Straw Man? I'm using other examples to ask a QUESTION. What part of *that* is a straw man?
A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.[1] To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.[1][2]
Yeah, other... you know... inequivalent propositions (err... examples?) to make your point. We don't need a pedantic argument about what a "straw man" is in this thread. I'm just stating that, overall, your point in this thread was to water down the issue until there was nothing discernibly wrong about a clearly fear mongering campaign ad.
If he were from, you know, another political party... I can't say I would count on you coming in here and typing a book and a half to justify why it's a valid argument.