SUPERSMART PARODY, OR SNEAKY ATTACK?

This bizarre video, signed "SwiftKids for Truth," uses the format of a devastating Republican spot signed "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth." In 2004, Democratic candidate John Kerry, who served on a Swiftboat in Vietnam and earned three medals, was badly damaged by an ad that raised questions about his heroism. Today, it is not clear whether the target of "SwiftKids" was the negative campaigning in which Karl Rove was a master, or Hillary Clinton, still remembered for her unfortunate statement of 1992 about staying home and baking cookies.