lunes, 3 de noviembre de 2008

Fallacies in Presidential Debates

1.       Straw Man Argument: “And I believe this is a final verdict on the failed economic policies of the last eight years, strongly promoted by President Bush and supported by Sen. McCain, that essentially said that we should strip away regulations, consumer protections, let the market run wild, and prosperity would rain down on all of us.”

2.       Red Herring: Now, I have a plan to fix this problem and it has got to do with energy independence. We've got to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that don't want us very -- like us very much.

3.       Begging the Question : But the point is it's going to have to be somebody who inspires trust and confidence. Because the problem in America today to a large extent, Tom, is that we don't have trust and confidence in our institutions because of the corruption on Wall Street and the greed and excess and the cronyism in Washington, D.C.

4.       Begging the Question: Let's, first of all, understand that the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system.

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