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54. The Gish Gallop
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 03:55 PM
Mar 2014

my facebook post cut and paste for du. Nice her guesting methodoolgy is identified and defined. Hopefully this excellent phrase will become a standard term in our political discourse. Oh, look, the three conservative guests on Fox and Friends are Gish Galloping the token progressive again.

For all my anti-Obamacare Facebook friends, could you please at least upgrade the quality of your shills? Your interests are not well served by this woman's abuse of the "Gish Gallop." Is there anything that came out of this woman's mouth that you agree with or has some basis in fact? Please, I'd really like to know. Her performance single handedly increased the public approval rating of the ACA five points by this performance alone! Thank her for me.

From the youtube comments section:

"The Gish Gallop is the debating technique of drowning the opponent in such a torrent of half-truths, lies, and straw-man arguments that the opponent cannot possibly answer every falsehood in real time. Sam Harris describes the technique as "starting 10 fires in 10 minutes."

She has this technique down to a science. There was not a single truthful coherent statement during the whole entire segment."

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Faux Nooz wanna-be. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #1
We have a sun conure here.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #2
Oh, I like the bird MUCH better. Better sense of color and style too. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #6
Still, it demands attention by being annoying. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #50
love how when she's losing the argument she starts whining about being a woman Skittles Mar 2014 #3
I know right? AsahinaKimi Mar 2014 #7
People can say what they want. I would have been VERY happy if he had "undercut" the voice of jtuck004 Mar 2014 #4
Very poor math skills, as well. maddiemom Mar 2014 #52
That is what I was thinking... teknomanzer Mar 2014 #61
People are freshman22 Mar 2014 #5
Its how Republicans thinks AsahinaKimi Mar 2014 #8
The right wing reaction is all about how she "destroyed" Chris Hayes. maddiemom Mar 2014 #53
Yup! Suich Mar 2014 #14
Yep, just what I was about to add...the RW "formula". But why? They got nothin'. drynberg Mar 2014 #41
She caused a minor storm on Twitter. Bette Noir Mar 2014 #9
Good to know, Bette Cha Mar 2014 #19
Kid Needs To Learn How To Shut Off a Mic, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2014 #10
My suggestion on another thread about this was.. Cha Mar 2014 #20
You Dial Down Their Volumn, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2014 #21
Make that "Ma'am".. thank you, Sir. And, how do you Cha Mar 2014 #22
One Presumes, Ma'am, A Producer In the Control Booth Can Manage It The Magistrate Mar 2014 #23
Oh, I get it! I thought you meant .. try to get the actual person Cha Mar 2014 #24
Ann Coulter wanna-be Mr.Bill Mar 2014 #11
no doubt @JenniferStefano she got raise or offers from fox riversedge Mar 2014 #27
"Look at me! I want a better job!" TeamPooka Mar 2014 #12
She is like Nancy Grace and Sarah Palin have a baby... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #13
Her entire strategy was volume. lob1 Mar 2014 #15
Thats called the "Gish Gallop" Katashi_itto Mar 2014 #32
Just be honest you American for Prosperity ErikJ Mar 2014 #16
Just watched the re-broadcast at midnight here in Seattle. Suich Mar 2014 #17
The female Art Robinson 3Stones Mar 2014 #18
Right you are, 3Stones. And welcome to DU. classof56 Mar 2014 #49
He set her up but it took her about 5 mins to get behind the smoke screen of faux outrage KurtNYC Mar 2014 #25
I watched this last night--and was actually rather stunned riversedge Mar 2014 #26
I am beginning to think that the ACA has truly driven the RW to babbling incoherence. CTyankee Mar 2014 #28
Yikes! I saw this! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2014 #29
I would have liked the volume on her cut off.... mdbl Mar 2014 #30
Cut her mic off! EXACTLY! 90-percent Mar 2014 #34
Fox News You're Hired...When Can You Start iloveObama12 Mar 2014 #31
After She Loses The Baby Fat otohara Mar 2014 #60
"How dare you personally undercut"… what? My PUPPETEERing? MrMickeysMom Mar 2014 #33
I'm surprised no one has commented on incomes of $95k getting Medicaid ProfessorPlum Mar 2014 #35
Americans for Prosperity trying to bridge the Right's woman voter deficit... BeatleBoot Mar 2014 #36
She was trying to make the Progressive Host into a sexist man! Dustlawyer Mar 2014 #37
This lady is a real jerk Gothmog Mar 2014 #38
Pity me mtasselin Mar 2014 #39
'I'm a mother! I'm a mother!' onehandle Mar 2014 #40
133% of the poverty line = $90,000? What BS. nt truckin Mar 2014 #42
New math...? freebrew Mar 2014 #44
It's hard to have a conversation with someone who doesn't stop talking blackspade Mar 2014 #43
ignorance on parade. not worth listening to more than 30 seconds of her garbage spew. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2014 #45
2 things about these idiots IMO. dotymed Mar 2014 #46
Ummm, I grossed $24K in 2013 crim son Mar 2014 #47
A Good Defense is Offense.... cynzke Mar 2014 #48
Saw it and yelled at the tv. louis-t Mar 2014 #51
The Gish Gallop 90-percent Mar 2014 #54
B---- Please! butterfly77 Mar 2014 #55
Republicans don't process reality correctly, so they tend to get mad at things that aren't so. zebonaut Mar 2014 #56
I Agree with Everyone Leith Mar 2014 #57
Her tactic is called the "Gish Gallop" Katashi_itto Mar 2014 #58
Well, if I ever want to paint a room and want to scrap the old paint off the walls... KansDem Mar 2014 #59
1- Gish Gallop; 2- facts are wrong; 3- tea party activist steve2470 Mar 2014 #62
I do wish he had cut her mic off steve2470 Mar 2014 #63
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