Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Ridiculous...

Eugene Robinson writes in the Washington Post, here.  The thrust of Robinson's argument is that the S&P downgrade of US debt is due to Republican's threatening to not extend the debt limit.  My belief is that Robinson is using a tried and true political practice to sway the opinions of people who don't take much care in forming those opinions.  What is the tactic?  Robinson claims that a reasonable position is absurd, then argues in favor of the stupid position. 

To see what I'm talking about, look here.

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