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Conjunction Disjunction

12-Nov-08

Logically, what’s wrong with the following passage from Michelle Malkin’s recent post:
As for President-elect Obama, his true views about ICE are well-known. Despite telling Katie Couric that his aunt should be required to follow the law because “We’re a nation of laws…I’m a strong believer you have to obey the law,” Obama scolded ICE [...]

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Newt’s List, Updated

10-Nov-08

Although Newt Gingrich’s 1990 GOPAC pamphlet Language, A Key Mechanism of Control didn’t invent the technique of using positive and negative language, this basic list of words called the attention of propagandists to the power of this  simple technique.
“Glittering generalities” (positive terms) like “common sense” and “freedom” were to be used to characterize right-wing Republican [...]

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