#244046 - 08/17/0507:41 AMdems and republican presidents
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<a href="http://americanassembler.com/issues/economy/job_stats.html">hmmm:<br><br><img src="http://homepage.mac.com/jayhawk/.Pictures/job_gain_loss.jpg" width="212" height="394"/></a><br><br>--<br>Straw-man rhetorical techniques are the practice of refuting weaker arguments than one's opponents offer. 2 "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is 2 create a position easily refuted, then attribute that position to your opponent.
Old news, maybe?<br><br>They're only listing circa 800 dead/4000 wounded in Iraq. Last footnote I heard GWBush was at break even on job losses to gains.<br><br><br>- This is gonna get pretty interesting. <br>- Define "interesting". <br>- Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die..
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#244048 - 08/17/0509:07 AMRe: dems and republican presidents
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sean
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looks like the numbers are correct, but are only for bush's first four years.<br><br>--<br>Straw-man rhetorical techniques are the practice of refuting weaker arguments than one's opponents offer. 2 "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is 2 create a position easily refuted, then attribute that position to your opponent.
Which was January this year.....7 months ago = old news in my book.<br><br><br>- This is gonna get pretty interesting. <br>- Define "interesting". <br>- Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die..
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#244051 - 08/17/0509:12 AMRe: dems and republican presidents
[Re: Llewelyn]
sean
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i think that's the point. all of the rest of the presidents on the list have no chance to change their standing because they are history. i was just recognizing a pattern . . . even if bush ends up moving up, he'd just be the one exception. <br><br>--<br>Straw-man rhetorical techniques are the practice of refuting weaker arguments than one's opponents offer. 2 "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is 2 create a position easily refuted, then attribute that position to your opponent.
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<br><br>--<br>Straw-man rhetorical techniques are the practice of refuting weaker arguments than one's opponents offer. 2 "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is 2 create a position easily refuted, then attribute that position to your opponent.
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