NRA Should Disclose Russian Ties

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2. Obviously because of it's Australian connections.

What else could it be? Perhaps because the NRA thought Trump (and some other (R)) would better defend its interests than HRC (and some other (D))?

Nah, gotta be the Australian connection.

Sound silly? It should.

My wife recently bought new clothes and had her nails done. Oh, my. Perhaps she's having an affair.

Oh, wait. For the last 20 years she's bought new clothes, and for the last 10 had her nails done. Why should I attribute customary behavior to a new cause?

Even if I were to find out she is having an affair, that's still not sufficient evidence for saying that her clothes-buying and nails are due to the affair unless there's good reason to believe she'd have stopped that behavior otherwise. In other words, the behavior still wouldn't be evidence in support of my suspicion or belief. Now, for rhetorical points, sure, it's a powerful claim to make, but the conclusion drawn is as much a valid conclusion as a mountain drawn is a valid mountain. But the difference between a demagogue and a democrat, IMHO, is the difference between ars rhetorica and ars logica, between ruling through manipulation and ruling by consent.