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[NanceGreggs]

154. How to construct a strawman ...

Step 8: Persist in ignoring the fact that you have completely taken the President's words and "reconstructed them" into something you can get REALLY pissed about - along with ignoring the fact that he didn't even remotely say what you want to get REALLY pissed about.

Step 9: When confronted with the truth about all of the foregoing, stand your ground by posting a completely irreverent response that never even touches upon the aforementioned, i.e. the taking of one's words out of context, and implying - nay, declaring - that a completely fabricated quote was actually said.

Step 10: When all else fails, attempt to bore your opponent to death with a lengthy diatribe that has absolutely no bearing on the topic at hand.

You posted an OP about an "article" in which the author blatantly mis-characterized what Obama said.

You cannot post a direct quote from Obama that comes even close to what the author (and yourself) are claiming to have been said.

Under any other circumstances, I would declare your Strawman dead. But this is DU - where Strawmen have the ability to resurrect themselves when expedient, thanks to their devoted followers.