Also, Brimelow argued in his 1996 book 'Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Disaster', the term 'racist' is a political "smear" (p. 10).

This is no more than a political smear.

Mr. DeLay responded by calling the measure "a political smear."

For many years afterward being called a supporter of Confederation was a political smear.

Mr. Pedroso contends that he is the victim of a political smear.

There were impassioned defenses of free speech, efforts to justify or minimize the talk-show excesses and protests that linking them to Oklahoma City was a political smear.

NEW YORK may still be the only state where being branded a moderate is a political smear.

This snippet of today's political lingo seems related to the lexicon of political smears used over two centuries ago.

Washington is too afraid of international embarrassment and political smears back home, if the facts come out.

Owen Lattimore himself made the point that I repeat, on his behalf, and on behalf of all victims of such political smears: