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To: stockman_scott who wrote (29067)	9/28/2003 8:01:40 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

While I doubt that Bush could pronounce it, he's a "natural" at using it - enthymematic argumentation. This is an example of what scholars of rhetoric call enthymematic argumentation. In an enthymeme, the speaker builds an argument with one element removed, leading listeners to fill in the missing piece. On May 1, speaking from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, President Bush said, "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11th, 2001, and still goes on. . . . With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got." This is classic enthymematic argumentation: We were attacked on Sept. 11, so we went to war against Iraq. The missing piece of the argument -- "Saddam was involved in 9/11" -- didn't have to be said aloud for those listening to assimilate its message. That and more about Why the Media Don't Call It as They See It. from washingtonpost.com JMO lurqer