Karl Nurse vs. The Tomato Cans
Last Sunday, Bill Safire wrote in his “On Language” column about the use of “Straw Man” in political speechifying, in which you set someone up just to knock them down. Safire uses President Obama as an example when he says โI know some folks in Washington and on Wall Street are saying we should just focus on their problems.โ Some folks, like those who are never named but are always wrongheaded extremists. Straw Men lurk everywhere in St. Petersburg politics.…
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