Reactionary Logic

I'd been puzzling for several days about something. I had read some reactionary whining in a newspaper editorial to the effect that he was distressed that so many people couldn't seem to recognize an honest man [i.e., the President] when they saw one. Obviously, the implied assertion made no sense to me, until a brainstorm hit tonight and the [specious] reactionary syllogism popped into my head.
Attend, now, very closely:

  1. Clinton lied once.
  2. Therefore Clinton was not an honest man.
  3. Bush is nothing at all like Clinton.
  4. Therefore, Bush is an honest man.

It's so obvious, I can't imagine what took me so long to see it.

Posted on November 6, 2004 at 21.57 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Splenetics

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  1. Written by Mike
    on Sunday, 21 November 2004 at 22.09
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    I can't begin to remember all the Fallacies of Reasoning involved in your statement!
    Mike

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