Thursday, July 21, 2011

Politician's syllogism

Oh, this explains much.

bestofwikipedia:

The politician’s syllogism, also known as the politician’s logic or the politician’s fallacy, is a logical fallacy of the form:

  1. We must do something
  2. This is something
  3. Therefore, we must do this.

(via @werttrew)

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    problem? No. Will it delay...problem and make me re-electable? Yes. Let’s
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