re: #117 GeneJockey

This is one of the crazy things - there’s such a tidal wave of complete unfounded bullshit that there’s no way to refute it all in real time. Any idiot with a computer or a smartphone can say any damned thing in the time it takes to type it out, but finding counter evidence takes time, and when you do, they challenge your sources, insult you personally, and make another stupid, unfounded accusation, then 5 minutes, 5 hours, or 5 days later someone else just repeats the original unfounded accusation.

You get buried under the shitslide, and give up, and they say, “He couldn’t defend Obama!”

The Gish Gallop in action. Often used as a debating tactic by creationists, it has recently been used by presidential candidates (e.g., Romney’s debates with Obama, especially the first one).

The GOP is presently engaged in making the Gish Gallop an integral part of its approach to governance in general.