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Originally Posted by Hootad Binky The new ad recounts the deaths of three Chicago residents in 2001 at the hands of criminal gangs. "That same year, a Chicago state senator named Barack Obama voted against expanding the death penalty for gang-related murders," an ominous female narrator intones. "So the question is, can a man so weak in the war on gangs be trusted in the war on terror?" | What can I possibly add. |
Here is an example (I think) of the "Art of Debate" fallacies.
Chicago Gang murders related to the expansion or non-expansion of the death penalty.
It has nothing to do with it.
And during this time, the state of Illinois had a few high profile cases of people on death row for many years who were cleared by DNA. Even conservative Repubs voted for a moratorium on the death penalty and against expansion.
But yes, I see a "Willie Horton" style attack against Obama, as the mud will be slung as the election nears.