regard things can make them swing either way. I would not relay on mere hopes they swing more right than Left. I don’t have to “cater” to them, but I don’t have to unnecessarily offend them either.

[Olog-hai]

Yes, so you should not smear those that raise the issue of fraud. That is argumentum ad lapidem.