Comments on: Softballing Presidential Debates

By: Connor

Connor — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:37:44 +0000

I just think it is mildly ironic that you use the same kind of questionable rhetoric that you disparage in the preceding paragraph… Ah, good ol' argumentum ad populum. I don't think this fallacy applies here. I'm not saying that "most people agree that RP is the only presidential candidate...", but instead that they should think that way, regardless of what popular opinion is.

By: Josh Williams

Josh Williams — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:42:52 +0000

Not only do most of the candidates not offer anything that a rational mind would determine to be well thought out and morally principled…..

…..every honest American with a brain on should agree that Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate….

Note: the second sentence is a variation on the classic fallacy of “Appeal to Popularity.”

I’m not saying I don’t agree with you, Dr. Paul has easily come out on the top of exit polls, at nearly every major debate he’s attended.

I just think it is mildly ironic that you use the same kind of questionable rhetoric that you disparage in the preceding paragraph….:-)

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:34:16 +0000

The media is giving the American people exactly what they ask for. Frightening isn’t it.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:41:13 +0000

It gets worse in the Presidential debates where Democrats square off against Republicans and noone else is allowed to play. Could you have imagined Bush debating Ralph Nader for the last two elections? What a sweet sight that would have been.