GOP smear tactics

A timeline:

1973 - a young Karl Rove organizes conferences teaching young conservatives how to use dirty tricks to win campaigns.

1982 - Bill Clements vs Mark White: Rove distributes mock newspaper suggesting White was drinking when he had a car accident while a student.

1986 - Bill Clements vs incumbenant Mark White: Rove manufactures a story that the opponent of his client:placed a bug in Rove's office.
Story comes out the nighto of the first debate, one month before the election. Story is proven false but the damage is done. Rove's client wins against White

1990 - Rick Perry vs Jim Hightower: Rove casually spreads false information that Hightower was involved with illegal kickbacks.

1994 - Bush vs Anne Richards: Rove creates whisper campaign to smear Richardson by saying she appoints activist gays to top positions. Bush stays clear of the issue but his immediate surrogates spread the smear.

2000 - Bush vs McCain: Rove orchestrates a whisper campaign impugning McCain's Vietnam war record. Bush pretends to stay above the fray.

2000 - Rove masterminds the "brooks brothers riots" where about 250 outsiders were flown in and paid to riot against the ballot recount.
IRS documents show Bush team spent over a million dollars to fly outsiders in for this, and many were flown in on Ken Lay's fleet of corporate jets (Enron).

2004 - Swift Boat controversy. Personal friend of Roves and Bush's, and national campaign advisor, quits among charges he's connected to the alleged independant "Swift Boat Veterens for Truth"