Republican attacks: Anything goes!

    I’ve covered a lot of presidential campaigns. I’ve never seen anything to rival the shameless, slander-driven smear campaign to unseat President Barack Obama.

    It doesn’t matter that the lies are exposed. If they repeat them often enough, they’ll be perceived as true. And perception is reality, isn’t it?

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