Smear Tactics: The Liberal Campaign to Defame America

by Brad Miner

In this spirited survey of liberal lies and dirty tricks, Brad Miner, one of America's leading conservative insiders, offers a look at the American liberal tradition of slander, insult, and character assassination throughout history. Smear Tactics mines both today's papers and the classic campaigns of history for tales of liberal deception and manipulation. Tracing smears from the early days of our nation right through the run-up to the 2008 elections, Miner highlights the Left's most atrocious campaigns As Brad Miner shows, American politics has never been a sport for gentlemen—but recent campaigns have proven dirtier than ever, full of negative ads, rumormongering, and worse. With the coming election a wide-open race, full of polarizing candidates of all stripes, the mud is about to start flying across the American landscape, and in Smear Tactics Brad Miner returns the fire—with a vengeance.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published November 27, 2007

About the author

Brad Miner is the Senior Editor of The Catholic Thing and a Senior Fellow of the Faith & Reason Institute. He is a former Literary Editor of National Review. His most recent book, Sons of St. Patrick, written with George J. Marlin, is now on sale. His The Compleat Gentleman is now available in a third, revised edition from Regnery Gateway and is also available in an Audible audio edition (read by Bob Souer). Mr. Miner has served as a board member of Aid to the Church In Need USA and also on the Selective Service System draft board in Westchester County, NY.

Reviews

[Elizabeth Paige · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh lord, I knew what I was getting into because this book was shelved next to titles by Ann Coulter. I actually felt dirty standing in that section of the library, but I think it's important to know what and how people think about our world. That way you can bash them in a hypothetical debate should it ever occur.
This book of course was written by an old, white, man. The same as the old white men deciding how American should be governed, who encourage tax breaks for huge corporations, oppose increasing the minimum wage, and make decisions for women and their bodies. Barf.
About the content of this book- there was no content. It was like reading a 13 year old's diary. Anyone who can staple together pages of quotes and citations does not deserve to be called an author. I recommend Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, or even Dr. Seuss for more substance. Fortunately for me, I picked up Elizabeth Warren's new book yesterday.