[Vision2020] Schmear?

[Art Deco]

When is a smear a smear?

An article in yesterday's Daily News presents the claim that candidate Isaac Young was/is a 'victim' of an anonymous smear mailing.

First, I do not approve of anonymous political mailings; those who send them ought be held accountable at criminal and civil law.  To the extent that these mailings convey false information such mailings are counterproductive to the democratic process.

Having said that, has anyone seen the alleged smear mailing or have scan of it to share here?

>From the meager information given in the news article it appears that the some of the claims made in the mailing may be true.  

Excepting the anonymous method of communication, is such a mailing a smear if it gives truthful information?  Various voters consider all kinds of information when making a choice including candidates' past civil and criminal court actions.  Have we reached the point where we are so PC that a person's criminal or civil court record is off-base to political discussion?  

I hope not because along with media failures to adequately inform voters that's how we end up electing crooks, liars, crackpots, and the terminally dumb.


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