Amateur Hour at the White House. Appearing today: Dana Perino!

[hiaasenrocks]

With Tony Snow being out for surgery, Dana Perino is filling in today.

A reporter started to ask her a question about something that was in Esquire Magazine and she interrupted with, "Ooooh, Esquire Magazine," with a sarcastic smirk on her face, which disappeared when the reporter resumed his question and informed her that he was referring to an interview with Republican Senator Chuck Hagel.

She's clearly among those who have been trained to deploy a preemptive dismissal of information and scoff at the source.

Typical right-wing crap.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

1. Where on earth do the repugs get these airheads? They must be

assembling them in a back office with parts order from "Shills R Us." We get it Dana - you can read. BUT can you think? Nope.

[hiaasenrocks]

6. She won the gig by being the 5th caller on Limbaugh.

[crikkett]

2. that fallacy is called 'ad hominem abusive'

"A reporter started to ask her a question about something that was in Esquire Magazine and she interrupted with, "Ooooh, Esquire Magazine," with a sarcastic smirk on her face, which disappeared when the reporter resumed his question and informed her that he was referring to an interview with Republican Senator Chuck Hagel."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Ad hominem abusive (also called argumentum ad personam) usually and most notoriously involves insulting or belittling one's opponent, but can also involve pointing out factual but ostensibly damning character flaws or actions which are irrelevant to the opponent's argument. This tactic is logically fallacious because insults and even true negative facts about the opponent's personal character have nothing to do with the logical merits of the opponent's arguments or assertions. This tactic is frequently employed as a propaganda tool among politicians who are attempting to influence the voter base in their favor through an appeal to emotion rather than by logical means, especially when their own position is logically weaker than their opponent's.

Examples:

* "You can't believe Jack when he says there isn't any God because he doesn't even have a job."
* "Charles Manson wrote this song, so it must be unlistenable".
* "Candidate Jane Jones' proposal X is ridiculous. She was caught cheating on her taxes in 2003."


*Know your fallacies*

[lutefisk]

5. That looks like it's right out of the FOX News style manual.....n/t

[bdamomma]

3. she's another one who comments

"I don't know" and "ask the DOJ", unbelievable.

[blogslut]

4. Now?

When?

[hiaasenrocks]

7. Ended (mercifully) about 10 mins ago.

[blogslut]

8. shoot

How was it? Did she give Ron Ziegler Scott McClellan Tony Snow any reason to worry about his legacy?