A Convenient Smear

The right wing is having its giggles over some specious information about former Vice President Gore's energy use. Sludge Drudge, Hugh Halfwit, and their cohorts launched a coordinated smear (a la Swift Boat Veterans)following the Academy Award win for Gore. One of the groups at the point of attack is an obscure outfit called Tennessee Center for Policy Research. As they describe themselves, they're for reduced tax and regulatory burdens on business, limited government, school choice, free market policy solutions, etc. Oh, and they're "non-partisan." Oh, and they are funded in part by Exxon/Mobil. Their philosophy sounds like the Rethuglican Party platform. The NY Times' The Lede has a brief rundown of the right wing effort.