No, that is exactly how I respond to a smear.
1) I'm disappointed in Jody for sinking to the level of slinging empty insults. She should know better.
2) I recognize that the Right uses smears tactically to throw sand in the gears of discussion of the issues. I'm supposed to do exactly as you demand, and waste my time and energy defending myself against the millionth repetition of mindless slanders as old and ugly as anything in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
So, no, Tom, I'll respond exactly as I did.