Thank you, thank you, thank you Mr. Rove for writing exactly what I was thinking while watching Obama's State of the Union Speech Before Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday evening.
Nobody wins arguments with straw men better than Barack Obama - but that doesn't mean he should get away with it:
President Barack Obama reveres Abraham Lincoln. But among the glaring differences between the two men is that Lincoln offered careful, rigorous, sustained arguments to advance his aims and, when disagreeing with political opponents, rarely relied on the lazy rhetorical device of "straw men." Mr. Obama, on the other hand, routinely ascribes to others views they don't espouse and says opposition to his policies is grounded in views no one really advocates.
You should definitely read the whole thing.
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