Why would Fred Murray

with, presumably, his own family's approval, choose John Smith as his more or less official representative in New Hampshire? Nothing against Smith here, whom I sort of like personally, but isn't image important? Fred sees nothing wrong with using a Truther to represent him to the public?

Why does almost no one question this? In fact, almost no one asks important questions about who Fred surrounds himself with except, persistently, James Renner - to Renner's good credit. (Ditto for Renner's curiosity about Troy Allen or Troy Killman or whatever name he uses.)

I mean, Fred issued, through Smith, a couple of refutations, directed at Renner as far as I could tell, that normally would have been released by someone like Fred's attorney, Terry O'Connell.

I just don't see how keeping on board a so-called conspiracy theorist helps you convince people you're after all the facts. 

Unless there's another reason to use someone like Smith.