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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 01:06 PM Original message |
Bush Using Straw-Man Arguments in Speeches |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. sometimes Democrats seem to fall for these frames though pundits don't |
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Mithras61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. He uses straw-man arguments so that he... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. He uses straw man arguments because most americans can't apply simple |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. ....ain't that the truth? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. actually, they work backward from what they want to do to the simple args |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. straw-man arguments fill empty-suit puppets |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bush IS a straw man |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. What would he be like |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. he's talking to Republicans |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Well said, nt |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Some say * is the spawn of Satan and a she-bitch..." nt |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "Some say" Bush is still coked up and boozing every night. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I woudn't call Pappy a she-bitch. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. I believe the federal government ought to provide health care to everyone. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. hey, its an AP article. should get some circulation |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. and good for SF for carrying it---grand headline. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was just about to post this article! |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. yep |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. i absolutely agree with the first argument; the second argument is |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 06:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. He was just describing a worst case scenario |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. Some say deposing Saddam will result in civil war, eventually |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Some say an ill-defined, open-ended war on terra will destroy our economy |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. ***VOTE IT UP ON YAHOO***(LINK) |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Some say VOTE on Yahoo to get this story read! (n/t) |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 10:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. some say thank you. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Some say keep tuna and powdered milk under your bed for bird flu |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Who" and "when" are usually the questions.... |
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verse18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm kind of a novice here and this my be a silly question, but |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Bush often omits an important nuance or substitutes an extreme stance " |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Most Fascinating Thing About This Article |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. which they should have been doing all along... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. "If I only had a brain"...straw-man arguments are appropriate for him |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. They could have run that headline 6 years ago. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. he also uses some other rhetorical flourishes |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. He's just recycling a standard Reaganaut tactic. eom |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-18-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. MOST DANGEROUS STRAW MAN: small country with handful of nukes |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. Bush Using Straw-Man Arguments in Speeches |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
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