Some say the best way to win a debate is to invent a straw man on the other side, and then refute the crazy things they never said. I say those people are wrong.
The problem isn't using the occasional fictitious opponent in an argument; the problem is that's all President Bush ever does. They're his one great rhetorical "go to." Right after lies.
You could waste a lot of time, after a typical Bush speech, trying to find the imaginary people who believe the things he strongly doesn't. The liberals who loved Saddam Hussein, the racists who don't like "No Child Left Behind," the Democrats who said the answer to 9/11 was therapy, the women who wish there were more late term abortions.
Where does the President meet these people?
He says "some say" a lot, for a guy who brags that he never listens to anyone.
Find out more about who these people are ... or aren't ...
Find out more about the Right-wing's other favorite logical ploys ... all of them.
Learn about:
- Ad Hominem Arguments
- The Appeal to Fear
- The Straw Man
- The Burden of Proof Argument
- and 38 other mis-uses of reason often prominently featured on FIXed News, in Bush's speeches, Hannity's editorials, and on the Rush Limbaugh Show.
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