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|Kennedy card

|Kennedy card

|Used to support socialized medicine

|Used to support socialized medicine

|Cite Ted Kennedy's "dream", the "the cause of my life", "Senator Kennedy eloquently captured how our long-term care system is failing the American people when he said, too often, they have to give up the American Dream" <ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2011/10/26/dems-invoke-the-kennedy-card-to-defend-obamacare-in-wake-of-failing-class-act/ Dems invoke the ‘Kennedy Card’ to defend Obamacare in wake of failing CLASS Act, Daily Caller, October 26, 2011]</ref>

|Cite Ted Kennedy's "dream", the "the cause of my life", "Senator Kennedy eloquently captured how our long-term care system is failing the American people when he said, too often, they have to give up the American Dream"<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2011/10/26/dems-invoke-the-kennedy-card-to-defend-obamacare-in-wake-of-failing-class-act/ Dems invoke the ‘Kennedy Card’ to defend Obamacare in wake of failing CLASS Act, Daily Caller, October 26, 2011]</ref>

|Emotional appeal for passing legislation

|Emotional appeal for passing legislation

|Only 26% of the population can relate to liberalism; the Kennedy card has zero effect on legislation

|Only 26% of the population can relate to liberalism; the Kennedy card has zero effect on legislation

|"Responsible" Republican card

|"Responsible" Republican card

|Used to imply a few Republicans, mostly [[RINO]]s, are "responsible"

|Used to imply a few Republicans, mostly [[RINO]]s, are "responsible"

|"During the health care battle, President Obama was unable to find a single Responsible Republican." <ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2251101/</ref>

|"During the health care battle, President Obama was unable to find a single Responsible Republican."<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2251101/</ref>

|Who killed Responsible Republicans? [[Bill Kristol]], of course<ref>Ibid.</ref>

|Who killed Responsible Republicans? [[Bill Kristol]], of course<ref>Ibid.</ref>

|In 1990 President [[George H.W. Bush]] was hailed as a Responsible Republican for breaking his "read my lips" pledge.

|In 1990 President [[George H.W. Bush]] was hailed as a Responsible Republican for breaking his "read my lips" pledge.

|Millionaires and billionaires card

|Millionaires and billionaires card

|[[Class warfare]]

|[[Class warfare]]

|Barack Obama said on June 29, 2011, "I'm proposing we get rid of tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires." <ref>The ''[[Washington Post]]'' Fact Checker column said, "in the context of a $4 trillion goal, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-missing-facts-in-president-obamas-news-conference/2011/06/29/AGpQMPrH_blog.html it is essentially meaningless]. The item is so small the White House could not even provide an estimate of the revenue that would be raised, but other estimates suggest it would amount to $3 billion over 10 years."</ref>

|Barack Obama said on June 29, 2011, "I'm proposing we get rid of tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires."<ref>The ''[[Washington Post]]'' Fact Checker column said, "in the context of a $4 trillion goal, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-missing-facts-in-president-obamas-news-conference/2011/06/29/AGpQMPrH_blog.html it is essentially meaningless]. The item is so small the White House could not even provide an estimate of the revenue that would be raised, but other estimates suggest it would amount to $3 billion over 10 years."</ref>

|Appeals to voters motivated by [[envy]]

|Appeals to voters motivated by [[envy]]

|Politicians that use it are dependent on campaign contributions from millionaires and billionaires

|Politicians that use it are dependent on campaign contributions from millionaires and billionaires

|"Anti-environment" card

|"Anti-environment" card

|A claim that tries to portray the opponent badly by placing them as someone who "hates the environment"

|A claim that tries to portray the opponent badly by placing them as someone who "hates the environment"

|"The GOP wants babies to be fed poison from the environment" <ref>http://www.uncoverage.net/2011/03/new-tv-ad-for-epa-republicans-poison-babies/</ref><br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSTnoeNNbzQ Watch the Video]

|"The GOP wants babies to be fed poison from the environment"<ref>http://www.uncoverage.net/2011/03/new-tv-ad-for-epa-republicans-poison-babies/</ref><br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSTnoeNNbzQ Watch the Video]

|The simple-minded will swallow any line of garbage.

|The simple-minded will swallow any line of garbage.

|Purview of [[extremist]]s

|Purview of [[extremist]]s

|Birther card

|Birther card

|Claims those asking unanswered questions are conspiracy kooks

|Claims those asking unanswered questions are conspiracy kooks

|''Truthers vs. Birthers: Not All Conspiracy Theories Are Created Equal'' <ref>[http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/truthers-vs-birthers-not-all-conspiracy-theories-are-created-equal/?singlepage=true ''Truthers vs. Birthers: Not All Conspiracy Theories Are Created Equal; Birthers aren't remotely as crazy — and dangerous — as Truthers'']. September 23, 2009 by Arthur Chrenkoff. Pajama's Media.</ref>

|''Truthers vs. Birthers: Not All Conspiracy Theories Are Created Equal''<ref>[http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/truthers-vs-birthers-not-all-conspiracy-theories-are-created-equal/?singlepage=true ''Truthers vs. Birthers: Not All Conspiracy Theories Are Created Equal; Birthers aren't remotely as crazy — and dangerous — as Truthers'']. September 23, 2009 by Arthur Chrenkoff. Pajama's Media.</ref>

|Hides the question of [[natural born citizen]]

|Hides the question of [[natural born citizen]]

|Exposes the original meaning of natural born citizen

|Exposes the original meaning of natural born citizen

|Jesus card

|Jesus card

|Claiming "What would Jesus do" to try to paint the opponent as "not a true Christian" (a common liberal tactic when cornered on a religious issue, such as [[homosexuality]])

|Claiming "What would Jesus do" to try to paint the opponent as "not a true Christian" (a common liberal tactic when cornered on a religious issue, such as [[homosexuality]])

|As noted above, liberals often use this to defend homosexuality <ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-shore/what-would-jesus-do-if-in_b_480013.html</ref> by claiming that Jesus never specifically mentioned it

|As noted above, liberals often use this to defend homosexuality<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-shore/what-would-jesus-do-if-in_b_480013.html</ref> by claiming that Jesus never specifically mentioned it

|Certain Bible passages can easily be [[quote mine]]d

|Certain Bible passages can easily be [[quote mine]]d

|A true Christian can easily find the flaws in such an argument by pointing out how it is taken out of context

|A true Christian can easily find the flaws in such an argument by pointing out how it is taken out of context

|Dishonest and easy to point out counterexamples

|Dishonest and easy to point out counterexamples

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|Never-admit-a-mistake card <ref>[[Thomas Sowell]] writes, (a) goals are redefined after the fact to give the public the illusion of success; (b) bad motives are ascribed to the opposition or society in general; (c) good intentions of the anointed are highlighted; and (d) they attack the accuracy of the data showing failure. Thomas Sowell, [http://nobsblog.blogspot.com/2002/12/vision-of-anointed-by-thomas-sowell.html ''The Vision of the Anointed]'', Chap. 2.</ref>  

|Never-admit-a-mistake card<ref>[[Thomas Sowell]] writes, (a) goals are redefined after the fact to give the public the illusion of success; (b) bad motives are ascribed to the opposition or society in general; (c) good intentions of the anointed are highlighted; and (d) they attack the accuracy of the data showing failure. Thomas Sowell, [http://nobsblog.blogspot.com/2002/12/vision-of-anointed-by-thomas-sowell.html ''The Vision of the Anointed]'', Chap. 2.</ref>  

|Inability to admit a mistake; lack of [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openmindness]]

|Inability to admit a mistake; lack of [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openmindness]]

|Obama said his [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|stimulus]] would hold unemployment below 8%; instead it rose to over 10% and straddled the U.S. with the [[debt ceiling]] crisis<ref>[http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2011/07/20/opinion/only-hope-is-undoing-obamas-mess.html Only Hope Is Undoing Obama’s Mess], Kenneth Brown And Micha Gisser, ''Albuquerque Journal'', July 20, 2011.</ref>

|Obama said his [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|stimulus]] would hold unemployment below 8%; instead it rose to over 10% and straddled the U.S. with the [[debt ceiling]] crisis<ref>[http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2011/07/20/opinion/only-hope-is-undoing-obamas-mess.html Only Hope Is Undoing Obama’s Mess], Kenneth Brown And Micha Gisser, ''Albuquerque Journal'', July 20, 2011.</ref>

|Nixon's Southern Strategy card

|Nixon's Southern Strategy card

|Implies Richard Nixon appealed to racist Democrats after passage of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]

|Implies Richard Nixon appealed to racist Democrats after passage of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]

|"Probably the biggest lie that's been told to the blacks since Woodrow Wilson segregated the federal government" <ref>[http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8123561/nixons_southern_strategy.html Nixon's Southern Strategy: The Democrat-Lie Keeping Their Control Over the Black Community], Ken Raymond, June 6, 2011. associatedcontent from Yahoo.</ref>

|"Probably the biggest lie that's been told to the blacks since Woodrow Wilson segregated the federal government"<ref>[http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8123561/nixons_southern_strategy.html Nixon's Southern Strategy: The Democrat-Lie Keeping Their Control Over the Black Community], Ken Raymond, June 6, 2011. associatedcontent from Yahoo.</ref>

|Labels Southerners as "racist"

|Labels Southerners as "racist"

|Ignores the fact that (1) Richard Nixon did not carry the South; a Democrat, [[George Wallace]] received 49 [[electoral votes]] exclusively from the South; and (2) passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was entirely dependent on Republican votes with Democrats in both houses voting against passage<ref>Final tally in the House among Republicans was 138 to 34; Democrats 152-96; in the Senate 21 Democrats voted against passage while only 6 Republicans opposed. [http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/12/13/194350.shtml]</ref>

|Ignores the fact that (1) Richard Nixon did not carry the South; a Democrat, [[George Wallace]] received 49 [[electoral votes]] exclusively from the South; and (2) passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was entirely dependent on Republican votes with Democrats in both houses voting against passage<ref>Final tally in the House among Republicans was 138 to 34; Democrats 152-96; in the Senate 21 Democrats voted against passage while only 6 Republicans opposed. [http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/12/13/194350.shtml]</ref>

|[[McCarthyism]] card

|[[McCarthyism]] card

|Accuse someone of being like the (false) liberal portrayal of [[Joseph McCarthy]]

|Accuse someone of being like the (false) liberal portrayal of [[Joseph McCarthy]]

|''"Racist!" as an Epithet of Repression'' <ref>[http://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/racist/ ''“Racist!” as an Epithet of Repression''], Dr. Paul Trout, Montana Professor Journal, Fall 1995.</ref>

|''"Racist!" as an Epithet of Repression''<ref>[http://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/racist/ ''“Racist!” as an Epithet of Repression''], Dr. Paul Trout, Montana Professor Journal, Fall 1995.</ref>

|Baseless smear, such as calling someone a racist. Extremely flexible, and with great glee you can ruin someone's life just for fun

|Baseless smear, such as calling someone a racist. Extremely flexible, and with great glee you can ruin someone's life just for fun

|Requires no morals or conscience

|Requires no morals or conscience