Want to take one guess where the AP places the blame for the Palin smears? In part on the Obama campaign -- and they name names.

Obama advisers and surrogates have also linked Palin to conservative former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. An Associated Press story from Alaska, dated July 17, 1999, states that Palin, then the mayor of the small town of Wasilla, was wearing a Buchanan button during a Buchanan visit to Alaska.

The Miami Herald this week quoted an e-mail from Obama Florida spokesman Mark Bubriski that stated: “Palin was a supporter of Pat Buchanan, a right-winger or as many Jews call him: a Nazi sympathizer.”

The McCain campaign says Palin supported Steve Forbes’ campaign in 1999.

So, what will Obama do about the spreading of false stories by one of his own spokespeople. Will he do the honorable thing and get rid of him? Or will he keep the guy on -- cause that's how they do things in Chicago.

Oh, and about that last snippy line in the story which notes "the McCain campaign says" Palin supported Forbes? As I pointed out Saturday, SO DOES AN ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY FROM THE TIME. Are the AP reporters implying that the AP is not a reliable source?