Word: smearing
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...that the tumult and shouting of our national conventions era are over, I feel quite constrained to write you in connection with what seemed to me-and I know to many others-as a deliberate "smear" of my political record when I was selected by the Republican National Committee as Temporary Chairman of the 1952 national convention. This article appeared on page 18 of the June 23 edition of TIME. At that moment there seemed to be no urgent reason for me to protest about the article, because the damage had been done. However, I have been at a loss...
...them -continued for 26 hours straight. Many Wisconsin voters do not consider Schmitt's talkathon a mere publicity stunt. He goes at it in a quiet, thoughtful way, gives McCarthy credit where credit is due (although McCarthy, of course, complained that Schmitt was trying to "smear" him). "I've heard more common sense tonight than I have for a long time," said one housewife who sat up until 2 a.m. to listen to Schmitt...
...Farouk, only laughed in his face and is scheming day and night to recapture power. Its big wheels, Mustafa Nahas (ex-Premier) and Serag el Din, used the magic word "purge" to get rid of their rivals, then started plotting to get rid of Naguib. Their plan is to smear Naguib as unpatriotic for failing to throw the British out of Suez and the Sudan. Naguib's counterplan: a stiff electoral reform law, excluding men of "known dishonesty" from political office...
...district was consolidated with that of Representative W. Sterling ("Stubby") Cole, a hard-working and respected member of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy. The two men had to fight it out for the Republican nomination. Unable to match his opponent's record, Hall tried to smear it. He implied (without evidence) that Cole was a tippler who leaked atomic secrets to Communist spies while in his cups. For this. Hall was rawhided on the floor of the House by a dozen Representatives (TIME...
...editorials either in the Daily Worker or the Washington Post." The judge interrupted to ask him: "Are you confused between these two papers?" Answered McCarthy: "They parallel each other pretty closely." How about the Christian Science Monitor, asked Ferguson, which has also criticized him? Is that "a left-wing smear paper" too? Replied McCarthy: "I can't answer...