Bush Using Straw-Man Arguments in Speeches (beyond barf alert)

AP ^ | 03/18/06 | JENNIFER LOVEN

[bad company]

Jennifer Loven doesn't know what a straw man arguement is.

[lowbridge]

When the president starts a sentence with "some say" or offers up what "some in Washington" believe, as he is doing more often these days, a rhetorical retort almost assuredly follows.

Google: Web Results 1 - 10 of about 225 for "jennifer loven" "some say"

White House Tests Flu Pandemic Readiness By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer Saturday, December 10, 2005 "Some say that more comprehensive steps are needed to get ready for a possible pandemic, such as boosting the nation's public health infrastructure."

Please continue to enlighten us, Miss Loven.

[goldstategop]

That's a straw man argument right there. But I forget: Democrats have pure motives and Republicans like Cretans, are born liars.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[LowCountryJoe]

Iraqi citizen gives JENNIFER LOVEN a purple finger...and it's not a thumb!

[Democratshavenobrains]

Oh please. As if these same left wing hacks didn't blame Rush Limbaugh and anyone more conservative than Ted Kennedy for the Oklahoma City bombing.

[pawdoggie]

Of course, if the President ever dared identify the "some" of whom he speaks (which would be easy to do), he would be charged with "bullying", "abuse of power", and "McCarthyism".

[JulieRNR21]

And intelligent readers say....Loven & the AP are becoming more blatantly biased against the President with each 'editorialized' article printed!

[Just A Nobody]

"It's such a phenomenal hole in the national debate that you can have arguments with nonexistent people," Fields said.
"All politicians (and members of the Enemedia) try to get away with this to a certain extent. What's striking here is how much this administration rests on a foundation of this kind of stuff."

This is rich! I can not believe ANY ONE, least of all a member of the Enemedia, would put this in print.

Rush needs to see this and read while his perky Couric montage plays in the background.

[MNJohnnie]

Warning label should be applied to everything Jennifer writes. She is married to a former Clintonite and DNC big wig.

[Carling]

Jennifer Loven is married to Roger Ballantine, a former Clinton adviser and also a paid 'environmental' adviser to the Kerry campaign.

Here is a dissection of my favorite Loven hit piece.

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/007958.php#007958

[Enchante]

That's right, I vaguely remembered that Jennifer Loven had previously written some outrageously biased articles, even by MSM standards, and your links provide the detail - thanks!! Amazing how you can be the spouse of a Clinton/DNC tool and yet be allowed to write the most outrageously biased "news" stories for AP. I'm not saying they can't employ anyone whose spouse is in politics (though maybe that would be a good rule!!), but at least there should be some attention to preventing someone with such a stunning conflict-of-interest from controlling the news output in such a biased way. She is a DNC hack and should be sent to staff the AP bureau in Zimbabwe. If they don't have a bureau there then she should be given the privilege of starting one.

[FreedomCalls]

How many times have I heard or read "journalists" do this?

I've railed on about this for years! Just do a Google news search for "some say" and see what comes up. A regular Google search also turns up a lot of journalist use of non-existent "some say" to put forth a fake liberal slant on the news (21 million hits).